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October 2021

  • Under Color of Law (Trevor Finnegan, #1)by Aaron Philip Clark
    3.5 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 1, 2021

    The murder of a police recruit pins a Black LAPD detective in a deadly web where race, corruption, violence, and cover-ups intersect in this relevant, razor-sharp novel of suspense. Black rookie cop Trevor “Finn” Finnegan aspires to become a top-ranking officer in the Los Angeles...

  • Trebleby Rilzy Adams
    4.3 avg ratings, 55 reviewspublished October 1, 2021

    Treble: consisting of three parts; threefold A spilled chai tea latte and a swipe to the right thrust Sadie headfirst into Hendrix’s and Novah’s life. Although the couple has been polyam for almost their whole relationship, they have never been interested in the same person… unti...

  • You'll Always Be My Babyby Ladii Nesha
    4.47 avg ratings, 35 reviewspublished October 2, 2021

    Yana is fresh out of a dull three-year relationship and while she wants to focus on her, Yana's best friend Jelly has other plans. After being dragged to a popular nightclub, Yana meets a man that makes her reconsider being single, the only problem is he comes with more baggage t...

  • The Piece I Neededby A.S. Wilson
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 2, 2021

  • Aries is back, and all bets are off! If you’re not familiar with Aries Diamond, then you’re definitely missing out. He’s one half of the Diamond brothers that you love to hate. His unfiltered, unapologetic antics are here to stay, but not the way you think. He’s faced with a situ...

  • After the Morning Afterby Tatum James
    3.94 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished October 3, 2021

    Sometimes, the thing you need most is the last thing you would ever imagine having. Clarke Michaels is a registered nurse working her dream job in labor and delivery. The mother of twin boys loves her job just as much as she loves her fiancé, Cortez. The sordid past that her fian...

  • And He Got The Side Chick Pregnant 2by Theresa Reese
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished October 3, 2021

    The secrets revealed were enough to drive anyone to drink. Moni was on edge, ready to jump from the lies that were kept from her. Stuck between wanting to do what was right and doing what she wanted, Moni had to figure out how to proceed. When she was left with no choice, Moni fe...

  • Whatever happens in the dark must come to the light, and all good things must come to an end but for some, can the end mean new beginnings?It’s been one hell of a winter for this crew and while we’ve grown to love them it’s finally time to say goodbye. In this highly anticipated...

  • Her Gangster, The Gentlemanby B. Love
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished October 4, 2021

    Kahreem “Caliber” Lou has one goal—leave the streets before his thirtieth birthday. He has one job left, then his debts will be paid, and his loyalty will only be to himself. When he gets to his last job and finds a damsel in distress, he chooses to prioritize her life over his f...

  • When Weby K.C. Mills
    4.15 avg ratings, 42 reviewspublished October 4, 2021

    Publicist.
    NBA player.
    Career ending Injury.
    Family Secrets.
    Undeniable attraction.

    “She could have every piece of my soul. Even the ones that were broken and unsure, because I knew she would never mishandle any part of me.”
    —Law and Zori

  • The House on Hickory Laneby Linette King
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 4, 2021

    After a dare among friends send Kasey inside of an abandoned house, her twin sister Kaley will stop at nothing to get her back.

  • With Every Breath (McCall Family, #1)by Natasha D. Frazier
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 5, 2021

    A bittersweet reunion. Time running out. Will forever slip from their fingers? Nina Marie Robinson hates the idea she’ll end her life with one big regret. A motivational speaker who encourages women to celebrate their best lives, she’s still reeling from a medical emergency that...

  • Love on the Brainby Shay Davis
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished October 5, 2021

    There’s nothing more amazing than creating that special bond with your first love. However, there’s nothing more gut-wrenching than your first heartbreak.Cheyanne Charles experienced both in a blink of an eye. Taping the pieces of her broken heart together, Cheyanne moved through...

  • We Are Not Like Themby Christine Pride, Jo Piazza
    4.05 avg ratings, 23 reviewspublished October 5, 2021

    Told from alternating perspectives, this novel follows two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event. Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken d...

  • Descendants of the First (The Return of the Earth Mother, #2)by Reni K. Amayo
    3.86 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished October 5, 2021

    The king is dead - and with him, the last thread holding the kingdom together. Deep cracks are forming throughout the kingdom of Nri with whispers of deadly successors lurking beneath the shadows. Despite having the same face, it seems the deepest crack is forming between Naala a...

  • A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive acts of racial violence in American the Tulsa Race Massacre. Winner, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In the early morning of June 1, 1921...

  • Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feministby Sesali Bowen
    4.61 avg ratings, 19 reviewspublished October 5, 2021

    From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory, witty and insightful personal memoir, and cutting cultural analysis for an unforgettable, genre-defining debut. Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Sesal...

  • Don't Touchby Linette King
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 5, 2021

    A group of students go on a class field trip to an organ museum. Many of their parents refused to sign the permission slips because of what happened there when it was an asylum. Ebony, Cymone and Alexis along with a few other students, forge their parents’ signatures so they coul...

  • King & Queen of the Hood 3 (King & Queen of the Hood, #3)by Shvonne Latrice
    4.48 avg ratings, 52 reviewspublished October 7, 2021

    In the final installment, Andreka has to deal with making what she believed to be a huge mistake, leaving her to lose the love of her life. Not having Krucial was the last thing she needed amongst everything else she was already dealing with. But how will the troubled beauty deal...

  • Tempted (Atlanta's Finest, #6)by Sharon C. Cooper
    Not ratedpublished October 7, 2021

    Temptation has a way of complicating things… Detective Ashton Chambers is ready to quit the police force, but he won’t until he puts the man responsible for his sister’s murder behind bars. No easy task. In fact, the mission is proving to be almost impossible. Though his day job...

  • S.I.M.P (Simple Individual & Mature P****)by Wynta Tyme
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished October 7, 2021

    At age thirty-eight, Maple Sap has spent seven years in a dead end, controlling marriage, and ten as an emergency room nurse. Craving something different and throwing caution to the wind, the young cougar recedes from her fear of failure and packs up with her sights on her newfou...

  • Blu (SUMMERS, #2)by M. Monique
    4.38 avg ratings, 117 reviewspublished October 7, 2021

    "...He’ll face anything that’s hurtin’ you, anything that’s causin’ you anguish and torment. He confronts allat sh** ‘cause his queen’s mind is valuable. Can’t just anybody or anything keep space there. So, he handles whatever and whoever he needs to, in order to ease her mind, a...

  • My Houseby Linette King
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 7, 2021

    Many people deal with tragic experiences differently. For Sheila, she blocked them out completely. Weird things start to happen when her daughter develops a imaginary friend, but even more weird things happen once the truth is revealed.

  • It's You For Me...by Thee Tasha Marie
    4.27 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished October 8, 2021

    Kasmine and Blessyn have a solid friendship and it’s been that way since they were kids. Throughout the years, they’ve been each other’s biggest support system through relationships and hardships. It baffles everyone around them that Kasmine and Blessyn haven’t turned their frien...

  • A South Side Love Story 2 (A South Side Love Story, #2)by Jessica N. Watkins
    4.25 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished October 8, 2021

    PLEASE The first two installments of this series is not my usual chaotic, Urban fiction. Yet, they are necessary to develop and understand what’s to come. This series is a saga, so please be patient. This is also a re-release of the Love, Sex, Lies series, published nearly ten ye...

  • Whispers in the darkby Linette King
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 8, 2021

    Melissa and her dad move into a haunted house inside of a town with many secrets. People are missing and people are dying, but Melissa can help. The only problem is, the only people that can help Melissa are already dead.

  • Loving A Chaotic Savage : CHAOTIC (Loving A Chaotic Savage Series, #1)by Barbie Amor
    4.33 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished October 9, 2021

    Imagine being physically invested into a man but emotionally torn from another lover. With time invested, a child born, and feeling obligated, Amor tries hard to make the only love she’s known stay afloat. When she realizes there's no affection to keep them intertwined, she gives...

  • Don't Lookby Linette King
    Not ratedpublished October 9, 2021

    It’s true what they say you know, “every action has an equal and opposite reaction.” Think about this for a second, the way you process things mentally determines how you react to certain circumstances and situations. What do you do when your heart is broken? Do you cry, laugh or...

  • Diamond & Legend 2: An Urban Novelby Toy
    3.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished October 10, 2021

    Legend and Diamond were off to a good start until the night she never came home from work. Vowing not to rest until she is found and everyone involved with her going missing receives consequences for their actions, Legend will not only get to the bottom of Diamond’s disappearance...

  • A East Coast Billionaire Took My Heart For Ransom 3by Jazz E.
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished October 10, 2021

    All secrets are out and it’s time to face the harsh reality of the truth. Everyone is trying to weather their own storm but soon realizes that not all storms come to disrupt your life but to clear a path.Who all will be able to weather the storm? Quinzell’s life is in shambles wh...

  • Boo’ed Upby Danielle Allen
    4.15 avg ratings, 23 reviewspublished October 11, 2021

    Returning home to attend my childhood friend’s Halloween party was perfect timing for me. But I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I agreed to meet up with Hannah and her friends.

  • Got It Out the Mud with My Thug 2: Finaleby Dedra B.
    5.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished October 11, 2021

    A night of fun turns into a two-year nightmare, changing the trajectory of the sisters’ lives forever. Protecting her sister at all costs is what matters the most to Cassidy and taking a life and doing time are included in this package deal. Serving the consequences after her sna...

  • Love Is The Cureby T'Lyn
    4.55 avg ratings, 10 reviewspublished October 11, 2021

    O’Shon lived in a world where he didn’t care about anything or anyone and he felt that the world reciprocated that same energy. He was complacent until an old head forced his way into his life, making himself family to O’Shon without his consent. Slowly he began to make O’Shon re...

  • The Chemistby Linette King
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished October 11, 2021

    Everybody handles trauma differently. While some people manage to let it out, others are forced to hold it in or channel that energy into something else. Detective Janice Aims has dedicated her entire career to the serial killer known only as ‘The chemist’ because of the way that...

  • Dating doesn’t get easier. Even when you’re dead…Farrah Grant knew one thing when she opened the Vampire Matchmaking Agency. Her life as a vampire was nothing like the movies. Limited in options by the Order of the Immortals' laws, the dating pool had become increasingly narrow....