New Release Round-Up May 18th-24th
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Check out these new Black Romance releases from May 18th-24th.
Score (Hollywood Renaissance Book 2) by Kennedy Ryan
You never forget your first love. Isn't that what they say? Verity Hill knows this truth intimately. She didn't simply miss Wright "Monk" Bellamy when they parted ways in college. She's haunted by his touch. Every kiss, any lover since—it's a shadow of what they had.
Time heals all wounds. Isn't that what they say? Monk doesn't believe that for a second. He wasn't simply betrayed when he and Verity split. He was devastated, with parts of him left behind in the ruins of all that was destroyed.
More than a decade after their disastrous breakup, Verity and Monk must work together on the set of an epic Harlem Renaissance biopic. With Monk, now a world-class musician, creating the score, and Verity, an award-winning screenwriter, penning the script, there's Oscar buzz before shooting even begins. This once-in-a-lifetime project could catapult them both to new heights, but can they can put the past behind them for the sake of the film … for the sake of something more?
Her Noble Protector: A Bodyguard Romance by Mya
Sunni Stone is a free spirit, oblivious to the dangers in her life. All she cares about is exploring the world, meeting new people, and living every day like it’s her last. When there’s a bounty put on her head, the latter may become her reality.
Noble Nash, an introverted and dangerous bodyguard, is tasked with protecting the daughter of a powerful political agency. The price is too good to refuse. All he has to do is monitor one woman . . . How hard can it really be?
When the lines of protection and lust are blurred, it becomes harder for the two of them to fight temptation. Sparks aren’t the only thing flying in this action packed, insta-love romance.
Part Two by nina
It was love at first sight-at least for Adair-the moment he saw Sabine dancing across the room, completely offbeat, without a hint of shame. From that first awkward sway, something clicked. Their love moved fast, full of promise and plans, certain they'd last forever but life doesn't always honor our timelines.
Somewhere between ambition, grief, and growing apart, everything shifted. What once felt unbreakable became unspeakable. Words went unspoken. Needs unmet. The silence between them grew louder than any fight. Their marriage didn't just end, it unraveled. Quietly. Cruelly. Beneath the weight of everything they couldn't say out loud.
Now, years later, they're no longer husband and wife, but they're still tethered-by the son they raised together and the grief that never fully left.
Beautiful Assassin: The Takeover (Destiny Awaits Book 4) by Stephanie Nicole Norris
Five years of reign. One night to fall.
Assassins Celine and Brian Devereaux have ruled with absolute authority in the underbelly of Chicago. With the power they hold, no one has dared to challenge them for half a decade. So when a new enemy arises, chaos cripples their empire before they can mount a defense.
As Luck Would Have It (The Aces Book 1) by Dria Andersen
A simple laugh, the tinkling sound reaching past every other noise in the restaurant and Ezra Kaine was intrigued…
Cold and vicious, his tiger took pleasure in their job as head of the assassin's guild. He had no place in his life for soft, but the tiny sliver of humanity left to him was curious and she was every thing he never thought he deserved.
Lucky Bryant was every bit her father’s daughter and one thing Sin had taught her was how to spot danger. And Ezra Kaine…he was danger wrapped in an alluring package. But, she had also been taught to follow her animal’s instinct and her panther wanted him, despite the possible trouble he brought with him.
Unbeknownst to Kaine, his new position had come with an inherited rival. One who lurked in the shadows, plotting to undermine everything his grandfather had built. His tiger was bred for the hunt, and lived for the kill. Ezra’s hidden enemies could attempt to take his life, but going after his mate was a step too far and soon enough they would learn the most important lesson his grandfather taught him…
Never turn your back on a tiger.
Iso Brooks by Kennedy B.
Iso Brooks is dead.
At least that’s what Briar South medical records say.
Set up by the very people he trusted with everything he’d built, he becomes a ghost, a dead man with one mission, reclaiming his life and destroying everyone who had a part in his demise.
Survival comes with a fee though. He doesn’t return the same. Silence is his language and frigid is his temperature.
Then he encounters Liora Pierce—morally gray, emotionally detached, and lethal in her own right. She was never supposed to be what warmed a dead man’s heart. Somewhere between vengeance, violence, and stolen moments in the midst of chaos, they build something neither of them expected.
As his hit list grows and Briar South business attempts to drag him back to familiar territories, Iso is forced to decide if it’s worth risking it all.
Surviving death is one thing, but learning to live afterward is the hardest part.
What Your Heart Desires (Christenbury Hills) by Tina Martin
Zinnia
I was trapped in a bad marriage for two years. Now, I’m free. I’m not trying to get with anyone else after everything I went through, but my best friend’s brother says he’s in love with me.
Tehron
I’ve been in love with Zinnia. While busy building my empire, I let some other man slide in and take her away, but their marriage fell apart and I know why. He ain’t me. I’m what’s best for her. I just need to convince her of that.
In Just One Night by Soleil
One night stand. A blind date. A baby?
London Daniels works her way up the ladder at her job. The one night she decides to celebrate her new promotion, she meets a man, and after a few drinks, she finds herself tangled in the sheets in a hotel room with him.
Genesis Lancaster has just returned to his hometown when he meets London. He wasn’t looking for anything more than one night, and when he gets what he wants, she becomes an everlasting memory.
When the two of them are set up on a blind date by a mutual friend, Genesis discovers he left something special behind.
Collateral Love (crestwood chronicles Book 2) by L.B. Gaines
Love was supposed to be their shelter. Now it’s the one thing that could get them killed. Kenya “YaYa” King thought marrying Zayden meant stepping into a new life, one built on healing, passion, and finally letting her guard down. But the past has a long memory, and Crestwood doesn’t forget what it owes.
When a blackmail scheme targeting his sister-in-law spirals into a full-blown war, Zayden and his brother, Xavier, find themselves dragged back into the shadows of a 20-year-old murder they thought was buried. Enemies are circling.
Secrets are leaking. And someone is out for blood. Now Kenya has been taken and used as leverage for sins the King brothers never confessed.
Zayden will have to burn through his past to rescue the woman who became his peace. Because this time, love isn’t just the prize; it’s the collateral.
Finding My Way by Kiriah Kache
Sade Simmons thought starting over would be easier than this. After heartbreak forced her to rebuild her life from the ground up, she’s focused on her new job, keeping her head down, and finding herself again. Love isn’t part of the plan anymore.
Denver Jackson has spent most of his life avoiding anything that felt too serious. More comfortable keeping things casual than letting people get too close, he never expected anyone to change that.
But when an unexpected encounter brings them together, casual conversations quickly turn into something harder to walk away from.
What begins as a quiet connection slowly becomes the one thing neither of them saw coming.
Finding My Way is a soft, emotional romance about healing, vulnerability, and learning that love can still find you after heartbreak.
Indecisive by Connie Easton
Chevelle “Chevy” McCall is a woman that’s going to please people with the one thing we all love. However, her source of income lights a flame that’s hard to put out. She desperately wants a change but tries not to go against her vows to get it. While she loves her husband, the taste of someone new may change her view on things.
Memphiz “Mems” McCall is one of the most genuine men to love. He is the man that every woman wished their significant other was. Although he is dedicated to his wife and their union, he can’t prevent a rough patch from appearing. However, he never turns his back on what holds the most value and that’s Chevy. Just like any human, he makes mistakes and must deal with the consequences.
This marriage has been taken on enough emotional rollercoasters, but life wants to take it for one last ride. True feelings are revealed and actions have to be accounted for.
A Mighty Good Man by Mel Dau
Pril Jasmine Blinds thought she had it all mapped out. Love, loyalty, and a forever stamped with a ring. But when betrayal checks the outbox, she’s forced to swallow the truth that sometimes the forever stamp isn’t secure on the letter of love. Some pains don’t announce themselves right away… They settle deep, linger quietly, and show up when you least expect it. Confronting the truth can be hard, but it was nothing some packing bins couldn’t take care of. Living in Charleston, South Carolina, where everything looks picture-perfect on the outside, Pril learns that both love and life can carry invisible battles that test her strength, body, and what she thinks she’s worthy of.
Then there’s solid, attentive Tafari Seasons. A man who notices the things Pril tries to hide, including the days when her smile doesn’t quite reach her eyes and her body moves a little slower. His love is protective with a steel, sharp edge that doesn’t flinch when things get thick. Tafari doesn’t just want the easy version of her—he wants the good, bad, ugly, and painful. He’s ten toes down through the moments she feels at war with herself, meeting her pain with patience and a loyalty that borders on subtle unhingement. Whatever tried to break her before doesn’t stand a chance with Tafari in the picture.
A Mighty Good Man is about loving through what can’t always be seen, healing that isn’t pretty but necessary, and a woman learning that her softness and her strength can exist at the same time. Sometimes the right love doesn’t erase the pain. It stands beside you in it and refuses to let you face it alone.
'Til it Hurts: Book One of the Love Until Series by Elle Lakelyn
Makayla Thompson didn’t build her career in sports management by being soft. She built it by being smart, strategic, and unshakable—the woman people call when reputations are on the line and everyone else is out of moves.
But some losses don’t care how strong you are.
Ten years after a heartbreak that changed her, Makayla is forced to face what she thought she’d buried: a past love with Cruz Shepherd, a man who still knows exactly how to get under her skin—and into the parts of her she keeps locked down.
Now her world is tightening from every angle: a power move that changes everything, shifting loyalty inside her circle, and a wound she never allowed herself to name. When the lines between business, friendship, and desire start to blur, Makayla has to decide what she’s willing to risk—her peace, her pride, and the future she’s fought for—just to feel something real again.
Because healing isn’t pretty.
And love doesn’t always arrive gently.
A Love Until series novel.
Note to readers: This is an emotionally layered romance that touches on loss and difficult life seasons. A detailed note appears in the opening pages.
More Than Friends by Urania
Jada knows exactly what she wants in a man. Loyal, funny, emotionally available, and someone who actually sees her. The problem? Every date proves just how rare that combination really is and the only person who seems to check every box is her best friend, Malik. From game nights to late-night conversations, he’s always been her constant… just never her option. So, when Malik offers to set her up with a friend currently overseas, Jada reluctantly agrees. She’s not expecting much. Just another name, another number, another disappointment. But from the very first text, something feels different. Their conversations are easy. Honest. Almost too familiar. No phone calls. No video chats. Just words on a screen that somehow feel more real than anything she’s experienced before. And the more she opens up, the harder she falls. Until the night they finally agree to meet. Because the man, she’s been giving her heart to…isn’t a stranger at all. And when the truth comes out, Jada has to decide.... was it all a lie…or has love been right in front of her the entire time?
The Six Loves of Ebony Jones by Terreece M. Clarke
The Six Loves of Ebony Jones is a sexy, hilarious, second chance romance where fence hopping and throat punches are the norm and closure is asking an ex: "Why did you steal all my underwear?"
"There is no stroke worth your stride..." After her bottomless mimosa-fueled dating rant goes viral, journalist Ebony Jones is ready to give up on love until her cousin asks a brilliant question: what if the answer to her future “forever love” can be found in her past?
At her editor's urging, Ebony turns her award-winning investigative skills on herself and tracks down the great loves of her life - the first love, the safe love, the almost-forever love, the one that wrecked her… for the world to watch.
Reluctant to put her life, questionable decisions, and proudly plus sized body on display, she creates goals to get through it: fix her love life, land a book deal, and make it to brunch before the mimosas get warm.
A journalist shouldn't become the story, but what are the rules when it comes to love?
In Full Bloom: Liana by C. Monet
Liana Bloom is what happens when you try to keep a good woman down. She rises, rebuilds, and blooms just like her name suggests.
After a devastating divorce turned her life upside down, Liana returned home to Bloomington, Tennessee, determined to rebuild her life on her own terms. Now running her family's bar, The Bloom, she's found comfort in routine, community, and keeping men, mess, and heartbreak far away from her peace.
Jaheim Harrison wasn't expecting one night at The Bloom to change his life. But the more time he spends with the guarded, sharp-tongued bar owner, the harder it becomes to deny she's becoming the center of his world. What starts as flirting turns into late nights, vulnerability, undeniable chemistry, and a connection neither of them is prepared to walk away from.
Starting over is one thing. Trusting someone with your heart after betrayal and disappointment is another.
The more Jaheim shows up, the harder it becomes for Liana to pretend she doesn't want him in every part of her life. She just has to decide if she's brave enough to let him stay.
Tasty by Taahesi B. Williams
Vintner and Social Recluse, Marlon Sinclair, has been tasked with the most complicated challenge yet: Training his business partner’s spoiled daughter to take over their Winery. Besides dealing with Aurora Rodriguez wild personality, the real challenge lies in their secret night together that she won't let him forget.
A Sinner's Prayer: An Urban Love Story by Tucora Monique
“I’m starting to be open to the idea that you know me too.” — Justin Bieber
Believe half of what you see is a phrase Kannon Blackstone is reminded of daily. Born an outside baby to a headstrong loan shark, the feisty R.N. has always had to work harder than those around her to be taken seriously. Though stable in her career, Kannon struggles to connect with her paternal family and gain the respect she needs to join the Blackstone’s underground business. However, when Kannon’s ambition leads her to kidnap a wanted man, she believes the courageous act will place her in a better light. Instead, she introduces herself to a mean man with the power to start a war.
Three words that best describe Neptune Sinner: big, blunt, and bossy. Though the thirty-year-old doesn’t have the best reputation for being a team player, Neptune understands there are certain obligations that must be met before he can claim his throne at The Sinner’s Spot. With only one gem missing from his crown, Neptune makes an arrangement solid enough to secure his spot. However, his plan ushers in the daughter of his father’s enemy, an ambitious woman who may test his gangsta and challenge his prayers.
A Heart too Broken to Trust: A Christian Romance Story (Beyond Brokenness Book 8) by Nikki Smith
Her past taught her to fear love. His faith showed her how to trust it…
After growing up around men who hurt, used, and disappointed women, Breesha convinced herself that safety had to look different from the love she had always seen.
But Montell Carson is nothing like the men who shaped her doubts. Patient, principled, and rooted in faith, he sees the woman behind Breesha’s guarded heart — and refuses to let her pain decide what love is allowed to be.
As family jealousy, old wounds, and dangerous retaliation threaten her healing, Breesha must decide whether the past gets to define her future.
Or whether God can restore a heart too broken to trust.
Sovereign's Challenge: A Lion Shifter Romance (The Sovereign Series Book 2) by L. Winters
She created the weapon meant to destroy his kind. He’s the charismatic playboy sworn to protect her.
Savion Sovereign is a lion shifter prince with too much charm, too many secrets, and a reputation for never taking anything seriously. As the Pride’s cybersecurity genius and resident flirt, he’s spent centuries avoiding emotional attachments and keeping women at a safe distance.
Then there’s Ipy, the Pride's outcast who caught his eye.
After a spell shatters the memories stolen from her, Ipy finds herself trapped inside a world she never knew existed. One filled with powerful lion shifters, ancient prophecy, dangerous enemies, and a man whose touch feels far too familiar.
The deeper the truth unfolds, the more terrifying it becomes. Because Ipy unknowingly helped create a serum capable of destroying the Sovereign bloodline. Now war is coming, enemies are hiding behind familiar faces, and the only person capable of creating a cure may be the woman who created it in the first place.
As It's Written (Tricks of the Trade) by DC Ookami
REMI
The things you read in books aren't real. I know that. I've accepted that. So then how the hell did this stranger come in and make me rethink everything? He's handsome. Confident. But he's also full of secrets. Who is this man, and how does he know exactly how to make me weep for him? He wants to tame me...and I might just let him.
SYRE
I don't do commitment. Too messy. Too many expectations. In my world, I'm in control. But then she comes along, and I feel my control start to slip. She occupies my every thought. Captivates me with every move. Engulfs me in her flame. And I want more. This woman is dangerous, and it seems I'll have to show her who's really in control.
Right Pieces, Wrong Man (The Wrong Series Book 1) by Charmaine Everly
What if the man you built your life around wasn’t who you thought he was — and the one who sees you most clearly is the one you’re not supposed to want?
Dr. Angelia “Angie” Thomas has spent her entire adult life collecting the right pieces: a thriving dermatology practice, financial independence, a luxury lifestyle, and a relationship that looks picture-perfect from the outside. Her longtime boyfriend, Keith, is a successful CPA on track to make partner and she’s sure a proposal is coming.
But when the ring finally comes, so does the truth.
A devastating betrayal unravels everything Angie thought she knew, and for the first time in her life, she's forced to confront the difference between settling and being chosen. As scandal threatens her professional reputation and emotional sanity, she finds herself drawn to Rashad Owens — a quietly ambitious hotel concierge with big dreams and even bigger energy.
Caught between the comfort of stability and the spark of something real, Angie must decide: Will she continue building her life around appearances, or finally choose herself first?
Built to Last: A Steamy Small-Town Single Dad Romance (Oakwood Falls: Forever Begins Book 3) by Jaxine Cole
He built her dream.Now he’ll fight anyone who tries to tear it down.Can what they built survive when somebody comes for the foundation?
Jalen Brooks built Ivy’s bakery with his own hands.
Now it’s the heart of their future, the center of their family, and the place they plan to say forever.
But when threats against Ivy’s Place turn into sabotage, rumors, and a calculated push to force small businesses off the block, their wedding starts to feel like one more thing under attack. Someone wants Ivy overwhelmed, Jalen discredited, and the bakery broken badly enough to sell.
Too bad they picked the wrong couple.
Because Ivy is not backing down from the dream she built.
And Jalen is done letting fear make him love from a distance.
Now, with the block under pressure, their names on the line, and their future hanging in the balance, they’ll have to fight for more than a wedding day.
They’ll have to fight for the life they built to last.
Built to Last is a full-length wedding/forever novel featuring Jalen, Ivy, and Lailafrom Built to Crave, Book 3 in The Brotherhood of Oakwood Falls, with bakery romance, sabotage, family stakes, a rooftop wedding, and a hard-won happily ever after.
Myron and Pia : A Blackmon Ranch Novella (A Black Cowboy Story Book 11) by Angelia Vernon Menchan
After nine months away from Blackmon Ranch, Pia felt how great she had it there. Most days at the ranch, she worked eight hours and rarely on weekends, not to mention three meals Monday through Friday and two on the weekends. Working for herself was great but the twelve hour days and calls on Saturday was rugged. It was midday Saturday and she was just off a call and was hungry. Her options were DoorDash or cook something and cooking wasn’t going to happen. She wanted a shower, a plate filled with delicious food and her bed. Myron was in Texas with Blade until Sunday. She picked up her folder with menus but placed it on the table when the doorbell rang. She opened the door to a food delivery. Her puzzled expression made the delivery guy chuckle.
“Ma’am, this food is from Blackmon Ranch, Mr. Myron had me deliver all the way out here. I assure you it’s still fresh and hot.” The delivery guy said. A huge smile covered her face, just the night before on a call she mentioned to Myron missing Juan’s chicken.
“Thanks for making the drive. Let me get you a tip.” The driver held up his hand.
“Mr. Myron took care of it.” She thought. He takes care of me.
Standard of Care : A high heat, forbidden workplace medical romance by DL White
Dr. Cole Vaughn is a talented surgeon about to be sacrificed. Saving him could end Harper Sutton's career. He won't let her pay that price.
Dr. Vaughn has spent his career being twice as good for half the recognition. When a patient’s family files a complaint that puts his future at Ridgeway Medical Center on the line, he fully expects to be sacrificed.What he doesn’t expect is Harper Sutton.
As Director of Risk Management, Harper protects patients, enforces standards, and, when necessary, ends careers. This investigation should be just another case file, routine and contained.
It isn’t.
His record is clean, but someone powerful has been very careful to make sure none of that matters. She could destroy everything he's worked for...or she could risk her career defending him.
The deeper Harper digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes, and the harder it becomes to pretend that what’s building between them is anything less than what it is.
She holds his career in her hands. He won’t let her risk everything she’s built to save him. In a system built to protect itself, choosing each other may come at a cost neither of them can afford.
Praised By The Mountain Man : A BDSM Grumpy Sunshine Romance (Crimson Hollow: Kane Brothers) by Deidre-Ann Anderson
I'm Zaire Kane, and I've spent my entire life being the one nobody worries about.
The fun brother. The charming one. The one with the tattoo sleeve and the lip ring and the easy grin that makes people assume I don't feel things as deeply as the rest of them. I let them think it. Easier that way. Because the truth is, I feel everything. Too much. And the thing I feel most is the gaping hole where my sense of belonging should be.
Five brothers found their people this year. Five. I watched every single one of them crack open and let someone in, and I was happy for them. I am happy for them. But every Sunday dinner with another couple at the table is a reminder that I'm still the Kane brother who hasn't figured out what he needs.
Then Reign Wallace walks into Club Crimson like she owns it.
Dario's little cousin. The one he warned all of us about. The one with the shaved head, the gold chains, the body covered in ink, and the kind of confidence that makes every dominant in the room sit up straighter. She's not here for a scene. She's here because she just moved to Crimson Hollow to help Dario with the eco-tourism build on the Wallace Homestead, and she wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
She takes one look at me and says, "You're the pretty one."
Nobody's ever called me pretty and made it sound like a threat before.
Reign doesn't play by anyone's rules. Not mine. Not the club's. Not the careful, controlled dynamic I've built to keep myself from wanting too much. She's a switch who leans dominant, she's got a mouth that could bring a man to his knees without touching him, and she sees straight through the charm I've been hiding behind for thirty-five years.
She sees the boy who never felt like enough. And instead of looking away, she says, "Kneel."
I've never knelt for anyone.
I kneel for her.
How to Make a Love Potion by R.A. Moreau
Any good love potion needs three key ingredients: a dash of lust, a spoonful of envy, and a sprinkle of death. Too bad Iris Ashbourne and Elliot Cross don't have a loving bone in their bodies.
Elliot's life is simple. He knows that love is impossible for a Cross, so he settles for lust. He knows his own pack is afraid of him, so he smiles to ease their worries. He knows he must bear his family's curse whether he wants to or not, so he does so, without complaint. But when Elliot discovers Iris, the infamous campus maneater with a talent for biting off heads and ripping through hearts, in a rather compromising position, it's anything but simple. And in a moment of weakness, or perhaps great clarity, he does the unthinkable: he covers for her.
To a succubus like Iris, men are food. Nothing less, nothing more. So it shouldn't bother her when they stare, when they whisper, when they drool as she walks by. Why should she care about the feelings of food? All they see is a monster anyway, and Iris knows that she is so much more. But when she realizes there is someone else who sees her for what she is, her instincts tell her to run and hide. Unfortunately for her, he is also her only hope.
Now, with an investigation pending and their hearts on the line, the only way to ensure they both make it out unscathed is together. Except, Iris and Elliot don't go together. If only there were a way to fix that.
Vows, Crossfire, & the Pianist by TN Jones
23 years ago, Aurelia Sullivan lost everything: a future she believed in, a love she trusted, and her family.
When a violent shooting shattered her world, all signs pointed to one man—Kendrix Stonewell. The man who once vowed to love her without limits. Forced to walk away, Aurelia never looked back until now. Dragged back into Kendrix’s world by force and unfinished business, Aurelia is faced with a truth she never saw coming: the past she built her life on may have been a lie.
To the man who never stopped loving her, Kendrix wasn’t asking for forgiveness. He’s demanding to be heard. With emotions running high and secrets unraveling, Aurelia is forced to confront not only what happened years ago, but what still lingers between them.
Since some love doesn’t die, will Aurelia and Kendrix follow their manifestation notebook and put their life back together? Or will her internal scars have taken over her love life, ending it before it began fully?
Finding Me: An Age Gap Novella (Finding Love Book 1) by Tember Sapphire
I thought I built the perfect life, at least on the surface. But, there’s only so long you can put on a façade before it all crumbles. And man, did mine crumble. Now, I’m thirty-five, divorced, and determined to find the woman I used to be. That’s when I met him: Axcel Black. He's my ex husband’s new teammate. He’s ten years younger than me and is supposed to be a distraction, a reminder that I’m still desirable. But what begins as a no-strings attached situation, quickly turns into something more.
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