Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

Claire Vaye Watkins sets her stories in her home of Nevada whose state motto is 'Battle Born'. The stories here are of hardship and violence, and of redemption.

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to...

The riveting story of Anne Neville, youngest daughter of the ruthless Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in 15th century England

Told with comedic rawness and colorful sarcasm, Ellis's second novel is an epic story of love, loss, pain, and forgiveness that shines a spotlight on the painful reality of domestic abuse.

An edgy voice in urban fiction, Edd McNair's latest street novel is rich with drama and emotion. A small-time thug with big dreams, Black sees crack cocaine as his way out of the Virginia housing projects where he grew up. Angela...

From the award-winning, national bestselling author ( Desperate Hoodwives ) hailed as the Duchess of Street Lit comes a steamy, sexy, gritty tale about Memphis's ride-or-die chicks, who'll do whatever it takes to get what they...

When Chyanne discovered she was pregnant by Aric and then discovered that he was already married, she thought things couldn't get any worse. Unfortunately, she's learning that there are still plenty of secrets to go around. Add...

After the death of her husband, Pastor Hezekiah Cleaveland, Samantha Cleaveland has been installed as the interim pastor of the New Testament Cathedral. She's also become the head of the international television ministry, but not...

Three women live totally different lifestyles, yet have so much in common. Their loyalty to each other has no boundaries, until it starts to affect India's relationship with her boyfriend. Will she have to choose between her...

From a New York Times -bestselling author comes a moving, unforgettable story of lives at a crossroads, love lost and found, and the price of secrets.

This hotly-anticipated second instalment in Miranda Parker's drama-filled crime series features gutsy single mum turned sleuth, Angel. This time Angel faces an even darker mystery that has been plaguing her for years when a...

McNair, Keisha Ervin, and Brenda Hampton join forces to bring readers three stories in the latest installment of the Girls From da Hood series.

The first work in a new Christian-themed series from the author of the Blessed Trinity trilogy follows the courtship between a divorced pastor and a devout churchgoer.

Kenny Mancuso shot his childhood buddy Moogey Bues and then jumped bail. Now bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the case to track Kenny down. Then someone finished Moogey off, Kenny can't be found, twenty-four coffins are missing,...

Resourceful twelve-year-old Ann and her mother, Adele, travel across America in search of fulfillment, freedom, and their dreams.