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  • Thug Lovin' by Wahida Clark

    Thug Lovin' by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony. Even with their relocation to sunny Los Angeles, the drama of New York cannot be escaped...
  • The Sweetest Thing I've Known by AshleyNicole

    The Sweetest Thing I've Known by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After ten years in an ugly relationship, Choyce is finally free. Not only is she free, but she's also caught the eye of her new neighbor's grandson. He's everything her ex wasn’t and everything she’s ever wanted.Plus, he comes with a gregarious, loving family that is all too eager to bring Choyce into the fold...
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    poc-mc  black-mc  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • 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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    urban  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee

    A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Have you ever been in a situation where the best thing for you to do, is the hardest thing? That’s the same dilemma Shanice Davis finds herself in after finding out her husband does not love her the same way she loves him. Throwing caution to the wind, Shanice decides to live her best life while on a girl’s trip to Mexico. Gia, Shanice’s best friend only concern is her daughter...
  • Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker

    Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being naive to the men in their lives as well as the streets, sisters Keller and Kia struggle to make their dysfunctional relationships work. Jaden is all that Kia has ever known, but she's fed up with his constant cheating and erratic behavior. Keller loves Leo, but his physical abuse is tearing down her body as well as her spirit...
  • 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...
  • Nervous by Zane

    Nervous by Zane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Zane's legion of fans can't get enough of her way of telling a juicy, sexy story. In Nervous, the New York Times bestselling queen of erotica brings us a tale of a woman with a split personality. Jonquinette has always been nervous around men, but on the weekends her alter ego, Jude, goes on intense sexual escapades. When Jonquinette seeks the help of Dr...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  urban  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Westmorelands books 11-15 by Brenda Jackson

    The Westmorelands books 11-15 by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bestselling author Brenda Jackson's brings you five more stories in the Westmorelands saga, now available in one convenient download! This bundle includes books eleven through fifteen of the series: Spencer's Forbidden Passion, Taming Clint Westmoreland, Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit, Quade's Babies, and Tall, Dark..
  • Blue's Beauty by Bailey West

    Blue's Beauty by Bailey West

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a person find true love more than once? Roman “Blue” Bluette doesn’t think so until she comes along. Zanetta is a smart, non-traditional woman who believes that women rule the world. She also believes in love but it seems to elude her until he comes along. Blue’s Beauty is a journey of love lost, love found and redemption...
  • 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...
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    urban  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • The Best-Kept Secret by Kimberla Lawson Roby

    The Best-Kept Secret by Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    At the request of her readers, Kim Roby is giving another airing to one of her most popular characters, Curtis Black, who was introduced in Casting the First Stone and who continued his escapades in Too Much of a Good Thing...
  • Only You by Francis Ray

    Only You by Francis Ray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sierra Grayson is next in line for love. If her four older brothers managed to get married off, surely Sierra can't be far behind. At least that's the outcome her matchmaking mother, Ruth, is hoping for - whether Sierra--smart, too sexy for her own good, and stubborn to a fault--wants it or not. But little does Ruth know what else fate has in store...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    poc-mc  black-mc  urban  romance  steamy  contemporary  fiction  book
  • Cold Fear by Susan Sleeman

    Cold Fear by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A shared past…Riley Glen’s former girlfriend, recording artist Leah Kent, is performing at a summer concert nearby and calls to tell him she’s in danger and needs his help. After the concert, he discovers her bending over a girl’s dead body, and the girl has Leah’s name freshly tattooed on her wrist. Leah claims she just found the body and didn’t have anything to do with the murder...
  • 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...
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    urban  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  alpha-mc  fiction  book
  • Love In The Studio by Tay Mo'Nae

    Love In The Studio by Tay Mo'Nae

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kayleigh has the odds stacked up against her. Pregnant by a man who she learned wasn't who she thought he was and starting a new career, she's forced to step up and show everyone around her she's more than the hothead, feisty, girl they believe her to be.Legend scorned from a past relationship, gives up his lover boy ways, refusing to commit again...
  • The CEO's Companion by Rose Fresquez

    The CEO's Companion by Rose Fresquez

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despair held him captive. Can her love break his chains?After a deadly fire robbed him of his wife and children, billionaire Eric Stone clings to God and buries himself in work to distract himself from his grief. But when a mysterious illness takes away his ability to work, Eric must retreat to his childhood home to rest and recover...
  • Soulmates Dissipate by Mary B. Morrison

    Soulmates Dissipate by Mary B. Morrison

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A soulful, sexy tale of true love tested, this bestselling debut novel began an exciting series that continues to explore life's most intense relationships. . . Fashion photographer Jada Diamond Tanner may have her pick of fine men, but no one has captured her heart like gorgeous financial advisor Wellington Jones. From their first embrace, Jada knows he is the soulmate she has waited for...
  • 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...
  • The Savvy Sistahs by Brenda Jackson

    The Savvy Sistahs by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Amber, Carla and Brandy---known as the "ABCs"---are intelligent businesswomen who met in their business support group "The Savvy Sistahs Who Mean Business" and became the best of friends. They've bonded over lost loves, past hurts, and too many lonely nights. . . Amber Stuart escaped an abusive marriage and now finds peace running her small bookstore...
  • 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...
  • Love, Honor, and Betray by Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Love, Honor, and Betray by Kimberla Lawson Roby

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The infamous Reverend Curtis Black's sordid past is no secret, as his wife, Charlotte, is well aware. But when Curtis' long-time mistress and mother of his illegitimate two-year-old, dies, he and Charlotte have no choice but to raise Curtina together...
  • 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...
  • Love's Treasure - A Christian Romance Collection: Limited Edition by Juliette Duncan, Marion Ueckermann

    Love's Treasure - A Christian Romance Collection: Limited Edition by Juliette Duncan, Marion Ueckermann

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love may be the greatest gift—but only God's love can transform these couples' lives…Fourteen of your favorite Christian romance authors offer an inspiring collection of contemporary and historical stories celebrating the greatest treasure of all—love...
  • Her Undercover Prince: A Contemporary Christian Romance by Carol Moncado

    Her Undercover Prince: A Contemporary Christian Romance by Carol Moncado

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Crowns & Courthships Book 5: Royals of San Majoria Princess Jacqueline Grace of San Majoria is weary. Weary of cameras. Weary of her every move as a “single mom” being criticized. Weary of people who know nothing about her except what they see in a 30 second sound bite knowing how to run her life better than she does. Weary of being alone. In walks Dave Smith...
  • Judge Me Not: A Billionaire Single Mom Christmas Novella by Maggie Cole

    Judge Me Not: A Billionaire Single Mom Christmas Novella by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Money makes the world go round. And my merry-go-round is so far in debt it doesn’t spin anymore. I’m never getting out.But I don’t need money for frivolous things. I need it for my daughter and time is running out.So when Colton Ash tells me he wants an exclusive contract with me, I agree to things I never thought I would.Until you’re in my shoes, Judge Me Not...
  • 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...
  • Love Unconventional by Kay Shanee

    Love Unconventional by Kay Shanee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coco Sinclair is unlucky when it comes to love. After her most recent relationship ended in disaster, Coco decides that she’s going to take a break from the dating scene and focus on herself and her career. After several months of doing exactly that, Coco lets her friends talk her into a night out that she won’t soon forget...
  • Needful Noor by Takerra Allen

    Needful Noor by Takerra Allen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NEEDFUL A TWO-PART MEGA NOVEL She escaped the life she had, to find the life she needed… How much of our fate is circumstance? Noor’s life path has always been potholed with obstacles. But she was a survivor, an adapter…a proud wanderer. Still, the deep yearning for more kept her motivated to conquer every hindrance, because there had to be more waiting - somewhere...
  • 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..
  • Transformation: The Metamorphosis Series Book Three by Bailey West

    Transformation: The Metamorphosis Series Book Three by Bailey West

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former NBA star Zechariah Aldaine's world shatters with a career-ending injury, leaving him to navigate a life outside the basketball court's spotlight. Known for his competitive spirit and charismatic presence, Zec now faces the challenge of finding purpose in a world where he's no longer the star player...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • Kings Surrender by Iesha Bree, Selena Tosato

    Kings Surrender by Iesha Bree, Selena Tosato

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world where love seems like a distant dream, Zarah King has built an empire on her own terms. As the owner of a thriving resort, she’s a force to be reckoned with—strong, independent, and fiercely guarded. Haunted by memories of her father and the disappointments of past relationships, Zarah has convinced herself that men are incapable of true love and commitment...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  contemporary  book  adult
  • She Ain't the One by Carl Weber, Mary B. Morrison

    She Ain't the One by Carl Weber, Mary B. Morrison

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times bestselling authors Carl Weber and Mary B. Morrison team up to bring you the ultimate tale of obsession . . . After a rocky marriage, irresistibly seductive Jay Crawford is ready for a new woman--and a new challenge. It doesn't take him long to discover both in one fine package: Ashlee Anderson. She's just what he's looking for--hard-to-get, feisty, and freaky...
  • Hidden Blessings by Kim Cash Tate

    Hidden Blessings by Kim Cash Tate

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Diagnosis: breast cancer. Prognosis: terminal. Life: only beginning. Her diamond caught the sun's rays and refracted glittered light about the room. She'd asked herself again and again: How could she be so blessed? Partner at a prestigious law firm, engaged to the man of her dreams . . . there was no doubt. God had smiled on Kendra Woods...
  • Buying Love by Toni Shiloh

    Buying Love by Toni Shiloh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will money ruin everything? Nina Warrenton is ready for the next step in her life plan—marriage, but no one has proposed. Taking matters into her hand, she places an ad in the newspaper hoping to entice a willing stranger. But when she begins to fall for the small-town chef, she realizes how much she wants him to love her and not her money...
  • Love's Prophet by Melissa Storm

    Love's Prophet by Melissa Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Could his little girl be the messenger of God's love? Before death carried her away, Rebecca James asked her seven-year-old daughter, Molly Sue, to help her grieving father find happiness again. Now, nearly a year later, armed with her mother's memory and a determination to find her father's smile again, this little girl will move big mountains to make sure her plan goes off without a hitch...
  • Yours by Shon

    Yours by Shon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when you join a book club just to spend time with the quiet vixen who owns the barbershop two doors down from your tattoo...
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    black-mc  urban  poc-mc  romance  steamy  contemporary  fiction  book
  • A Promise for Miriam by Vannetta Chapman

    A Promise for Miriam by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Promise for Miriam, the first book in a brand-new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, introduces the Amish community of Pebble Creek and some of the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways...
  • The Playa's Handbook by Brenda Jackson

    The Playa's Handbook by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There's not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa's Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include: *Never give a woman the key to your apartment...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  urban  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • The Night a Rich Thug Saved Me by Princess Diamond

    The Night a Rich Thug Saved Me by Princess Diamond

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s her billionaire boss…and the only man who can save her.Kasino Billionaire is irresistible. A good-looking, charming man. Too bad because he has sworn off relationships forever. He was sick and tired of women betraying him. After his ex-girlfriend left him for his childhood friend and another woman that he fell for setting him up, he was done with love...
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    black-mc  urban  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Cameron by Jade Jones

    Cameron by Jade Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cameron is a young, sexy hustler who has always used to her book smarts and street smarts to survive. Raised as an orphan she has always had the mentality that she has to do what she has to do to get by...and stripping is her hustle of choice...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  urban  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • He's Just a Friend by Mary B. Morrison

    He's Just a Friend by Mary B. Morrison

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The national bestselling author of Never Again Once More and Soulmates Dissipates delivers her most emotionally and rewarding work to date, a new novel about a woman's quest for the true meaning of love. Having dated twenty-six men in fifty-two weeks, Fancy Taylor wants to settle down. And after a year of living recklessly, she has enough experience to know that if a man is married, he's bad news...
  • Baby Momma Drama  (A Man's World Series) by Carl Weber

    Baby Momma Drama (A Man's World Series) by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Two very different women are about to learn that when it comes to sorting out life and love, no sister is perfect… Sensible older sister Jasmine is working hard, saving money, and waiting for Mr. Right. In smooth-talking attorney Derrick, she thinks she’s found him. But it doesn’t take long for Jasmine’s shrewd granny to expose her man as nothing more than a drug-dealing hustler...
  • Almost Destroyed by Lakisha Johnson

    Almost Destroyed by Lakisha Johnson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ava Gentry met Andre, thirteen years ago, when he was the officer who responded the night she was attacked. Years later, he's still treating her like that scared and broken girl with no self-esteem in need of saving. Every chance he gets, he tries to destroy her with his words and actions leaving her feeling unworthy of love and respect...
  • What Goes Around Comes Around by Darrien Lee

    What Goes Around Comes Around by Darrien Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The steamy story of the reunion of a man and a woman who share a past -- one that led to a dangerous game of deception. Winston and Arnelle, the best friends of the beloved characters from Darrien Lee's bestselling books, All That and a Bag of Chips and Been There, Done That, seem to have it all: good looks, professional success, and an irrepressible appeal to the opposite sex...
  • Loving Mr. Wright by Brenda Barrett

    Loving Mr. Wright by Brenda Barrett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A man with a past. A woman who was tired of being single. Erica was tired of searching for the right man, she had all but resigned herself to a single life but then the mysterious Caleb Wright showed up and Erica saw one last opportunity to ditch her single life. He was perfect for her...
  • Past Forward: Volume II by Chautona Havig

    Past Forward: Volume II by Chautona Havig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (Contains Episodes 6-9) Alone without friends or family to comfort her after the death of her mother, Willow Finley’s idyllic life is over—and just beginning. When Willow Finley awakes on a hot summer morning, she is unprepared for the grief that awaits her...
  • Going Solo  (New Song) by Brenda Barrett

    Going Solo (New Song) by Brenda Barrett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Moving on is not so easy! Carson Bell had a lovely voice, a heart of gold, and was no slouch in the looks department. He was single-handedly bringing up his daughter, Mia, because his wife, Alice, abandoned them when Mia was just a baby. Alice decided to come back after ten years as part of her therapy...
  • Heaven Sent by Rochelle Alers

    Heaven Sent by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    BETWEEN DANGER AND DESIRE With her half-brother serving time in an American prison for a crime he didn't commit, Serena Morris-Vega returned to her childhood home of Costa Rica to help her influential stepfather obtain his freedom...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
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