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August 2022

  • Justify My Loveby Tatum James
    3.88 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished August 1, 2022

    Emerson Pike is the spoiled duchess of the Pike family empire. Following in her father’s footsteps, she opens a successful tailoring business. She’s working hard to live her dream life without her family’s help. Jessiah Cruz, a defense attorney, is no stranger to the streets. To...

  • Revive Me, Part One: The Act (New Haven, #2)by J.L. Seegars
    4.62 avg ratings, 136 reviewspublished August 1, 2022

    Mallory The first time I kissed Christopher Johnson, I knew he would be my biggest mistake. It didn’t stop me from wanting him though, and when the ghosts from my past came barging into the present, it didn’t stop me from agreeing to let him help. It was supposed to be a simple b...

  • Just Emotionsby Kim Morris
    Not ratedpublished August 1, 2022

    Jakari Ross is living a charmed life with her husband and two children when a long-lost friend shows up to their 20th anniversary party to reveal a secret that she never imagined. Will it destroy everything Jakari thought was real or will she find strength in an unexpected source...

  • They Never Tellby Shae Sanders
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 1, 2022

    Everything they did was to protect the children… Ten years ago, they made a pact to push their children to succeed by any means necessary. Today, their teens are straight A students exhibiting excellence in student council, marching band, football, cheerleading, and robotics. The...

  • Embers on the Windby Lisa Williamson Rosenberg
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 1, 2022

    The past and the present converge in this enthralling, serpentine tale of women connected by motherhood, slavery’s legacy, and histories that span centuries. In 1850 in Massachusetts, Whittaker House stood as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It’s where two freedom seekers, Lit...

  • After overcoming a devastation that left the remaining members of the Love family riddled with heartache and mental duress, they are pulled into yet another crisis where more secrets are discovered. While on a quest for her brother Brent, Christine finds herself embarking on a hu...

  • Our Fractured Destinyby Monae Nicole
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 2, 2022

    Trinity Wilson lived a simple life after a terrible heartache. One day, mindlessly scrolling through social media opened wounds she believed no longer existed. “Hey, stranger,” was innocent enough, but what follows changed the course of her life forever. Who would have imagined s...

  • Hidden In The Shadows (Angels and Assassins, #7)by K. Alex Walker
    4.75 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 2, 2022

    “I want to be that for you. Xara, I’m your man. The only thing you should have to worry about is opening your eyes in the morning. I’m supposed to have you for all the rest.” For Mike Huang, the only redemption he’s ever been granted for every sinister thing he’s done in his life...

  • What exactly do a guy who I’d swear was a cannibal, a grown man dressed like a banana, and the proudly self-proclaimed “Beat Your Meat Specialist” have in common? Spoiler they have all somehow managed to find me , despite my efforts to hide in a hole under my porch from this dati...

  • TOXIC: A Forbidden Romanceby Penny Blacwrite
    3.7 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished August 2, 2022

    Synopsis First, it started off as a little fling for the then nineteen-year-old Imani Bleeker. It was advantageous, beneficial, and fun because it was something forbidden, something and someone she knew she had no business doing. A man who watched her grow up, a man who taught he...

  • The Hookup Plan (The Boyfriend Project, #3)by Farrah Rochon
    4.31 avg ratings, 45 reviewspublished August 2, 2022

    Strong female friendships and a snappy enemies-to-lovers theme take center stage in this highly anticipated romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook. Successful pediatric surgeon London Kelley just needs to find some balance and de-stress. Acco...

  • Luca (The Eisenberg Effect, #1)by Grey Huffington
    4.3 avg ratings, 241 reviewspublished August 2, 2022

    She’s an angel. And she doesn’t mind dancing with a demon. That’s why I’d move mountains, dry seas, and hydrate the desert if it made her happy. She brought goodness to the world. It was only right that I made it hers, along with the two tiny beauties that shared her hazel eyes a...

  • Unexpected Loveby Charity Shané
    4.09 avg ratings, 23 reviewspublished August 3, 2022

    Sometimes the perfect person for you is who you least expect it to be. Luv Washington is everything she was raised to be, the daughter of Bishop Mark Washington and First Lady Debrah Washington. She has a successful career as a middle school teacher. She mentors young girls and i...

  • Gianni DeLuca (Savage Bloodline, #7)by Tiye Love
    Not ratedpublished August 4, 2022

    He feared no one…except her Academically and athletically gifted, Gianni Andreas was destined for a bright future. Until his father was gunned down by a mob boss in front of him when he was sixteen. His life forever changed, the savagery within his bloodline was released, and Gia...

  • Celebrate the magic of books with this limited-time collection of YA Sci-Fi and Fantasy stories. What's inside these enchanting pages? - A fae war is brewing, and only an ancient book has the power to stop it. If only the pages weren't blank! - A bookstore set in a steampunk worl...

  • Untouchable: A Vatelli Crime Family Sagaby Bianca Marie
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 4, 2022

    Synopsis Kazi Vatelli found himself in the gray area in a world where everything is black and white. Being the leader of the Black Hunters, an elite society. The only thing on Kazi's mind was money. Kazi must choose between his dedication to the job and his morality when he is pr...

  • January Jones can’t seem to stay out of drama. She is caught between two men. The man she loves and his top Opp. One wild weekend and now the paternity of her unborn hangs in the balance. January tried to find a way to tell Dro the truth, but Merc beat her to it. And now its look...

  • Love Me Senseless (The Berotte Family, #5)by Monica Walters
    4.43 avg ratings, 24 reviewspublished August 5, 2022

    Isaiah Berotte, the eldest of the Berotte siblings, knows exactly what he wants out of life. He has a career that has treated him well, a loving family that has his back, and a beautiful home that displays the reward of his labor. A family of his own is the one thing he craves, b...

  • Luvin a Jersey Menaceby Tina J.
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 6, 2022

    Synopsis Luvin a Jersey Menace Devin ‘Horror’ Xavier is the number one boxing promoter on the East Coast. However, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree is how the saying goes and if you’ve read Terror in the studio, you’d know it’s true. Not one to play any games, he runs his...

  • Have You Ever Fell In Love With A Thug? 2by Black Lavish
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished August 6, 2022

    After Hazel gets a terrible phone call about her family, she runs back home abandoning her date with Malik. He too got a call about some bad news only one person saw coming. That person was Von who was battling grief, along with a gambling addiction that introduces him to new tro...

  • One Final Shotby Aubreé Pynn
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished August 8, 2022

    Young and deeply in love, Mone't and Austin have the world at their fingertips. They were the beacon of love in the hood of Ganton Hills; a couple worth protecting. But the hood politics don't exist outside of the nine blocks. With a sudden thrust into success, Mone't and Austin...

  • Dirty Macking (Lion and Mouse, #6.5)by Kenya Wright
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished August 8, 2022

    From USA Today bestselling author Kenya Wright comes another installment in her popular interracial mafia romance series, the Lion and the Mouse. This book must be read after Dirty Cravings (Lion and Mouse book 6).Although featuring sexually explicit scenes, this is not a romance...

  • Sister Friends Foreverby Kimberla Lawson Roby
    3.75 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished August 9, 2022

    This emotional novel from a New York Times bestselling author follows four lifelong friends as each faces a crisis in family, love, and forgiveness. Serena, Michelle, Kenya, and Lynette have been best friends since they were small children. And as sister friends forever, they hav...

  • Struggle 2by K. Nicole, LaKisha Nicole
    3.78 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished August 9, 2022

    Now knowing what Kase had been up to while she was struggling to find her a place to live and take care of a baby, Ari was a little more broken. Not for long. Cion wouldn't let her. There was something about Ari that Cion liked and wouldn't allow her to go through any more strugg...

  • The Monsters We Defyby Leslye Penelope
    4.0 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished August 9, 2022

    A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance. In the summer of 1925, along Washington, DC...

  • Bianca’s loyalty to Cam has no end and she goes above and beyond to prove that. However, after a life changing decision that she makes on her own, Cam finds himself led astray. Not willing to throw in the towel, the two fight to remain strong. At the end of it all, Bianca must de...

  • The Undead Truth of Usby Britney S. Lewis
    4.08 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 9, 2022

    Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one another and slowly coming forward. Sixteen-year-old Zharie Young is absolutely certain her mother morphed into a zombie before her untimely death, but she can't seem to figure out why. Why her mother died, why her aunt...

  • Santino DeLuca (Savage Bloodline) (Savage Bloodline, #8)by Kenya Wright
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 9, 2022

    Santino DeLuca planned to die as a bachelor, but Don Enzo has other plans. And now Santino De Luca must go to Paradise City and embark on an unexpected marital mission dealing with Kashmere Jones—a fiercely unapologetic alpha women. Kashmere didn’t chose her gangster life, it cho...

  • How You Grow Wingsby Rimma Onoseta
    Not ratedpublished August 9, 2022

    In this "unforgettable" novel for fans of Ibi Zoboi and Erika L. Sánchez (SLJ, starred review), two sisters in Nigeria are separated—one in the lap of luxury, the other fighting for a chance to thrive—in this award-winning novel where the line between family and foe is blurred. S...

  • Blood Like Fate (Blood Like Magic, #2)by Liselle Sambury
    4.25 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished August 9, 2022

    Voya fights to save her witch community from a terrible future. Voya Thomas may have passed her Calling to become a full-fledged witch, but the cost was higher than she’d ever imagined. Her grandmother is gone. Her cousin hates her. And her family doesn’t believe that she has wha...

  • The Way You Make Me Feelby Tay Mo'Nae
    Not ratedpublished August 10, 2022

    Solange suffers a blow when her boyfriend steals her money and leaves her without a trace. Forced to put the pieces of her life back together, she’s left with a broken heart and spirit. Going to Jamaica for her best friend’s wedding is the last thing she wants to do, but she refu...

  • Play Another Love Song (Another Love, #1)by Meisha G.
    4.33 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 10, 2022

    WILL SHE PAUSE THE TRACK OF ACHIEVING HER DREAMS OR PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYLIST OF LOVE AND LIFE? Danielle Johnson loves nothing more than black old school R&B, Soul & Hip Hop, and cinema. She has a lot going on for herself. A job. Nice apartment and car. And, her LIFE-LON...

  • Sweet Licks (Sweet Licks, #1)by Lakia
    4.6 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished August 10, 2022

    22 years old and beautiful, Jessica “Juvie” White has faced many struggles in her young life, especially since growing up and aging out of the foster care system. Teaming up and establishing a relationship with fellow foster buddy, Booby, the duo grind daily to survive, using man...

  • The Hood's Virgin Mary 3by Dymond Taylor
    4.47 avg ratings, 19 reviewspublished August 10, 2022

    Carmee and Ox meeting was fate—falling in love was unexpected. But outside drama coming from foes, and Ox’s past is threatening to destroy everything he and Carmee are trying to build, if he doesn’t get a handle on things. Carmee thought all her drama with Stella would come to an...

  • My Safe Havenby D'mesha Wright
    4.33 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 11, 2022

    Finally ending her nightmare of a marriage has Haven Merrick scrambling to piece her life back together. Healing isn’t easy and although everyone means well by offering their help, she wants to stand on her own two feet for the first time. However, some nightmares are hard to esc...

  • Captivated by Danger (The Danger Family, #2)by Endiya Carter
    4.54 avg ratings, 413 reviewspublished August 11, 2022

    Diesel Danger is a man who is described as having a ‘god complex’ by those close to him.
    He’s used to getting what he wants from women, when and how he wants it, with no pushback— until he runs into Greysen McCree.