Set in an imagined Antebellum United States, the novel follows Cora, an enslaved woman who flees a Georgia plantation via an Underground Railroad visualized as an actual subterranean railway.

A contemporary Black woman living in 1970s Los Angeles is repeatedly pulled back in time to a Maryland plantation in the early 19th century, where she encounters ancestors and must navigate slavery's social and moral realities to survive and return to her own time.

A contemporary novel shaped like a folktale in which a young woman and those around her navigate consequences after a theft and encounters with trickster spirits. The setup focuses on moral complications inside domestic relationships and the social effects of magic on everyday life.

A novel told through letters that follow a Black woman’s life in the American South across early adulthood, tracing how she survives sexual and domestic abuse, discovers personal voice, and finds connection with other women.

Set after the American Civil War, the novel focuses on a formerly enslaved woman who lives in Cincinnati and must confront a violent past that continues to intrude on daily life.

Set during the American Civil War, the novel focuses on a freedwoman who takes a dangerous undercover role within a Confederate household to gather intelligence, while a man posing as a Confederate soldier is secretly working the same network for Union purposes.

Set in an early 20th-century Ontario village, the novel follows a woman constrained by family and social expectation who faces a decision point that lets her imagine a different life.

Set in a historical social world, the novel focuses on women negotiating marriage, reputation, and intimacy within strict social codes. The central pressure comes from private desires and social constraint: a developing romantic relationship unfolds through constrained public behavior and more candid private exchanges.

Set against the realities of a mid-20th-century reform school in the American South, the novel follows young boys who confront daily physical and moral violence inside a state institution.

An African-American Texas Ranger, Darren Matthews, travels Highway 59 into a small Texas town to investigate the death of a Black visitor and encounters local resistance, simmering racial tensions, and tangled loyalties.

A contemporary marriage is strained when one partner harbors a secret tied to unnatural longevity. The setup places trust, love, and the ethical cost of living beyond normal limits against everyday domestic pressures, with a central tension anchored in secrecy and its consequences for a family and a community.

A multi-generational family saga tracing the legacies of slavery and migration across several branches of one extended lineage. Each short chapter follows a descendant in a different time and place, showing how historical violence and displacement shape personal lives across generations.