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Check out these new Black Romance releases from December 15th-21st.
Homecoming SZN Three: Oceania State University (Homecoming Series Book 3) by Aubree Pynn
A baller and a rapper…what could go wrong?
Welcome home Rebels.
Surviving Josiah: A Dark Paranormal Romance (Wintermoon Vampire Tales Book 4) by Tessa Stone
She wanted a love story, but she got a monster who treats violence like a love language.
Josiah
They call me a madman, a liability, a mistake made two centuries ago in a Louisiana swamp. And they aren’t wrong. I’ve spent my immortality reading self-help books and embracing the chaos in my head just to feel something other than the memories of my past. But the moment I saw Layla, the noise stopped. She is vanilla and sugarcane, the only light in my endless dark, and for the first time since 1823, my dead heart is beating. I don’t care if she’s afraid. I don’t care if I have to break every rule of the coven to keep her. I will build her a throne on the ashes of her enemies, because she is mine—and I never share.
Layla
I’ve always been the good girl—the librarian who follows the rules, keeps her head down, and tries to hold it together while my life falls apart. But after losing my job and my sister in the same breath, I’m done playing nice. Then I met Josiah. He’s terrifying, unhinged, and looks at me with a hunger that should send me running in the opposite direction. But instead of fear, I feel a pull I can’t explain. He’s dangerous, lethal, and dragging me into a world of blood and magic I never asked for, but for the first time in my life, I don’t want to run. I want to see just how dark his love can get.
⚠️ Content Warning:
This novel explores very dark themes. Please read the full Content Warnings page at the beginning of the book before proceeding to ensure this story is right for you.
Where Secrets Find Solace by Kimberly Brown
After ten years behind bars, a woman walks free—but freedom comes with its own sentence in this bold and unsparing novel by national bestselling author Kimberly Brown.
After serving a ten-year sentence for killing her mother’s boyfriend, Alayah Chambers is finally free—but freedom comes at a cost. Haunted by the abuse that landed her in prison and judged by a society that still sees her as a criminal, Alayah must piece together a new life in a world that isn’t quick to forgive. Determined to reclaim her future, she sets out to confront the ghosts of her past—including the woman who failed her the most: her own mother.
Killian Lake, a successful attorney and Alayah’s childhood friend, never forgot her—or the signs he missed back then. When a colleague offers him the chance to help overturn Alayah’s conviction, he doesn’t hesitate. Reunited after years apart, the chemistry between them simmers beneath the surface. And while Alayah keeps her heart guarded, Killian’s steady support begins to chip away at her defenses.
As buried secrets emerge and old wounds resurface, Alayah must choose: Will she let her past define her future or embrace the love and justice she’s always deserved? With Killian by her side, healing is within reach—but only if she’s willing to claim it.
A Holiday Stowaway by Dria Andersen
Essence didn’t expect to find an injured grizzly bear stowed away in the back of her truck. She certainly didn’t expect to wake up the next morning to find him shifted into a six foot six hot man, or to be stuck at her house with him for the holiday…
Shot by poachers, Amir jumped into the running semi truck to hide for just a moment. But, when he woke up, he was an hour away from home, with the roads too icy to travel, stuck with a beautiful woman his grizzly was ready to claim as his own.
Sleigh the Night by Lady Marie
A weekend cabin trip is always a good idea, especially when it involves your best friends. Hot cider, snowball fights, playing drinking games all through the night. Yeah, sounds like a time will be had.
But maybe someone should’ve checked the weather forecast because a storm front is moving in. And yeah, maybe a cabin trip wouldn’t be complete without a little snow, but…
No one said I’d be snowed in with my bestie’s ex. The one I slipped up with a few months back and can’t stop thinking about.
And they definitely didn’t say anything about being trapped with her brother, who I can’t stand, but apparently wants to use my thighs to keep him warm.
And no one told me about the secrets I’d find once I finally made it to the cabin after getting caught in the storm.
Actually…maybe this wasn’t such a good idea after all.
There’s Snow One Else: A Christmas Novella by Nina High
Five years ago, Noelle Brooks walked away from the man she thought she’d marry, and the life that scared her half to
death. Now, as a destination hairstylist for a winter weddings, she’s mastered the art of making everyone else picture-
perfect while keeping her own heart under wraps.
But fate (and a blizzard) has other plans.
When Noelle arrives at a luxury ski lodge to work a Christmas wedding, the last person she expects to see is Cole Grant,
her ex-fiance and the groom’s best man. He’s broader, calmer, and somehow still the man who makes her forget
how to breathe. And thanks to a snowstorm that shuts down the mountain, Noelle and Cole are suddenly stuck under
the same roof, dodging mistletoe, wedding drama, and five years of unresolved tension.
There will be so many shared glances, a few late-night confessions, and one very inconvenient one-bed situation, that makes Noelle starts to realize the spark between them never cooled; it just waited for the right storm.
And this Christmas, she might finally admit the truth:
There’s snow one else for her.
Comfort of a Man by Tiye
After being ghosted at the altar three years ago, Brooklyn Kelley is career-focused and content in her singledom, refusing to rely on someone else who may never come through. A hardworking resident in the emergency room of one of the country’s busiest hospitals, she has no time for a social life or a new man. For an introvert who prefers work or chill time with a book to a night out in L.A, Brooklyn is content with the status quo.
But that suddenly changes two days before Thanksgiving when Carter St. Patrick, a former NFL star, enters her ER, demanding attention for his son. Fully aware of his status and expecting to be annoyed by his arrogance and entitlement, Brooklyn is surprised by the warmth in his gaze and the spark she hopes is real. So, when Carter impulsively invites her to spend Thanksgiving with him after overhearing that she doesn’t have plans, she agrees.
Unexpectedly, Brooklyn falls fast and hard for the charming and intentional Carter, a man dealing with his own complicated, messy history with relationships, yet remains determined to learn from his mistakes and find a love of his own. And as the new year approaches, old hurts and fears creep back in, and the possibility of a future together is threatened. Are Brooklyn and Carter willing to risk everything to have a love neither ever imagined?
One Knight’s Stand (Buffalo Steel Rugby Romance Book 1) by Tanvier Peart
Three years ago, I decided to have my first one-night stand. The plan was simple: research how to do it and meet a man at the bar before nerves playing with my guts got the best of me. I wanted to ring in the new year between a stranger’s legs. Someone with good hygiene and exceptional tensile strength to take the edge off of studying mechanical engineering.
Then he walked in.
I’d heard whispers about “a night with Knight,” tales of toe cramps and matted hair. Antonio is the biggest player and not the man to relieve me of my pent-up tension. His thick thighs, veiny forearms, and charming smile promised a trip to the hospital.
I shouldn’t have followed him back to his condo, but I did.
Dinner turned into a kiss, and that kiss led to accidental humping. That’s how we ended up in the emergency room. He had a broken nose, and my wig was stuck on his watch.
Three years and a PhD later, Antonio has cemented himself in my life as my best friend. Moving to the city where my sister lives—and where he plays professional rugby—wasn’t a big deal at first. But everything changed when we hugged. His cologne surrounded me, and his eyes stayed locked on mine.
Our friendship is platonic, ironclad after the one-night stand gone wrong. So why can’t I shake the feeling that we’ve barely scratched the surface?
One Knight’s Stand is a friends-to-lovers rugby romance with spice, shenanigans, and a trip to the ER.
Perfect for romance readers who like:
🦬 Rugby romance
🏉 Rom-com
🦬 Playboy cinnamon roll
🏉 Awkward FMC
🦬 One-night stand gone wrong
🏉 Friends-to-lovers
🦬 STEM rep
🏉 His childhood crush
🦬 Opposites attract
🏉 Slow burn
🦬 Hunching and heat
Merry Christmas, Baby by Egypt Cynaé
She swore off love for good. He thought love was a myth. But one mistletoe kiss could stir up a little holiday magicthis Christmas…
After being rejected and abandoned by the man she planned to marry, Angel Snow took her future into her own hands—starting a family and pledging never to need a man again. But when an emergency brings paramedic Christian Holly—her ex’s charismatic best friend—back into her life, her views about love begin to unravel.
Christian is done with commitment after one shattering treachery too many. But Angel Snow was always the one he knew was meant to be his… and seeing her again stirs feelings he thought were long buried. Serendipity and an unanticipated kiss under the mistletoe bring the woman he once desired within reach, gifting him with the one thing he always wanted: a family.
As the annual Christmas ball approaches, Christian invites Angel into his world—but when secrets and past allegiances threaten their delicate new relationship, both will have to decide if love is worth the risk.
This holiday season, can two shattered hearts find healing in the most surprising of gifts—a taboo love?
Unexpected (Steel Empire MC) by Lucille Lillian
EVERYONE’S SECRETS WILL BE EXPOSED
Elias “Frost” Anderson, President of Steel Empire Motorcycle Club, is reeling from the recent news about his dad and his MC brother. The last thing he expected was the one who got away coming back into his life. Little does he know that she’s not returning alone.
Sarai Montgomery doesn’t have the best relationship with her family. The strings that came with that part of her life lead her to run from the potential love of her life. Years later, she’s finally willing to accept her family’s help and accept that there will be strings attached. When those strings lead her back to where she left her heart, she has to confront the person she left it with.
Will Elias and Sarai get it right this time around?
The Buried Secrets by Talese Nicole
Jaliyah Wright’s life was just like one of the cakes behind her display: layered, beautiful, and perfectly curated for the world to admire. Her bakery thrived, her Instagram sparkled, and every post captured a woman who had it all under control.
But when her husband goes missing, the sweetness turns bitter. Cryptic warnings, puzzling memories, and strange messages start haunting her every move.
Someone is watching her.
Someone is following her.
The deeper she digs, the more her reality shatters.
Desperate and shaken, Jaliyah turns to a charming stranger who seems to care just a little too much. As her memories twist and the clues close in, the terrifying truth becomes impossible to ignore: Jaliyah hasn’t been living a mystery—she’s been living a lie.
Eero & Sareece: A Miller’s Pointe Christmas by K.C. Mills
A Rodeo Champion with a questionable future….
A Ranch owner who needs a helping hand…
Eero and Sareece!
A Miller’s Pointe Christmas
Season Two
Meleck & Wren: A Miller’s Pointe Christmas by Charity Shané
A seasonal ranch hand who craves life with no boundaries.
A Ranch owner raising her sister and maintaining her home.
Meleck and Wren
A Miller’s Pointe Christmas
Season Two
Hudson & Greene: A Miller’s Pointe Christmas by Kennedy B.
A football player returning home after twenty years looking to lay low.
A veterinarian not looking to be on anyone’s radar.
Hudson & Greene
A Miller’s Pointe Christmas
Season Two
Xander & Raelynn: A Miller’s Pointe Christmas by Sedona Rose
A bakery owner in need of a fresh start.
A teacher who’s also a single dad, trying to protect his heart.
Xander & Raelynn
A Miller’s Pointe Christmas
Season Two
Denim & Nori: A Miller’s Pointe Christmas by ML Bash and Kizzie Kollins
A woman who desperately needs to get that spark back.
An injured NHL player home for the holidays with a chip on his shoulder.
Demin + Nori
A Miller’s Pointe Christmas
Season Two
Noble & Waverly: A Miller’s Pointe Christmas by Jen Elle
One snow storm changes everything. Unspoken feelings. Diving headfirst into what could be denial or true acceptance.
Nobel & Waverly
A Miller’s Pointe Christmas
Season Two
Charli & Asher: A Miller’s Pointe Christmas by Morgan Rose
After a car accident and a Christmas wish, Charli Diamond and Asher Haywood are forced to play a happy couple.
The only problem is… only one of them remembers anything.
Charli & Asher
A Miller’s Pointe Christmas
Season Two
Until Forever Finds Us: A Season of Situationships by Toussaint Blue
At forty-two, Sloane Sinclaire knows what it means to rebuild.
Newly divorced, and co-parenting her son, and the owner of one of the city’s most sought-after design galleries, she’s determined to build a life that’s hers—on her terms. No more compromising. No more shrinking. Love isn’t on her blueprint. Not anymore.
Then Christian Davenport strolls into her showroom—a gorgeous, communicative builder with an easy smile and a way of making her forget she’s sworn off men. He wants a future. A family. And he wants Sloane.
Sloane’s not sure she can give him that. Not yet. Maybe not ever.
As their chemistry deepens and old fears resurface, Sloane has to ask herself what it means to move on. Is it finding love again—or finally learning to stand on her own?This book contains sexually explicit scenes, adult themes, and situations that may not be suitable for all readers.
A Very Grizzly Christmas: A Protector’s Claim Holiday Short (The Protector’s Claim) by September Knight
A holiday unlike any other.
A love stronger than magic.
A fight no one saw coming.
Ginger thought Christmas with eight supernatural toddlers was chaos enough. Between spilled cocoa, runaway magic, and three fiercely devoted grizzly mates, the holidays were already loud, messy, and full of love.
As the holiday approaches, a long-buried betrayal resurfaces, and a twisted legend tied to seasonal cheer threatens everything Ginger has built.
With her infamous Grizzly Alphas at her side, Ginger will protect her family at any cost. Claws will be bared. Old wounds will be tested. And this Christmas, a monster will learn exactly what happens when you come for Ginger’s family.
A Very Grizzly Christmas is a festive (and spicy) return to the Protector’s Claim universe, packed with possessive alphas, found family, high-stakes magic, and a love that burns hotter than any winter spell.
This holiday… bites back.
Masterpiece in Progress: A Creative Differences Christmas Novella (Porter Brothers Series) by DH Renfroe
Hosting their first Christmas should bring Mackenzie and Jackson closer, but fame, new parenthood, and growing distance have made their marriage more fragile than either expected. Between missed moments and unspoken fears, the holiday season forces them to confront what they have been avoiding.
Set in a snow-covered Brooklyn brownstone, Masterpiece in Progress is a tender, romantic story about healing, desire, and choosing love again when it matters most. Some masterpieces take time. Some take intention. And some begin with finding your way back to the person you vowed to love.
Beyond the Arc (The Starting Lineup Book 1) by Monet Simone
When trust is the hardest game to win, love is the ultimate championship.Malik Latimer is a winner. With MVP trophies, championship rings, and the spotlight as the league’s most unstoppable point guard, he has it all. But beneath the fame is a man who wants something real.
In Detroit, a city built on grit and resilience, Indira James has carved out her own path. A driven realtor with no time for fairy tales, she’s sworn off love in favor of stability and success. Childhood scars taught her not to trust, and the last thing she needs is a smooth-talking baller testing her defenses.
When their worlds collide, sparks fly—but love means risking everything. And for Malik and Indira, trusting each other might be the hardest game they’ll ever play.
From Homecoming to Christmas (Nylow & Renju Book 2) by Coya Wilson
NYLOW & RENJU ARE BACK!
Four Play 2 by Smokey Moment
Some doors should never be opened…
Georgina Holloway has everything. A five-star restaurant, a multimillion-dollar empire, and a marriage that looks perfect from the outside. But behind closed doors, her husband Todd has become a stranger. A man who resents her success. A man who takes more than he gives. A man with secrets she’s long ignored in order to keep the peace.
New neighbors bring more than new faces to the neighborhood. They also bring their own troubled union. Maverick and Chanel Sutton are beautiful. Sexy. The couple oozes sex appeal and Todd notices the wife immediately. He begins to plot.
Todd proposes an arrangement between the two couples. A single evening of traded intimacy. A night of fun. Taboo and forbidden lust between two consenting couples. Georgina is stunned. But loneliness makes people do dangerous things. And the way Maverick looks at her makes her feel seen for the first time in years.
What was supposed to be one night becomes an obsession.
What was supposed to stay simple becomes complicated.
And what was supposed to be harmless… becomes deadly!
One night. No strings. No consequences…
But consequences have a way of finding you.
Now passion has become obsession. Obsession has become love. And someone in this tangled web of desire is willing to do the unthinkable to get what they want!
Snowed in With Christmas Past by LaSalle R.
Christmas should be filled with family and twinkling lights—but for Melody, it’s a season haunted by the tragic death of her boyfriend, Brandon.
When a sudden blizzard traps her in the mountain lodge, old wounds resurface—and so do the feelings she tried to bury. One night of unexpected passion leads to a life-changing surprise, forcing her to confront the truth about the past, the secrets that tore her apart, and the forbidden love that never died.
Now, with Christmas magic and family tensions colliding, Melody must decide whether this is just a moment of grief… or the second chance she’s always been meant for.
Different with Us: A Friends to Lovers Romance by Faith J.
Grai Harlowe
The love I had for my children’s father faded a long time ago. I didn’t stay for him, but because I was a high-school dropout who truly believed he was the best I could do. I couldn’t have been more wrong. When he kicks me and my kids out with nowhere to go, there’s only one place left to land: the home of the man who’s always been more than a friend. Lyrix has been my safe place, my support, and my soul mate in every sense of the word. He shows up every time I call, no questions asked. But now that we’re under the same roof, the lines I’ve drawn to protect our friendship are starting to blur into a beautiful portrait with the golden, magnetic hues of forever.
Lyrix “Poppa” Mercer
There’s no limit to the love I have for Grai and her boys. I was there for their first breaths, their first steps, their first lost teeth. Grai has been the one constant in my life, serving as not only my best friend but my heart. I’ve always seen the possibility of forever in her, but she stayed loyal to a man who never deserved her . . . until fate forced her hand. Now they’re living in my house, and the dream I’ve quietly held for years of being a real family is starting to feel dangerously close. But then I kissed her. Tasted her. Claimed what was never supposed to be mine. And now? Nothing is safe. Not our friendship. Not my heart. Because if I lose Grai, I lose everything.
Winter With You (Collins x Sinclair Series Book 2) by T.F. Leonard
Their love began in spring.
But winter has a way of revealing what lasts.
Noelle Collins and Ezra Sinclair think they are finally stepping into a quieter season—one filled with warmth, intention, and the promise of something real. Instead, they’re swept into a season of unraveling: Vivienne’s crisis becomes impossible to ignore, family expectations grow heavier, and a new, surprising connection begins to flicker between two unlikely people caught in the same storm.
As the world around them shifts, so do they.
And love, once effortless, begins to ask something deeper.
In a season marked by cold days, complicated truths, and moments that test their certainty, Noelle and Ezra must choose not just each other—but the future they’re willing to fight for.
A warm, emotional Black romance about partnership, timing, and what it means for love to thrive even when life grows heavy.
Perfect for readers who love mature love stories, family-centered drama, and slow, steady burn that lingers long after the last page.
December: A Holiday Short by Tyanna
December McClay, a determined young woman from Collingswood, New Jersey, is fighting to save her late grandparents’ beloved toy store in the heart of Camden, New Jersey. As the holidays approach and the bills pile up, December finds herself backed into a corner, willing to do whatever it takes to keep Toybox Mania from closing its doors for good.
When an unexpected partnership with Camden’s most notorious crime boss, Pierre Thomas, offers a risky solution, December steps into a world she never knew she’d be part of. Neither of them expects the sparks, or the complications, that follow.
As Christmas draws near, December must balance loyalty, love, and the fight for her family’s legacy before time runs out.
The Night That Changed The Game : Shot Clock by Santina Mason
Five months before Brinton’s NBA dreams become reality, his world is ripped apart when his parents are killed in a sudden car accident. With his future crumbling and his teenage brother in need of a home, the one person who never questions stepping in is Chastin—his best friend, his anchor, the one woman he’s never allowed himself to touch.
Until grief makes the rules disappear.
One charged, devastatingly intimate night turns years of buried attraction into explosive surrender. By morning, they both pretend it never happened. But secrets born in the dark never truly stay hidden.
When Brinton is drafted into the NBA, fate pairs him with an unexpected teammate—RaZhon. On the court, they quickly become brothers in competition and friendship. Off the court, RaZhon meets Chastin and is drawn to her strength, her loyalty, and the quiet fire behind her guarded eyes. What begins as comfort soon turns into something real… something dangerous.
Because Chastin is already tied to Brinton in ways no one is supposed to know.
As loyalty, lust, and love collide under the heat of fame and temptation, all three are unknowingly playing a game where the rules were broken long before the first whistle blew.
And the one night that was supposed to mean nothing… is already changing everything.
Shot Clock: The Night That Changed the Game is a powerful opening to a contemporary trilogy about womanhood, identity, and survival—where strength is tested, loyalty is complicated, and the pressure to perform certainty begins to fracture.
Bound to the Wolf: Urban Paranormal Romance (Fated Mates of Willow Creek Book 6) by Norah Rose
He was hired to protect me, not claim me.
Brooklyn
I didn’t ask for a babysitter. And definitely not a six-foot-five wall of tattoos, gold chains, and quiet rage named Martell. I’ve handled life on my own just fine—until a bounty on my head brought the Savage Pack to my doorstep. Now Martell’s shadowing my every move, growling whenever someone breathes too close. He says I’m his fated mate. I say he’s delusional. But there’s a heat in his eyes that calls to the magic I’ve tried to ignore. I should run. But something in me wants to stay and fight, for him, for us… for whatever this is.
Martell
I don’t do emotions. I don’t do soft. I damn sure don’t do love. But the moment I caught her scent, the wolf in me knew—Brooklyn was mine. She can fight it all she wants, but I was built to protect what’s mine. Even if it means taking on bounty hunters, rogue wolves, and her own stubborn pride. She thinks I’m just muscle. But I see the fire in her, the power she doesn’t even know she has. And I’ll destroy anything that threatens her. She’s bound to me now. And I never let go.
Bound to the Wolf is the Sixth installment in The Fated Mates of Willow Creek where savages wolves claim their mates,
Teka Homecoming by Dee Osah
He went to bury a ghost—and found the woman he could never forget… But some ghosts refuse to stay buried, and some loves refuse to die.
When Bart Teka travels to Nigeria to meet his estranged father, he never expects to run into Geri Pena, the woman whose memory still haunts him. But now that he’s found her again, someone will do anything to make her disappear.
Geri is desperate to return to the U.S. but leaving Africa won’t be easy. When a threat on her life forces them to flee together, Bart risks everything to protect her, only to learn that crossing an ocean can’t keep the past from catching up.
As old wounds and buried secrets rise to the surface, Bart must face his tangled legacy of adoption, betrayal, and a love strong enough to face the pain he’s never spoken aloud.
But just as new hope blooms, the past returns, reminding them that true redemption always costs more than you’re willing to pay. Can love survive when the past refuses to stay buried…
On The Last Day Of Kwanzaa: A Brother’s Best Friend, Black Love, Holiday Romance by Imani Jay
For the girls who knew. Who waited, hoped, dreamed—and finally said, “Nah, I’m done… unless you come correct.” This one’s for you.
And for the big-hearted, slow-to-move, fine-as-hell men who finally get it together.
Love to see it. 💛
Happy Holidate (A Novel-Tea Christmas Book 5) by Lauren W. Roach
Deja Johnson has opinions sharp enough to cut glass and marketing skills that could sell snow in a blizzard. She is always in control, until she becomes the last single woman in her book club and the final keeper of the magical journal that has already transformed her friends’ lives. With bridesmaid duties approaching and a wedding full of glowing couples ahead, Deja refuses to face the event alone. Her solution is simple: hire a fake date.
Rashaad Clairfield is calm, polished, and uninterested in love. He prefers clean lines, clear goals, and absolutely no emotional chaos. Then Langston, his business partner, tells him he needs a date for this wedding. Suddenly, Rashaad and Deja find themselves agreeing to a tidy, temporary arrangement.
Their plan works perfectly. Until it doesn’t.
Chemistry sparks. Emotions slip through the cracks. Old insecurities rise exactly when they shouldn’t. And soon, Deja and Rashaad must decide if their pretend partnership is worth risking for the real, messy, extraordinary love neither ever believed they could have, yet always hoped for.
A cozy, witty, heartwarming Christmas romance about vulnerability, found family, and falling for the person who sees the real you.
If you love Christmas romance novellas, Black love stories, fake dating setups, and couples who fall in love against their own rules, this story belongs on your holiday reading list.
Tangled Christmas by Nicole Greyson
Ten years of friendship with Wilde, and I thought I knew everything about him—especially that I was definitely not in love with him. But after one snowy Christmas cabin trip, I’ve learned three important lessons:
Lesson one: Never underestimate how much chemistry can actually exist between two people who’ve spent a decade pretending they’re just friends.
Lesson two: Wilde is ridiculously good at gingerbread decorating. Like, unnervingly good.
Lesson three: Trying to keep it platonic? Impossible.
Now I’m stuck here, battling feelings I didn’t expect—and let’s be real, I’m not sure I want to anymore. So much for Christmas cheer; this might end up being the hottest holiday of my life.
I’ve Been Tempted : Episode 1 by Thai
Nia Carter has always done things the right way. With her faith to God leading her first. She always keeps her head down with no shortcuts. But when bills are due doing things, the right way becomes too much to bare. With survival has a way of blurring line she finds herself having to adjust.
One late night at the diner brings Dre King into her life a man with quiet power, a dangerous reputation, and a debt he never forgets. When he offers help, it feels less like generosity and more like a door she was never meant to open. Caught between the woman she’s trying to become and the world Dre moves effortlessly through, Nia learns that protection comes with a price and temptation doesn’t always look like sin.
Daughter of the Sahel (Ark of Remembrance Book 1) by Rose Roberts
The future remembers everything.
But someone is deciding what gets forgotten.
In a city built by return, memory is sacred.
Zanzara rises from the Sahel as a bold experiment—an Afrofuturist metropolis founded by Black Americans who crossed the Atlantic not in chains, but by choice. At its heart stands the Ark of Remembrance, a living archive designed to hold four hundred years of Black American history as experience, not record.
Zahra Sombi is the Ark’s architect. Young, brilliant, and fiercely protective of what she’s built, she believes memory is more than data—it is inheritance, identity, and power.
The Ark doesn’t archive the past.
It lets you enter it.
When the system begins to fracture, Zahra uncovers a threat far more dangerous than a technical failure. A silent digital force known as the Hush is infiltrating memory itself, quietly rewriting history—softening resistance, blurring truth, and erasing what once burned.
To stop it, Zahra is forced into an alliance she never wanted.
Elijah Jamison is a brilliant cybersecurity expert with his own scars and secrets. He challenges her authority. She distrusts his motives. Their collision is volatile, their chemistry undeniable.
Because some enemies don’t just collide.
They ignite.
As political pressure mounts, betrayals surface, and the Ark’s intelligence begins to awaken, Zahra must decide what she’s willing to risk—for legacy, for truth, and for a love that could undo everything she’s sworn to protect.
Because when memory becomes a battleground,
the heart may be the most dangerous weapon of all.
Daughter of the Sahel is the gripping first novel in the Ark of Remembrance trilogy—an Afrofuturist science fiction romance blending epic world-building, a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers love story, and a powerful exploration of Black American memory, power, and resistance.
Chosen by the Alpha by Ebony Diamonds
In Blood County, loyalty is law, but love is the ultimate war.
Legend Madden is the heir to the most powerful wolf pack in Georgia, a man used to getting what he wants, except for his freedom. Cursed by a pact to a mate he despises, Legend’s life is duty and violence until he crosses paths with Daphina Avisa. Daphina is a witch with a traumatic past and a deep-seated hatred for wolves, fueled by a secret she guards with her life: her young son, Brave, carries the wolf gene. Drawn together by a primal force neither can ignore, Legend must prove to Daphina that he isn’t the monster she fears, while Daphina must decide if she can trust the very kind that shattered her world.
Meanwhile, Legend’s twin brother, Supreme, is a loose cannon spiraling out of control. After his marriage implodes in a haze of betrayal and loss, he finds a dangerous distraction in Aubri, a newly awakened witch with a wild streak to match his own. What begins as a physical escape quickly turns into an obsession that threatens to consume them both. But in a world where wolves and witches are historic enemies, their passion might be the most dangerous thing of all.
As the rival Topher Pack moves to encroach on Madden territory and family secrets threaten to rot the pack from the inside, the brothers must rise to claim their birthright. With war on the horizon, Legend and Supreme must fight not just for their dominance, but for the women who have captured their hearts.
Wolves. Witches. War. In this pack, you fight for what you love, or you die losing it.
Lights & Love On Bell Street by Pamela Campbell
After a humiliating, shattered career and a broken engagement, Skyla Hayes returns to her childhood home just in time to help her ailing father win his 23rd consecutive neighborhood Christmas light competition. Skyla throws everything into the competition, wanting to prove that she can succeed at something.
But there’s a problem: Wade Carter, the sexy and handsome new neighbor across the street. Wade is installing a high-tech Christmas display that threatens Skyla’s father’s winning streak. Wade is kind, thoughtful, and despite Skyla’s best efforts, he’s impossible to ignore.
Wade moved to Bell Street to hide from his grief; he didn’t plan on falling for his beautiful neighbor. Yet every time their paths cross, he finds himself drawn to Skyla.
But when misunderstandings and old fears threaten to end their romance, Skyla and Wade must decide: Is winning the competition worth losing each other? Will love outshine the competition? This Christmas, the best prize isn’t winning… It’s falling in love.
Lights & Love on Bell Street is a heartwarming holiday romance about two people finding their way back to love.
After the Fall: A Season of Situationships by Bliss Moreau
What they had was real.
What Reese Davies and Julian Ellis shared was real, even if it wasn’t meant to last.
At forty-eight, Reese is navigating divorce and learning how to rebuild her life. But she can’t outrun the impact of Julian, the man – five years younger – who understood her with surprising ease. Over nine months, their connection reshaped the way she saw herself and the life she thought she had.
And then he ended it.
Julian, now forty-three, has always carried responsibility. Walking away felt like the right choice, yet the decision stays with him. Even as his career expands, he can’t dismiss what their time together revealed about who he is and who he isn’t.
Told through their present lives and the moments they can’t forget, After the Fall follows two people altered by a season of change…and what remains long after the relationship ends.
This novel includes themes of infidelity, divorce, parental abandonment, and other emotionally challenging moments related to family dynamics and personal change. Please take care while reading.
The Last Lonely Christmas in Arkansas by Alisha B.
Corporate Marketing Executive Ayesha Carter sets out from Dallas to spend Christmas with her family in Arkansas. When her car breaks down on a snowy back road in rural Arkansas, she’s forced to slow down, trust God, and let someone help her. Romeo Carmelo, a celebrity fitness trainer, rescues Ayesha from the side of the road to safety. Romeo was praying for his own renewal while on holiday break. What begins as an inconvenience turns into something sacred. One unexpected stop. One unforgettable Christmas.
All I Want for Christmas is You: A Thriller by Tanisha Stewart
Ten-year-old Jasmin once believed in perfect families—until her parents’ split shatters that illusion. Now, watching her father build a new life with his girlfriend Shaneka as his plan to divorce her mother looms, Jasmin can think of only one thing: bringing her family back together, no matter the cost.
With intelligence beyond her years and determination that borders on obsession, Jasmin crafts a calculated plan to eliminate the woman she sees as an intruder. What starts as childish pranks quickly escalates into something far more sinister as Jasmin proves willing to cross dangerous lines to get what she wants.
The Warm Side of Wynter by Naaj Niore
Denali and DJ grew up best friends,
laughing through long summers, surviving hard winters, and writing letters about the kind of love they hoped to find someday. What Denali never said out loud was that her heart had already found it… in DJ.
Years passed, life happened, and both women went their separate ways. But when Dj comes home for the holidays, old feelings start knocking like they never left. Between family chaos, late-night talks, and the pull that’s always been there, Denali can’t hide from what she’s always known—she never stopped loving her best friend.
This Christmas, what starts as a quiet reunion turns into something real. Something that finally feels like home. Because sometimes love just circles back when the timing’s right—and this time, Denali’s not letting go again.
What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas by Kyiris Ashley
At forty-two, Bianca is a devoted mother of two grown children and a successful author. Christmas is her favorite time of year, and this Christmas is no different. After decorating the house, wrapping dozens of gifts, and planning a wonderful Christmas dinner, she finds out that neither of her children will be able to come home for the holidays. Bianca finds herself sad knowing that she will now be alone for Christmas.
Then one unexpected night changes everything. A chance encounter at a Detroit Christmas party introduces Bianca to Wise, a thirty-year-old, charming man that she never knew she needed. What begins as conversation turns into connection and undying heat that leads to a one-night stand that will change both of their lives forever.
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