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Check out these new Black Romance releases from August 5th-11th.
In the Meantime… (Complicated Book 1) by Love Belvin
Hayden is enjoying a much-needed girls’ trip in Vegas. While basking in the comforts of the plush suites at HAYDAR Resort & Casino, they eat exceptionally well, tour the town safely, and role-play—for fun only.
On the last night, the group of ladies dress as sex workers. Separated from the group, Hayden is mistaken for a real prostitute by a brooding, remarkably handsome man. Playing along, Hayden sets her price to attend a dinner function with him. Her conduct at the event earns her a ‘john’ for the night. Thrilled and simultaneously frightened, Hayden enjoys a night of sensual wonderment and discovery.
Ishaan is hosting a BSU Panther’s event he could care less about attending. Despite his busy schedule as head of operations at three resorts, he still found time to honor his commitment to old college affiliates. Upon entering the casino lobby, Ishaan is blinded by a daring prostitute sitting all too comfortably. He’d just addressed this very issue with his security team. The woman’s audacity is striking, and so is her curvy, lengthy body in a fitted cut-out dress, exposing her abs and a bare hip. Assessing the sex worker, Ishaan invites her to the Panther event…for a fee, of course. Within a few hours, he gets more than what he’d bargained for.
One night of an unexpected sensual excursion is a fun luck of the draw. Two nights of the same is kismet. But the consequences of these two passion-filled nights puts Ishaan and Hayden on a course-collision, proving how throwing caution to the wind can bring about life-long consequences.
Publisher’s Note: “In the Meantime…” is book ONE of a TWO book series. It ends on a suspenseful CLIFFHANGER. This book contains angst, violence, profanity, sexually explicit content, and gory material. If any of these elements is not what you prefer between the pages of a novel, this is not the venture for you.
Kings Release (King Dynasty Series Book 5) by Iesha Bree
Second Chance (n.): an opportunity to try something again after failing once
What do you do when your husband has embarrassed and humiliated you time and again? Do you continue to fight for a loveless marriage, or do you walk away and start fresh? For Kinsley King, that decision does not come easily as she struggles with what’s best and next for her. Will a chance encounter with a lost love be the new beginning she needs?
Dino DeCosta, a chart-topping superstar singer who is weary of the glitter and chaos of the music industry, yearns for something more meaningful in his life. When he learns of Kinsley’s marital issues, he sees it as a sign to finally get the one who got away. And he’s determined not to let her go without a fight this time.
As Kinsley struggles to move on from the drama of her marriage, are old love and memories of the past enough to give love a second chance?
Diamond Boy by Charae Lewis
In this thrilling tale of deception and forbidden love, Charlie is tasked with infiltrating the life of Diamond Falls’ finest, Jirah Baldwin. As she executes her meticulously crafted plan, she finds herself drawn to his charm, kindness, and vulnerability. What begins as a mission driven by greed, transforms into a whirlwind of emotions as she grapples with her growing feelings for him. Torn between her original intent and the undeniable connection they share, she must decide whether to follow her heart or fulfill her obligation, leading to a tumultuous journey of love, betrayal, and redemption.
This is a stand-alone novel.
Second Tide’s the Charm by Chandra Blumberg
When two marine biologists with a complicated history are thrown together on a shark study broadcast over social media, it’s anything but smooth sailing. This charming and sexy second chance romance is the perfect beach read for fans of Helen Hoang and Ali Hazelwood.
At first glance, Hope Evans just landed the perfect job: spending the summer on a shark research boat. Except as every marine biologist knows, it’s what’s going on beneath the surface that counts, and Hope’s new position comes with a big catch—the boat belongs to her ex-boyfriend, Adrian Hollis-Parker. For three years Hope’s been treading water, staying away from anything that reminds her of their past. It’s time to dive back into a job that could springboard her career—and maybe offer much-needed closure.
Since their split, Adrian has risen to internet fame as a shark expert with the launch of his YouTube channel to dispel myths and educate viewers about sharks. But success rings hollow without Hope. Embracing this new career trajectory was a risk, but working in cramped quarters with the woman he never stopped loving? That has the potential to backfire in heartbreaking ways.
Side by side, weathering storms of every kind, they’ll have to navigate the murky waters of past hurts…and hope it’s not too late to chart a new course…
Perfect for fans of:
- STEM Romance
- Forced proximity
- Cinnamon Roll Hero
- Slow Burn
- Closed Door Romance
Her Shotgun Rider: An Urban Romance by Wynta Tyme
Hennesi Bounds has only lived one way, in her soft girl era. With parents in politics and reach very far, she’s never wanted anything more. That was until one day her father arranges for her to marry a complete stranger because of his political connections. With some resistance, she does what she’s told, but her life goes from soft girl to charade girl. She hides the façade she’s been wearing in front of her students in the Illinois Prison System. Hennesi can only hide for so long until her reputation as an amazing teacher lands her right in the clutches of street legend Cokennis.
Cokennis “Coke” Barnes is known for his cutthroat ways, quick wit, and cleverness. He’s survived the drug game but at the expense of his cousin. Now his money is clean and laundered through many of his businesses, while he awaits to be released from prison in three months. As a kingpin, life is sweet, but to speed up his time, Coke decides to finish up his degree before he’s released. However, it’s distracting when the smell of Hennesi, her assertiveness, and kindness thaws the icebox around his heart.
An unlikely bond forms between the strangers, giving love a chance to blossom in them like it never has before. That’s only if Hennesi’s baggage doesn’t interrupt their growing love affair.
I am The One: The Round (Christian Romance Series Book 5) by Sherylynne L. Rochester-Dix
Fall in love with this gripping story filled with hurt, despair, heartbreak, and a journey of self-love.
After a failed relationship with Wendell, Claudia ends up in Malibu for a Breakup Bootcamp to forget about her unexpected breakup and lost love. She goes to this breakup boot camp to find healing, self-love, and self-care, but she gets far more than she expected…
She’s trying her best to move on from Darisu, but he’s made his way to where she is—with someone special. Faced with an ex who causes her so much pain and hearing the news he’s just sprung on her, Claudia’s world unravels and ends up, yet again, on a downward spiral and into the arms of someone new… the rebound guy.
Will she fall prey to the rebound guy who happens to also be going through his own breakup woes? Or will the news Wendell shares with her cause her to lose it once again?
Find out what happens on Claudia’s journey to finding faith, hope, and possibly love in Book 5 of the I am The One Series.
I am The One: The Rebound is the fifth short story in this series by best-selling author for Christian singles, Sherylynne L. Rochester-Dix. I Am The One is a Christian singles romance featuring a single woman and her many adventures.
Stranded Hearts by Riley Baxter
In a chance encounter on a plane, Dominique Bates and Lance Carr find themselves stranded overnight due to a flight delay.
Dominique has trauma surrounding flying after watching her father’s plane catch fire and crash as a child, and Lance is the complete opposite—he loves to travel. Complete opposites, they clash at first, but as the night progresses, they begin to open up to each other, sharing stories and dreams.
Dominique sheds her fears as they talk, finding solace in Lance’s presence. Likewise, Lance is drawn to Dominique’s warmth and strength.
Their encounter sparks a romance neither expected, showing them that love can blossom in the most unexpected of places. As they part ways once they are finally back home, they know their lives will never be the same.
A Wolf is a Wolf (Black Valley Wolves Book 3) by Nikki Clarke
I wake up in a lab and know immediately what’s happened.
The veil between shifters and humans has been getting thinner and thinner. We’ve integrated into society, but that’s only created more opportunities for our discovery. In this fight to keep the shifter community free and out of cages and labs, to keep us as lore in the minds of humans, our brute strength and keen instincts have always kept us one step ahead.
In recent years, the faulty, desperate science of man has closed the gap, and we’ve found ourselves with more groups like the ones who have captured me nipping at our tails. When they make moves against us, we move faster and deadlier. We rip out their throats and leave their carcasses to rot.
However, this woman, who is my captor, is not the evil scientist I would have imagined. Her long, regal neck is too beautiful to rip out. She makes me salivate, but not in bloodlust. And my wolf wants to lick up her pulse to feel her heartbeat.
When she appears in a dream she’s not supposed to be in, I have to decide if she’s my enemy. Either way, fate has brought us together, and for me, that is the only way it’s going to be.
Promised to a Street King (Dark Reign Dynasty Book 3) by Tatum James
After falling victim to a romance scam, attorney Lourdess Black’s father only left her with one choice: Marry the man I handpicked for you or risk your reputation as an esteemed attorney being ruined. An arranged marriage is the last thing Lourdess would equate with the start of a happily ever after. Once she finds out she’s betrothed to fellow attorney bad boy Bishop Reign, she doubles down on that belief.
Fearless leader of the underworld by night and undefeated attorney by day, Bishop only deals in facts and figures. Love and romance are things made up for fairy tales. Having lost both his parents at a young age, Bishop uses logic hard work to make life make sense. Love is a foreign concept for him, but the curvy beauty he promised to marry to merge two powerful family empires might just change his mind.
On Merit Alone: A Heartfelt Standalone Sports Romance Novel by Adorabol Huckleby-Ordaz
A heartwarming dual sports romance…
Love can be hard, but sometimes it just comes easy.
Merit is used to being alone. She made it to the professionals all on her own, made it to the top of her game on her own, and has made it through life—you guessed it, on her own.
So why does the city’s star basketball player suddenly keep showing up everywhere she goes? And more importantly, why doesn’t she ask him to stop, but instead does the worst possible thing—ask him for help?
After injury steals an entire season of the game she loves, Merit is eager to come back better than ever. But what is she supposed to do if that comeback gets off to a rocky start?
Enter Ira. The most legendary player to ever play the game in the Mountaineer Stadium. He’s qualified, he’s confident, and he just so happens to have suffered from the same injury as Merit years ago.
But does all that mean he’s fit to become her haven for advice, or more terrifying, friendship?
Merit knows it’s dangerous to let herself be close to anyone and yet, with Ira King, she can’t help but do it anyway.
On Merit Alone is a completely standalone Sports Romance novel about two athletes finding love and home in each other.
Krash & Bern by Mya
What happens when the professional boxer falls in love with the IT Tech? Pain, passion, and pleasure mix together to create the perfect second chance sports romance.
Bernice “Bernie” James took the tech world by storm as one of the most proficient IT Techs in the country. She had a new security system that rivaled all the rest. Despite the success in her career, her love life was a failure, for many reasons. That is… until she crosses paths with Him.
Keyshawn “Krash” Williams was the world’s light heavyweight champion. His hands were registered weapons by the way he’d bestow damage upon his opponents. He had money, cars, houses, and women at his disposal. He’d always been content with the bachelor life. That is… until he met Her.
When Krash and Bernie cross paths, it’s as if the spark of a firework is ignited. The chemistry is too powerful to avoid. However, they find themselves in one too many trying situations. Will they find their way to a happy ending, or will their love crash and burn?
The Story of Wise (Treacherous Twins) by Natisha Raynor
Book 4 of The Treacherous Twins series. The title pretty much sums it up. Glimpse into the life of the man everyone loves to hate.
Call Her Liberty: Sweet Historical Romance (The Kingdom Series Book 1) by Chantol C. Aspinall
Two choices; submit or retreat?
Sixteen-year-old Ella envisions a life of freedom; one that’s colorful, fun and goes beyond traditions. However, when the pressure of conforming to the Belle Mount way presents, she has two choices, submit or retreat. With the help of her best friend, Peter, Ella will choose freedom, but at what cost?
Batch of Love by Natasha D. Frazier
Nailed It meets You’ve Got Mail in Batch of Love
A small-town baker with dreams of moving out of the mall’s food court and opening her own brick-and-mortar bakery enters a baking competition for a chance to win $25,000. But instead of winning the grand prize, she finds herself in the middle of her ex’s plan to acquire her business for a big box retailer.
Two years ago, Ginger opened a bakery, Ginger’s Goodies, to honor a promise she made to her late mother. Ready to take her business to the next level, Ginger enters a baking competition hosted by big box retailer, Decadent Dough. What she doesn’t count on is running into her high school ex, Brock Pearson, who works for the company.
Instead of joining his father’s firm, The Pearson Group, Brock Pearson was eager to prove he could be successful outside of his father’s shadow and joined the legal team at Decadent Dough thirteen years ago. When his mentor retires, he throws his hat in the ring to become his successor. The job is his if he can find potential acquisitions, one of which is Ginger’s Goodies.
For Ginger, joining Decadent Dough is a hard NO.
However, Brock will not back down easily because now he wants to win her heart again.
And just when Brock and Ginger were at the precipice of sealing the deal of love….
Brock’s boss learns Ginger is the daughter of his college rival. Now, he will stop at nothing to destroy her business. To make matters worse, he convinced Ginger that Brock is part of his scheme. To prove his innocence, Brock may lose his shot at the promotion he’s coveted and the career he’s worked so hard for.
Ginger and Brock’s careers and hearts hang in the balance. Which is more important than the other?
Dru’s Destiny, Izzy’s Legacy (Fatal Rhythm Series Book 1) by Viktoria Vixen
The disappearance of her younger cousin has turned Drumi Gray-Wolfe’s life upside down in more ways than one, including placing her directly in the path of the infamous Izaiah King.
He’s stubborn, arrogant, brash, overly protective and unequivocally fine as wine.
The clock is ticking and there’s a race against time to find her cousin alive.
Can Drumi place her ego to the side and allow Izaiah to lead? Will Izaiah fall prey to his pride and ruin a chance at unconditional love? Or will ego and pride collide, crash and burn before this love story could even begin?
Dru’s Destiny, Izzy’s Legacy is book I in the Fatal Rhythm Series.
Black People Don’t Swim (Seasons Change Series Book 3) by Darlene Cunningham
Kayla is a fifty-year-old professor who’d lived most of her life afraid of everything. She rarely left her hometown of Gatlinburg, TN. Gifted with an all expense paid trip to Puerto Rico. Kayla decided it was time to stop existing and start living.
Damien was a twenty-five-year-old student studying Marine Biology. He worked part-time at the local resort as a tour guide and swimming instructor.
Damien and Kayla needed to ensure their hearts remained intact when the summer ends
Country Lovin’ From A Mississippi Cowboy : A BBW Romance Standalone by O’Sharra
Veterinarian, Chalmette Logan, has better luck with animals than men. After being burned by love one time too many, she decides to fill the voids in her life with work and material possessions. When she’s sent to Anchorage Mississippi for an annual conference, the Cowboy boots and plaid shirts are a joke to her. However, the joke is on her when she discovers that danger comes in different forms. If Chalmette isn’t careful about who she trusts, she won’t be leaving Mississippi with a bigger paycheck – she’ll be returning home in a wooden box.
Deputy Swayne Castleton is the founder of the Crooked Letter Rydah’s – a group of Cowboys who rides horses for charity. His father, Sheriff Johnny Castleton, is his hero. With Johnny on the brink of retirement, Swayne, is next up for the Gold Star; all he is missing is the love his mother and father shared.
Swayne yearns for a woman of substance; and when he meets Chalmette, he’s intrigued by her personality and her curves. What he doesn’t know is another powerful man is interested in her as well, and this could put everything he has worked for at risk.
She’s A City Girl. He’s a Cowboy. The connection these two don’t see coming takes them on a wild chase. So saddle up, grab a glass of whiskey, a lasso, and your own Cowboy to ride for this slow burn romance.
Love’s Second Act by Nadine Frye
October has always believed her purpose was to serve her husband, build a legacy, and bring goodness into the world. However, a single night turned her life upside down, forcing her to confront the harsh truth that perfection is an illusion. This awakening sets her on a path of self-discovery, where she learns invaluable lessons and ignites her desire for true freedom.
His Sweetest Escape by Jaimsss P.
“In every moment, you have the power to choose love or fear.”
For so many years, Deanni felt she had been robbed of that choice. After enduring an experience that could break even the strongest individual, she feared being hurt the same way twice. Closing herself off from the possibility of love seemed like the only option, so she resigned to a life alone. As the years passed, Deanni grew content with focusing on her family and ever-growing career until she met him.
A perfect job offer in paradise brought Cairo King into Deanni’s life. From the moment she laid eyes on him, she couldn’t get him off her mind. Being near him every day drove her crazy… in more ways than one. Cairo was handsome, intelligent, and rude. He was also endearing and challenged everything Deanni had accepted as truth about her love life. His presence inspired her to confront her fears and try love again, but she’d soon learn that she wasn’t the only one afraid to love again.
Cairo was on top of the world until an injury and a disloyal woman shattered life as he knew it. Angry at the world because of the hand he’d been dealt, Cairo decided women couldn’t be trusted. So why was his personal chef stirring feelings inside him he thought were dead? Deanni was beautiful, sweet, and selfless, but if she betrayed Cairo like the last woman, he knew he wouldn’t survive it. Everything about her felt right, but were those feelings enough to let his guard down–again? Only time will tell…
In a League of Her Own: A Novel by Kaia Alderson
From the author of Sisters in Arms comes the incredible, untold story of Effa Manley, a black businesswoman in the male dominated baseball industry, and, currently, the only woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1930s, New York City
An ambitious Harlem woman’s husband upends her social climbing when he buys a Negro Leagues baseball team and appoints her as the team’s business manager. Overnight, Effa Manley goes from 125th Street’s civil rights champion to an interloper in the boys’ club that is professional baseball.
Navigating her way through gentlemen’s agreement contracts, the very public flirtatious antics of superstar Satchel Paige, and a sports world that would much rather see this woman back in her “place” at home, Effa ultimately whips her team, the Newark Eagles, into the Negro Leagues Champions of 1946. But how long will she get to enjoy the fruits of her success before Major League Baseball tears it all apart?
Based on the incredible life of Effa Manley, an unforgettable and inspiring story about a woman with a dream who wound up with a baseball team.
Taming Kane: A Dark Paranormal Romance (Fated Mates Book 1) by Tessa Stone
When a desperate woman escapes a dangerous situation and seeks refuge in Wintermoon, she finds herself irrevocably bonded to a possessive wolf shifter in this fated mates, forced proximity romance.
Kane
A thousand years of loneliness have ended. The curse on supernaturals is lifted, and we can finally meet our fated mates. I’ve waited patiently, but after ten years, I’m losing hope.
Then, during a winter storm, a car trespasses onto supernatural territory, crashes, and I catch her scent. Fate has finally answered my prayers—my mate is here. She’s beautiful, courageous, and strong-willed. But she’s also running from something and won’t tell me why.
Someone wants to take her from me. They don’t know they’re dealing with an untamed wolf who’s waited a thousand years. I’ll shred them to pieces if they try.
Tami
After a long day at work, my life turns upside down when Julian, my roommate’s sketchy boyfriend, decides I’d be perfect to give him children. In a time where women’s rights are vanishing, even the police won’t help. Desperate, I flee to Wintermoon, a supernatural community in Upper Michigan.
In the midst of a winter storm, I lose control of my car and nearly die. But a shifter named Kane rescues me. He claims I’m his mate, destined to be with him forever. I’ve just escaped one man who wanted to control me, only to find myself drawn to another. Despite my fears, I feel a magnetic pull to Kane that I can’t shake.
Julian is still hunting me, but Kane and his untamed wolf will do anything to protect me, even if it means destroying anyone who tries to take me away.
This book explores dark themes. Please refer to the content warnings at the beginning.
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