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  • Unfinished Business by Brenda Jackson

    Unfinished Business by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    “Hot and sexy.”—Romance Reader at HeartTM   A PROMISE MADE Investigative reporter Christy Madaris doesn’t want to complicate her life with romance. She made that mistake once when she believed Alex Maxwell’s promise to marry her. True, Alex made that promise when Christy was just a teenager...
  • Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown

    Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ariyanna "Ari" Ramirez has had enough of no love. After a two-year relationship filled with more heartbreak than happiness, she is starting over. When she meets handsome, suave, single father, Simeon "Sime" Cartwright, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Their romance is one for the ages, but nothing worth having comes easy and Ari is paying the ultimate price...
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  • Damaged Goods by April Wilson

    Damaged Goods by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When martial arts expert Liam McIntyre spies a vulnerable young woman working the streets of Chicago, his chivalrous nature kicks in. She shouldn't be there, doing what she's doing. So, like any hero, he steps in. He pays to keep her off the streets for the night so they can talk. He learns who she is and what brought her to this point in her life...
  • My Forever by Tiffany Patterson

    My Forever by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Savannah I was only eighteen years old when I thought I had found my happily ever after. After the tragic death of my mother, I married the love of my life, Ace Townsend. Yes, we were young and idealistic, but we had it all figured out. He was going to be a fighter pilot in the Air Force. I would go to medical school to become a doctor for people who couldn’t afford healthcare...
  • 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...
  • Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again by Sharon Carter

    Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again by Sharon Carter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Devastated by the death of her husband in a horrific car accident, Sage lives with a protective armor around her heart. Nick, hearbroken after catching his wife cheating on him, has only casual relationships with women untuil he meets Sage at a fundrasier and falls for her immediately. Sageis  attracted to the succesful benefactor, Nick, but refuses to allow him in...
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    black-mc  suspense  contemporary  length-long
  • Atonement: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Atonement: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Londyn Bennett entered my world like a hurricane. One I was grossly unprepared for.But in the short time we've known each other, she's opened my eyes to things I never expected. She taught me about acceptance. Compassion. Love.Because of her, I've also been forced to learn about prejudice. Cruelty. Hate...
  • Snapped by Tracy Brown

    Snapped by Tracy Brown

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    As the pampered wife of Frankie Bingham, Camille wants for nothing. After all Frankie and their life together are her whole world. So Camille tries not to be bothered by his closeness with his coworker and dear friend Gillian. But it soon becomes clear that Camille's suspicions are correct...
  • It's Just a Date by Monica Walters

    It's Just a Date by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Billionaire Baby Romance.Money has never been a thing for Latisha Babineaux. Growing up as the only princess of Reign Babineaux is her biggest flex. People literally bow at her feet because of how feared he is in the streets. Now that she’s older, she just wants a life of peace and love with her children and to possibly find love a second time around...
  • Avenging Devil Part 2 by Manda Mellett

    Avenging Devil Part 2 by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    NiranSaffie’s past was darker than I’d ever expected, and now I’m embroiled in the thick of it. I’m fully prepared to forfeit my life if it means I save hers, but I have no idea how I’m going to achieve that objective. I do all that I can, lying to convince them I’m one of their kind despite having the wrong skin colour...
  • Her Protector by D. Camille

    Her Protector by D. Camille

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *The Uncut Series is the sequel to The Black Diamond series featuring the younger characters that were introduced in the original series. The mysteries and storyline follow The Black Diamond Series. It is recommended that you read The Black Diamond Series before beginning The Uncut Series to have a full grasp of the plot and storyline...
  • The Vegas Lie by K. Alex Walker

    The Vegas Lie by K. Alex Walker

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    “As I said, it’s Saraci. S-A-R-A-C-I.Learn to say it and learn to spell it.It’ll be yours one day…and so will I.”When what happened in Vegas...didn't.Raina Daniels and Lucas Saraci are sworn enemies.Warring dragons from rival factions.The Montagues and Capulets of the modern world...kind of...
  • Beautiful Prey 5: The Storm Series - BWWM Romance by Phoenix Daniels

    Beautiful Prey 5: The Storm Series - BWWM Romance by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Disclaimer: The Coronavirus does not exist in this novel. The Storms have been through enough. Catch up with the Storms!Watch Victoria struggle with black versus blue guilt. See Jack’s attempt at managing his stubborn wife, while the Savellis deal with the consequences of Natasha’s temper.Tammy becomes a mogul.Tracy becomes a mother.And Francis wants a wife...
  • Rescued Duty by Lisa Phillips, Laura Conaway

    Rescued Duty by Lisa Phillips, Laura Conaway

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After growing up in foster care, investigative reporter Naya Michél has learned there’s usually more to a situation than meets the eye. When she’s assigned a story about the current water contamination crisis in town, Naya is ready to show her boss she has what it takes to secure a promotion—especially since the events surrounding the story have personal ties to her childhood...
  • Beautiful Prey 3: The Storm Series by Phoenix Daniels

    Beautiful Prey 3: The Storm Series by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Victoria Storm is happier than she could have ever imagined. She has the man of her dreams in Jack Storm and a beautiful little girl. Meanwhile, Gianni and Natasha Storm are ready to welcome a new addition to their family. All is well with the Storm family until an unknown enemy with a vendetta threatens to shatter their peaceful existence, causing Gianni's extended family to step in...
  • All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    All of Me by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 2 in the Townsends of Texas Series.Lena I have one goal in mind: Write another album. The completion of my next album would grant me freedom from my record label. A label owned by my scheming, lying, and manipulative ex-fiancé. Too bad writer’s block has had a death hold over me for months...
  • A Legal Affair by Maureen Smith

    A Legal Affair by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Let the affair begin . . . Hot, brooding law professor Caleb Thorne has always been the personification of a chick magnet. But he’s never crossed the line with a student . . . until beautiful Daniela walks into his lecture hall. There’s something intriguing about her—with her keen intellect, angelic eyes, and a body that would make any man weak in the knees...
  • Possession: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Possession: An Interracial Romance by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes the right path isn’t the easiest one.Weston Bradford entered my world in a whirlwind. Or, more accurately, during a torrential downpour. After our brief encounter, I didn’t think I’d ever see the attractive man with mesmerizing blue eyes again. Not in a city the size of Atlanta...
  • Sinatra versus Gabrini: Family at War by Mallory Monroe

    Sinatra versus Gabrini: Family at War by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A shocking death in the Sinatra family and a Gabrini is to blame. Mob boss Sal Gabrini and his uncle, boss of all bosses Mick Sinatra, find themselves on opposite sides of a deadly battle when Mick the Tick will stop at nothing to avenge what he views as cold-blooded murder. The Gabrinis stick together. The Sinatras stick together...
  • Romancing Sal Gabrini by Mallory Monroe

    Romancing Sal Gabrini by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gemma Jones once thought Sal Gabrini could be a keeper. He was, in truth, the man of her dreams. But after she didn’t hear from him when he had promised to stay in touch, she wasn’t thinking about him either. Even when she travels to his turf, to Seattle, to attend a stuffy lawyer’s convention, she’s bound and determined not to give Sal a second thought...
  • Value Me: Part I: Marriage Reconciliation Romance by Nia Arthurs

    Value Me: Part I: Marriage Reconciliation Romance by Nia Arthurs

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    If my husband does not value me, then I need to do it myself...Marriage is supposed to be forever, but an STI scare rips the floor from under me.I’m forced to face reality—my husband is a cheater.And worse, he might never change.In a last-ditch effort to save my marriage, I seek help from Doc.But the mechanic’s advice is the last thing I expect, and it just might cost me everything...
  • Sal Gabrini 3: Hard Love by Mallory Monroe

    Sal Gabrini 3: Hard Love by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Business tycoon and sexy heartthrob Sal Gabrini works hard to maintain his numerous business ventures and his long-distance relationship with his super-sexy African-American girlfriend. Marriage is in the cards, but he knows that branding her with the Gabrini name could become more of a curse than a blessing...
  • Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge by Ruth Logan Herne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Creator of the bestselling "Welcome to Wishing Bridge" and "At Home in Wishing Bridge" award-winning author Ruth Logan Herne invites readers back to the little town with the big heart with "Finding Peace in Wishing Bridge". Being a supermodel isn't just hard...
  • Origins by D. Camille

    Origins by D. Camille

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Merriam-Webster defines Origins as the point or place where something begins or is created. Origins – The third book in The Black Diamond Series takes you through an emotional journey into the past and present where adversaries are identified, alliances are formed and nothing is as it seems. Lingering questions are answered and more continue to arise as unresolved trauma and issues are uncovered...
  • Tak by Ivy Harper

    Tak by Ivy Harper

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From Bestselling author Ivy HarperTakLet them call me what they want, I know the truth. It all begins with the music, it follows me everywhere I go. Living as if every day is my last, I stand on the edge of life and death. Now everything around me is changing, dancing to music that’s not my own. My world is slowly falling apart because my friends are changing the rules.Then it happens. FML...
  • The World in Reverse by Latrivia S. Nelson

    The World in Reverse by Latrivia S. Nelson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Italian heartthrob Nicola Agosto was Memphis’ most eligible bad boy seven years ago, but after falling in love with local college beauty queen, Ivy Winters, he settled down and started a beautiful family. Now as a father of four and a loving husband, he has ascended up the ranks of the Memphis Police Department and positioned himself as a dependable and trustworthy top cop...
  • Teddy Sinatra 1: Chains For Love by Mallory Monroe

    Teddy Sinatra 1: Chains For Love by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Pressure is the new normal for Teddy Sinatra. As the oldest son and heir-apparent to take over the Sinatra Crime Family, the underworld, his men, and his siblings all expect perfection from him. His father, the king of mob bosses Mick Sinatra, is very much still in the game and expects his son to be worthy to someday take his place...
  • Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Black Butterfly by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels. Book 1: Black Pearl Book 2: Black Dahlia Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him...
  • Wild by Hannah Cole

    Wild by Hannah Cole

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    It didn’t start out as the worst day of my life. But it was certainly in the top three.The promotion I worked so hard for turned out not to be mine at all but handed to Nick Marks, some social media wunderkind. So, I got mad. I got drunk. Then made the epic decision to blow off a little steam with a wild night out, one night stand included...
  • Raw by Trevion Burns

    Raw by Trevion Burns

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This was it. She was going to prison. She’d tested Detective Lincoln Hill’s determination one time too many. Underestimated his keen wit. Misjudged his naked resolve. But she couldn’t dwell on how she’d been caught. She couldn’t dwell on anything but the fact that her quest for revenge was officially over. Brought to an end by her best friend...
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    black-mc  bwwm  multicultural  contemporary
  • Tony Sinatra: If Loving You Is Wrong by Mallory Monroe

    Tony Sinatra: If Loving You Is Wrong by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gorgeous psychologist Tony Sinatra, the middle son of wealthy landowner Big Daddy Charles Sinatra, is still mourning the end of a longtime relationship when he meets former bartender Samantha “Sam” Carmichael. The problem: she’s nothing like anybody he’s ever met before and nobody, not even his understanding father, wants him to be with her...
  • The Realtor's Attendant by Rose Fresquez

    The Realtor's Attendant by Rose Fresquez

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s escaping an arranged marriage. He’s recovering from a disastrous wedding. When sparks fly between them, will they brave a second chance at love? Touted as the ideal daughter, Hope Njeri chafes under her dad’s strict rule and dreams of discovering who she is beyond his influence and traveling the world beyond his threshold...
  • The Luxembourg Betrayal by Camilla Stevens

    The Luxembourg Betrayal by Camilla Stevens

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I once betrayed her. Now, I’m back to make her MINE.
 LUCA WOLFF Handsome. Intelligent. Charming. And relentless when it comes to getting what he wants. Now, he has his sights set on me. Five years ago, I gave him my heart. He took it…and ripped it to shreds. I was left with nothing but a ruined career and a determination never to be betrayed again...
  • Creed: Eyewitness by Phoenix Daniels

    Creed: Eyewitness by Phoenix Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet Taylor Montgomery, the beautiful, but disgruntle, Chicago cop. She was disgruntled, not because she didn’t love her job, but because she was fed up with the slippery politics associated with the department. Yet, she donned her uniform every day, wearing it with pride, and patrolling the dangerous streets of The Windy City...
  • Mine to Keep by Ashley Nicole

    Mine to Keep by Ashley Nicole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Noelle Steele has terrible luck with men. So terrible, in fact, she’s thinking of giving up dating altogether. Because seriously, who needs a man when you’re working your dream job and just moved into your dream condo? It has the perfect setup, is in the perfect location and even comes with a perfect neighbor...
  • The Ties That Bind by D. A. Young

    The Ties That Bind by D. A. Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s 1994 and the summer to beat all summer’s in Chatham, New Mexico as twin brothers Ransom and Harley Lawson, sons of the President of The Immortals MC are being groomed for higher-ranking positions. One is chosen to lead by birthright while the other is to be his right hand and brother’s keeper...
  • Brizio DeLuca: Savage Bloodline Series by Keta Kendric

    Brizio DeLuca: Savage Bloodline Series by Keta Kendric

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I couldn’t leave well enough alone. My obsession with finding out what happened to my brother landed me in the hands of Brizio DeLuca. His offer to help me came with rules that set me on a path lined with torture, death, and destruction. I was minding my business and working on becoming a better man. And here she comes...
  • Kandie Shoppe by Kenya Goree-Bell

    Kandie Shoppe by Kenya Goree-Bell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Dirty ass cop.”It’s sheriff but fine whatever.Kandie Love is a fũcking mess.The town tipsy,The town baker,The town gossip,The town —It doesn’t matter because her little nosey ass has rolled up on something that’s not her business but definitely interferes with mine.So now I have to put my foot on her throat to keep her from telling everyone what she thinks she saw...
  • Love & Heartbreak by Sage Young

    Love & Heartbreak by Sage Young

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "I don’t hate my enemies because that can affect my judgment. I respect them because they now have my attention."Power, Money, and Blood. Christos Laskaris didn’t choose his life; it was his birthright as the son of one of the most powerful mafia bosses in the country. The shadow of his father’s legacy forced Christos to rule without mercy to prove himself worthy of being the heir to the throne...
  • Dodge by M.L. Nystrom

    Dodge by M.L. Nystrom

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Dragon Runners MC are back with "Dodge," the gripping sixth book about two souls from different worlds who are about to collide in a blaze of passion and determination. The world is stacked against Fauna Somers. Constantly at odds with her family, she struggles to make a career as a Black woman to become a top chef in a male-dominated field...
  • Tommy Gabrini 2: A Place in His Heart by Mallory Monroe

    Tommy Gabrini 2: A Place in His Heart by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tommy Gabrini never dreamed he’d fall in love when Grace McKinsey entered his life. She wasn’t sophisticated enough, his friends declared, or beautiful enough. But Tommy fell hard for the very woman they all dismissed. He even took the step of his life and asked her to be his wife...
  • THE GOOD MISTRESS II: The Wedding: A BWWM Billionaire Romance by Amarie Avant, Avant Amarie

    THE GOOD MISTRESS II: The Wedding: A BWWM Billionaire Romance by Amarie Avant, Avant Amarie

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What would you do if you found your happily ever after, but the world was hellbent on keeping you from it? Somalian native, Mila Ali, endured two broken engagements. She never seemed to be destined for true love until billionaire Blake Baldwin came storming into her life...
  • Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha Part 1 by Cali N. Tae

    Bratva Blood Brothers: Andrusha Part 1 by Cali N. Tae

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    (Books should be read in order. None of the books in the series are a standalone.)Jemila Giordano is kidnapped in retaliation for her father killing the head of the Russian Turgenev crime family. What Andrusha Turgenev doesn't realize is, for Jemila, the kidnapping is a rescue. She has hated her father her entire life and wants to exact her own revenge...
  • My Addiction: Second Chances Series by S.K. Lessly

    My Addiction: Second Chances Series by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Take every chance you get in life because some things only happen once! Ayana... I want him... There's no other way to say it; I want this man. Oh, I've wanted him since forever. He's just amazing. He's that perfect man you can't help but dream about. He has an amazing heart. He'll do anything for you. He has a smile that will make you melt where you stand...
  • The Fight Within by Tiana Laveen

    The Fight Within by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sean Mahoney is unapologetic about the way he sees the world and how he expresses such beliefs with a cutting, rough delivery. In his domain, things are black and white, good or bad, right or wrong, with a healthy dose of good cheer...
  • His Muse by Twyla Turner

    His Muse by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Taryn is a 44-year-old divorced mother, starting a new life in the South of France. Etienne is a 29-year-old French artist. Their attraction is undeniable. Their affair is as hot as a wildfire. Threatening to burn everything in its way. Even the relationship between Taryn and her daughter...
  • Duncan by Xyla Turner

    Duncan by Xyla Turner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Portia: The man started his very first conversation with me, by asking me for my hand in marriage. That was a negative. Forget that he's a Republican, rude and intrusive. He is also different from any man that I have ever met. Yet, there is a side to him that forces me to pay attention. Not the constant counting, the stupid surveys and his defense of building walls...
  • Ruined With You by J. Kenner

    Ruined With You by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When her high maintenance boss is assaulted, manager Xena Morgan contacts the only person who can help—the sexy, arrogant, incredibly capable Stark Security agent Liam Foster. The former vigilante takes every case personally, and he's determined to find answers—particularly since he thought he'd cleared this threat already...
  • His Women and His Wife by Mallory Monroe

    His Women and His Wife by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dutch and Gina are back. Dutch is now in his second term as president, and Gina is his brand new First Lady. And only one month after the inauguration, their honeymoon is over. Dutch has to deal with crisis after crisis that often questions his ability to lead, while Gina has to deal with a doubtful press that refuses to accept her as First Lady...
  • The Sins of The Father by Mallory Monroe

    The Sins of The Father by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dutch Harber, the President of the United States, returns from a trip abroad concerned with his daughter’s erratic behavior. She not only seeks to link him sexually to her mother, but to destroy Gina, his African-American wife, in the process. She teams up with Gina’s half-brother, an ex-con who has his own agenda, to bring down the First Couple...
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