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Feb 4 - Feb 10, 2024

  • Wet Dreams On Lockdown: The Unit Manager (Wet Dreams On Lockdown)by Nai
    4.48 avg ratings, 12 reviewspublished February 4, 2024

    Camille Deville has always played by the book, especially at work where she’s the Unit Manager at Fishkill Correctional facility. Known around as Ms. D, she is both eye candy to the inmates as well as their saving grace in most instances. While Camille knows that most of the men...

  • I Should've Been Left You 2: An African American Romanceby Latoya Wright
    3.0 avg ratings, 1 reviewpublished February 4, 2024

    "I Should've Been Left You 2" by Latoya Wright pulls you into a real-life drama where love, secrets, and payback collide. Get ready for a wild ride as Amilia "Amil" Gates tries to figure out the messy situation with Kwame and Zeke, both fighting for her heart. Amil discovers the...

  • Bespoke: A Novella (Love Cynics Anonymous)by L.M. Bennett
    3.88 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished February 5, 2024

    Love, one fitting at a time? Calisha "Cal" Duke, a bespoke tailor with a dapper flair, thrives in her world of men's fashion. As a third-generation tailor, she feels pressure to uphold the sterling family tradition and name, but also wants to carve out a path that is uniquely her...

  • MISUNDERSTOODby Lucinda John
    4.64 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished February 5, 2024

    What’s understood doesn’t need to be explained. But what happens when the mafuckas’ in it doesn’t even understand it themselves? The unorthodox relationship dynamic between Charmaine “Mookie” Rogers and Usain “HB” Emmanuel Jeffers is complex. Some may even call it toxic, yet what...

  • A Hood Millionaire and His Project Princess 2by A.K. Scott
    Not ratedpublished February 5, 2024

    In the first novel, Carter showed us that trying to leave the streets and go legit is not an easy path, especially with all the snakes out there. He had to prove to everyone that he's still the same guy, whether he's wearing a business suit or Timbs. But now, Carter's road ahead...

  • The Accidental Crush (The Fortemani Family, #1)by Mia Heintzelman
    4.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    Dante Fortemani’s family never takes his ideas seriously during business meetings, so he zones out. That is, until the agenda includes selling his late grandfather’s struggling vineyard. Desperate, he appeals to his mother and siblings, and buys himself two months to protect thei...

  • Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to Youby A'ja Wilson
    4.69 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspirational collection on what it means to grow up as a Black girl in America. This is a book for all the girls with an apostrophe in their name. This is for all the girls who are “too loud...

  • Supreme: To Sadie, with Love (Miller Family, #2)by Rae Anderson
    3.8 avg ratings, 14 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    I thought I knew depth but dwelled in a cursory home.I thought I knew vulnerability, but it was maladjusted fear.I thought I knew comfort, but it was more like complacency and routine.I thought I knew romance until I met Supreme. Wife and mother of two, Sadie Williams crosses pat...

  • Bright Red Fruitby Safia Elhillo
    5.0 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams. From the award-winning poet and author of HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY. Bad girl. No matter how hard Samira tries, she can’t...

  • Woke Up In A Mansion With A Rich Savageby Theresa Reese
    3.86 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    Neve had simply had enough. Tired of the never-ending lies and tears that came with her upside-down relationship, she uncovered her man's cheating once again. It was a stark realization that he wasn't going to change. Faced with a choice between enduring the deceit in silence or...

  • Out of Body: A Thrilling YA Body-Swap Tale of Friendship and Identityby Nia Davenport
    4.13 avg ratings, 13 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    A high-stakes, propulsive YA thriller with a body-swap twist thoughtfully exploring themes of friendship and identity, perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson. Seventeen-year-old Megan Allen has been jumping from friend group to friend group in her high school, trying on identitie...

  • Smoke Kingsby Jahmal Mayfield
    Not ratedpublished February 6, 2024

    In the vein of Get Out and Razorblade Tears , a feast of noir fiction and probing social commentary that asks us to consider what would happen if reparations were finally charged and exacted. Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are stil...

  • A Love Song for Ricki Wildeby Tia Williams
    4.47 avg ratings, 232 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing. Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dy...

  • Girls with Bad Reputations (The Lillys, #2)by Xio Axelrod
    4.65 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    All her life, Kayla heard the same Don't be so loud. Don't act so wild. Don't take up so much space. Now she's the beating heart of an up-and-coming rock band…and the whole world is going to know her name. Once upon a time, the pressure to be the perfect daughter nearly broke Kay...

  • Seven Days in Seattle (Let It Rain, #1)by Rita A. Gordon
    4.13 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    One week. No strings. No names. No feelings. What could go wrong? Rain This Seattle meeting will change my life…just not the way I expected. Instead of focusing on my presentation, I’m dealing with a cheating boyfriend and sister who bailed on me. The only good thing to happen is...

  • Redwood Courtby DeLana R.A. Dameron
    3.94 avg ratings, 4 reviewspublished February 6, 2024

    A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its youngest daughter as she comes of age in the 1990s. "A beautiful exploration of a family . . . deeply moving." Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful “Mi...

  • Wet Dreams On Lockdown: The Nurse (Wet Dreams On Lockdown)by Elijah R. Freeman
    4.43 avg ratings, 7 reviewspublished February 7, 2024

    Over-worked, tired, and bored, Dominique does nothing but tend to the needs of the patients that come through the doors of her office. Most days are uneventful and her best friend Sierra, a C.O that works in the same prison, is the devil on her shoulder, encouraging her to go on...

  • Ten Things I Hate About Lovin’ Youby K.L. Hall
    3.72 avg ratings, 9 reviewspublished February 7, 2024

    I hate the way he makes me swoon. And the way he strips me bare. I hate the way his icy smile gleams. It pisses me off when he stares. I hate his big, cognac-brown eyes, And the way he runs my mind. I hate him so much it makes me sick, That I think about him all the time. I hate...

  • Cupid Send Me A Big D*ck For Valentine's Dayby Melanie B.
    4.23 avg ratings, 13 reviewspublished February 7, 2024

    Two weeks.. Fourteen days… Three hundred and thirty-six hours... Submit or Commit! The choice is HERS! What started out as a way to avoid dealing with her past leads Azuri down a path that has her questioning everything she knows about intimacy and romance. A quick release is all...

  • Will You Be Oursby Charleigh Harper
    4.41 avg ratings, 29 reviewspublished February 8, 2024

    Will You Be Ours

    Is three really a crowd? Raelle finds out when presented with an opportunity from a repeat customer that is anything but business.

    *This is a spicy why choose Valentine's Day short*

  • Anchor Me (The Wright Ones Series, #1)by J. Chary
    3.67 avg ratings, 3 reviewspublished February 8, 2024

    Aseem Wright and Sullivan Jordan made an impulsive decision one night six years ago. Soon after, they both realized that they wanted different things in life. Forced together when tragedy strikes, they both discover that there’s nothing more they want more than each other. Can th...

  • One baby-moon Two lovers Five days in the Dominican Republic Makayla Scott has gone from being a single woman to a bride-to-be with a whole lot of drama in between and she is now struggling to adjust to her new life. Stuck in her usual cycle of perfectionism, people-pleasing synd...

  • Sweet Like Sundays (Greenbrook Lovers, #1)by Danielle Brooks
    4.11 avg ratings, 33 reviewspublished February 9, 2024

    Amelia Sade It's been a year since I've moved into my inherited home in Stonehenge and I finally feel like I found my peace. The home feels like mine, I have my garden, and then there's my neighbor, Ace, to whom I've never said a few words until this month. Who would've thought I...

  • The Mayor's Ballby Grey Huffington
    4.31 avg ratings, 8 reviewspublished February 9, 2024

  • Wet Dreams On Lockdown: The Librarian (Wet Dreams On Lockdown)by Ashley Williams
    3.0 avg ratings, 2 reviewspublished February 9, 2024

    Within the confines of the prison's walls, Tesean, an exemplary inmate, finds a new purpose in the form of a job at the prison library. As he navigates the rows of books and shelves, he encounters Sophie, the recently appointed librarian. Despite the rules prohibiting relationshi...

  • Exhilarated 3 (Exhilarated, #3)by Lisa Austin
    4.4 avg ratings, 37 reviewspublished February 9, 2024

    The house, the cars, the lovemaking, the Princess treatment, the loyalty, the beautiful child, the commitment; all of those makeup Aphrodite’s dream life. It took five years for Aphrodite "Pretty Pretty" to experience her version of happiness but one slip-up, threatened everythin...

  • Wrapped Up In His Ruggish Waysby Tay Mo'Nae
    4.19 avg ratings, 56 reviewspublished February 10, 2024

    Xiomara's bad and she knows it. Not only just a cute face, but she's working on her degree as well. Left with scars from her past, she's only focused on her money and building her brand. After encountering Jrue in the club, she's offered a job that unknowingly changes things for...

  • Dance All Nightby Lily S. Flowers
    4.6 avg ratings, 5 reviewspublished February 10, 2024

    In fulfilling her aspirations of becoming a therapist, Georgina Maynard didn’t think twice about going back to school—it was a no-brainer, no pun intended. But spending long hours studying has turned her into more of an introvert than usual. Determined to have some fun after a gr...

  • Love Letters in Beacon Grove (The Consortium, #4)by Dandridge Monroe
    4.36 avg ratings, 20 reviewspublished February 10, 2024

    It's time for a Consortium Wedding! Catch a glimpse of Yacouba and Jasmine's special day on the anniversary of their first meeting. But while they're starting their happily ever after, someone else is just beginning theirs. Jeremy Cunningham, Jr, or JJ, is the protective older br...