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  • Believe in Me by Alexandria House

    Believe in Me by Alexandria House

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    More than a year after leaving her unfaithful husband, Renee Mattison is ready to move on, but how can she move on from someone who refuses to let go? Lorenzo Higgs is handsome and magnetic with a past that would send most women running, not to mention a little emotional baggage...
  • When My Soul Met A Thug by Jessica N. Watkins

    When My Soul Met A Thug by Jessica N. Watkins

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    True never guessed that life would be this hard. Being only twenty-five years old, she should have been being wild, reckless, and having fun, not fighting the hardest battle of her life, alongside a husband who no longer loved her. After their divorce, True wanted to be free and enjoy every day. Falling in love was not in the plan...
  • Keep You To Myself by BriAnn Danae

    Keep You To Myself by BriAnn Danae

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Chaotic peace was the only way Synovi Black could explain his life to those who had questions. He never understood why they asked because an answer was never given; it was none of their business. For her , he’d break it down, however. Weave through the complexities of his upbringing, urging her to get comfortable and reside in chaos by his side. His world became hers , and she became his...
  • 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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  • 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...
  • Be with Me by Alexandria House

    Be with Me by Alexandria House

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former career student, Nicole Strickland, is smart, spoiled, loud, irreverent, and flagrantly promiscuous. Her greatest desire is to live a life of leisure, and Attorney Travis McClure is just the man to make her dreams come true. Entrepreneur Damon Davis is Nicole's best friend, has been since they crossed paths in second grade, and has loved her for as long as he’s known her...
  • 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  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Jah: A Novella by Alexandria House

    Jah: A Novella by Alexandria House

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Neither of them was looking for the other. Neither of them intended to fall in love. And now, neither of them wants to let go...
  • 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...
  • I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love by AshleyNicole

    I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling in love with the wrong person can be disastrous. When you find the right one, though, celestial bodies will literally line up to smooth your path. Siani’s mercury has been in retrograde for what seems like forever. She loves her job, but her boss is a lazy jerk. Family is a foreign idea, and her love life sucks. There’s also a new tenant in her house… but we won’t go there...
  • 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...
  • I Wish I Could Be The One by Monica Walters

    I Wish I Could Be The One by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jenahra Henderson Monroe knows what it means to be pretentious but strong. While her religious behaviors come off as condescending and judgmental of others, it’s deeply rooted in pain, drama, and abuse. Not wanting to get members of her family in trouble, she chooses to keep secrets for over twenty years, drowning herself in God’s anointing. When the truth finally emerges, it comes with a cost...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  family  female-mc  poc-mc  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

    This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Heart-searing, sensual, and life affirming.” ―EMILY HENRY, #1 New York Times bestselling authorSoledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She’s a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  family  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Inevitable Conclusions by Christina C. Jones

    Inevitable Conclusions by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Friends? Lovers? Both? For Kora and Tariq, those lines have been blurred for a long time. Every time clarity seems to be within reach, something shifts, and in a single moment, focus is lost. Once again, they’re in limbo. Between them, there is only one secret, with the power to permanently alter their relationship...
  • Love Notes by Christina C. Jones

    Love Notes by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love that says something, instead of just looking like it. Love you can always trust to feel like home. For both of them, it’s something that has always been just outside of their peripheral, something to be observed rather than experienced. A depth of feeling reserved for people who were “into” that, those with a different outlook, those more… deserving. Until their paths cross...
  • 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...
  • Thorn's Challenge by Brenda Jackson

    Thorn's Challenge by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Thorn Westmoreland was not enough to convince Tara Matthews to risk her heart in love again...or was it? The beautiful pediatrician and the hard-riding motorcycle tycoon mixed like oil and water. Why, then, couldn't Tara burn the sexy racer from her head or the memory of his passionate caresses from her body? Thorn had wanted Tara since the day they'd met...
  • 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...
  • My Choice Is You by Mel Dau

    My Choice Is You by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Covina Hurley has lived a privileged life as the daughter of a retired major league baseball player. With privilege comes shelter, and with shelter comes ignorance to many life experiences. When she makes the choice to open herself up to new experiences, she never thought that love would be one of them...
  • One More Touch: One More Series by AshleyNicole

    One More Touch: One More Series by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lose weight. Get Proposal. Make Ronnie Love me. Storee Leòne’s lifelong struggle to lose weight is causing problems in her relationship. Her boyfriend won’t propose until she’s at a weight he deems fit. Storee’s more than willing to lose the weight to get the proposal and make him happy, at least until she meets ex boxing pro Joseph Mitchel. Joseph is a tough trainer with a good heart...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Twenty-four Three by K.C. Mills

    Twenty-four Three by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A shot in the dark.A mistaken identity.A undeniable attraction.An injured hitman finds himself depending on a stranger and for Carter Reed trust is not something he’s willing to extend. Unfortunately when it comes to McKenna Smith, Carter can either allow her to be his saving grace or risk losing something more precious than trust…his life.Stakes are high...
  • A Justified Love Affair by Kimberly Brown

    A Justified Love Affair by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emmanuel Santiago has thoroughly enjoyed his bachelor lifestyle. With money, a life of luxury, and women at his disposal, he seems to have it all. He has no immediate plans of settling down with one woman and starting a family. Then he meets her. What was supposed to be a one night stand quickly turns into a love affair that neither of them saw coming...
  • 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..
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  family  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson

    Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Yesterday After her marriage ends in bitter divorce, all Lorren Jacobs wants is to leave California behind. Returning to her roots in Texas seems to be just what the doctor ordered...until she meets real-life physician Justin Madaris. Lorren has vowed never to give her heart to another man, but she can't stop herself from responding to the handsome widower's sensuous whispers of love... Today..
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  family  female-mc  poc-mc  slow-burn  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    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...
  • 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...
  • Blossom by Asia Monique

    Blossom by Asia Monique

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blossom Baker has watched her sisters find love one by one. And just when she began to wonder when her Prince Charming would show his face, Roman Fields, entered the picture, helping to bring all of her deepest desires to fruition.*Please note, this is book five of five in an interconnected series. This novel will contain spoilers from previous books...
  • 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...
  • Bookmarked by Bella Jay

    Bookmarked by Bella Jay

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if your soon-to-be ex-husband invited you on a divorcemoon, five nights at your bucket list baecation spot for one last hoorah before you go your separate ways? Would you go?Brooklin did...
  • 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...
  • 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…...
  • Didn't Mean To Love You by Christina C. Jones

    Didn't Mean To Love You by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vivienne is one of “those” people, the kind that believes in love at all costs. Broken hearts are a natural product of that, and Viv is used to dealing with it by simply ignoring the ache, and moving on to a new love. But this time, she can’t seem to shake the pain — until Carter comes along, handing out easy smiles and the kind of attention that makes her not feel so fractured after all...
  • Plus One: An Equilibrium Short by Christina C. Jones

    Plus One: An Equilibrium Short by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Equilibrium short story.There's always room for one more... and not just at the Thanksgiving dinner table...
  • 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...
  • Sterling Streak by L.B. Dunbar

    Sterling Streak by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love was a losing battle for this country music darling and a single dad, baseball star until one night brings them together and one small town sets the playing field for a possible winning streak.They call me Lady Boss. Maneater. Queen. But beneath the makeup, blond wig, and glitzy costumes, I’m just a country girl who likes to sing. I don’t hate men, I’m just struggling to find a good one...
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