Product Description: Embracing the shattered pieces of the soul and championing the resilient nature of the heart, A Woman’s Worth takes readers on a journey of startling depth. From a speakeasy whorehouse in the bottoms of Alabama to a luxurious high-rise apartment in Kenya, acclaimed author Tracy Price-Thompson crosses boundaries of sexuality, gender, and culture to accentuate the core of black identity: the enormous strength of family...read more

Overshadowed by the childhood death of a triplet brother, an accident for which he was blamed, African-American New Yorker Shyne is wrongfully sentenced to death for the brutal murder of a child and watched throughout his execution day by witnesses who gradually come to realize that he is innocent. Original.

An erotic tale of love, lust, and fantasy in uniform follows the passionate adventures of Kevin Lawson, an Army sergeant with an addiction to sexual adventure; his wife Fancy, a woman confronting the truth about her husband; Emile Pinchback, a man coping with racial stereotypes; and Sparkle Henderson, a woman caught in a web of sexual trickery. Reprint.

A collection of novellas by four of today's most popular African-American writers includes Tracy Price-Thompson's award-winning Other People's Skin, TaRessa Stovall's My People, My People, Desiree Cooper's New Birth, and Elizabeth Atkins's Take It Off. Original.

Raised in a Brooklyn housing project by her aunt and uncle, Juanita Lucas, a young African-American woman, has long been ostracized because of her light skin and green eyes, but when she and her only friend, Scooter Morrison, an outsider as well because of his gay lifestyle, meet two Puerto Rican men, their lives change in unexpected ways. Reprint.

Three authors unite to tell a tale of dark secrets, ambition, and betrayal centering around mayoral candidate Julian Blake who must make some difficult decisions after his opponent exposes a dark secret that could ruin his political career and destroy his relationships with the two women in his life. Original.

Determined to escape her poverty-stricken background, Sergeant Sanderella Coffee battles military sexism and her own self-doubt to attend the Army's prestigious Officer Candidate School, but her love affair with married drill sergeant Romulus Caesar could destroy her hard-won career.

Featuring contributions from such noted writers as Pearl Cleage, Omar Tyree, Timmothy McCann, and Earl Sewell, a dramatically rendered anthology of stories, drawn from African, African-American, and biblical proverbs, is filled with an abundance of wit, inspiration, and wisdom. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Raised in a Brooklyn housing project by her aunt and uncle, Juanita Lucas, a young African-American woman, has long been ostracized because of her light skin and green eyes, but when she and her only friend, Scooter Morrison, an outsider as well because of his gay lifestyle, meet two Puerto Rican men, their lives change in unexpected ways. Reprint.