Showing results by publisher "Renegade Books" in Literary Fiction

Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. But when her birthday finally comes around, instead of the idyllic life she was hoping for with her true love, she finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half-Acre, a jail where slaves are broken, tortured, and sold every day. Forced to become the mistress of the brutal man who owns the jail, Pheby faces the ultimate sacrifice to protect her heart.

'In Blackmore's striking fictional retelling of this true history, Costanza refuses to accept a fate as nothing more than a victim of male exploitation' SUNDAY TIMES, BEST HISTORICAL FICTION 'Emotionally intense' DAILY MAIL 'A stunning, visceral portrait of a woman and her life and a story as...

Hattie is moving to rural Wales to pursue a whirlwind romance with a man named Oliver. Her friends are shocked: it's all so sudden; they've never even met him. That's because Hattie made him up: Oliver isn't real. Diagnosed with a hidden disability at two years old, Hattie's sick of constantly explaining herself and proving that she's more than her condition. One fateful night - a New Year's Eve in London - she's tipped over the edge: Hattie decides to run away and live as an able-bodied person for the first time.

Jenny Green is dreading her Class of 2007 reunion. While her friends are killing it, Jenny's promising career as an artisanal baker went up in flames (literally) and her deadbeat, commitment-phobe boyfriend is cheating on her with their swishy-ponytailed neighbour. She feels like she didn't get the memo... As it turns out, she didn't. Begrudgingly back at university, she receives a text from an unlisted number: Jenny Green - please collect your memo. Hidden on her old campus is a secret female-led organisation providing memos to select students; blueprints for success.