A broken girl will blossom into a woman warrior.

Dia Fontaine has hit rock bottom and needs a change.

Driven from home by her toxic mother, she encounters a social club of Black women who assist in her healing and transformation.

The social club is a secret society rooted in the history of the Dahomeyan Amazons.

During her training process, Dia finds rivalry in ShaRae, a fellow trainee, and a new mother figure in Ms. Manners, the Senior Instructor who embodies the spirit of the organization.

Hard Pressed is a contemporary, emotion-driven story about mothers, daughters, and women warriors.

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Ms. Chantal's love for all things artistic fuels her main passion: to unleash her multifaceted creativity. Her work, fiction and nonfiction, showcases and celebrates the inherent strength and power of the Black American woman.

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Rayna believed she had successfully settled her feet in Los Angeles, efficaciously eluding the near demise of her career.

Instead she faces a new obstacle as Azmir Jacobs infiltrates her mind and world, and is now meticulously thawing her heart.

Will the elusive Rayna embrace the unexpected love Azmir’s offering? Continue the love redemption journey and discover new some who foster Rayna and Azmir’s relationship and some who challenge it.",{"_167":126,"_33":75,"_228":229,"_230":64},"MKT Publishing, LLC",342,"June 28, 2013","June 28","9781950014118","B00DPNS95M","#060401",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/3137i/fdff8bc6-b808-4b43-a773-5d6bc0149694.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F3137i%2Ffdff8bc6-b808-4b43-a773-5d6bc0149694.jpg","Love's Improbable Possibility","a5a07b32-1fb0-424e-8bb5-81c712840696","order",{"_167":273,"_33":148,"_197":274,"_234":-5,"_236":-5,"_238":275,"_239":276,"_241":47},"117ac893-88bd-4055-a1d5-1237c22059ac","244-love-belvin",33,[242],"3841edac-b635-4427-8355-ee73991cd5bc",3134,"4.02",83,[],[302],"Love Lost","fd400881-f75f-48ec-b445-2428e37477a3",{"_21":269,"_167":270,"_271":42},"May 2013","2013-05-10","3151-love-lost","Love Lost is book 1 of the Love’s Improbable Possibility series.

You ever wonder what events led up to an individual’s inability to trust in love?

Rayna Brimm survives a series of betrayals and loss, only to forge ahead into self-preservation. After receiving her degree, she finds herself in California and tries to build a self-contained life.

Enter Azmir Jacobs. A tall, dark, handsome, and very wealthy man, whose street credibility and executive power in the corporate world has beautiful women at his beck and call. However, only one woman has caught his eye: the resilient Rayna Brimm, who turns out to be more than he bargained for.

Even though both have checkered pasts, can Azmir conceal his convoluted life long enough to prove he can provide Rayna the stable and reliable love she clearly needs and deserves?

Just when you thought you’d begun the read of an urban novel, you turn the pages and find the journey of a classic love tale and a story of redemption instead.",{"_167":136,"_33":72,"_228":229,"_230":64},"Smashwords/MKT Publishings",374,"May 10, 2013","May 10","9781301915415","1301915416","#020101",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/3134i/fd400881-f75f-48ec-b445-2428e37477a3.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F3134i%2Ffd400881-f75f-48ec-b445-2428e37477a3.jpg",{"_167":273,"_33":148,"_197":274,"_234":-5,"_236":-5,"_238":275,"_239":303,"_241":47},[242],"7befaa23-35d5-4465-b3b4-6ccaad51b625",3138,"4.5",54,[],[328],"Love UnCharted","1b707892-28f6-40af-934e-008e3c9aaa9f",{"_21":269,"_167":270,"_271":126},"Oct 2013","2013-10-13","3155-love-uncharted","Love UnCharted is book 3 of the Love’s Improbable Possibility series.

Rayna thought her life had been stabilized, in spite of losing her sole source of support. Azmir throws a monkey wrench in her world, to include himself, but not without exposing a few of his own imperfections.

With all the mistakes he makes, he finds trying to secure a place in Rayna’s heart is no easy feat. He fights at all cost to remain there, even if it means removing all competition, including the woman herself, by breaking down the ice-covered walls surrounding her heart.",{"_167":126,"_33":75,"_228":229,"_230":64},398,"October 13, 2013","October 13","9781950014125","B00FW6WKUA","#040201",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/3138i/1b707892-28f6-40af-934e-008e3c9aaa9f.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F3138i%2F1b707892-28f6-40af-934e-008e3c9aaa9f.jpg",{"_167":273,"_33":148,"_197":274,"_234":-5,"_236":-5,"_238":275,"_239":329,"_241":47},[242],"a462c54e-84b8-4848-a69e-cb54988615ef",384,"4.68",436,[],[358],"Cappadonna","07ee1142-6c8a-4b8e-816d-b2ceb27af048",{"_21":356,"_167":357,"_271":42},2024,"Jul 2024","2024-07-27",20,28,"386-cappadonna","

After my Yaya passed away, I didn’t have anyone that cared for me. I mean, not even a month after Yaya was in the ground, he sat me down in the living room and sold me to a thirty-year-old man. I was sixteen, and my big brother, the man that was supposed to protect me sold me off like cattle on a farm.
My entire life has been to please Zayne. I’m his fourth wife, and the youngest wife. Nobody has ever protected or cared for me. I was tossed the cards that life handed and had to make do with them. That is until Cappadonna Delgato and I cross paths-again.

All it took was for me to see her one time in that visitation room to know that I needed her. Alaia, her name literally means Joy and happiness, and I didn’t see anything of the sorts in her eyes when she stared into my eyes that day. As Allah would have it, our paths were meant to cross on the outside, and they did.
I’m a protector, a provider, and a man, and I don’t think Alaia has ever had that in her life. I don’t care what I have to do or who I have to see to make her mine. She went years without knowing what protection and true love felt like, and I’m stepping up to make sure she doesn’t go another day not knowing how I feel or how I’m coming behind her. If I say she's mine, she's mine, and I've never been afraid to shed blood to prove it.",{"_167":126,"_33":75,"_228":229,"_230":64},316,"July 27, 2024","July 27","B0DBGFGTLH","#112534",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/384i/07ee1142-6c8a-4b8e-816d-b2ceb27af048.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F384i%2F07ee1142-6c8a-4b8e-816d-b2ceb27af048.jpg","Season Two: Delgato Family","2942d936-55bc-41f2-aa6c-25415606e4ea",{"_167":359,"_33":147,"_197":360,"_234":361,"_236":-5,"_238":362,"_239":363,"_241":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,[242],"e2efbf13-9f81-4977-830c-a348a3a1bc0f",306,"4.62",220,[],[391],"Love Letters from a Gangsta","cdb28c08-f473-44a1-a2a5-428a210f2b03",{"_21":389,"_167":390,"_271":126},2023,"Dec 2023","2023-12-02",14,17,"308-love-letters-from-a-gangsta","Scotland Craig had an easy and somewhat privileged life, until she traded it all in for the love of a thug. The sheltered beauty had no idea what she signed up for, finding herself trapped in a loveless and abusive relationship years later, and with no one to turn to. Isolated from family and friends because of the one man she thought would be her happy ever after, Scotland is depressed, broke, and a shell of the woman she used to be. But when her man does the unthinkable, it is the last straw, causing Scotland to make a huge gamble in the name of revenge. But when that retaliation follows her home, adding yet another problem to her already hefty plate, Scotland must figure a way out of the hell she now calls life. And when a sexy gangsta enters her world, reaching a hand out to save her, she is tempted to take it, not realizing he's close to everything she feels is ruining her life.

Lequay Compton, the laid back, handsome and charming gangsta has only ever had love for the almighty dollar. With multiple successful businesses and an impenetrable drug empire, money literally ain’t a thing. Women have always been an afterthought and something to enjoy when he has the time, so long as it doesn’t interfere with his cash. This is much to the chagrin of his close homegirl, waiting in the shadows for their friends to lovers story to commence. However, when Lequay has two chance encounters with the same woman, unknowingly, he finds himself drawn to her or them, no matter how many curve balls are thrown his way; the biggest one being his lack of freedom. Always determined and never one to quit, Lequay is steadfast in his attempts to make a seemingly unattainable woman attainable.

But when he and Scotland finally figure out just who they are to one another, things take a turn for the better and the worse... for some.

In this story filled with secrets, twists, and good black love, you will witness the undeniable bond between two people who fated to be together. And how nothing or no one, not even themselves, can keep them apart.

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","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/lr8j5oeup10jspgasejewex26vnd",[242],"e555f7dc-e1b9-4e20-8394-fc76ef4a372d",399,"4.31",113,[],[430],"Married To A Brownsville Bully","4d8798f4-cd8a-426a-966e-bdf8441b2513",{"_21":403,"_167":429,"_271":42},2018,"May 2018","2018-05-11",7,"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?",{"_167":126,"_33":75,"_228":229,"_230":64},"Urban Chapters Publications",210,"May 11, 2018","May 11","B07D1DY3KY","#0f061d",[423],[],"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",{"_167":424,"_25":425,"_426":427,"_428":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",{"_167":359,"_33":147,"_197":360,"_234":361,"_236":-5,"_238":362,"_239":431,"_241":47},[242],"babb4b66-5b5a-4314-a5cb-2ec584e1f1b9",11656,"4.75",[],[452],"Charlie's Angels: A Polyamorous Affair","def76c39-1ba2-470c-95da-196e7f442f73","Apr 2025","2025-04-26","12378-charlie-s-angels","

What happens when a threesome turns into a polyamorous affair? The question is, can Charlie Thompson handle it?

Sure, she can. She endured single motherhood for twenty-one years after having her son Jaden when she was only thirteen years old. She even leveled up from making nine dollars an hour as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Lagrange, GA to the head nurse of one of the most prestigious hospitals in New York City. And you know what they say, if you can make it in New York, you could make it anywhere!

Sean and Shelly Fox are a dynamic and attractive black power couple who run New York Presbyterian Hospital, serving as the CEO and the CNO (Chief Nursing Officer). While their polished image charms many on the outside, including Charlie, Sean and Shelly’s relationship is much more complicated than meets the eye. Between the secrets that Shelly holds and the chain of events that takes place as Charlie is pulled into a pandora’s box of luxury, money, and sex, with two of New York City’s heavy hitters, expect controversy, drama, risqué locations, steamy sex, and a whole lot of mischief.
In the end will this poly couple survive this emotional roller coaster of love, or will they be torn apart?

",{"_167":126,"_33":75,"_228":229,"_230":64},"April 26, 2025","April 26","B0F6KS8HKQ","#780808",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/11656i/def76c39-1ba2-470c-95da-196e7f442f73/1790452509.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F11656i%2Fdef76c39-1ba2-470c-95da-196e7f442f73%2F1790452509.jpg",{"_167":453,"_33":144,"_197":454,"_234":-5,"_236":-5,"_238":455,"_239":456,"_241":47},"52d977e5-e48e-490a-9346-537f053885cc","847-penny-blacwrite",5,[242],"e71575e0-2ca8-408b-b4b3-d549180dc55f",12692,[485],[481],"What You Not Gon' Do...PSYKOYTIC","3f7160e7-a419-41a6-a10a-1ab4070d4831",{"_21":479,"_167":480,"_271":42},2026,"Feb 2026","2026-02-11","13448-what-you-not-gon-do-psykoytic","

The distinguished Dudley Brothers, reigning from the bayous of Louisiana, have followed their family’s blueprint and created a fortune many would kill for…including them. Leading their own successful Talent Management Agency, the brothers bond together to protect secrets of their past and fight threats seeking to destroy everything they have built.

\n
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Dykoyta “Psykoytic” Dudley was forced to step up as his family’s caretaker, a job he holds dear to his heart. He got it out the mud in the streets until his family got everything he thought they deserved…and he has no remorse for anyone that got in his way. He has always done any and everything to make sure his younger brothers never have to walk that same path, but now fate has other plans. He and his brothers, Dynisti, Dyneim and Dynver, are now sitting at the top of their world, but for how long…

\n
\n

Unselfishly, he put his family and their blueprint before himself, denying himself the simple joys of life. Now his family is secretly determined that he gets everything they know he deserves…even if he thinks he doesn’t. His bipolar personality, street mentality, and his unwavering desire to protect himself has created a man that fears nothing and never folds…until he meets Tyarah.

Tyarah “Ty” Reid is a pint-sized beauty with big Leo energy. She knows who she is and what she wants; she is just catching hell trying to get it. Prioritizing her family over herself, years of parental neglect, and a broken heart has left her somewhat broken-but never bothered.

Forced to take a back-seat to her less qualified counterparts in the white-washed world of public relations, Ty’s career is just as stagnant as her love life. That is…until the day the Dudley brothers swaggered into a conference room looking for representation…and swaggered out with her heart.

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Now Dykoyta’s and Tyarah’s worlds collide as both struggle to resist the undeniable attraction of similar souls. As they work together closely to clear his brother’s name, neither of them consciously desires to cross the temptation of a forbidden workplace jump-off. Yet the intensity of their passion makes them question if they should risk it all…

One wishes to never love at all. One wishes to never love again.

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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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