New Releases by Black Authors

The Exhibition is a place where a woman's deepest desires and most debaucherous wishes come true. As our protagonist "I more than hoped for a good time. In this place, I expected it." This erotic short first appeared on the xoafterglow website.

If you mix parties, cookouts, fights, a shit load of drama and bloodshed you'll have a perfect Detroit summer.When Paige steps foot back in Detroit after living in LA for a few years, the only thing on her mind is working until school starts and hanging with her cousins. A summer...

In the final installment of Chino and Chanelle, the couples’ lives are as chaotic as always. After finding out his family’s dark past, Chino is left even more confused than before. Confirming who his father is could mean some life-altering changes for both him and Chanelle, but a...

Alex had often dreamt of the day she would be free of her childhood nemesis and the stigma of being the poor, awkward girl. Making the decision to leave her home and follow her dreams, she succeeds but gets more than she bargains for. When circumstances force her to return to all...

The family is in shambles, and no one knows what happened. Motives are intent. There is so much going on with the Santiagos that no one can pinpoint just what’s real and what’s fictitious. In Lauren’s eyes, she did what she had to do to save her family, but what happens when she...

A haunting novel about a black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind. More than a decade ago, Mira fled her small, segregated hometown...

Moni took scandalous to a whole new level. She used being naive and young to her advantage. That was up until she met Ross. The guy who turned her out and her world upside down. Not only was he twenty-plus years her senior, but he also had it all. While he had no problem spoiling...

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FIVE STARRED REVIEWS Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors—including Jason Reynolds, Jerry Craft, and Kwame Mbalia. ★ "Pick up Black Boy Joy for a heavy dose of ha...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams comes a tale of revenge served ice cold—and a warning to be careful what you scheme for . . . A brutal tragedy ended Ivy Hill’s happy family and childhood. Now in her twenties and severely troubled, she barely...

As the Princess of the Black Mayhem Mafia, Dijon has been able to get every heart's desire ... except Rakim Mayhem. Not only is Rakim forbidden by her brothers but her mother too. After seeing the effect loving the wrong man had on her mother, Dijon is determined to not have the...

While Loriana thought she’d made progress on discerning the people in her life, nothing prepared her for the untimely news she’s hit with. People show their true colors, forcing her to cut someone off. She finds herself in a whirlwind of emotions trying to make amends with the ma...

A JUICY STANDALONE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JADE JONES After a ten-year relationship ends in tears, Aspen finds herself trying to find closure and heal her shattered heart. Singlehandedly running her own small business to make ends meet, she is just starting to find her footing a...

Tahari and Thug Kenneth have spent years building their empire and raising a family.During these years they’ve acquired wealth, power, success, and enemies.Street beef is what they stay ready for. This time they’re blindsided by ghosts and enemies of the past.This new threat to t...

A Friends-to-Lovers and Firefighter RomanceZander St. Claire, a firefighter, is settled and content with his South Carolina life. He has his family and his sweet best friend, Alyssa Scott. She’s his ace. His everything. Since twelve, they’ve always been there for each other – thr...

The gang is back! In this part two, Saije has learned that not only her father is alive, but so is her baby brother. Saije is on edge, feeling as if her father has a hidden agenda, and her fears come true when she learns her biological mother has been kidnapped. Humble Holden Lan...

Wesley Henderson, Jr. has had a hard life. He seems to be the outcast within the Henderson clan, and he’s tired of that position. Despite his efforts to be everything his father wants, nothing he does seems to be good enough. While trying to solve those issues on his own, he reac...

From childhood trauma and neglect to becoming a prominent figure in the corporate world, Alana Allen was never one to complain about the obstacles life put in her way. One night, she allows temptation to get the best of her, betraying one of the few people who had her back throug...

One weekend in Jamaica changes life as Blake Robins knows it. Play dangerousgames and get unsuspecting prizes.Zeus Morris, a prominent entrepreneur on the rise. It all seemed harmless. Goingback to life as she knew it was easier said than done, until that trip comes back andhaunt...

He was her constant…
She was his reason…

A Friends to Lovers novella.

Exploring anti-fatness and anti-Blackness at the intersections of race, police violence, gender identity, fatness, and health. To live in a body both fat and Black is to intersect at the margins of a society that normalizes anti-fatness as anti-Blackness: hyper-policed by state a...

Ali and Carter have one problem solved and for a short time, all is peaceful. More money is coming in than they know what to do with, and life is sweet. But when you're on top people are always gunning for you, and Ali finds himself facing one obstacle after the other. The consta...

The saying love is blind is an understatement when it comes to the mellow love events of Sahgara and Chao. Sahgara Lincoln is one of the humblest and down to earth women one could meet. She’s known for the work she does as a music teacher at a gifted high school for the arts. She...

Receptionist, Isis Bennett, isn’t looking to be boo’d up. Opting out of the complications of love and relationships completely. She’s single, carefree and loving it, and that will never change. Until Freedom Owens steps into her job, challenging the love ‘em and leave ‘em attitud...

Tru’s back is against the wall and she is betrayed by the person that was supposed to protect her. Making her realize that everyone that smiles in your face doesn’t have your best interest at heart, she’s left fighting for her life and she realizes that she has something much mor...

Falling for his hood rich energy ain’t no joke, especially when he has no plans of catching you. Kiyomi Simmons finds herself caught up in a whirlwind situationship that leaves her with a broken heart. She has canceled ever loving again; until, a by-chance encounter with the low-...

Tyson Brooks is hungry.

And all he wants is Troian Taylor on his plate

“All that glitters, isn’t gold.” Amina Coltrain always felt like she was born into the wrong family. The lifestyle of the rich and wealthy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, at least not for Amina. She would gladly trade in her ball gowns, fancy dinners, and arranged marriage for a...

Keandre “Dre” Scott is the definition of pulling himself up by his own boot straps. Life had never given him anything easy but he didn’t let that define what he would become. Alongside his right hand, Savad, they’ve mastered the drug game and taken over the streets of DC. Taking...

The finale. We have all come to love Naomi and Glizzy. It’s their differences that make them such a unique couple. Naomi is the smart, sassy, classy, well-educated elementary school teacher. Then, you have Glizzy, a product of the bottom with a history of being in trouble with th...

He’s rich…He’s handsome…And he’s never been in love. Known playboy and award-winning R&B singer, Wesley Johnson Jr., puts his dating rules to the side when he has a second chance encounter with the woman he can’t stop thinking about. Finding himself in unchartered territory,...

After accepting the adulterous ways of her cheating husband for years, Melanie Long is ready to slam the door on that chapter of her life and find what brings her joy-with her soon-to-be-ex's wallet. Wanting to experience all the things she missed out on in her twenty's, Melanie'...

Sometimes all you need is a second chance because time wasn’t ready for the first one... Back from Italy, Gwendolyn ‘Gwen' Pearson returns home and is greeted with more than she expected. So far, she’s done great with focusing on herself and her career… until she unexpectedly bum...

*This story is an update on the lives of Kolby and Myla, who were first introduced as a couple in Easy to Love. If you have not read the previously mentioned book, I would recommend that you do. This is a novelette and only meant to give you a small glimpse into the couple’s life...

The course of life has no regard for our plans. This was a lesson that Jamis and Kamya learned once their worlds came into orbit. While mending themselves and coming to terms that they aren’t in control of their destiny, will they fight it or give in?

With Tamia stuck inside of the warehouse with seemingly no escape, Rashard turns to desperate measures and shows Twan just how far his reach really is. Candy decides to take matters in her own hands ultimately costing more lives than she intended when a deal is broken. Will Candy...

"In twelve years unless we’re with other people I’ll fly you somewhere and you’ll give me two nights…” The pact was so ridiculous, Yara forgot about it soon after it was made.What were the odds she and Lennox would still be single in twelve years?What were the odds they’d still h...