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Check out these new releases from April 8th-14th.
Jump Ball: Las Vegas Ramblers by Kasha Thompson
You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.
Sariah Thornton, a beauty industry mogul, dedicated herself to her brand and jet-setting around the world. Life hands her a lemon when her father’s passing bequeaths her ownership of a basketball team. She knows nothing about basketball and even less about why her father would choose to leave his prized team to her. As the new owner, she grapples with the complexities of the basketball world and enlists the help of the team’s charismatic coach.
As coach of the Las Vegas Ramblers, Justus Chappel is determined to secure the elusive NBA championship. But with the team suddenly under new ownership, Justus worries that his years of work will be undone. To his surprise, when his new boss seeks his assistance, he agrees, recognizing the opportunity to foster a positive relationship. Justus is caught off guard when he realizes the new owner is smart, funny, and easy on the eyes.
Together, they must overcome professional rivalries, personal insecurities, and the pressures of the game to discover that love might lead to a slam dunk for both their careers and hearts.
Loyal by Default: Legacy of Carter Reed (Assassin’s Heart Book 2) by K.C. Mills
Carter Reed is an assassin with a heart that only beats for one person, McKenna Smith. In a perfect world she would be the light to his darkness. Carter’s world, however, is far from perfect. Which means McKenna cannot exist in it without a target on her back.
While he’s away, Carter’s enemies get close and McKenna’s life is threatened. In his quest to keep McKenna safe, Carter’s world expands with revelations from his past coming forth into the present. Soon he realizes time and place no longer matter because he’s the only person who can keep McKenna safe… and she’s the only one who can make him feel worthy.
If love is complicated, then theirs is an intricate web of complexity.
Still by Kiriah Kache
Still is a captivating tale of friendship, love, and the power of second chances. Laila and De’Andre, once inseparable best friends, find their bond shattered by a shocking reveal that tears them apart. After 10 years, a life-changing event forces them to reunite. They are faced with the daunting question: can their friendship be salvaged, or is it too late? Still. Despite their once unbreakable connection, misunderstandings, and regrets drives a wedge between them, leaving wounds that have yet to heal. They are forced to face their shared past and concealed emotions that still exist. They must determine how to deal with the difficulties of reconciliation, forgiveness, and the possibility of a fresh start. Love has its obstacles but what happens when love finds its way back to each other? Will they always be there to make up, as long as they stick together? ‘Still’
Incensed Love by Aubree Pynn
Two hearts hang in the balance of what they want and what scares them the most. For Axel Mikells, having his returned – or rejected all together keeps him up at night. Despite having it all and escaping the deadly street life of Drayton City, he can’t help but fear that everything could be stripped from him in the blink of an eye.
Samia LeFleur, daughter of the Don, can’t give her heart away until she’s secured a solid future for herself outside of her father’s shadow. Teetering between losing herself in Axel and fighting for her place, she’s troubled with life and love.
It’s easy to settle with the demons we hide, but can the love of self and pure love from another conquer all? Or will it drive you mad?
Smoke in Love: Four20 Bae by Elle Wright
Alaiya
In the wake of my shattered marriage, I found myself at a crossroads, finally free to pursue my own desires. Filing for divorce was my chance to break loose and do what I want to do. You know what they say about best laid plans… I didn’t plan on him, though.
I tried to refrain myself, but he’s weakening my resistance. Especially when he shows up at my door with desire in his eyes and one of the items from my celebratory divorce list in his hand.
Spencer
It should’ve been business as usual. After all, we’ve worked together for years. Yet, Alaiya is much too tempting. She has a plan, a bucket list of sorts. So do I. My plan is to give her what she needs—and everything she never knew she wanted.
The game is set, and my goal is clear. Getting her to fall will require challenging every expectation. Convincing her to risk everything will mean breaking every rule. Yet, persuading her to take a chance at a love that defies all odds will be essential in winning her forever.
Four20 Bae… When couples burn together from one end to the other. Make sure you check out all the stories in this multi-author series.
Smoke N’ Stroke: Four20 Bae by Aja
Have you ever met a man who sets your soul on fire… and you also happen to hate him too? Yes, no, maybe? Well for me, that man is Zaire Booker. I can’t stand his guts, and yet I crave feeling his large hands roam all over my body nearly every moment of every day.
Professionalism and passion intertwine as Zaire Booker and Nala Jackson offer therapy to the patients who depend on them at Higher Pathways Counseling Center. Zaire, accustomed to taking the unconventional route, finds himself intrigued by Nala’s adherence to traditional methods. Meanwhile, Nala, who loves following the book, struggles to find a diagnosis in the DSM V for what burns inside her for Zaire.
In the battle between professionalism and passion, Zaire and Nala are discovering a whole new world of ecstasy. As they explore the depths of their desires, they realize that love is the wildest therapy of all.
Smoke Before the Release: Four20 Bae by Kelsey Green
DeShawn White
I know exactly what I want in life and it took me a long time to figure it out. I want her. Rezi Stone. My sexy, strong-willed ex. Some might say I’ve orchestrated our reunion. However, as we traverse through cannabis encounters and other unconventional experiences amidst lush landscape and vibrant culture, then even I begin to wonder what’s real.
Rezi Stone
If I had it my way, I would never see his handsome face again. DeShawn White, my once prince, now revealed as just another frog. We may be forced together for awhile, but the issues that drove us apart linger in the air like an unspoken truth. Rediscovering love is not an option when pain runs this deep. So the only question that remains, is if this shared journey will be the final wedge pushing us even further apart?
Smoke After Hours: Four20 Bae by Sherelle Green
Smoke After Hours is a scorching tale of foreplay, friendship, and the irresistible high of love. It’s not about what happens during the day. It’s what goes down after hours when you think no one is watching.
Bentley Blackwood and Volley Paul have danced on the edge of desire for what feels like an eternity. As the dynamic duo behind the largest growing cannabis delivery service, they are ready to excel to the next level for their biggest delivery yet. A massive underground smoke hop.
But Volley has something else on his agenda. Bentley’s fiery spirit and sexy allure has always teased the boundaries of his self-control. He’s kept her close, guarding her fiercely from the dangers of the business. But beneath their playful banter and lingering glances lies a hunger that cannot be denied. And when Volley decides to pursue his best friend and roommate, delving deeper into the depths of their pleasure comes with its own set of intoxicating challenges threatening to consume them.
Things Left Unsaid (Baldwin’s Corner Book 2) by Lily S. Flowers
The past three years have been difficult for everyone, but there’s a new bundle of joy on the way. Will the truce Ruthie and Sabrina make be enough to keep them together to support their family, or will the hurt feelings get in the way?
Maybe I Deserve by Kaye Lovett
Am I undeserving of love?
Knight Howard’s traumatic childhood took a backseat in his life until one night brings all his suppressed emotions to the forefront, causing him to almost lose everything, including his mind. Now, because of his past decisions, he believes he’s undeserving of love until he’s comforted by the woman he’s admired from afar. She provides him with hope, but he isn’t interested in receiving it. He believes it will only lead to heartbreak, so he keeps her at arm’s length, but his fiery fairy has other plans.
Kira Burns finds Knight to be mysterious, uncharted territory. His whole demeanor screams, keep out, but she can’t stop herself from approaching him and wanting to get to know him. Knight tries to put up his best fight and warn her off, but he can’t resist the charm she possesses.
Knight knows he’s no good at love, but Kira is determined to show him differently. Nervous excitement, passion, and desire bring them together, leaving them both yearning for more. Knight is cautious moving forward, because of his past while Kira is fearless. Will she be able to fix his broken spirit or will she be hurt in her daring attempt to repair a heart she didn’t break?
Wreckless Love (On Us) by Nina
Rushon “Wreck” Porter, the second oldest of the Porters has found love in all the wrong places until he meets Gia. One night of partying turned into a two-year love affair that had just as many ups as downs. Wreck didn’t think this sweet college girl would even know pain until he got to know her.
Gia Miles never saw love coming until she ran smack dab into the mean mugging, tatted-up, guarded, Wreck. The type of love he gave was all she ever wanted–but the pain…the pain that came with it only added to her turmoil.
Love Me Naked: A Bbw Romance by Authoress Masterpiece
Countess would have never guessed that a one-night stand would lead to her being able to experience the kind of love that comes once in a lifetime. All a woman truly wants from a man is time and to be loved how we desire and deserve. To have every inch of your body catered to and worshipped down to your soul.
Countess is the epitome of a beautiful soul. She comes from money but stands on her own two feet as an independent woman. She takes a different path from what her parents expected. She knows that she is a walking prize and finds her worth by deciding to walk away from a long-term relationship that she had with Karim.
The past and present collides when she finds herself smitten with Hansum. The question is, will she accept her future with a man who loves her completely naked, inside out…or will she go back to the past with a man who loves her partially?
Love From The Sidelines: A Lesbian Romance by Tuesday Harper
Small town sapphic single mom sports romance
Drey is the first female football coach in the small town where she grew up. Turning around the team’s losing record is her main focus, but not enough to distract her from the left over heartbreak from her last break-up.
Her short-lived romance with Trinity changed her entire perspective on life. Unfortunately, after a serious misunderstanding the two of them go from falling head over heels to giving each other the silent treatment.
Trinity Green has way too much on her plate to play games with the younger woman who stole her heart. Her plan is to avoid Drey as much as she can, but that’s easier said than done. Not only is Drey her son’s football coach, but they keep bumping into each other all over town. Despite Trinity’s insistence that they leave their romance in the past, Drey is determined to win her back by any means.
The Mania of Love by Mel Dau
“Never be afraid to live out loud.”
If only PrimRose “Prim” Jordan could take her own advice. Circumstances and life events have her living under a cloak of secrecy and deceit that she doesn’t see herself ever coming from under. The weight is not only heavy on her, but it sometimes falls heavier on her son. What will it take for her to stick her head out from under this cloak? The real question that needs to be answered is whether removing the cloak is worth the mania.
Siar McKinney is the man with the plan. His plan is to live a happy, stress-free life loving the people in it. A plan wouldn’t be a plan without a curve ball or two. The curve ball pitched is a beautifully cloaked woman. Will the cloak be too heavy for him to remove? Will he be prepared for what is uncovered once it’s removed?
Love can be a mania by itself without all the other added foolishness of life. Will these two find a way to ride out the mania or will it completely engulf them? Once the cloak is pulled back, will they both be able to handle what comes with it
You’re invited to join the crew to see just where the Mania of Love takes us. Welcome to the Mania Crew.
Love, From Scratch (Martin Brothers Book 2) by Nina High
Love has always been on the backburner so that my restaurant Savor could shine. But one handsome Martin brother walks in and changes all of that.
Amaya
I’m one viral video away from success. One twerking TikTok away from saving the restaurant that no one around me knows is slowly going under. I can’t let anything distract me from my goal, but when Draymond Martin steps into my restaurant and challenges me on something as foundational as sugar versus salt on my grits, my focus starts to shift. Developing feelings for Draymond isn’t on the menu, but there’s nothing like love served up hot and fresh.
Draymond
Who would have thought I’d find my new favorite restaurant and my new favorite person on social media? When a video of her twerking and cooking comes across my feed, I’m drawn into her infectious passion. When I meet her in person, I’m hooked and determined to show her that a life outside of the kitchen is just as worthy.
C*m Into My Life: A Hood Love Story: Savage Town: A Spicy Black Romance (The State of Alamosa Book 16) by L’Amour Coulture
Kazimir Archambeau puts on a smile for everyone, but deep down inside, he has a rooted demon of loss he is battling with. As a result, he has gone through his entire young life avoiding togetherness, true happiness, and love. Having sexual encounters with numerous women has been one of his many coping mechanisms. Kazimir believes everything is all good in his world until the night a woman with raspberry locs and a discreet visual marking of a butterfly walks into his life. Her presence disturbs all he thought he had control of and instantly makes him feel just maybe she could be… The One.
Beibeigh Love is a divorcée of six months. The reason her marriage led to a divorce causes her to hide from the society of Savage Town in the comfort of her home. As beautiful as she is, her self-esteem has been broken in a way that makes her believe she is not worthy of being with a real and true man. The perception of how Beibeigh has been viewing her life suddenly changes when she is invited to a private gathering where she engages in a night of intimacy with a tall, tatted adonis.
The night Kazimir and Beibeigh share is so explosive. Even so, both later believed that their private gathering was more than their tango between the sheets. The only thing is, they never received any personal contacts before going their separate ways.
Just so happens, the Universe drops them in the same atmosphere again. They say the second chance is a charm… Will Kazimir and Beibeigh connect in a way that leads to what they both believe they want in each other?
The Homie’s Girl by Systematick
“I know it’s bad to plot on another man’s woman, especially when that woman happens to be your homeboy’s girl, but if he was making it obvious he didn’t want her…”
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Clarence Williams has been in love with Brandy Mitchell since he first laid eyes on her. Even after she became his homeboy’s woman, he still harbored a secret yearning for her and hated seeing her mistreated by him. When she comes to him for comfort one night, he’s more than happy to provide it – with a little extra.
Forbidden love is forbidden for a reason and karma is real, Clarence learns as he discovers Brandy is not as ready to let go of her past as she led him to believe.
Their complicated relationship is put to the test by Brandy’s ex, a former classmate of Clarence’s, and Brandy’s unexpected pregnancy. Will the pressure blossom their love into a beautiful diamond or crush it into sand that slips between their fingers?
Leather, Lace, and Locs by Anne Shade
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.
Who You Lovin’? by Kellan Esperance
Trina goes from Material Girl, living the fast life, to Humble Girl, hitting rock bottom. When a life of dollar signs turns into hard times, Trina finds a new faith, discovers a new perspective, and takes a tough journey of personal growth that leads to fated events and unexpected love.
While ambition elevates David to success, his player habits fail him in love. When granted a chance with his dream girl, he steps up to the challenge of commitment, but struggles every time temptation calls. Witness David’s growth as he learns love, loses loves, and fights his way back into the heart of the love he loves.
It Girl Veronica quickly learns her pretty privilege isn’t immune to the ugly disadvantages of love. She finds herself in a cycle of Break Up to Make Up, and after a wild ride of heartbreaks and disappointments, she explores other options, but no one compares.
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Sweet Desire by Wuraola
Secrets, heartbreak, and family drama unfold in this heartwarming slow-burn romance of love, self-acceptance, and desire.
After an explosive storm of intense family strife and tension, Pippa goes on a girls’ night out where she encounters a magnetic stranger. Sparks fly, igniting a powerful connection between them and promising pure passion. Their chemistry is undeniable. As the couple are on the verge of spending the night together, fate intervenes and tears them apart.
Unknown to Pippa, the stranger is Leyton Thomas, a member of the powerful Forechester Thomas family dynasty and CEO of the family firm. Haunted by a recent heartbreak and his own family drama, Leyton’s emotions are tangled in a web of betrayal and resentment. Raised in England, and a reserved black British-American living in America, he is a man of principle, determined to face any challenges that comes his way.
However their paths cross again in the workplace. Will they rekindle the flame that ignited between them, or will doubts and regrets smoulder?
Sweet Desire is an epic standalone romantic tale that spans two continents – America and Europe (England) with relatable family themes.
This story contains explicit sexual content, profanity, real life situations and mature themes that may be sensitive to some readers.
Hubris: a tangled tale by T.A. Harshaw
“Are you always so…amorous?” she asked.
She felt Beck’s chest move beneath her cheek. He was laughing. She angled her head up to look at him and couldn’t resist laughter of her own. His damp skin felt good against hers. His body’s heat with the coolness of the sheet that draped them made a lovely contrast. Vera lifted herself up on one elbow, and the sheet dipped lower over the hillocks of her breasts. Beck used one finger to push it even lower…
“IT’S HUBRIS THAT MAKES US NAVIGATE RELATIONSHIPS THE WAY WE DO!”
At 62, Vera Timmons is pleasantly shocked that she’s engaged to be married again. Judge Darrow Actona is considered a catch by many. He’s handsome, wealthy, and head-over-heels in love with her, so he says. What more could she ask for? She should be the happiest senior citizen in Mosaic Village.
But things aren’t quite so simple as that.
The other members of the island’s baking club and Vera’s best friends, the silver divas, think she is making the biggest mistake of her life. They think Your Honor is not quite what he seems, and that Vera is settling for him because she believes she’s out of options. They think the better match for her would be William Beckford Aames, Beck, the sexy former FBI agent that Vera can’t seem to stop talking about.
What they don’t know is that he, too, is not quite what he seems.
But will they be able to persuade Vera that he’s a viable option, anyway, and is it just sheer hubris for them to even try?
Be Mine Too : A Love to Remember by Joi Miner
Angelica “Angie” Moore
It’s a family affair up in here. Leave it to my girl Mona to gimme an in to the biggest Yakuza organization in the Western world. And she ain’t even know she was doin’ it. That’s what makes it better. I’m happy my girl’s all in love and all, but this is ‘bout business over here. At least, that’s what I been tellin’ myself. Just like I ain’t see Mona bein’ my in, I damn sure wasn’t expectin’ two fine as Blasian twins to come wit’ the package. Now I’m stuck between the two and, if I’m bein’ honest, don’t wanna have to choose. But when skeletons come tumblin’ out the closet— for all of us—trouble that we couldn’t’ve planned for have us all questionin’ loyalty and motives. It’s ‘bout to get crazy, y’all, and we just gettin’ started.
Second Chance for Forbidden Love: Grumpy Billionaire Boss by C.R. Pearl
Jamila Dean, a young, sassy, and independent social media consultant, is thriving in her career.
Unbeknownst to her, Jamila’s next big project will bring her face-to-face with her past. Malik Newman, a grumpy billionaire with a successful real estate investment and consulting company.
Malik is the sole owner of a multi billion dollar real estate investment and consulting company located in metro Atlanta, Georgia.
Their past professional history is rife with tension, but what Malik doesn’t know is that Jamila has been keeping a secret – a child he fathered with her during their time working together!.
As Malik and Jamila are forced to collaborate on a high-profile social media campaign, old wounds resurface. Jamila, determined to maintain her independence, clashes with Malik ‘s gruff demeanor. When Malik accidentally discovers Jamila’s secret child, the dynamics shift. Now, in addition to navigating their tumultuous professional relationship, they must confront the challenges of co-parenting.
As the project progresses, Jamila’s vibrant personality begins to break down the emotional walls Malik has built around himself. The two find themselves entangled in a web of passion and past regrets. Against the backdrop of Atlanta’s urban landscape, they explore the complexities of love, family, and forgiveness.
Still On Chill With A Billionaire by Black Lavish
After Tish and Chill get engaged, life seems pretty calm until we fast forward to the weekend of their wedding. Tasha and Nick are still going strong, but they can’t escape insecurities and old drama making their relationship toxic.
Krystal’s life seems perfect for the moment until a reminder of her buried past shows up in the form of temptation. Dixon is a widow, but she is having a hard time proving that to the people who can make her rich.
Chill and Tish simply want to celebrate their union with the people closest to them, only everyone else’s drama may interfere with that.
In this On Chill With A Billionaire spinoff we dive into the lives of the people who still haven’t gotten their happy ending. Will it ever come, or will life only be beautiful for Chill and Tish?
The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton
A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is worth a shot at happily-ever-after, in this starry debut.
Risk-averse event planner Amerie Price is jobless, newly single, and about to lose her apartment. With no choice but to gamble on her shaky start-up, the last thing she needed was to run into her smug ex and his new, less complicated girlfriend at Amerie’s favorite coffee shop. Panicked, she pretends to be dating the annoyingly sexy man she met by spilling Americano all over his abs. He plays along—for a price.
Half the single men in Houston claim to be astronauts, but Vincent Rogers turns out to be the real deal. What started as a one-off lie morphs into a plan: for the three months leading up to his mission, Amerie will play Vincent’s doting partner in front of his loving but overly invested family. In exchange, she gets a rent-free room in his house and can put every penny toward her struggling business.
What Amerie doesn’t plan for is Vincent’s gravitational pull. While her mind tells her a future with this astronaut is too unpredictable, her heart says he’s exactly what she needs. As their time together counts down, Amerie must decide if she’ll settle for the safe life—or shoot for the stars.
If there are any new releases that we missed, please feel free to send them our way and we will share them ASAP.
