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  • Let Me Love You by Alexandria House

    Let Me Love You by Alexandria House

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trying to put past hurts behind you is hard when your ex is a fool, but buoyed by child support and alimony, Jo Walker is moving forward with her life, pursuing a career, raising her little girl, and trying to live in peace. She believes she has all the bases covered in her world...
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    alpha-mc  black-mc  drama  family  insta-love  poc-mc  adult  age-gap
  • Losin Control by Ladii Nesha

    Losin Control by Ladii Nesha

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Deemed Detroit's bad boy, Czar is a man of many layers. To the world he’s a lyrical genius with a sharp tongue and tough exterior, but behind closed doors, he battles with dark demons from his past while dodging industry drama, scandals and lies.Marley is walking through life barely existing. Her soul is shattered by tragedy leaving her with a heavy heart and broken spirit...
  • fast by Millie Belizaire

    fast by Millie Belizaire

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    fastadj.1. A girl or guy who is quick to engage in sexual activities.--Oftentimes used to shame. Oftentimes used to blame victims for their own abuse. After the untimely death of her mother, Caprice Latimore has to move in with her grandmother. At eight years old, life as she knows it is turned upside down...
  • I Wanna Be Down by AshleyNicole

    I Wanna Be Down by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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  • The Right of Love by Love Belvin

    The Right of Love by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “After the hot sex comes the real world.” “What was that?” “My therapist once said, ‘after the hot sex comes the real world. Or in wayward love, the drama is sprinkled in between passionate lovemaking’.” “That sounds more like one of them novels you like to read.” “No. Ours is too hilly to be a traditional romance story.” And it is...
  • Ethic 5 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 5 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Life has never been easy for Ethic. Since he was a young boy he has battled loss after loss while struggling to navigate through a treacherous world. When he met Alani Lenika Hill he knew that he had met the woman who would love him back to life...
  • Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man of few words is sometimes a man to fear. Ali Joseph proves that theory to be correct. He keeps his traumatic past under wraps and only trusts a few people, Shyrón Berotte being one of them. He’s been living amidst the turmoil for so long he’s finally reaching his breaking point...
  • Cappadonna by Jahquel J., Joseph Editorial Services

    Cappadonna by Jahquel J., Joseph Editorial Services

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After my Yaya passed away, I didn’t have anyone that cared for me. I mean, not even a month after Yaya was in the ground, he sat me down in the living room and sold me to a thirty-year-old man. I was sixteen, and my big brother, the man that was supposed to protect me sold me off like cattle on a farm.My entire life has been to please Zayne. I’m his fourth wife, and the youngest wife...
  • The Closer I Get to You by AshleyNicole, Erin B

    The Closer I Get to You by AshleyNicole, Erin B

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life dealt Lou a losing hand at birth. After years of unthinkable suffering, he has reached a boss level of indifference that he has no intention of stepping down from. His daughter needs a place to live? Not his problem. Anybody else need anything? They’ll die before he offers to help. He’s content living his life alone, and nothing can change that...
  • The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy by Antoinette Sherell

    The Art Of Hood Love: Savvy by Antoinette Sherell

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    urban  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Two Minute Warning by Alexandra Warren

    Two Minute Warning by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s a lot that can happen in two minutes or less…Kendall “Snoop” Dogwood has something to prove.After a devastating ending to his first year with the Houston Skyhawks, getting redemption is the only thing on the veteran quarterback’s mind coming into the new season...
  • Ledge by Grey Huffington

    Ledge by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beautiful disaster. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of her. Who hurt you? The first question comes to mind when I open my mouth to greet her. Although it wasn’t the easiest to reach, I knew her heart was pure . Gentle to the touch yet stubborn as a bull, she made it hard to resist her. Unintentionally, she sank her hooks in me . She was the calm before my storm...
  • Eternally Yours by Brenda Jackson

    Eternally Yours by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Friends… Attorney Syneda Walters and fellow attorney Clayton Madaris are just friends…the last two people likely to end up as lovers. Syneda holds all men at arm's length because of the father whose name she never knew. Clayton has always been a playboy, and no woman has ever come close to keeping his interest for very long...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  family  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • A Worthy Love by A.E. Valdez

    A Worthy Love by A.E. Valdez

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Publicly humiliated, Marisa Banks is blindsided by the news that the man she’s been dating for months is married. Being called names she wouldn't wish on anyone in front of a room full of people by her boyfriend’s wife is enough to shake her identity to its foundations. In an attempt to rebuild, she makes a few questionable decisions.Asher Blaine is one of them...
  • Hold Me While You Wait by Kimberly Brown

    Hold Me While You Wait by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Somya Hilton has known nothing but a life of ultimatums. From a young age, it was her and her sister Eliza against the world. When both of them find love and start families of their own, Somya finally feels like she has the life she deserves. Then tragedy strikes, leaving both her sister and brother-in-law dead and Somya to care for her niece Jazlynn who is ten at the time...
  • Strip Me Bare by Kimberly Brown

    Strip Me Bare by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when two people from different worlds find solace in each other?Alaina Jareau was born into a life of privilege. With the world at her fingertips, there was never much that she longed for that money couldn’t buy… except true happiness. For years now, she’s been hiding behind her influencer persona, showing off her life of luxury...
  • Touch Me by Alexandria House

    Touch Me by Alexandria House

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Jovani Higgs shows up as the latest artist in residence at Romey University, Professor Sharla London can’t believe his resemblance to the gorgeous fantasy man she’s been dreaming about. She wants to write it off as her mind playing tricks, but the mysterious artist seems just as drawn to her...
  • Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown

    Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ariyanna "Ari" Ramirez has had enough of no love. After a two-year relationship filled with more heartbreak than happiness, she is starting over. When she meets handsome, suave, single father, Simeon "Sime" Cartwright, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Their romance is one for the ages, but nothing worth having comes easy and Ari is paying the ultimate price...
  • And Then Life Was Beautiful by Asia Monique

    And Then Life Was Beautiful by Asia Monique

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Couri MitchellAugust Hanson was the silent type, the kind who spoke through his actions and not his words.He possessed enough power to make me feel safe and secure.I was ready to open up and share the parts of myself I’d never shared with another, and then I got hit with a truth that changed everything.There was a slight chance he’d still want me, only he had to accept our baby, too...
  • Ares by Asia Monique

    Ares by Asia Monique

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ares MitchellThey said my presence changed the atmosphere in any room I entered.According to my mother—it was in my name. According to my twin brother—it was in my soul.But to Nyx Campbell, I was multifaceted.The star gazing beauty forced her away into my heart and opened my eyes to a part of myself I never knew existed.She calmed the chaos...
  • G-Spot: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire

    G-Spot: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Have you ever rolled over in the middle of the night and realized you were doing things you swore you'd never do? Sexing brothers you vowed you'd never touch? Bending backwards and stooping lower than you ever thought you'd stoop? Well if you can feel me even a little bit, then let me hit you with a story that just might blow your mind..
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  family  poc-mc  urban  adult  audiobook  book
  • Legally Unbounded by Blue Saffire

    Legally Unbounded by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Legally Bound 5.5 Legally Unbound Final installment in the award-winning, best-selling Series Legally Bound 5.5 The bomb has gone off and I am left split in two. Only now, one part of me will not survive. It’s the part that never should have been. I’m a man of instincts and that’s all I trust now. Every decision I make is because my instincts are telling me to. Time is not on my side...
  • The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu by Antoinette Sherell

    The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu by Antoinette Sherell

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Loyalty. Shabu Blaise is big on that small but powerful word. When he finds out about a violation against the woman he’s claimed as his, the ties that bind are severed, and he’s left in a position to choose between loyalty to the code or his heart—Savvy. All roads lead to Shabu losing the most organic relationship he’s encountered, but he’s determined to keep his new family together by any means...
    Categorized as:
    urban  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Broken by Tia Sirrah

    Broken by Tia Sirrah

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love is dysfunctional. Love is messy. Love is complicated. Love is desperate. My two rules were simple enough: Protect your heart and your sanity at all costs. Never be the one to say “I love you” first. Privileged. Ruthless. Apathetic. Billionaire heir. Business mogul. Womanizer. Sex on a stick. Conner Braithwaite turned my rules to ashes...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  black-mc  drama  family  poc-mc  abuse  adult  betrayal
  • Campus Chronicles: Kamaria & Kyree's Story by Cion Lee

    Campus Chronicles: Kamaria & Kyree's Story by Cion Lee

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kamaria Laurent has spent majority of her college career flying under the radar. As a plus sized girl who's always faced criticism from her peers and family, all she wants to do is stay out the way and get her degree. That all changes when she meets Mr. Popularity himself, Kyree Pierre. Kyree has had the opposite college experience from Kamaria...
  • A Billionaire's Angel by Toy

    A Billionaire's Angel by Toy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Have you ever seen someone that sets your body on fire? They wake up every one of your senses.Israel ‘Izz’ Richards didn’t think it was possible until he walked into Stella’s Café and his eyes fell upon the beautiful owner Angel. He may be one of the most eligible billionaire bachelors, and the women may do all they can to snag his heart, but he never lets any of them get close...
  • Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Hope Town Books 1-3 by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For the first time ever, the Hope Town books are being bundled! Join us for the first three books in the series! Complete with all new bonus content! You fell in love with them as children in the Corps Security Series, but now, watch them fall in love with a spin-off series of their own, the Hope Town Series...
  • First Love by Tiya Rayne

    First Love by Tiya Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eight years ago, Zora Henderson ran away from the man she loved and the family that forced her to have an abortion. Tragedy brings her back home again. Can she face the family and the town that betrayed her? And what of the man that she left behind? Zora also has a secret, one that may have her on the run again...
  • Drown In It by T'Lyn

    Drown In It by T'Lyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    an arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities or amounts.This word best describes what Willow Reid and Rakeem Wilks find themselves caught in both sexually and emotionally.A knock on a wrong door is what pushed them into the tsunami, but their chemistry and passion is what keeps them afloat...
    Categorized as:
    poc-mc  black-mc  urban  romance  steamy  contemporary  fiction  book
  • Diamond by D. Camille

    Diamond by D. Camille

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “He who marries beauty, marries trouble...” ~ Nigerian proverb Diamond Black is the oldest of the Heirs, raised and trained to be elite. Since the day she was born, Diamond has been her own person, and not afraid of anyone or anything. After graduating college and traveling the world for a few years, Diamond is returning home to her family and the newest mission for the group of Heirs...
  • Indebted by Sharon C. Cooper

    Indebted by Sharon C. Cooper

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even when he does good, he’s bad… Detective Lazarus Dimas doesn’t play by the rules. On the streets, he’s a force to be reckoned with, a dangerous man with a badge and a gun. But he does have a soft spot — the sexy Assistant District Attorney Journey Ramsey. There is something about the woman he can’t shake. She’s irresistible and off limits...
  • Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire

    Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CHECK IT. Lamont be my government, but Hood be my name. I earned my stripes chilling up in Fat Daddy's joint, a Brownsville barbershop in the belly of Brooklyn. Some called me a street savior...others said I was just another Brownsville boy gone bad. Whatever. I brung it and I took it too...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  urban  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Feel Me in the Dark by Tucora Monique

    Feel Me in the Dark by Tucora Monique

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Worried about it, I’m putting pressure. You’ll only cut me if I let you. No, we ain’t doing this just for pleasure. Either learn me or I’m a lesson." — H.E.RWork.Health.Finessing.That’s the hierarchy of Finley Thomas’ life. The loc-haired, stenographer was raised by a proud gold digger and against her delight, she inherited mischievous qualities from her mother...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  urban  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book
  • Desperate Hoodwives by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond

    Desperate Hoodwives by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    DREAMS OFTEN DIE IN THE PROJECTS In the first book of a drama-drenched new series, four unforgettable women will do anything to escape the hood. From their front stoops at Bentley Manor, longtime residents Miz Osceola and Miz Cleo have seen just about everything and know all too well that there's no happily-ever-after in the projects...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  urban  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Black & Ugly as Ever by T. Styles

    Black & Ugly as Ever by T. Styles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The gang you fell in love with returns from the street classic Black & Ugly ! Parade Knight finally gets what she wants, a man of her own, despite hating her own dark skin. But as the nights grow longer and her sexual encounters become more frequent with her fiancé Smokes, she wonders why she still can't seem to get her old flame Jay Hernandez off her mind...
  • Touch of Heaven by Maureen Smith

    Touch of Heaven by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Warrick Mayne has spent twelve years blaming Raina St. James for ruining his sister's life. Now the self-made millionaire has the perfect opportunity for payback--knocking down Raina's luxury day spa to build an office complex. But his plan has met a hitch, in the delectable form of Raina herself...
  • Ties That Bind by Brenda Jackson

    Ties That Bind by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It all started in college, in the turbulent sixties, when Randolph and Jenna became lovers. Randolph knew the moment he saw Jenna Haywood that he had to make her his. But the path to love is not an easy one. His wealthy Grandmother Julia disapproves of the match and unbeknowst to him, his brother's seemingly docile fiancee has a few plans of her own that she would like to set in motion...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  family  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Way You Love Me by Francis Ray

    The Way You Love Me by Francis Ray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nothing gets to Shane Elliott. A former Army Ranger, now head of security for a wealthy real estate tycoon, Shane can handle whatever life throws at him—until he meets the beautiful, kindhearted Paige Albright. She’s about to inherit a fortune, and Paige’s mother has asked Shane to investigate her boyfriend...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  urban  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Perfectly Imperfect by D.A. Young

    Perfectly Imperfect by D.A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Handsome attorney Casey Sullivan is a catch, and everyone seems to know it except his beautiful, but slightly deranged girlfriend, deejay Sidra Barton! Just the slightest mention of 'happily ever after' has her ready to run out the door. Not that she'll get far because Casey Sullivan always gets what he wants, and he wants Sidra Barton...
  • All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    LenaWriter’s block has me in a chokehold.My public meltdown and toxic relationship didn’t help matters. But I still owe my ex and his record label an album, and I will deliver. I’m nothing if not professional.Attending my former publicist’s wedding far from LA was just the break I needed to get my creative juices flowing again.Then I saw him...
  • Unsuitable Men by Nia Forrester

    Unsuitable Men by Nia Forrester

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Beautiful, accomplished and a little uptight, Tracy Emerson thinks she has it all figured out, particularly when it comes to the kind of man she wants to end up with. And she knows for sure that Brendan Cole is not The One. First of all, he works in the music business, with rappers no less! His lifestyle is wholly unsuitable for a long-term partner, and not at all compatible with hers...
  • Second Chances by D. A. Young

    Second Chances by D. A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do if you were given a second chance at love? Do you throw caution to the wind and follow your heart, or do you build an unbreakable fortress around your heart that only a special kind of man can penetrate? Meet Ella Kemp and Wyatt Easton. Heartbroken over a devastating loss, Ella is fairly certain that personal happiness just isn’t in her future...
  • Sincerely, Her Gangsta by Mya

    Sincerely, Her Gangsta by Mya

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Honesty Samuels was left to deal with the consequences of her actions. Newly single, heartbroken, and wading through rapid water, she puts her heart on lock and focuses on her new life as a mother with a budding career.Sincere Allen was dealt a terrible hand in the game of life. With no father and a mother battling an addiction, he had to get it out the mud...
  • Wreckless Love by Nina.

    Wreckless Love by Nina.

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rushon “Wreck” Porter, the second oldest of the Porters has found love in all the wrong places until he meets Gia. One night of partying turned into a two-year love affair that had just as many ups as downs. Wreck didn’t think this sweet college girl would even know pain until he got to know her...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  drama  urban  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  mystery  humor
  • One Special Moment by Brenda Jackson

    One Special Moment by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    To help her brother's struggling cosmetics company, Virginia schoolteacher Colby Wingate arrives in Los Angeles for one last, desperate gamble -- to have superstar actor Sterling Hamilton endorse her brother's new perfume...
  • Courting Justice by Brenda Jackson

    Courting Justice by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Winning a high-profile case has given a huge boost to New York attorney DeAngelo Di Meglio's career—and his love life. Too bad fame hasn't helped him win the woman he's been infatuated with for years. Tired of waiting and wondering, Angelo books a trip to the singles-only Bahamas resort where Peyton Mahoney is celebrating her thirtieth birthday...
  • Lyric by Grey Huffington

    Lyric by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a gem . And on an entirely different level than the women I’m accustomed to . She’s loyal and about her paper. That’s why I’d sacrifice the only friendships I’d ever known, wait for however long it took her to be ready, and happily sever ties with anyone who didn’t agree with or was against our union...
  • A Beast Captured My Heart: A BBW Love Story by Masterpiece

    A Beast Captured My Heart: A BBW Love Story by Masterpiece

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Praise aka Beast needed a special remedy for his brokenness and mental being. After losing who he assumed was the love of his life things for Praise changed. Battling his whole life on and off of different pills to help him cope with a special disorder. He comes across a special woman by the name of Kayori, who he soon realizes is the remedy and the medicine to help him get through...
  • Night of Seduction/Heaven's Gate by Iris Bolling

    Night of Seduction/Heaven's Gate by Iris Bolling

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Night of Seduction can change your outlook on life and open Heaven's Gate. Night of SeductionMusic Executive Jason Davies made a mistake. That result was a gift of love, his daughter Sierra. Accepting his responsibility as a father, he moves the mother of his daughter, Latoya Wright into his home. Expectantly, she wreaks so much havoc in his life he completely gives up on love...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • SINERGY by Iris Bolling

    SINERGY by Iris Bolling

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xavier Davenport creates homes and communities for underprivileged families. His goal was clear. Make his brother proud by reaching out to help others. Women were for fun, period. That was until he witness the passion of his brothers’ marriage. Xavier wanted the same for himself. His first step into a serious relationship turn out bad with a capital B. The woman, was beautiful, smart and sexy...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
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