New Releases by Black Authors

Event-planner Noelle Sterling takes a rare break from her nonstop Atlanta grind and escapes to Winter Haven for a week of peace, wine, and silence. She expected to come home rested, not obsessed with the man who turned her trip into a blur of heat, chemistry, and unforgettable ni...

McKay Bailey is the type of girl who moves by the rules: meet a good man, fall in love, and settle down. The plan is working perfectly until the day she finds out she is pregnant and the baby’s father disappears in the middle of the night, leaving McKay questioning everything. Wh...

Sparks fly in this second chance m/m rom com when an unlucky-in-love event manager realizes the man-of-honor at the high profile wedding he's planning is the same man who broke his heart. They say you never forget your first kiss. But Jordan Carter wishes he could forget the one...

When Michigan bookshop owner and mystery writer Samantha Washington and her sister, Jenna, agreed to host a class for seniors on estate planning, they didn’t plan on discovering shady doings at Shady Acres Retirement Village . . . Nana Jo has volunteered her lawyer granddaughter,...

When a guarded divorcée and a love-weary mogul cross paths on a singles cruise, a pact to keep things platonic sets sail toward a second chance neither of them is ready for. Aquila Richards-Oliver has the life many a high-profile husband, two beautiful sons, and a seemingly perfe...

A husband’s deadly affair sets off a chain of deception, obsession, and unraveling truths in this twisted domestic thriller where love becomes a weapon, the past won’t stay buried, and the truth is more dangerous than the lie. Damar Scott is a man with everything to lose—and even...

Jordan Peele and Jeff Vandermeer meet The Overstory in comedy writer Allison Mick’s darkly humorous debut eco-horror novel, as a Black woman returns home to the redwood forests of northern California, only to unearth the monsters that lurk among the trees… Jasmine Bay is a nurse...

From Beatrice Dixon, founder of The Honey Pot Company, comes an inspiring memoir about overcoming adversity—personally and professionally—by trusting her intuition and following what she calls her “soul instinct” to build the life of her dreams. Beatrice Dixon, cofounder and CEO...

From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family in the tradition of Homegoing and The Love...

A fast-paced, juicy debut novel that peeks behind the curtain at the cutthroat world of hip-hop music and the glamorous magazine scene in the late 1990s, written by the ultimate insider It’s 1999, and Nikki Rose is the only Black editor on the staff of a prestigious fashion magaz...

From New York Times bestselling author Ryan Douglass comes a gripping and tender reimagining of The Great Gatsby about the pursuit of happiness—and love—in a society built on cruelty and secrets. Seventeen-year-old Nick Carrington wants nothing more than to leave Greenwood, Oklah...

"Tate blends fact and fiction with elegance...A captivating, emotionally resonant portrait of a singular woman who refused to be diminished." — LIBRARY JOURNAL "Tate has a rare gift for storytelling that strikes straight to the heart." — SADEQA JOHNSON, New York Times bestselling...

Xai Watts will do anything for his brother, anything. He’s been raising him since he was fourteen. The streets provided the means until Xai left them behind and opened his own business. Years have passed, but things haven’t changed. Because of love and guilt, Xai is still protect...

Robert Brand has not been lucky in love. He could blame others for that, but he would rather take the blame himself, fix the problem, and move on. Now, divorced and healed, he is ready for his real forever. What will he do when his forever is just an elevator door opening away? J...

My best friend really thought she could hide her new boo from me; what I don't expect is her "boo" to be not one, not two, but THREE supernatural men from a different dimension. After I unwittingly show some keenness in how'd gotten together, one of Melody's boyfriends says he mi...

Top model, Nyako Bellacorte has everything that money can buy, but she can’t buy love and happiness. Betrayal at the hands of someone she trusts has her on a self-imposed abstinence streak. But fizzy drinks and falling temps are the perfect combination to turn her Valentines’ wee...

In the heart of Cleveland's tech scene, two brilliant minds are about to collide.Two rivals, one conspiracy, zero margin for error. Kennedy Wyatt's cybersecurity firm is her life's work, built from the ground up to protect minority-owned businesses from digital threats. But when...