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An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

At the onset of this story, Roy and Celestial have been married for a little over a year, and are just getting to the point where they understand each other. Tragically, their marriage is derailed by a miscarriage of justice that lands Roy with a 12-year prison sentence. The remainder of the book explores the very complicated dynamics of a forced long-distance marriage. Told from multiple perspectives and spanning several decades, the story dives deep into the family members and circumstances that make us who we are.

Someone We Know by Shari Lapeña

With her usual style of not letting any of the characters, let alone the reader, know everything that’s going on, Lapeña slowly reveals the secrets of a neighborhood. Someone has been breaking into homes and personal computers. When the hacker is discovered and confesses, good intentions turn deadly.

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

Naledi, the heroine of A Princess In Theory, is a grad student in epidemiology who lives in New York City and works part-time as a waitress to help pay the bills. When she starts getting emails telling her that she’s betrothed to an African prince, naturally she assumes they’re from a scammer and deletes them. But there is a real prince on the other end of the emails: Prince Thabiso of Thesolo.

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

Leigh’s mother recently took her own life. Since then Leigh has had mysterious encounters with a red bird that she is convinced is her mom.  This leads her and her father to Tawain and grandparents Leigh has never met and a family history Leigh has never been told.