Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind…

New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s.

Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead of them.

Mercy is the quiet, straight laced hospital administrator, struggling to make ends meet. At night and on weekends, she pours her heart into her cooking and her dream of owning her own restaurant. Lenox is the diva, the wild child, looking for excitement and her big come up in life and love. Their boys, Deon and Judah, have been raised more like brothers than cousins, forging a bond that is unbreakable.

When Lenox heads down a path that she believes will bring success and power, it changes the entire course of her life and her family’s life forever. As a result of their mother’s choices, cousins Deon and Judah soon find themselves in uncharted territory.

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But when her violence stops being an asset and starts becoming a liability, Joy is cast out and forced to bury the very parts of herself she was trained to embrace. Now she’s on a mission to prove she’s still worthy—of power, of belonging, of love.

Until she meets him.

Adonis “Ace” is the heir to the King Mafia Family—feared, calculated, and untouchable. Beneath the tailored suits and law degree is a man shaped by violence and built for power, who has never needed love… only loyalty.

Until he meets her.

When their paths tangle, they recognize a darkness in each other that doesn’t scare them, it calls to them, and two lonely souls discover a love forged by fire—one that makes them more dangerous together than they were apart.",{"_181":129,"_33":83,"_244":245,"_81":64},555,"August 28, 2026","August 28","B0HGWNZN6Y","#151411",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/5780i/a7233dc9-c01e-4023-bcd5-e569b9db752c/1787907160.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F5780i%2Fa7233dc9-c01e-4023-bcd5-e569b9db752c%2F1787907160.jpg",{"_181":343,"_33":153,"_215":344,"_252":-5,"_253":-5,"_254":42,"_255":345,"_257":47},"9a66a44e-69f3-4bf6-93f2-065f728a2f74","855-aliviyah-love",[258],"dc7d9b07-9ea0-4618-aae1-353135841dcc",5281,"4.63",[],[365],"MINE","b2445f57-1185-4365-a274-5dcb52fe33d4","2026-08-06","5371-mine","

Justice isn’t always served in a courtroom.

Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Zuri Bennett has devoted her life to giving the dead a voice. Criminal Defense Attorney Micah Graves has devoted his to protecting the rights of the living. When fate keeps throwing them together, an undeniable connection quickly becomes something deeper.

But while their relationship blossoms, a killer is quietly eliminating men with violent pasts, the closer Micah grows to Zuri, the more he begins to question how someone can know him so well.

Some obsessions look exactly like love. Others destroy everything you thought you knew about the person you love.

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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.

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

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.

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Some people fight the devil inside them… others worship it.

NYPD Detectives Phee Freeman and Quincy Cavanaugh are back and working to stop another serial killer. Freeman has his own battles to fight, too, as he navigates his family’s refusal to accept his sibling AJ’s identity. When AJ is found brutally murdered, he can’t step away from the case. Before long, a pattern of shockingly similar ritualistic murders emerges. Freeman, Cavanaugh, and FBI Agent Janet Maclin must join forces with a brilliant but deranged cult leader to hunt down the killer. As the bodies begin piling up, Phee and his partners must rethink their entire investigation—what if their suspect and their so-called expert are actually the same person?

Apart from his critically-acclaimed thriller titles, La Salle is a masterful mystery/crime storyteller. He may be best known for his acting roles in productions such as ER, Coming to America, and Logan, but his background in crime fiction was finely honed as he directed and executive produced countless episodes of popular shows such as Law & Order, Law and Order SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime, CSI: NY, and Chicago PD with Dick Wolf.

Praise for Laws of Wrath

\"All thriller; no filler―a white knuckled treat.\" ― James Patterson

\"[A] nail-biter that never sacrifices character for plot.\" ― Publishers Weekly

\"A devilish thriller in which no one escapes the darkness.\" ― Kirkus Reviews

\"Penetrating and incisive…Laws of Wrath is outstanding fiction, with its basis firmly planted in the nonfictional evil man is capable of committing.\" ―Lee Ashford, Readers' Favorite

",{"_181":129,"_33":83,"_244":245,"_81":64},"Poisoned Pen Press",344,"June 17, 2014","June 17","B0B9HN44TB","#083848",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9338i/0638c22e-6290-4761-884a-566a21fa982f/1789234849.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9338i%2F0638c22e-6290-4761-884a-566a21fa982f%2F1789234849.jpg","Martyr Maker","86a6da12-9e6e-4288-a8f7-037c39a2260c",{"_181":398,"_33":154,"_215":399,"_252":-5,"_253":-5,"_254":400,"_255":401,"_257":47},"611aa32c-efe2-4135-a283-686a711ddaba","796-eriq-la-salle",8,[258],"c0e9e037-9149-43ee-8fa9-91fcc41a171f",9894,"4.75",[],[424],"Something Stolen","b09585d9-0432-474f-ba4f-a1be655f8dea","2026-10-06","10541-something-stolen","

MONICA HARPER-JORDAN has built the life she's always wanted-her little piece of the American dream.

A respected attorney, devoted wife, and mother, Monica is named partner at a prestigious Black-owned law firm. But the celebration is short-lived. As she steps into her new role and leads a controversial acquisition, old insecurities resurface and tensions inside the firm begin to rise.

Then her assistant disappears.

Days later, the young woman is found dead.

Before Monica can make sense of the loss, her husband-a scientist conducting groundbreaking research-is critically injured in what police call a tragic accident.

Monica wants to believe them.

But too many questions remain unanswered.

As fear spreads across Richmond and a string of unsettling deaths rattles the city, Monica struggles to make sense of everything happening around her. And she knows the lengths some people will go to protect their secrets.

Now she must decide how much she's willing to risk for the answers she desperately needs-before everything she's fought to build is taken from her.

In a chaotic America where some things never change, SOMETHING STOLEN is a literary suspense novel about ambition, grief, family, the horrors we've learned to live with-and the price of refusing to look away.

",{"_181":160,"_33":78,"_244":315,"_81":64},"Savoy House Books",334,"October 6, 2026","October 6","8996223305","B0H9J7J7XR","#0f1119",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9894i/b09585d9-0432-474f-ba4f-a1be655f8dea/1789508130.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9894i%2Fb09585d9-0432-474f-ba4f-a1be655f8dea%2F1789508130.jpg",{"_181":425,"_33":156,"_215":426,"_252":287,"_253":-5,"_254":42,"_255":427,"_257":47},"9ff31232-c032-41eb-b3aa-958f37220127","1805-nikki-savoy",[258],"cdb98441-1031-42f4-afdb-a9c5ea6e0008",9896,[],[448],"Avery vs The Cain Complex","db26b83d-ddff-403f-a893-d7187da075ad","Nov 2025","2025-11-17","10543-avery-vs-the-cain-complex","The rivalries among sibling assassins spiral so far out of control that they set their sights on each other, starting first with their brother.

Avery Valdis hasn’t done his father proud. Now, his family wants him dead.

When a client needs someone executed, they turn to the Valdis Syndicate. But, Avery’s string of failed and shoddy assassinations hasn’t just tarnished his own name. It’s damaged the reputation of the entire clan. Father can tolerate that no longer.

Targeted by his own siblings at Father’s command, Avery is forced to fight back—and, ultimately, to the death. As he navigates their blackmail, sabotage and years-long disdain, he’s forced to grapple with the realization that blood means little in their bloodline.

Will he restore his honor before time runs out, or will his brother and sister fulfill their father’s fatal order?

Written for fans of toxic family dynamics, the black sheep trope and deadly sibling rivalries, AVERY VS THE CAIN COMPLEX highlights the lethal consequences of unchecked rage that runs blood deep. ",{"_181":129,"_33":83,"_244":245,"_81":64},"November 17, 2025","November 17","9769767638","B0FQ9SJSS8","#0d171a",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/9896i/db26b83d-ddff-403f-a893-d7187da075ad/1789508289.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F9896i%2Fdb26b83d-ddff-403f-a893-d7187da075ad%2F1789508289.jpg",{"_181":449,"_33":159,"_215":450,"_252":451,"_253":452,"_254":42,"_255":453,"_257":47},"bd3aa608-8681-4b3a-8920-27dc7bda8a34","1806-malayka","

","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/ajgwmrqrh10cxd0n5xgr4zcsyfgt",[258],"aa68069e-81b0-46f8-8316-ded3e9289dab",10900,[],[475],"Forbidden Hold","0485c2b4-9aca-4093-bbc0-ec069ba247c6",{"_21":473,"_181":474,"_248":129},"2026-10-07","11608-forbidden-hold","

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.

",{"_181":129,"_33":83,"_244":245,"_81":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","The Time Can't Erase Saga","cd63c905-cde2-44fc-b91d-134020b597f9",{"_181":476,"_33":161,"_215":477,"_252":478,"_253":479,"_254":293,"_255":480,"_257":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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Years have passed, but the past never really let them go.

Then, in the middle of the night, Audrey is kidnapped by masked men.

Suddenly, every buried truth, broken promise, and old allegiance comes roaring back to the surface.

Eugene has already lost too much to stand by and lose his wife again. This time, he isn't waiting for the police, the courts, or anyone else to bring Audrey home. To find her, Eugene will have to step into a world he was never meant to enter, make alliances he never thought he'd need, and do whatever it takes to get her back.

Audrey's kidnapping doesn't just reopen the past.

It gives everyone a reason to come for blood.

And Eugene is coming for his wife.

This isn't just a rescue anymore.

It's war.

",{"_181":129,"_33":83,"_244":245,"_81":64},"A&G Connection LLC","December 1, 2026","#211814",[],[],"https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/10902i/3ad01e54-c464-403b-8c1a-b3b296a71c93/1789792677.jpg","https://img.blackauthored.com/?preset=poster_thumb&image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.blackauthored.com%2Fbooks%2F10902i%2F3ad01e54-c464-403b-8c1a-b3b296a71c93%2F1789792677.jpg",{"_181":476,"_33":161,"_215":477,"_252":478,"_253":479,"_254":293,"_255":499,"_257":47},[258],"babb4b66-5b5a-4314-a5cb-2ec584e1f1b9",11656,"4.67",[],[519],"Charlie's Angels: A Polyamorous Affair","def76c39-1ba2-470c-95da-196e7f442f73","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?

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