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February 2023

  • Sinful Obsession (Mafia Misfits, #5)by Asia Monique
    4.32 avg ratings, 49 reviewspublished February 1, 2023

    Finnegan O’Sullivan The first time I heard her name, my cold heart warmed. The first time I saw her face, a switch inside me flipped on. The first time I heard her speak, she became my voice of reason. I wanted to know her… Learn her… Love her… She was my new obsession. Violet Ja...

  • One Night, One Biteby Dria Andersen
    4.24 avg ratings, 51 reviewspublished February 1, 2023

    For Raven Sampson it wasn’t just Valentine’s day, it was her birthday and surely, she deserved one night off from responsibility. She was a step above rock bottom, and was holding on by the skin of her teeth. She gave herself one night and then it was back to her grind. She didn’...

  • Blindsided by Love (Henderson Family Saga, #1)by Monica Walters
    4.32 avg ratings, 35 reviewspublished February 1, 2023

    If confidence was a women’s size twenty, then its name would have to be Aspen St. Andrews. The thirty-one-year-old freelance journalist is living life on her own terms, except in one area. Love. She feels somewhat stuck in an engagement to a man that she once loved and that she d...

  • Valentine’s Day, the day for lovers. Even just the date evokes butterflies. The Banks cousins are more like sisters but only one of them are married. Wanting the same for her cousins, Tacarra is setting Samara and Rashara up with dates this February 14th. Six months after ending...

  • Born and raised in Mississippi, Tamar and her family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when she was sixteen years of age. Living the best life, she had it all – a family that was there for her no matter what. Until she met Ricky. Giving all her time and attention to Ricky, her family f...

  • Sweet Vengeance (Sweet Demons, #1)by Viano Oniomoh
    4.25 avg ratings, 20 reviewspublished February 2, 2023

    Joy needs a deal with a demon to bring an end the man who’d ruined her life. Malachi needs a deal with a human so he can remain in the mortal realm, far from the sentries looking to drag him back to his sect in hell. It’s a match seemingly made in heaven. Except, Malachi doesn’t...

  • Mister Teacher (The Mister, #6)by B. Love
    4.14 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished February 2, 2023

    Janae McEntire has suffered enough loss to not want love again. Even without the desire to love, Janae can’t help but consider how much better her life would be if she allowed the right man to love her. While her heart tells her that man is Tyreek Roberts, Janae’s mind tells her...

  • *Re-release* Lotus It was her delicateness when she was wrapped in my arms in the wee hours of the night and mornings. It was her gentle nature in parenting Lily, her joy at watching her grow, and the way her eyes blossomed when she saw me enter the house after a long day at work...

  • Forever My Savageby Courtney Irving
    4.39 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished February 3, 2023

    Her name is Solana Gage. As a captivating neo-soul singer, she has dreams of owning a music label. Love has often derailed her by handing her some heavy blows, including having to walk away from the street legend who captured her heart. However, it’s her rebound that issues the h...

  • Hooked On A Real One For The Holiday 2: The Finaleby Jade Jones
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished February 3, 2023

    The Highly-Anticipated Sequel Has Arrived Karlotta thought she had it all figured out when she decided to sell her house, move into a new place, and cut all ties with her winter fling, Real. But what happens when he slides back into her life a year later, looking to rekindle what...

  • Kreeyan Mclain, owner of McLain and Associates, is a successful lawyer who represents the who’s who of Hollywood. A natural ladies magnet, his status has all of the women falling at his feet; except his wife Georgia McLain. After years of marriage, he blames her for letting the s...

  • Not Another Hood Love Story 2by Lucinda John
    4.82 avg ratings, 17 reviewspublished February 4, 2023

    In the last installment, things between Crysianna Jackson and Keyon “Keys” Carter were rocky. After suffering a traumatic loss, they decided to heal together, giving their relationship another try. Crysianna Jackson is blissfully indulging in the soft life Keys has provided. With...

  • One Life Standby Chenell Parker
    4.48 avg ratings, 15 reviewspublished February 4, 2023

    Eno Monroe had every excuse in the world not to achieve but he never made any. He never knew his father and his mother loved drugs more than her two sons. Still, he made the best of a bad situation with the help of his grandmother and support system. He longed for love and a fami...

  • SHAW (Mafia Misfit Short)by Asia Monique
    4.63 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished February 5, 2023

    Neither Marcus Shaw nor Charli Calhoun saw the other coming, but a day spent together could easily turn into a lifetime.

    Note: The mafia misfits shorts have no middle or ending, just a beginning.

  • That's All Me: The Beginning 3 (That's All Me: The Beginning, #3)by Cion Lee
    4.88 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished February 5, 2023

    As the OG That's All Me crew gets older and wiser they just want healing and peace. But is that possible after years of torment and tragedy? Join them in the FINAL installment of That's All The Beginning to find out if a happily ever after is possible.

  • Only Devils Leftby Mel Dau
    4.63 avg ratings, 10 reviewspublished February 5, 2023

    Sometimes, a lack of closure teaches you that no closure is the best closure to have. Gabriella Bridges was denied the silver spoon that was rightfully hers all her life because of hate and envy from the very person that should have loved her. While her mother’s mission was to de...

  • A Winter Crest Valentine's: Kasanova & Dessiby Natisha Raynor
    4.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished February 5, 2023

    Dessi had to put her life on hold at the age of twenty-one when her sister died, and she got custody of her teenage nieces. Dessi had to quit college and become a bartender at one of Winter Crest's most popular clubs, Club Luxe. When one of Dessi's nieces gets pregnant, Dessi's w...

  • Inaya and Zayan seem to have the perfect relationship but the truth is, they’re just friends. They both want more but each is waiting on the other to take the next step. The more they spend time together the stronger their feelings become. When an incident causes Zay to have to s...

  • A Winter Crest Valentine's: Amira & Hartinby Prenisha Aja'
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished February 6, 2023

    Amira Luvsong thought she was going to bring in the New Year, popping bottles and happily standing beside her man, Thugga!However, the sight of him in the very face of a female she can’t stand causes a chain of events to occur, leaving her mad, sad, and even lonely. Yet, she find...

  • Pinky Promise 2by K. Nicole, LaKisha Nicole
    3.57 avg ratings, 14 reviewspublished February 6, 2023

    An ultimatum. A pregnancy. Lies. Deceit. Two people standing in the way of Mega and Tai being together. Devon and Kenai. Devon isn't who he seems and Kenai has secrets of her own.

  • When a phrase becomes more than a reality, how far can it go before it becomes too much? Is the question Kross Key is faced with everyday, as he navigates his situationship with the woman of his dreams. However, not all dreams are meant to blossom. Some are meant to simply show y...

  • A Winter Crest Valentine's: Wish & Sageby Myia White
    3.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished February 7, 2023

    Living in bliss, Sage is enjoying life and all the new things it brings; a new life and love with Wish. That is until doubt causes chaos that leaves these two scrambling to put the pieces together again. On the cusp of “forever” something or someone is pushing them into “never.”...

  • 30 Days in Belfastby Rita A. Gordon
    Not ratedpublished February 7, 2023

    Just one distraction could lead to failure—several may spell ruin. As the daughter of the wealthiest Black man in the country, Rose Ross struggles to make a name for herself as the COO of her father’s tech company. She’s even forced to let go of a promising relationship to focus...

  • De’arra has been criticized her entire life for having a little more curves than the average woman. On top of feeling like the cause of her last relationship coming to a drastic end, being a hopeless romantic has now defined her as a person. After getting used to being alone on V...

  • An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters in this “absorbing, striking” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) young adult fantasy inspired by West African culture, perfect for fans of The Gilded Ones and Creed . Eat. Dance...

  • The Spite Houseby Johnny Compton
    3.46 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished February 7, 2023

    Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he’s desperate for money–it’s not easy to find safe work when you can’t provide references, you can’t stay in one place for long, and...

  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The stars of the social media show The Ellises and hosts of the Webby Award-winning podcast Dead Ass with K&D share the core pillars of their relationship as millennial lovers and parents that have allowed them to thrive. “Staying married in this d...

  • The House of Eveby Sadeqa Johnson
    4.48 avg ratings, 86 reviewspublished February 7, 2023

    From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife , a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-ye...

  • A Winter Crest Valentine's: Milan & Ericby Melanie B.
    4.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished February 8, 2023

    Milan lost everything one fateful night on Valentine’s Day. Going forward, she was left with a shattered heart, and dreams that would never come true. Picking up the pieces, Milan relocated to Winter Crest to start anew. After years of hard work, Milan established herself as a pr...

  • Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean much for Jett Billups. It's the same day the love of his life walked away because of the pressure of dealing with his overbearing mother. Now with a cold heart, love has made Jett ruthless in the streets of Onemo, Virginia. In Valerie Billups’ eyes, n...

  • Foreplayby Robbi Renee
    4.34 avg ratings, 47 reviewspublished February 9, 2023

    In every game, some rules are made to be broken.

    For Lennox Black, never could he imagine that the effortlessly pretty, coy, yet mysterious new woman in town, Tia Alexander, would become his most formidable opponent to date.

    Has he met his match? Or is Tia in over her head?

  • Coming Homeby Kennedy Ryan
    4.17 avg ratings, 110 reviewspublished February 9, 2023

    They got everything they wanted...but never had each other. Touré Wallace and Niomi Spencer were close friends at Finley College, the prestigious HBCU they attended. The attraction that simmered between them every semester was a question they never got to ask or answer before soa...

  • A Winter Crest Valentine's: Avery & Cupidby Kendra Necole
    4.0 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished February 9, 2023

    Being named after the Angel of Love should have been good luck. However, Cupid hasn’t had luck in that department all his life. It is as if having that name is a curse because all he wants is the person who knows him best, whose been by his side for as long as he remembers… Avery...

  • Vicious Bonds (The Tether Trilogy, #1)by Shanora Williams
    4.49 avg ratings, 48 reviewspublished February 9, 2023

    Alternate cover edition of ASIN: B0BNP6QF9L From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams comes a dark romantic fantasy series of violence, chaos, angst, and a powerful love that can't be denied... WILLOW I was never meant to live an ordinary life, and w...

  • Her Scottish Hero (Scottish Wolves, #3)by Theodora Taylor
    3.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished February 9, 2023

    All he wants to be is ALONE. But I need his help… Possible Alternative Title for this Story: Her Scottish Grump A swarm of mail-order brides and his ex-fiancée have invaded Alban Scotswolf's small shifter town. No one can blame the giant red-haired war vet, for deciding to retire...

  • Sugar, Sugar (Sugared and Spiced, #1)by Lady Marie
    4.26 avg ratings, 34 reviewspublished February 9, 2023

    Tonight's Lessons: 1) Indulging your sweet tooth every once in awhile can be a good thing. 2) There's always room for a bit of negotiation in any agreement. 3) Sometimes giving into your desires, even for just one night, is exactly what the sugar daddy ordered. This is Sage and B...