New Releases by Black Authors

She loved him first.He loved her too—just not out loud. Mahalia “Lia” Rose has loved Isaiah "Zay" Carter since childhood. But as they grow up, Zay keeps Lia close as his best friend while choosing everyone else when it matters most. Lia spends years loving him quietly… until she...

Buffalo’s Finest: Pharaoh Book Three in the Buffalo’s Finest Series Buffalo’s Finest: Pharaoh Book Three in the Buffalo’s Finest Series Pharaoh Dunken is the youngest of Buffalo’s most respected firehouse family and the one nobody expects to settle down. He’s charming, reckless,...

Buffalo’s The GeneralThe 4th Book In The Buffalo's Finest Series Battalion Chief Landon Dunken has spent his life running into fire, protecting the city he loves, and raising his nephews after tragedy struck his family. But when corruption in City Hall and the Fire Department thr...

BUFFALO’S Finest: MAYHEM Book One of the Buffalo’s Finest Series In Buffalo, fire doesn’t just destroy buildings; it exposes truth.Captain Mayhem Dunken once lived by control, discipline, and the unspoken code of the firehouse. A decorated firefighter and the backbone of Engine 6...

BUFFALO’S FINESTHENNY Book Two of the Buffalo’s Finest Series Lieutenant Hennessy “Henny” Dunken has earned his reputation the hard way: through fire, pressure, and never backing down. Decorated, disciplined, and built for the front lines, Henny lives by one code: Run through the...

Summer Johnson’s life is shattered when the brother she raised is accused of a crime she knows he didn’t commit. Frustrated with a criminal system that’s draining her savings, she’s desperate enough to pursue justice her way when she meets a cop she can’t ignore. Undeniable attra...

Wyndsor “Wyndi” Castle accepted the proposal of her childhood sweetheart with the understanding that they would make it to forever . When that relationship ended in a fiery ball of flames, she decided to try something different. A summer of “no-strings attached” fun. When her sit...

The Givinchi empire was built on power, loyalty, and blood. Now the foundation is starting to crack. Gemini Givinchi is fighting to hold his marriage together after a ruthless setup threatens to destroy everything he built with Khadejah. One mistake… one lie… and the woman who on...

Explosive, sensual, and unapologetically raw, Rich and Rotten delivers Jahquel J.’s signature blend of passionate romance and high-stakes family drama—where love is the most dangerous game, and trust is the rarest luxury. In Greenwich Pointe’s world of Black wealth and power, Tat...

Olivia swore she left Philly with clarity, but being back in Atlanta makes everything feel uncertain again. After everything she’s run from and everything she’s run toward, she’s left facing the one truth she’s been trying to avoid… some choices don’t get easier with time, especi...

He’s too young. Too intense. Too much like the life she’s trying to outrun. Ashionye, a seasoned gallery manager, meets Leo, a younger, brooding artist, while scouting fresh talent for Bibi Art Gallery. Neither expects their worlds to collide in a way that feels both electric and...

Some love stories start with flowers. This one starts with a body count. Frost wasn’t lookin’ for love especially not in the psych ward, but fate doesn’t give a damn about timing. One look. One locked stare and suddenly, peace was a luxury he couldn’t afford. Kalifa wasn’t your t...

A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and racially divided nineteenth century New Orleans to save her mother—and the soul of the city itself—in this lush debut novel inspired by the life of Marie Laveau. In 1843 New Orleans, the reigning Voodoo queen is Marie Laveau, feared by...

The growth after the storm… After defeating their enemy, Cruz thought they had it all. Yet now that the dust has settled, he’s convinced that he’s too dark and damaged for a rare beauty like his Ri. She thinks he’s wrong. To her, they have always fit as perfect as a bullet fits a...

We Need to Talk about Kevin as if written by Jason Reynolds and Tananarive Due meets Model Home by Rivers Solomon in an innovative twist on the haunted house about a mother desperate to protect her sons from the twin specters of gun violence and otherworldly menace in their publi...

Fourteen years after their breakup, Zoe Marshall never expects to see Adrian Evans again— until his name appears on her interview schedule. Suddenly he’s back, steady and patient, slipping into the life she built for herself and her daughter… and stirring feelings she thought she...

A warm-hearted, generous businesswoman discovers her dark side when she’s betrayed by both the younger man she thought was the love of her life and the best friend she’s always trusted—with shattering consequences—in New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe’s final standalon...

Nyree is an aspiring photographer trying to make his mark in a competitive industry. Focused on establishing his career, he keeps to himself, rarely venturing beyond his camera lens and editing software. When he reluctantly agrees to a blind date he planned to cancel, he never ex...

Sadia Richardson is a well-loved barista currently in her last semester of college. As she earns her degree in business management, she hits a roadblock she never saw coming. Low on time, Sadia’s options are slim, but before she can give up, a blessing walks into the coffee shop....

The iconic, multiplatinum, Grammy Award–winning performer Brandy brings us a raw, intimate portrait of her life, charting her growth to stardom from Mississippi churches to Hollywood spotlights From the moment she first sang at church in McComb, Mississippi, Brandy knew her voice...

Exes discover they’ve both inherited the restaurant they love in this sparkling, emotional new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of A Love like the Sun. Olivia owes everything to Celia's Place. It’s where she learned how to be a great chef. It’s also where she first fel...

Onyx got one anybody touch what's his , they bleed . When Raina disappears from their bed in Saddlewood, no note, no trace, just gone, he's ready to kick in every door in the city. Every local dope boy, drug dealer, and connect better pray they ain't involved. But the streets whi...

Physical trainer Sunni Richardson has built her career on control—keeping players healthy, maintaining professional boundaries, and never letting anyone get too close. After a relationship that left her feeling small and not enough, she's learned to protect herself. But when Dall...

When these four lives collide, everything unravels. Jealousy, resentment, and long-buried feelings rise to the surface, forcing some to confront the truth they’ve been running from. Some people are addicted to heartbreak to the attention that comes from being a victim of circumst...

They had a plan. Love wasn’t supposed to be the part that fell apart. From high school sweethearts to college athletes chasing their dreams, Kiyah and Jayson believed love would be the easy part. But ambition has a way of changing everything. Long nights and longer distances begi...

Hakeem is a principled man who lives life by systems and rules, but when his team finds a toddler wandering alone at an apartment fire, for some reason, he can't walk away. Fatherhood was not part of his plan, but after building a bond with his son, he soon realizes the only way...

Ali Mitchell is a reclusive author who’s had his fair share of success and betrayal. Worse, the betrayal has come from women he’s given his heart to. After his ex-girlfriend stole his manuscript and made it available to millions of people for free, Ali vowed to never date a journ...

She loved him through everything, that was her first mistake. Journ i never thought she'd ever be in a position where she would have to uproot her life in the middle of the night and abruptly start over in a new city. But, after suffering years of abuse from a man she gave her al...