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  • Confessions of a Hustla's Housekeeper 2 by Jahquel J.

    Confessions of a Hustla's Housekeeper 2 by Jahquel J.

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Yves worked so hard to build a better life and rid herself of her ex-husband. When she sees him in Vee’s kitchen her entire world feels like it went back to the day her daughter died. With her ex-husband back in her life, she has to deal with all the past traumas that their marriage has caused...
  • A Dash Of Christmas Magic by Shay Davis

    A Dash Of Christmas Magic by Shay Davis

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Back home for the first time in years for an extended holiday stay, Sinaa is dreading being surrounded by judgmental eyes that make up the small town of Clarington, Tennessee. If it weren’t for her parents, she would have never returned to the town that treated her so awful upon learning of her teen pregnancy...
  • Salvage My Soul by Antoinette Sherell

    Salvage My Soul by Antoinette Sherell

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Need You by Me by Endiya Carter

    Need You by Me by Endiya Carter

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Courtesy of my controlling father, Marshall and I have been living together for the last couple of years. Because of his profession, we’d managed to stay out of each other’s way. His age and respect for my father is what kept him from giving in to my flirtatious advances...
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    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • 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...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • When You Dance by Monica Walters

    When You Dance by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The way she moves keeps me in a trance. Her body calls out to mine without making a sound. It speaks my desires in a language I perfectly understand, and it tells me that it’s mine.Jamel Dent doesn’t know which way is up once Obsession graces his sights. The hypnosis she puts him under nearly every weekend is one that’s hard for Jamel to shake. However, he doesn’t want to shake it...
  • Falling for a Knight by Té Russ

    Falling for a Knight by Té Russ

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    While vacationing in Trinidad, world-renowned photographer Roman Knight unexpectedly acquires a new muse, Cynthia Tremaine. Their chemistry is off the charts and they can’t resist giving into a night of passion together.Neither of them expected to see each other again after they parted ways...but fate seemed to have other plans...
  • 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...
  • Grow and Tell: A Mason Family Novel by AshleyNicole, Erin B.

    Grow and Tell: A Mason Family Novel by AshleyNicole, Erin B.

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a meet-cute that’s way too cute, Kahlea and Sherrod can’t stay away from each other. The only problem is neither wants anything serious right now. Oh, also, he comes from a huge family, and she doesn’t do family...
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    humor  black-mc  poc-mc  contemporary  fiction  romance  book  adult
  • Where Love is Found by Tiya Rayne

    Where Love is Found by Tiya Rayne

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Charlice “Duck” Jefferies knows exactly what she wants out of life. She wants to continue to grow her multi-million dollar business. She wants to take care of her family. And she wants sex, LOTS of sex. Charlice has no time for relationships. She knows love is a lie and should be considered an incurable disease. She even has unbreakable rules. No flings that last longer than six months...
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    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  billionaire  book
  • 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...
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    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • The Billionaire's Belle by B. Love

    The Billionaire's Belle by B. Love

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cheyanne Taylor has seen and experienced the evil that comes from the love of money. She was born to parents who chased wealth and status more than they prioritized nurturing and loving her. Thankfully, her billionaire grandfather adopted her and provided the stable home she needed...
  • Come and Get Me by Monica Walters

    Come and Get Me by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tiffany Henderson is the baby girl out of her six siblings and the only one who hasn’t found love. While chasing her dreams of owning a successful business and being an innovator in the rodeo industry, she feels she’s still missing out. She wants what her siblings have... a family...
  • The Love Spectrum by Mel Dau

    The Love Spectrum by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only thing that ever matters is Love, and Love is Always on the Spectrum.Kalypso Jenkins Jr. (KJ) has always lived a life of obstacles when it came to dealing with his autism, but with a strong support system and utilized resources, he’s overcome every one of them...
  • It's The Chase For Me: A Heights Story (Heights Stories) by Christina C. Jones

    It's The Chase For Me: A Heights Story (Heights Stories) by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In my defense, I wasn't the one who messed up.And if that hadn't happened, I wouldn't have run into him the first time, in the first place.But then there was the second time, in the second place.And then the third time, in the third place.Then the fourth... you get it, right?I really wasn't trying to get involved with him like that, but the happenings kept happening, and well..
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    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  drama
  • The Truth: His Side, Her Side, and The Truth About Falling in Love by Christina C Jones

    The Truth: His Side, Her Side, and The Truth About Falling in Love by Christina C Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There’s no such thing as a right time to fall in love. It happens, or it doesn’t. Possible to fake, but not force. Impossible to simply wish away. This is the path that hero and heroine find themselves on. Neither of them quite ready to entertain the idea of dating, let alone love… but they can’t seem to avoid each other either. He calls it “fate”. She calls it “crazy”...
  • In Pursuit of You by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    In Pursuit of You by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the owner of WTZB broadcast station, Avery Michele was determined to make her grandfather’s legacy thrive, even if her duties included being in front of the camera for Chicago’s hottest events. However, Avery didn’t foresee catching the eye of one determined bachelor...
  • The Perfection of a Moment by Kimberly Brown

    The Perfection of a Moment by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “When I first saw you, I felt something I had never felt before. It was a mix of joy, excitement, and wonder. You are my adventure.”She was beauty and a mystery, and he wanted to know all there was to her.He was love in human form, and she wanted to experience all there was to him.The day Ximena Solomon met Hiram Moss, the last thing either of them were expecting was to find true love...
  • Made to Love by Alexandria House

    Made to Love by Alexandria House

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A year after a messy break-up with her stripper ex-boyfriend, seamstress, Trevia McCall, is still feeling the after-effects of his betrayal…and their mind-numbing sex life. She’s done with him, but her subconscious mind and body haven’t gotten the memo. Spoken word artist, Nyles Adams, is the kind of man Trevia loves to love—handsome, talented, and cocky as hell...
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    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • In This Moment by K. Lashaun

    In This Moment by K. Lashaun

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love, in all its forms, is a foreign concept to Garryn Taylor.After being let down one too many times by nearly every person in her life, she’s sworn off the elusive emotion to focus solely on her career...
  • Mina's Joint by Keisha Ervin

    Mina's Joint by Keisha Ervin

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once again she's back! Keisha Ervin, that is, with her spellbinding tale of love, family, money, and scandal. In this sizzling new story, Keisha introduces you to Mina Matthews. She is not your typical around-the-way girl; her dreams of making a life for herself outside the hood are now a reality...
  • All He Ever Needed by Tay Mo'Nae

    All He Ever Needed by Tay Mo'Nae

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finishing her master's degree was the only thing Indigo was worried about, when she decided to throw caution out the window and succumb to one night of passion she never expected the results following that night.Silas was tired of being controlled and his parents trying to dictate his life. Relationships were never on his radar, enjoying the freedom being single gave him...
  • Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Play to Win by Ja'Nese Dixon

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kamal’s an ex-football player. Jayda’s a single mother uninterested in another relationship until she sees Kamal with her daughter.Every rejection will only make his victory sweeter. He plans to lick, taste, and devour her like the delicacy she is until the world, her ex, and Jayda recognizes his name tatted on every inch of her curvy body...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  billionaire  book
  • Mister Librarian by B. Love

    Mister Librarian by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Honey Williams doesn’t trust men. Between her father and last lover, a part of her struggles with resenting the entire species. She’s spent the past six months hidden in the safety of her parents’ home hoping her kind heart will never be the cause of pain and misfortune again. That seems possible until a cranky client causes chaos… which leads to her meeting Mr. Librarian...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • Press Rewind: An Equilibrium Short by Christina C. Jones

    Press Rewind: An Equilibrium Short by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes an argument turns into more than it should - people take it further than it has to go. But that doesn't always mean the end.(Press Rewind is a short story - very short, very sweet. Enjoy...
  • Snow King Catches His Snowflake by A.E. Valdez

    Snow King Catches His Snowflake by A.E. Valdez

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After being in a relationship for three years, Noelle Frost is faced with the reality that she was definitely the better half. Her friends, ecstatic she’s dropped the dead weight of a cheating boyfriend, urge her to get away for the holiday and take some time for herself...
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    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • After All is Said and Done by Kimberly Brown

    After All is Said and Done by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a friendship survive turning into a relationship?Memphis Cartwright knows all too well what it’s like being in love with your best friend. Lovey Lavias has been the object of his affection for twenty years and now she’s finally his. With new love and the birth of their son, Memphis tries to settle into the life he’s always dreamed of with the woman he’s always loved...
  • Emotional Descent by K.C. Mills

    Emotional Descent by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Balor Allen’s heart was damaged when his mother left.Keiris Dorian’s heart was made whole when Balor arrived.Some believe only those who have been loved, can love. However, soul ties force emotions that most can’t process or understand until their world shifts.When two hearts connect in the depths of an emotional abyss, there’s an understanding in a language that is meant only for lovers...
  • And This I Swear by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    And This I Swear by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the matriarch in one of Chicago’s elite families, Bridgette Valentine has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Coordinating soiree’s for every season, along with pulling her weight as the co-owner of Valentine Media Group, Bridgette is left little time to indulge in the one person who rocks her world, Leslie Valentine...
  • She Said Yes by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    She Said Yes by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No man enraptured Martha Jean Richards. Not since her scoundrel of a late ex-husband left. Men came with problems, and she didn't believe in happily ever afters. But even Martha Jean’s hard exterior couldn't hold after meeting Christopher Lee Rose, a multimillionaire mogul. He was the father of her recently acquired son-in-law, and Christopher wooed Martha Jean every time he entered a room...
  • Milo by Grey Huffington

    Milo by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ma spin and spin and spin and spin again.Gutted, I was, the day you left my side, but I understood that it was no one’s fault but mine. I pushed you away, wearing my pain on my sleeve while pursuing a passion that stemmed from that very pain. In the end, you decided to choose yourself and I could never fault you for that. But, it hurt and still does til this day.Anticipation...
  • 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...
  • A Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Christina C. Jones

    A Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Simone is a woman on a mission: Stop being boring, and fall in love. That's easier said than done with no prospects on the table... or under the table... or near the table. Her luck changes when fellow neighborhood business owner Roman Taylor walks through the door of her flower shop...
  • Never Again Once More by Mary B. Morrison

    Never Again Once More by Mary B. Morrison

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Soul Mates Dissipate, her phenomenal Essence® and Blackboard bestseller, Mary B. Morrison left readers cheering with her tell-it-like-it-is-and-then-some story of Jada and Wellington, two lovers whose connection is tested, but never broken. Now, in this eagerly awaited sequel, Jada and Wellington find themselves facing new conflicts that will challenge the decisions they made years ago...
  • 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...
  • To Take by B. Love

    To Take by B. Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If I told you what this book was about… it would probably scare you away. There’s nothing normal about this love story. Packed inside of this novella is a fairytale romance that will leave you questioning your own reality...
  • Acting on Love by Té Russ

    Acting on Love by Té Russ

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Starlet Roxanne "Rocki" Malone's has been in the spotlight lately for reasons she'd rather not have put on display. Desperate to find peace, she goes back her hometown of Ragston, Michigan. Seth Gardiner has been protecting Rocki for years, but there are some things even he can't shield her from...
  • Inn Love by Bailey West

    Inn Love by Bailey West

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The great thing about losing something is, if you retrace your steps, a lot of the time, you can find it… Charlene Kearns spent her teenaged years planning a future with the person she would spend the rest of her life with. She dreamed of the day their plans would become their reality. Then she heard those dreaded words: “It’s not you, it’s me...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  sports
  • Noble Redemption by Té Russ

    Noble Redemption by Té Russ

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her passion for fashion took her to the other side of the world. But Isabella Noble is back in Sweet Rapids and has to face Stephen Hill, the love she gave up for her career...
  • My Heart Is A Fool by BriAnn Danae

    My Heart Is A Fool by BriAnn Danae

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Malena, a young, free spirited woman in the last year of undergraduate school is trying to figure out where her heart belongs with this thing called love. What she fails to grasp is that the love she’s seeking is not dependent of other’s actions, but of her own...
  • My Love Wasn't Meant For You by B. Love

    My Love Wasn't Meant For You by B. Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mekhi Kage is every woman’s dream man. He’s suave, alpha, handsome, and wealthy. Mekhi craves control, and he likes everything to go his way. As the founder of For The People multimedia company, Mekhi is determined to put out quality content for his African American culture...
  • Unforgettable Man by Tiye Love

    Unforgettable Man by Tiye Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every Queen needs her King…Prominent and successful attorney, Devin Toussaint has notoriously had more than his fair share of women. Healed from his very public and painful divorce and now a better man, Devin has his mind set on the gorgeous Royalty, the only woman who has ever tamed his wandering heart.Royalty James has it all—a successful career, a brilliant son, and is dating a good man...
  • Unforgettable Kiss by Tiye Love

    Unforgettable Kiss by Tiye Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The beautiful and free-spirited Raini Blue is a struggling artist with aspirations to have her own gallery. Believing she is content, she’s comfortable with her job at a local bookstore and selling her wares in the New Orleans French Market. But her world is about to shift when Tre LaSalle, the man with whom she shared her first kiss as a teenager, comes back into her life...
  • Duke's Heart by Vivian Rose Lee

    Duke's Heart by Vivian Rose Lee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She called him Ellington just to irritate him and he called her Caitlin to irritate her, but to family and friends they were known as Duke and Cat. From the first moment, they met Caitlin “Cat” Smith and Ellington “Duke” Howard had an instant dislike for each other...
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    humor  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Catching Feelings for the Plug: A Twisted Love Tale by Toy

    Catching Feelings for the Plug: A Twisted Love Tale by Toy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Giving a man her all, just for him to flaunt his indiscretions in her face is not what Talia Wilbourn imagined for her life when she met Satchel ‘Satch’ Malone. After years of holding her head high amid the whispers and secrets, she finally decides to make a move for herself, only to be hit by another unexpected blow...
  • Restricted, TOO by Takerra Allen

    Restricted, TOO by Takerra Allen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fresh off the betrayals of their loved ones, fated lovers - street monarch turned business mogul, Julez Payne, and the lovely Jordin Spears - are finally united at last, and their once restricted love is now a reality. Having survived the near fatal shooting at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Slim, Jordin is struggling to forego the past and move on. However, Julez refuses to let it rest..
  • On the Naughty List: A Falling for a Rose Christmas Special by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    On the Naughty List: A Falling for a Rose Christmas Special by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was tired of waiting, and his starvation for her had reached its ultimate peak. So when a Christmas party brings Eden Alexandria Rose and Derek James Clark face to face again, sparks turn into a detonation of desire that lands them both, on the naughty list. *Authors Note - This is a short story and only meant to give you a look inside Derek and Eden’s Christmas together...
  • Come Inside: a risqué novella by ShanicexLola

    Come Inside: a risqué novella by ShanicexLola

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One steamy encounter.Two unforgettable nights entangled in each other.Three breathtaking farewell kisses...Forever. I knew I’d be yours forever...
  • Gaining Experience by Blue Saffire

    Gaining Experience by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Yours: Gaining Experince Book 2 in the Yours Series Yours Book 2 Where do we go from here? I love Nick, but I don’t see how this can be fixed. I have never been so confused of hurt in my life. I don’t know if I can move forward, but I am not willing to go down without a fight. I’ve changed and so has everything and everyone around me. Sephora is wrong if she thinks this is over...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  female-mc  humor  poc-mc  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
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