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  • Losin Control: Half on a baby or two by Ladii Nesha

    Losin Control: Half on a baby or two by Ladii Nesha

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 37 ratings
    Babies, chaos and mayhem. Marley and Czar are back and this time around, the couple is ready to tackle parenthood! They have everything planned out, but as always, things don't always go as planned when jealousy is lurking in the shadows.
  • A Staten Island Love Letter #2: The Forgotten Borough by Jahquel J.

    A Staten Island Love Letter #2: The Forgotten Borough by Jahquel J.

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    When you're at the top, people question why? Zeek and Zoe moved to Staten Island to lay low, but instead found out that there was money to be made there. Wanting Ghost's position in the street, they're willing to do whatever to get it, including killing whoever means the most to him. When Zeek makes a call that he thought would end Ghost, but could possible end him too. .
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  • A Cold Winter With A Hot Boy by S. Yvonne

    A Cold Winter With A Hot Boy by S. Yvonne

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Armani ‘Mani’ Sincere is feisty, seductive, and quick witted. For seventeen years of life she had not a care in the world because money was more than just green paper, it was a lifestyle, one in which her father dripped upon her while hiding the truths of his notorious yet dangerous life...
  • Humbled By A Real N*gga by Lisa Austin

    Humbled By A Real N*gga by Lisa Austin

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Saije experiences heartbreak at a young age with the death of her father and baby brother, leaving her and her Stepmother to pick up the pieces and move forward in life. From adolescence into early adulthood, Saije has always loved two men. Her best friend, paid and sexy dope boy Holden “Humble” Langsen, and her boyfriend, promising future and cutie-pie star basketball player Keron Denver...
  • Tis' the Season for a Miracle: Liberty & Ishmael by Cocoa Myles

    Tis' the Season for a Miracle: Liberty & Ishmael by Cocoa Myles

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    THIS BOOK IS A RERELEASE. Liberty Valentine is almost at the finish line for getting her college degree, when her final exam becomes more than just about the books. She has to decide whether to tackle an improbable task or accept failure. With a big heart, Liberty finds herself searching for more than a passing grade. Ishmael St. Francis is a single father of nine-year-old, Skylar...
  • Carried Away by Natisha Raynor

    Carried Away by Natisha Raynor

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    *Carried Away is a Father's Day short and a set up for the standalone novel Treacherous Justice*. After eight years of being with her husband, Shalaine Brunson has reached her breaking point. Without a job, she knows her exit has to be strategic. However, before she can leave on her own, the decision is made for her...
  • A Love So Good: The Chamber Brothers by K. Renee

    A Love So Good: The Chamber Brothers by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Life for the Chamber Brothers can be described many different ways but easy is a word that can never be used. After the death of their mother, brothers Priest and Nas step up to run their father’s drug empire. A true test of loyalty helps Priest Chamber find out his marriage isn’t really built on unconditional love...
  • A Love So Good- The Chamber Brothers 3 by K. Renee

    A Love So Good- The Chamber Brothers 3 by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Chamber must mean chaos in some language because nothing else explains the drama that has struck this family. Nassir’s car being struck by gun fire, and Cassie being kidnapped was just the start of a downhill spiral for this family...
  • Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time...
  • Thug Passion 2 by Mz. Lady P.

    Thug Passion 2 by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Thug and Tahari have been through it all in such a short period of time. It seems like the odds have been stacked against them since the day they met. They're in a losing battle to live happily ever after. The love that they share for one another has proven to be stronger than anything their enemies have thrown at them...
  • A Winter Crest Christmas: Pure & Luxe by Lisa Austin

    A Winter Crest Christmas: Pure & Luxe by Lisa Austin

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “Christmas is a time where Souls align! ”. What’s a thriving city without a Litty club? The word lit is lightly putting it when speaking on Club Luxe. Owning the hottest establishment in Winter Crest, Pennsylvania, Luxe takes pride in his first major investment. Luxe has created a high-class, three-level, all-in-one club using dope money...
  • The Hellcat Barbies: Saskia by Lisa Austin

    The Hellcat Barbies: Saskia by Lisa Austin

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    Saskia Coy’s life has been mapped out since the day she burst into this world. With a mother dying on her birthing bed, leaving her father with a fragile heart, she vowed not only to make her parents proud but also to build something of her own...
  • THE HOLIDAY PLAYBOOK: SNEAUX EDITION by M Monique

    THE HOLIDAY PLAYBOOK: SNEAUX EDITION by M Monique

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    The holiday season is Sienna Cooley's favorite time of the year. After her last Christmas nearly ended in disaster, she is determined not to have a repeat this Christmas. She has sworn off working with certain clientele, and her boundaries are set in stone. At least, she thought so. When he is not on the basketball court, Synder Sneaux is raising his young daughter...
  • Carrying A Big Dawg's Legacy 3: His BBW Surrogate by Bonnie Blanco

    Carrying A Big Dawg's Legacy 3: His BBW Surrogate by Bonnie Blanco

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    Carrying A Big Dawg’s Legacy 3 is a raw, gritty urban Tale about Kash — a ruthless street king caught in a deadly game of loyalty, family secrets, and betrayal. As Kash fights to protect his legacy, he discovers dark truths about his bloodline, including hidden babies, lies spun by those closest to him, and hidden family secrets, that changes everything he thought he knew...
  • Free to Love You by Mel Dau

    Free to Love You by Mel Dau

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    Lovina Stoltzfus was a caged bird who wanted to be set free. Her life wasn’t bad, but it was filled with restrictions and rules that were to be followed or faced being shunned. When she built the confidence to open the door to that cage and spread her wings, she had no idea where it would take her...
  • Falling For You by T'Lyn

    Falling For You by T'Lyn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Xavier Goodwin, life had been a constant rotation of set backs. At a young age he had to learn some tough lessons, but through it all he never let any obstacle thrown his way stop him. Knowing that his mother and brother depended on him to make things happen Xavier became the blueprint for by any means necessary...
  • THE HOOD FLOWER GIRL: A NOVELLA by M Monique

    THE HOOD FLOWER GIRL: A NOVELLA by M Monique

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    When crushes fall. .. Since Poppi "Hood" Bloom was a kid, her love for flowers has been deep. She is devoted to her craft of making beautiful arrangements for whatever occasion her clients may desire. When a beloved teacher passes, Poppi makes it her business to show her respects to the person who helped shape her childhood...
  • Promises are Forever by K.C. Mills

    Promises are Forever by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What happens when your marriage is arranged to pay a debt for your family's business? What happens when your marriage is arranged to pay a debt for your family's business? You make a proposition to the biggest boss in the underworld to marry you instead. Just to find that he only wants you. .. All of you! Holiday Novella. Crime Family. Arranged Marriage -with a twist! Insta Love. HEA...
  • Brixx: A Hood Love Story by Lakia

    Brixx: A Hood Love Story by Lakia

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Reagan is a dedicated nurse who’s seen it all, but nothing prepared her for a suffocating co-parenting relationship with a man who symbolizes everything she despises. She finds herself haunted by the consequences of her choices and burdened by the struggles of maintaining a facade of happiness while concealing her inner turmoil...
  • The Road to You by Mel Dau

    The Road to You by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bruqlyn (Brooklyn) Sampson has been on a long road to happiness. Something that she learned early was that life’s highway had many on ramps, off ramps, and detours. Her biggest reroute on her trip was leaving her home in Mississippi to come to North Carolina...
  • Thug Passion 3 by Mz. Lady P.

    Thug Passion 3 by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Real niggas don't die. They go to Miami and get richer. That's exactly what the infamous Ka'Jaire "Thug"Kenneth has been doing. With his family now with him in Miami, the sky is the limit and money is the motive. Tahari is still reeling from the fact that Thug is alive. She finds herself in a unfamiliar place and more alone than ever...
  • She Ain't Never Met Another N*gga Like Me by Jahquel J.

    She Ain't Never Met Another N*gga Like Me by Jahquel J.

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Italy has always had dreams of going away to college. Those dreams seemed like a far reality when she finds out that she’s pregnant. While she thought her life was over, her saving grace, by the name of Chase, comes and saves her. In her first year of college in Atlanta, she has to come back home to care for her younger sister once her mother dies in a car accident...
  • Underneath The Mistletoe with the Coldest Thug by Mz. Lady P

    Underneath The Mistletoe with the Coldest Thug by Mz. Lady P

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas ain’t Christmas without the ones you love. Which is why Tahari wants all of the OG’s, To spend the holidays in Colorado without the kids and the grandkids. Their time away should be fun, but trouble just always seems to find Thug Inc. and The Bossladies. What starts off as a wonderful holiday experience. Ends up being the worst time of their life...
  • The Trophy Wife by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    The Trophy Wife by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Ashley & Jaquavis introduce the reader to London, a beautiful immigrant from Trinidad. She was given to her husband by her father in order to settle a debt. Standing by her husband's side, making him the envy of his associates is a day in the life, but behind closed doors their relationship becomes cold and the abuse she encounters has her looking for a way out...
  • Illuminati: Roundtable of the Bosses by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Illuminati: Roundtable of the Bosses by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The saga of love, loyalty, and crime continues . .. After the tragic and bloody end to The Cartel's reign, Carter is forced into isolation to evade the law. With his wife, Miamor, facing federal charges and his dear brother six feet under, Carter has never been more alone. His empire is at his feet, and he has no idea how to rebuild his kingdom...
  • The Love Bully by Mel Dau

    The Love Bully by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love has no timeline, but it can take a long time to get it together. That is the story of Orion Westin and Marsha Turner. Youth, immaturity, and unreadiness caused decisions to be made that tore them apart. Apart does not mean away. There was no way that Orion would ever stray too far away from the true love of his life...
  • A Cold Winter With A Hot Boy 2 by S. Yvonne

    A Cold Winter With A Hot Boy 2 by S. Yvonne

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The stakes are at an all time high as the war between Scar and Snow intensifies. Snow unwilling to backdown demands his respect and would go to any measures to prove that he’s a man of his word because his word was all he had...
  • Giving A Real Thug Kisses 3 by S. Yvonne

    Giving A Real Thug Kisses 3 by S. Yvonne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In this finale, emotions are high as the crew evaluates the importance of love and family. Each individual character has a different demon that they're battling with life itself, and they realize that the only way to move forward is to face them. As the past haunts Reagan, she finds herself in a life-or-death situation...
  • Boss Ladies and The Thugs Who Love Them: Thug Legacy 3 by Mz. Lady P.

    Boss Ladies and The Thugs Who Love Them: Thug Legacy 3 by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Thug can’t be a Thug without a Boss Lady to ride shotgun with him in the streets. For years Boss Lady Inc. held down Thug Inc. and took no shorts or losses from anyone. With them all being retired it’s a new crew with new issues and of course the relationship drama that goes with it. Cut from a different cloth the new breed of Boss Ladies will have to Boss Up and show that with Legacy Inc...
  • Murderville by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Murderville by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Two children from Sierra Leone, Liberty and A’shai, are brought together by chance only to be forced apart by the most inevitable and tragic fate. Ashley and JaQuavis bring us this classic love story set against modern life’s most horrifying realities...
  • Married To The Mob 2 : A Black Mafia Affair by Mz Lady P

    Married To The Mob 2 : A Black Mafia Affair by Mz Lady P

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first family of the Black Mafia are back and in full effect. It's one thing to be the girlfriend of a Demonte but to be the wife of a Demonte is something totally different. British, Katera, and Chloe are without a doubt Married to the Mob and feeling the side effects from it. After British says "I Do" to Corleone life changes drastically for her...
  • No Gemini Does it Better by K.L. Hall

    No Gemini Does it Better by K.L. Hall

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    When a hurricane washes out my plans of a girls’ trip to Miami, I’m anything but thrilled to be spending my Fourth of July weekend alone. That is until I return home and find myself face-to-face with a handsome stranger in the middle of my living room. He’s six-foot-three, tatted, and looks like he eats dumbbells for breakfast. Not to mention, he’s soaking wet from the storm brewing outside...
  • LOVE ME NOW: ANTONIAS & BIANCA by M Monique

    LOVE ME NOW: ANTONIAS & BIANCA by M Monique

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Antonias Suarez has settled in his mind that he's no longer chasing the love of his life. He's done everything short of scribbling his love for her in the clouds to make her see him. However, she's not taking the bait. Moving through life as a physician at Dr. Bell & Associates, he's forced to see her every day...
  • LOVE ME NOW: ADRIAN & KWAMÉ by M Monique

    LOVE ME NOW: ADRIAN & KWAMÉ by M Monique

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life has always moved fast for Kwamé Stone. Being placed from home to home as a child has made it hard for her to put down solid roots. Hopping from flight to flight to appease the next client was her game. She’s a crisis counselor whose sole focus has always been work. Work kept her busy enough to chase away the fears she quietly battles...
  • Thug Passion 4 by Mz. Lady P.

    Thug Passion 4 by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love is a Battlefield and in the case of Thug and Tahari, they're constantly being hit with grenades. As soon as things are going right for the couple, the familiar bullshit creeps back in and wreaks havoc on not only their relationship, but the entire Kenneth Family. Now that the identity of Quaadir A. K...
  • LOVE ME NOW: BALTIMORE & MADELYN by M Monique

    LOVE ME NOW: BALTIMORE & MADELYN by M Monique

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Security guard by day. Billionaire by night. For sixteen years, Baltimore Cooley has been the trusted, lead security guard for Duval Bell. Baltimore’s job is simple. Protect Duval at all costs. Although down for the cause, Baltimore’s intentions aren’t exactly in favor of his late boss. His eyes have always been for the missus...
  • The Devil Wears Baccarat 3 by Jatoria C.

    The Devil Wears Baccarat 3 by Jatoria C.

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There aren’t many things in the world that capture my interest. As the brother of "Nasu" and a Capo in the Romanian Mafia, my life revolves around the mafia, the wine business, and the art of killing. Everything else feels irrelevant. That was true—until the moment I walked into her office. From the first word she spoke, I knew Brittany Gabriele had to be mine. Now, she’s all I can think about...
  • Too Many One Nights: A DeLuca Brother Saga by Tacarra

    Too Many One Nights: A DeLuca Brother Saga by Tacarra

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Buck DeLuca is the second oldest of the DeLuca brothers and the most reckless one. Buck lives by his own rules and dares anyone to question it. He doesn’t have the time or patience for a relationship, so he reduces his encounters with opposite sex to one-night stands. That’s until one night leads to unexplainable consequences to his actions...
  • Missionary With A Menace 2: An Unhinged Arranged Marriage by Bonnie Blanco

    Missionary With A Menace 2: An Unhinged Arranged Marriage by Bonnie Blanco

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Before Deuce could take his rightful throne or even be assigned a second in command, a full blown war is started. The streets & his family crowned him before he was ready — and now someone he never expected wants him off the throne. After the warehouse ambush, Deuce realizes something. the people trying to kill him aren’t outsiders. They’re people close enough to touch him...
  • THE UNHINGED BEST MAN : A NOVELLA by M Monique

    THE UNHINGED BEST MAN : A NOVELLA by M Monique

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    When crushes fall. .. Boston Kelly is a married man who thought divorce was never a way out. He's committed to making his marriage work no matter the circumstances. What happens when the wife he has done everything for betrays him? Nikki McCorvey is engaged to be married to the love of her life. Or so she thinks...
  • Thug Paradise 2 by Mz. Lady P.

    Thug Paradise 2 by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Thug is nothing without a down ass chick who holds him down. Time and time again Tahari has proved that she will show no mercy and spare no life of anyone who goes against her husband Ka'Jaire " Thug " Kenneth. The Thug Inc. crew has been arrested and is facing jail time due to corrupt cops and jealous ones that envy their very existance. Thug Inc. might be out of commission but Boss Lady Inc...
  • His Secure Embrace by Mya

    His Secure Embrace by Mya

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Secure. feeling safe, stable, and free from fear or anxiety. Brielle Chambers is a social media influencer with a sunshine personality. She loves to see the positive in everything and everyone. She’s built her platform with her authentic self, which has awarded her six-figure brand deals. Even after a tragic loss, she remains optimistic about life and love. Secure...
  • Remy and Rose by Mz. Lady P.

    Remy and Rose by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After serving four years of a five year prison sentence, Rose' Richards is out and unsure of what the future holds for her and her daughter Heaven. Nothing seems bright after taking a charge for her daughter's father Ace Black. He left her high and dry, rotting in a prison cell and pregnant with a daughter he doesn't even know exists. Being released back into society is hard with a prison record...
  • A Gangster's Girl by Chunichi Knott

    A Gangster's Girl by Chunichi Knott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Leaving the safety of her parents home, a very good girl enters a world of bad boys and fast money and hooks up with a sexy but dangerous man who could be the biggest mistake of her life.
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Jareau Family Wedding by Kimberly Brown

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Jareau Family Wedding by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Heartbreak birthed a beautiful love story. When Jamison Jareau hired a nanny, he wasn't expecting to fall in love. The moment Aleviyah Sandifer entered his home, his world was forever changed. Try as he might, he just couldn't fight his attraction. Forced to finally confront his grief over losing his wife, Jamison found an unexpected happiness with Aleviyah...
  • A Gangster's BBW Obsession 3 by Mz. Lady P

    A Gangster's BBW Obsession 3 by Mz. Lady P

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The BBW’s and The Gangsters obsessed with them are back in this highly anticipated finale to the bestselling series. A Gangsters BBW Obsession. The characters you’ve fell in love with have always found a way to weather any storm sent their way. This time around they have to stand together as a united front in order to take down those who want to see them dead...
  • Locked In With The Plug by Nek Mills

    Locked In With The Plug by Nek Mills

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Two worlds collide when flights from opposite sides of the world land in the Dominican Republic for the same exact reason. Kelcee Michaels, on a much needed vacation with her best friend with the intent to let loose and rid her mind of the problems back home. It’s on this very island that she crosses paths with Xander Frasier...
  • Love Burn 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Love Burn 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When an explosive secret is revealed. Will Dom and Noni's love survive? Or will she decide that she has had enough? The drama gets dangerous in Love Burn 3. Ashley Antoinette continues with her monthly short story series in Love Burn 3. Her next full novel, LUXE, drops on September 8, 2015.
  • Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor. And Richard, a shy English writer, is in thrall to Olanna's enigmatic twin sister...
  • SUMMERS: A HOLIDAY NOVELLA by M Monique

    SUMMERS: A HOLIDAY NOVELLA by M Monique

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS IS A RE-RELEASE**. There are a few things that Grey, Blu, and Kingston have in family, love, and loyalty. On these three things, they can agree. With the love of their lives by their side, things have been. fairly quiet in the men’s lives...
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