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E. Lynn Harris was a ten-time New York Times bestselling author. His work included the memoir What Becomes of the Brokenhearted and the novels, A Love of My Own, Just as I Am, Any Way the Wind Blows (all three of which were named Novel of the Year by the Blackboard African American Bestsellers), I Say a Little Prayer, If This World Were Mine (which won the James Baldwin Award for Literary Excellence), the classic Invisible Life, Just Too Good to Be True, and Basketball Jones. He passed away at the age of 54 in 2009.
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Just Too Good to Be True
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Price: $15.00
A New York Times Bestseller
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football player. Brady has always followed her lead... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Price: $15.00
A New York Times Bestseller
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football player. Brady has always followed her lead... Read more >
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Basketball Jones
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $22.95
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $22.95
E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now he’s back with another winner sure to top the bestseller lists—a rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal . . . and blackmail.
Aldridge James “AJ” Richardson is living the...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Invisible Life
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 15, 1994
Price: $13.95
The re-issue of a remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who has fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming of age story out of the highly controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 15, 1994
Price: $13.95
The re-issue of a remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who has fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming of age story out of the highly controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS. Read more >
Also available as a
audiobook download and an
abridged audiobook download.
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I Say a Little Prayer
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $13.95
A USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post Bestseller
Chauncey Greer, the suave and successful owner of the Cute Boy Greeting Card Company, never wants for the attention of guys just as hot as he is. After a couple of bad dates Chauncey finds himself in church, where the minister’s message inspires... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $13.95
A USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post Bestseller
Chauncey Greer, the suave and successful owner of the Cute Boy Greeting Card Company, never wants for the attention of guys just as hot as he is. After a couple of bad dates Chauncey finds himself in church, where the minister’s message inspires... Read more >
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A Love of My Own
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2003
Price: $13.95
After Zola Denise Norwood meets media mogul Davis Vincent McClinton on a New York-bound flight, he makes her a couple of offers before they even land. One is editing his hot new urban style magazine Bling Bling. The other is more personal. As Zola and Raymond Tyler, Jr, Bling Bling’s CEO... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2003
Price: $13.95
After Zola Denise Norwood meets media mogul Davis Vincent McClinton on a New York-bound flight, he makes her a couple of offers before they even land. One is editing his hot new urban style magazine Bling Bling. The other is more personal. As Zola and Raymond Tyler, Jr, Bling Bling’s CEO... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Any Way the Wind Blows
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2002
Price: $12.95
When her wedding to John “Basil” Henderson didn’t come off as planned, Yancey Harrington Braxton flew off to L.A. and remade herself as mega-diva Yancey B. And Basil started concentrating on his career as a high-powered sports agent. But then Yancey’s first single, “Any Way the Wind Blows,” hit the charts... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2002
Price: $12.95
When her wedding to John “Basil” Henderson didn’t come off as planned, Yancey Harrington Braxton flew off to L.A. and remade herself as mega-diva Yancey B. And Basil started concentrating on his career as a high-powered sports agent. But then Yancey’s first single, “Any Way the Wind Blows,” hit the charts... Read more >
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Just As I Am
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 15, 1995
Price: $14.95
E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate the arrival in paperback of his second novel, Just As I Am, which picks up where Invisible Life left off, introducing Harris's appealing and authentic characters to a new set of joys... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 15, 1995
Price: $14.95
E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate the arrival in paperback of his second novel, Just As I Am, which picks up where Invisible Life left off, introducing Harris's appealing and authentic characters to a new set of joys... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download.
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On the Down Low
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Price: $12.95
A bold exposé of the controversial secret that has potentially dire consequences in many African American communities
Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life “on the down low” (the DL), J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex between black men who lead “straight” lives. King explores his own... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2005
Price: $12.95
A bold exposé of the controversial secret that has potentially dire consequences in many African American communities
Delivering the first frank and thorough investigation of life “on the down low” (the DL), J. L. King exposes a closeted culture of sex between black men who lead “straight” lives. King explores his own... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Not a Day Goes By
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $13.95
John “Basil” Henderson has always played the field, both as a professional football player and as an equal opportunity lover. After retiring his jersey for a career as a sports agent, the dashing playboy is surprising everyone—including himself—by deciding to settle down and commit to his new love, Yancey Harrington Braxton... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $13.95
John “Basil” Henderson has always played the field, both as a professional football player and as an equal opportunity lover. After retiring his jersey for a career as a sports agent, the dashing playboy is surprising everyone—including himself—by deciding to settle down and commit to his new love, Yancey Harrington Braxton... Read more >
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Abide With Me
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $13.95
In this hotly anticipated conclusion to his popular Invisible Life trilogy, E. Lynn Harris delivers a masterful tale that traces the evolving lives of his beloved characters Nicole Springer and Raymond Tyler, Jr., and reintroduces readers to their respective lovers, best friends, and potential enemies. Abide with Me moves between the worlds... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $13.95
In this hotly anticipated conclusion to his popular Invisible Life trilogy, E. Lynn Harris delivers a masterful tale that traces the evolving lives of his beloved characters Nicole Springer and Raymond Tyler, Jr., and reintroduces readers to their respective lovers, best friends, and potential enemies. Abide with Me moves between the worlds... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download.
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And This Too Shall Pass
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: February 17, 1997
Price: $13.95
A stellar quarterback, an ambitious sportscaster. What happens when rising stars collide?
In And This Too Shall Pass, Harris takes us into the locker rooms and newsrooms of Chicago, where four lives are about to intersect in romance and scandal. At the heart of the novel is the celibate Zurich, a rookie
quarterback... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: February 17, 1997
Price: $13.95
A stellar quarterback, an ambitious sportscaster. What happens when rising stars collide?
In And This Too Shall Pass, Harris takes us into the locker rooms and newsrooms of Chicago, where four lives are about to intersect in romance and scandal. At the heart of the novel is the celibate Zurich, a rookie
quarterback... Read more >
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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $13.95
“In many ways writing saved my life. It’s my hope that sharing my experience will give hope to others who are learning to deal with their “difference.” I want them to know they don’t have to live their lives in a permanent “don’t ask, don’t tell” existence. Truth is a powerful... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2004
Price: $13.95
“In many ways writing saved my life. It’s my hope that sharing my experience will give hope to others who are learning to deal with their “difference.” I want them to know they don’t have to live their lives in a permanent “don’t ask, don’t tell” existence. Truth is a powerful... Read more >
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If This World Were Mine
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 15, 1998
Price: $14.95
Four friends, all graduates of Hampton Institute, keep a collective journal they call "If This World Were Mine," and share their personal diaries each month at a gathering filled with humor, gossip, and affirmation. The four group members are as different as the seasons, yet they all share a love of... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 15, 1998
Price: $14.95
Four friends, all graduates of Hampton Institute, keep a collective journal they call "If This World Were Mine," and share their personal diaries each month at a gathering filled with humor, gossip, and affirmation. The four group members are as different as the seasons, yet they all share a love of... Read more >
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Best African American Fiction
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year’s most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $16.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year’s most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Just Too Good to Be True
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $24.95
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
|
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I Say a Little Prayer
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $24.95
Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris is back with another sexy, shocking, and immensely satisfying novel that explores some of today’s toughest and most timely issues.
Chauncey Greer is the owner of Cute Boy Card Company, a thriving company in Atlanta. As a teenager, he was a member of a popular boy band... Read more >
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $24.95
Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris is back with another sexy, shocking, and immensely satisfying novel that explores some of today’s toughest and most timely issues.
Chauncey Greer is the owner of Cute Boy Card Company, a thriving company in Atlanta. As a teenager, he was a member of a popular boy band... Read more >
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Gumbo
Format: Trade Paperback, 828 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2002
Price: $32.00
A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling authors as well as talented rising stars.
Not since Terry McMillan’s Breaking Ice have so many African-American writers been brought together in one volume. A stellar collection of works from more than fifty hot... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 828 pages
On Sale: December 3, 2002
Price: $32.00
A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling authors as well as talented rising stars.
Not since Terry McMillan’s Breaking Ice have so many African-American writers been brought together in one volume. A stellar collection of works from more than fifty hot... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $22.95
For almost a decade, beloved storyteller E. Lynn Harris has welcomed you into his family with his passionate, warm and trail-blazing novels. Now, he invites you into the most intimate world ever--his own.
Since his first book Invisible Life was published in the early 1990s, New York Times bestselling author E. Lynn... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2003
Price: $22.95
For almost a decade, beloved storyteller E. Lynn Harris has welcomed you into his family with his passionate, warm and trail-blazing novels. Now, he invites you into the most intimate world ever--his own.
Since his first book Invisible Life was published in the early 1990s, New York Times bestselling author E. Lynn... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Just Too Good to Be True
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $29.95
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $29.95
Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhere—a big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets.
Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her... Read more >
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Basketball Jones
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $29.95
E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now he’s back with another winner sure to top the bestseller lists—a rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal . . . and blackmail.
Aldridge James “AJ” Richardson is living the... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $29.95
E. Lynn Harris has wowed and seduced more than three million readers with the wicked drama and undeniable heart in his novels. Now he’s back with another winner sure to top the bestseller lists—a rip-roaring tale of sex, secrets, betrayal . . . and blackmail.
Aldridge James “AJ” Richardson is living the... Read more >
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I Say a Little Prayer
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2006
Price: $21.95
Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris is back with another sexy, shocking, and immensely satisfying novel that explores some of today’s toughest and most timely issues.
Chauncey Greer is the owner of Cute Boy Card Company, a thriving company in Atlanta. As a teenager, he was a member of a popular boy band... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2006
Price: $21.95
Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris is back with another sexy, shocking, and immensely satisfying novel that explores some of today’s toughest and most timely issues.
Chauncey Greer is the owner of Cute Boy Card Company, a thriving company in Atlanta. As a teenager, he was a member of a popular boy band... Read more >
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Not a Day Goes By
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: July 18, 2000
Price: $19.95
Welcome to the irresistible world of E. Lynn Harris...
He is a devilish and handsome ex-football player, now a rising sports agent at one of the hottest firms in the country. Irrepressible and dangerously alluring, John "Basil" Henderson has a history with women (and a few men). Basil is the consummate guy's... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: July 18, 2000
Price: $19.95
Welcome to the irresistible world of E. Lynn Harris...
He is a devilish and handsome ex-football player, now a rising sports agent at one of the hottest firms in the country. Irrepressible and dangerously alluring, John "Basil" Henderson has a history with women (and a few men). Basil is the consummate guy's... Read more >
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Any Way the Wind Blows
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2001
Price: $19.95
At the end of Not a Day Goes By, the terminally bisexual John Basil Henderson declares: “I’m back, in full form. And I’m out there. Roamin’. And switching lanes.” Now, in Any Way the Wind Blows, Basil, good-looking gadabout and homme fatal, is back at the top of his game (razzle-dazzling... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2001
Price: $19.95
At the end of Not a Day Goes By, the terminally bisexual John Basil Henderson declares: “I’m back, in full form. And I’m out there. Roamin’. And switching lanes.” Now, in Any Way the Wind Blows, Basil, good-looking gadabout and homme fatal, is back at the top of his game (razzle-dazzling... Read more >
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Basketball Jones
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $14.95
AJ Richardson is living the good life. Thanks to his longtime lover, NBA star Dray Jones, he has a gorgeous townhouse in New Orleans, plenty of frequent-flier miles, and an MBA he’s never had to use. Built on a deep and abiding love, their hidden relationship sustains them both. But when... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $14.95
AJ Richardson is living the good life. Thanks to his longtime lover, NBA star Dray Jones, he has a gorgeous townhouse in New Orleans, plenty of frequent-flier miles, and an MBA he’s never had to use. Built on a deep and abiding love, their hidden relationship sustains them both. But when... Read more >
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Best African American Fiction
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $23.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year’s most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $23.00
Introducing the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology featuring the year’s most outstanding fiction by some of today’s finest African American writers.
From stories that depict black life in times gone by to those that address contemporary issues, this inaugural volume gathers the very best recent African American fiction. Created... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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