New Releases by Black Authors

After one heartbreak too many, Desire returns to New York determined to rebuild her life on her own terms. Love is the last thing on her mind. Instead, she’s pouring every ounce of her energy into her adult toy boutique, Pleasure & Desire. There's just one problem: her infuri...

Cole Vaughn is a talented surgeon about to be sacrificed. Saving him could end Harper Sutton's career. He won't let her pay that price. Dr. Cole Vaughn has spent his career being twice as good for half the recognition. When a patient’s family files a complaint that puts his futur...

There’s a heat advisory, a citywide power outage, and two neighbors in Maple Trace who can’t keep avoiding each other.Aari Brooks and Romyn Haze end up stuck together when the blackout turns their building into a place full of heat, tension, and old feelings that haven’t gone awa...

She thought love was not in the cards for her. Noemi Fay Harlow spent years just trying to get through life, taking it day by day, focusing on what was most important: getting through school. Love was for people who had time. Time she did not have to waste on something as fickle...

For years, Naomi Bennett has kept her heart guarded after losing the father of her child during pregnancy. Between raising her two-year old daughter and building her career as a pediatrician, love is the last thing on her mind. But Marcus Holloway has always been there. The wealt...

Jules Harper built Private Hours on control. Nyra Steele walked into it like she owned the place. For three months, they circled each other; him watching from the shadows, her performing mystery in wine-colored silk. But when the distance finally closes, what starts as a single n...

Jezlyn Carter had the house, the husband, the children, and the life people admired from the outside. But pretty houses can hide ugly truths. After ten years with Parker Carter, Jezlyn is tired of being controlled, overlooked, and reminded that love comes with conditions. When on...

A stellar addition to the Amistad list: a beautiful coming-of-age novel from MWA Grand Master and PEN and Edgar Award-winner Walter Mosley that explores love in all forms—romantic, familial, and platonic, centered on one Black family, including a neurodivergent man, and the found...

Who has time for crazy ex-girlfriends and witches from new worlds when you’re trying to build an empire? Shontae Carter has built her fitness sanctuary from the ground up, armed with protein bars, sass, and zero tolerance for diet culture nonsense. She’s not just helping women li...

A suffocating and sharp narrative horror novel for fans of Victor LaValle and The Reformatory, I’ll Watch Your Baby is a haunting reimagining of Linda Taylor -known as the original Welfare Queen - pursued, scrutinized, celebrated and vilified, and the impact her image has had for...

A magnetic encounter in the middle of the club, and a shoot-out later, Malice finds himself with a beautiful stranger. With no real expectations, he shares an adventurous weekend with the most exciting woman he’s ever met. Unfortunately, when the time ends, they both have to revi...

A riveting, dark, and layered thriller that cuts through the glamorous façade of the publishing world to expose the true cost of ambition. Some stories are too dangerous to tell—especially when they’re your own. Addison Comstock is a literary icon, known for her bestselling crime...

Marvey, a small-town librarian, discovers a dead body—now she’s being framed for murder! Marvey’s managing multiple projects at the library and volunteering with the Peach Coast Historical Society’s Annual Scavenger Hunt, but she still has time to help a neighbor in need. When th...

Some promises are forbidden. Some are forgotten. But the greatest ones refuse to die. As a boy in a small village, Umendiego vowed to become a doctor and return to make Chiagozie his wife. But dreams are fragile, so he is forced to grow into a man feared and hated by many, a king...

A cowboy romance enthusiast discovers that everything’s bigger in Texas—even love—in this swoony novel from beloved author Alexa Martin. Fueled by a love of romance novels, Luna Starr was destined for a life with her head in the clouds. Her delusional tendencies serve her well…or...

What You Not Gon’ Do is ever make these niggas love you and think you can just walk away. That shit ain’t happening, yaheardme! Koyta is faced with a choice that could make or break him. His love, loyalty and sanity are all challenged…will he overcome? Or can he? Dynisti has to m...

Tattiana Taylor thought skipping town would save her from the arranged marriage her father forced on her… until she was kidnapped out her own driveway by the dangerous man waiting to make her his wife. Kaseem Carter is feared, rich, emotionally detached and next in line to inheri...

Riot St. James is no longer the girl that she was when she came home from jail. She’s different. She’s evolved. A lot would even say that she matured in many ways. One thing that didn’t change though is her loyalty. She’s always shown that she was willing to do whatever it took t...

GOLD BADEAUX is back, and her journey navigating life and love picks up where it left off. In the aftermath of a whirlwind romance that abruptly crashed, Gold finds herself in the grips of heartbreak, all while charting new territory. She’s struggling, but along the way she’s lea...

He's Brooklyn's most dangerous enforcer. She's the woman he lost at sixteen. Fourteen years ago, Asha Cole disappeared from Omar Baptiste's life without a word. He waited. She never came back. Now she's back, but on the arm of the most dangerous man in Crown Heights. Omar can't w...

In Union City, love isn’t soft. It’s possession. It’s protection. It’s power. Crescent 'Cent' Wellington is finally stepping into a life she fought like hell to claim. College classes. Motherhood. A future built on her terms. After everything she’s survived, she’s determined to m...

She’s my best friend’s little sister. The one I’ve wanted in silence since we were kids. I catch her breaking down in the empty hallway — pregnant, abandoned, and completely alone — and every rule I’ve lived by for years detonates. Now she’s carrying another man’s baby and the me...