African Fantasy

Seven years have passed. And my powers still haven’t forgiven me for taking a life… You’d think that my cosmic purification powers would know the difference between a human life and that of a cold-hearted serial killer, but apparently not. And ever since I pulled that trigger, my spark has been just a shadow of its former self. But demons and the insane cults that bring them into the world don’t care if I’m not in form. Or if I’ve been in early retirement for the better part of a decade. Evildoers will do evil. But this time, it’s different. The demon they’re wanting to ...

In the thrilling second installment of the "My Polished, Professional Thug" series, Skot, Mendesa, and the enigmatic Man are back with a vengeance. The story picks up where the first book left off, plunging readers into an electrifying narrative that explores the complexities of a world where psychic abilities and the criminal underground collide. Mendesa quickly finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue as her psychic powers lead her to an infamous scammer in the bustling city of Atlanta. As her connection with this enigmatic character deepens, the boundaries between right and wrong ...

Welcome to the Northwestern Hemisphere, 2529. An equally exciting and terrifying world born from the ashes of our own, where almost half of people are born invisible, and thus relegated to second-class citizenship. Sweetmint, a young invisible woman, has done everything right her entire life, from excelling in school to landing a highly sought-after apprenticeship with a mysterious, powerful inventor.

Gabrielle LeRoux was just like any other girl, focused on her academics and other normal teenage angst. That is, until her 18th birthday, where she inherits her powers and finds out she's a witch! She discovers that she is part of a long line of witches that descended from West Africa. They have the power to control the elements at will, breathe life into anything they wish, as well as take it away. The source of their magic comes from the melanin only their kind possess in their skin, absorbed from the sun and radiating through their bodies.

In the wake of her mother's passing, Layla Hurley unexpectedly reconnects with her mother's sisters, women she hasn't been allowed to speak to, or of, in years. Her aunts reveal to Layla that a Gullah-Geechee island off the shore of South Carolina now belongs to her. As Layla digs deeper into her mother’s past and the mysterious island’s history, she discovers that the terrifying nightmares that have plagued her throughout her life and tainted her relationship with her mother and all of her family, is actually a power passed down through generations of her Gullah ancestors.

Anoor is the first blue-blooded ruler of the Wardens' Empire. But when she is accused of a murder she didn't commit, her reign is thrown into turmoil. She must solve the mystery and clear her name without the support of her beloved, Sylah. Sylah braves new lands to find a solution for the hurricane that threatens to destroy her home. But in finding answers, she must make a decision, does she sacrifice her old life in order to raise up her sword once more?

Half a Lion, a coming-of-age epic fantasy, follows the adventures of three siblings as they struggle for survival, embrace forbidden magic, and clash for thrones in the shadow of an enemy that threatens to drown their world in blood. The half-blood fights shamans and skinchangers, all while caring for an ailing mother and vowing to win an unwanted throne. Betrayed, hunted and alone, the exile dreams of revenge and must rely on the loyalty of sworn enemies to do so. The cripple has lost everything, but loss can be the deadliest of weapons wielded by the coldest of hearts. Amid poetry and ...

Men do not become mystics. They become warriors. But eighteen-year-old Salo has never been good at conforming to his tribe’s expectations. For as long as he can remember, he has loved books and magic in a culture where such things are considered unmanly. Despite it being sacrilege, Salo has worked on a magical device in secret that will awaken his latent magical powers. And when his village is attacked by a cruel enchantress, Salo knows that it is time to take action.

Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But Brooklyn is no place for fireball witches with all its bright lights, shut windows, and bolt-locked doors.… While Marisol hoped they would leave their old traditions behind when they emigrated from the islands, she knows this will never happen while she remains ensnared by the one person who keeps her chained to her magical past—her mother.

Everyone knows a Karen. She's opinionated, she's meddlesome, she's obnoxious, and she's always right. What happens when a Karen gets put in her place?The new guy in the neighborhood rubs Karen Ramsey - yes that's her real name, please don't remind her of the otherwise used term for Karen, she hates it - the wrong way. He doesn't belong there, and she wants him to know it. Is he really their new neighbor or is he just trying to steal the car out front, she wonders? She's suspicious and she decides to take matters into her own hands. Carl, her husband, has seen it all before and waits ...

The world of culinary magic is about to implode as the greatest threat to their secret existence is carried—well, dragged—into this delectable second installment of the Hex Kitchen series. Kidnapped by the very group meant to protect her, Kenzie finds herself in another cooking tournament. This time, though, the stakes are higher. Every meal she cooks could be her last. If she’s going to survive, she’ll need to do the one thing she swore she’d never do again. Use her magic to kill. Braxton is facing his own battle. Each step that brings him closer to Kenzie jeopardizes his family....

Lana feels that her crown is threatened. The root to all her problems stem from Gethambe's love interest, Ashley. Trying desperately to savor her position as the true Queen of Achaemenid, she commits the ultimate sin and puts the lives of Ashley and her daughter in danger. Feeling guilty about how things ended with Lana, Gethambe attempts to find her to right his wrongs. Not realizing that Ashley is missing, his focus becomes bonding them as sister wives. His hope is for everyone to live together in perfect harmony. Little does he know, he's already too late. When Ashely awakens, she finds ...

"My world was spinning. Was she actually going to go out with James on Friday night? What would they do? Was it just for dinner? Was she going to… cheat on me?"Greg's fantasy of watching Emma with another, darker, man opened her eyes to possibilities she'd never considered. Now that the door has been set ajar Greg wonders if she will walk through it. But something is wrong in the scenario, she hasn't told him about a secret rendezvous with a young black waiter from their favorite restaurant. Will she cheat on him? Was it cheating if he set them off on this course? And when its all over ...

Follow Wakanda’s high-tech king across the savannah, into the deepest jungles, and up snow-capped mountains in this prose adaptation of the landmark comics series by Don McGregor, Rich Buckler, and Billy Graham. This arc expands on the life and culture of the Wakandans, also introducing us to Panther’s historic enemies. See T’Challa channel the strength of his ancient bloodline to take out foes, including the breakout character Killmonger!

Former Marine, Marcus had nothing going for him. High in debt and at a dead end job, his girlfriend leaves him because she sees him as less than a man when they dated. Depressed, Marcus is questioning his life when he is magically swept into the fantasy world of Borne. A medieval world of magical elves, mighty orcs, terrifying werewolves, cunning dwarves, and wild centaurs. However, all is not what it seems. The creatures of this world are all suppressed by humans who also occupy the land. The dark elves themselves are all but considered extinct until Marcus meets the famed dark elf, Yuri ...

When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies, and the full extent of the family debt is revealed, the Black millennial drops out of college to support her family and takes a job in the mysterious and remote town of Lakewood, Michigan. On paper, her new job is too good to be true. High paying. No out of pocket medical expenses. A free place to live. All Lena has to do is participate in a secret program - and lie to her friends and family about the research being done in Lakewood.

Rise of the Faecons Book 2 Arn and Lunah control O'Moriyah as one. She is the Queen of the Faes and he, the Lycan Alpha, but they have two very different parenting styles. We follow the coming of age of their eldest children, a twin, Leon and Arnya, the first FaeCons born to the Blue Moon. Even though Arnya is in line to be the next Queen, she would rather be an Alpha. Thinking that her only problem is her father’s nose, she seizes the opportunity while her parents are away fighting vampires, to infiltrate a male Alpha-in-training competition. Leon is more than happy for his sister to ...

The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967. The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of Earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. The tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza. In luminous and hallucinated language, it explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world....

The war is upon them and Oshun and Echo are missing the most important keys to victory, each other. Separated by a rogue mission, the power dynamic is out of balance. To save each other, their people and earth, they must find their way back. Will they complete their mission in time, or will the Lokes arrive and destroy not only the Cohas and Ohrs, but Earth as well? Klali is losing power by the day since the death of his mate by the Prince and Princess of his sworn enemies. Now, he holds the key to their victory but can't bring himself to exact revenge. He also must make a huge decision to ...

Six years have passed since the intervention of the Man-Lion, a creature in the likeness of the Sphinx, and the quantum computer, in human affairs. But trouble is brewing once again for Jack Wheeler and the woman he loves from afar—Emma White. Imprisoned in the sunken city of Atlantis for straying from the anointed path, the Man-Lion dispatches the Sphere of Ra to warn Jack about the approaching danger. The object, discovered inside a bolder in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa by archeologist and rock-painting expert Dr. Kobus van Niekerk, seems to confirm various predictions ...