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📘 Read Now     📥 Download Chosen by destiny. Cursed by fate. At the end of the Roman Republic, the witch women of the Ose tribe looked to the future, and what they saw terrified them. To protect the world, they made a pact with Gaius Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome. In return for destroying his enemies and securing his empire, he would allow a single djambe to serve at his side, to use her magic to guard against the encroaching chaos they knew would one day come.Two hundred years later, Vesper has been chosen to serve as the emperor’s new hand, but first she must master her power, and herself, or fall victim to the encroaching darkness that she was meant to stand against.Chosen is a prequel to The Last Witch of Rome. An exciting historical fantasy series set at the height of the Roman Empire. eBook details Title: Chosen: A last Witch of Rome Novella Author : Rhett Gervais Release Date : * Genre: Kindle Store,Kindle eBooks,Literature & Fiction Pages : * page...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download Soon to be a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction From the bestselling author of  Deacon King Kong  (an Oprah Book Club pick) and  The Color of Water  comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856--a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces--when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town--along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm.Over the ensuing months, Henry, whom Brown nicknames Little Onion, conceals his true identity to stay alive. Eventually Brown sweeps him into the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859--one of the great catalysts for the Civ...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download “So, he gives me away like a harlot…as your property.”My voice cracks under the verdict dealt me. Hojo searches my face. He can clearly read my emotions upon my depressed face. “You are not my property, Kylenna.”Hope? I lick my dried, salty tears from my lips. “Then, it is as it was with my Mother when Musa sent her to your lands,” I begin. “I will be free to make a life of my own, free from…”My words trail off at Hojo’s slow shake of his head. “You will remain with me.”“But why? You can give me your protection, and I can live as I choose,” I explain. “You will remain with me,” he repeats.I tilt my head. “Are you telling me I’m more than a bag of grain tossed in to close a deal?”Hojo chuckles. “This can be whatever we envision it to be, Kylenna. It will bring changes, but it can also be pleasurable and sustaining, too....

📘 Read Now     📥 Download Should they get a medal… or a firing squad?Can four women change the course of Lincoln’s War? Hattie Lewis , one of Allan Pinkerton’s first female detectives, is tired of playing a minor role in a man’s world. When she is asked to accompany the top male operative on a mission behind enemy lines, she readily accepts. But the mission threatens to have dire consequences for them both. Mary Jane Richards was born a slave without options but when her mistress, Elizabeth Van Lew, loans her to the Jefferson Davis household, she becomes privy to the innermost operations of the Confederate government. As a secret from her past finally comes to light, Mary Jane wonders if she will ever be able to free herself from Miss Lizzie’s grasp. Despite her name, Belle Boyd is no typical Southern woman. After realizing she isn’t cut out for nursing, Belle resorts to using her coquettish charms to do her part for the cause by...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together. New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. With his father’s deep ties to the mob, the Bronx piano man has learned that love and family can get you in trouble. So he keeps to himself, writing songs for other musicians, avoiding the spotlight…until the night his father brings him to see Esther Mine sing.Esther is a petite powerhouse with a gorgeous voice. And when Benny writes a hit song and performs it with her, their collaboration thrusts the duo onto the national stage…and stirs up old issues and new scrutiny that the mob—and Benny—would rather avoid.It would be easier to walk away. But the music and the woman are too hard for the piano man to resist. Benny’s songs and Esther’s vocals are an explosive combination, a...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download A haunting and redemptive novel inspired by the heartbreaking true events that occurred at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, A Tangled Mercy examines the horrifying depths of human brutality and our enduring hope for forgiveness. After the sudden death of her troubled mother, struggling Harvard grad student Kate Drayton walks out on her lecture—and her entire New England life. Haunted by unanswered questions and her own uncertain future, she flees to Charleston, South Carolina, the place where her parents met, convinced it holds the key to understanding her fractured family and saving her career in academia. Kate is determined to unearth groundbreaking information on a failed 1822 slave revolt—the subject of her mother’s own research.Nearly two centuries earlier, Tom Russell, a gifted blacksmith and slave, grappled with a terrible choice: arm the uprising spearheaded by members of the fiercely independent African Meth...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download A hot steaming cup of coffee from Starbucks and watching the sunset behind the lake from my bedroom window would be great right now… But unfortunately, I’m still serving a life sentence in this prison. See, the older we get the more that we’re supposed to recognize that God moves on his own time, but it gets hard. Honestly, I didn’t have a clue whatsoever that I would have to go through something in life so harsh as this. On the days that I felt lonely and like the walls were closing in on me, I just called on God. Some days I wake up in the morning and decide that I’m not praying anymore or I’m just tired. God would instantly tap me on the shoulder and whisper… “Just a little bit of faith, Annabelle. That’s all you need. Keep going.” “But God you said…” “Keep going, Annabelle.” Many nights I’ve cried in my prison cell while studying my Bibl...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize A New York Times 2016 Notable Book One of Oprah’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016 NPR's Debut Novel of the Year One of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016 One of Time's Top 10 Novels of 2016 “Homegoing is an inspiration.” (Ta-Nehisi Coates)  The unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and 300 years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day.             Effia and Esi are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download Nella Larsen's powerful, thrilling, and tragic tale about the fluidity of racial identity that continues to resonate today. A New York Times Editors’ Choice   Clare Kendry is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to “pass” as a white woman. Clare’s childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within the African American community, and is simultaneously allured and repelled by Clare’s risky decision to engage in racial masquerade for personal and societal gain. After frequenting African American-centric gatherings together in Harlem, Clare’s interest in Irene turns into a homoerotic longing for Irene’s black identity that she abandoned and can never embrace again, and she is forced to grapple with her decision to ...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download *IF I BELIEVE (A Promises of God Novel Book 2) now available!* Four women, one weekend, and their lives will never be the same. Stephanie London thought she’d heard from God when she moved to Hope Springs, N.C. But a tragedy in that small town left her soul desolate. Now her husband’s inattentiveness has pushed her over the edge. Bereft of hope, she travels home to St. Louis as a women’s ministry conference kicks off. Though less than enthused to attend, new friendships offer strength and light. But what happens when the weekend ends and real life begins again? Treva Langston grieves still the loss of her husband of twenty-two years. Now, two years later, her heart is breaking again as her oldest daughter’s travails come to light. Traveling from DC to St. Louis for a women’s conference seems the last thing she should do, given the circumstances. But in St. Louis her path crosses with someone new—and her w...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book PrizeA New York Times 2016 Notable BookOne of Oprah’s 10 Favorite Books of 2016NPR's Debut Novel of the YearOne of Buzzfeed's Best Fiction Books Of 2016One of Time 's Top 10 Novels of 2016, Winner of 2017 PEN Hemingway award for debut fiction. “ Homegoing  is an inspiration.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates  The unforgettable New York Times best seller begins with the story of two half-sisters, separated by forces beyond their control: one sold into slavery, the other married to a British slaver. Written with tremendous sweep and power, Homegoing traces the generations of family who follow, as their destinies lead them through two continents and three hundred years of history, each life indeliably drawn, as the legacy of slavery is fully revealed in light of the present day.            Effia and Esi are born into differ...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download Romance always spoiled a relationship. At least that is what Shawn Mason thought. She valued her friendship with Jordan Wiley too much to complicate things with romance.And that was fine with Jordan, even though he wouldn't mind being more to Shawn than her platonic best friend.Through the years they had flirted with the idea of being more to each other, but they resisted changing the status quo. They both valued each other's friendship too much to jinx it.However, Shawn decides to get married, and she wants Jordan to be her man of honor.And suddenly Jordan was not too sure that man of honor was the title that he wanted to have in Shawn's upcoming wedding, husband, partner, best friend forever was more appealing to him, but he wanted Shawn to want more too... eBook details Title: Crossing Jordan (Wiley Brothers Book 2) Author : Brenda Barrett Release Date : * Genre: Kindle Store,Kindle eBooks,Literature & Fiction Pages : * pages Size :...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download National Book Award, Fiction, 2013 From the best-selling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade - and who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henry’s master quickly turns violent. Henry is forced to leave town - with Brown, who believes he’s a girl. Over the ensuing months, Henry - whom Brown nicknames Little Onion - conceals his true identity as he struggles to stay alive. Eventually Little Onion finds himself with Brown at the historic raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 - one of the great catalysts for the Civil War. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, and told with McBride’s m...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download 1935. Champion Bates left poky old Winslow, Georgia when he was seventeen years old. He had promised to elope with his childhood sweetheart, but pressured by other influences, he took an earlier train leaving his Delie behind. The pain at leaving her behind has tormented him for the seven years he fought as a ham and egg boxer, trying to make himself worthy of her. He had no chance for the big time until now. He has a fight with a contender boxer--a white man. However, he has been told more fighting will possibly blind him. Back in Winslow, Cordelia “Delie” Bledsoe is out of luck. A teacher in the local school, she has the care of several children who have been abandoned by their parents. She’s offered $200 to take the children out of Georgia. She wants to take them to her family in Pittsburgh to live on a family farm, but Champion Bates shows up, insistent on helping her. She does not want to trust her old love, but has li...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download Because of Asia’s shocking revelation at the Pastoral Anniversary, the city of Memphis is reeling in utter disbelief and shock, especially the congregation of Passion for Christ. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, explore the emotional entanglements of the pastor, Joseph Kendricks; his wife, Nurse Kimberly; the scorned baby mama, Asia, and Eric, the secret lover. Will Nurse Kimberly put aside her embarrassment and hurt to keep her family together? Is Pastor Kendricks willing to commit to his marriage and earn back the trust of his wife...and church? Will Eric's love affair flourish or end in tragedy? Is Asia ready to give her future with Gavin a try? Or will she allow her past to anchor her to the not-so-perfect pastor? eBook details Title: Father, I have Sinned Again Author : Rae Bae Release Date : * Genre: Kindle Store,Kindle eBooks,Literature & Fiction Pages : * pages Size : * KB Books Free Download "Father, I have Sinned Agai...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download The Church is usually a sacred place that you go to get on the right path in life. However, for Kristy Hart, the church took everything from her including her childhood. Being thick and curvy most women think of that as a blessing but not for Kristy. Dealing with a past that haunts her she learns to keep pushing forward no matter the circumstance.Myles Miller, also known on the streets as Lucky, is focused on getting his stacks up. That is until he runs across the baddest BBW in Atlanta, Kristy. Her aura gains his full attention, she not only is beautiful, but her personality is like no other. After dealing with so much Kristy is cautious of Lucky, however, she learns quickly that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. With curves that can make a grown man cry and looks that not even a straight woman can resist, this beauty still goes through life like everyone else. Juggling being a single mother, depression, financial issues, and r...

📘 Read Now     📥 Download In prose that soars with the rhythms, grandeur, and tragic arc of an epic poem, Toni Morrison challenges our most fiercely held beliefs as she weaves folklore and history, memory and myth into an unforgettable meditation on race, religion, gender, and a far-off past that is ever present.  “They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time.” So begins Toni Morrison’s Paradise, which opens with a horrifying scene of mass violence and chronicles its genesis in an all-black small town in rural Oklahoma. Founded by the descendants of freed slaves and survivors in exodus from a hostile world, the patriarchal community of Ruby is built on righteousness, rigidly enforced moral law, and fear. But seventeen miles away, another group of exiles has gathered in a promised land of their own. And it is upon these women in flight from death and despair that nine male citizens of Ruby will lay their pain, their ter...