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Queenie Jenkins is twenty-five, freshly heartbroken, and making choices her grandmother would not approve of. Carty-Williams writes a messy, funny, deeply loving portrait of a young Black woman learning to ask for help. Bridget Jones could never.
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A security guard accuses Emira, a young Black babysitter, of kidnapping the white toddler she's paid to watch, and her employer's guilt spirals into something stranger. Reid skewers performative allyship with a light touch and a perfect ending.
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Two authors who shared one electric week as teenagers meet again fifteen years later at a Brooklyn literary event, and the pages practically steam. Williams writes chronic pain, single motherhood, and desire with equal honesty. A Reese's pick that earned the hype.
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Five years after losing her husband, artist Feyi is ready to feel something again, and a summer invitation to a tropical island delivers far more than she planned. Lush, grown, and unafraid of complication. Romance with the volume turned all the way up.
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