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August 2020

  • Take It (On the Clock, #1)by Shae Sanders
    4.26 avg ratings, 31 reviewspublished August 1, 2020

    "If I offered you some advice, would you take it?" Sloane Williams is shocked to hear those words coming out of her boss's mouth. She's been wanting to move up the ladder at Billingsley-Davis for years but as the only black woman on her team, she's pretty out of the loop when it...

  • Final Harvest (Finding Home, #1)by Barbara Howard
    Not ratedpublished August 1, 2020

    Traci Simmons has been fired from another job and must decide if it’s time to give up her home and start fresh in another town. But, when her elderly neighbor dies mysteriously, she is pulled into leading a crusade to save the neighbor’s urban farm and find the killer. Through he...

  • Our Muted Recklessness (Muted Hopelessness, #2)by Love Belvin
    4.56 avg ratings, 52 reviewspublished August 1, 2020

    Okay… Where do we pick up? Where we left off, of course. Tori’s afraid, but putting forth her toughest exterior to forge ahead with the mess she’s made. And Ashton? Well, he’s confused and angry. “You think it’s possible to put the genie back in the fuckin’ bottle now?” Here he w...

  • Confessions Of An Urban Author 1: "Welcome To The Industry"by Blake Karrington
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 2, 2020

    Ever wonder what goes on in the world of your favorite author? Come follow the life of Best Selling Urban author and publisher, ZION. A world where lines get crossed and things happen as people follow their hearts, lust and greed on their way to the top. Zion and his business par...

  • Impromptu Seduction (In the Heart of a Valentine, #8)by Stephanie Nicole Norris
    4.28 avg ratings, 21 reviewspublished August 2, 2020

    Raised as a debutante, ladylike, and reserved, London Jones has stepped into unknown territory. From the moment her life collided with a man who should’ve been off-limits, a bachelor with a hot reputation—staying out of his way was the sensible thing to do. However, she finds her...

  • Girl meets Boy. Boy wants to release LIVE crickets in her house to entertain her cat.Girl meets another Boy. Boy enjoys shopping the fragrance section of Victoria's Secret, for himself, more than Girl does.Girl meets another Boy. Boy wants to date her AND his current wife - becau...

  • Jeffrey Willis was a charmer. He was what some would call a “Ladies Man”. But what they failed to realize is, he lived with a unbelievable secret that could take him to an early grave. He was born with the HIV virus and he had no problems with spreading it to as many men and wome...

  • "When life gives you lemons, make something sweet!" The kindhearted and high-spirited Kiara LaFleur is a hardworking, advanced nurse specialist. She studies rare diseases when she's not putting in extra hours working in the ER. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself whe...

  • The Death of Vivek Ojiby Akwaeke Emezi
    4.43 avg ratings, 20 reviewspublished August 4, 2020

    Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts, moments of disconnection between self and surroundings. As adolescence gives way to adulthood, Vivek finds solace in friendships with the warm, boisterous daughters of...

  • The Fallout (The Therapist, #3)by W.S. Greer
    Not ratedpublished August 4, 2020

    [OUT OF PRINT / UNPUBLISHED] ~ This title was unpublished on Aug 3rd, 2026, and is no longer available for purchase or download in ebook, paperback, or audio formats ~ . . . What happens after a bomb detonates? The action happens, and everything is destroyed. Time stops, and the...

  • Who Can I Trust : A Lacroix Family Sagaby Tacarra
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 4, 2020

    On the outside looking in, life seems to be picture perfect for Dallas Lacroix. She has everything at her disposal, including money and men, but she can’t trust a soul thanks to her father. Alisandro Lacroix is head of the Lacroix Cartel and runs it with an iron fist. After his w...

  • Far Sector #7by N.K. Jemisin
    Not ratedpublished August 4, 2020

    On today’s agenda: a giant mech fight, transforming her consciousness into digital information, and a high-speed pursuit through an alien computer network. All with six minutes of power left. But it’s all in a day’s work for Green Lantern Jo Mullein as she comes closer to unravel...

  • The Black Kidsby Christina Hammonds Reed
    3.83 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished August 4, 2020

    Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. They can already feel the sunny days and endless possibilities of summer. Everything changes one afternoon in April, when fou...

  • Lusterby Raven Leilani
    3.1 avg ratings, 33 reviewspublished August 4, 2020

    Edie is just trying to survive. She’s messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all the wrong men, and has failed at the only thing that meant anything to her, painting. No one seems to care that she doesn’t really know what she’s doing with h...

  • Fans Onlyby B. Love
    4.18 avg ratings, 14 reviewspublished August 4, 2020

    Merrick and Aries are longtime friends, however, they don’t always see eye to eye. During a heated group discussion, the opposite sex pairs debate if people can maintain healthy relationships in the sex worker industry, because of the popularity of Only Fans. To settle their oppo...

  • In Deep (The Blackhart Brothers, #2)by Blue Saffire
    Not ratedpublished August 4, 2020

    I'll do anything to protect what's mine... The last thing I needed was a call from my old precinct letting me know my knucklehead nephew had been picked up for skipping class. Still, I figured it would be an in-and-out visit. Quick. Simple. But the moment I heard her voice, I sho...

  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontentsby Isabel Wilkerson
    4.78 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished August 4, 2020

    The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in...

  • The Plug's Girl IIby Natisha Raynor
    Not ratedpublished August 5, 2020

    When Willow's gangter is tested, she quickly figures out that she's not built for making drops for Aries. It doesn't matter because his actions are telling her that he feels some type of way about her. So much so that she lets her guard down only to be disappointed. Aries doesn't...

  • The Hitta Next Doorby Neicy P.
    Not ratedpublished August 5, 2020

    Most neighbors wanna borrow a cup of sugar… but Tracey's new neighbor stole her heart. Tracey was forced to grow up too fast. When her father passed, and with her mother being more concerned with chasing a high than raising her daughters, she found herself being the sole caregive...

  • Married To The Mob 4: A Black Mafia Affairby Mz. Lady P.
    4.0 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished August 5, 2020

    It's not easy being Married. It's even harder when you're Married To The Mob. The Demonte Family is back for their final roller coaster ride and it's crazier than ever. The wives have been nothing short of understanding and accepting of their husbands lifestyle but, no matter how...

  • Boo'd Up With A Bad Boyby Jade Jones
    Not ratedpublished August 5, 2020

    A GRIPPING STANDALONE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JADE JONES Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Mars wears it well as the King of New York. He’s got money, fast cars, and women by the flock. But wearing the crown doesn’t mean anything when you’re alone at the top. Mars is t...

  • Six (The Heirs Series, #8)by D. Camille
    Not ratedpublished August 6, 2020

    “When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow.” ~Ethiopian proverb Six Parker is the Sun God...when a war is on the horizon, it’s his job to protect the village, the culture, and the woman he loves, even when her secrets threaten to tear them apart. As the leader of the Heirs, h...

  • Married To The Assassin Boss 2by Coco Shawnde
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 6, 2020

    Quando Bishop saw no future with another soul holding the key to his heart alongside his daughter. BUT, Laci. She was the one woman. The one he falls in love with. The one he has allowed to take him off the market completely. He comes with not only the tools to mend her heart, bu...

  • Can't Leave You Alone 3by Yo Loni
    Not ratedpublished August 6, 2020

    Part two revealed a lot of secrets in which everyone's jaded past came full circle into the present. In this sizzling finale, a few intriguing situations with even more shocking secrets will be revealed. Unfortunately, one friend has betrayed the crew in more ways than one. What...

  • The Committed Side Chick 2by Tina Marie
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished August 7, 2020

    An urban charts bestseller.#1 Bestselling author Tina Marie brings an intensely captivating sequel that'll have you hooked from beginning to end. Rumor continues to take blow after blow from this cruel thing called life. She, suddenly, found herself going from first-pick to side...

  • Stamped By A Real Oneby Jazz E.
    3.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 7, 2020

    Growing up, Queen found herself alone and trying to find her way in this thing called life, after her sister left home and never looked back. Being the daughter of a preacher, Queen desperately wanted to be apart of the outside world and dreamed of the day she could live life how...

  • Spring Blossoms (A Love for all Seasons, #3)by Tiye Love
    4.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 7, 2020

    When the one you love to hate is the one… Believing that lasting love is damn near impossible, the fiercely independent Spring Locke has always preferred sex without complications over commitment. Considered the wild, irresponsible, and selfish one in her family, in her career sh...

  • You're fired. When my father died and my stepmother cut out, leaving me with two stepsiblings to raise, I figured that would be the biggest surprise of my life. But then the pandemic hit, and my big city ex showed up in my small Missouri town to take over my father’s practice. Wh...

  • The Sweet Spot: A Maple Hills Novel (Maple Hills, #1)by Tay Mo'Nae
    3.75 avg ratings, 22 reviewspublished August 8, 2020

    While trying to balance her family bakery, losing her mother & learning a few secrets is a lot for anyone, Amara was walking with the weight of the world on her shoulders. Trying to gain control of her life again seemed impossible but falling in love with her best friend migh...

  • Her Damaged Heart, His Treasureby Courtney Irving
    3.75 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished August 8, 2020

    Lauren Smith is no stranger to pain. Forced to live in a world full of judgement, violence, and death, she’s been dealt one bad hand after the next. When it comes to love, she constantly stumbles, having yet to blissfully fall – until she met Malachi Clark. An up and coming music...

  • Shawty Got a Thing for a Bossby Mya
    4.33 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 8, 2020

    With the loss of one family, Miya Collins gains a new one when she moves into a new apartment building. Four brothers take her in and change her life forever. As Miya and these four men grow closer, relationships begin to change. What happens when Miya catches feelings for one of...

  • Wants and Needsby Aubreé Pynn
    4.11 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished August 9, 2020

    Kali has been struggling with finding her place in life again after mothering three children and being tiredlessly devoted to Kofi for twenty years. When life becomes too much for her, she wants out. The extreme and sporadic announcement leaves Kofi springing into action to relea...

  • The Love Dare (Flower Sisters, #5.5)by Asia Monique
    3.81 avg ratings, 16 reviewspublished August 9, 2020

    Listening Length: 2hrs 6mins Lily Fredericks has many fears, but losing out on the love that Devin Booker is offering to her on a silver platter is number one on that list. Aware of her intense feelings for the man ten years her senior, Lily comes to a decision, but not before De...

  • The Way to a Killer's Heart 3by Neicy P.
    4.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 9, 2020

    Dex tried to warn Jason that trouble was on its way. Trouble was also bringing two of his Seal brothers, a man that wanted his children, and another that wanted Joel. After their last encounter, Jason thought that he would never see Matthews again. But the death of Matthews’ sist...

  • Forbidden Love with a Thug (Forbidden Love with a Thug, #1)by Shvonne Latrice
    4.6 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished August 9, 2020

    Jersey Warren has had it good for most of her life, until her father does the unthinkable, betraying the whole family. With no way to make ends meet, she turns to the world of stripping in order to keep herself afloat. Jersey feels that she is simply existing, and finds nothing i...

  • Not Your Foreverby C. Monet
    3.25 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished August 10, 2020

    Forever was Serenity Gore’s destination until the man she was pledging her love to, left her at the altar. Devastated and in desperate need of clarity, she decided to disappear for a while to repair her heart. Bunking down in a nondescript town might be the remedy she’s seeking....