Category: Book Highlights and Prompts
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Murder By Dissent by Patricia M. Muhammad
Protests, riots and someone who hides under the flame that scorches the possibility of improving race relations in America during the Civil Rights era. Jacqueline Sadie Thompson, a detective in a colored precinct in New York, is assigned murder cases which occurred during protests. When she visits a scene, someone tosses a Molotov cocktail and […]
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Stolen Grace by Patricia M. Muhammad
Penelope Moreau is a Creole courtier in 18th century Versailles, France. She searches frantically for a paper containing a clue as to who actually committed the royal theft. Once this is proven, the evidence would refute her brother’s, Armand’s, alleged complicity in the crime. Pierre LeMercier is also an aristocrat of the king’s court and […]
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True Intentions by Magda L.
What would you do if you were offered a great money opportunity? One that came at the expense of your relationship with your family and self respect? This is the story of Carlandra Boodoo. A freshly nineteen-year-old full-time massage student witnessing the money struggles of her Trinidadian mother and downfall of her older brother from […]
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The Speakeasy Murders by Patricia M. Muhammad
It is the roaring ’20s in Chicago. The federal government enacts the Volstead Act. This does not stop the activities of the underground world, both in the colored and white side of town. Helen Williams is an astute, but bashful upper-class colored detective who wields her heirloom magnifying glass more than she brandishes a gun. […]
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Mirror of Desire by Ananta Govinda
Kastuba, a Paladin of Light, stands on the edge of an unfathomable labyrinth. Hidden inside is the mysterious woman of his dreams. His spiritual training has led him to the verge of the highest achievement, the axis of the universe which connects all worlds. But does Kastuba dare to throw that away for a quest […]
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Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis
A very special collection of positive poetry that embraces elements of nature, romantic ideals, and inspirational vibes. Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku showcases two unique, brand-new poetry forms created by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis, the co-founders of Auroras & Blossoms, a platform celebrating positivity and inspiration in art. By taking elements […]
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Where Crows Land, by Paul McCracken
This gripping thriller is set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and chronicles the dramatic events when a former detective, Joseph Carter, sets out to gain redemption from the consequences of an old case that cost him everything. Carter is still haunted by the murders of his niece and brother-in-law at the hands of a serial killer […]
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New Release: Eve and the Faders by Berneta L. Haynes & Lornett B. Vestal
The first time it happened, Eve almost killed a kid. That’s when she learned the importance of secrecy—after all, it was nobody’s business that she could disappear or break most things with her bare hands. Years later, she lives an ordinary life as a high school English teacher, with a bank account as bleak as […]
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The Deck of the Numinon by Gregory Scherzinger
With a turn of the cards, a Stone Giant breaks loose from the Granite Mountains, leaving a path of destruction through the Regency of the Stands. The fabled guard towers of Safrasco are destroyed by a sorcerous griffin, the threat of war rising in its wake. Captain Ferriman turns to a blind herb trader named […]
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The Grand Librarian: The Future Wizards by Dee Rose
After the events of the Hangman Returns, Alexander and Emma Merryweather have returned home to Chicago in hopes of living a normal life and raising their twin babies, Octavia and Octus. But the wizard Merlin arrives in Alexander’s dream and informs him of a threat to his twins in the future. The powerful wizard group, […]
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