{"title":"Contemporary Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDiscover contemporary fiction by Black women authors. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"love-at-first-sight-ayoka-b","title":"Love At First Sight .- Ayoka B.","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"540\"\u003eConnect with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/joyinhome?utm_source=ig\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\u0026amp;utm_content=link_in_bio\u0026amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnohKbx1Dw5TyLbbvgHuoDAQm9bMMAjqNPf3Ban8chxETf1rF-ovZPu8L0Blg_aem_7PZ2pCJoEXEMfVIOmGLSRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAyoka B. \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"540\"\u003eRead \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/love-at-second-sight-ayoka-b\/34024426e7ca1d1b?ean=9798989732500\u0026amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLove At First Sight\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"540\"\u003eDiscover the work of \u003cstrong\u003eAyoka B. \u003c\/strong\u003ea Black woman author whose storytelling is tender, musical, and deeply human—exploring love, identity, friendship, and the resilience required to begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"1057\"\u003eHer novel follows \u003cstrong data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"577\"\u003eShane Mathews\u003c\/strong\u003e, a single mother and poet navigating life after a layoff and a long streak of romantic disappointments. 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