Looking for something new to read? Here\u2019s a round-up of a few novels you should check out (the titles are linked to Amazon, but most are available for purchase at Barnes & Noble, as well):<\/p>\n
Back To You: Series Premiere<\/a>\u00a0by Rebelle<\/strong><\/p>\n When war rips through their relationship Penny and Sophie are forced to fight their way back to each other. Penny Price and Sophie Mitchell are U.N. Peace Keepers on a mission to protect their love and preserve the peace in a war torn country. But how can they safeguard peace when there is no peace to keep? How can their relationship survive when death draws nearer with each passing day?<\/p>\n Join them on an epic journey to nurture a blossoming romance rooted at the epicenter of war and peace. They vow to defend their love even in the middle of a murderous place where ethical lines are etched in stones of social unrest and political turmoil.<\/p>\n This thrilling new series will have you on the edge of your seat all season. New bookisodes\u00a0are released bi-weekly. Visit www.livejustifiedbooks.com for future release dates, discounts and exclusive details about your favorite bookisodes. Back To You: Bookisode 2 (Expiration Day)<\/a> is available now.<\/p>\n Feeling for the Wall<\/a> by Monique ‘Being True’ Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n Feeling for the Wall<\/em>\u00a0explores a relationship that is in crisis. What happens when one person is forgotten or taken for granted? Adanna\u00a0Johnson is a successful bank manager who may be a bit of an over achiever\u00a0but everything she does is for her wife’s happiness. The love they have is deep even if their marriage may be in the eye of the storm. Erica Johnson thought that she would never see the day when she would question the love that Adanna\u00a0and her share. However, lately that seems like all she can think about. Adanna’s\u00a0changing behaviors has turned the warmth in their home pure ice. Erica doesn’t know if she can take being treated as an afterthought any longer. Marriage can be beautiful but when the balance of things tumble over will Adanna and Erica leave or fight for their love.<\/p>\n G.R.I.T.S. – Girls Raised In the South: An Anthology of Southern Queer Womyns’ Voices and Their Allies <\/a>Edited by Poet On Watch and Amber N. Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n G.R.I.T.S. – A MARVELOUS AND DIVERSE COLLECTION OF WRITINGS AND WRITERS!<\/strong> This cutting-edge anthology G.R.I.T.S : Girls Raised In The South- An Anthology of Southern Queer Womyns\u2019 Voices and Their Allies<\/em>, edited by Poet On Watch & Amber N. Williams, can be compared to the pioneering anthology Home Girls which featured writings by Black feminist and lesbian activists on topics both provocative and profound. G.R.I.T.S.<\/em>\u00a0is a critical self-analysis and celebration with multicultural queer women voices and their allies through essays, short stories, poetry, photo stories and healing comfort recipes. The perspectives are of womyn who live in the Southern region of the United States and\/or have a strong affinity for this locale. The theme of the publication surrounds the subject matter of erotica while enjoying food, our connection to the South, the bonds created between lovers, and in sisterhood, personal growth, be it spiritual or otherwise and our best G.R.I.T.S.<\/em> recipes. Come and sit a while on the porch and bask in this Southern hospitality. We have the iced tea waiting. Welcome to our lives.<\/p>\n K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood<\/a>\u00a0by La Toya Hankins<\/strong><\/p>\n K-Rho: The Sweet Taste of Sisterhood<\/em>\u00a0chronicles the strength of sorority life for three Copper Road University sophomores. Track star Kiara\u00a0Michaels\u00a0didn’t expect to find two lifelong friends at her sorority membership interview. But life had other plans, leading her to meet Donna-a Bible quoting straight talker-and Gloria-a loquacious high achiever. In the semesters following membership induction, Kiara\u00a0confesses a festering secret, Donna steers a bumpy course with her unfaithful boyfriend, and Gloria can’t find a love match. When a lustful encounter and brutal assault turn Kiara’s\u00a0collegiate experience upside down, the two friends are her saving grace. Fast-forward ten years later and Kiara\u00a0can’t balance life’s increasing responsibilities, Donna has departed a broken marriage, and Gloria can’t reconcile feelings of attraction for a close friend. Join Kiara, Donna, and Gloria on a dark, clear night at Copper Road to discover how these friends find happiness through sorority redemption, relationship forgiveness, and best friend intervention as you savor the sweet taste of sisterhood.<\/p>\n Living as a Lesbian<\/a>\u00a0by Cheryl Clarke<\/strong><\/p>\n Poetry. African American\u00a0Studies. LGBT Studies. Living as a Lesbian<\/em> is Cheryl Clarke’s paean to lesbian life. Filled with sounds from her childhood in Washington, DC, the riffs of jazz musicians, and bluesy incantations, Living as a Lesbian<\/em>\u00a0sings like a marimba, whispering “i\u00a0am, i am in love with you.” Living as a Lesbian<\/em> chronicles Clarke’s years of literary and political activism with anger, passion, and determination. Clarke mourns the death of Kimako\u00a0Baraka, “sister of famous artist brother”; celebrates the life of Indira Gandhi; and chronicles all kinds of disasters natural and human-made. The world is large in Living as a Lesbian<\/em>\u00a0but also personal and intimate. These poems are closely observed and finely wrought with Clarke’s characteristic charm and wit shining throughout. In 1986, Living as a Lesbian<\/em> captured the vitality and volatility of the lesbian world; today, in a world both changed and unchanged, Clarke’s poems continue to illuminate our lives and make new meanings for Living as a Lesbian<\/em>.<\/p>\n Pieces of Me<\/a>\u00a0by Vickey Simmons<\/strong><\/p>\n A compilation of four original short stories from Vickey Simmons:\u00a0 Toni Knows Best, In Love & Lust, Spring Fever, and Go See The Doctor.<\/p>\n Placencia<\/a>\u00a0by C.A. Clemmings<\/strong><\/p>\n Elodie\u00a0decides to sojourn in Placencia, Belize for a few days. This comes as a surprise to her girlfriend, Andrea, who is waiting for her in Honduras where they planned to meet up for their vacation together. Elodie\u00a0says she is “coming to terms” with some things. Also visiting Placencia\u00a0– a beautiful woman named Sage, who is not afraid to go after what she wants: Elodie.<\/p>\n