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Aug 30 - Sep 5, 2020

  • "'A nation is only as great as its leaders'. Bullsh*t. Our 'leaders' are thieves, rapists, racists, and bigots. Politicians thrive on lies. Their false promises are illusions and delusions of grandeur. If you speak, they ignore you. If you act, you are put down like a damn dog. S...

  • Love On 5th Avenue (Shorties, #1)by Asia Monique
    4.29 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished August 31, 2020

    You don’t find love; it finds you. It’s got a little to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars. Luna hadn’t believed her grandmother’s words until the moment Derrick ran into her right in the middle of 5th Avenue and looked into her eyes. She’d known right then th...

  • Half Lightby Tayari Jones
    3.17 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished August 31, 2020

    From Tayari Jones, author of the New York Times best seller and Oprah’s Book Club pick An American Marriage, comes an intimate, powerful story of two sisters. Identical twins Amelia and Camelia Hall were born with the same face, and that’s about it: By the time the girls were thr...

  • Transcendent Kingdomby Yaa Gyasi
    3.91 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished August 31, 2020

    Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. Gifty is a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in...

  • To Be Loved By Miaby Deja Elise
    3.75 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished August 31, 2020

    Mia Ross is self serving, inconsiderate and flighty. It's not her fault. She’s the baby of three sisters and gorgeous. Her life has been a collection of bad decisions and after passing out on her sister's lawn from a black out night, she discovers she's made one bad decision too...

  • When No One Is Watchingby Alyssa Cole
    3.98 avg ratings, 87 reviewspublished September 1, 2020

    Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning… Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems...

  • His Only Wifeby Peace Adzo Medie
    3.68 avg ratings, 17 reviewspublished September 1, 2020

    “Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding.” Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious’s house with his many wives and children. Th...

  • Toxic (The Therapist, #4)by W.S. Greer
    Not ratedpublished September 1, 2020

    [OUT OF PRINT / UNPUBLISHED] ~ This title was unpublished on Aug 3rd, 2026, and is no longer available for purchase or download in ebook, paperback, or audio formats ~ . . . I don't know when things became so out of control. On one hand, I have new patients who exhibit all the si...

  • Punching the Airby Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
    4.6 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished September 1, 2020

    From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo. The story t...

  • The Secret Lives of Church Ladiesby Deesha Philyaw
    4.06 avg ratings, 67 reviewspublished September 1, 2020

    The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want t...

  • Caught Up In A Rich Thug's Worldby Vee Bryant
    Not ratedpublished September 1, 2020

    Heiress and Promise Helms are twin sisters who are as stunning as they want to be. However, they are like night and day, more different than they are alike. Heiress “Fall in love with someone who protects your heart, not plays with it.” ~Michael Bliss. This is exactly what Heires...

  • Nasir Payne’s ability to adapt has taken the twenty-six year old from criminal, to property investor, to up and coming music producer. When it comes to the ladies, Payne’s green eyes, good looks, cocky swagger and self-assurance have made him successful without ever really having...

  • Daughters of A King 3: A Tale of Love, Drugs, & Moneyby Kelsi
    3.0 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished September 1, 2020

    It seems as if it was tragedy after tragedy for the Rodriguez family. After Nyeemah baby goes missing , the crew is on a hunt to find the culprit behind the incident. Hoping and praying that they can rescue him and get him home to safety. Skylar is all about her siblings and bein...

  • Love on Repeatby D. Rose
    4.58 avg ratings, 10 reviewspublished September 2, 2020

    Yael Carey and Royal Walker were content with their lives. After years of late nights and periods of self-doubt, their careers were finally on track and they were doing what they loved. They had the perfect lives, right? They thought having successful careers was everything until...

  • Trapped In His Heartby Neyrey
    Not ratedpublished September 2, 2020

    Nandi and Azrael are from two different worlds. Growing up in the suburbs, Nandi isn’t the typical spoiled brat. Opinionated and willing to say whatever comes to mind, Nandi has come a long way from the loud, rambunctious young woman she was when her and Azrael met back in the da...

  • Love Untainted (Love Series, #1)by Mel Dau
    4.86 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished September 2, 2020

    A love so pure…how could it ever be tainted? Isaac Solomon Mills has moved through life not thinking about love or the effects it could potentially have on his life. From a man of the streets to a successful entrepreneur his goal is to make money and make it last. Love lasting wa...

  • In the Midst of Chaosby Dandridge Monroe
    4.6 avg ratings, 15 reviewspublished September 2, 2020

    What can you find in a back alley flooded by sirens and flashing lights? With confusion marring your every interaction, your adrenaline rushing, and every move of your muscles perceived as a crime? What can you find when your last name, your skin color, and your appearance makes...

  • Monopoly (Wild Thoughts Baecation Series, #3)by M.T. Dixon
    5.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished September 2, 2020

    What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas… or does it? Raquel heads to Sin City for business and pleasure, but the pleasure she expected to have on her trip turns into a different rendezvous that takes her on a journey around the world. Shaun didn’t have to look for what he wanted. I...

  • You can’t compete where you don’t compare has never been truer than in Cannon and Tiff’s situationship. Cannon swore that he would get Tiff by any means necessary. Things seemed to be going that way a few times, but Tiff just wasn’t ready. Back in her hometown after moving, Tiff...

  • W.I.P Work In Progressby Ashantay Keys
    4.5 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished September 2, 2020

    Vanity Keys takes pride in her job as an editor. As hard as she works, she plays even harder. But one drunken night of pole dancing, lands her lips on a sexy random man. Mystic Preston is a bestselling author. His writing covers a multitude of genres including his secret identity...

  • My Heart Beats for a Bossby Dedra B.
    4.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished September 2, 2020

    Hearts are meant to be loved and not played with. Some men have no remorse about playing with a woman’s heart like it’s a little toy and shyt. But when the consequences are reflected back to them, all playing ceases and the fallout can be fatal. Dr. Marley Richards is an OB-GYN a...

  • Idris and Wisdom: A Savage Summerby Natisha Raynor
    5.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished September 3, 2020

    Wisdom Washington is a twenty-two year old college student trying to find her way in life after her parents died suddenly. Grieving the loss of her parents has her going through a wildin' out phase that causes her to make some poor choices. Under the guidance of her close friend,...

  • Me and My Dope Boy (Me and My Dope Boy, #1)by Shvonne Latrice
    4.17 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished September 3, 2020

    The King men are back, but it's the second generation. Now that the originals have retired, the empire has been passed down to Kendrick King Jr., Kaleeini, and Kendrin. Follow the new generation of King men as they try to balance an empire, significant others, and what's a good a...

  • From Bae to Wifey (From Bae to Wifey, #1)by Lakia
    4.17 avg ratings, 6 reviewspublished September 3, 2020

    “It’s never the wrong time for the right one.”~ PictureQuotes.comThis is exactly the position that Nola finds herself in. When everything that can possibly go wrong does, love is far from Nola’s mind. Her focus is on finding a new job while concentrating on school to obtain her R...

  • Fuel My Fireby A.S. Wilson
    3.5 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished September 5, 2020

  • Shift Change (On the Clock, #3)by Shae Sanders
    4.57 avg ratings, 15 reviewspublished September 5, 2020

    Cash Nixon works the third shift at Billingsley-Davis. It's gritty, dirty, hands-on work but he loves it. He's good with his hands. Tonight, he's on his way in when he spots her. She's beautiful, but very out of place in her black dress and stiletto heels. Who is she, and why is...

  • From Bae to Wifey 2: The Finale (From Bae to Wifey, #2)by Lakia
    4.6 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished September 5, 2020

    They say hard times and trouble don’t last always, but for Mason, Nola, and the crew, that seems like utter bs, especially since fiasco and fiasco continue to strike. At the end of book one, lives seem to be blown to smithereens, landing the crew in various positions and places....

  • Loving The Realest Of Them All 3 (Loving The Realest Of Them All, #3)by Antoinette Sherell
    4.57 avg ratings, 11 reviewspublished September 5, 2020

    So'Real is pushed to his breaking point when he finds out that the same men he called family were the very ones who ruined his relationship with his first true love. He’s determined to seek retribution, and not only from them, but from a rival family who can’t seem to leave well...