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May 2017

  • From birth, the Savage brothers were taught by their father, Deuce, that life is like a sandwich; any way you flip it, the bread comes first. They were taught to get money, not fall in love, so they left a wreckage of broken hearts on their road to getting money. Yet, now, as mat...

  • Now that he has finale begun to avenge the death of his friend and the threat against his crew, some pressure has been released from Capone's shoulders...until he finds out that there is an innocent bystander that falls victim to his ferocious bullets, and she is a member of the...

  • In the Secrets of a Side Bitch series, Capone was Omari's right hand man, but a boss, nonetheless. In Capone & Capri, his bad boy swag is tested when death falls at his doorstep, along with the possibilities of love. He had been juggling women all of his life; never a one wom...

  • The Connect (The Connect, #1)by Nako
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished May 2, 2017

    In The Connect, the infamous story of Bonnie and Clyde is revisited in this modern tale of love and loyalty. Integrity wasn't what Boo searched for in a business partner, true enough it was vital but it wasn't the key to the game; the heart was. How ironic is it that Boo's lover...

  • Quasim Cean comes from one of the poorest countries in the world, and because of that and the way that he was raised, he's blessed with a hustler's spirit. Deciding to spread his wings and leave Miami, Quasim heads to North Carolina where he proceeds to make more money than he's...

  • Ransom (The Player, #5)by Nana Malone
    Not ratedpublished May 2, 2017

    Money, power, prestige…reject. Ransom Cox is —The Player. His whole life, hockey player, Ransom Cox, has watched the people he loves the most reject and leave him. He’s learned it’s better to be on his own. After the scandal of his wife walking out on him right before the champio...

  • The crew is back! In the last installment of this chart-topping series, Juvie and Solai were shown as a happy couple. With their lives slowly being pieced back together after the murder of Oriana, the couple quickly come to the realization that some happy endings only occur in fa...

  • In Love With A Brooklyn Thug (In Love With A Brooklyn Thug, #1)by Nako
    4.0 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished May 4, 2017

    Nia Hudson, fashion powerhouse and philanthropist swore that love wasn’t for her, she was too busy chasing after her dreams. The quiet girl from Brooklyn refused to go back to the projects– being raised by her selfish aunt her whole life was the push she needed to run far away an...

  • The King and Queen of New York 2 (The King and Queen of New York, #2)by Nako
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 4, 2017

    In the finale of The King and Queen of New York, the woman that challenged you to become a better you is back stronger and more fierce then ever. Dr. Freedom Anderson has had to adjust her crown one too many times after dealing with setback after setback. London is finally releas...

  • The Connect's Wife 7 (The Connect's Wife, #7)by Nako
    4.5 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished May 4, 2017

    Power-Hungry, Entitled, Dangerous…are words that could possibly be used to describe Chanel Cavette. In The Connect’s Wife 7 the tables have been turned and Chanel Cavette is now sitting at the highest throne in the Underworld…or so she thinks. Chanel Cavette learns to eat, sleep...

  • In Love With A Brooklyn Thug 2 (In Love With A Brooklyn Thug, #2)by Nako
    4.0 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished May 4, 2017

    Nia experienced déjà vu happening right before her eyes. Her gut begged her to run in the other direction, but the strong hold that love had on her kept her stuck in place. East had truly been heaven-sent, and after the time they spent together, and the memories they made, she co...

  • Envy (Mae Sisters, #1)by Iesha Bree
    3.0 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished May 7, 2017

    Cameren, a college student destined to make it, is on the right path, but when Chris, her high school sweetheart who broke her heart puts forth the effort to get her back, all hell breaks loose. Cameren is faced with telling the secrets she kept long ago from Chris, and after Chr...

  • Damages 2by Natavia Stewart
    4.34 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished May 8, 2017

    After a memorable getaway with Trayon Prince, Asayi is back to living in her new reality with a broken heart. What was supposed to be a summer fling turned into a toxic love affair. With Trayon away, how will she be able to cope? Does she wait for him or run into the arms of anot...

  • Homies, Lovers & Friends 4: A Brooklyn Love Storyby Jahquel J.
    4.23 avg ratings, 45 reviewspublished May 8, 2017

    With all that these couples have been through, you would think things become easier. That's not the case at all! Michelle is caught by Thor at prison visiting someone. Is it Tasheem, or is it someone Michelle has been hiding all along? With the restaurant closed, Thor has to make...

  • This is the last and final ride. Part two to the no better love series ended with Hennessy being shot. The number one question that the readers are dying to know is if Hennessy survived those bullets. Hennessy wasn’t just shot once, but multiple bullets entered his body. If he we...

  • Ramsey knows what he wants. He wants the cupcake lady…Ramsey does his best to condition Gianna before Felicity, owner of Wedded Bliss, presents Gianna with his offer of marriage. Ramsey wants Gianna more than he wants his next million. He can’t see himself without her and would d...

  • Don't Cry, Cheat Back 2 (Don't Cry, Cheat Back, #2)by Linette King
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 10, 2017

    When you give your heart to someone, you’re taking a chance on getting hurt but trusting them not to. Tiffany Bevier quickly learns that most people will hurt her and she just has to figure out who’s worth the pain. Will she choose her long term boyfriend James or new girlfriend...

  • Something Like Love (Serendipitous Love, #6)by Christina C. Jones
    4.49 avg ratings, 19 reviewspublished May 11, 2017

    Eddie is arrogant, quite vain and slick at the mouth - or simply confident, discerning, and unafraid to speak his mind, if you ask him. Astrid is annoyingly perky, unpolished, and a little delusional about Eddie’s attraction to her - or, according to her, energetic, authentic, an...

  • Kenzo Mahailey never wanted to be a part of his family’s criminal organization. When his older brother dies, Kenzo thinks this is his way out – until he finds out his brother’s replacement. Isa Mahailey never wanted to be a part of her husband’s criminal organization. When Andrea...

  • What happens when the walls start crumbling down around you? Do you give up or try harder? It seems that there are snakes and disloyalty at every corner. Lock and Trip are fed up and ready to put an end to it all. At this point, the two have decided that it’s all or nothing, and...

  • Heated Harmoniesby Alexandra Warren
    4.78 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished May 11, 2017

    The music industry has always been her world, but it almost crushed his... International superstar Zalayah is desperate to break out of her popstar box with a completely new image, a new look, and most importantly, a new sound. But after years of working with some of the biggest...

  • Her Warrior (Uncut, #4)by D. Camille
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 12, 2017

    A chance meeting with the Sun God himself, had changed his life. He’d become an Uncut Diamond, in addition to a Senior Forensic Specialist with the FBI. He had more money in his bank account than he’d ever imagined and lived in a penthouse apartment. He was young, handsome, brill...

  • She Fell In Love With A Dope Boy 2by Miss Candice
    Not ratedpublished May 12, 2017

    It was no secret that Ryann was infatuated with Cassim. After all, she did take a gun charge for him. In the midst of falling for a dope boy, her relationship with Dinero had begun to suffer. Ryann, with intentions to finally leave him, finds out that it won’t be as easy as she h...

  • Her Baby Daddy, My Baeby Lady Lissa
    Not ratedpublished May 14, 2017

    Keisha is young, dumb and living life looking for a baller. When she meets Cobra, a business owner and drug dealer, she immediately sees dollar signs and a ticket out of the projects. Keisha decides to trap him with a pregnancy to speed things along. Things don't quite turn out t...

  • Miami’s favorite couple is back, but just like last time, they can’t seem to catch a break. What is it about Desmond and Shaniqua that’s so hard to get it right? Then there’s Harlem. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she is still holding onto hope that her and Desmond will one d...

  • The Prada Plan 5 (The Prada Plan, #5)by Ashley Antoinette
    4.32 avg ratings, 35 reviewspublished May 16, 2017

    In this explosive addition to the New York Times bestselling series, Ashley Antoinette brings you pain, pleasure, love, hate, as YaYa struggles to hold it all together before life blows up in her face, in The Prada Plan 5. Disaya finally has it all. The man she fought for is hers...

  • Stay with Me (Strickland Sisters, #1)by Alexandria House
    4.11 avg ratings, 76 reviewspublished May 16, 2017

    Twice unlucky in love, natural hair vlogger, Angela Strickland, has settled into a life centered around avoiding men and relationships like the plague. Unwilling to risk another broken heart, she resigns herself to being a perpetually single woman. Corporate man and self-professe...

  • In Love With A Brooklyn Thug 3 (In Love With A Brooklyn Thug, #3)by Nako
    3.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished May 16, 2017

    Love continues to fail Nia and with the arrival of her daughter she doesn’t have the time or energy to pour into her failing relationship with East. Money is no longer the only thing on her mind; her daughter is. Nia realizes that family is above everything else and so she steps...

  • Pointe of NO Return (The Underworld, #2)by Nako
    4.28 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished May 17, 2017

    Dancers dance and hustlers hustle... Love doesn't have any control over who it captures. Demi Westbrook loved Papa to the point of no return. She loved him for who she knew he would become one day. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Demi enjoyed life to the fullest, not reall...

  • The Connect II (The Connect, #2)by Nako
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished May 17, 2017

    In The Connect II, the series is now in the present and Boo sits at his lover's bedside praying for a miracle. In the meantime, business is expected to continue but how is that possible when the BOSS is unresponsive. Death threats linger in the air and Boo hates to admit to his t...

  • Zion was the good girl who had never done anything wrong. Now she's sitting on a cold steel bench in jail wondering where her life went wrong. Wanting nothing more than to save her family, she is left with a heavy heart and revenge on her mind. Jasheem had to make a choice, allow...

  • Just when Carmen Rose thinks she's finally ready to let go of loving her ex, Nicholas Payne, the same man who ripped her heart from her chest, she receives some disturbing news that threatens to possibly alter her life and the only true love she's ever known. Now, a complete emot...

  • 100 Proofby Shanora Williams
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 18, 2017

    I was the low life. The screw up. The hopeless one with no future. He was the rich guy. The smart one. The one who had it all. My parents admired everything he did, while I was known for being their greatest disappointment. I didn't follow the path they paved for me. I drank, par...

  • Our Love is the Realest (Our Love is the Realest, #1)by Shvonne Latrice
    4.21 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished May 18, 2017

    Yikayla Goode and Waayil Christian have been best friends since the elementary days, never seeing one another as nothing. That is until one night they both confess their feelings for the other, which changes the course of their relationship. The two are excited about what's to co...

  • Saxon “Grey” is a privileged ladies’ man, who is enjoying life and not looking to settle down anytime soon. He’s in a carefree open relationship with his on and off again girlfriend, Lisa, but they are both one in the same. Lisa feels that she can have any man she wants, and it’s...

  • “Heavy is the head that wears the crown” Three words fit Dr. Freedom Anderson perfectly, resilient, determined and challenging. Freedom didn’t have it all growing up, but one would never know, simply off of how she carried herself. Educated, witty and quite charming, Freedom was...