Liana Bloom is what happens when you try to keep a good woman down. She rises, rebuilds, and blooms just like her name suggests.

After a devastating divorce turned her life upside down, Liana returned home to Bloomington, Tennessee, determined to rebuild her life on her own terms. Now running her family's bar, The Bloom, she's found comfort in routine, community, and keeping men, mess, and heartbreak far away from her peace.

Jaheim Harrison wasn't expecting one night at The Bloom to change his life. But the more time he spends with the guarded, sharp-tongued bar owner, the harder it becomes to deny she's becoming the center of his world. What starts as flirting turns into late nights, vulnerability, undeniable chemistry, and a connection neither of them is prepared to walk away from.

Starting over is one thing. Trusting someone with your heart after betrayal and disappointment is another.

The more Jaheim shows up, the harder it becomes for Liana to pretend she doesn't want him in every part of her life. She just has to decide if she's brave enough to let him stay.

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Her mother chose men over her, a deception that landed her in the foster care system. From that moment, heartbreak becomes a cycle she knows all too well. Disappointment has been her longest companion, so she stops believing in anything she can’t control. Instead, she pours herself into what she can trust: her recipes and the bakery she’s determined to turn into a thriving business. Love, in her opinion, has always been temporary and painful. She wants no parts of it. Or at least that’s what she thought until a car crashes into her building, which forces her to look into his eyes. For the first time, she’s faced with a choice: protect her heart and run from the possibility of more pain, or risk everything for a chance to surrender to love.

Naji Grant

His life has always been rewarding, built around his passion for fixing anything with an engine. Routine fits him, and the only chaos he ever faces usually comes from his wayward cousin. Still, beneath the stability is a quiet longing for something more, something missing. Then his cousin unexpectedly puts him in a situation that brings him face-to-face with the answer to all his prayers. The problem is she doesn’t see what he does: their future. But loving her means being patient with her fears, her resistance, and the abandonment scars she keeps locked around her heart. He’s determined to prove to her that with him, she no longer has to shoulder the chains alone.

She believes men are temporary and love never lasts. He knows she’s the woman he’s been seeking. Can he convince her that not every love story ends in heartache? Or will she run before she gives herself the chance to be loved?",{"_163":121,"_33":75,"_219":220,"_221":64},215,"July 7, 2026","July 7","B0H7XT5JZB","#1f1913",[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/5039i/6afa4693-11d3-4bec-ae42-80d5dba4c38c.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F5039i%2F6afa4693-11d3-4bec-ae42-80d5dba4c38c.jpg",{"_163":273,"_33":143,"_192":274,"_225":-5,"_226":-5,"_227":275,"_229":276,"_231":47},"6a4ba229-2a05-4386-8e29-97efb2d36758","216-riley-baxter",31,[232],"556a7fed-744f-447b-9e11-78dee4767179","4.13",[],[299],"Surrender To Me","01f3292f-6b61-442e-a9e2-ac315460a620",{"_21":296,"_163":297,"_298":42},2025,"Mar 2025","2025-03-12","3933-surrender-to-me","When 28-year-old Honey Lake arrives at a secluded luxury island for an exclusive entrepreneur retreat, she’s focused on securing funding to turn her struggling beauty brand into an empire. But money like that doesn’t come easy—until she crosses paths with 41-year-old Legend Waters, a dangerously wealthy, tattooed boss who always gets what he wants.

He sees something he likes in the ambitious beauty and makes her an offer—for the rest of the weekend, she belongs to him. No rules. No limits. All she has to do is surrender her mind, body, and soul to him. In return, he’ll write a check big enough to change her life.

It’s an indecent proposal Honey should refuse. But with temptation staring at her in the form of inked skin, commanding hands, and a voice that makes her legs weak, walking away isn’t an option.",{"_163":121,"_33":75,"_219":220,"_221":64},"March 12, 2025","March 12","B0F1DDDC34",[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/3915i/01f3292f-6b61-442e-a9e2-ac315460a620.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F3915i%2F01f3292f-6b61-442e-a9e2-ac315460a620.jpg","Surrender","41e738be-442e-4afb-adc5-f153750a6b84","order",{"_163":300,"_33":140,"_192":301,"_225":-5,"_226":-5,"_227":275,"_229":302,"_231":47},"8957745b-d82c-42cf-8819-861890ae3978","299-thee-tasha-marie",[232],"739089a3-e06c-4095-8c31-1fac706985a7",[],[321],"One Stop: Euphoria: A Premier Wings Romance","02792836-ac94-4f1f-8ee5-38b77310d45a","Jun 2026","2026-06-05","4142-one-stop","Being spoiled rotten as a kid, Graham Taylor feels entitled to whatever he wants, including women. Having a past filled with questionable behavior and teetering on the verge of sexual harassment, he realizes it’s beyond time for him to grow up. He goes through a career change in his thirties and knows that is where he should have been all along. He is overly concerned with meeting women that he can conquer, even when he meets the woman that takes his breath away. She’s ten years his junior, but in his mind, she’s grown and has a career, and that’s more than enough for what he wants from her.\n\nStruggling and grinding to get to the top can cause an extreme amount of stress, desperation, and disconnected interactions. Arlie Winston, who goes by the stage name SOLA, works hard for everything she has. Taking a flight from Houston to L.A. for a show, she meets a flight attendant that intrigues her. She knows at this stage in her music career, she can’t afford to let her guard down with anyone. He’s so irresistible until she convinces herself that she can handle just having him to fulfill her body’s desires without attachments. When he agrees to her proposal, she’s elated.\n\nThings become complicated when their hearts and minds want to follow their physical needs. They both want more but are hesitant about saying so. When they finally do, both their worlds take traumatic hits. Arlie feels like her past drama and trauma will be a red flag for Graham, immediately deciding he doesn’t deserve that turmoil. Will Graham be able to get past what Arlie feels is unforgivable and continue to pursue a relationship with her, or will he confirm her assumptions and walk away?",{"_163":121,"_33":75,"_219":220,"_221":64},212,"June 5, 2026","June 5","B0H2BJ53SH","#e0e5d2",[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4122i/02792836-ac94-4f1f-8ee5-38b77310d45a.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4122i%2F02792836-ac94-4f1f-8ee5-38b77310d45a.jpg",{"_163":322,"_33":142,"_192":323,"_225":-5,"_226":-5,"_227":68,"_229":324,"_231":47},"d48348e6-1bdb-4417-b68c-0e81f9e73265","323-monica-walters",[232],"a37f009d-ae46-49ae-8513-ed01044ad07f",[],[345],"A Long Island Escape","8771ee25-415e-41a8-88b1-6a9f599f1703",{"_21":343,"_163":344,"_298":42},"2026-07-01","5073-a-long-island-escape-drunken-summer-nights-book-1","Thirty‑eight‑year‑old Bailey Morgan has three children, and the youngest just turned eighteen. Yes, your math is right—she had them at sixteen, eighteen, and twenty, each with a different father. And no, her life didn’t fall apart because of it. She was loved, supported, and she made it work.

But somewhere along the way, Bailey realized something about herself: she loves the beginning. The part where everything feels new. Once things start to feel normal, she’s already halfway out the door.

After years of putting her kids first, she finally takes a trip just for herself. Her plan? Do whatever—and whoever—she wants. But on night one, she meets Eli.

Thirty‑two‑year‑old Elijah Carter came to Port Isle for a different reason. He’s carrying grief that never fully disappears, but he’s finally reaching the end of his healing journey. Don’t we love when they come healed? After losing his parents, he spent years holding everything together. Now he’s trying to figure out how to live again. His plan? Explore the island and try new things. But on night one, he meets Bailey.

What starts as a one‑week situationship turns into something else. But Bailey can’t stay, and Eli can’t do temporary.

",{"_163":121,"_33":75,"_219":220,"_221":64},186,"July 1, 2026","July 1","B0H764CGTW","#331a17",[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/5017i/8771ee25-415e-41a8-88b1-6a9f599f1703.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F5017i%2F8771ee25-415e-41a8-88b1-6a9f599f1703.jpg","Drunken Summer Nights","54bd046b-9807-45db-9200-106d26d54b3a",{"_163":346,"_33":139,"_192":347,"_225":-5,"_226":-5,"_227":42,"_229":348,"_231":47},"59dc134d-7bc6-43a5-8d7f-54a07419f190","585-sage-bloom-cloud",[232],"bfbf1ed3-62bf-4317-b861-e03db2768672",[],[365],"Til Death","6a778a45-d31d-41ba-b92f-9e70accc7b0a","2026-06-16","4529-til-death","Xylina grew up never hearing the word no. Going after whatever she wanted regardless of the consequences is what she's known for and Yosiah's no different. Once she sets her sight on him, nothing will stand in the way of her making him hers. What first was a prideful want, eventually becomes a challenge she's determined to overcome.

The only thing on Yosiah's mind is building his tech empire and eventually finding the right woman to settle down with. He's never been the one to give up, always overcoming any obstacle thrown his way. When situations out of his control force him into marriage he doesn't want, he vows to get revenge, refusing to accept the marriage laying down.

A marriage driven by pride, resentment, and ulterior motives is destined for heartbreak and turmoil. Once the terms of the marriage are fulfilled and it's time to end things, secrets begin to unravel, causing things to become tricky once again. Will the couple make it? Or will the cards that stacked against them from the beginning, finally come crashing down.",{"_163":121,"_33":75,"_219":220,"_221":64},"June 16, 2026","June 16","B0H5G11YKD","#cda2c1",[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4504i/6a778a45-d31d-41ba-b92f-9e70accc7b0a.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4504i%2F6a778a45-d31d-41ba-b92f-9e70accc7b0a.jpg",{"_163":366,"_33":144,"_192":367,"_225":-5,"_226":-5,"_227":368,"_229":369,"_231":47},"ba5f3168-b784-4553-8337-cc0ec2dfe046","251-tay-monae",32,[232],"e520edc7-026e-4fb6-879a-2a5f9adc2451",[],[383],"Jorie Duty","6869e98b-5c59-4588-8b15-a72d7ec2d38e","5090-jorie-duty","

Jorie Dean expects jury duty to be nothing more than a tedious interruption in her routine life. Beautiful, independent, and tired of being reminded she should already be settled down, she walks into Cobain County's courthouse prepared to endure boredom.

Instead, she catches the attention of the one man she should never cross personal paths with, Judge Camden R. Shaw.

Camden is a respected judge and a widower who has spent the past year burying himself in work after the death of his beloved wife. Loyal to her memory and committed to the disciplined life he rebuilt after her loss, he never expected another woman to step into his world and capture his attention.

But Jorie does.

Their connection forms in glances and brief moments across the courtroom. Dangerous for a judge and a juror who should remain nothing more than strangers.

When an unexpected encounter leads to Jorie being dismissed from the trial, the distance between them disappears. What began as silent tension quickly becomes something far more complicated once the rules that kept them apart no longer apply.

Now Camden must confront feelings he believed were buried with his wife, and Jorie must decide whether the fire between them is reckless temptation or the start of something neither of them expected.

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\"I never wanted [it] to end...Stunning.\" —Lyla Sage

What my eyes are showing me can’t be possible. Can’t be real. Because if they are, then I have to accept that Julian Conrad has been alive for a very long time.

Too long to be human.

A stay-up-all-night, smart, spicy romance following a doctor who finds herself falling for an alluring, much-younger man with a deadly secret

Sean’s not in the market for love. The only female, let alone Black, interventional cardiologist at her hospital, she’s watched too many of her male colleagues divorce their first wives to marry younger models—and then there’s the abusive relationship she’s spent the better part of her early 30s healing from. Her passions are reserved for her best friend, her goddaughter, and her job.

Then she meets Julian. Brooding, beautiful and eleven years her junior. In short: A bad idea.

Julian pursues her in a way that sets off alarm bells in her mind, but she finds herself unable to resist their undeniable chemistry—even starts fantasizing about him in dreams that feel altogether too real. They also have a lot in common despite their age gap. So, to hell with it: If men can date younger, why can’t she? But the more Sean gets to know him, the more impossible Julian seems: He has a depth and sorrow to him that’s beyond his years, and sometimes there’s a look in his eyes that’s less than human, and leaves her feeling more like prey. Plus, Sean herself has been exhibiting odd symptoms—memory lapses, a lack of restraint that's unlike her, persistent exhaustion—that all trace back to Julian, making Sean feel more than a little afraid. Who—or what—is she falling, irrevocably, in love with?

Extraordinarily transfixing, suspenseful, and addictive, Die for Me is nothing short of a seduction.

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- paranormal romance
- age-gap
- mortal/immortal
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