New Release Round-Up May 25th-31st
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Check out these new Black Romance releases from May 25th-31st.
When You Touch Me by D. Rose
At first sight, Quinn and Darren’s chemistry is instant and inexplicable. However, these two hopeless romantics who’re prone to heartbreak question whether their connection is too good to be true. After learning their meeting was orchestrated by a mutual who believes the two are a perfect match, Quinn and Darren explore their connection in hopes of the stars finally aligning.
Necessary Roughness (Endless Knight Book 5) by Rae Shawn
When ‘for better or for worse’ is truly testing your limits
AJ Knight has always been the sibling to lean on and the one to hold everyone’s secrets, but when he needs that support, he bottles it up instead. Him and his undercover girlfriend Jazmyn Winters decide to elope, but that decision proves to be a bit hasty.
Jazmyn has secrets that she’s not ready to share. Knowing the difference in their family dynamics should’ve given her pause on accepting AJ’s proposal, but she thought she could be her normal avoidant self without issue.
When her impulsive decisions and his quietness create larger communication issues, they have to decide if being together is worth it, especially after she ends up pregnant.
Being Close to You by Rayvin Skye
Love has never come easy for Shantaya Bowes. At a very young age, the people who were supposed to love her didn’t. After being betrayed by her boyfriend of five years, Shantaya gave up on love and focused all her attention on her son.
Will Shantaya ever find a love that’s real?
Being betrayed by his ex-girlfriend, Denver Blackwell gave up on love, or so he thought. He needed the right woman in his life whom he could love and cherish. When he lays eyes on Shantaya, he knows she’s the one.
Will Denver be able to break down the walls Shantaya has around her heart?
Doubt has a way of coming between things when they’re perfect. Will Shantaya and Denver’s love survive the storm that arises in their relationship?
Love in Pursuit (New Dawn Book 2) by Shay Dawn
Amaya Lewis couldn't ask for more. Her career as a high profile attorney is on the rise, she has her own money in the bank, and she's surrounded by people who love and adore her. After an ugly breakup a few years back, she's taking an indefinite break from dating, and sworn off of love altogether…
Until she meets Chase.
Chase Andrews has one plan–to bring a Super Bowl ring to his home town, so he can retire on his own terms, and finally relax. His plan is completely derailed by a betrayal from his ex in the form of a bogus, career tarnishing lawsuit. When his people recruit a feisty, hotshot lawyer for his defense, he finds himself unable to resist the pull he feels towards her.
Amaya knows better than to get involved with a client, but Chase is relentless in his pursuit. Will they make it the distance or will their love story be contested?
S.O.L: Save Our Love by Kami
Laikyn Morrows is excited to spend her birthday on a cruise ship, in the Bahamas, with her fiancé. Her plans are quickly derailed when she finds herself face-to-face with the man who broke her heart three years ago.
Kyon Shoulders’ plans were to enjoy a free trip, sign a sweet deal, and continue living it up as one of the top wide receivers in the nation. Never in his wildest dreams did he think he would run into the love of his life. One moment, they were happily in love, and the next, she had returned her engagement ring and left him with more questions than answers.
The ocean isn’t the only thing making waves, as Kyon is determined to shake things up and win back the love of the woman who holds the key to his heart. When true motives are uncovered and a long-awaited truth is revealed, both are left with a burning question that only they can answer. Can we save our love?
Kinda, Sorta, Maybe: An Are You Okay? Novelette (Are You Okay? Series Book 2) by Turtleberry
Find out what happened with Angel and Daevon after they got engaged. Does Angel actually make it to the alter or will her demons keep her from her happily ever after?
Didn't We Almost Have It All: R&B Memoirs: Book I by Denyce Lawton
Didn’t We Almost Have It All is the debut novel from writer, actress, producer, and director Denyce Lawton, an R&B memoir told through auto-fiction. Set in early-2000s New York and Los Angeles, the story unfolds during an era shaped by slow jams, unanswered questions, and love lived without digital proof.
At its center is Imani, a young woman navigating love, ambition, and identity in a world where timing often matters as much as feeling. In New York, she becomes entangled with Dray, a rising rapper whose momentum and promise blur the line between devotion and damage. Through youth, loyalty, and naivety, Imani allows herself to be pulled through years of emotional back-and-forth, a relationship that slowly reshapes how she trusts, how she loves, and how much of herself she’s willing to compromise.
By the time she reaches Los Angeles, the residue of that love follows her. Fear disguises itself as caution. Guardedness passes for strength. And just when she’s convinced herself she knows what love costs, she meets Jackson—steady, present, and seemingly everything she once imagined for herself. But timing, fear of falling again, and the habits formed in her first adulthood complicate what should feel simple.
As the years unfold through a series of almosts, Imani wrestles with the tension between choosing the man she dreamed of and choosing herself—questioning how early heartbreak shapes future decisions, and whether love can survive fear when it arrives too late or too perfectly. Inspired by real emotional truths, this intimate, conversational love story captures a generation that learned romance through R&B lyrics, survived heartbreak without timelines or receipts, and discovered that some of the most defining relationships aren’t the ones that last—but the ones that change you forever.
Sincerely, Forever by K. Renee
Forever Moore is a thirty-year-old woman who’s never experienced love. Of course, she’s experienced intimacy in its basic form however, she’s never felt that earth shattering, weak in the knees, soul baring love that every woman should have. After receiving devastating news that causes her to reevaluate her life, she sets out on one mission—to find love.
Legacy Porter, a boss in his own right, and future Art Icon, changes women like he changes his clothes. Love is the absolute LAST thing on his mind and his cold demeanor supports that. That is until one week at The Luxe Hotel sends him on an all out manhunt for the mysterious person who left him that one note.
A sweet, captivating game of cat and mouse ensues and sends these two polar opposites into a full out collision. Do they flip the script or does Forever prove that no matter what she’ll always be Forever his?
What I'm Not: A Porter Brothers Novel (Porter Brothers Series Book 3) by D.H. Renfroe
Trevor Porter has always done the right thing.
Husband at nineteen. Father before he was ready. Provider, protector, and now a rising film director with everything he worked for finally within reach. But when his marriage shatters under betrayal, Trevor is forced to confront a truth he’s been avoiding: doing the right thing cost him himself.
Now, he’s left to rebuild… not just his life, but his definition of love.
Aniyah Henderson has already done the hard part.
After losing the one person who made the world feel safe, she’s created a life rooted in peace, purpose, and distance from anything that could break her again.
Until Trevor walks back into her life.
Now her student’s father. Once the boy she knew in grade school. The one who challenged her then and still does now.
What begins as a reconnection grows into something neither of them expected. A steady, undeniable pull. A friendship built on trust, vulnerability, and the quiet understanding of what it means to start over.
But healing isn’t linear.
And love, the real kind, requires more than just showing up. It requires becoming.
What I’m Not is a deeply emotional story about letting go of who you had to be, choosing who you want to become, and finding a love that meets you there.
Cessation by Connie Easton
Cessation - the fact or process of ending or being brought to an end
Yani Hart has been helping everyone find their soulmate for years. She is living a good life with her high school sweetheart and believes she has her true love in tow. However, she is reminded that everything that glitters isn’t gold.
Paxton Hughes isn’t the man that needs or wants a woman. He handles them as he sees fit and goes on about his business. His status has women’s attention, but none has given him a reason to look twice, until he takes a meeting with Yani Hart.
Their experience as a socialite should’ve guided them but instead their hearts lead. When two parties aren’t on the same page, they’re destined for a collision.
Big Mad: A romcom (A second chance romance set in NOLA) (The Babineaux Brothers Book 2) by Amarie Avant
Judge Bald & Order. His salty ex-wife. And a second chance romance messier than the bayou after a storm.
MADISON
I did something illegal. Don’t ask. Now it’s prison or agreeing to my ex-husband’s ridiculous “date me” ultimatum. Judge Washington Babineaux is tall. Caramel. Judgy. And that sexy bald head is an entire violation.
But me? I’m BIG MAD.
No, he didn’t cheat. We buried our son … our baby … and somehow Wash kept living. Kept smiling. Kept existing like the world didn’t end. Meanwhile, I’ve been surviving on spite and boxed wine. So, I’ll sip my drink, nurse my anger, and pretend my pulse doesn’t act brand new every time he stares at me like he still owns me.
Spoiler alert: I may not keep my hands to myself.
WASHINGTON
Madison Spencer Babineaux is the love of my life. She’s also the most stubborn woman breathing ever since we lost our boy. That day, she left me and took all her light with her.
Now, she’s in trouble, and I’m her only hope.
So, I made her a deal: three high-profile dates. She thinks it’s blackmail. At least it includes a side of second chance. But Maddy’s still the sexiest storm I’ve ever survived. Sharp tongue. Gorgeous dark skin. And I’ll take every ounce of her anger.
Because underneath it, she still loves me, and I’ll be damned if I let her run again.
This romcom includes the theme: loss of a child.
224: Today, Tomorrow, Forever by Brianna Chiane
Kiyomi Presley and Nasir Gambino have been best friends for more than twenty years, two people who knew each other better than anyone else, and who has always been there to protect one another.
But when Nasir’s father gives him an ultimatum to marry within sixty days or lose the family business, everything changes. The arrangement that follows is meant to be practical and nothing more… until it forces them to see each other in ways they never have before.
As they navigate their new roles of partners in a marriage of convenience and guardians of each other’s hearts. They discover that the rules they’ve followed for years doesn't have to define them. Careers, feelings, and even their future are theirs to claim.
In a world where structure has always dictated their paths, they finally get to choose—today, tomorrow, and forever.
Tempted: A Turner Friends Novel (Turner Family and Friends Book 4) by MzSassyTheAuthor
A case that should have been simpleA past that was never meant to surfaceA temptation that can’t be ignored
Erica Ross has spent years building a life that feels like her own.
As the owner of Stella’s, her salon and spa is more than a business, it’s proof that something beautiful can be built with enough care. Her life is full, her work is meaningful, and while there are pieces of her past she’s never fully understood, she’s never let unanswered questions keep her from believing in what could still be hers.
Including love.
Trevor Masters has never seen the point. As a private investigator and former Army vet, Trevor has built his life on discipline, instinct, and control. He trusts what can be verified, what can be proven, what can be kept at a distance. Love has never belonged in that equation. It asks for too much, offers too little certainty, and leaves too much room for things to fall apart.
Then he meets Erica.
What begins as easy conversation and reluctant curiosity becomes something neither of them expected. Erica is warm where Trevor is guarded, steady where he is skeptical, open in ways that make him question the rules he’s lived by for years. And the more time he spends with her, the harder it becomes to ignore how easily she unsettles him… and how naturally she begins to feel like something he never thought to want.
For Erica, the connection feels simple. Unexpected, but easy.
For Trevor, it feels like the kind of risk he’s spent his life avoiding.
But some things don’t stay buried in the past forever. And when long-hidden answers begin to surface, Trevor is forced to decide what matters more, protecting Erica from the weight of what he’s uncovered, or trusting her with the truth that could change everything she thought she knew about herself.
Because love was never the plan, but some temptations are worth the risk.
His Unexpected Joy: An Uplifting Inspirational Romance by Elaine M. Hunter
Could one little girl
Change everyone’s lives?
When Atlanta attorney Grant Edison returns to his hometown in coastal Georgia, he never expects to see ex-girlfriend Pier Parker. Now a devoted single mom to five-year-old Olive, Pier is surprised that she and Grant are paired up to help plan the town’s Labor Day festival. As they spend time together, Grant grows more and more connected to her and her little girl. What began as a reluctant reunion may become the start of something lasting—as long as the secret Pier is keeping doesn’t get in the way…
From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
Repo'd His Heart: A Standalone Novel by Ni’ssan
What happens when love shows up and nobody is looking for it?
Solana Thomas has spent her entire life fighting to keep her head above water. As a single mother trying to create stability for herself and her child, she’s used to carrying burdens alone. Broken, overwhelmed, and ready to give up, Solana finds comfort in the arms of a stranger.
Marlo “Lo” Wattson knows what it means to come from nothing. Alongside his younger brother, Mikael, he built a successful towing business and a life most people dream about. But money can’t fix everything. Stuck in a relationship that no longer fulfills him, Marlo finds himself torn between responsibility, loyalty, and the undeniable connection growing between him and Solana.
Mikael Wattson swore long ago that love was nothing but a distraction. Focused on securing the bag and enjoying life on his own terms, he keeps emotions at a distance. Then the one woman he never truly got over walks back into his life.
After the death of her father, Zaylee Cooper is forced to return to the hometown she once escaped. Determined to rebuild her life trying to avoid her past, she quickly realizes some connections can never truly be broken. Especially when the man who still owns her heart is hell bent on making her pay for his broken heart.
Friendships turn into relationships and feelings grow deeper, secrets begin to surface and enemies emerge from the shadows. With lies exposed, loyalty tested, and betrayal threatening everything they’ve built, Solana, Marlo, Mikael, and Zaylee must decide if love is worth the risk or if some wounds are just too deep.
Just Listen (Hold It Down) by Nicole Jackson
A magnetic encounter in the middle of the club, and a shoot-out later, Malice finds himself with a beautiful stranger. With no real expectations, he shares an adventurous weekend with the most exciting woman he’s ever met. Unfortunately, when the time ends, they both have to revisit reality and the people they weren’t quite done with. Then even as they try to do what’s right, gravity seems to pull them back together. Eventually, they come to a crossroad, and decides that when the heart speaks to just listen.
Envy Ain’t Pretty by Caryn Lee
She smiled in every photo. She was destroying Akira’s life in everyone.
In Chicago’s glittering world of influencers and old money, Akira Love has everything. The booming brand. The wealthy husband. The picture-perfect marriage the whole city won’t stop talking about.
Then the rumors start.
Private arguments leak online. Business deals collapse. Anonymous pages whisper that her husband is cheating. Someone always seems to know Akira’s next move before she makes it, and the deeper the betrayal cuts, the more she realizes the threat isn’t a stranger.
It’s the woman standing beside her in every photo. Calling her sis. Hugging her the hardest.
When Akira announces she’s pregnant, the obsession that’s been hiding behind a smile finally snaps, and what’s been quietly unraveling her life becomes a danger she never saw coming.
Because envy doesn’t always come from strangers.
Sometimes it comes from the people standing closest to you
The charm of a second chance by Stephane E.
She thought love was not in the cards for her.
Noemi Fay Harlow spent years just trying to get through life, taking it day by day, focusing on what was most important: getting through school. Love was for people who had time. Time she did not have to waste on something as fickle as love.
When Soren came crashing into her life, demanding entry. Will she allow him to love her and show her that he was worth the trouble?
Signed In Secret (The Bennett's Book 1) by Kabrina Williams
For years, Naomi Bennett has kept her heart guarded after losing the father of her child during pregnancy. Between raising her two-year old daughter and building her career as a pediatrician, love is the last thing on her mind.
But Marcus Holloway has always been there.
The wealthy architect has spent years loving Naomi in silence while helping her raise little Amara as if she were his own. To everyone around them, they already look like a family but one unexpected signature changes everything.
Now, the friendship they've spent years protecting could either turn into the love they've both been denying.. or destroy the bond they can't live without.
The Startup Marriage by Rocki Morrison
Arielle Johnson built her company from nothing and lied to save it.
Six months ago, in the pitch room of her career, she told a top D.C. venture capitalist that her husband had been supporting her behind the scenes. There was no husband. There was barely time to sleep. The lie was supposed to be forgotten by morning.
Now the lie is at risk of being exposed during a key investment meeting. And the only man who knows enough to help her sell the lie convincingly is Malcolm Reed, her executive assistant of two years, and the quietest, most brilliant man in the office. Arielle is faced with giving Malcom fifteen percent equity and a wedding ring, or risk losing it all.
Six months. One closed-door arrangement. One ticking clock.
One Black female CEO standing at the edge of her own runway with the man she'd been overlooking for too long.
The strategy was clean. The contract was airtight. The marriage was supposed to dissolve.
And then it stopped being a strategy.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen Rae
There’s nothing like having a friend who stands by you through every high and low…until they prove that loyalty can disappear in an instant.
For Denarius and Gianna, loyalty was once the foundation of their bond. Best friends and each other’s first loves, they were inseparable until pride, immaturity, and unresolved feelings drove a wedge between them. What began as a deep friendship ended in heartbreak, sending them down separate paths for fifteen years.
Time apart transforms them into powerhouses in their own right.
Denarius quietly builds a billion-dollar empire, while Gianna focuses on expanding her thriving brand. When business brings Gianna back home to Texas, the last person she expects to encounter is the boy who once held her heart, the man who has become an even greater force than she ever imagined.
Individually, they are unstoppable, and together, they have the potential to create something extraordinary.
Still, bringing their relationship back to life won’t be a simple task. A bitter baby mama, ruthless business rivals, and complicated family dynamics threaten to destroy everything they’ve worked so hard to build. As old feelings resurface and new challenges arise, Denarius and Gianna have to decide whether their love is strong enough to survive the weight of pride, ambition, and billion-dollar stakes.
Because when two powerful people come together, love can either be the greatest investment or the biggest risk of all.
Ghalen: A Romance in Black – A Literary Saga of Love and Family Bonds by Walter Mosley
One of the most acclaimed writers working today, Walter Mosley spins magic once again in this beautiful novel that explores the lives of Black characters and one remarkable family through a lens both universal and unique. It touches on the lives of those whose deepest thoughts and motivations are seldom explored—including the neurodivergent, the incarcerated, and the immigrant tortured by their past—characters who will stay with you and change how you see the world.
Ghalen, a brilliant young Black man, is the son of two seemingly mismatched parents. His mother, a gifted scientist, whose own mother expected her to exceed all the achievements in her family, and his father, a gentle cook at a small vegan restaurant, whose idiosyncratic nature shows the young woman a radically different love and understanding of life, despite his inexperience and lack of education.
His parents’ grand love story starts it all off, setting us up to follow Ghalen and his family so deeply, that each new twist and turn feels personal.
The journey through Ghalen’s coming-of-age tale, as he ventures out into the world, is marked with peaks and valleys and such a drive that you can’t help but strap in for it all, while not wanting it to end.
Lush and cinematic, with the narrative drive and indelible power of Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead and Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting, Ghalen is one of this bestselling, prize-winning writer’s finest achievements.
Mogul (Billionaires in Bliss Book 3) by Kris Jayne
They bicker like frenemies. They kiss like lovers.
Natalie Boudreaux is determined to honor the bakery her grandmother and father built—on her own terms. She’s done taking advice from people who doubt her vision—especially a billionaire who thinks he knows best.
Victor Harvey didn’t become wildly successful by ignoring bad ideas—or the fiercely determined, sharp‑tongued baker who refuses to back down from him. What starts as a professional standoff quickly turns into a battle of wills, sizzling banter, and an attraction neither of them wants to admit.
The town’s anniversary celebration brings them together, and rivalries blur into late‑night confessions, secret touches, and a connection that’s anything but business. But when the lines between ambition, loyalty, and desire begin to shift, Natalie and Victor must risk their carefully guarded hearts for something real.
Mogul is a steamy, standalone frenemies‑to‑lovers, rivals‑to‑lovers Black romance set in Bliss, Texas—where sparks fly, passion runs hot, and love proves to be the biggest investment of all.
GOLD II by Sarafini
GOLD BADEAUX is back, and her journey navigating life and love picks up where it left off. In the aftermath of a whirlwind romance that abruptly crashed, Gold finds herself in the grips of heartbreak, all while charting new territory. She’s struggling, but along the way she’s learning. Realizing that womanhood is bumpy, and a series of falling down, picking yourself up, and moving on. And she’s determined to do just that, but old habits die hard, and the heart wants what the heart wants. But still, could fate have other plans? A new forbidden love has entered the picture, and Gold takes the gamble, causing a ricochet of unintended consequences.
Follow the unforgettable Gold and all the returning players as her story of grit, glam, drama, and power continues.
A Promise Planted in Faith: A Christian Romance Novel (Faith for the Journey Book 8) by LaToya Battle
Maya had made peace with singleness.
After too many heartbreaks, too many disappointments, and too many examples of love leaving women wounded, Maya stopped believing romance was worth the risk. Her faith became her shelter, her purpose became her focus, and Promise Grove Farms became the place where she poured everything her heart still had to give.
Then Nykeem entered her life with patience, confidence, and a vision for a future Maya never expected to want.
Nykeem believes their connection is more than attraction. He sees purpose in what God is building between them, even while Maya keeps reminding herself that a devoted woman can serve the Lord fully without giving her heart away.
But as pressure rises around the future of Promise Grove, Maya’s carefully guarded peace begins to tremble. Trusting Nykeem would mean facing old fears, challenging the walls she built with scripture and survival, and believing that love may be part of God’s plan after all.
Can Maya trust that the promise God planted in her life was never meant to grow alone?
Forbidden Fruit by Kellie N. Sellers
Love was never supposed to get this complicated.
Bridgette O’Neil has spent her entire life protected, sheltered, and surrounded by the fierce love of her four older brothers. At twenty-two, she’s intelligent, beautiful, ambitious…and completely inexperienced when it comes to love.
Moving into an apartment with her brother’s best friends was never supposed to change that.
Bryan is smooth, charming, and impossible to ignore. Jacoby is quiet, successful, dangerously attentive…and fighting feelings he’s hidden for years. Caught between comfort and intensity, friendship and desire, Bridgette suddenly finds herself at the center of a forbidden love triangle that threatens to destroy lifelong friendships and expose emotions nobody is prepared to face.
What starts as curiosity quickly turns into obsession. What feels like temptation begins to feel like destiny.
But when jealousy, betrayal, fear, and passion collide, not to mention 4 overbearing older brothers, Bridgette is forced to decide if she’s ready to risk everything for the kind of love that only comes once in a lifetime.
Because some fruit was never meant to be tasted…And some love becomes impossible to walk away from once you do.
Something Forgotten: A Small Town, Instalove, Billionaire Romance (Richland Roots Book 1) by LaLa Montgomery
I wanted one night. He decided I was his forever.
I’ve always been the good girl, living a quiet, predictable life in my picture-perfect small town.
Desperate to let loose, a girls’ weekend in Vegas is exactly what I needed.
No rules.
No regrets.
Then I met him.
Commanding. Irresistible. And impossible to ignore.
One wild night of sin in the city can’t hurt.
Besides, I’ll never see the tall, dark, and deliciously handsome man again.
Except I was wrong, because he shows up in the last place I ever expected. With a secret I never saw coming.
Now everything has changed.
In a small town, everyone is watching… watching him claim me… watching me try not to fall.
But resisting him might be the one thing I can’t do.
Because what happened in Vegas didn’t stay there.
It followed me home.
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