New Releases by Black Authors

Indigo Sims is fighting to break the curse of his environment and not be a product of the streets. Every time he pulls away, something goes array and sucks him back in. A natural-born leader and peacemaker, he gives himself two months to be free from the streets while saving ever...

Love comes. Love goes. Love hurts. Love heals. Reunited by a string of unfortunate events, Dr. Tirumph Reveres, and Simone Cozart, Esq both know that learn that love is an ever-changing constant. Loss has swallowed up every ounce of love they thought they had left, and they're qu...

Betrayal is in the midst. And unfortunately for the West family, it's only the tip of the iceberg.

Andre Clarke is painfully accustomed to being in control. He’s the problem solver, the “responsible” brother, the one who keeps everything around him in order. Until Drew Dawson steps in to turn him upside down. Andre may be used to doling out commands, but Drew isn’t one to take...

Havana Lee boarded the Luminous with the sole intention of being her best friend, Marley's wingman for the next five days. When she meets Sean Pierce, her plans quickly change. A night of lust-filled decisions takes them overboard, forcing them to decide if the time they shared w...

Demi is a force but Greyson is the enforcer. Together the race is on to tame each other. Can they make this week one to be remembered or will outside forces ruin a good thing before it’s started?

Find out in As We Lay: Forbidden Lust Series Book One.

Risha Brown has had enough of her toxic relationship, so she decides to leave North Carolina and head for Brooklyn, New York. There's only one she takes something with her that doesn't exactly belong to her. Risha feels that Brooklyn is far enough away that she can start life ove...

Too flashy Too handsome Too loose Too talented Too loud Too…much Until they need him Antwan Phillips has always been larger than life. Overcoming the odds and making it to the NFL did little to deflate the feigned confidence he had to learn as a child to survive. Often treated li...

An intimate, revealing look at one artist’s journey from self-censorship to full expression As one of the most celebrated musicians in the world, Alicia Keys has enraptured the globe with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet a...

LaMia Abbott's whole life has been centered around her husband, Devontae. When he suddenly falls ill, due to a heart condition, her life is turned upside down in a way she never imagined. She did everything the right way--fell in love with the boy, saved her virginity for marriag...

After suffering a massive headache, Banks undergoes surgery to remove the tumor threatening to take his life. Leaving his family to deal with the many enemies surrounding the Wales and Louisville’s, alone. Suddenly the war that plagued the two clans for decades appears irrelevant...

Malaysia Rivers was seeking a getaway. Now that social media was buzzing about what they THOUGHT were facts about her, she just wanted to escape. An unexpected gift from her best friend put her on the Luminous's Singles Cruise. It her mind, it might not be a good idea. She wasn't...

A dazzling full-length collection of verse from one of the leading poets of our time. Over the past two decades, jessica Care moore has become a cultural force as a poet, performer, publisher, activist, and critic. Reflecting her transcendent electric voice, this searing poetry c...

After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable woman and her loyal group of friends try to figure out what she's going to do with the rest of her life. Loretha Curry's life is full. On the eve of her sixty-eighth birthday, she has a booming beauty supply empire, a gaggle of lifelon...

Zoey Lucas lived in two unique worlds traveling between both easily with just the opening and closing of her eyes. One was real life, work, school and being a twenty-four-year-old woman in Coupeville. The other was spent fantasizing and waiting for her boss to notice her and give...

Mercy Shaw and her best friends never had it easy. Whether it be family or love it always seems to never work out in their favor. Mercy is a talented artist who fell in love with money and her Man Red. He gives her good loving and good problems to go right with it. Red is keeping...

Meek finally popped the question and everything was perfect until his ex found a way to interrupt their happiness. Embarrassed and humiliated, C’Yani runs out and straight into the person she least expects; Kim. However; things get chaotic and C’Yani has to find a way to escape t...

Amid her tears, Cherish Caine learns to not only live in the moment but to love as well. Her lifelong relationship with Julian “Ju” Nyles shifts one night, causing them both to wonder what happens next. For Cherish, her life does a complete 180, and Ju’s newfound interest in her...

C’Yani finally met the man of her dreams. He came into her life, turned her world upside down and showed her what real love is. Nothing could bring her down, except the crazy ex who has been a problem since the very beginning. Fortunately for her, Meek has done everything in his...

**Previously Released June 19, 2018** (The Family Books 8-9) When tragedy strikes, it can either pull everyone together or tear them apart. With Liberty’s life hanging in the balance, and Sempri being held captive for reasons unknown, there is no telling how things will turn out...

Penny went on the cruise hoping to find love. She didn't think she would find it in such an unexpected form. Love Unexpected is part of The Luminous Cruise Chronicles, a short story series. This series is written by a group of authors who found themselves inspired during an other...

The first season was one of contemplation. The second, of choices. The final...? Consequences. Regina and Ray have begun to rebuild atop destruction. But have they cleared all of the rubble away? What happens when a solid union is constructed on shaky foundation? Will it stand or...

DO YOU EVER FORGET YOUR FIRST KISS?The beautiful and free-spirited Raini Blue is a struggling artist with aspirations to have her own gallery. Believing she is content, she’s comfortable with her job at a local bookstore and selling her wares in the New Orleans French Market. But...

It rings synonymous with hustle and to bear it means you personify what it is to be a boss. On the streets of Houston it holds major weight and is never to be taken lightly. In their hood it brings status, garners respect, and defines loyalty. To break bread with a Broadus is an...

In part one, we saw the budding love develop between Sapphire and Ace, while their siblings tried to figure out what they were doing. They looked over all the obstacles until someone started gunning for them, literally. Ace is trying everything in his power to keep his word and f...

Graduation seemed like an eternity when Sidra Howard, Chasity Parker, Malajia Simmons, Emily Harris, and Alexandra Chisolm first stepped foot onto the Paradise Valley University campus four years ago as freshmen. Now seniors, they are heading into their final semester full of exc...

A HOOD NOVELLA Jahzeel, better known as Jah, is the king of the streets in Baltimore with the baddest queen by his side. Summer Rosé is the BBW of every thug's dream and, not only is she book smart, she's hip to the drug game as well. Power, respect and love is the foundation the...

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Dragged onto the Luminous by her bestie, Aspen Lawless came aboard in an attempt to salvage her dating life. She wasn’t looking for anything but a good time and as her bad luck would have it, a blast from her not too distant past that she thought she would never see again, Jerome...

Sophie Prescott is living a life that most people only dream of. At twenty-six years of age, she is the CEO of one of the largest marketing firms in the country. Sophie is an overachiever in every area, except her love life. Finding the right guy seems to be an impossible task wh...