Join us for our August book club meeting led by Sydney James.
Parable of the Sower
Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy—a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
Includes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin
The Rich One
Look, I’m not going to lie and tell you life is all roses and champagne. Although as a high-end escort, I do get a lot of those. Do you know what else I get?
Dubious clients, stalkers, some really uncomfortable positions (and I mean that literally), not to mention the exhausting amount of lies I have to tell on a daily basis.
Thing is, beneath this whole veneer I’ve created, lives an everyday, almost pushing thirty, independent woman who wouldn’t mind settling down with someone who can handle her.
And by handle, I mean in all the ways.
I’ve considered my client, Tyler Walker, or the rich one as I’ve dubbed him on my phone. He’s kind and focused with a dominance that can make any woman le sigh.
Except, I’m somewhat hung up on my childhood love who is also my brother’s best friend. Complicated, right? Well, he’s all about that white picket fence and two point three children too, which isn’t exactly where I see myself any time soon.
I wish my choices ended there but you know what they say about third guy’s the charm? I’m sure someone says that somewhere. Well, my candy aisle stranger with his disarming smile and soulful eyes may be exactly what the doctor ordered.
Then again, I’m not exactly the expert on love, am I?
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