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African American Fiction October 2020
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Money devils 1 : a cartel novel
by Ashley
"From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Cartel series comes a new chapter in a world that only Ashley and JaQuavis know how to bring to life. The LaCroixs are four beautiful Haitian American women bound by money and blood. On the surface The LaCroix Group is a venture capitalist company, but underneath it's so much more. The four sisters run long cons, targeting wealthy, prominent business figures. They have a system. Find the perfect mark, create the problem, then present the solution. For acost... Sutton "Sutty" LaCroix, the eldest sister and an accomplished business maven, sits on the family throne as the CEO of the LaCroix Group and is the face of their operation. No one is as good as Sutton when it comes to finding new prey. However, when Sutton meets West, a young, black oil tycoon--a man who represents a life she and her sisters vowed never to live--she breaks all the rules. The LaCroix sisters have a pact-to never settle down and leave roots in one place. But Sutton falls in love with his good looks, charm, and old money. This means that West is a problem. When he inducts her into a high society of opulence, power, and generational wealth, Sutton finds herself torn between the love of her life and the love of her family"
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His final deal
by Theresa A. Campbell
One of Jamaica’s biggest drug lords, Raymond Brown is near his breaking point and refuses to go down without a fight, making a deal with God to eradicate his enemies once and for all in exchange for giving up his drug empire. Original.
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On the corner of Hope and Main
by Beverly Jenkins
When the mayor of historic Henry Adams, Kansas decides it’s time to step down, a former marine and his wife battle each other for the position, putting their teenage son squarely in the middle. 25,000 first printing.
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Luster
by Raven Leilani
A young black artist falls into an affair with a man in an open marriage before gradually befriending his wife and adopted daughter against a backdrop of dynamic racial politics. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.
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The secret lives of church ladies
by Deesha Philyaw
"The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"
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