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May 2026

  • Quest II: The Banks Empire (Quest, #2)by N'Dia Rae
    4.47 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished May 1, 2026

  • Regal : The Nichols Sisters: Every Sister Holds a Sinby Elle Madearis
    4.13 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished May 1, 2026

    Regal Life with Leah doesn't leave room for softness. While other girls are being daughters, Regal is busy surviving, shielding her younger sisters from a mother who believes bringing them into the world comes with a price tag. The years of protecting added layers of toughness to...

  • Beauty and The Streetz: A fight for loveby Imani Aliyyah
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 1, 2026

    What do you do when your secrets are exposed to the people closest to you against your will? Do you run? Do you search for an escape? Do you choose a vice like everyone else before you? LaTaina Castello chose to run. After her life in Houston took a jolting turn, she finds hersel...

  • The Jeweler And Another Man’s Fiancéby Jas B.
    Not ratedpublished May 2, 2026

  • Wicked (BLP MC, #1)by B. Love
    4.09 avg ratings, 16 reviewspublished May 2, 2026

    He went to prison for protecting her. Now, he’ll do anything to keep her alive. Ten years ago, Yates “Wicked” Harris witnessed a crime against a young woman and intervened. While she considered him her hero, the world classified him as a monster. The moment he’s released, Wicked...

  • Hearts at Turn One (Checkered Harts, #1)by Danielle Brooks
    4.33 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished May 2, 2026

    What do you do when the world is on your shoulders, literally? You put on your best face and shine. That's what Adrian Hart, lead driver of Armand Duvall Performance Group, and the oldest sibling of the Hart Family, he carries the newest F1 Racing Team and his family on his shoul...

  • Kijo: A Way Outby Keondra Wheeler
    Not ratedpublished May 3, 2026

    Kijo wants nothing more in the world than to have an established family foundation for his daughter, Miracle. Yet he faces so many trials that keep him from reaching his dream. Daria, Miracle's mother, is a constant thorn in his side. Kole, his drug addict brother, is a barrier i...

  • Diamonds Are Unbreakable: A Domestic Thriller Novellaby Jasmine Cartwright
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 5, 2026

  • Deliriumby Miss Candice
    2.75 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished May 5, 2026

    Sereia Wilson grew up in the trenches—in a housing project popularly known as The Woods. There she lived with her big brother, Demetrius. For almost ten years its just been the two of them. With their mother being deceased and their father serving a life sentence behind prison wa...

  • Desired By A Maniac (Maniac Series, #4)by Nek Mills
    3.89 avg ratings, 16 reviewspublished May 5, 2026

    Have you ever been to a place where desire has no limits? Where boundaries disappear, and curiosity is always answered? In this space, lines are meant to be crossed. What’s unspoken is explored, and restraint is the only thing in short supply. But once desire takes over, can anyt...

  • Russ (BLP MC Series, #3)by Kay Shanee
    4.15 avg ratings, 10 reviewspublished May 5, 2026

  • The Gentlemanby Keisha Freedmen
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 6, 2026

    Leo Lincoln has expertly divided his life into two illegitimate and legitimate. With both sides balanced perfectly, he is finally poised to take over his city… until Indira Young crashes back into town and throws liquor all over his carefully laid plans. Indira Young came back to...

  • ELEGY: A Winston Hills Novellaby C.M. Barnes
    4.56 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished May 6, 2026

  • Bread (BLP MC Series, #5)by Mel Dau
    4.07 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished May 7, 2026

  • Watercolorsby Evelyn Latrice
    4.75 avg ratings, 30 reviewspublished May 7, 2026

    Luminous Brooks had mastered surviving in gray. Gray paintings. Gray routines. Gray love. Gray versions of herself that never asked for too much and never felt too loud. After losing her job, falling behind on rent, and watching life close in around her piece by piece, the last t...

  • Around The Church Love (Gardensville Romance, #2)by Danae Noir
    4.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished May 7, 2026

    When G-Ville’s Finest met G-Ville’s Chosen One… he was just D-Lo. No suit, no Holy cloth, just a scrawny PK with a gold chain vying for her attention. …She was interested, too. And he was always there. Even when he went off to seminary and she stayed in Gardensville, taking care...

  • On You: Amir Quatar's Story (On Everything, #6)by Black Lavish
    4.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished May 7, 2026

  • Righteous (BLP MC, #6)by Riley Baxter
    3.31 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished May 8, 2026

  • Soft On Herby Lakia
    3.98 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished May 11, 2026

    9 years. 108 months. 3,299 days. That’s how long I have been searching for the only woman I ever wanted to love out loud. The only one who made me want to soften, to feel, to imagine a life beyond the families we were born into. When we graduated high school, we planned to leave...

  • Winners & Liarsby Aleema Omotoni
    Not ratedpublished May 12, 2026

    Derin’s acceptance into Cambridge University is the end of an era—just not the one she expected. When she and her ultra-competitive Uni prep group, The Kenfield Set, were first invited to Professor Darnley’s summer ball, they planned on celebrating the group's success surrounded...

  • Elio Man nennt mich »The Wicked«. Als Oberhaupt der Marino-Familie entgeht mir nichts –keine Lüge, keine Schwäche, keine Angst. Aber als sie in mein Leben tritt, gerät alles aus dem Gleichgewicht. Zahra Ich bin gefährlich – das muss ich in meiner Welt auch sein. Und ich habe die...

  • Reeking Havoc: The Cartier Cartel 6by Jessica N. Watkins
    4.33 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished May 14, 2026

  • Andromedaby E.S. McLeod
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 14, 2026

    Blessed by the gods with unparalleled beauty, Andromeda lives a life of ease within her Aethiopian palace walls. Content with her sanctuary, the young princess has no concerns other than the royal expectations her parents have for her – until a single, fateful proclamation change...

  • In Full Bloom: Cloverby KO McGee
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 15, 2026

    After moving away for college, Clover Bloom returns to her hometown of Bloomington, a place of community and strong family connections, during the Annual Spring Market Festival celebration. Needing a reset from the fast city life and failed relationships, Clover plans a short sta...

  • Haze (BLP MC, #11)by Cyn
    4.29 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished May 15, 2026

    One night changed everything. Devyn Frost is a good girl. She was raised to walk a straight path and work hard. Haze Laurent is a bad boy. He was raised to take over the streets and is now the president of the Vicious Kings Motorcycle Club. They were never supposed to cross paths...

  • Lau Ahi: The Consortium Book Nine (The Consortium, #9)by Dandridge Monroe
    4.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished May 15, 2026

  • The Promised Brideby Ciara Nashae
    5.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished May 16, 2026

    Devyn Van Blair has always been in control of her life, or so she thought. Azani Stone was never meant to be a coincidence. They were chosen for each other before she ever took their first breath. What starts as an explosive connection turns into something much darker and deeper....

  • Big Mama, Give Me A Chanceby Kim K.
    Not ratedpublished May 16, 2026

    Zay Briggs spent years in the cold world of corporate before he realized he wasn’t happy. He searches for a purpose more fulfilling than the heavy family legacy he was born to uphold. A accidental collision at his stepmother’s gala introduces him to Kali. Kali is a woman whose de...

  • Part TWoby Nina.
    4.56 avg ratings, 16 reviewspublished May 18, 2026

    It was love at first sight-at least for Adair-the moment he saw Sabine dancing across the room, completely offbeat, without a hint of shame. From that first awkward sway, something clicked. Their love moved fast, full of promise and plans, certain they'd last forever. But life do...

  • Her Noble Protectorby Mya
    3.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished May 18, 2026

    Sunni Stone is a free spirit, oblivious to the dangers in her life. All she cares about is exploring the world, meeting new people, and living every day like it’s her last. When there’s a bounty put on her head, the latter may become her reality. Noble Nash, an introverted and da...

  • In Just One Nightby Soleil
    3.73 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished May 19, 2026

    One night stand. A blind date. A baby? London Daniels works her way up the ladder at her job. The one night she decides to celebrate her new promotion, she meets a man, and after a few drinks, she finds herself tangled in the sheets in a hotel room with him. Genesis Lancaster has...

  • Score (Hollywood Renaissance, #2)by Kennedy Ryan
    4.76 avg ratings, 65 reviewspublished May 19, 2026

    ​You never forget your first love. Isn't that what they say? Verity Hill knows this truth intimately. She didn't simply miss Wright "Monk" Bellamy when they parted ways in college. She's haunted by his touch. Every kiss, any lover since—it's a shadow of what they had. Time heals...

  • Tangled at the Root: A Dark Sapphic Gothic Romanceby Viano Oniomoh
    3.8 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished May 19, 2026

    Instead of a home in need of cleansing, Rosemary finds a closed-off ex-best friend insisting she hadn’t called her and demanding she leave. The last thing Genevieve wants is her ex-best friend poking her nose where it doesn’t belong and making Genevieve hunger for things she can'...

  • Mercedees: Forever An Atkins (Atkins Family Saga, #4)by Connie Easton
    4.05 avg ratings, 21 reviewspublished May 19, 2026

    Mercedees “Wild & Free” Atkins is the one that does what she pleases. Every chance she gets, she’s catching the first flight out of Sage Springs. With her cousins having their roles in The Oath, she disregards hers. However, it’s time to fulfill a stipulation or else her spot...

  • Collateral Love (Crestwood Chronicles, #2)by L.B. Gaines
    3.78 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished May 20, 2026