Black Cake is a complicated novel about family and the lengths you might go to to protect a secret.

Benny and Byron, estranged siblings, come back together at the death of their mother. They are summoned to hear their mother's last wishes that she recorded for them.

They find that their mother is not all she seemed. There are lies upon lies, cover up upon cover up and the truth of where she comes from and who she is. It's a very complicated tale that will pull at your heart and make you feel bad for the things that were forced upon her. She did take good care of her kids though and it's very sweet how she protected herself and them.