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Too Much of a Good Thing by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn the sequel to the enormously successful Casting the First Stone , Kimberla Lawson Roby brings back a character readers love to hate. Curtis Black might be a man of the cloth, but with his irresistible looks, seductive charm, and charismatic personality, he's particularly beloved by his female parishioners––and almost every other woman he's ever met. The trouble is, Curtis is married... -
Little Black Girl Lost 4: The Diary of Josephine Baptiste by Keith Lee Johnson
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRevealing the roots of Johnnie Wise's family tree, the author takes readers to Nigeria where a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl, preparing to marry a much older man, escapes with her young lover on the night before the arranged marriage is to take place on a Dutch slave ship bound for America where she becomes Josephine Baptiste...Categorized as:
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The King's Seer by L.S. Bethel
Wake up. Check. Take shower. Check. Get car fixed. check. End up in an ancient feudal society where kings and warlords run the show. Wait. What?Serenity has no idea how she ended up in this place or how to get back home. She’s already made enemies of the most powerful men in the country and the threat of death is a very real concern...Categorized as:
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The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWith empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality---the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who we really are. Superheroes have always been Leia Birch Briggs’ weakness... -
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The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA landmark work by a brilliant young author, THE SALT ROADS transports readers across centuries and civilizations as it fearlessly explores the relationships women have with their lovers, their people, and the divine. Jeanne Duval, the ginger-colored entertainer, struggles with her lover poet Charles Baudelaire...Mer, plantation slave and doctor, both hungers for and dreads liberation.. -
Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette
Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette and an instant USA Today bestseller!“Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart.”Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter...Categorized as:
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Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
In an "epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant" story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together -- and changing the destiny of the human race (Viola Davis).Doro knows no higher authority than himself... -
Holiday Bride by T.S. Joyce
**Can be read as a standalone holiday story, or with T. S. Joyce's bestselling Wolf Brides series** Maya hasn’t been back to Colorado Springs in years. She’s home visiting for the holidays, but so much has changed. The boy she grew up with is nearly unrecognizable and his animal magnetism is stirring feelings in her that she can’t explain...Categorized as:
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Jonah's Ghost by K. Alex Walker
Taryn Hopkins and her husband, Oliver, recently bought and moved into their 1st home, an old Victorian in small-town Pennsylvania. But when her airline pilot husband is away, Taryn is visited by a dark-haired male apparition who appears in unlit hallways and eventually, her dreams.Jonah’s so real, she can touch him. He calls her by the name “Odette” and strokes her like his long-lost love... -
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June , A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making…Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them...Categorized as:
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Darling Unchained by JanJan Untamed
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Nago, His Mississippi Queen: 50 Loving States, Mississippi by Theodora Taylor
I’m still not exactly sure how a nobody like me managed to catch the eye of a billionaire alpha prince. But Nago Nightwolf was the sweetest, gentlest, most wonderful boyfriend a poor she-wolf from a mange state pack could ever ask for…until I needed him most. Then he disappeared from my life without so much as an apology. I thought it was true love...Categorized as:
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The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance. Washington D. C., 1925 Clara Johnson talks to spirits, a gift that saved her during her darkest moments in a Washington D. C. jail... -
Devil’s Darling by JanJan Untamed
Devil’s Darling is a gripping historical novel about the life of an enslaved woman in the Deep South. This story will take you on a journey through the dark history of America with a JanJan twist. Devil's Darling contains adult subject matter that many will find offensive. There are taboo themes that will trigger sensitive readers. This is book one of a duet... -
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Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratings“This is East Texas, and there’s lines. Lines you cross, lines you don’t cross. That clear?”New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them.“No Negroes, Mexicans, or dogs.”They know the people who enforce them.“They all decided they’d ride out in their sheets and pay Blue a visit... -
Wolf and Prejudice: 50 Loving States, Alaska by Theodora Taylor
When Rafe Nightwolf’s fiancée, Chloe Adams, disappears under mysterious circumstances, princess-turned-professor, Alisha Ataneq, refuses to let sleeping wolves lie. She won’t even let Rafe, the powerful Alpha King of Colorado, keep her from finding out what happened to her friend. But what Alisha doesn’t know is Rafe Nightwolf wants her, has wanted her badly for a very long time...Categorized as:
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The Other Side of Goodness by Vanessa Davis Griggs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow far will faith and love go when an ambitious man finds himself in the fight of his life--with a woman who knows the other side of goodness all too well. . .Fifty-year-old Alabama congressman Lawrence Rudolph Simmons will do whatever it takes to get re-elected--even switch parties from Democrat to Republican...Categorized as:
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Brothers Unholy by Author Nastee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSyncere(Syn), Tyrian(Tyrant), and Malicio(Malice) are brothers who escaped slavery in the 1700’s...Categorized as:
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Wicked Masquerade by Kenya Wright
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTristan is the Bad Boy of the Art World. A tortured artist with insatiable cravings for beauty, pleasure, and the darker shades of life.When Nova, a Psychology graduate student, enters his orbit, Tristan sweeps Nova off her feet and lures her onto an erotic journey that awakens desires she never knew existed.Danger looms in the background... -
Her Viking Wolves: 50 Loving States, Michigan by Theodora Taylor
Ask not for whom thy wolves come, Varra. Know…WE come for you. Tiara "Tee" Greenwolf might be the Princess of Detroit, one of the baddest state packs in the shifter nation, but the truth is, she's a HUGE nerd--and a strange one at that...Categorized as:
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Pirate's Witch by Jessamine Rue
A dark, spicy reverse-harem romance reminiscent of 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' with a dash of 'Treasure Island' and a hint of 'Peter Pan.' A desperate crew of pirates kidnap the witch who is the key to their freedom from a terrible curse. But she's more difficult to handle than they expect, in so many ways.. -
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsAlex Award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark, A Dead Djinn in Cairo is a Tor.com original historcal fantasy set in an alternate early twentieth century infused with the otherworldly.Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine... -
Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollow a black teen as she finds her place among a family of women gifted with magical abilities.In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move...Categorized as:
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One True Loves by Elise Bryant
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsLenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a master in the subtle art of not giving a . . . well, you know what. But now that graduation is here, she’s a little less sure.She’s heading to NYU in the fall with a scarlet U (for “undeclared”) written across her chest... -
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Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about family, friendship, and belonging—with a propulsive mystery at its heart.Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera... -
Taken by the Wolf-man by Melody Lynch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn a world where women need their husband’s permission for everything, Claire is trapped in a marriage to a cruel man who thrives on her fear.When he sends her on a late-night drive, knowing she's terrified of the dark, her worst nightmare begins. Stranded with a smoking car that won’t start, she hears howls in the distance...Categorized as:
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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsAn award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land... -
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
The first in an immersive fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction—from debut author Roseanne A. Brown. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi, Renée Ahdieh, and Sabaa Tahir...Categorized as:
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Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances.Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life...Categorized as:
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Dark Genesis by A.D. Koboah
Alternative cover edition: ASIN: B007NI8GUS Life for a female slave is one of hardship and unspeakable sorrow, something Luna knows only too well. But not even she could have foreseen the terror that would befall her one sultry Mississippi evening in the summer of 1807...
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