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  Kindred

  by Octavia E. Butler

  The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the classic novel that has sold over 250,000 copies Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back again and again for... (more)
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  Family Tree

  by Barbara Delinsky

  Dana Clarke has always longed for the stability of home and family—her own childhood was not an easy one. Now she has married a man she adores who is from a prominent New England family, and she is about to give birth to their first child. But what should be the happiest day of her life becomes the day her world falls apart. Her daughter is born beautiful and healthy, but no one can help noticing the African... (more)
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  A Ship Made of Paper

  by Scott Spencer

  No novelist alive knows the human heart better than Scott Spencer does. No one tells stories about human passion with greater urgency, insight, or sympathy. In A Ship Made of Paper, this artist of desire paints his most profound and compelling canvas yet. Daniel Emerson lives with Kate Ellis and is like a father to her daughter, Ruby. But he cannot control his desire for Iris Davenport, the African-American... (more)
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  The Brethren: Book 1

  Dark Thirst

  by Sara Reinke

  When Brandon Noble and Angelina Jones first met, he was an awkward teenager harbouring a crush on his tutor's sister. Five years later, Angelina is a streetwise cop who's sure she's seen it all, until Brandon comes back into her life - lean, handsome, possessing a strange, powerful allure...and a terrifying secret. "Dark Desires" - Brandon is one of the Brethren, an ancient clan of ruthless vampires. Like other... (more)
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  Big Fat Manifesto

  by Susan Vaught

  Jamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids in that year, doing too much—including trying to change the world—and fighting for her rights as a very fat girl. And not quietly: she's writing a column every week in the paper with her thoughts and fears and gripes. As her column raises all kinds of questions, so too, must she find her own private way in her world, with love popping up in an unexpected... (more)
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  Close Encounters

  by Sandra Kitt

  Bestselling author Sandra Kitt's work has been praised as "moving" (USA Today) and "tense, thoughtful, and sensual" (Library Journal). Close Encounters is the richly emotional story of two people struggling to make sense of their lives in the aftermath of a violent chance encounter.... Praise for Sandra Kitt: "Kitt provides...unusual depth and sympathy to her widely diverse characters."- Publishers Weekly ... (more)
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  What White Boyz Want

  by Bridget Midway, Seressia Glass, Lena Matthews, Raquel Taylor, Simone Harlow

  This book consists of 5 novellas centering around interracial romances. In Crystal B. Bright's Bitter Ball, best friends discover love is the best part of friendship. In Seressia Glass's Sex on South Beach, a food critic find the food isn't the only thing that satisfies her hunger. Lena Matthew's Heart Wrangler is a story about how childhood friends can grow up and still be playmates. Raquel Taylor's Bayou... (more)
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  Bron Universe: Book 1

  Adrienne

  by D. Renee Bagby

  He crossed dimensions to claim her as his queen-but her reign may destroy his world. A Bron Universe novel Adrienne Backett wants two simple little things this spring break: rest and relaxation. After nearly four years of slaving away for her college education, she deserves a holiday. What she gets is pulled into another dimension by a man who claims she's his rightful queen. Malik, King of Ulan, has until his... (more)
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  Original Love

  by J. J. Murray

  Peter Underhill was smitten by Ebony Mills the moment she joined his street hockey team a coal-eyed, tomboy goddess, as dark and dazzling as he was pale and awkward. That she returned his affection was a boy's dream come true. But despite a bond that grew into their teens, Peter's intolerant father and Ebony's meddling family finally forced them apart. That was twenty years ago and Peter has been trying to... (more)
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  One Thousand White Women

  The Journals of May Dodd

  by Jim Fergus

  One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that... (more)
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  I'm Your Girl

  by J. J. Murray

  For public library clerk Diane Anderson, reading romance novels and living vicariously is far easier than attracting a flesh-and-blood man of her own. She'd love to add some real spice to her life, but it seems she's too voluptuous in the wrong places to attract the kind of black man her mama requires as a son-in-law...and just exotic enough to attract the kind of white man Mama forbids. But there's something... (more)
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  The Lord and the Scorpion

  by Shiree McCarver

  "Tell me, what do you want from me Lord Clare." Sauda stood her ground, preparing to do battle for the sake of her heart. "Everything and more." Ethan pressed his body against hers, refusing to accept defeat. "Do you think you can overcome me, dark maiden?" The proposal intrigued her. "Unsheathe your sword, milord." Sauda Mauri and Ethan Clare find themselves thrown together on a mission to halt the... (more)
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  A Night To Remember

  by Eve Vaughn

  One night of passion leads two lovers on a passionate journey neither expected. On the night that should have been her two year wedding anniversary Charlie Brown finds herself in a bar to drown her sorrows over her deceased spouse. One thing leads to another and she seeks comfort in the arms of a stranger. Jake wanted Charlie the minute he saw her, but knows he must take things slow with this sexy... (more)
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  Moonlight Fervor

  by Marilyn Lee

  Moonlight Desires By Marilyn Lee How do you fight your own nature? Vampire/wolf-shifter Acier Gautier has a dual nature. Part vampire and part wolf-shifter, Acier, as Alpha Supreme-in- waiting of Pack Gautier must learn that even he can't always control what destiny has in store for him. While running from the one woman he desires most but knows he cannot have, Acier encounters one of the only beings able... (more)
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  Indigo Love Spectrum

  Tempting Faith

  by Crystal Hubbard

  Two young lovers from a small town reconnect after a ten-year absence to discover that they still have feelings for each other.
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  Loving True

  by Marie Rochelle

  True Williams thinks she has it all: An excellent job, intelligence, and a wonderful boyfriend that loves her more than anything in the world. That's why his betrayal cuts her to the bone and she flees town, wanting to put her ex-boyfriend behind her. She vows to not let another devastatingly handsome man into her heart or life. Her promise is put to the test when she moves next door to the amazingly sexy ... (more)
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  The Reinvention of Chastity

  by Eve Vaughn

  Dont get madget sexy!Plain Jane paralegal Chastity Bryant has had a raving crush on her boss Sebastian Rossi since meeting him. Always willing to jump at his beck and call, Chastitys world comes crashing in on her one morning when she overhears him laughing about her less than exciting life. To top it off, he freely admits that hes used her crush to his advantage!After a pep talk from her friends, they devise a... (more)
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  Red Sky

  by Renee Alexis

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  Does Anybody Else Look Like Me?

  A Parent's Guide to Raising Multiracial Children

  by Donna Jackson Nakazawa

  A psychologically wise guide to helping multiracial children of all ages develop confidence and a healthy understanding of their uniqueness. "Am I black or white or am I American?" "Why don't my eyes look like yours?" "Why do people always call attention to my 'different' hair?" Helping a child understand his mixed racial background can be daunting, especially when, whether out of honest appreciation or... (more)
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  The Death of Jayson Porter

  by Jaime Adoff

  Sixteen-year-old Jayson Porter wants to believe things will get better. But the harsh realities of his life never seem to change. Living in the inland-Florida projects with his abusive mother, he tries unsuccessfully to fit in at his predominately white school, while struggling to maintain even a thread of a relationship with his drug-addicted father. As the pressure mounts, there's only one thing Jayson feels he... (more)