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When you husband promises you the world…. then gives you sleepless nights. Set in 1980’s Jamaica. Sister of Sleep is a tense domestic drama that explores the collision of ambition, betrayal and survival in a colonial country house overlooking the bustling town of May Pen in Clarendon. A seemingly successful couple wrestle with the fractures beneath their polished lives. The glamour of beauty and sheen of wealth mask a hollow marriage, poisoned by infidelity, disappointment and secrets. As friends, lovers and rivals weave in and out of their lives, loyalties are tested and secrets unspool.

When the Village Sleeps is a visionary novel that explores the loss of identity and dignity in a people afflicted by decades of brokenness. Told through the lives and spirits of four generations of amaTolo women, including The Old, who speak wisdom with ever-increasing urgency, it moves between...

Being the daughter of the local pastor, Savannah Gideon should have known better than to get involved with an outlaw. However, the ruggedly handsome Jake Parsons was just too smooth to resist. She knew he was bad but she really had no idea just how bad he really was.

The bling is brighter, the drama is amped up, and the delicious beauties from Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker’s Millionaire Wives Club are back for a second season of backstabbing, divorce parties, and family sagas. Lights, camera, action! Milan, Jaise, and Chaunci are the gorgeous, high-rolling...

When the Law Goes to Sleep is about the life of an honest and hardworking undercover officer, Wyatt Owen, who was killed in the line of duty by powerful forces in his department after speaking up against corruption in the agency. His wife’s attempt at obtaining justice for him hit the wall as the same forces subverted the administration of justice. Having been denied justice in each occasion, Penelope believed that the law had gone to sleep on all cases concerning her. She was torn between living with injustice and going ahead to obtain justice for her son extrajudicially.

Once betrothed to a man who promised to circumcise her. Kara knew she had only one escape. She ran, stumbling into a world of pain and blood thirst she’d never known existed. A creature of the night turned her into something else. Not long after, she’s abandoned by her maker, leaving her with no answers and an uncontrollable hunger. She broke vampires' most sacred law—don’t kill humans.