"In the wake of her parents' death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life -- success -- until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane Sandy-traumatized, illegal-gun-stockpiling, optimized-soy-protein-eating, bunker-building roommates, Aretha finds that her dreams of making partner are slipping away, replaced by an underground world, one...
"Jada Williams is good at judging people by their looks. From across the mall, she can tell not only someone's inseam and pants size, but exactly what style they need to transform their life. Too bad she's no longer using this superpower as a wardrobe designer to Hollywood stars, but for minimum wage plus commission at the Glendale mall. When Jada is fired yet again, she is forced to outrun the newly instated Debt Police who are out for blood. But...
This week on the KPL Podcast we have author Kashana Cauley telling us about her latest novel The Payback. This story is a funny, satirical look at the student loan debt system in our country. Three women are stuck with massive student loan debt that is difficult to pay on their low income retail jobs. They are stalked by debt police and see no hope at ever repaying their student loans. They hatch out a plan to erase their student loans by breaking...