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  • The Midnight Hour by Brenda Jackson

    The Midnight Hour by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Sexy, dangerous, unforgettable. . .the Madaris family and their unlikely band of friends captured readers’ hearts and souls. Now, in The Midnight Hour, bestselling author Brenda Jackson brings us another breathtaking novel featuring the Madaris family and friends. One, CIA agent Sir Drake Warren gave his heart to a woman—a fellow Marine whose death in an explosion left him aching for justice...
  • Loving You Without Limits by Diamond D. Johnson

    Loving You Without Limits by Diamond D. Johnson

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rodney Wiggins. That name rang bells through just about every part of South Florida. Rodney is a senior in high school, and just about every university wants him to pick their school for college due to his phenomenal skills on the football field. The thing about Rodney is that football is his first true love...
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  • The Prada Plan 3:: Green-Eyed Monster by Ashley Antoinette

    The Prada Plan 3:: Green-Eyed Monster by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Leah's crazy scheming has finally paid off. Now that YaYa is out of the picture, Leah has everything she's ever wanted. She steps into YaYa's shoes, and now she has money, family, and, most importantly, she has Indie. She's the queen of his empire, and no one suspects a thing. There's only one problem. Disaya Morgan isn't dead...
  • Take me to Church: A Preto Village Novel by AshleyNicole, Erin B.

    Take me to Church: A Preto Village Novel by AshleyNicole, Erin B.

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to Preto Village, a beautiful black community where everybody knows your business and has no qualms sharing it…I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your…thighs?Neriah grew up in the church under a philandering pastor. In search of a new place to worship, she stumbles upon Preto Baptist...
  • Beautiful Chaos by Keta Kendric

    Beautiful Chaos by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    Desiree:Family. Being a member of the Evans family had never been easy. By the time I was sixteen, I’d been snatched twice, shot at, and knifed in the back. Yet, I’d turned out to be the tame one, the one that had been smart enough to stay away from my family business…until my father dragged me back in...
  • Quiet Chaos  by Keta Kendric

    Quiet Chaos by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Mecca: Family. Being a member of the Evans family was a blessing and a curse. By the time I was sixteen, I had committed four murders and had been beaten to within an inch of my life. Yet, I had turned out to be the fighter, the one that had been strong enough to survive in a world of chaos...
  • The Choir Director by Carl Weber

    The Choir Director by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    "A lively mix of church politics and bedroom follies." --Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Carl Weber takes readers back to church--where preaching isn't always enough. . .Bishop T.K. Wilson has done all he can to make First Jamaica Ministries a success. But with his last choir director getting caught in a scandal, attendance and cash flow are down...
  • The Devil Wears Baccarat 3: An Interracial Romance: Finale by Jatoria C.

    The Devil Wears Baccarat 3: An Interracial Romance: Finale by Jatoria C.

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
  • Saint by Lakia

    Saint by Lakia

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After the passing of their mother, Saint Carmichael is raised by his older brother Bishop—who is a true example of his brother’s keeper—ensuring that he wanted for nothing while keeping him away from everything street related. Saint’s life is mapped out with several college basketball scholarships to choose from and a future with the NBA on his horizons...
  • Stepping to a New Day by Beverly Jenkins

    Stepping to a New Day by Beverly Jenkins

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to the town of Henry Adams with a story of family, friendship, love, and second chances.In Henry Adams, Kansas, you can’t start over without stirring things up . . .Many a good woman has had to leave a no-good man, but how many of them took a back-seat to his 600-lb...
  • Wild, Beautiful, and Free by Sophfronia Scott

    Wild, Beautiful, and Free by Sophfronia Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From award-winning author Sophfronia Scott comes the story of one young woman’s bold journey to reclaim her birthright and carve out her own place in a world that tells her she doesn’t belong. Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised alongside her white half sister―until her father suddenly dies...
  • Salt Don't Go In Tea: An African American Romance by J. Dominique

    Salt Don't Go In Tea: An African American Romance by J. Dominique

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Amari thought getting pregnant and having a baby by a hood-rich industry goon would put her at the top and in his #1 spot. She imagined a life filled with money, fame, and all the perks of being tied to someone in the game. But instead of the dream, she got a cheating baby daddy who left her to raise their son on her own...
  • Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 51 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...
  • Stone Cold Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Stone Cold Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Two classic Westmoreland novels from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Brenda JacksonStone Cold SurrenderBestselling thriller writer Stone Westmoreland can think of plenty of ways to describe the stranger he meets on a flight to Montana. Tantalizing. Whip-smart. And completely unaware of how good it feels to give in to your wilder impulses...
  • Heart of Gold by Beverly Jenkins

    Heart of Gold by Beverly Jenkins

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    NAACP nominee and bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to the charming town of Henry Adams, Kansas—a place that always feels like home—in this heartwarming story of family, friendship, and the surprises hidden in our lives. Henry Adams has had its fair share of drama ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town with her divorce settlement...
  • An Affair in Munthill by Takerra Allen

    An Affair in Munthill by Takerra Allen

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gloria met Rich, and the most organic romance began to write itself.On the heels of the animated V2, Takerra travels to a more serene place to bring you a story of two people finding one another in the most enthralling of ways – when they don’t want to. The key ingredients of intrigue are here – he’s self-aware, dominant, with a dangerous yet captivating edge...
  • God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe

    God Still Don't Like Ugly by Mary Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe's heart-stopping tale about a woman who's suffered too much to give up on herself, even if everyone else has. . . Growing up, Annette Goode thought all men were as low-down as the father who abandoned her, including the boarder who abused her for years and the men she slept with to earn the money she needed to run away from her life...
  • Continuous by Kennedy B.

    Continuous by Kennedy B.

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What if one day everything fell into place? What if one day that toxic love didn’t exist, and instead of stop and go, it was continuous? DaVinci is a fighter, fighting for more than just a title, but to stay out of the shadows of a family he didn’t choose. Fighting was all he had, until he encountered a woman just as driven and unfulfilled...
  • Something On The Side by Carl Weber

    Something On The Side by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Meet Tammy, Egypt, Isis, Nikki, Coco, and Tiny-the bodacious women of the Big Girls Book Club. There's only one rule to being a member. You must be at least a size 14. . . BGBC president Tammy loves everything about her life-especially taking care of business for her husband, Tim. This year, she intends to top all his past birthdays by having a threesome with her best friend, Egypt...
  • Big Girls Do Cry (Big Girls) by Carl Weber

    Big Girls Do Cry (Big Girls) by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to the Big Girls Book Club‚ where only one rule applies: Members must be at least a size 14. Sisters Isis and Egypt have left New York for Richmond‚ where Isis is happily married and living in the lap of luxury...
  • Dirty Hearts by Kenya Wright

    Dirty Hearts by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Darkly intense and deeply erotic, we return to the Lion and Mouse. The war has ended. Kazimir hopes to spend quiet time with Emily, but there are more enemies creeping within the shadows. New dangers that threaten the couple’s happiness...
  • God Don't Play by Mary Monroe

    God Don't Play by Mary Monroe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    With a lovely home and family, Annette Goode finally has it all. Heaven knows she paid her dues--from an abusive childhood to a rocky start as an adult. Annette's friend Rhoda knows too, for Rhoda has been both her savior and her greatest fear. Their relationship has survived some serious shake-ups. But now that things are good, someone apparently thinks they're a little too good. .
  • So Special: Fanatic Love by Mel Dau

    So Special: Fanatic Love by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Asher Kane Wilson and Katniss Raven Roland have reentered the stadium. A lot has changed since the last time they were here. A new little fan was born but that wasn’t on either of their programs. In this continuation of Naughty F.A.N, find out if the new rules of the game call for a touchdown or technical foul.Two new players have entered the stadium...
  • Joy by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Joy by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Victoria Christopher Murray's bestselling novel shares the story of a successful black Christian woman who must decide how far she is willing to go to have a future with the man she loves.Anya Mitchell feels greatly blessed. The owner of a successful Los Angeles financial services company, she is also prosperous in love, thanks to handsome writer Braxton Vance...
  • Brothers Black 7: Johnathan the Fixer by Blue Saffire, Covers by Combs

    Brothers Black 7: Johnathan the Fixer by Blue Saffire, Covers by Combs

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    RoniI don't know my past, I've lost control of my future, but I have a bullet for my present. Nough said.JohnathanThat’s Roni, and that’s about as much as you will get from her. When you get to know her, you understand why. From the moment our eyes connected, I knew I’d be the one to fix what was broken. It didn’t matter that we were never supposed to see each other again...
  • Your One by Monica Walters, Latisha Burns

    Your One by Monica Walters, Latisha Burns

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Professional basketball player, Nate Guillory, has a good life. He enjoyed his childhood as the only child in a single-parent home. There is only one thing he feels he missed out knowing his father. Although he had a great upbringing, he feels that it is his right to know the identity of his father and why they weren’t afforded the opportunity to have a relationship...
  • Taming Clint Westmoreland by Brenda Jackson

    Taming Clint Westmoreland by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In name only? The moment ex-Texas Ranger Clint Westmoreland learned he was still married, he set the limits for his wife's stay at his luxurious horse ranch. But when she arrived, Clint's boundaries began to blur. He and Alyssa Barkley had thirty days to untangle the legal knot that had bound them together during an undercover assignment years before...
  • The Preacher's Son by Carl Weber

    The Preacher's Son by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Bishop T.K. Wilson, popular pastor of the largest African-American church in Queens, New York, has decided to run for borough president. But his family values platform is on shaky ground, because the Wilson kids are giving in to the same temptations as any other young adults. And their parents have no idea what's going on behind closed doors. .
  • Torn Between Two Lovers by Carl Weber

    Torn Between Two Lovers by Carl Weber

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Big Girls Do Cry comes a deliciously provocative new page-turner starring plus-sized diva Loraine Farrow, and the men in her life. . . One of Richmond, Virginia's, hottest, most successful women, Loraine Farrow finally wants to settle down with her husband, Leon, and focus on her marriage...
  • The Chase Is On by Brenda Jackson

    The Chase Is On by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    WHAT CHASE WESTMORELAND WANTED... Something sure looked tempting, and Chase knew it wasn't on his restaurant's menu. His new neighbor Jessica Claiborne was as deliciously enticing as the confections she created--so enticing, Chase was finding it difficult to concentrate on anything but the curve of her lips...
  • For Keeps by Tiffany Patterson

    For Keeps by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Destiny I was doing fine. Just fine. I’d long since left my cheating, two-timing, slime ball of a husband, and was doing well making my way in the world. I had a career that I loved as a financial advisor, great friends, and family. I didn’t need for anything. Especially not love. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t completely soured on the whole falling in love thing...
  • Dirty Macking by Kenya Wright

    Dirty Macking by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Kenya Wright comes another installment in her popular interracial mafia romance series, the Lion and the Mouse.This book must be read after Dirty Cravings (Lion and Mouse book 6).Although featuring sexually explicit scenes, this is not a romance...
  • Jabari: The Crescent Falls Royals by Charity Shane

    Jabari: The Crescent Falls Royals by Charity Shane

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When it comes to Jabari Hicks, competition is non-existent. With a keen focus on securing a championship ring, Jabari’s only compettion is himself. On the court he is deadly, off the court he’s a protector and as a Lord, he’s fierce and loyal.Kinnidi Trent has a light that illuminates the dark spaces of her mind, but she can’t completely shine until she lands in a place of peace...
  • Beautiful Lies by Renee Williams

    Beautiful Lies by Renee Williams

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes the most challenging part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over – Nicole SobonDanielleLetting him go was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.My husband promised me forever. He made me believe we could weather any storm as long as we had each other. Now, he’s telling me he’s sorry. He’s not in love with me anymore...
  • Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe

    Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bad boy Mick Sinatra feels the heat from the Feds from without, and disloyal men from within. He has no time for love. But when a woman comes along so unlike the dull socialites and supermodels of his past, he wonders if fate is playing a cruel trick on him...
  • Behind Closed Doors by Lakisha Johnson

    Behind Closed Doors by Lakisha Johnson

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Pastor Layton and Lady Natasha Briggs were destined to marry. Well, according to their parents who arranged things before they were old enough to walk.Now, thirteen years later, Layton and Tasha find themselves at odds. Love, honor and cherish have all been replaced with arguing, accusations, and domestic violence...
  • Shots Not Taken by Nicole Falls

    Shots Not Taken by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    “If there isn’t a risk, is it worth wanting at all?” Starting Forward for the Tennessee Trojans Nikolas Verette hasn’t always lived the golden life. After personal setbacks placed barriers in his path to professional basketball superstardom, he took to approaching life with the motto “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”...
  • Stranger In My Arms by Rochelle Alers

    Stranger In My Arms by Rochelle Alers

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Orphaned at birth and shuttled between foster homes, CIA agent Merrick Grayslake has made a practice of not letting anyone get close to him. But he finds that his emotions are at risk when he is introduced to Alexandra Cole. It has been all work and not enough play for Alex. And what little social life she's had has been on hold for a year while she completes her graduate degree...
  • Missing Hearts by Kenya Wright

    Missing Hearts by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    TWO BRILLIANT AGENTS TRACK ONE CUNNING PSYCHO. FBI Agent Alexander King has a special gift for catching vicious predators. He gets inside the twisted minds of psychopaths and hunts them down. However, this case in a small Georgia town is challenging his skills. A serial killer named The Angel Maker has kidnapped and killed six little black girls...
  • A Silken Thread by Brenda Jackson

    A Silken Thread by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When true love meets dark secrets, which side will win? Don’t miss this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Brenda JacksonFinding a soulmate was the easy part for Erica Sanders. Brian Lawson is everything she could have dreamed of and then some...
  • Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This by Mary B. Morrison

    Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This by Mary B. Morrison

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In bestselling author Mary B. Morrison's steamiest novel yet, the timing finally seems to be right for Darius Jones and Fancy Taylor--but what they discover about one another may surprise them. . .  Fancy knows this time around things will be different with Darius. Before she gets intimate with the man, she's going to get to know him--then she'll get her share. .
  • This Time It's Forever by Kay Shanee

    This Time It's Forever by Kay Shanee

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Once upon a time, Harper Baylor fell in love and was certain she’d found her forever. She gave a man her heart, only for him to break it into a million pieces. It took some time to put it back together, but she was still hesitant to love again.One drunken night ruined the life Jakhi Malone had planned with his high school sweetheart...
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  • Baby Momma Drama  (A Man's World Series) by Carl Weber

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

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 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...
  • Only Fools Get Fouled : The Cambridge Crew by Connie Easton

    Only Fools Get Fouled : The Cambridge Crew by Connie Easton

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lyfe Cambridge is a man that saves the games for the court. When it comes to his marriage, he takes every vow serious. A man that knows what he wants is a man of certainty. However, when the smoke clears from around his marriage, things began to change for all parties involved. Sometimes all one needs is that one person they can’t touch to make things better...
  • Gaisgeach: The Hero and the Hellion by Dandridge Monroe

    Gaisgeach: The Hero and the Hellion by Dandridge Monroe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A phoenix who lost her flame. A laird who wants to return it to her...
  • Don't Make Me Wait by Kami Holt

    Don't Make Me Wait by Kami Holt

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Messiah Graham is a big-time NBA player on the path to the biggest moment in his career. Tragedy strikes, leaving his dreams shattered and his heart destroyed. In an effort to keep his promises, he makes a decision that changes his life forever...
  • One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

    One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive.It's been eight years since Sara Lancaster left her home in Savannah, Georgia...
  • Stern by Brenda Jackson

    Stern by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson, comes a new trilogy starring three Westmorelands who are impossible to resist: Zane, Canyon and Stern.  Stern Westmoreland never makes mistakes—until he helps his best friend Jovonnie "JoJo" Jones with a makeover…for another man. Now Stern wants JoJo for himself...
  • Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Surrender by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 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..
  • Gunz and Roses by Keisha Ervin

    Gunz and Roses by Keisha Ervin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Urban fiction diva Keisha Ervin is back with Gunz and Roses, her latest story of street love.Time stands still as up and coming fashion editor Gray Rose watches the man of her dreams walk into the club. The last thing St. Louis kingpin Gunz Marciano wants is to become attached to one woman—until he spots Gray.After one night of erotic passion, Gunz and Gray embark on a tumultuous journey...
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