Denny S Bryce Books in Order

In 2015, film student Sawyer Hayes interviews elderly former dancer Honoree Dalcour for research into filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. Her memories return to 1920s Chicago, where artistic ambition, romance, and gangster violence shaped her life, while both interviewer and subject conceal painful secrets.

Fleeing an abusive husband in 1968, Frankie travels from Chicago to Los Angeles with her unpredictable Aunt Daisy. Their journey intersects with Daisy’s memories of Hollywood scandals and Black activism in 1928, bringing long-held secrets and unfinished grievances into the open.

Rescued from enslavement as a child, Yoruba princess Sarah Forbes Bonetta is brought into Queen Victoria’s court. Moving between England and West Africa, she seeks family and belonging while navigating racial prejudice, royal expectations, and memories of violence.

In 1924 New York, Alice Jones secretly marries wealthy Kip Rhinelander, whose family demands an annulment amid questions about her ancestry. Black journalist Marvel Cunningham investigates the scandal, confronting racial assumptions and discovering unexpected common ground with the embattled bride.

Three women seeking escape, professional recognition, and political change accompany Katherine Dunham’s 1935 expedition to Jamaica. Their personal secrets and conflicts intensify when a deadly storm approaches, forcing them to depend on one another to survive.