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He was the biggest risk her father ever took. She was the one thing he was never supposed to touch.

Marcus Cole is the league’s most talented shortstop and its biggest problem. Reckless, unpredictable, and constantly making headlines for all the wrong reasons, he’s one mistake away from losing everything.

Elena Davenport doesn’t believe in mistakes. As the owner’s daughter, she’s spent her life protecting her family’s team… And Marcus Cole is a liability she refuses to tolerate.

But when undeniable chemistry turns into something neither of them can control, lines begin to blur.

Because falling for Marcus could cost Elena everything.
And for the first time in his life, Marcus has something worth losing.

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TK Fletcher is a Louisiana-based indie author who writes Black romance and romantic suspense. Her love for storytelling began in high school during the Wattpad days, where writing became a creative outlet long before she considered becoming a published author.

After losing her mother in 2025, TK decided it was time to stop keeping her stories to herself and share them with the world. She made her author debut in April 2026 with Worth the Risk.

TK writes about Black love in all its forms, with stories filled with complicated relationships, family, humor, real-life conversations, a little drama, and plenty of spice. Her characters aren’t perfect. They make mistakes, grow, fall in love, and figure life out along the way.

Outside of writing, TK holds multiple degrees and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/9gnux1d5cma37e4dthlkja04lkhz",[262],"e555f7dc-e1b9-4e20-8394-fc76ef4a372d",399,"4.31",113,[],[443],"Married To A Brownsville Bully","4d8798f4-cd8a-426a-966e-bdf8441b2513",{"_21":417,"_188":442,"_377":42},2018,"May 2018","2018-05-11","401-married-to-a-brownsville-bully","Yoshon Santana ran Brownsville, Brooklyn with an iron fist. When his fiancée fell ill, he stepped back and allowed his sister, Yolani to step in his place. After the death of his fiancée, the streets didn’t do it for him. The same streets he gave his all to, didn’t give him anything in return anymore. Allowing his sister to take over, he stepped back and watched from a distance. With a possible girlfriend, Yoshon just wants to find someone to love. Every woman he encounters doesn’t hold his interest. At thirty- eight, he’s looking for a wife, kids and the white picket fence that surrounds his mansion. One night during one of New York’s infamous blizzards, he comes across a woman sleeping in her car with a little boy. That night alters his life, and he doesn’t even know it when he tries to offer his help to the beauty in the car. Cars, mansions and money was what twenty-five year old Golden had become accustomed to. Until, her husband, Grand decided that she deserved a few black eyes to match the luxurious life he provided for her and their son. Packing up and disappearing, Golden finds herself back in her hometown waiting to reconnect with the grandmother she left many years ago. When things don’t go as planned, she finds herself working two jobs, washing up in public rest rooms and sleeping in her 2004 Nissan maxima with her seven year old son, Gyan. There’s no such thing as a guardian angel, especially one with timbs and a Tesla. Does Golden let her guard and pride down to allow Yoshon’s help? Or will she continue struggling on the same Brownsville streets she left years prior? Hazel is married to Yolani and loves her wife with everything. The one thing she hates, is the disrespect and her undying loyalty to the streets. Hazel is tired of coming second to Yolani and the streets. While running her nail shop, an old boyfriend from the past pops back into her life and shakes things up. Will Hazel back pedal to her ex? Or does she toughen up and fight for the woman she married? Yolani stepped into her brother’s size thirteen Timberland boots and runs the streets the way she sees fit. With a nagging wife at home, plethora of women at her finger tips and more money than she knows what to do with, the last thing she’s thinking about is settling down or stepping back from the streets. What Yolani hasn’t learned is that those same streets that she runs, are the same streets that will swallow you whole and spit you out. With a secret she’s hiding, will the skeletons finally come barging out of the closet? Will Hazel deal with being married to a Brownsville Bully? Or will she walk away from the love of her life to receive the real love she deserves?",{"_188":132,"_33":75,"_249":250,"_251":64},"Urban Chapters Publications",210,"May 11, 2018","May 11","B07D1DY3KY","#0f061d",[436],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/399i/4d8798f4-cd8a-426a-966e-bdf8441b2513.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F399i%2F4d8798f4-cd8a-426a-966e-bdf8441b2513.jpg",{"_188":437,"_25":438,"_439":440,"_441":64},"792fc95f-ece4-412d-884b-2dcdcb7e2f20","https://kinfolktales.co/products/capone-i-copy?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web","label","Kinfolk Tales","sponsored","76ab4c37-869d-4bb0-8681-f4a5dd9ab69e",{"_188":444,"_33":163,"_220":445,"_255":446,"_256":-5,"_257":447,"_259":448,"_261":47},"4c6f0f3e-21e0-45d1-b5aa-c5138b8dd7d5","44-jahquel-j","Jahquel J. is a USA Today bestselling author and #1 Amazon bestselling author. She is known for delivering unforgettable stories filled with passion, grit, loyalty, and undeniable chemistry. With a unique voice and a talent for creating emotionally charged characters, she has captivated readers across the romance and urban fiction genres. Her books blend raw emotion, intense relationships, and compelling storytelling that keep readers turning pages long into the night. Jahquel J. continues to build a loyal fanbase with every release, solidifying her place as one of today's most exciting contemporary authors.",160,[262],"eae008b0-a744-4c1b-ba33-6b9eb7a42cf3",155,"4.49",245,[],[475],"Smoke","b657b51d-7599-4af9-ab51-47f610a3b51a",{"_21":473,"_188":474,"_377":132},"Apr 2025","2025-04-15",15,"155-smoke","Devin \"Smoke\" Dillinger lives by a simple code—protect what's his at all costs. As the third oldest Dillinger and owner of a successful weapons distribution business, Smoke has a reputation that precedes him. He's a man of few attachments who prides himself on control, discipline, and keeping people at arm's length... until an unexpected visitor walks through his door.

Romi Mitchell is fighting battles on all sides. Seven months pregnant with her second child, she's desperately seeking protection from threats she can no longer handle alone. With nowhere else to turn, she steps into Smoke's world hoping for safety but unprepared for the man she finds behind the intimidating reputation.

When circumstances force them together, what begins as a reluctant alliance transforms into something neither expected. As violence threatens Romi's world, Smoke discovers a protective instinct that surprises even himself. Through bullets, betrayal, and heartbreak, they forge an unbreakable bond that defies their separate worlds. But in a city where power and corruption run deep, their newfound love may come at the ultimate price.",{"_188":132,"_33":75,"_249":250,"_251":64},368,"April 15, 2025","April 15","B0F51VLXJZ","#5f637c",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/155i/b657b51d-7599-4af9-ab51-47f610a3b51a.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F155i%2Fb657b51d-7599-4af9-ab51-47f610a3b51a.jpg","The Dillinger Chronicles","cb9eb57f-1bcd-4e94-9230-647b97589d1c",{"_188":476,"_33":157,"_220":477,"_255":478,"_256":479,"_257":480,"_259":481,"_261":47},"d6f6c3a4-50c6-48ac-a95f-b5a2f43ef860","22-kimberly-brown","

Kimberly Brown, a proud South Carolina native, brings you contemporary/urban romance, women’s fiction, and erotica that feels real and relatable. She’s been writing since her high school days, with the support of her friends, and turned to self-publishing in 2019. Her big break came in August 2021 with the release of “Pretty Caged Bird.”

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With a Psychology degree from South Carolina State University, Kimberly weaves mental health themes into her stories, shedding light on issues often overlooked in the African American community. Her goal? To create stories you can see and feel as you read, offering both a getaway and a reflection of life's ups and downs.

","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/cje6kqz9rgzt34t14kdybz46vpdq",55,[262],"374c4858-d9db-47fb-bda1-800b07da500e",8637,"5.0",[],[503],"Arquez and Palmer: A Detroit Love Saga","28516c79-83a3-40d5-b554-22f29c15c098","Jul 2018","2018-07-15","8809-arquez-and-palmer","I loved Ishmael with all that I had in me then I realized that our love just wasn't enough. Arquez was there for me; he’d somehow became the shoulder I cried on when Ishmael let me down. See the problem was that Arquez was his best friend. More like his brother. I guess the best way to describe Arquez was that he was somewhere between a sweetheart and an asshole. Yet, I couldn’t stop myself from falling for him. So what’s a girl to do when she’s fallen for the last man she should ever be with? Do I give in to these feelings or do I stay with a man that I don’t even have all of? I’m Palmer and this is my story.",{"_188":132,"_33":75,"_249":250,"_251":64},404,"July 15, 2018","July 15","B07FML2ZPT","#f89858",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/8637i/28516c79-83a3-40d5-b554-22f29c15c098/1788989218.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F8637i%2F28516c79-83a3-40d5-b554-22f29c15c098%2F1788989218.jpg",{"_188":504,"_33":155,"_220":505,"_255":506,"_256":-5,"_257":38,"_259":507,"_261":47},"e3b73277-7954-4eda-9e78-4446a47399fc","91-dominique-thomas","",[262],"ef1a1154-4ceb-4bdd-a266-b1fe207baac8",9293,"4.37",19,[],[535],"To Be Loved By A Hood Menace","3992a71b-b901-40bc-bf66-340ebf877305",{"_21":533,"_188":534,"_377":42},2020,"Jan 2020","2020-01-20","9682-to-be-loved-by-a-hood-menace","

“Live today, might die tomorrow.” Left behind on the doorsteps of Ms. Bessie home groomed Menace and Shottas war ready mentality. They have lived by the street motto since abandoned adolescences. The brothers are on the up and coming, and they know all about the gambles in the life they are living. Ranked up in the drug trade, paid, and heavily sought after by lustful women is these bachelors lifestyles. They have deserted the act of opening up their hearts to any woman outside of the one who raised them. When they run head on with Kiyomi and Tonii, it's a glimpse of fate. These ladies' lives will be changed from the first day they meet these ruthless brothers, but will they gamble with their heart like they do the streets? To be loved is what every heart desires. To be loved by Menace and Shottas...let’s just say every heart isn’t built for that cold blooded loving.

",{"_188":132,"_33":75,"_249":250,"_251":64},"CoCo Shawndé Presents",219,"January 20, 2020","January 20","B08425YSQN","#281808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9293i/3992a71b-b901-40bc-bf66-340ebf877305/1789230356.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9293i%2F3992a71b-b901-40bc-bf66-340ebf877305%2F1789230356.jpg","To Be Loved by a Hood Menace series","96b6fb07-7de0-4dec-a780-4a4e71790341",{"_188":536,"_33":160,"_220":537,"_255":-5,"_256":-5,"_257":538,"_259":539,"_261":47},"e1fd797d-e37f-42f7-b635-b16d0b670d20","1562-coco-shawnde",41,[262],"c88891e3-d5e3-4ce1-a4a2-573b3d376bd9",10874,"4.5",[],[565],"Time Can't Erase","55f99b2d-a05c-4567-bc1f-3c5f664a5778",{"_21":563,"_188":564,"_377":42},"Aug 2026","2026-08-14","11582-time-can-t-erase","

Eleven years after college, Audrey Marcus thought the messiest parts of her past were safely behind her. Her husband, Eugene, built a successful life after they left Blackwell University, a prestigious HBCU—a thriving real estate career, a Caribbean restaurant he co-owns with his longtime fraternity brother, and a wife and daughter he loves. Then he’s arrested for murdering a woman from their college past. And not just any woman. A woman who once joined Audrey and Eugene in bed for a night of desire, temptation and consequences. She wants to believe the man she loves, but a decade of marriage has already shown her how fragile trust can be. As the case deepens, old betrayals, buried secrets, and unanswered questions begin to resurface. Her older brother, Derek, who is also Eugene’s lawyer, is fighting to save him. Rashad, Eugene’s best friend and fraternity brother, knows more than he is saying. And as Audrey searches for answers, another name begins creeping into the case: Zai. A strange man she can't place. A connection she doesn't yet understand. And the closer Audrey gets to the truth, the more she realizes Eugene’s case may only be the beginning of something else. Because time can bury a secret. It can't erase what happened.

",{"_188":132,"_33":75,"_249":250,"_251":64},"A&G Connection LLC","August 14, 2026","August 14","9798952518001","B0HF8T97NP","#040202",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/10874i/55f99b2d-a05c-4567-bc1f-3c5f664a5778/1789784660.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F10874i%2F55f99b2d-a05c-4567-bc1f-3c5f664a5778%2F1789784660.jpg","The Time Can't Erase Saga","cd63c905-cde2-44fc-b91d-134020b597f9",{"_188":566,"_33":166,"_220":567,"_255":568,"_256":569,"_257":570,"_259":571,"_261":47},"07e8d7be-5fff-4630-a5b6-2ae4f8d47c34","2012-g-l-jaye","

G. L. Jaye is my pen name, but storytelling has been a part of me since I was sixteen years old. As a first-generation Caribbean American, I’ve always been drawn to the beautiful complexity of people and the ways our experiences and circumstances contribute to who we are and who we become. My stories live in the messy, emotional gray areas of life where tough lessons are learned, relationships are complicated, and we are faced with difficult choices that can change everything.

I say this because life, for me, has always been messy, morally gray and things never go the way it supposed to go.

My writing blends the rawness of urban and contemporary fiction laced with street-lit, dark psychological thrills, and heavy doses of drama. And you could add complicated relationships, spirituality, and dark romantic suspense into the mix.

I love writing about flawed characters, painful histories, experiences, situations and dangerous love.

When I’m not writing, I enjoy spending time with family, prioritizing self-care, and getting lost in music, which has always been food for my soul. If my journey proves anything, it’s that it’s never too late to follow your passion.

I’m living proof of that.

https://www.amazon.com/author/gljaye

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Audrey Marcus knows she should walk away. From his desire. From the danger. From Zai. But the harder she pulls away, the tighter his hold becomes. What started as temptation has turned into something neither of them can control. Zai has fallen for a woman he was never supposed to want, and loving Audrey only makes him more dangerous. Possessive. Unpredictable. Unwilling to lose her. Audrey may have feelings she refuses to name, but she still has a husband, a daughter, and a life waiting for her beyond Zai's world. And as the truth about the case begins to surface, Audrey realizes the man holding on to her may also be the man dragging her deeper into a war she never knew existed. She wants space now. Zai wants her. And some men don't know how to let go.

",{"_188":132,"_33":75,"_249":250,"_251":64},"October 7, 2026","October 7","B0HJNPX7ND","#271b11",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/10900i/0485c2b4-9aca-4093-bbc0-ec069ba247c6/1789791699.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F10900i%2F0485c2b4-9aca-4093-bbc0-ec069ba247c6%2F1789791699.jpg",{"_188":566,"_33":166,"_220":567,"_255":568,"_256":569,"_257":570,"_259":594,"_261":47},[262],"3ea360be-04d9-4f2f-afd2-8bce76419659",12693,[],[619],"What You Not Gon' Do-DYNISTI","6d3ede17-a27f-459c-ac38-6a5258fb007d",{"_21":617,"_188":618,"_377":68},"Mar 2026","2026-03-17","13449-what-you-not-gon-do-dynisti","

Those dynamic Dudley brothers are back, and they are here to reclaim everything that belongs to them.

Dykoyta “Psykoytic” Dudley is forever his brothers’ keeper. His love is relentless and unconditional. He’s with you when you’re right, and when you’re wrong…unless you’re Ty.

Tyarah Reid has eased her way into Koyta’s company, his family, and now his heart. She knows she needs to stay away, but his intensity and magnetism beckon her to fall deeper and want more. To the point she’s willing to risk it all…including her sanity.

Dynisti Dudley’s past has come back to haunt him. Bringing with it remnants of betrayal and regret; and time he can never get back. A lawyer and new father, Dy finds out his wife has done something so unthinkable that he can’t imagine moving forward in their union.

Amber, Dy’s wife, is not willing to relinquish her position in his life to any other woman, not even his mama.

Twins, Dyneim and Dynver Dudley ride hard for their brothers through their turmoil and entanglements; meanwhile their own lives are unraveling right before their eyes.

Dyneim, an up-and-coming NBA star received a multi-million-dollar contract and a rape allegation all in the same week. Now, he questions his faith in humanity…and in love.

NOLA, strip club hoppin,’ bottle poppin,’ player of the group. He has no responsibilities, no discipline, and no good intentions toward any woman in his life other than his mama. Then, in walks wifey. Except she already has a man…and he doesn’t want to be her man…but fate says something different. While his Baby's Moms beg to differ.

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