African Fantasy

A. C. Arthur presents Book 3 in the Legion series. Contains mature themes.

Smart Erotica for Smart Readers! Written by New York Times, USA TODAY and #1 Erotica bestseller, Marata Eros. The exciting continuation of Dara Nichols and Zoe Scotts' adventures. Introducing new character, Isabella. This short, sexy story features fun erotic adventure stories with, The Specialists. Dara is a cougar on the prowl. When erotic circumstances present themselves, she takes advantage in every way possible. Best friend Zoe and traveling buddy, Isabella, get wind of the fun, and the trio experience sexual fantasies of epic proportions. When Dara plans to travel abroad with Isabella...

Bolu Babalola takes the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology and rewrites them with incredible new detail and vivacity in her debut collection. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines iconic Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from countries that no longer exist in our world.

At 72, Johnny Ribkins shouldn't have such problems: he's got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it's curtains. What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an African American family that has been gifted with superpowers that are a bit, well, odd. Okay, very odd. For example, Johnny's father could see colors no one else could see. His brother could scale perfectly flat walls. His cousin belches fire. And Johnny himself can make precise maps of any space you name, whether he's been there or not.

Smart Erotica for Smart Readers! Written by New York Times, USA TODAY and #1 Erotica bestseller, Marata Eros. The exciting continuation of Dara Nichols and Zoe Scotts' adventures. Introducing new character, Isabella. This short, sexy story features the fifth set of fun erotic adventure stories, Oral Exam. Dara is a cougar on the prowl. When erotic circumstances present themselves, she takes advantage in every way possible. Best friend Zoe and traveling buddy, Isabella, get wind of the fun, and the trio experience sexual fantasies of epic proportions. When Dara plans to travel abroad with ...

Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life—apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility’s most infamous playboy brings. Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan. He will exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face. Then the royal family is assassinated, putting Felix next in line for the throne and accused of the murders. Someone will stop at nothing until he’s dead, which means they’ll target Joy, too.

Keita Ali has nothing: no bank account, no papers, no legal identity. A runner, he has fled home - a brutal dictatorship that produces the world's fastest marathoners - to live as an illegal refugee in a wealthy Western nation, surviving on winnings from local races. But the government is cracking down on illegal immigrants, so Keita - who will be executed if he is deported to his homeland - goes underground.

In the dark confines of Sultry Smokehouse late at night, Randy and Bianca surrender to a carnal hunger that knows no bounds, indulging in every forbidden fantasy as they succumb entirely to an animalistic dance driven by raw desire... Their bodies entwined amidst moans, gasps & whispers echoing through the empty halls - each encounter more intense than before. Nothing is off the table for these two insatiable lovers... And yet, despite diving headfirst into this abyss of lust, a lingering question remains: Is it just about pleasure or something far more sinister lurking beneath?

After her parents' deaths, she turns to illegal blood magic to hunt a killer. But is it worth her freedom—or her life? Maddy never made peace with her parents' deaths. Instead of moving on, she summons her mother's spirit whenever possible. So when she finds the bloody corpse of her stepmother—her final parent—Maddy's world falls apart. Devastated, she refuses to believe it was suicide. After all, blood magic users like her stepmother don't spill their blood without purpose. When her school principal is struck by a supernatural illness after he too suspects there's more to the story, ...

War is coming. Despite everything Maya and her father have done, the veil that protects the human world is failing. The Lord of Shadows has raised an army powerful enough to challenge the orishas. And it’s only a matter of time before he breaks through the veil and destroys Maya’s neighborhood and the rest of the world.

South Africa, 1884. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by white colonists. He's guilt-struck but too cowardly to stand up against this horrific act. And as the child dies, his mother curses William. William begins to understand when what the curse means when the shadow of the dead boy starts following him across the world. It never stops, never rests. It can cross oceans and mountains. And if it catches him, the person he loves most in the world will die....

🔥Smart Erotica for Smart Readers🔥 A Steamy, Unapologetic Erotic Adventure by New York Times, USA TODAY and #1 Erotica Bestseller Marata Eros ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Sexy read! Want a book to raise your blood pressure? This is the one! Hot—really hot!" ~ Donna Morris ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "If you want a quickie that's steaming HOT, imaginative, and has a great storyline, this book is for you!" ~ Skylar Griffin 💋 Zoe’s always been the mastermind of her and Dara’s wildest escapades—but this time, her own desires take center stage.✨ Meet Zoe Scott: She’s ...

Smart Erotica for Smart Readers! Written by New York Times, USA TODAY and #1 Erotica bestseller, Marata Eros. The exciting continuation of Dara Nichols and Zoe Scotts' adventures. Introducing new character, Isabella. This short, sexy novelette features fun erotic adventure stories with, Tongue Depressor. Dara is a cougar on the prowl. When erotic circumstances present themselves, she takes advantage in every way possible. Best friend Zoe and traveling buddy, Isabella, get wind of the fun, and the trio experience sexual fantasies of epic proportions. When Dara plans to travel abroad with ...

Amidst the whir of city life, a girl from Harlem is drawn into the glittering underworld of Manhattan, where she’s hired to use her knives to strike fear amongst its most dangerous denizens. But the ghosts from her past are always by her side - and history has appeared on her doorstep to threaten the people she loves most. Can one woman ever sacrifice enough to save an entire community? Trouble the Saints is a dazzling, daring novel - a magical love story, a compelling chronicle of interracial tension, and an altogether brilliant and deeply American saga.

That clock can’t be right. When Elise wakes up the morning after her birthday celebration, she’s surprised to find herself in her bedroom. Last she can remember, she had fallen asleep next to her best friends at her slumber party in her basement, and it was October. But now she’s alone, and her phone says it’s April 8. Elise doesn’t understand. How could she have woken up six months later?

Taj is headed west, but the consequences of leaving Kos behind confront him at every turn. Innocent civilians flee to refugee camps as Karima's dark magic continues to descend on the city. Taj must return, but first he needs a plan. With Arzu's help, Taj and Aliya make it to the village of her ancestors, home of the tastahlik - sin-eaters with Taj's same ability to both battle and call forth sins. As Taj comes to terms with his new magic, he realizes there are two very different groups of tastahlik - one using their powers for good, the other for more selfish ends.

In Fantasies of Nina Simone, Jordan Alexander Stein examines the space between our collective and individual fantasies about Simone the performer, civil rights activist, and icon, and her own fantasies about herself. Stein outlines how Simone gave voice to personal fantasies through releasing dozens of covers of her white male contemporaries.

Order is anarchy After the mass collapse of the global economy, humanity focused on raw survival. Now, the surviving remnant triumph and rebuild the world. This third book of the acclaimed trilogy follows the characters you love: Dr.D., the creator of the bacterium behind the destruction; Jessica, damaged but brilliant; Bilqis, priestess of matriarchal New Islam in North Africa; Meala, the youthful warrior spreading the new religion; Li, Chinese bureaucrat finding love amidst the global cataclysm; and other memorable figures. Rapid-fire page-turning action takes you along on each of their ...

In this mesmerizing fantasy rooted in Urhobo and West African folklore, sixteen-year-old Naborhi longs for a life away from her small, traditional clan in Kokori. But as her rite of passage approaches and she is betrothed to an arrogant young man, Naborhi feels her dreams slipping away from her. Then Naborhi becomes bonded to a mysterious animal and begins having harrowing visions of a kidnapped boy. She soon meets Atai, the son of an Oracle from a rival queendom, and learns that she is being guided by the gods.

MEM is a rare novel, a small book carrying very big ideas, the kind of story that stays with you long after you've finished listening to it. Set in the glittering art deco world of a century ago, MEM makes one slight alteration to history: a scientist in Montreal discovers a method allowing people to have their memories extracted from their minds, whole and complete.