New Releases by Black Authors

Have you ever fallen? Fallen so deep it was impossible to regain your balance let alone stand again? Have you ever loved? Loved so hard you didn’t take a moment to analyze how quickly you gave your heart, body, mind, and soul away . . . only for it to be taken for granted? Meet N...

“Connecting and falling for each other was easy; separating from each other was hard.” When Nayeli Campbell returns to her hometown love isn’t on her list of priorities. In fact, even though she craves the all-consuming empty fullness only love can bring, her plan is to stay clea...

We live. We die. But in between...we lie. After one hapless night, Sade’s world seemed to crumble before her very eyes. The one person who she adored the most made a terrible mistake that prompted Sade to make a destructive, misguided decision. She felt justified for her blunder,...

Qua loves Wynner. Wynner loves Qua. Easy enough, right? But Wynner came with two brothers who couldn't stand Qua with their baby sister. Qua couldn't stand not having Wynner with him, even if he didn't have his life together. With faith, his word and love, he grabs his love's han...

Dejunza: (Day-gun- Zuh) The Planet of Melanin and Royalty. Dejunza is a place of complete power. A planet filled with melanin and greatness driven to the core of it’s roots. There is peace, love, joy, and support in Dejunza. But there is also pain, contest, and a source of forsak...

After the great news of Siauni finally awakening from her coma, everyone was hit with news even more devastating... Adisa had been captured by the Draco Hierarchy. Not wanting to leave Sia alone in the fight for her sister, a few others decide to travel with her to save Adisa bef...

Every time she bleeds a murderer is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of Molly Southbourne . The rule is simple: don't bleed. For as long as Molly Southbourne can remember, she's been watching herself die. Whenever she bleeds, another molly is born, ident...

When Shelba Rook’s home burns down, he realizes he has nothing left. What’s a jobless, homeless private detective to do? He’s feeling more than a little lost. Shelba Rook’s “home” was in fact a room in a Harlem flophouse. Not only does the catastrophic fire at Auberge Rouge take...

The only good things that came from Aasif doing ten years in the feds was his motivation to get out of the drug game and meeting Amber. Amber was a breath of fresh air for the incarcerated Aasif, and he cherished their brief moments together. But when she quit her job, they event...

From the author of Sweet Turtleberry Jam comes five new stories; five chance encounters that could lead to love or heartbreak. Maliyah, an orphaned Catholic school girl, falls for Marq and is ready to break all the rules. Destiny meets Gary on a plane to Vegas. That chance encoun...

Come join the ride as four friends experience the trials and tribulations of adolescence and their young adult years. The four of them learned early on that in order for them to live a life of sanity that the men in their lives always had to be Charged for the Sins they committed...

Everything was supposed to be good for Jade, she was supposed to get her happy ending but after only a couple of months of peace, it almost seems like the universe is working against her. With her best friend dead, her mother locked up and her personal relationships on the fritz,...

When you find your mind and heart speaking to you, it’s hard to solely ignore. Havok and Shannon met on a glimpse. Although the chemistry was deeper than tree roots, Shannon’s attraction is flipped into fear when she becomes an unintended target. When the smoke clears, can she pu...

Everyone comes into your life for a reason... Going through a tough time in her life, the only thing on Haze’s mind is getting away from anything causing her pain. Her heart feels empty. Her thoughts bring her sadness. Feeling like she has no choice, she packs everything that she...

Kwarq I only came to this planet for a scavenger hunt, a ridiculous child's game, arranged by my twin brother to celebrate our birthday. From the moment we step from our pod, I'm not impressed. Humans are kind of miserable, which is hard for a species like mine that thrives on gi...

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“This isn’t how I pictured my life, but falling in love with Law may have been the deadliest decision I ever made …” Everybody knows that once a good girl goes bad, she's gone forever. Raquel has always been one to play by the rules, but after her first taste of hood love, she dr...

This is the final ride for Kennedy and Mustafa. Sometimes, it’s better to just walk away from certain things, than to keep stringing it along because you only continue to hurt each other. That’s what’s happening between Kennedy and Mustafa. The two of them have been through so mu...

#1 Essence bestselling author K'Wan returns with The Diamond Empire , the explosive, hard-hitting follow-up novel to the street love story Diamonds and Pearl . It's about to be an all-out war. While an ambitious rival has taken over Diamonds's crew, Diamonds lies in wait in exile...

After serving a ten-year bid in prison, Taye ‘City’ Savage was finally freed. However, once he was released, there was no time to chill and enjoy the riches that his brothers had acquired at his left and right hand at the king’s throne of the Savage empire. No sooner than City wa...

The one with the brightest smile is usually the one with the toughest story to tell. This reigns true when it comes to seventeen year old Promyse White. Stuck with a mother who couldn’t care less about her, she takes on the role of an adult. Stealing clothes from Rainbow to worki...

Perfect opposites, creating a perfect balance. What could be more elemental than Phire and Ice? Sapphire Henson and Isaiah Harrison had been riding together since childhood. She held him down through his days in the game and his thot-filled nights. But Phire had grown tired of Ic...

Sometimes you find love in the unlikeliest places, and just because you find it doesn’t mean it’s yours to keep. Reason is trying to figure out her life, which is hard enough, but add in Bronx Harris, and you have a whole set of other issues. Bronx, is an underground rapper/stree...

At the end of part two we were left with wondering if Shonni was pregnant and how Nike was going to deal with the fact that she killed her obsessed ex.Trina is left in the dark about who has her baby, but everything isn’t always as it appears and now she has to deal with the afte...

The Royal Brothers and Ricci sisters are back, and better than ever! Karlos Royal is as savage as before, still running Louisiana with an iron fist. His love for Kylee grows everyday, thanks to nearly losing her after cheating with his ex, Zena. All is forgiven and Kylee and Karl...

Part 2 to the 'Coffee Date' Randall “The Rocket” Reese is beginning to reclaim his life both professionally and personally, with a new outlook, and a new woman, Dani Erlinger, by his side. Rand and Dani are in a comfortable groove that suits them both, but an unexpected invitatio...

Malek can’t come to grips with the fact that Cara hasn’t returned his calls or messages. He goes as far as showing up at her place of business to confront her only to discover that she has a ring on the ring finger of her left hand. It’s painfully evident to Malek that she has mo...

Death seemed like the only option for Andre “Dre” Grant. After his daughter is murdered, his life spirals out of control and he jumps in front of a train to end it all. But when his life is miraculously saved by a Good Samaritan, he is forced into a psych ward to face his repercu...

A powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman. One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned e...

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning debut. Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to the poli...

After running out on Lynx with no explanation, Andrea is unsure of where things stand between them. In the meantime, while ducking and dodging Lynx, she’s in pursuit of her purpose and happiness. However, there’s someone still lurking in the shadows threatening to ruin her. And n...

There was no denying their love for each other – no matter how hard they tried. Joaquin and Nayeli grew so close that one without the other began to feel like a disability. Not in the sense of being incomplete separately, but in the sense of being so for each other in oneness tha...

They say love will make you do some crazy things, and that is definitely the case when it comes to Nani, Natari, and Milian. With each growing up on the infamous south side of Chicago without care or guidance from their family, they look to the streets for what they aren’t offere...

“Because men’s hearts are foolish, too.” For as long as he could remember, the friendship between Lee and Demir is one he cherished more than anything in this world. Losing her once to a man who didn’t know her worth had Demir on edge. Losing her for good completely pushed him of...

Train. Fight. Repeat. That's been Princeton "The Prince" Lattimore's life for as long as he can remember. But when an interruption to his heavyweight champion world comes in the form of an alluring journalist who sees well beyond his undefeated stature, he quickly learns there’s...

The crew is back and are bringing a whole new definition to the word mayhem. After uncovering the truth behind her father’s death, Kylani vows to herself to make everyone pay that ever hurt her. Slowly loosing herself between who she is and the person that she’s becoming, she soo...