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One of the few dancers of color to rise to the top, ballerina Alicia Kinkaid earned her place in the spotlight—only to have it snatched away by a jealous, powerful man. To avoid the long reach of his empire, Alicia surrendered her dreams and disappeared, reemerging under a new name. The last thing on Alicia’s mind was love—and certainly not with another man with her ex’s money and power. Money and power, after all, had ruined her life. Fate, however, had other plans. His Private Dancer is a sexy, gripping tale of love, sex, dance, and tech.

Phoebe Evans is the "Astro Priestess", a social media astrologer with millions of followers. When Phoebe is invited to defend astrology in beautiful Sedona, Arizona—a place known for mysterious vibrations and healings—she has no idea that she'll be squaring off against handsome hero Major John Gabriel, one of the first men to land on Mars. John is brilliant, passionate, and still on the mend from a devastating crash-landing back on Earth. He's also gorgeous, incredibly sexy, and extremely skeptical of everything Phoebe believes in. But he can't deny the chemistry between them.

Zeni Everly is obsessed with Victorian novels—especially Jane Eyre. So what if the only “Black” person in the story is a crazy Creole: the romantic happy ending gave her comfort during a difficult childhood. Now, as a PhD candidate, Zeni is determined to advance new multicultural interpretations of her beloved novel. But when her adviser, the handsome and stern Dr. Alan Braithwaite, won't approve her topic unless she finds something concrete—Zeni embarks on a research trip to a crumbling British castle called “Thornfield”.

After a nuclear bomb levels Washington, DC, a teen embarks on a treacherous 200-mile trek through a harrowing wasteland populated by desperate survivors to get his disabled sister to safety. First of the acclaimed six books in the Ashes, Ashes series, these adventures follow Liam Harper and his friends on a struggle for survival that tests their physical endurance, the bonds of friendship and their humanity.

Fifteen-year-old Nester Bartlett's biggest worries had been growing up Black in America...but the nuclear apocalypse has changed all of the rules. Now, instead of getting good grades and struggling against the negative stereotypes against African American men, he's fighting to stay alive. With no skills for his new life of tending animals, maintaining fires, and defending their mountain cabin against intruders, he's unprepared for the threats that bombard him and his friends from the weather, escaped prisoners from a nearby correctional facility, and their own grief over their losses.

What would send someone back to the Wasteland after nuclear devastation? The hazards of nuclear fallout make the trip a death sentence but when a desire to see his home and the hope of finding his lost family overcomes Rod Wasserman, he leaves the safety of the Mountain Place on a final, desperate journey back to the remnants of his old life.