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July 2026

  • Marz (The Protected, #1)by B. Love
    4.67 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

    Marz Lewis is like his father in a lot of ways. At the top of their list of similarities is being a protector. Unlike his father, Merc, Marz doesn’t want to stay legit. He wants to become an enforcer, satisfying his desire for danger and excitement. The rush of the streets calls...

  • Royal (Roy) Bonetti has dedicated his life to confronting violence, navigating loyalty and betrayal, and managing rejection. Beneath his polished exterior and formidable reputation lies an individual shaped by childhood trauma, persistent nightmares, and enduring scars. Forming a...

  • Saturn: A Redemption Loveby Jenica J.
    4.25 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

    Saturn is not a man. He is a warning. Rings of discipline. Rings of judgment. Rings of consequence. Kewanna Davis comes with her own scars, her own silence, her own guarded prayers. She wants peace. And when past sins begin circling back, the man named after a planet of karma wil...

  • Nakayla I was supposed to be figuring out how to get my life back together, not getting pulled into the world of a man like Marcus Randolph. After getting kicked out of med school, I was just trying to make enough money to take care of my sisters and find my way back. Working at...

  • A Long Island Escape (Drunken Summer Nights, #1)by Sage Bloom Cloud
    4.07 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished July 1, 2026

    Thirty‑eight‑year‑old Bailey Morgan has three children, and the youngest just turned eighteen. Yes, your math is right—she had them at sixteen, eighteen, and twenty, each with a different father. And no, her life didn’t fall apart because of it. She was loved, supported, and she...

  • IRL: In Real Lifeby Aja
    Not ratedpublished July 2, 2026

    Talia Vaughn knows better than to confuse online chemistry with real-life intimacy. Micah Sutton is grounded, careful, intentional, and far too easy to want, but what starts in comments, mutual circles, and public familiarity quickly becomes something neither of them can keep cas...

  • Babyby Egypt Cynaé
    4.75 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished July 2, 2026

    They weren’t looking for love, but when new bakery owner, Tegan “Baby” Ingram and barber shop owner and real estate developer, Harlem Knox cross paths, they cannot deny the chemistry that burns bright between them. Reluctant to trust her heart with someone else again, Baby is hes...

  • The High Lifeby Anise Starre
    Not ratedpublished July 2, 2026

    As an airline heiress, Imani Davies has spent her twenty-eight years on Earth living the high life – literally. Jet-setting across the globe on a whim, dining at the most exclusive restaurants and rubbing shoulders with the world’s elite. Imani has it all, and she’ll do pretty mu...

  • Chasing Sunshine (Beauty From Ashes, #2)by Dee LaSure
    Not ratedpublished July 3, 2026

    Sunshine Day was confident that no weapon formed against her would ever prosper, but after being forced to flee her hometown, her faith had taken a hit. Amid a hasty decision, she landed in Baltimore, Maryland, hoping to get lost in the big city and hide from her fateful past. Ho...

  • Betrothed To Loveby Charity Shané
    4.29 avg ratings, 20 reviewspublished July 4, 2026

    Judge Mireya Coleman has spent her career honoring the letter of the law in the courtroom and in her personal life. So waking up in a stranger’s bed is the last thing she ever expected to do. After one unforgettable night at the Annual Black Law Association Masquerade Ball, she’s...

  • After ten years of living her dream in New York, River Sparks returns to her hometown with a bruised ego and a huge secret — she was fired from her once-thriving career as a fundraiser campaign manager. It was also the life she'd chosen over love. Back in the small town she felt...

  • Before Duskby Morenike' Matory
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished July 7, 2026

    "Don't let the sun set on you in Liberty!" The day the sign was knocked down was the day the trajectory of Clyde and Jason's friendship would change forever. It was also the day that would write Tenn’s future. Clyde Boyd has the bright idea to rebrand the reputation and appearanc...

  • Reina's Rulesby Kia Smith
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    It was either her way or her way... until love came in and said f*ck all the rules. LaReina King was taught many things: how to hustle, how to protect herself, how not to take shit from these niggas… but not how to love or be loved or even how to date. When she sets her sights on...

  • His Sweetest Repairby Riley Baxter
    4.21 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    Neriah Phillips Her mother chose men over her, a deception that landed her in the foster care system. From that moment, heartbreak becomes a cycle she knows all too well. Disappointment has been her longest companion, so she stops believing in anything she can’t control. Instead,...

  • Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romanticby Jessica Lewis
    4.25 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    Perfect for fans of Erin Baldwin and Elise Bryant, this sapphic rom-com—a companion novel to Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love —stars a girl determined to reinvent herself, in life and in love. Hallie loves romance, but it doesn’t seem to love her back. Her six-time broken...

  • Free Girlsby Kristen McCallum
    4.08 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished July 7, 2026

    A heartfelt coming-of-age debut about a girl starting over while keeping secret she's spent the last year in juvenile detention. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Leah Johnson. Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Cooper is back after twelve months at Guiding Hearts Home for Troubled Girls...

  • Mai Tais and Maybes (Drunken Summer Nights, #2)by J. Woods
    4.0 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished July 8, 2026

    One came to Port Isle to find themselves. The other came to outrun their grief. What neither was expected was to find each other. Sydney Marie Blanks has spent her entire life being everything to everyone, but the last six years have drained her. She’s forgotten how to be herself...

  • The Love She Needsby Fallynn West
    4.63 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished July 8, 2026

    Aspen Webb Being in love with a man who chooses his career over her is draining for Aspen. She tries to give him her all, only to receive nothing in return. Aspen grows tired of the lonely nights and excuses. All she yearns for from Lance is for him to show up for her the way she...

  • State of Betrayal: Blurred Lines Part Two (State of Betrayal, #4)by A. Denise
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished July 9, 2026

    Picking up where Part One left off, Blurred Lines Part Two places us right in the thick of it. Not much is by fate, and we realize everything has happened for a reason. Throughout the series, we have watched indestructible bonds form amongst friends, family, and in relationships....

  • Losing Faithby Tatum James
    4.25 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished July 9, 2026

    In the aftermath of police corruption and hidden agendas that threatened to bring down the empire that Reed Fuller and the men he considered family built from the ground, the only thing that he’s looking for is peace. As the face and voice of Cashville Resort and Casino, Reed fac...

  • After the Knockoutby A. Blossom
    4.21 avg ratings, 13 reviewspublished July 10, 2026

    She came home to survive the storm. Surviving her six-foot-three, tattooed, boxer ex was a whole different fight. Years ago, Lyrius Anderson thought she’d fled Azalea County, her broken heart, and Dakota “KO” Knox for good. But five years later, a hurricane sends her running back...

  • WTF I Want (The Henderson Family Saga, #29)by Monica Walters
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished July 10, 2026

    Seven Storm Henderson Junior has known all his life that he is a force to be reckoned with. Living in a home with a father who gets things done and a mother whose nurturing provides balance, helps him to be confident in all things, but it also spoils him. The problem with that is...

  • Zseyah “Zee” Morris and Jakayla “Kay” Collins have been thick as thieves since the day they began to live together in a shared house with three other women before the start of their third year of college. They grew closer as time went on to the point where they were inseparable o...

  • One Night... And A Surrogate Laterby Alecia J
    4.13 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished July 10, 2026

    For the last five years, Mayzen “Merge” Belvior Jr. has heard the same warning from his father: if he wants to inherit the Belvior family empire, he needs a wife and an heir. Merge always knew the position would be his one day, but with the deadline closing in, the future he once...

  • Bound To The Groom: An Unhinged M/M Romanceby Kim K.
    4.0 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished July 11, 2026

    Lance D’Amore is the prize, and he makes absolutely no apologies for the effect he has on a room. He’s got the money, the immaculate look, and a strict rule against messing with down-low men about to walk down the aisle. But Ezekiel Wade isn’t a man who takes no for an answer. Wi...

  • Me For Youby K.C. Mills
    4.68 avg ratings, 19 reviewspublished July 11, 2026

    Ryland Parks is a phenomenal football player with a bright future ahead of him. As the Crescent Falls Sharks’ starting Left Tackle, Ryland has the city behind him and endless access to the privileges his status and career afford him as a pro athlete. Unfortunately, he also has fa...

  • The Alchemy of Souls: The Sun Seriesby Granger
    4.62 avg ratings, 13 reviewspublished July 12, 2026

    Identical twin sisters separated at birth, Ayira, born a Sun princess in a distant desert kingdom, and Danielle, raised in modern day Atlanta, were never meant to meet. When an accident forces them to switch places, Ayira wakes up on a train bound for Drew Collins University, a h...

  • The Long Game (The Starting Lineup, #2)by Monet Simone
    Not ratedpublished July 12, 2026

    Love demands the truth, even when the truth costs everything. When future Hall of Famer Desmond Cole Montague retires from the NBA, he must face the parts of himself he has long avoided, including a shameful truth from his past that he desperately wishes he could rewrite. The one...

  • summer in dooleyby greyce huffington
    4.27 avg ratings, 26 reviewspublished July 12, 2026

    He wants her . And has for a very long time. Her wittiness. Her forwardness. Her sassiness. Her style. Her laughter. Her smile. It made dark days in Dooley feel something like heaven. But, stepping to Hyphen Stone required pockets deeper than his. While he stretched the threads o...

  • A Halo Like a Frisbeeby Mel Dau
    3.9 avg ratings, 10 reviewspublished July 13, 2026

    Blake Maria Collins has spent years being everybody’s idea of a good woman who is responsible, dependable, and loyal. Because of her baby curation profession, most people assume she wears a halo over her head, but what they don’t realize is that halo has been taken off and tucked...

  • GOTTI: In Love With A Made Man III (GOTTI, #3)by Nako
    Not ratedpublished July 14, 2026

    For Nina Marcelle, life has never been about choosing the easy road. As she settles into her role as the face of Marcelle & Co., she's determined to prove that she belongs in a world built long before she was born. With every boardroom victory comes another reminder that carr...

  • Not all demons play fair; some wait six years to make their move. Kunle has loved Jasmine since the day they met on that college track — and never once told her how he felt. Now she's back in his orbit, close enough to touch, and the words he swallowed back then are finally clawi...

  • Karla & Ash (Chances, #3)by Brittainy Cherry
    Not ratedpublished July 14, 2026

    The highly anticipated third book in the Chances series by USA Today bestselling author Brittainy Cherry. An emotional second-chance romance about two broken souls who found each other once — and must choose to find each other again. Two broken souls. One life-changing friendship...

  • Ember: A Mafia Romance (The Hunted Kingdom, #2)by Naima Simone
    4.58 avg ratings, 10 reviewspublished July 14, 2026

    DELUXE EDITION--featuring beautiful blue sprayed edges! From USA Today bestselling author Naima Simone comes a new scorching dark mafia romance in the Hunted Kingdom series in which a modern-day Cinderella must fight against the stepbrother who inherited her legacy--but he wants...

  • Die for Me: A Novelby Shirlene Obuobi
    4.25 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished July 14, 2026

    “I'm obsessed.” —Ali Hazelwood "I never wanted [it] to end...Stunning." —Lyla Sage What my eyes are showing me can’t be possible. Can’t be real. Because if they are, then I have to accept that Julian Conrad has been alive for a very long time. Too long to be human. A stay-up-all-...