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The Occasional Poet is a collection of odes written & performed by Angela for special people on special occasions.

Book #14 in the Shepherd Security Series. Shepherd Security field engineer Laura Lee ‘Lah-lee’ Saxton declined Operator training. She also voiced her opposition to working in the Operations Center as an analyst. She failed to complete and submit her required coursework to earn her FBI Credentials. Although she is a top-notch electrical engineer, she was the first person at Shepherd Security to ever be placed on disciplinary probation.

When Bubba walks in on the love of his life with this best friend, he think it's history repeating its self. Upset and hurt by what he uncovers, he turns cold. Beto had done the same exact thing to his cousin, and now he was doing the same thing to him. The only difference is that Beto and Milan...

Under the glow of a winter moon, Kina Okafor begins the only story she has left to tell—her own. At sixteen, raised in a devout Christian home where women are taught to be “helpers” and the moon is called the lesser light, Kina makes a quiet, radical decision: she will not live a smaller life. She will not borrow her brightness. She will burn with her own fire. What follows is a decades-long journey of ambition, sacrifice, love, estrangement, success, doubt, and reckoning.

Larger-than-life actress Jayana “Yana” Gardner arrives in New York certain her big break has finally come. She’s got a casting director boyfriend, an ensemble role on Broadway, and just enough hope to believe things are falling into place. Then everything falls apart. One breakup. One lost job. One eviction later, Yana is single, unemployed, and very much not thriving in a city that does not care.

Life has a sense of humor. So does grief. Hunter's Cove, Texas has always had a lot to say about Savoy Chandler, as a widow and the woman her mother-in-law spent years deciding wasn't quite enough. What the town doesn't know is that a year after burying her husband, she is still sleeping in his...

Megan joins a sorority Theta Kappa Rho hoping for community, but the initiation rituals clash with her Christian faith. Torn between acceptance and conviction, she must make a decision that will redefine her identity—and challenge everything she thought she needed. A powerful, suspense-filled novel about standing firm when the world expects you to fold.

Olivia "Liv" Thomas spent years building a life that looked perfect from the outside-marriage, motherhood, career, and the friendships that made everything feel steady. But behind the polished surface, she was shrinking, quietly sacrificing her voice, her confidence, and the truth she no longer dared to speak.

Miles never expected a second chance with his first love, but living under the same roof rekindles a connection neither of them can ignore. Just as they begin imagining a future together, unsettling truths from their past threaten the fragile bond they’re rebuilding. While Miles vows to be there for Evette through the uncertainty, he must also confront the fallout from a night of passion with a willing duo and a coworker whose obsession grows increasingly unpredictable.

Headlining BlackMag Con as the fantasy author duo Z.J. Grousant should have been the ultimate dream for Zacarias Joaquim and his boyfriend, Jonathon. If only headliner, ex-friend, and fellow indie romance fantasy author Nevaeh Nbada still talked to them. And if only Jonathon wouldn’t find a million ways to remind her of the reasons why she walked away. Will the magic of the convention help mend the hurts of the past?

Two worlds collide when flights from opposite sides of the world land in the Dominican Republic for the same reason. Kelcee Michaels is on a much-needed vacation with her best friend to let loose and clear her mind of the problems back home. It's on this very island that she crosses paths with...

Naomi Carter thought her biggest life-and-death battles were dealing with terrible managers, inconsistent men, and praying her grits didn't scorch. Then she went and accidentally tethered her soul to Azarel—the exiled God of Infinity whose shadow-wrapped body, razor-sharp dominance, and "I do...

A seductive thriller with a romance so twisted it blurs the lines between passion and obsession. He says I'm his wife. He says I'm the love of his life. He says his world would fall apart if he ever lost me. But I don't remember him. I don't remember our love. I don't remember this beautiful...

Andre Monroe is ready to move on from heartbreak, and the first step is bringing home his rescue pup. He’d bonded instantly with the playful Zeus and was already planning their first adventures. But one thing he definitely hadn’t daydreamed about was Zeus accidentally being promised to someone else - or that he might go home empty-handed and brokenhearted all over again.

Holland Alistair is the gorgeous computer prodigy who took the real estate game by storm. Arrogant. Surly. Eyes of steel. He meets me on the worst day of my life and gets his fern kicked. Literally.

Life has never been easy for Ethic. Since he was a young boy he has battled loss after loss while struggling to navigate through a treacherous world. When he met Alani Lenika Hill, he knew that he had met the woman who would love him back to life. They have weathered a storm together, and their love is so fated that neither wants to let it go, but it seems their bubble of happiness is an illusion, because life around them is falling apart.

An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle, Sing, Unburied, Sing examines the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power - and limitations - of family bonds. Jojo is 13 years old and trying to understand what it means to be a man. His mother, Leonie, is in constant conflict with herself and those around her. She is black and her children's father is white. Embattled in ways that reflect the brutal reality of her circumstances, she wants to be a better mother.

When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress—a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright—he captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers (including future president Bill Clinton). Eleven...

Jaeda Dillinger isn’t so lucky when it comes to love. Between running her family's covert operations and being the timid, shy and quiet one of a rowdy bunch, she’s convinced romance just isn’t in the cards for her. But when a tech breach threatens her most secure files, Jaeda shifts into full-on defense mode—only to discover the hacker isn’t some faceless enemy, but a quiet, brilliant man who just might be everything she didn’t know she needed.

‘I absolutely loved this… I don’t think I’ve ever related to a story more… I laughed and cried… A really great read!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sade Sodipo is ready to meet ‘the one’ and finally fulfil the Nigerian Dream. So far God hasn’t performed that little miracle quite yet, but...