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Check out these new Black Romance releases from October 12th-18th.
Lemon Drop: A Demon's Dream Spinoff (Drunken Summer Nights Book 5) by elle kayson
Topaz Waters has spent her life taking care of people. Between a demanding career as Saadiq Masters's executive assistant, her family's high expectations, and a man who forgets she's a priority, she’s running on empty. When a humiliating discovery becomes the final straw, she escapes to Port Isle.
For the first time in forever...
She doesn't have a clear plan.
She doesn't have set expectations.
She doesn’t count on Saadiq Masters.
Successful, steady, and impossible to ignore, Saadiq sees the exhaustion Topaz tries to hide. Though she insists she’s only on Port Isle to rest and recover, he gently pulls her back to herself—reminding her what laughter sounds like, what care looks like, and what being chosen feels like.
As sunlit days turn into intimate nights, their connection deepens into something neither can ignore. On an island built for escape, they discover the sweetest indulgence isn’t the luxury around them—it’s the possibility of a love that feels effortless and real. But Topaz is wary. Once they return home, will Saadiq revert to the man who expects her to hold his life together, even when hers is falling apart? Or is it possible that the love he so carefully wraps her in during one unforgettable summer stay can be not only an island escape, but an everyday reality?
Daddy’s Favorite Girl by Cyn
Yara Fairchild only needed a job. With bills piling up, she was desperate. Gino Grant had built an empire in the streets, but because of his wife’s greed, he was on his way out of his illegal operations and ending his marriage in the most vicious way. Fate brought them together when Yara started working for Gino’s wife.
And when they lay eyes on each other for the first time, Gino doesn’t care if he has to move heaven and earth to have her. There’s not a person, place, or thing that can keep him from giving Yara the life she deserves.
But being with Gino means that Yara will fall for her boss’s husband. The job is her only financial support, and she feels stuck between a rock and a hard place.
She’s terrified to trust him and take the leap. He’s afraid his failing marriage will keep him from who he’s meant to be with.
The problem is, their love is too powerful to ignore, which means that it should be worth the risk . . . right?
unMarry Me For Christmas: A Holiday Rom-Com by Danielle Brooks
Halle Barrymore went to Vegas to celebrate her divorce—not come home with another husband.
Yet somewhere between too many drinks and one unforgettable stranger, Halle apparently said I do to Nikolas St. Christopher.
Now she wants one thing: to undo whatever the hell happened in Vegas.
Her search for answers leads her to Mistletoe Springs, a picturesque small town obsessed with all things Christmas—and back to the handsome stranger she'd rather forget.
Nikolas has enough problems of his own. The last thing he needs is a feisty accidental wife disrupting his carefully ordered life.
Getting married was a mistake.
Getting unmarried should be easy.
But Christmas has a funny way of changing plans.
Captive of My Heart (Whiskey Creek Book 1) by Skye Moon
A war is brewing in Whiskey Creek, and Aella Torrisi’s trapped in the thick of it. The eldest daughter of one of the most ruthless and bloodthirsty founding family mafia bosses has a price on her head—her father’s solution?
Cassius Farina.
Cassius Farina spent most of his life carefree. But when duty to his family calls, he reluctantly answers. However, Aella’s resistance to his sudden intrusion into her life awakens a part of him he didn’t know existed, and his duty shifts from guarding her life to fighting for her heart.
A Little Bit of Sweetness by Tatum James
For Shiloh, what should have broken her, only made her go harder to provide a good life for her sons. For any woman, two dead beat baby daddies was more than enough. With one of her son’s fathers in prison and the other unconcerned, Shiloh refused to let single motherhood be the thing to shatter her dreams.
After opening her bakery truck with her best friend, she figured all she needed to do was run her business and raise her sons. Everything was going according to plan until an unfortunate series of events put her right in the path of Quinton Woods.
Quinton, a single father and mechanic, had the philosophy that his children and his business were his number one priority. A schoolyard fight and a busted radiator changed everything. Once he set his sights on the sassy baker with two young sons, there was nothing stopping him from adding a little bit of sweetness to his life.
Homewrecker by Netra Antionette
They call women like me homewreckers.
It’s a title I never asked for, but somehow, I’m the only one who has to always wear it.
He gets to move on and create a new life where people still respect him, love him, and make room for his mistakes.
I became the mistake.
Now, I’m trying to rebuild a life with the name everyone else decided belonged to me. I’m trying to figure out who I am when the worst thing I’ve ever done becomes the only thing people care to know about me.
I’m not asking anyone to forgive me. I learned in therapy that it really doesn’t matter.
But if I have to live with the title of homewrecker, then everyone should at least know the whole story.
It's The Fangs For Me: Discovered By Vampires Duology by Marcia Black
She’s ready. He’s done waiting. Fate finally got its way.
Sai became the first human to lead a vampire House. Turns out, that was the easy part. Now she has magic to get a grip on and enemies plotting against her.
Hakeem is done playing. Period. His enemies are getting bolder, the council keeps testing his patience, and protecting his people might require taking more power than anyone wants a Black man to have.
Alliances are shifting.
Happily ever after ain’t never been easy.
He’s still a vampire. She’s got that magic. Together, they’re everyone’s problem.
A Stream of Love by Rayvin Skye
Montana Price thinks she doesn’t need love in her life. After being single for so long, she knows she’ll never find love. When Montana’s best friend tells her about a dating app, will she be open to trying it?
Paxton White isn’t looking for love or a relationship. He likes his life how it is. When his deceased sister’s words come back to him about a dating app, he feels he owes her. Will Paxton follow his sister’s advice and find love?
When Paxton and Montana meet, sparks fly, and their vibe is just right. For two people who don’t want anything to do with each other, their chemistry speaks for itself. Will the two of them let go of their relationship hang-ups and make one work?
Once Bitten: A Virgin Hood Haunting by Shantelly
Londyn Holloway has always loved Halloween, despite her overprotective parents spending her entire life warning her that nothing good happens after midnight.
At twenty-four, Londyn is still a virgin, not because she’s innocent, but because no man has ever made her want to give that part of herself away.
Then she meets Deegan Ash.
Fine, mysterious, and dangerous in a way she can’t quite explain, Deegan is everything Londyn knows she should leave alone. But on Halloween night, temptation wins, and one reckless encounter with him changes everything.
Soon, Londyn realizes something isn’t right. She feels like she’s being watched. Her family is suddenly keeping secrets, and Deegan seems to know far more about what’s happening than he’s willing to admit.
The deeper Londyn gets pulled into his world, the harder it becomes to separate what’s real from the things she once believed only existed in horror stories.
Because Deegan Ash isn’t just dangerous.
He’s not entirely human.
And after Halloween night, Londyn is about to find out why some things don’t just go bump in the night.
They bite.
Realm by Iris Noir
Yara was only supposed to celebrate graduation.
Instead, she wakes up in another world.
After a mysterious force drags the twenty-one-year-old beneath the waters of Cancún, she finds herself trapped in Xyrosia. A hidden realm where humans are considered enemies and the only man willing to help her is the one she should trust the least.
Prince Aziel.
Cold. Guarded. And next in line for the throne, Aziel is determined to send Yara home before her presence puts his kingdom in danger. But the longer they’re together, the harder it becomes to walk away.
Now, with an entire kingdom standing between them, Yara must choose between the family she’s desperate to return to…and the prince she never expected to love.
Beautiful: A Prequel to Girlfriend for Xmas by Tuesday Harper
R&B superstar Beautiful Morris is used to giving everyone what they want while keeping the real her hidden.
But when Mara shows up in her kitchen after Beautiful’s heartbreak makes headlines, the sharp-tongued chef serves up dinner with a side of irresistible charm.
For one night, Beautiful stops performing long enough to let Mara see the woman beneath the celebrity. Neither of them expects it to mean anything more.
They’re both wrong.
A steamy Black lesbian romance prequel to Girlfriend for Xmas.
Consider It Team Building: A Grand Beach Novella, Book 1 by Alex Husb
Miracle Paige has spent the last three months trying not to let Jonas Fowler get under her skin.
It's hard enough watching him settle into the promotion she wanted. Having him as her boss is even worse, especially when every conversation between them turns into an argument. So when the mayor gets tired of the constant back-and-forth and orders them to spend the weekend working together on Grand Beach's hurricane preparedness plan, Miracle is already counting down the hours until Monday.
Jonas has a different problem. Somewhere between disagreeing with Miracle in meetings and pretending not to notice how good she looks while doing it, irritation has started feeling a lot like attraction.
Then a Halloween party gives them a chance to see each other outside the office, and the line between coworkers, rivals and something much more tempting starts to disappear fast.
With a storm headed toward Grand Beach and their professional lives starting to shift, Miracle and Jonas will find out whether a little forced teamwork can fix their problems or create a whole new one.
Consider It Team Building is a short, sweet and spicy workplace romance filled with banter, forced proximity, holiday fun and two stubborn people who may work a lot better together than either of them wants to admit.
Justice II: The Banks Empire by N’Dia Rae
Justice Banks is ready to claim his woman. Somebody else is determined to make him regret it.
Skye came into Justice’s home to do a job. Now she’s in his bed, tangled up in his family, and making him think about a future he never planned. He’s ready to bring their relationship into the open, and anybody with a problem can take it up with him.
Unfortunately, somebody does.
With his family being threatened and his enemies getting bold, Justice is ready to remind people why crossing a Banks is bad for their health. He has no intention of letting anyone hurt the people he loves—and he’s never needed permission to get even.
Skye knows how good it feels to have Justice in her corner. She also knows how much she stands to lose. Beneath the life she’s building with him is a past she’s worked desperately to hide. Someone knows her secrets, and keeping quiet comes with demands she can’t afford to meet.
As jealousy turns vicious and revenge reaches his doorstep, Justice is watching everybody who might come for his family. But the woman he’s falling for still hasn’t told him everything.
Justice will go to war to keep Skye. The truth might be the one thing that makes him let her go.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Christmas Romance: A Sweet Holiday Novella by Maya Toni
When an allergic reaction lands her in the ER with her aloof billionaire boss, she never expects them to leave as a fake couple for Christmas...
Aspiring actress Melissa Stangard wants to leave work on time—for once. But on the day STFU headquarters closes for the holidays, her boss, Warren Grant, needs her to work late.
He also orders a meal that leaves her covered in hives and gasping for air minutes after her first bite.
Then he rushes her to the hospital, and when he intercepts a call from her mom, who assumes they’re dating and that he’s coming home with Melissa for Christmas, he doesn’t object.
Strange.
Melissa plans to clear this up, but then she gets an invitation to audition for a lead role in a boss/assistant holiday romance.
Coincidence? Maybe.
But she needs a reading partner, and she and Warren oddly fit the roles.
Except, the longer they run lines and pretend to be a couple around her family, the fuzzier the boundary between reality and acting becomes, especially when they rehearse that one scene…
Fair Game: The Ivory Tower Series by Darlene O. Hightower
What if the love of your life walked into your freshman year of college… before either of you knew who you were?
Washington, D.C., 1992.
Brian Wallace came to Collier College with one goal: earn the starting running back position and prove he'll never be second best again. Katherine Dubois arrived with a different burden—the weight of a famous family, impossible expectations, and a future that has already been planned for her.
They aren't supposed to fit.
He's a scholarship athlete from rural Georgia. She's Black royalty, raised in a world where pedigree matters as much as love. But as friendship turns into something neither of them expected, Brian and Katherine discover that the hardest person to become isn't someone's partner—it's yourself.
Over four unforgettable years of football games, Greek life, late-night study sessions, and the soundtrack of the 1990s, they'll face rivalry, family secrets, colorism, class, and the question every first love must answer:
Can the person you fall in love with survive the person you're still becoming?
Perfect for readers who love Black college romance, coming-of-age love stories, slow-burn chemistry, found family, and rich 1990s nostalgia, Fair Game is a heartfelt celebration of first love, Black joy, friendship, and discovering that sometimes finding your forever begins with finding yourself.
Defended by the Alpha Bear: Black Paranormal Romance (Iron Den Security of Willow Creek Book 6) by Norah Rose
She inherited a key to a million dollars. Now somebody is willing to kill her for it.
PAULETTE
Three years after my divorce, I've rebuilt everything my cheating husband almost destroyed—especially my trust in myself. My home health agency is thriving, my life is peaceful, and I don't need another man complicating it.
Then one of my elderly clients dies and leaves me a key.
A key to a safety-deposit box holding nearly one million dollars from a decades-old bank robbery.
Now the dead robber's children want their father's money.
And Iron Den Security sends me Malik.
MALIK
I remember Paulette from high school—cute, loud, hood as hell, and definitely not my type. The woman standing in front of me now? My bear damn near loses his mind. I don't believe in fated mates. Never have.
But whether fate chose Paulette or not doesn't matter. Somebody wants that money. They'll have to come through me first.
Defended by the Bear is the sixth installment in the Iron Den Security of Willow Creek where the guards fall for thier beautiful clients.
Where Secrets Begin (Ramble Rock Book 1) by Brenda Barrett
At twenty-three, Kayla Bruce has lost almost everything. Her father is dead, the family bakery is gone, and the only home she's ever known has been foreclosed.
With nowhere else she wants to go, Kayla heads to Ramble Rock, a picturesque little town nestled in the hills above Jamaica's north coast. Her online fiancé, Brian Grant, has offered her a place to stay until he returns from working overseas.
But Kayla has another reason for going to Ramble Rock.
It's the hometown her father refused to talk about. Determined to uncover her family's past, Kayla begins asking questions about the mysterious Blackwoods, a prominent family whose history is tangled with secrets, scandal, and long-held grudges. The more she learns, the more she realizes that her father's silence was no accident. But the Blackwoods aren't the only ones keeping secrets.
There's also Brian.
After three years of phone calls and promises, Kayla has never met the man she plans to marry. Is he really everything he claims to be, or is he hiding secrets of his own?
In a town where everyone seems to know everyone else's business, Kayla is about to discover that some truths can change everything.
Next Time Around (The Dalton Family Book 2) by Chichima Cherry
The emotional and addictive romance featuring Black love, buried family secrets, fate-filled connections, and a protective man who refuses to let the woman he loves walk away.
She was the girl he couldn’t save. Now she’s the woman he craves.
Onyx Dalton has faced danger, violence, and the darkest parts of humanity, but nothing has ever shaken him like Aiyanna Campbell. From the moment she dances into his life, the pull between them is undeniable. Intense. All-consuming.
Aiyanna has spent her adult life trying to fix what’s broken, determined to build a life that finally feels whole. Then she meets Onyx, and for the first time, life feels right. With him, she doesn’t have to fight so hard to feel whole. There is only one problem: loving him will cost her more than she’s ever been willing to lose.
Because loving Onyx means facing the truth about the worst day of her life. A truth that her mind had buried. One that ties their families together in ways that could destroy everything between them.
Now Aiyanna has a choice: protect the life she’s built…or risk everything for the man who knows every version of her. The man who refuses to let her go. The man who ruins her in all the ways she secretly wants.
Her choice will either wreck her…or save her.
Dating the Mothman: A Southern Fated Mates Monster Romance (Monsters of Tarver, Georgia Book 5) by Lena Lynch
Tonya Beasley takes the pictures in Tarver, Georgia. Weddings, funerals, church programs, graduations. When Tarver wants a thing remembered, it calls her.
So when she drives up to a North Georgia overlook to shoot the January full moon, and something with red eyes stands up on the rock wall and looks straight at her, she gets the shot. Every frame comes out a smear.
The Beasleys are the family who sees things. Her daddy has been laughed at for forty years, ever since the summer he swore something stood up out of a ditch on River Road with eyes red as brake lights. Now the phone tree is laughing at Tonya, too.
Then the thing from the mountain lands on her studio roof.
His name is Obadiah. He's a mothman, he's been hiding on that overlook for a hundred years, and he fell for her the second she stepped out from behind her camera to look at him. Light pulls at him. Cameras slide right off him. And there is one picture in him, ever, for one person.
Tonya could finally prove what the Beasleys have been saying all along. All she has to do is decide what she'll do with it.
A standalone monster romance with a Black heroine who runs her own business, a hero who falls first and hard, a daddy who has waited forty years to be believed, and explicit heat on the page. HEA guaranteed. Book five of Monsters of Tarver, Georgia.
Let Me In, Please by Nissan
On a snack run sisters , Quinny & Sutton run smack dab into brothers Kenji and Benji.
The encounter startles the sisters, even more when they start to believe the tall, dark and mystical brothers are following them in the store. Running scared after an exchange that leaves them shook Quinny and Sutton believe they’re losing their minds. Until they realize everything they thought about Kenji and Benji are far off from the truth. Witnessing her sister being taken Quinny runs for her life. Thinking she found her safe haven, Quinny tries to hide. Unfortunately, there is no amount of hiding Quinny can do from Kenji. Hearing him uttering one question has her fighting an internal battle. To Kenji however, it’s a simple request: Let Me In, Please.
Christian (The Columbus Phantoms Book 3) by Lovely Winters
She was the one that got away. And he was the one who broke her.
Taraji Carmichael didn't want to attend the Columbus Phantoms charity gala, and she certainly didn't expect to run into the ghost of her past. Christian Broussard—star safety, high-priced athlete, and the man who systematically tore down her world in college—is back in Ohio. And this time, he isn't walking away.
Years ago, Taraji gave him her heart, her trust, and her virginity, only to watch him toss them aside like they meant nothing. She spent a year putting her shattered pieces back together, building a fortress of tight schedules and fierce independence to ensure no man would ever have that kind of power over her again.
Christian got everything right on the football field, but losing Taraji was the one loss he never recovered from. Now that he’s traded Los Angeles for Columbus, he is on a relentless mission to prove that the arrogant, reckless boy she knew is gone. He wants to claim her, protect her from the shadows of her past, and spend the rest of his life making amends for every tear he caused.
When an old enemy resurfaces to threaten Taraji's safety, Christian is ready to burn the world down to keep her safe. But trust isn't given away twice easily. Can Taraji risk her carefully guarded heart on a reformed player, or will the ghosts of yesterday destroy their last chance at forever?
Christian is the third standalone romance in The Columbus Phantoms series, featuring a reformed alphahole hero, second-chance romance, high-stakes emotional drama, and a happily-ever-after.
Make It Back to You by Araik Jah
Zaria Jones thought she knew exactly what forever looked like.
It looked like Elias Carter: the man who loved her openly, chose her without hesitation, and offered her the kind of future she could finally trust.
It wasn’t supposed to look like Mustafa Baptiste.
Mustafa was history. Her first love. Her first heartbreak. The one man who knew exactly how to get under her skin because, no matter how much time passed, some part of him had never stopped belonging there.
So when Zaria chooses Elias and prepares to walk down the aisle, she expects Mustafa to do the one thing he’s never been good at…let her go.
But love doesn’t always respect choices.
And when life takes a turn none of them could have prepared for, Zaria is forced to confront everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty, grief, and the difference between moving on and truly letting go.
Because some people are meant to be loved for a season.
Some are meant to change you forever.
And some, no matter how far life pulls you apart, you’ll always make it back to.
Built to Love by Jamyla Philyaw
Crystal Morgan doesn’t need saving.
As Chief Operating Officer of a thriving consulting firm in Dallas, she’s built a life defined by independence and control. After a painful divorce taught her the cost of trusting the wrong person, she vowed never to hand anyone that kind of power again.
But when her dream home floods, the cracks in her carefully constructed world become impossible to ignore.
Especially once Malcolm Pierce walks into it.
Old wounds reopen. Past betrayals resurface. Professional pressures mount. And as the walls around her begin to fall, the woman who once feared losing control must confront the one risk she swore she’d never take again.
Beignets and Big Feelings: A Novel by Leslie Gray Streeter
A grandma’s dying wish results in a weeklong scavenger hunt designed to reunite a family in a heartfelt and hilarious journey by the author of Family & Other Calamities.
When Grandma Olivia Hollis passes away, her funeral reunites four generations of heirs, complete with a surprise will. Grandma has orchestrated a New Orleans scavenger hunt for her female relatives, determined to bring her family back together if it’s the last thing she does. Everyone game? If not, no one gets a dime.
Of course, Grandma, bless her meddling heart, has other motives in mind for all of them. Especially for her guarded sister, Mona, who fled decades ago and never looked back. Following a preplanned itinerary for one revelatory week, the women find themselves on a Mississippi River jazz cruise, braving a bayou swamp tour, uncovering forgotten histories in old cemeteries, rekindling former flames, and, just as Grandma planned, unlocking what they’ve hidden from each other for far too long.
Amid beignets, popcorn shrimp, and chicory coffee—so bitter and sweet—these women just might discover that no matter what awaits them at the end, the real treasure is becoming the family they were meant to be.
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