New Releases by Black Authors

In the Wales and Louisville clans, love and hate mean the same. When Banks Wales invites his best friend Mason Louisville to dinner, the hope is to smooth out growing tensions that would put them back at odds. Things don’t go as planned. In an effort to stay with her boyfriend, M...

Keziah and Quail are doing everything they can to keep the underground fighting ring on lock. With Quail working overtime to make sure he’s never broke again and Keziah knocking out anyone willing to get in the ring with him, the two are making more money than they know what to d...

The drama still hasn’t stopped. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. We know that the marriage between Jerrod and Takari has just about run its course. Not only are we dealing with that, but now we have to add more family drama to the picture when Jaden is shot. Will he make it o...

In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded city of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel...

What Melanie sees as an inconvenience, Luke sees as a long-desired opportunity. Hopefully, this converging of divergent paths on Christmas Eve will lead to pleasant surprises for both of them.

If there were ever a man who prided himself on always being up front with women, it’s tatted bad boy, Crayson Madden, in the flesh. His world may revolve around sex and cigars, but there’s a lot more to this cigar lounge owner than what meets the eye. Too bad Jordyn Jameson spend...

Reality-TV star Nahla Sullivan was willing to put it all on the line to prove her love to super-producer Zion Brown. Yet, once the obvious obstacles are out of the way, the couple finds that being together won’t be as easy as they’d hoped—especially not with an unexpected enemy d...

How can the one man you’ve loved for many years and only fallen deeper for, over a short period of time, be engaged to somebody else? Indira Porter is shocked to find out that Bakari has been engaged for a year. And to be told by the very woman he proposed to, is even more devast...

When people think of a holiday for love, they automatically come up with Valentine's Day. But who's to say that's the only one? For actress Aspen Watson, all it takes is a trip back to her hometown for Thanksgiving for her to realize that sometimes home can be where the heart is...

Sex and bad decisions. That's how Jada had been surviving the multitude of bad luck that had been hurling her way, as of late. The only thing positive in her life, the only thing that made her smile, was her kids and Brooklyn. However, just as her luck had been, both are at risk...

I assumed it was the start of nothing. But, the way that his existence validated my senses, I quickly learned that it was the start of something. From the moment my eyes rested on him, the gravitational pull was inexplicable. It wasn’t that I ever wanted to explain, either. Not t...

At the conclusion of part one, Gi’Dore is left in a terrifying predicament at the hands of Black. Will someone come to her rescue, or will she be left to fend for herself? Meanwhile, Adonis is left enraged at his girlfriend, Teagan, after she admits a truth that had already plagu...

A love so pure…how could it ever be tainted?Isaac Solomon Mills has moved through life not thinking about love or the effects it could potentially have on his life. From a man of the streets to a successful entrepreneur his goal is to make money and make it last. Love lasting was...

They say there is happiness at the end of every love story, but they never truly mention the hardships it takes to get there. With Cane, I’d been through hell and back, and now, I was going to be walking up the alter, promising my life to a man that I’d gambled everything for. So...

Upon finding out Belly has been unfaithful, Blaise realizes that bringing yet another child into the world with a womanizing manipulator isn't ideal, so she must act accordingly. In the second installment, Belly learns that Blaise is a far cry from the sit-by-the-phone women he's...

Always the optimist, TV assignment editor Allison Sullivan makes no excuses about the enthusiastic life she leads. As doors of opportunity present themselves, whether in her profession, in her love life, or her friendships, Allison is one to take the task on full speed ahead. But...

What if Aladdin was an above average thief in the hood, Princess Jasmine was the daughter of a crime boss, and Jafar was still the snake he always was? Welcome to Power. For The Sultan Empire (TSE) nothing is more important than being and staying on top. The business and family c...

She's a church girl. He's a bad boy. Kavi Anne Conley’s twenty-fifth birthday starts off like a train wreck and seemingly gets worse as she bumps into Tueveray Toussaint. Tueveray Toussaint hails from London in hopes of calming down and taking a shot at adulting for once. The mom...

Misson Alexander is not the type of man who can be told what to do, but when he finds himself faced with the decision to kill or be killed, he only has seconds to react. It's no longer about him; it's about the ones he has willingly and unwillingly given his heart to. Tayah fough...

Plant.
Water.
Fertilize.
Grow.

Please note that Grow Something is a short story.

He showed her a side of love she wasn’t accustomed to. She accepted it willingly, not privy to the consequences it came with. Mentally, Astryd had checked out of her relationship long ago. Physically, she was stuck and had been for years. The man she offered her entire being too...

Cuffing Season I wasn’t looking for a man. I was looking for a mentor. When renowned photographer Luca Romano returned home to teach a Photo Storytelling workshop, Hamilton University was buzzing. But a campus wide email warned us not to approach Luca if we weren’t selected to pa...

Lawrence Gervais is on a quest to find a wife in order to take over his late fathers’ business. Not only is it a requirement, but he has six months to make it happen. The journey reveals things about himself that he never took the time to acknowledge. Ever the traveler, Lawrence...

Growing up, we tend to look at our parents as super heroes who do no wrong. What we never learn is how to deal with the hurt, the pain & the disappointment that we feel when our heroes fall from grace. After arriving at what was supposed to be a celebration, Phyre finds herse...