In Case You Missed Them. African-American Novels from 2006 |
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- Let's Do it Again by Niobia Bryant
- After Olivia Saint James passes away, her matchmaking attempts live on when she wills her beloved family home to her grandson Malcolm and half of her savings to Malcolm's former wife and greatest enemy, Serena, with a special catch – they must live in the same house for ninety days.
- The Damned: A Vampire Huntress Legend by L.A. Banks
- When Lilith, the consort of the Un-Named One, releases the Damned to wreak havoc on all humankind, Damali, Carlos, and the Guardians race against time to stop the horrific infection spawned by these creatures of hell by finding and beheading the evil Lilith.
- Love Don't Live Here No More by Snoop Dogg
- A talented young music performer struggles for survival in some of southern California's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, an effort that is complicated by his drug entanglements.
- Brickhouse by Rita Ewing
- A dedicated community activist and entrepreneur who has transformed her gym, Brickhouse, into one of the hottest spots in New York, Nona Simms is confronted by a powerful threat to her business in the person of a slick, fast talking reverend turned Harlem official.
- Guilty Pleasures by Donna Hill
- Enjoying the high life in Manhattan, with successful careers and a gorgeous apartment, Eva and Jack Kelly get special satisfaction out of extorting a fortune in cash from drunken businessmen in town on business and away from their wives, until one of their marks turns on them and forces them to come up with a scheme to turn the tables on their would-be victim and his wife.
- The Hearts of Men by Travis Hunter
- Three African-American Men – each at a very different stage in his life – confront the challenges, emotional upheaval, choices, and problem relationships in their lives.
- Video Cowboys by Yolanda Joe
- Taken hostage along with her partner when they stumble into a bank robbery, reporter Georgia Barnett negotiates for their freedom by promising to air the gunman's story about his missing daughter, an agreement that is compromised by an overzealous team of police officers and downsized cameramen.
- Choices Men Make by Dwayne S. Joseph
- Three men – Vic, who left his wife for another woman; Roy, who didn't know how to handle a secret from his wife's past; and Colin, who no longer wants to be a lawyer when he meets a special woman – question whether or not they have made the right decisions in life and love.
- Nowhere is a Place by Berniece L. McFadden
- Having struggled throughout her life for an understanding of her identity, Sherry wonders at an uncharacteristic display of anger on the part of her mother and digs into her family's past throughout the course of a cross-country journey.
- Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
- Reveals the complicated relationships of mothers and daughters in the lives of three generations of women, including Grace, a self-made woman determine to avoid the errors of her mother, who had sacrificed her own needs for her children.
- A Sin and a Shame by Victoria Christopher Murray
- Having broken up her friend's marriage by seducing her husband, Jasmine Larson take up an insincere Christian lifestyle in New York before becoming engaged to a minister and discovering she is pregnant with another man's child.
- Free Burning by Bayo Ojikutu
- After losing his job in corporate America, Tommie Simms finds himself without prospects and takes up selling pot with his cousins to pay the bills, only to end up on the bad side of a corrupt Chicago cop and falling ever deeper into the city's dark underworld.
- Changing Faces by Kimberla Lawson Roby
- Whitney, Taylor, and Charisse have been best friends for years, but they are about to face an unexpected wave of troubles when Charisse's husband threatens to go public with a secret that she has been desperately trying to hide from her mother.
- Divas of Damascus Road by Michelle Stimpson
- A family of Christian women battles issues of unwanted pregnancies, overeating, mental illness, and traumatic childhoods, hoping that their lives will turn around.
- What They Want by Omar Tyree
- Loving his life of carefree travel and insecure women, male model Terrance Mitchell experiences profound guilt when his insensitivity induces a one women's instability, casing him to rethink his priorities.
- So You Call Yourself a Man by Carl Weber
- James Robinson discovers that a past indiscretion has led to a child, threatening his already rocky marriage, while his engaged friend Brent is tempted by another woman, and his other friend Sonny becomes dangerously obsessed with an old flame.
- Girls Most Likely by Sheila Williams
- Captures the dramas, triumphs, problems, and love that bind together four women from the fifth grade through their thirtieth high school reunion, in a powerful novel about friendship.
Titles are shelved alphabetically by the last name of the author. Please check the online catalog or consult a librarian to verify location and availability.
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