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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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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  • Nothin' Like You by Kimberly Brown

    Nothin' Like You by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Getting his way has never been a problem for Reese Jareau. That is, until what he wanted was seemingly unattainable. The baby of the Jareau family has fallen in love with a woman who’s already involved. What started as a work relationship soon turned into a friendship...
  • Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Healing requires separation. When Ethic discovers malice in a woman he thought was perfect, he walks away from their love. Keeping his family safe is his main priority and falling for Alani Lenika Hill is dangerous. The history of their love haunts him however, and getting over her isn't easy. Alani has beguiled his two youngest children and they crave her presence as much as Ethic...
  • I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    While everyone in the family is finding love and starting families, Chad Berotte feels like his life is at a standstill. His job is stressful as ever because of an issue that reaches back over ten years, and his past situations regarding love have affected him negatively, losing his mother being the main one...
  • 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  family  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Impromptu Seduction by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Impromptu Seduction by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Raised as a debutante, ladylike, and reserved, London Jones has stepped into unknown territory. From the moment her life collided with a man who should’ve been off-limits, a bachelor with a hot reputation—staying out of his way was the sensible thing to do. However, she finds herself caught in a tangled web of passionate fervor whenever he comes near...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Give Me Permission by Monica Walters

    Give Me Permission by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The love she sucked from my chest blindsided me. I can’t function without her, and nothing is going to stop me from trying to be with her… not even her.Seneca Roberts is a man to approach with caution. He’s from the streets, and that’s the only way he knows to be until he is forced to be different. No other woman can control him like Kaysyn Anderson, and he is smitten from their first encounter...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  black-mc  family  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  billionaire  book
  • Fire And Desire by Brenda Jackson

    Fire And Desire by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two years ago, geologist Corinthians Avery had brazenly sneaked into a hotel room to seduce Dex Madaris, head of Madaris Oil and the object of her affection. But the man who emerged from the shower to find her clod in next to nothing was handsome foreman Trevor Grant -- who informed her that Dex was not only absent from the trip -- but happily married...
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    black-mc  family  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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..
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Wins & Losses by Alexandra Warren

    Wins & Losses by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nasir Valentine has one thing on his mind: winning a championship title in his first year as head coach of the boys basketball team. But when his team captain’s father is murdered just before the start of the season, he quickly learns coaching high school basketball in the inner city is a lot more than just drawing numbers and arrows on a dry erase board...
  • The Lies: The Lies We Tell About Life, Love, and Everything in Between by Christina C. Jones

    The Lies: The Lies We Tell About Life, Love, and Everything in Between by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves. They build and build, into a facade of transparency and false truth that we present to the world… until it comes crashing down because of that one person who sees right into you. “Just one more time.” “It’s not even like that.” “I’m not tripping about it.” “I’m fine. Really.” Growth and Forgiveness. Maturity and Grace...
  • One More Night by AshleyNicole

    One More Night by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Successful business? Check. Supportive friends? Check. Beautifully planned wedding? Check. Faithful fiancé? No check!Minah Samuels just found out that her boyfriend and soon to be husband has been anything but faithful. The invites have gone out, the seating arrangements have been solidified and the dress is getting the final touches from the seamstress...
  • Grow Something by Christina C. Jones

    Grow Something by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Plant. Water. Fertilize. Grow. Please note that Grow Something is a short story...
  • Pretty Caged Bird by Kimberly Brown

    Pretty Caged Bird by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “All that glitters, isn’t gold.”Amina Coltrain always felt like she was born into the wrong family. The lifestyle of the rich and wealthy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, at least not for Amina. She would gladly trade in her ball gowns, fancy dinners, and arranged marriage for a pair of sweats, movie nights with her best friend, and a man that she can love at her own free will...
  • Tame Me by Kimberly Brown

    Tame Me by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Julissa Charles has had enough of no love. Her experience with men is one that has never surpassed the bedroom. She has become accustomed to being used for what she possesses between her thighs. While she watches her best friend find love with the man of her dreams, she longs for a love all her own...
  • Everything I Always Wanted by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Everything I Always Wanted by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was a mouthwatering kiss that changed everything… One thing that held constant in Shelby Donovan’s life was her career. As a world renowned artist, Shelby’s paintings traveled the globe, landing in museums and homes across the nation. But what she couldn’t seem to get under control was her love life. Her mother insisted it was because of her best friend, Sebastian Cartwright...
  • Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After a childhood spent moving from army base to army base, Nettie Brooms is determined to secure a stable life -- and never become involved with a military man. Then she meets handsome, charming Ashton Sinclair, a dedicated Colonel in the U.S. Marines, who's intent on capturing her heart. Now, Nettie's wondering how a man she swore she would avoid could so easily test her resolve..
  • Love In the Red Zone by Love Belvin

    Love In the Red Zone by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can you tell the difference between a distraction and a blessing? It should be simple, but sometimes what we think is a distraction can actually be a turning of the tide required to bring life full circle, to a place of blessing. Meet Trent Bailey, who is fighting for the right to continue his stellar professional football career after enduring striking legal woes in the recent past...
  • Whispered Promises by Brenda Jackson

    Whispered Promises by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Even a once-in-a-lifetime love… When Halston Parker calls his daughter Caitlin to his deathbed, she's shocked to discover that her ex-husband, Dex Madaris, has been summoned as well. It's been four years since Caitlin felt the heat of Dex's touch, the urgency of his kisses and the promise of an everlasting love that never was...
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    black-mc  family  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • The Promise by Love Belvin

    The Promise by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ojasvi “Sin” Sinclair.Fast-forwarding three years after it was finally revealed, what’s in a name?Ashira now knows the man she once thought of as a felon laborer is far more than the task she’d bargained for. Yes, he’s a convicted felon who works in home-building...
  • 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...
  • Everything I Desire by B. Love

    Everything I Desire by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Arabella Jenkins has a habit of bouncing from one man to another. For years, she’d been in one relationship after another, not really taking the time to focus on herself or her dreams. After her last relationship comes to an end, her sister challenges her to go ninety days without dating or sex. And she’s totally okay with that… until she meets Denzel...
  • Heal My Heart by Kay Shanee

    Heal My Heart by Kay Shanee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The chemistry between Jaelynn Waters and Kamden Ross could cause an explosion, however, Jaelynn had some healing to tend to, deeming her emotionally unavailable for an all-consuming man like Kamden. Mending her heart takes longer than expected. She’s ready to confess her love but it appears that Kamden is no longer in a place to receive it.Kamden knew Jaelynn was made for him...
  • Tampering with Temptation by B. Love

    Tampering with Temptation by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Ali returns to Memphis after a year, the last thing he expects is to experience romantic feelings for his best friend, Westley. Since the age of twelve, she’s been more like a sister to him than anything. But when he begins to get to know the new her… Ali starts to see her in more tempting ways...
  • Displacement: A Building 402 Novella by Alexandra Warren

    Displacement: A Building 402 Novella by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s her only option. Her best friend. The one she can count on for anything. The one she… might have a little crush on. She’s the last girl he should be checking for. His best friend. The one who desperately needs a place to stay after being displaced by a fire at her own apartment building. The one who’s always had a piece of his heart even if she never knew it...
  • The Business of Lust by B. Love

    The Business of Lust by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fallyn Mitchell’s perfect life begins to unravel at the seams piece by piece. As life shows her not everything is within her control, she finds solace in her best friend, Stax. For the last ten years, Stax has been the one constant in Fallyn’s life that has been unchanging...
  • Lilac: A Sound Love by Asia Monique

    Lilac: A Sound Love by Asia Monique

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Ezra wasn’t picture perfect, but he was perfect for me.” —Lilac Lilac Baker wasn’t against finding love, but love never seemed to be close enough for her to grasp. With her big sister pregnant and living out her happy ending, Lilac has high hopes for her own fairytale beginning...
  • 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...
  • 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  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Angel and Raquel possess two very strong personalities separately. They are alphas to the core. The problem comes when these two fire-filled individuals come together. One needs to be in control while the other refuses to be controlled. Angel Leonetti, the complete Alpha Male “Let me first address this ‘using you’ shit that you mentioned...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  black-mc  drama  family  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book
  • 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
  • True Love by Brenda Jackson

    True Love by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Corporate executive Shayla Kirkland has landed her dream job with one of Chicago's top new firms, Chenault Electronics. Now she's in a perfect position to destroy the company for unjustly ruining her mother's career. But she never expected that handsome CEO Nicholas Chenault would spark a passion that challenges her resolve—and makes her surrender to the most irresistible desire…...
  • Fans Only by B. Love

    Fans Only by B. Love

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Merrick and Aries are longtime friends, however, they don’t always see eye to eye. During a heated group discussion, the opposite sex pairs debate if people can maintain healthy relationships in the sex worker industry, because of the popularity of Only Fans. To settle their opposing views, they agree to create an account together and make some easy, quick money along the way...
  • 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...
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