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Hailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. This powerful anthology marks the journal’s 15th anniversary, showcasing 15 unforgettable stories curated by founder Laura Pegram. With a foreword from award-winning author Edwidge Danticat, the narratives included in this vivid anthology explore the devastation of leaving home and the struggle to adapt to reimagined lives, lost loves, distant families, and buried pasts.

Stroke of Love is the life story of a young stroke survivor from Texas named Hether Flanigan. It is a story of resilience, determination, strength, and love. A story about the human spirit, the will to live life to the fullest, the power of the human mind, and the love that surrounds us.

As Ana, a woman with a disability, and her husband settle into their cozy apartment, they are greeted by seemingly friendly neighbors. However, their warm welcome quickly turns into a nightmare when they uncover a horrifying secret–their neighbors are hiding a dark past of murder and deception. Caught in a web of lies and danger, Ana and her husband must navigate the treacherous waters of deceit while grappling with their own fears and vulnerabilities. With every twist and turn, they uncover shocking truths that threaten to unravel their sense of safety and sanity.

Light The Way is a powerful companion for modern-day change-makers ready to go all in and activate the power of their intuitive voice. Part biography and part self-help manual, Light the Way has a spiritual big sister vibe and will comfort and support anyone who feels ready to turn on their light but needs a little help finding the on switch. Full of heartfelt wise wisdom and raw and honest stories from her own life, this book also offers practices for the listener to work with to help them hear their inner voice and follow their soul’s calling.

A serial killer is on the loose in Chicago. With a morbid signature, the murderer must be stopped before he kills again. Social worker Cassandra Welton and Detective Logan Trenton team up to find the killer. With every twist and turn, they wonder if they are on the right trail. How long will it take to make sure they have the right man?

Grace came to Longtooth, Alaska, looking for a safe place to hide. All she wanted was to keep her head down, do her job, and enjoy the peace and quiet. But there's no peace to be found once she meets Longtooth's cantankerous bush pilot. Caleb Kinoyit is surly and rude and mean. He's also, unfortunately, the most attractive man Grace has ever met. And as the long, Alaskan winter nights stretch on, she finds herself warming to his rough charm just as much as she's falling for the beauty of her new home.

What kind of mother abandons her child? During the pandemic, trapped at home with young children and struggling to find creative space to write, journalist Begoña Gómez Urzaiz became fixated on artistic women who overcame both society’s condemnation and their own maternal guilt to leave their children—at will or due to economic or other circumstances. The Abandoners is sharp, at times slyly humorous, and always deeply empathetic.

Five years after they thought they’d said goodbye forever, a group of sorority sisters find themselves back at the University of Alabama for Rush Week. Some return to rekindle their friendships, and others to keep long silent secrets from being exhumed. Unbeknownst to them at the time, the infamous “Spill Book” they wrote confessions in as a trust (hazing) exercise over the years was placed into a time capsule—now it’s been stolen, and the anonymous thief is threatening to expose them all on Bid Day.

For months, I longed to relive a magical one-night stand with a mysterious stranger. Returning to the hotel repeatedly, I hoped for a chance reunion. To my shock, the universe answered my prayers at the worst possible moment. Our eyes met at my wedding rehearsal dinner. Now I realize the stranger was my fiancé’s best friend and the best man. He’s the grumpy alpha billionaire and single dad I never expected to see again.

...He vowed to go straight to his home, never stopping, only to fight his way out if he had to. Home was salvation for his life and his new tribe. The people he learned to love and care for were the ones that made him a champion. Then a girl with no fear in her eyes, just as lonely and determined as he was, picked his pocket...

Acid rainstorms have transformed New York City into a toxic wasteland, cutting its remaining citizens off from one another. In one apartment building, an unlikely family of humans and ghosts survives. Mira reels from a devastating breakup with her partner, Mal, whose whereabouts are unknown, while her mother is plagued by furious dreams and her grandfather, Grandpa Why, stakes his claims as a rambunctious ghost. Across the hall, the cockroach Shin, also a ghost. As the world around them worsens, each character must learn to redefine what it means to live, die, and love at the end of the world.

I’m supposed to be his prisoner—but I’m the one that won’t let him leave. Every time he has a new hit, the separation is unbearable. I wait for him to come home on pins and needles. I paint alone in the bedroom, and now my artwork has changed. I used to paint homes and landscapes…but now I’ve painted a person. A man standing on the bank of a lake surrounded by snow.

My father wouldn’t approve of most of the men I’ve dated—but definitely not him. His name is Bones—and he’s an enemy to my family. I thought I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he planned this moment long ago. He’s taken me captive—and he wants the life that was stolen from him. Killing and torturing me is his best way to accomplish that. But the intensity between us is overpowering.

When her boyfriend of seven years suddenly breaks up with her, relationship advice columnist Gemma Cho is convinced that real love doesn’t exist. As a bisexual woman who’s had zero luck with both men and women, she’s ready to give up on her own romantic prospects. That is, until she's paired up with world-renowned photographer Celeste Min on a potentially career-saving piece on modern love.

He’s a means to an end. A way to right a wrong done to my family. But I can’t deny the desire I see in his eyes, or the need to see what it would be like in his arms. Can I give myself to him without losing myself in the process?

Arran Adair ist nach langer Zeit in seine Heimat Ardnoch zurückgekehrt. In den schottischen Highlands will er sich ein neues Leben aufbauen und die Schatten seiner Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen. Doch Arran hat nicht mit Eredine Willows gerechnet. Die Pilates-Lehrerin von Ardnoch Estate ist ein Rätsel, das er unbedingt lösen will. Als sie ihm eine Nacht ohne Verpflichtungen anbietet, ist Arran überrascht und lässt sich darauf ein. Schnell ist er sich sicher, dass es zwischen ihnen ernst ist. Aber auch Eredine hat ein Geheimnis.

You might be asking yourself how a guy like me ended up on a fashion reality TV show. You may also be asking why I agreed to be a designer’s apprentice with no intelligible sewing skills. Cake. Delicious, fluffy, flour-laden, sugary cake—the beginning of my downfall. If it weren’t for that cake, I’d have never bribed Mai Sakamoto for more. We’d have never developed a friendship. I wouldn’t know of her dreams to become a fashion designer. And I’d sure as hell would never have ended up on a reality TV show to help her chase those dreams.

For Naomi, every day begins the same way: She awakens in a strange garden with a box of unopened letters. Will the letters contain answers or reveal unbearable truths? Naomi wanders the garden every day but can't remember how she got there. An ever-present and mysterious box of unopened letters calls to her. Even though these letters might provide the answers, she can't bear to open them.

Thanks to my reckless roommate, I'm about two skips away from being homeless. Temp jobs aren't paying the bills, and now I have to cancel the scuba diving trip, which I can no longer afford. At least I'll be spared from my instructor's tempting smile and rock-hard abs. Dex is wonderful, but he's only ever treated me like a friend… a really good friend. In fact, when he hears I'm having money problems, he comes up with a way we can help each other.

In this book, Natalie Dawson, best-selling author of "TeamWork: How To Build A High-Performance Team," shares her proven playbook for busy business owners looking to break free from doing it all by themselves (or feeling like they have to) and start building their business so that it's dependent on your team and not just you as the business owner.