| Counting Raindrops Through a Stained Glass Window
Cherlyn Michaels
The surest way to ruin a relationship is to marry the man you love; that's what Vanella believes. So when the love of her life, proposes, Vanella is faced with a dilemma: walk away or ignore her commitment concerns and risk the possibility of marital hell on earth?
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They Tell Me Of A Home
Daniel Black
Twenty-eight-year-old protagonist Tommy Lee Tyson steps off the Greyhound bus in his hometown of Swamp Creek, Arkansas—a place he left when he was eighteen, vowing never to return. Yet fate and a Ph.D. in black studies force him back to his rural origins as he seeks to understand himself and the black community that produced him.
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Uptown and Downtown
Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg
In her dynamic debut novel, Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg explores the headstrong ambitions and fragile dreams of a couple on top-and their drive for success, which tests the limits of privilege, love, and friendship in the most provocative of ways.
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| Fledgling: A Novel
Octavia Butler
After more than seven years, Octavia Butler is back with Fledgling: A Novel. This group of vampires coexists with humans; forming simbiotic relationships. The undercurrant of bigotry/racism makes for great science fiction and social commentary.
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Third Girl from the Left
Martha Southgate
A family tragedy leaves Aria and the remaining members of her fractured family struggling to live with their own guilt--real and imagined. This novel is a beatifuly written story of love and loss. It is not new, but I enjoyed it so much I had to list it!
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Joplin's Ghost
Tananarive Due
The rumor of a ghost at the Scott Joplin House in St. Louis, Mo., inspired this contemplative supernatural novel, in which a young girl becomes haunted by the specter of the famous ragtime composer.
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