The Book Channel Online has scoured bookstore shelves and chosen the top five beach reads to heat up your summer.
1
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
This novel challenges its characters to “love thy neighbor.” Can bitter rivals Hortensia and Marion find common ground?
2
Strategic Seduction by Cheris Hodges
This romantic sizzler brings together two headstrong characters for business and pleasure.
3
Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
This nonfiction book takes a startling and eye-opening look into America’s first First Family.
4
No One Is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Watts
This revelatory novel echoes The Great Gatsby with its tale of an extended African American family and their colliding visions of the American Dream.
5
Talk Yourself Happy by Kristi Watts
Former cohost of The 700 Club explains how to “Transform Your Heart by Speaking God’s Promises.”
