From best friends to strangers to reconnecting again after over half a decade at Crum University for graduate school, follow Maxine “Max” Cambridge and Regina “Reggie” Stanley in this beautiful second-chance novella. It’s a story full of healing, love, acceptance, and a true testament to the sentiment of “if you’re meant to be, you will always find your way back to one another.” It’s sweet, it’s heartwarming, and even a bit spicy.

(Crum University is a fictional HBCU set in North Carolina, and the central setting for the novella series of the same name featuring beautiful Black love, sports, and lots of university shenanigans.)

",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},72,"August 28, 2026","August 28","B0H7NHVQDX","#6b4115",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/5777i/3bda8d80-519a-481c-981f-053bb387f359/1787906937.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F5777i%2F3bda8d80-519a-481c-981f-053bb387f359%2F1787906937.jpg",{"_290":424,"_33":237,"_323":425,"_363":20,"_364":-5,"_365":197,"_366":426,"_368":48},"833a12e3-4887-4b58-807d-ca3f04316fce","78-aricka-alexander",[369],"19ccf632-ddd0-4fc6-84de-2d69327a0545",4130,[],[448],"The Ties Between Us","122e412a-d88e-4ab5-a3f7-134a4d792683","Jun 2026","2026-06-03","4150-the-ties-between-us",{"_290":42,"_33":84,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Carina Adores",304,"June 3, 2026","June 3","9781335475947","133547594X","#c8e8f8",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4130i/122e412a-d88e-4ab5-a3f7-134a4d792683.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4130i%2F122e412a-d88e-4ab5-a3f7-134a4d792683.jpg",{"_290":449,"_33":243,"_323":450,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":97,"_366":451,"_368":48},"2c69d30d-6757-4058-b8e3-b648d21a12fa","326-chencia-c-higgins",[369],"21baefe8-bc9b-4bad-ad39-1fc38eccc3fb",5713,[],[471],"Tap Out (Competing Desires)","84cce439-9a6b-4e64-9908-75263166744d",2025,"Mar 2025","2025-03-01","5815-tap-out-competing-desires","

Main character energy meets hard-hitting swagger…

Grayson \"Lights Out\" Dawes has spent years at the top of the MMA world. Her focus is unwavering, her resolve hardened by years in the ring—but time is catching up, and she knows her final shot at the championship is looming. Just as she’s ready to step away, a new kind of opponent enters her life—one who fights with glamor and ambition, not fists.

Nova Priest is a rising star on the verge of her big break. Cast in the gritty role of a fighter, she's eager to prove she’s more than a Hollywood ingénue. To bring authenticity to her performance, she needs to learn from the best—and that means training with Grayson, whose cold, disciplined approach is as foreign as the spotlight is to a seasoned fighter.

As their worlds collide, so do their emotions. Sparks fly, and a mutual respect forms, though neither can ignore the simmering tension between them. Grayson’s years of experience draw Nova in, while Nova’s youthful drive awakens something Grayson thought she’d long buried.

Nova’s about to rise, but Grayson’s a battle-hardened force—and Nova’s the first to challenge the armor around her heart.

As Grayson prepares for what could be her final fight, they face their biggest challenge will they give in to their desires or tap out?

",{"_290":242,"_33":80,"_354":394,"_356":66},"March 1","B0GX85KVH9","#081828",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/5713i/84cce439-9a6b-4e64-9908-75263166744d/1787337312.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F5713i%2F84cce439-9a6b-4e64-9908-75263166744d%2F1787337312.jpg",{"_290":472,"_33":239,"_323":473,"_363":474,"_364":475,"_365":476,"_366":477,"_368":48},"8271a672-e700-40df-994c-99be104abb0c","769-l-m-bennett","

L.M. writes indie Black Sapphic romance because she believes Black Queer women deserve stories that let them be messy, soft, stubborn and wholly themselves, warts and all. L.M. wants Black Sapphic love to be portrayed as joyful, soulful, deep, and beautifully complicated.

","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/sgvsc5gzxmns3c7ek55vqpklo90z",19,[369],"2f338187-5d02-4128-8c2c-424bd5be23cd",4679,[],[499],"Fragments of a Fallen Star","dadd2193-1c7b-449e-81e9-9774ba45464b",2016,"Oct 2016","2016-10-11","4720-fragments-of-a-fallen-star","Moira Karl-Fisher is ready to do anything to bring her parents back from the dead, even embark on a desperate trip across the sea in an attempt to find the missing pages of a spell to turn back time.

She’s barely spent one night away from her island when she’s nearly killed for being a MagiK, and now owes her life to the eccentric Nailah, another MagiK who apparently runs her own ship, and makes Moira’s insides twist with unwanted heat.

After agreeing to aid Nailah on a quest that promises magic, danger, and adventure, Moira finds her search for a happiness she thought long gone, turning into so much more.

FRAGMENTS OF A FALLEN STAR is a New Adult standalone F/F fantasy adventure romance about grief, healing, and falling in love.",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},350,"October 11, 2016","October 11","B0DVF6L49F","#780808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4679i/dadd2193-1c7b-449e-81e9-9774ba45464b.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4679i%2Fdadd2193-1c7b-449e-81e9-9774ba45464b.jpg",{"_290":500,"_33":230,"_323":501,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":502,"_366":503,"_368":48},"59267c52-9733-44d0-9382-a0e44d5c860a","347-viano-oniomoh",14,[369],"387b1ff1-aaa8-41ae-a9c9-cc720ec682df",4380,"3.88",[],[529],"Into the Fire: A Sapphic Erotic Thriller","cc8bec23-4078-48cc-bce3-d013c3ce5dfe",{"_21":527,"_290":528,"_359":44},"Oct 2025","2025-10-17",7,"4403-into-the-fire","This story contains mature content, dark themes, intense psychological tension, and high‑heat sapphic dynamics and is intended for readers 18+. For a full list of trigger and content warnings, please see the opening pages of the book.

\"She was my glowing beacon. My light in the dark. My angel.\"

Ira
After being saved by a masked stranger from the fire that destroyed her home, Ira needs to start over. A new job, a new apartment, a chance to feel safe again.
But when strange things start happening around her, Ira begins to question her sanity and whether someone is pulling the strings from the shadows.

Quinn
Since saving her from the house fire she started, Quinn has been obsessed with Ira. But watching from the shadows was no longer enough.
She is done waiting. Ira belongs to her, and Quinn will do anything to keep her, no matter how dark it gets. Even if it means crossing every line, even if it means getting her hands bloody, even if it means taking her little angel when she tries to run.

Great for readers who

• obsessive sapphic dynamics

• captor/captive tension

• masked, morally gray love interests

• CEO/employee power imbalance

• revenge and vigilante justice

• dangerous attraction and high heat",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},189,"October 17, 2025","October 17","B0FR4RDDKZ","#852818",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4380i/cc8bec23-4078-48cc-bce3-d013c3ce5dfe.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4380i%2Fcc8bec23-4078-48cc-bce3-d013c3ce5dfe.jpg","Masked Mascs","0926c470-93cb-4486-87b8-6f79d1ab6e64",{"_290":530,"_33":240,"_323":531,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":70,"_366":532,"_368":48},"df48c853-6aff-4dac-97e2-92a4dbf769b3","346-cirrus-rae",[369],"3baa35f8-9bac-4bac-8379-30daafdaa75a",4472,"3.5",[],[559],"The Ending Fire","e304e8de-0703-43b5-a1b8-20b05f2379fd",{"_21":557,"_290":558,"_359":81},"Sep 2024","2024-09-10","4497-the-ending-fire","Rebellions are like fires—something needs to burn to make a flame. Return to the Wardens’ Empire in this riveting conclusion to the visionary fantasy trilogy inspired by the mythology of Africa and Arabia.

The Wardens’ Empire is falling. A vigilante known only as the Truthsayer is raising an army against the wardens. Sylah and Hassa must navigate the politics of this new world, all the while searching for Anoor.

Across the sea, the Blood Forged prepare for war, requesting aid from other governments. Jond’s role as major general sees him training soldiers for combat, but matters of the heart will prove to be the hardest battlefield.

The Zalaam celebrate the arrival of the Child of Fire, heralding the start of the final battle. Anoor’s doubts are eclipsed by the powers of her new god. Soon the Zalaam will set off on their last voyage—and few expect to return.

Do you feel it? Cresting the horizon? The darkness drawing in, the shadows elongating . . .

The Ending Fire comes.",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Del Rey",512,"September 10, 2024","September 10","9780593357002","0593357000","#482818",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4472i/e304e8de-0703-43b5-a1b8-20b05f2379fd.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4472i%2Fe304e8de-0703-43b5-a1b8-20b05f2379fd.jpg","The Ending Fire Trilogy","8d44b50c-87d6-49b8-943e-951663ca79f7",{"_290":560,"_33":244,"_323":561,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":514,"_366":562,"_368":48},"3555a763-b78a-43d5-a15c-92a8134d6d83","435-saara-el-arifi",[369],"4efecc6a-1f63-43f2-b93c-24b13a1560cc",982,"4.2",[],[584],"Where There's Smoke...","6970471e-97a7-4c93-b18c-330fb5b0fbc8","Jun 2025","2025-06-02","986-where-there-s-smoke","\n Where there’s smoke, there’s bound to be a fire. However, fire never smelled this good.\n

Everyone knows Phoenix “Phee” Preston as the gorgeous, gentle giant, always ready to help in any way she can with a smile on her face. Ever since she was younger, she has always looked up to her grandfather, the town’s Fire Chief. She admired him and respected him, having been raised by him from the age of 6. So it’s only natural that when she turned 18, she followed in his footsteps, becoming the first and only female firefighter in the small town of Tucker, Louisiana.

When her grandpa passed away suddenly, she left town because it was hard being there when he wasn’t. It isn’t until a year later that she finally returns, and as if the Universe was gifting her for returning, she runs into a beautiful woman who immediately captures her heart, not only with her beauty but with a slice of strawberry shortcake. However, the moment is short-lived, and the woman disappears from her life, leaving only the taste of the sweet dessert and her name behind.

A year later, that mysteriously intriguing woman permanently moves to town to take over her late grandmother’s bakery.

Angel Savoie has spent a great deal of her adult life avoiding small towns because of the bad memories she had involving her parents’ death, but now she has no choice but to move to one. To her surprise, the town quickly grows on her, and she can see herself putting down roots in Tucker. Especially after she reconnects with a certain very attractive female firefighter who stops at nothing to make her smile",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},258,"June 2, 2025","June 2","B0F5T2PZNG","#f8c888",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/982i/6970471e-97a7-4c93-b18c-330fb5b0fbc8.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F982i%2F6970471e-97a7-4c93-b18c-330fb5b0fbc8.jpg",{"_290":424,"_33":237,"_323":425,"_363":20,"_364":-5,"_365":197,"_366":585,"_368":48},[369],"4fdafbf3-2d33-4686-96d1-50f68477b289",4432,"4.33",[],[609],"Charmed and Dangerous","ad58f5f0-5093-4d66-a2d7-04bafb691bf3","Mar 2026","2026-03-24","4455-charmed-and-dangerous","A teen mystic will do anything to solve a series of love-related magical mishaps plaguing her high school, including fake dating her boss's daughter, in this charming sapphic romance.

Magic lingers in the cozy town of Fair Glen, Illinois, and it’s up to the agents at the Bureau of Mystical Affairs to keep it in check. Monroe Bennett, a junior recruit at the Bureau, is ready to ace her first tracking down the source of a rogue love charm.

Protecting her charmed classmates, including the bureau director’s daughter Iris James, is top priority. But when Iris asks Monroe to fake date her to make her ex jealous, things get complicated.

Monroe believes in duty, not romance. Yet the more time she spends with Iris, the harder it is to ignore the very real sparks flying between them. Can Monroe protect herself from love long enough to solve this case, or will her growing feelings get in the way?",{"_290":42,"_33":84,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Joy Revolution",288,"March 24, 2026","March 24","9780593897645","0593897641","#f88898",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4432i/ad58f5f0-5093-4d66-a2d7-04bafb691bf3.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4432i%2Fad58f5f0-5093-4d66-a2d7-04bafb691bf3.jpg",{"_290":610,"_33":229,"_323":611,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":612,"_368":48},"4fa7219b-9564-44ae-a5e0-1a7b3624ed2c","422-shelly-page",[369],"50bb2877-1038-440b-8d47-ad8b2f33f579",4496,"4.0",[],[639],"The Balance of Fates","21f62d6a-76bc-4804-aea1-8ec0895e34a9",{"_21":637,"_290":638,"_359":42},2023,"Mar 2023","2023-03-15","4521-the-balance-of-fates","When her grandmother falls ill, Lucia Dol'Auclair has to leave her sheltered life and travel to Eirini Academy of Mystics to compete in the Triune. In three events, she will compete against vampires and werewolves to take her grandmother's place as the guardian vessel of a destructive celestial of magic and prove her worth as heir to her royal coven. But, her heart is pulled in two directions when she falls for her rival, Adelaide, a troublesome vampire who doesn't play by the rules. Lucia is forced to choose between the traditions that hold her coven together and the passion that could tear apart her world.",{"_290":70,"_33":82,"_354":355,"_356":66},"Goldheart Publishing",406,"March 15, 2023","March 15","B0DWW4GH9P","#181838",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4496i/21f62d6a-76bc-4804-aea1-8ec0895e34a9.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4496i%2F21f62d6a-76bc-4804-aea1-8ec0895e34a9.jpg","Fate and Legacy","f6b21987-9cb9-4a54-b00f-b65e6f0982e1",{"_290":640,"_33":238,"_323":641,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":44,"_366":642,"_368":48},"a27b31dd-b3cb-42b3-8b24-c73d8ab73784","452-raquel-raelynn",[369],"541c7b82-9792-4a71-a193-052edcc725f8",4471,"3.95",[],[668],"Cursebound","841412e2-1f2e-4c49-8b48-9409185856ce",{"_21":666,"_290":667,"_359":44},"Feb 2025","2025-02-18","4496-cursebound","Cursed by love.
Bound by hope.

Yeeran and Lettle are no longer prisoners to the fae court, but now they’re bound by the shackles of their hearts …

Yeeran was born for war but is unprepared for love. She has left her new lover, the Queen of the fae, to return to her homeland, only to find that her former lover now threatens war against the fae.

Left behind, her sister Lettle is determined to break the curse that binds the fae to their realm. When a stranger appears in the city, Lettle is convinced he’s the key. But the Fates that once spoke to her have fallen silent.

Can Lettle and Yeeran discover the secret behind the curse – and unite these two worlds before they destroy each other?",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},352,"February 18, 2025","February 18","9780593723036","0593723031","#d8b848",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4471i/841412e2-1f2e-4c49-8b48-9409185856ce.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4471i%2F841412e2-1f2e-4c49-8b48-9409185856ce.jpg","Faebound","bcedc6fc-c2e5-4a9d-a016-cb5028a5178c",{"_290":560,"_33":244,"_323":561,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":514,"_366":669,"_368":48},[369],"624806d9-380a-4786-8cd7-f527e1f80ca7",4528,[],[692],"Honey Girl","3d8f86c2-9d84-42c3-8151-481b680513ff",2021,"Feb 2021","2021-02-23","4557-honey-girl","A refreshingly timely and relatable debut novel about a young woman whose life plans fall apart when she meets her wife.

With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight A, work-through-the-summer certified high achiever. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.

This one moment of departure from her stern ex-military father’s plans for her life has Grace wondering why she doesn’t feel more fulfilled from completing her degree. Staggering under the weight of her father’s expectations, a struggling job market and feelings of burnout, Grace flees her home in Portland for a summer in New York with the wife she barely knows.

In New York, she’s able to ignore all the annoying questions about her future plans and falls hard for her creative and beautiful wife, Yuki Yamamoto. But when reality comes crashing in, Grace must face what she’s been running from all along—the fears that make us human, the family scars that need to heal and the longing for connection, especially when navigating the messiness of adulthood.",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},"Park Row Books","February 23, 2021","February 23","9781488077500","B089WGLDQX","#d86848",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4528i/3d8f86c2-9d84-42c3-8151-481b680513ff.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4528i%2F3d8f86c2-9d84-42c3-8151-481b680513ff.jpg",{"_290":693,"_33":227,"_323":694,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":695,"_368":48},"549f0e62-d6e5-4682-8006-9d7b17c84796","468-morgan-rogers",[369],"634c47aa-1425-43dd-bfbb-1367d1ea9990",4262,"3.85",[],[718],"Free Girls","35194369-b8d2-49c9-bf32-caa0b6790b77","Jul 2026","2026-07-07","4282-free-girls","A heartfelt coming-of-age debut about a girl starting over while keeping secret she's spent the last year in juvenile detention. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Leah Johnson.

Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Cooper is back after twelve months at Guiding Hearts Home for Troubled Girls, and nothing is the way it was. Her mom has remarried and now there’s a big new house, a shiny new family, and a fancy new school. Jas feels completely out of place, and things only get more complicated when her mom insists that her “fresh start” include hiding the truth of where she’s been and cutting off people from her past.

As Jas settles into her new life bonding with her seemingly perfect stepsister, making a close-knit group of besties, and maybe even falling for the cute girl in class, it starts to feel like her second chance might actually be real.

But when a friend from the detention center reaches out to reconnect, Jas worries that everything she’s built could fall apart. How long can she keep her past a secret? And how many times can she spin the truth before she forgets who she really is?",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Flatiron Books","July 7, 2026","July 7","9781250320261","1250320267","#e8a858",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4262i/35194369-b8d2-49c9-bf32-caa0b6790b77.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4262i%2F35194369-b8d2-49c9-bf32-caa0b6790b77.jpg",{"_290":719,"_33":223,"_323":720,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":721,"_368":48},"054f2cd9-16da-4b1c-a8aa-d6ebd0f9f430","342-kristen-mccallum",[369],"6b9d9dee-34e9-4f9b-86b9-680618f2e3d9",4478,[],[743],"Andromeda","5de1d3a0-c1d7-40d6-875c-2a09f77a29d5","May 2026","2026-05-14","4503-andromeda","Blessed by the gods with unparalleled beauty, Andromeda lives a life of ease within her Aethiopian palace walls. Content with her sanctuary, the young princess has no concerns other than the royal expectations her parents have for her – until a single, fateful proclamation changes everything.

When the queen defies the gods with a blasphemous claim, Poseidon, fearsome God of the Seas, delivers a deadly ultimatum that puts the queen’s life in Andromeda’s hands. Poseidon sends his loyal servant, the shape-shifting Ceto, to seal the princess’s fate.

But Ceto is not just a servant. With a sharp tongue and hardened heart, she has little interest in the princess’s appearance – and even less in the games of gods. Yet an undeniable tension begins to bloom between them, and both quickly realise Andromeda’s beauty is not only a gift, but a weapon to wield. As Poseidon’s judgement draws ever closer, the two women find themselves pulled into something far more passionate – and dangerous – than either could have predicted...",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Bantam","May 14, 2026","May 14","9780857507655","B0FSK5VFFW","#2848b8",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4478i/5de1d3a0-c1d7-40d6-875c-2a09f77a29d5.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4478i%2F5de1d3a0-c1d7-40d6-875c-2a09f77a29d5.jpg",{"_290":744,"_33":233,"_323":745,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":746,"_368":48},"72fff726-34a4-4214-ab1e-12b9c339b2a4","441-e-s-mcleod",[369],"70d3c0c5-2a62-4721-a9f1-c3a2adc157d3",4459,[],[771],"The Unbroken","0c6fcfbd-4959-4cb1-8124-51aebc04115d",{"_21":769,"_290":770,"_359":42},"Mar 2021","2021-03-23","4482-the-unbroken","Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780316542753

Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty is to her fellow conscripts. But now, her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought.

Luca needs a turncoat. Someone desperate enough to tiptoe the bayonet's edge between treason and orders. Someone who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters: getting her uncle off her throne.

Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price of a nation. But some things aren't for sale.",{"_290":42,"_33":84,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Orbit",486,"March 23, 2021","March 23","B0FSKBNNBC","#f8d878",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4459i/0c6fcfbd-4959-4cb1-8124-51aebc04115d.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4459i%2F0c6fcfbd-4959-4cb1-8124-51aebc04115d.jpg","Magic of the Lost","25b08406-601e-4500-b2a6-498c653992e3",{"_290":772,"_33":236,"_323":773,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":774,"_368":48},"399be1a4-f698-4661-9597-e1883e40df21","429-c-l-clark",[369],"77ef01b8-16e8-469f-b00c-ee88f3535197",4474,[],[796],"Earthbound","7217ba33-d514-40da-a7ac-f17565d24ae6",{"_21":666,"_290":667,"_359":81},"2026-08-11","4499-earthbound","Two sisters are transported to the realm of the fae, where they discover love, danger, and magic, in the final book of the Faebound trilogy.",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},"HarperVoyager","August 11, 2026","August 11","9780008597092","B0FT1TFRXX","#183858",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4474i/7217ba33-d514-40da-a7ac-f17565d24ae6.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4474i%2F7217ba33-d514-40da-a7ac-f17565d24ae6.jpg",{"_290":560,"_33":244,"_323":561,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":514,"_366":797,"_368":48},[369],"7d471755-d82e-4642-9326-6ee4dc3b079d",4497,[],[820],"A Legacy of Stars","29dacd4e-3beb-4d4e-b73b-f1de9f00d94d",{"_21":637,"_290":638,"_359":44},"Apr 2024","2024-04-30","4522-a-legacy-of-stars","Amid her lover facing trial for an assault on her fiancé and with an impending arranged marriage to the son of an influential coven leader, Lucia prepares to merge with the destructive celestial power of the Orbis Libra. She navigates a delicate balance—saving Adelaide and restoring harmony among Mystics. However, when hunters launch an unexpected attack and betrayals unravel, Lucia's plans crumble. Forced into hiding, she embarks on a journey of survival, compelled to shield her loved ones and shoulder the weight of a world in turmoil. In her quest, Lucia must secure the support of vampires, battle against mounting challenges, and grow her magic to tip the scales in her favor.",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},378,"April 30, 2024","April 30","9781960349033","B0CTKW6T2Z","#283848",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4497i/29dacd4e-3beb-4d4e-b73b-f1de9f00d94d.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4497i%2F29dacd4e-3beb-4d4e-b73b-f1de9f00d94d.jpg",{"_290":640,"_33":238,"_323":641,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":44,"_366":821,"_368":48},[369],"8389f667-9879-4cf3-a03d-e6da38a20ce4",4470,"4.75",[],[839],"The Final Strife (Ending Fire, #1)","8559706d-464a-4b03-ab6c-54e8d0c9960e",{"_21":557,"_290":558,"_359":42},"4495-the-final-strife-ending-fire-1","Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control.
Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance.
Clear is the blood of the slaves, of the crushed, of the invisible.

Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the empire from the red-blooded ruling classes’ tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes.

Anoor has been told she’s nothing, no one, a disappointment, by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the empire. But when Sylah and Anoor meet, a fire burns between them that could consume the kingdom—and their hearts.

Hassa moves through the world unseen by upper classes, so she knows what it means to be invisible. But invisibility has its uses: It can hide the most dangerous of secrets, secrets that can reignite a revolution. And when she joins forces with Sylah and Anoor, together these grains of sand will become a storm.

As the empire begins a set of trials of combat and skill designed to find its new leaders, the stage is set for blood to flow, power to shift, and cities to burn.

Book One of The Ending Fire Trilogy",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},"B0DT2G4T78","#182858",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4470i/8559706d-464a-4b03-ab6c-54e8d0c9960e.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4470i%2F8559706d-464a-4b03-ab6c-54e8d0c9960e.jpg",{"_290":560,"_33":244,"_323":561,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":514,"_366":840,"_368":48},[369],"87c71bdb-0010-41ba-babd-874950b8193a",4270,"3.86",[],[863],"Little Lamb: A Sapphic Dark Thriller","9158c54f-cc19-4313-b969-382ef2a2e6c8",{"_21":527,"_290":528,"_359":42},"2025-10-10",11,"4290-little-lamb","Nessa

I should’ve stayed home. It was supposed to be one harmless night. A stupid dare. Instead, I’m trapped, stalked, and hunted by a masked stranger that terrifies me as much as it turns me on. Every step I take to escape drags me closer to her, to the heat between us, to the parts of myself I swore I’d never give away.

Ez

I’ve been watching Nessa for weeks. Quiet. Lonely. Desperate to be accepted. Waiting for someone to see her. Tonight, I’ll give her what she’s been craving. I don’t need her to run...I just need her to beg to stay.

\n This book contains mature content and is intended for readers 18+\n

Please read trigger and content warnings. If these are too much for you, please take care of your mental health and skip this one!

\n Trigger/Content \n

Violence

Blood

Knife play

Explicit content

CNC

Kidnapping themes

Stalking themes

Psychological manipulation",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},111,"October 10, 2025","October 10","B0FR3FV19W","#330303",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4270i/9158c54f-cc19-4313-b969-382ef2a2e6c8.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4270i%2F9158c54f-cc19-4313-b969-382ef2a2e6c8.jpg",{"_290":530,"_33":240,"_323":531,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":70,"_366":864,"_368":48},[369],"88526799-3e8d-47be-b1e4-f6e76e21371b",6131,"4.38",[],[885],"The Ethics Of Desire: A Forbidden Interracial Sapphic Romance","1fc41bc0-718e-4398-a27d-40aa6927b32e","2026-05-23","6248-the-ethics-of-desire","Kelechi Obi knows exactly who she is supposed to be and who she is not.

A dutiful daughter.
A philosophy graduate student.
A woman about to be engaged to a man she barely knows, for a future her family has already chosen.
Marley Hoffmann is a problem she doesn’t need.

Sharp-tongued, infuriatingly perceptive, and impossible to ignore, Marley is the opposite of everything Kelechi knows. What begins as a disastrous first impression and intellectual friction slowly shifts into something far more intimate, far more forbidden, and far harder to control.

For the first time in her life, Kelechi wants something that has no place in the life waiting for her back home.

With a soon-to-be husband in Nigeria and a devout family who would never forgive the truth, choosing Marley would mean losing everything else.

And walking away might cost her the one thing she’s never had before.

A steamy, angsty sapphic romance about forbidden desire, cultural expectations, and the brutal cost of choosing yourself.",{"_290":42,"_33":84,"_354":394,"_356":66},128,"May 23, 2026","May 23","B0GNMRJPFL","#f8c8d8",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/6131i/1fc41bc0-718e-4398-a27d-40aa6927b32e/1788468493.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F6131i%2F1fc41bc0-718e-4398-a27d-40aa6927b32e%2F1788468493.jpg",{"_290":886,"_33":234,"_323":887,"_363":888,"_364":889,"_365":42,"_366":890,"_368":48},"29a2be52-a1e2-4952-bc5b-1952377139aa","955-tracy-cress","

Tracy Cress is a philosophy graduate turned recruiter who writes steamy interracial romance featuring beautifully flawed characters and opposites who attract. She believes the best love stories happen between imperfect people who challenge each other to grow.

When she's not writing, you'll find her reading, or matching people with their dream jobs. She loves hearing from readers and connecting with fellow book lovers.

","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/lilv18lb1ts229uriwej3f5duo3y",[369],"8eaa75d5-ebea-423b-967b-0059551af531",4040,[],[913],"Deep in Providence","f016afa2-2680-45e3-8cad-9c246428b3bd","May 2022","2022-05-31","4059-deep-in-providence","\"Haunting, intimate, and beautifully a magical debut novel from a writer to watch.” ―Emily M. Danforth, national bestselling and award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post

A spellbinding young adult fantasy debut following three best friends who turn to magic when they're haunted by a friend's death...and perhaps her spirit, combining the atmospheric thrills of The Hazel Wood with the nuanced realism of Erika L. Sanchez.

For best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own. From the bodegas and late-night food trucks on Broad Street to The Hill that watches over the city, every corner of Providence glows with memories of them practicing spells, mixing up potions and doing séances with the help of the magic Miliani’s Filipino grandfather taught her.

But when Jasmine is killed by a drunk driver, the world they have always known is left haunted by grief...and Jasmine's lingering spirit. Determined to bring her back, the surviving friends band together, testing the limits of their magic and everything they know about life, death, and each other.

And as their plan to resurrect Jasmine grows darker and more demanding than they imagined, their separate lives begin to splinter the bonds they depend on, revealing buried secrets that threaten the people they care about most. Miliani, Inez and Natalie will have to rely on more than just their mystical abilities to find the light.

Thrilling and absorbing, Deep in Providence is a story of profound yearning, and what happens when three teen girls are finally given the power to go after what they want.

“Magic runs like a glittering thread through this densely woven tale of friendship, grief, and identity, and what begins as a backbeat of creeping dread deftly builds into a landscape of supernatural terrors. Neilson balances her page-turning fantasy narrative against the coming of age of a trio of bereaved best friends with grace, delicacy, and startling humanity.” ―Melissa Albert, New York Times -bestselling author of the Hazel Wood series and Our Crooked Hearts",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)",480,"May 31, 2022","May 31","9781250788528","1250788528","#183868",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4040i/f016afa2-2680-45e3-8cad-9c246428b3bd.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4040i%2Ff016afa2-2680-45e3-8cad-9c246428b3bd.jpg",{"_290":914,"_33":226,"_323":915,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":152,"_366":916,"_368":48},"b37fea0e-e7f0-4ae0-8079-0ceaf0f27997","307-riss-m-neilson",[369],"90d75722-4596-4f6d-831f-66e267bf269e",4431,"4.25",[],[935],"Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic","7b91f723-188f-4613-9478-7f3a0337515a","4454-hallie-s-rules-for-a-recovering-romantic","Perfect for fans of Erin Baldwin and Elise Bryant, this sapphic rom-com—a companion novel to Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love—stars a girl determined to reinvent herself, in life and in love.

Hallie loves romance, but it doesn’t seem to love her back. Her six-time broken heart can attest to that.
So when Hallie has the chance to attend a prestigious academic summer camp, she sees an opportunity not just to better herself, but to reinvent herself. Into a new Hallie who will succeed where the old one failed—in school, friends, and especially love.
First, a fresh start—which means no romance, all summer. If Hallie’s fortitude is immediately tested by Julia, her gorgeous camp roommate with an uncrackable icy shell, then all the better! Reinvention is never easy!
Yet as Hallie and Julia get closer, Hallie’s heart is in more danger than ever. With the prospect of real love on the line, can Hallie trust that New Hallie won’t make the mistakes that she did? Or is Julia looking for someone else—the unfiltered, unaltered, real Hallie?

\n Wish You Weren’t Here \nmeets I Think I Love You in this sweet, summer rom-com, where plans go wonderfully astray, the best rules are broken ones, and love might actually be just around the corner.",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},"HarperCollins US","9781335008473","1335008470","#000000",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4431i/7b91f723-188f-4613-9478-7f3a0337515a.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4431i%2F7b91f723-188f-4613-9478-7f3a0337515a.jpg",{"_290":936,"_33":228,"_323":937,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":81,"_366":938,"_368":48},"7fd9b6ba-ef67-4204-ae3a-5d35c9469aaf","421-jessica-lewis",[369],"95c68e77-8d30-4751-b1f3-bc6c26dea56b",4481,[],[962],"Where Shadows Meet","7983b48c-e431-4122-bde8-0c8f2813000c",{"_21":943,"_290":961,"_359":42},"Apr 2025","2025-04-01","4506-where-shadows-meet","The dark and thrillingly romantic debut vampire fantasy that questions what it truly means to sacrifice for love.

You have no idea what I’ve done for love. Just as you have no idea what you may one day do.

Once long ago, a girl named Favre sacrificed her wings for love. Thana, the young goddess she so willingly gave them up for, sacrificed that same love for power. But everything has a cost.

Favre never got over the loss of her wings. And Thana’s choices led to a life of eternal night, and later, their destruction. Favre has bided her time ever since, waiting for the chance to resurrect the girl she loves who turned her into the creature she hates.

Now, a thousand years later, Leyla, the crown princess of the malichora—an ancient race that survives on human blood —must travel to the Island of the Dead when her best friend is captured during an attack on her nation’s capital. Along with Najja, a fierce, beautiful seer, and the last person she expected to help her, Leyla forges down a dangerous path, intent on saving her friend. But nothing is as it seems. The closer she gets to her goal, the more she risks awakening an ancient evil and destroying everything she holds dear.

Set in the aftermath of a war between vampires, humans, and the gods that created them, Patrice Caldwell’s devastatingly romantic fantasy debut, Where Shadows Meet, centers the heart-wrenching pain of loss and the struggle of self-discovery to ask: do we choose our fates, or do our fates choose us?",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Wednesday Books","April 1, 2025","April 1","9781250815347","1250815347","#784818",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4481i/7983b48c-e431-4122-bde8-0c8f2813000c.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4481i%2F7983b48c-e431-4122-bde8-0c8f2813000c.jpg","78ffc5f6-00ae-427e-bacc-6bd5509a22bc",{"_290":963,"_33":224,"_323":964,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":81,"_366":965,"_368":48},"7436ccc1-69ba-4a6e-bbea-d76061ab1cca","444-patrice-caldwell",[369],"a8ba9df9-fe1d-4b30-9ac8-74ef04c50338",4131,"4.4",[],[988],"D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding","da814503-13a8-46a2-a1df-5a8f92bba2da","Jan 2022","2022-01-25","4151-d-vaughn-and-kris-plan-a-wedding","D’Vaughn and Kris have six weeks to plan their dream wedding.

Their whole relationship is fake.

Instant I Do could be Kris Zavala’s big break. She’s right on the cusp of really making it as an influencer, so a stint on reality TV is the perfect chance to elevate her brand. And $100,000 wouldn’t hurt, either.

D’Vaughn Miller is just trying to break out of her shell. She’s sort of neglected to come out to her mom for years, so a big splashy fake wedding is just the excuse she needs.

All they have to do is convince their friends and family they’re getting married in six weeks. If anyone guesses they’re not for real, they’re out. Selling their chemistry on camera is surprisingly easy, and it’s still there when no one else is watching, which is an unexpected bonus. Winning this competition is going to be a piece of wedding cake.

But each week of the competition brings new challenges, and soon the prize money’s not the only thing at stake. A reality show isn’t the best place to create a solid foundation, and their fake wedding might just derail their relationship before it even starts.

Carina Adores is home to highly romantic contemporary love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters. Discover a new Carina Adores book every month!",{"_290":42,"_33":84,"_354":394,"_356":66},336,"January 25, 2022","January 25","9781335534941","1335534946","#f86858",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4131i/da814503-13a8-46a2-a1df-5a8f92bba2da.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4131i%2Fda814503-13a8-46a2-a1df-5a8f92bba2da.jpg",{"_290":449,"_33":243,"_323":450,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":97,"_366":989,"_368":48},[369],"af01d7dc-cbd5-4eb6-a2a1-f1e7bcb12da4",4490,"4.11",47,[],[1013],"Cinderella Is Dead","20e1f2f6-45d0-4e1b-a97a-a38910b45b85",2020,"Jul 2020","2020-07-07","4515-cinderella-is-dead","It's 200 years since Cinderella found her prince, but the fairytale is over.

Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to the royal ball for choosing. And every girl knows that she has only one chance. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball . are forfeit.

But Sophia doesn't want to be chosen - she's in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. And when Sophia's night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding in Cinderella's tomb. And there she meets someone who will show her that she has the power to remake her world.",{"_290":70,"_33":82,"_354":355,"_356":66},"Bloomsbury YA","July 7, 2020","9781547603886","1547603887","#281838",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4490i/20e1f2f6-45d0-4e1b-a97a-a38910b45b85.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4490i%2F20e1f2f6-45d0-4e1b-a97a-a38910b45b85.jpg",{"_290":361,"_33":241,"_323":362,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":83,"_366":1014,"_368":48},[369],"ba1a9525-1422-4f14-8e98-bbaff8427228",4156,[],[1035],"Consolation Gifts","7d8414a8-4a7d-4bb7-a289-acffbee03a87","Nov 2020","2020-11-07","4176-consolation-gifts","What was supposed to be a milestone birthday turned into one of the worst nights of Tai’s life when she discovers that her boyfriend of five years has been cheating on her. A firm believer in the philosophy of “fool me once”, she decides to cut ties and charge the betrayal to the game.

Unable to disappear before confronting both parties, Tai is determined to let them know they messed with the wrong woman. The confrontation turns into something else completely when the other woman doesn’t respond how she expects. Without a doubt, Tai is going to walk away from the encounter as a single woman, but after meeting Priscilla? Suddenly, Brian is the last thing on her mind.",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},"EKOL Media","November 7, 2020","November 7","B08KYNNLFB","#f8d8e8",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4156i/7d8414a8-4a7d-4bb7-a289-acffbee03a87.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4156i%2F7d8414a8-4a7d-4bb7-a289-acffbee03a87.jpg",{"_290":449,"_33":243,"_323":450,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":97,"_366":1036,"_368":48},[369],"bd823c12-df1d-4be9-b039-b6067bbcbe1f",4146,[],[1059],"Things Hoped For: A Vow Series Spin-Off","8f4ff430-19b4-4a9a-97ad-0f9275e66477",{"_21":1057,"_290":1058,"_359":152},"2020-07-28","4166-things-hoped-for","Can two women who only want to be loved, find a home in each other when the world around them is moving too fast for them to settle down?

Growing up in an intolerant town, Latrisha Martin was used to shrinking the most important parts of herself. She hid her loneliness within a busy life and kept the yearning in her heart tucked away from those closest to her. Just as the façade became too heavy to maintain, Trisha received wise words from a strange woman that helped redirect her life's journey. On a whim, she relocates to Houston, and while adjusting to a new normal, she finds that those desires she'd once hidden begin to manifest in ways she never imagined.

With her star attached to a rocket ship, Xenobia Cooper was quickly transforming from a locally known talent into a name known in households across the nation. Viewed as an overnight success to many, the only thing that the veteran of the Houston underground music scene hadn't prepared for was living a life without someone to come home to at the end of the day. A reckless tweet sent out in the middle of the night brings an influx of women with stars in their eyes, but they all lack the key component that Xeno is looking for. A chance encounter after her largest show to date and she's convinced that those things she'd hoped for are just within her grasp.

The Vow Series
To Buy a Vow - Book 1
To Build a Vow - Book 2
To Break a Vow - Book 3
Things Hoped For - Book 4",{"_290":70,"_33":82,"_354":355,"_356":66},129,"July 28, 2020","July 28","B0DWVCNMXC","#d8c898",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4146i/8f4ff430-19b4-4a9a-97ad-0f9275e66477.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4146i%2F8f4ff430-19b4-4a9a-97ad-0f9275e66477.jpg","The Vow","6a73542c-2274-4def-9777-fe6f837ce725",{"_290":449,"_33":243,"_323":450,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":97,"_366":1060,"_368":48},[369],"c70791bf-f59e-4624-b19e-64ccac8700e1",4132,"3.98",27,[],[1083],"A Little Kissing Between Friends","3b732235-48d1-49b4-a935-dc7b5ca55905","May 2024","2024-05-28","4152-a-little-kissing-between-friends","Music producer on the rise Cyn Tha Starr knows what she likes, from her sickening beats in the studio to the flirty femmes she fools around with. Her ever-rotating roster has never been a problem until her latest fling clashes with Jucee, her best friend and the most popular dancer at strip club Sanity.

It makes Cyn see Jucee in a different light. One with far fewer boundaries and a lot more kissing.

Juleesa Jones makes great money dancing the early shift and spends most evenings with her son, her Sanity family or at Cyn’s house. Relationships are not high on the priority list—until she’s forced to admit that maybe friendship isn’t the only thing she wants from her bestie.

But hooking up with your ride-or-die is risky. Jucee isn’t just Cyn’s best friend—Jucee is her muse. When Cyn lays down her bars, it’s Jucee she imagines in the club throwing it back to every note. If they aren’t careful, this could crash and burn…but isn’t real love worth it?",{"_290":42,"_33":84,"_354":394,"_356":66},"May 28, 2024","May 28","9781335508218","133550821X","#e8a848",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4132i/3b732235-48d1-49b4-a935-dc7b5ca55905.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4132i%2F3b732235-48d1-49b4-a935-dc7b5ca55905.jpg",{"_290":449,"_33":243,"_323":450,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":97,"_366":1084,"_368":48},[369],"d561330d-7299-4ddc-acae-0f3134380a4b",4475,"4.06",[],[1106],"c3110390-616b-4c0b-854d-161463f48ae3",{"_21":666,"_290":667,"_359":42},"2024-01-23","4500-faebound","Yeeran is a warrior in the elven army and has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as a diviner, seeking prophecies of a better future.

When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven lands, they are both forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders. There they encounter the the fae court.

The fae haven’t been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle are thrust into their seductive world – torn between their loyalty to each other, their elven homeland, and their hearts. . .",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},386,"January 23, 2024","January 23","9780593723005","0593723007","#d84848",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4475i/c3110390-616b-4c0b-854d-161463f48ae3.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4475i%2Fc3110390-616b-4c0b-854d-161463f48ae3.jpg",{"_290":560,"_33":244,"_323":561,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":514,"_366":1107,"_368":48},[369],"e3a8d122-18a1-4908-a480-1ad098f725e1",5708,[],[1127],"Bad Beat","4bd7db3e-0c23-42ca-a67b-71c85e4dc7de","Nov 2023","2023-11-10","5810-bad-beat","

The heat of the Las Vegas summer is just too much to handle, especially when you're stuck playing hand after hand with your rival.

Fresh from a devastating breakup, Jax Bass wants one thing and one thing only: to win the Women's International Poker Tournament and the half-million dollar prize. She's less than pleased to find her rival, Miri, standing in her way.

Miri Black is tired of online hecklers dismissing her as an airhead, and would love nothing more than to win the tournament for herself. Only knocking out her biggest threat, Jax, would make this even sweeter.

Unfortunately for the two of them, they can't stop bickering with each other long enough to focus on the prize at hand. After a fellow contestant gets sick of the Jax and Miri show, both women are forced to answer the question: could there be something more between them?

Bad Beat is an age-gap, enemies-to-lovers read with all the heat and snark you crave.

",{"_290":242,"_33":80,"_354":394,"_356":66},200,"November 10, 2023","November 10","B0GX7YFJM8",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/5708i/4bd7db3e-0c23-42ca-a67b-71c85e4dc7de/1787337306.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F5708i%2F4bd7db3e-0c23-42ca-a67b-71c85e4dc7de%2F1787337306.jpg",{"_290":472,"_33":239,"_323":473,"_363":474,"_364":475,"_365":476,"_366":1128,"_368":48},[369],"e3eb68f3-795c-49b1-88b6-7853af051033",4501,"3.8",[],[1146],"Death Card","7a640ffc-8c7a-4dfa-9f21-d6ef74d648f7","5308-death-card","A dark contemporary fantasy featuring witchcraft, tarot, death, and a bit of romance that's perfect for fans of Immortal Dark and Cinderella Is Dead.

On an ordinary Monday morning, eighteen-year-old Mikaela Broussard receives the shock of her life. During a customer’s tarot reading at her family’s occult shop, she turns over the Death card and envisions the beautiful stranger stabbing her in the heart.

In order to determine why the girl, Joelle, wants to kill her, she’ll have to keep her close. But the more time Mikaela spends with her soon-to-be murderer, the more irresistible she finds her.

As if imminent death isn’t worrisome enough, witches are turning up with their magic stolen. And it’s clear some very dark magic is at work. Mikaela, as the next Witch Queen of her coven, is tasked with figuring out who’s behind the horrific acts—a mystery that will put her and her power to the test.

Death Card is a dark, pacy, and romantic fantasy about one witch’s journey to find the strength to fight for herself, her future, and her beloved community.",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},"G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers","9780593858288","#180828",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4501i/7a640ffc-8c7a-4dfa-9f21-d6ef74d648f7.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4501i%2F7a640ffc-8c7a-4dfa-9f21-d6ef74d648f7.jpg",{"_290":1147,"_33":225,"_323":1148,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":1149,"_368":48},"465c9a98-df0f-44c5-8be0-8cb2367abc72","455-jasmine-smith",[369],"ecd43b66-ad77-4366-b5ec-f2f98fda68c2",4537,[],[1171],"In the House of Transcendence","b017f664-ecc1-4faf-865f-5873b9f821e4","Sep 2022","2022-09-22","4568-in-the-house-of-transcendence","Zora is a necromancer. Some say she’s gifted, others say she’s cursed, but her abilities always terrify her. Hoping to start a new life, she flees her childhood home and travels to Savannah, but she soon learns that some things can’t be changed.

There, she meets an alluring and powerful witch named Birdie. She offers Zora a she’ll give Zora a place to stay, a job dancing at a magical burlesque club called Nightingale’s, and help controlling her powers if Zora can solve her lover’s murder.

Zora accepts Birdie’s offer and is soon drawn into the magical community of Savannah, where rituals and magical fights are performed in grand old homes, potions can make people float on air, and three magical houses vie for dominance. As she tries to put the pieces together and solve the murder, Zora gets caught in the sight of the very forces responsible for the killing.

Can she rise up and learn to control her powers and solve the murder or will her fears cause her to lose it all?",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},246,"September 22, 2022","September 22","9781734985450","B0B7TGZQQ5","#381808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4537i/b017f664-ecc1-4faf-865f-5873b9f821e4.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4537i%2Fb017f664-ecc1-4faf-865f-5873b9f821e4.jpg",{"_290":1172,"_33":221,"_323":1173,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":1174,"_368":48},"e83d87f2-afc1-4339-8bed-491beb8109d4","475-amanda-b-weaver-formerly-amanda-ross",[369],"ef97e941-627a-45cc-a58a-6cb5829906be",4488,"4.58",[],[1197],"d27d8674-0c5a-4d58-bc3c-deab417efa6b",{"_21":357,"_290":358,"_359":42},"Jun 2021","2021-06-29","4513-this-poison-heart","Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.

Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.

When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined--it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri's unique family lineage.

When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. There is more to Bri's sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it . . . until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. Up against a centuries-old curse and the deadliest plant on earth, Bri must harness her gift to protect herself and her family.

From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes another inspiring and deeply compelling story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.",{"_290":44,"_33":86,"_354":394,"_356":66},384,"June 29, 2021","June 29","9781547603909","1547603909","#c8b888",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4488i/d27d8674-0c5a-4d58-bc3c-deab417efa6b.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4488i%2Fd27d8674-0c5a-4d58-bc3c-deab417efa6b.jpg",{"_290":361,"_33":241,"_323":362,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":83,"_366":1198,"_368":48},[369],"f25b94e4-e135-4ae4-9835-fc26eb6761a1",4529,"5.0",[],[1220],"Leather, Lace, and Locs","b8c34f1c-5833-43fa-a3c3-a97d7c107a09","2024-04-09","4558-leather-lace-and-locs","Melissa Hart is a shy, mousy introvert, afraid to step out of her comfort zone until she dons a mask and leather as the dominatrix persona Mistress Heart. Living a double life, she develops an intimate relationship with a mysterious client who chips away the wall separating Ms. Hart from Mistress Heart to show Melissa the woman she really is.

Golden Hughes had one goal, to turn her passion for dance into a professional career. Then tragedy strikes and Golden sets her dreams aside for a regular job and steady paycheck. Now that she has everything she needs, her passion for dance is reignited in burlesque performance, putting her in the path of two unique and sexy women.

Zoe Grant has spent most of her adult life putting her wants and needs on the back burner to focus on raising her daughter, her career as a beautician, and expanding her family’s natural hair care products business. When a woman running from a painful past comes to the salon for a life-changing haircut, Zoe finds what she wants and needs in the most unexpected way.

Three friends, each on their own path, discover love could lead to happily ever after.",{"_290":42,"_33":84,"_354":394,"_356":66},"Bold Strokes Books",312,"April 9, 2024","April 9","9781636795294","1636795293",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/4529i/b8c34f1c-5833-43fa-a3c3-a97d7c107a09.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F4529i%2Fb8c34f1c-5833-43fa-a3c3-a97d7c107a09.jpg",{"_290":1221,"_33":235,"_323":1222,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":1223,"_368":48},"f7af2e90-6a01-4afc-9df9-4ce9d8d28b40","469-anne-shade",[369],"951532dd-f756-490b-9863-818618c3b95b",12808,[],[1244],"Stud Love Volume 1","c462bf70-c9a5-48c5-80d8-915c68fda05b","Oct 2026","2026-10-15","13571-stud-love-volume-1","

Birgundi Williams makes a living helping women recognize toxic relationships. The problem is, she goes home to one every night. Three years into her marriage to Mink, love has turned into control, fear, and bruises Birgundi has gotten too good at hiding. She knows she needs to leave. Knowing and surviving long enough to do it are two different things.

Then Zion Cannon walks into her life. Billionaire CEO. Atlanta street royalty. Calm, cocky, and dangerous enough to never have to raise her voice twice. Zion doesn’t do complicated women, married women, or situations that can interfere with business. Birgundi becomes all three.

What starts with lingering tension turns into private lunches, disappearing messages, stolen freedom, and a connection neither woman can ignore. Zion wants Birgundi, but she refuses to become another person controlling her. Birgundi has to choose freedom for herself.

Mink has no intention of letting that happen. And when obsession turns violent, Birgundi’s marriage collides with the Cannon empire, dragging enemies, family secrets, street politics, and blood into a love story that was already playing with fire.

Zion Cannon has money, power, and an entire city that knows better than to cross her. But Birgundi might be the one thing she’s willing to risk all of it for.

Because this ain’t regular love.This is Stud Love.

And when a stud loves you like Zion Cannon does, somebody better pray she never has a reason to go to war.

",{"_290":81,"_33":88,"_354":355,"_356":66},272,"October 15, 2026","October 15","B0HJ9XN3TX","#120702",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/12808i/c462bf70-c9a5-48c5-80d8-915c68fda05b/1791558377.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F12808i%2Fc462bf70-c9a5-48c5-80d8-915c68fda05b%2F1791558377.jpg",{"_290":1245,"_33":232,"_323":1246,"_363":-5,"_364":-5,"_365":42,"_366":1247,"_368":48},"36c862ea-33cd-4407-9b5b-8e12d6111e7f","2549-sheena-jones",[369],115,"Lesbian Romance","category","genre","lesbian-romance","/genres/lesbian-romance","selectable","sensitive","position","parent",{"_290":42,"_33":1259,"_323":1260,"_1250":1251,"_1255":66,"_1254":66},"Romance","romance","isLoggedIn",["P",1262],"result",{"_21":1271,"_23":1272,"_19":1273,"_1274":1275,"_25":1276,"_1277":1278,"_27":1279},"user","themePreference","light","storedTheme","gaId","G-Z1HVZ17GZ3","Blackauthored","%s","Find your next Black authored read and connect with readers with the similar taste.","handle","@blackauthored","https://blackauthored.com","robots",{"_1290":66,"_1291":66},{"_29":30,"_31":1280,"_33":1271,"_1281":1282,"_1283":1284,"_25":1276},"Organization","logo","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/images/og-image.png","sameAs",[1285,1286,1287,1288,1289],"https://twitter.com/blackauthored","https://facebook.com/blackauthored","https://instagram.com/blackauthored","https://youtube.com/blackauthored","https://tiktok.com/@blackauthored","noIndex","noFollow"]