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African American Fiction January 2021
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Butterfly. 3
by Ashley Antoinette
Struggling to move on after the heartbreaking loss of Messiah, Morgan Atkins finds herself torn between love and duty when her betrothal to a man she does not love is complicated by two unexpected reunions. Original. 50,000 first printing.
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A deadly inside scoop
by Abby Collette
A recent MBA grad’s efforts to relaunch her family’s traditional ice-cream shop are complicated by the untimely murder of a con artist whose notorious rivalry with her family places her father under suspicion. Original.
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A Spy in the Struggle : A Riveting Must-read Novel of Suspense
by Aya De Leon
The award-winning author of the Justice Hustlers series follows the FBI recruitment of a savvy young lawyer who uses the wits of her impoverished youth to infiltrate an extremist activist group that is being exploited by a biotech company. Original.
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Confessions in B-flat
by Donna Hill
A multimedia retelling of Romeo and Juliet follows the 1964 Civil Rights-era relationship between a passive-resistance protégé of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a Harlem black culture supporter of Malcolm X. 25,000 first printing.
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Real men knit
by K. M. Jackson
Determined to keep his late adoptive mother’s Harlem knitting shop open, one of four brothers accepts the help of a craft-savvy businesswoman who is hiding her secret crush on him. Original. A first novel.
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Whispers from the past
by Simone Kelly
A clairvoyant past-life therapist, a rookie detective and a gun-packing herbalist with a healer’s instincts find their worlds turned upside-down in the wake of humiliating revelations that lead to unexpectedly passionate encounters. Original.
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The unspoken
by Ian Smith
Fired for refusing to cooperate in a police cover-up, Chicago detective-turned-private investigator Ashe Cayne searches for a missing woman who has been hiding dangerous secrets from her wealthy family
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Black Lotus 2 : the vow
by K'wan
Wrongly implicated for a murder that Detective James Wolf believes she committed, Kahllah comes out of retirement in a race against time to catch the real killer and clear the Black Lotus’s name.
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Memorial : a novel
by Bryan Washington
A Japanese-American chef and a Black daycare teacher begin reevaluating their stale relationship in the wake of a father’s death and the arrival of an acerbic mother-in-law who becomes an unconventional roommate. By the award-winning author of Lot.
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How to fail at flirting
by Denise Williams
Challenged by her friends to start enjoying her life when her university department is cut, a Type-A overachiever embarks on a daring to-do list that involves leaving an abusive ex and pursuing a career-risking fling with a charming stranger. Original.
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