New Releases by Black Authors

Sparks fly in this Gilded Age novel of mystery, magic, and romance by the author of the New York Times –bestselling Beasts of Prey . Nineteen-year-old Vesper Evans has always resented Basalton’s high society, and the sorcery that provides them with a luxurious life unimaginable t...

After a series of reckless mistakes and fractured bonds uproot his family, Robbie Burleson finds himself living in August Creek, an isolated town hidden in the California mountains where everything feels just a little too perfect. Instinctively perceptive, Robbie can’t shake the...

By the time Erissa Jackson turns thirty, she’s lost almost everyone she loves and is simply existing. Although she hasn’t let her battle with depression win, it has stifled her professional growth. She’s worked a series of dead-end jobs for all her adult life, but with only a hig...

Lane Sanders has one rule: never let Lennox Jackson back into her life especially having spent her life believing love always comes with a price. Too bad the infuriating cybersecurity genius has other plans. Lennox has spent his life believing love isn’t worth the investment unti...

Butterflies are not born, they are made. Morgan Atkins has survived heartbreak before, but nothing could prepare her for the season of her life where love is no longer the greatest thing she stands to lose. When Morgan is confronted with a devastating diagnosis, matters of the he...

Hyghly and Camaro De Leon are one of Chicago’s most influential couples. The streets have pledged their undying loyalty to them, while the rich will do whatever to stay in their good graces. It’s to be expected seeing as the married couple operate one of the largest arms dealing...

Deeper than the physical. Kennedy Donovan and Dreux Edwards secretly yearned for each other since high school, but neither of them was ready to take the leap from friendship into something more. Until one summer night in college changed everything. And they cut ties with each oth...

Xain Smith is a stoic, street-smart ex-mafia enforcer trying to live a low-profile life as the head of security for hip-hop’s rising superstar, Q. But consistently crossing paths with the woman he loathes, Khaleesi Williams, the rapper’s creative director, proves to be the most f...

Grace Parker is twenty, still figuring out who she wants to become when a parking-lot shootout drops Luther King directly into her life. At thirty-nine, Luther has already built an empire, buried old enemies, survived betrayals, and learned exactly what it costs to care about som...

“The way I feel for you is too strong to ignore, but I wouldn’t even if I could.” Family is everything to Twyla but even loved ones can disappoint. In her campaign to right ancestral wrongs, she accidentally unearths secrets that have lain dormant for more than half a century, ca...

From New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron comes a new horror novel about a group of teens with unique-and potentially deadly-gifts. Moll, Redd, Agnes, and Ossie are powerful-and dangerous. But they don't want people to fear them. They've spent their lives trying to und...

Mazikeen Joy Phillips has built a life around keeping everything together, even as her own body slowly betrays her. Between demanding treatments, an uncertain future, and the quiet fear that love will always require more than she has left to give, she has learned how to survive w...

Mythic . . . Mythic . . . Mythic . . . His name was the only one I could call. He was the only one who could rescue me from Satan’s grasp. I was terrified, but now that I’m free from it all, I’m still terrified. My life is at a standstill, wondering if they would come back to fin...

For Nadir Bennett, Roseville is the center of his universe. He’s surrounded by friends and is the man behind Ray’s , one of the town’s hottest spots. He puts on a brave face but Roseville is also a constant reminder of the life he was supposed to have with his ex-girlfriend and h...

What does it truly mean to be a man? Moreover, What does it mean truly mean to be a Black Man? Jaxson, Dallas, Matthew, and Kristian have the kind of friendship most men spend a lifetime searching for. They are brothers in every way that matters—bound by history, loyalty, and the...

In a university parliament ruled by ego and unspoken power, Edidiong Kamla-Akpio doesn’t wait to be chosen; she forces her way in, determined to claim a space that was never meant for her. But power isn’t the only thing at stake. When her fiercest rival, Jumade, becomes the one p...

Every perfect neighborhood has a welcome committee. Lemon Grove Estates has something else. When Maci Graham and her husband move into one of Nashville’s most exclusive gated communities, they’re greeted with warm smiles, beautiful homes, and neighbors who seem almost too welcomi...

Zora Sullivan has spent years helping others navigate life's darkest valleys. But when a client's ultimate betrayal nearly costs Zora her life-and takes the man she loved most-it leaves her shattered. Grief, anger, and questions that shake the very foundation of her faith bury he...

Instead of growing closer over the years, sisters-in-law Giselle, Kamryn, Chanel, and Taylor are more distant than ever. After almost a decade of marriage, Giselle is still childless, with the pangs of jealousy and feelings of inadequacy mounting each day. Kamryn loves her husban...

Candice Carty-Williams, internationally bestselling author of Queenie (now a television series on Hulu), reunites us with the iconic character nearly ten years on, facing new chaotic choices in life and love with cherished old friends and family in this highly anticipated sequel....

On the morning of her dream wedding, Esosa Jemima George-Adefarasin is certain she’s stepping into her happily ever after. A celebrated bridal designer with a deep love for romance, she has spent years creating perfect weddings for other people. Now, it is finally her turn. Until...

In the glittering city of Easthaven, Tennessee, Arielle Thompson appears to have it all: beauty, brains, a thriving career at a prestigious publishing company, and a fiancé the entire city envies. Alongside Isaiah “Zay” Washington, the charismatic face behind the city’s hottest n...

It started at a masquerade ball … All I needed to do was show up to the ball, give my perfectly rehearsed speech, and seal this new sponsorship deal for my brother. It was supposed to be simple, but when the Phantom of the Opera lifts his mask, my heart sinks. Not only is it not...

Priscilla Iyana “Pinki” Santana has never been the type to let disrespect slide. She’s loud, spoiled, dangerous, and fiercely loyal. She handles betrayal with fire and leaves the consequences for everybody else to clean up. Sincyr is a disciplined firefighter who spends his life...

Sunday Bell's mother gave her advice that she took to heart: to love them all and let none of them keep her, and she built an entire life on that advice. She writes a relationship column men are afraid of that is so successful it earns her a seat at every opening in the city. She...

From the streets to the sanctuary… Could the most unexpected pairing be exactly what they needed? As one of Sleighton’s most eligible bachelors, Brick West wants for nothing. There isn’t a woman he can’t have, expense he can’t afford, or limit he can’t reach. Until a demand from...

Following a huge and unexpected reveal, Aniko is forced to make a tough decision that can possibly put her new marriage at risk. The past is never too far behind, and enemies become closer than friends¿ especially when that enemy is the one staring back at you in the mirror. How...

Reign Beaumont built an empire herself. From washing hair in a kitchen sink, she now has three salons and a product line in every beauty supply in the South. Nobody handed her anything. Years later her business is booming beyond belief and she is married to the man of her dreams....

Amber Cole has spent her whole life being the steady one. She manages other people's crises for a living and nobody has ever once thought to ask about hers. So when a flat tire in the rain turns into a stranger who talks to her like she is the only person in the city, she lets he...

Florence Bell is many things: free-spirited, confident, a successful nail artist, a disappointment to her parents, and a powerful witch according to her grandmother. Due to a series of opinions telling her who she should be in life, she decides to live boldly and become a skeptic...

Nairobi has secrets. So does everyone at this engagement party. When Mwende, daughter of the city’s most infamous crime lord, is poisoned at her own engagement dinner, private investigator Wanjiru Mdaku is pulled back into a world she has spent years avoiding. Behind the champagn...

Summer Proctor didn't mean to become her landlord's girlfriend. She meant to clap back at her messy ex on Instagram Live. She meant to protect her reputation and her business and her peace. She did not mean to grab the tall, fine, mean-as-hell man who knocked on her door at exact...

Special Agent Simone Nichols has spent her career hunting the worst of the worst, determined to carry on the legacy her father left behind. When a brutal assassination drops her into the path of an elusive hitman, she knows one thing for certain: catching him will be her biggest...

Seven minutes. One marriage. A lifetime of moments he never realized mattered. Izaak Davis has always believed love is measured by the big moments: the wedding day, the birth of a child, and the promises that change everything. But after years of grief, financial strain, and unsp...

Three years ago, Cyaire Reed and Jamie Maxwell shared one night that neither of them was ever supposed to remember. No names. No promises. Just two strangers standing at the edge of becoming someone else. For Cyaire, it was the final night before he walked away from the future hi...