New Releases by Black Authors

Indigo Blaire swore no man would ever own her. Sharp-tongued and viciously independent, the luxury hairstylist publicly cussed out the wrong man—Khaire St. James, the city’s most feared, and obsessive kingpin who takes what he wants and never lets go. When she witnesses something...

Jackie Brown has spent her entire life surviving. As a single mother of two, she’s learned how to carry impossible burdens with a smile, love people who never chose her back, and convince herself that wanting more is a luxury she can’t afford. Because in Jackie's world, women lik...

What happens when fate forces Kaufee Black and Nauti Fontaine into the same room? One single moment shatters everything they thought they knew. What begins as an uneasy collision between to powerful empires quickly spirals into a deadly search for answers. Long buried lies begin...

Azuri was minding the business that paid her. She was content with the life she had, but a piece of her always yearned for more. What started out as a night to unwind from work, thrusted her into the life she always wanted. Unfortunately, the man she thought was supposed to sweep...

Merci Lewis is known for and as a lot of things, but at the top of the list, she’s known for being her father’s baby. Merc treats all of his children equally, but there’s no denying he has a special place in his heart for his baby girl. Under his guidance, along with her brothers...

Nyla Gray isn’t looking for love. After heartbreak, it feels more like a risk than a reward—so she’s focused on protecting her peace and building a life she’s proud of. Her sister Nyeema is finding herself again after a failed engagement. She’s done settling, even if the right lo...

To understand the end, you must go back to the beginning…

Chronologically, this book is set before Star-Crossed.

When Sage Richards found herself pregnant and alone at twenty-two-years-old, her brother’s best friend stepped in without hesitation. A thousand tears and one impulsive decision later, and they were married. A week after the nuptials, Sage walked out of Klever’s life with the man...

Drix and Myome's marriage is still making headlines and their careers aren't making it any easier. With a thriving label, a failed girl group, and delusional exes who refuse to let go, the couple's foundation is cracking under pressure. Now, caught between the music industry, fam...

A chance encounter at a book festival in Atlanta turns one unforgettable weekend into something none of them expected. Denise and Quincy have spent years building a love that feels complete—until Nikki walks into their lives and challenges everything they thought they knew about...

She rebuilt her life after heartbreak. He showed her that love was never meant to be another thing she had to survive. Two years after a devastating betrayal, Ayanna Z. Taylor has finally found her footing. As the co-founder and CEO of Mixed Vibes, she's built a thriving business...

Dynastie Love has always wanted to be a sports journalist, and she is living her dream. There is something about crafting questions, conducting interviews, and turning them into stories that feed her soul. When she receives a once-in-a-lifetime offer that will take her career to...

A nerdy Black woman in her thirties and a reclusive British rockstar twice her age were never supposed to make sense. Until they do. Poppy Thomas is the kind of nerdy Black millennial who can write about cartoons and pop culture nonsense without blinking. None of it gets her take...

She defeated the tyrant who shaped her destiny. Now she must face a king who may reshape her future. After defeating her mentor and helping rebuild the kingdoms, Adanya stands as the Sage Elemental—the most powerful sorcerer alive. But peace has revealed a new threat: no new sorc...

It was supposed to be a quick stop. Gas. Food. Back on the road. Instead, five friends pull into Ebensfield, a quiet town frozen in another era. The streets are spotless. The smiles are polite, but something about this place isn't right. Eyes follow them everywhere. Conversations...

" Take What You Can is so brilliantly, unbelievably good I have a burning in my heart.... Love is utterly bewildering, and nobody writes about it better than Naima Coster."—Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich From the New York Times bestselling author...

From mega-bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson comes this highly anticipated follow-up to her middle grade debut Blood in the Water . The Only Black Girl on the Ghost Tour is another spine-tingling, can't-put-it-down mystery, this time set in America's Most Haunted City. Savanna...

August and her bonded Monster face a cutthroat competition to advance within their secret society as part of August’s mission to avenge her brother in this “ thrilling, high-stakes ” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) sequel to A Mastery of Monsters . August Black risked everythi...

Two starred reviews! Ninth House meets Legendborn in this “bold and bloody” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) first book in a dark academia fantasy series about a teen who’s willing to do anything to find her brother—even infiltrate a secret society full of monsters and magical...

Colony Miles After her last relationship ends in revealed secrets, Colony Miles moves to get away from the past. She opens her day care center, Center of Love, where she builds a special bond with a young girl named Kehlani Daily, who immediately steals her heart. The closeness s...

Indira Jones has lost herself within her career. She doesn’t even remember what fun is anymore, but she’s determined to change that. Azari Combs always knew love would find him. He never expected it to be in Port Isle, where he’s vacationed often, but only ever found quick flings...

Juliet Everette has always been loved loudly, protected fiercely, and kept safely inside the walls of one of Havenbrook’s most powerful families. But when one cruel rumor cracks open a secret buried before she was born, Juliet is forced to question everything she thought she knew...

While some legacies are inherited, others are fought for. June “Chevy” Calloway has spent his entire life trying to escape his past. Now, a dedicated husband, father, and respected leader within the Zoo. He has built the family he’s always wanted, which defines loyalty, love, and...

Justice isn’t always served in a courtroom. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Zuri Bennett has devoted her life to giving the dead a voice. Criminal Defense Attorney Micah Graves has devoted his to protecting the rights of the living. When fate keeps throwing them together, an undeniabl...

When the man she built her life around is exposed as a fraud and disappears into international scandal, Nancy Usifo is left stripped of money, family, and identity. Overnight, she goes from a kept woman in Lagos luxury to a disgraced nobody; and finds herself having to make the d...

What happens when you lose what you think you love only to realize what you thought was gone never went anywhere? What happens when the one person you trust turns out to be the most treacherous of them all? Monroe Black inherited an empire at eighteen years old, but power came wi...

Life was all wet nose kisses and furry hugs for twenty-eight-year-old Mali Flowers. As a dog groomer, she spent long days pampering four-legged friends, which left little room for an adequate love life. Tired of loveless relationships, she chooses the companionship of animals ove...

A wild night leads to the love of a lifetime in this spicy, soul-stirring new romance by Alexandria House! R&B legend Joel "Messiah" Bell has spent three decades at the top of the music industry—but lately, he's the internet's favorite punchline. Left at the altar, he's hidin...

Myheir Blackwell needs the world to believe he’s moved on. Khaleya Mathers knows exactly how to sell a love story. A month of fake dates, staged chemistry, and a wedding in Tuscany should’ve been easy… until pretending starts feelinga little too real. Because somewhere between pr...

Micky has it all—beauty, confidence, style, and the business sense to match. Alongside her best friend, Kamala she is one of the baddest chicks in Charlotte North Carolina. Malachi Simmons was born into wealth. As the heir to his father's five-billion-dollar company, he has money...

At the tender age of twenty-two, Clover was spontaneous and unapologetically free. Promiscuous to some, sexually liberated to others. Untamed, unbothered, and impossible to hold onto, Clover never imagined one man could quiet the chaos she wore like a crown. Then Sir entered her...

Tomorrow Bennett has spent her life turning broken pieces into beautiful art through her nonprofit, Scribbled Excellence. Her greatest work wasn’t painted on a wall. It was the life she built for the brother and sister she refused to leave behind. At the unveiling of her newest m...

Honey Wells thought surviving high school was the hard part. She was wrong. The real battle started the moment she walked across that stage. Raised in a house where love came with insults and her own mama treated her like the enemy, Honey learned early that some wounds don't leav...

Sachi loved Yayo enough to stand beside him through everything. The streets. The family drama. The year he spent behind bars. She held his household together, loved his children like her own, and waited faithfully for the day her husband would come home. But Yayo’s return doesn’t...

After catching her longtime boyfriend cheating, Armani agrees to one night of fun with her best friend, and meets Coi Williams, a wealthy, dangerously charming man who always gets what he wants.What starts as a distraction quickly becomes something neither of them expected. When...