New Release Round-Up September 21st-27th
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Check out these new Black romance releases from September 21st-27th.
The Sweetest Return by Aja
Eight years apart. One HBCU Homecoming. And a first love their bodies never learned how to forget.
Eight years ago, Imani Bennett chose the future she had worked for and lost the man she thought was forever. Now she's back in Pittsburgh for her HBCU's Crown Weekend, and Andre “Dre” Jones is impossible to avoid: retired football star, successful businessman, and still the only man who can make her body remember before her pride catches up.
One Homecoming weekend brings the heat rushing back. But if these college sweethearts want more than a scorching reunion, they'll have to build a second chance big enough for two ambitious lives—and brave enough to survive being seen.
4 Corinthians by Aubry J.
To understand their love, you have to start from the beginning...only then will you be able to hear the whispers from two hearts that were always destined to be one.
Safe With You by Kiriah Kache
Luna Bennett
I walked away from the man I thought I’d spend forever with after five years of trying to make our relationship work. Since then, I’ve built a life that feels safe. One where I can count on myself and no one else. Falling in love again was never part of the plan. But Ellis has a way of showing up exactly when he says he will, and little by little, he’s making me question everything I thought I knew about love. The hardest part isn’t falling for him. It’s believing I don’t have to earn his love to be worth choosing.
Ellis Monroe
Three years ago, I lost my wife. Since then, I’ve convinced myself that being a good father is enough. My daughter will always come first, and my camera has become the safest place to hide. Then I met Luna. She makes the quiet moments feel like something worth holding onto, and for the first time in years, I find myself wanting more than just surviving. I just have to believe it’s okay to let my heart love again.
Love Sanctioned by Kennedy B.
They were never supposed to cross paths, never supposed to meet, but they did. He saved her when it counted and claimed they could never be. Being from different sides of the tracks was his excuse, but even his heart didn’t believe that…
Karsyn Curr is the only daughter of the infamous Charles Curr, a man who shuns everything below Hollis, a human so wicked that the only thing that has ever mattered is himself.
In the city of Briar South, there are lines you don’t cross and places you don’t go, especially if you’re not from those parts. If you’re from Uptown Briar or anywhere north of Hollis Avenue, the rule is simple: Stay away from the water.
Posydiann is Watertown’s god. A man of few words and decisive violence who lives by his own set of rules. That is until he realizes his nervous system is quieted by the daughter of a man who despises everything he’s worked so hard to attain.
In Briar South, love isn’t just forbidden, it’s regulated. And when land begins to reach for flow, family loyalty is tested and old power structures shift as Karsyn and Posydiann must decide whether love can survive in a city where everything comes with consequence.
You Feel Like Home by Nicole Greyson
Aleah:
I wasn’t looking for love.
I was looking for a rebuild.
After a marriage that taught me how easy it is to disappear inside someone else’s expectations and needs, I promised myself I’d never make space for a man who didn’t choose me fully again. And during that rebuild, that’s when Sincere Winslow walked back into my orbit and ruined every boundary I worked so hard to build.
Sincere
I know what it’s like to be unwanted.
To be an afterthought.
But Aleah Brooklyn is the girl you never forgot. The kind you don’t play about and the one that never makes you feel alone.
I joke a lot. I flirt more than I should, but when it comes to her, I’m serious in a way that scares me.
I built my life on control. My bar. My rules. My silence. But then she reminds me what it feels like to want something so bad it rearranges you. She never asked for saving or fixing. She just exists in my world, and that makes me want to be better.
A Whole Latte Love (Little Autumn Love Stories) by Tina Martin
Sienna Ellis has a habit of putting her best friend’s dreams before her own. That’s why when he asks her to move from her safe haven in Savannah, Georgia to The Big Apple where he’s set to expand hisbusiness, she leaps at the chance to be closer to him again.
Oakley senses her unhappiness living in the big city, but having her close to him feels better than anything ever has or ever will. But while he’s busy perfecting his latte app, is she slowly slipping away?
Lease to Love: A Fake Dating, Enemies-to-Lovers, Grumpy/Sunshine Fall-Themed Black Romance (Langston Park Book 1) by B.C. Lovejoy
Summer Proctor didn't mean to become her landlord's girlfriend.
She meant to clap back at her messy ex on Instagram Live. She meant to protect her reputation and her business and her peace. She did not mean to grab the tall, fine, mean-as-hell man who knocked on her door at exactly the wrong moment and introduce him to twelve thousand people as her boyfriend.
And yet...
Roman Sterling is not Summer's man. He's her landlord — the one who owns half of Langston Park, the one the whole neighborhood side-eyes, the one she has been actively avoiding because she owes him rent and also because she cannot stand him. He is not nice. He is not warm. He is not the kind of man who does favors for struggling tenants.
Except he agrees.
Because Roman Sterling has his own reasons for needing Langston Park to trust him — and Summer Proctor is the one person in ten square blocks who could make that happen. So they make a deal. She plays his girlfriend long enough to change the neighborhood's mind about him. He gives her a year rent-free on the boutique/apartment she built from her grief, her love, and her late cousin's dream.
Fake relationship. Real terms. Simple.
Except nothing about Summer Proctor is simple. And Roman Sterling, for all his strategy and silence and careful control, did not account for what would happen when he actually got close enough to see her.
Lease to Love is a fake dating, enemies-to-lovers novella set in Langston Park — a fictional Black DC neighborhood where the love stories are real, the community is fighting for its life and it's blackness, and nothing stays fake for long.
In Position (The Love Ballad Series Book 2) by T.K. Richards
A yearning Second Chance & Later in Life Romance and requested sequel to JUKE!
JUKE
I missed out on a great opportunity with Jaya Chanelle a lifetime ago. I lost her because of my own actions and lies, and was forced to live without her loving soul at my side.
I have longed for the chance to make things right, but when she moved on from me, she never looked back. Hurting her was the last thing I wanted to do. In doing so, I hurt myself. I suffered in every form imaginable from mental to financial. Thankfully, I was able to recover over the years, but not in love. Because my heart still reaches for hers.
J.C.
I fell in love with Cade Williamson the moment I saw him. And I never stopped.
Our undeniable attraction led to a night of bad decisions many moons ago. Then, revelations surfaced that forced me to walk away from what could have been the best love story ever told. Now, two decades have passed, and fate has placed me in front of him yet again.
He says he has never stopped loving me, and it’s clear that there is still explosive chemistry between us. But can time truly change a person, and is he worthy of a second chance?
Kindred Spirits by Nia P.
Florence Bell is many things: free-spirited, confident, a successful nail artist, a disappointment to her parents, and a powerful witch according to her grandmother. Due to a series of opinions telling her who she should be in life, she decides to live boldly and become a skeptic of love and magic. Honestly, if the two truly existed they would have found her by now, and life would be a lot less complicated.
Yet, she can’t deny she has no dreams, only the taste of florals on her tongue as she wakes each morning. But a witch shouldn’t be this empty, she must wish and be full of dreams. Convinced to get back what she once lost, and to see if magic will appear when she least expects it, Florence performs an ancient ritual using a stolen grimoire. However, fate gave Florence two gifts, magic she has no control over and a soulmate she can’t get rid of, and when she least expects it, she then learns she's a Love Witch, and of course this must be a cruel joke from the universe itself.
Magic doesn’t make mistakes, it makes good on promises. Florence's dreams are lessons and hints to help her break her hopeless patterns of uncertainty. She must listen well; a Love Witch is meant to receive and give love, and not create a curse for heartbreak that will ultimately lead her to stand in the way of her own happiness.
Shades Of Us: Book One In The Indigo Heights Series by Marquita Lashay
Naia…
was once a fiery, confident photographer
who saw beauty everywhere through her lens.
Fearless, passionate, and full of life, she knew exactly who she was.
Then came marriage. Motherhood. And a darkness she never saw coming.
Now, buried beneath anger, exhaustion, and postpartum depression, the woman she used to be feels like a distant memory. Her self-love has vanished, replaced by resentment, guilt, and a growing sense of isolation. Every day she drifts further from herself—and further from the man who loves her most.
Dario…
has spent his entire life fixing things.
Raised in a family shaped by trauma, he learned early that emotions were meant to be endured, not discussed. Before architecture became his career, painting was his escape—the one place he could pour out feelings he never knew how to say aloud. But practicality won, and he traded paintbrushes for blueprints, building a successful life while quietly burying parts of himself along the way.
Now, as his wife drowns beneath the weight of postpartum depression, Dario does what he’s always done when life becomes too painful: he works. He throws himself into designing buildings, solving problems, and meeting deadlines, all while the foundation of his marriage crumbles beneath him.
Their conversations have become strained. Their laughter has faded. The passion that once defined their relationship has been replaced by distance, sleepless nights, and a loneliness that neither of them knows how to bridge. Sharing a bed no longer means sharing a life, and the growing absence of intimacy becomes another painful reminder of everything they’ve lost.
She pushes away the people who love her most.
He doesn’t know how to reach her.
And neither of them realizes that they’re fighting the same battle from opposite sides of the same heartbreak.
As their marriage hangs by a thread, they’ll have to confront the wounds they’ve spent years avoiding, rediscover the people they used to be, and decide whether love is enough to find their way back to each other.
The Sin Between Us: A Forbidden Love by L.L. Momon
Camille White had always done everything right. She built a successful career as a registered nurse, took care of her family, and stayed focused on the life she worked hard to create. But after years of being unlucky in love, she returns to Roseville hoping a fresh start will bring her the one thing success never could—real happiness.
Back home, Camille reconnects with Sage, the childhood best friend she was torn away from years ago. Their bond picks up like no time has passed, and soon Camille finds herself surrounded by the life she once lost—laughter, family, and the comfort of familiar faces.
But one unexpected moment changes everything.
At Sage’s welcome home barbecue, Camille can’t take her eyes off a tall, tattooed stranger whose presence sends heat rushing through her body. The attraction is instant… intense… and completely wrong.
Because the man she can’t stop thinking about isn’t a stranger at all.
He’s Deprie.
Sage’s twenty-two year old son.
What starts as a forbidden spark quickly turns into a dangerous temptation that threatens friendships, loyalty, and everything Camille thought she knew about herself.
Some desires are impossible to ignore.
And some mistakes change everything.
Reunited in Love (In The Name of Love Book 4) by Kat Neil
He broke her heart once. Six years later, he's the only one who can heal it.
After the recent death of her father, hotel group co-owner Elle Cunningham and software engineer Levi Graham are forced to work together on a high-stakes project. The attraction is still there, but so is the pain of the past.
As buried secrets surrounding their crushing breakup come to light, Elle discovers the man she spent years trying to forget may have been fighting for her all along. But with risky business dealings threatening Levi's future and the past refusing to stay buried, they'll have to decide if forgiveness can lead them back to forever.
Reunited in Love is a steamy second-chance romance about first loves, revealing secrets, and finding your way back to the person who never stopped being home.
Crown: Phase 4 (Crown Knight) by Talena Tillman
"Why they wanna wake the dawg up?"
All Crown Knight wants is peace, but the streets won’t let him have it. With his Glock and Nivéa by his side, he’s back and crazier than ever. As always, Talena Tillman penned Phase 4 with plenty of love, secrets, filthy s*x, family, feels, and action mixed in. She hopes you enjoy every page.
The Seventh Minute by Lauren W. Roach
Seven minutes. One marriage. A lifetime of moments he never realized mattered.
Izaak Davis has always believed love is measured by the big moments: the wedding day, the birth of a child, and the promises that change everything. But after years of grief, financial strain, and unspoken hurt have pushed his marriage to Kori to the breaking point, he begins to wonder if love alone is enough to bring them back to each other.
Then a devastating car accident leaves Izaak suspended somewhere between life and death, with only seven minutes to make an impossible choice.
Guided through the memories that shaped his life with Kori, Izaak is forced to revisit everything they survived together: the joy that made falling in love easy, the heartbreak that nearly destroyed them, and the quiet ordinary moments he never knew he would miss. With every memory, he begins to understand that the greatest moments of their love story may not have been the ones he spent years remembering.
They may have been the ones he barely noticed at all.
And before the time is up, Izaak must decide whether the life waiting for him is still worth fighting for.
The Seventh Minute is an emotional second-chance romance about a marriage in crisis, love after loss, grief and healing, and two people finding their way back to each other when life gives them one more chance. Tender, hopeful, and deeply romantic, this closed-door Black romance is for readers who believe happily ever after isn't always the end of the love story. Sometimes, it's the choice to begin again.
Capturing the Heart of a Sullivan Sister (Sullivan Family Series Book 2) by Turtleberry
Meet the Sullivan Sisters. Dahni, Ariya, Kalia, and Tianni all find love in different ways. Dahni falls for a real estate client. Ariya has an interesting relationship with a family friend she's been giving parenting advice to. Kalia falls in love at first sight with a woman she sees at a bar. Tianni realizes that her happily ever after centers around a friend she hadn't really been checking for.
Their stories are told in a series of episodes.
Crafting Our Love: A Small Town Summer Romance by Tember Sapphire
Megan has been busy trying to keep her family’s craft store open. A romantic relationship is the last thing on her mind until he walks into the store. Craig Johnson, a retired hockey player who’s in town to learn more about his family’s heritage. What starts out as Megan offering to teach Craig the history of the people who once inhabited this land quickly turns into more.
The Sweetest Suite: Suite 828 by Bryanna Mone’t
Lashawn Owens made the mistake that changed the course of his life.
He was moving too fast and accidentally left some of his electrical tools at a customers house.
Quinetta Bryant is easy on the eyes and is highly respected in her gated community.
No one knows why she is the one suite that has had so many contractors visiting her home.
It seems that her backyard is always being dug up and that renovations are never-ending.
Lashawn just wants to get his tools back and be on his merry way.
Chasing Paris (Virgin Kisses) by King Benjamin
All things considered; Romero McKnight has had a pretty good run in life. After five years in the feds, he came home and bounced back legit with a successful record label and multi-platinum-selling artist. But when the lines blur between rap beef and real life, Rome finds himself with a roster full of dead artists and a company on the verge of collapse. Needing a label makeover and a fresh start, Rome decides to relocate to Atlanta. He misses his hometown, Detroit, dearly, but what breaks his heart more than leaving the city he's pledged allegiance to his whole life is the woman he left behind.
Paris Hope has always admired Rome’s ambition and understood his vision for the label. After going from his personal assistant to running the company while he was away, she truly could grasp what it took for Rome to get to where he was. She hated how things ended between them, but her goals, dreams, and literal existence meant more to her than simply being in love. She told herself she didn’t blame Rome for what happened to her. She knew he would die for her at the drop of a dime and that he loved her unconditionally. But the truth was, the reason they weren’t still together was that sometimes unwavering love just wasn’t enough.
Wide Receiver by Lore
Malachi “Kai” Rivers plays football like a man with something to prove. At twenty-five, the openly gay NFL wide receiver has become one of the league’s most exciting players, admired for both his talent and his refusal to hide who he is. Fame, money, and success have followed, but the past still lingers in the back of his mind.
When Kai was nine years old, he and his siblings were taken from their Baltimore home and separated in foster care. He hasn’t seen them since.
Now that he finally has the resources, Kai hires a private investigator to find them, hoping the promise he made as a child isn’t too late to keep.
Dominic “Dom” Gallagher isn’t impressed by fame. A former amateur boxer turned gym owner, Dom spends his days training neighborhood kids and holding his community together one workout at a time. Bisexual but drawn more toward men, Dom lives honestly and quietly, focused on the life he’s built rather than the one he could have chased.
When Kai shows up at Dom’s gym during the offseason looking for a place to train without cameras or attention, the connection between them is immediate.
What starts as respect between two men who understand struggle quickly grows into something deeper. As Kai’s search for his lost siblings begins pulling painful truths into the light, Dom becomes the one person who refuses to let him carry the weight alone.
Between the pressure of the NFL, the ghosts of childhood, and a love neither of them expected, Kai and Dom discover that sometimes the strongest bond in a man’s life isn’t the one he was born into…it’s the one he finds along the way.
Buy Back My Love by Alex Husb
After a tragic loss, Lee finds happiness in a hobby she eventually turns into a hustle. Love-Lee Nails is built from her tears, hard work, and determination to create something of her own. But when her longtime boyfriend, JB, hides drugs inside her business without her knowledge, everything she worked for comes crashing down.
Faced with prison time, Lee makes the foolish decision to protect him out of love and loyalty.
Years later, she’s finally free, and JB is determined to make up for lost time the only way he knows how: throwing money at the problem and calling it love. The only problem is, Lee isn’t the same woman she was before prison. Five years changed her, for better and for worse, and she’s starting to realize that loyalty doesn’t have to mean sacrificing herself.
Then she meets Van, a man in her neighborhood who is everything JB isn’t. What starts as an unexpected friendship slowly becomes something harder to ignore, leaving Lee caught between the past she’s spent most of her life being loyal to and a future she never knew she wanted.
Don’t You Know by Tesa Erven
A quick, spicy, one-sitting short story about love, betrayal, and getting what you want.
Terrie LaRue built a fashion empire, and she'll burn it all down before letting a man embarrass her.
When her husband, Allen, cheats with R&B superstar Skye Love, Terrie vows never to look back. But moving on gets complicated when she's drawn to the one man she never saw coming: Skye's husband, Jiles Ship.
A successful attorney with a reputation for keeping everyone else's secrets. Jiles has spent years hiding his feelings for Terrie while trapped in a marriage already falling apart. He decides to risk it all. But when the truth about both affairs is finally revealed, who's really to blame?
Find out in Don't You Know, a spicy, emotionally charged romance about betrayal, public scandal, and finding love where you least expect it.
Forever If You're Ready by Johnazia Gray
Beta Edwards is the type of man who leaves people wondering what made him who he is. He was raised with love and everything money could buy, but he still grew into a man who plays by his own rules. Once you get to know him, you’ll understand why he’s misunderstood by many, refuses to tolerate disrespect, and never backs down from a challenge.
Although Blossom is the woman he loves and the one who got away, she remains his peace. She is the only woman who has ever made him feel truly safe, and the one person his heart refuses to let go of, so he’s runs to her for everything. Ignoring the fact that she has someone.
But what Beta doesn't know is that while he's been waiting for her, she's been waiting for him too.
When fate finally brings them back together, they're forced to face buried feelings and a love that never really died. Through every setback they face one thing remains true and that’s some love stories are worth fighting for.
Say My Name: A Sapphic Political Romance by Victoria Shaw
Genevieve Dubois has spent five years playing the perfect political wife.
Then one betrayal shatters the illusion.
When Genevieve tries to walk away from her powerful husband, she discovers that leaving will cost far more than her marriage. Her accounts are locked. Her family’s foundation is under threat. Her name is tied to financial records she has never seen. And with a crucial election only days away, someone is determined to keep her silent.
Then Margot Kessler walks back into her life.
Trapped inside a gilded cage and surrounded by people she cannot trust, Genevieve must uncover the truth before her husband takes everything her family built. Margot has orders to guard her.
Genevieve has no intention of being controlled again.
Say My Name is a steamy sapphic romantic thriller featuring second-chance tension, a fiercely protective bodyguard, political corruption, dangerous secrets, and two women willing to risk everything to reclaim their power.
Mated to the Minotaur: A Southern Fated Mates Monster Romance (Monsters of Tarver, Georgia Book 2) by Lena Lynch
Monique Ellery rented a chair in other women's shops for eleven years.
Now her name is on the glass in gold letters, she has a year at half rent on the front of the old Mill, and the only thing wrong with the deal is that nothing that good has ever come to her without a catch on it.
The catch is seven feet tall with horns, and he has been standing at the end of her loading yard since the day her chairs came in.
Everett Bramlett moved her van, put a new unit on her roof before daylight, and has never once asked her a single question. His mother owns the building. His family knows why. The whole town of Tarver, Georgia seems to know why. And Monique is the last one to find out that her rent was never a deal at all, that the other half has been coming out of a man's pay since June, and that there is something under her floor with a name the old people used.
She can walk down those stairs or she can leave that door locked. Either way, she is paying her own rent from here on out.
Her Heart Only: Midsummer Sisters, #3 by Elysabeth Grace
Nina Graywolf has given her heart twice and when love falls apart she runs. Her escape to an island paradise is a spur of the moment decision after a devastating breakup. Meeting Stephen Morgan, however, is the balm her broken heart needs. Then Stephen vanishes, sending her a cryptic message, "I'll text you."
When Stephen Marcus Morgan turns the corner to a cove on his privately-held island, he didn't expect Fate to bring him face-to-face with the woman who quiets his restless soul. What he also didn't expect was to lose Nina Simone as quickly as he found her.
What the pair have in common is a fierce protective instinct to protect their hearts and run before it is broken. Then a wedding unveils the truth behind their island escape. For Nina, it is closure. For Stephen, it is an opening to have what he's avoided. Nina wins until the day her ex-fiance becomes a a dangerous threat. In what becomes a cat and mouse game to capture a predator, the pair must set aside their fears and trust their hearts to survive.
The Continuum : Man on a Mission by Angelia Vernon Menchan
For three months everything in what was now considered The Collaborative Art Space was flourishing. A new space for dance had been added and tears streaked down Casheena’s face as Asha led her in. Her son Cash and her lover Derek applauded loudly as she entered the room she hadn’t seen until now.
“Oh Asha… this is so…incredible. You my sweet one are a visionary. Thank you, thank you.” Casheena said and did a pirouette before bowing.
“You’re welcome. Thank you for bringing your talents to The Collaborative Art Space.”
Casheena danced over to Cash who took her hand and spun her around before dancing her into Derek’s open arms.
“This feels unreal.” Casheena murmured, looking up at the man she was growing serious feelings for.
“It’s real, you earned this. Now, you can do what you love for even better pay and provide opportunities for aspiring dancers.”
“That part. I was afraid to take the chance but Asha made me a believer. I’m still pinching myself.”
Walking into an Unspoken Prayer: A Christian Romance Story (Unspoken Prayers Book 5) by Nikki Smith
SOME PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED BEFORE YOU EVER FIND THE WORDS TO PRAY…
Tomeka Royster thought she knew what her future would look like. But life taught her that plans can change, dreams can take unexpected turns, and some losses can leave you afraid to hope for certain things again.
Then a familiar face from her past reappears at a time when she least expects it.
As Tomeka begins to discover that God may still have more for her than she imagined, she finds herself hoping for things she thought she had left behind.
Somewhere between what she once envisioned for her life and what God may still have waiting for her, Tomeka realizes that she just might be walking into an unspoken prayer—one that ends with love and everything she ever dreamed of.
Mazywood by Tananarive Due
When Johnny—a filmmaker and grandson of the famous Black actress Mazelle Washington—brings his family to Mazywood, the secluded California mountain lodge left behind by his grandmother, he expects a quiet retreat. Instead, he uncovers a legacy of rage, secrets, and terror that has haunted his family for generations.
Set primarily in the present day, with haunting flashbacks to Hollywood’s Golden Age, Mazywood explores three generations while following Johnny as he pieces together the true story of his grandmother. As a young Black actress whose career spanned from the 1920s to the 1940s, Mazelle brushed shoulders with giants like Lena Horne, Clark Gable, and Hattie McDaniel. But beneath her public appearance, she carried a secret she had kept and nurtured since she was a child, when a dark wish came true and changed the course of her life forever.
Now, fifty years after Mazelle’s death, Johnny finds himself confronting the truth she buried—and the consequences she left behind. For a monster lurks outside Mazywood, hidden for generations, and Johnny brought his family to its hunting grounds.
Broken Glass Houses by Lorna Lewis
In an affluent Louisiana community, Parker Montgomery has reached the pinnacle of success. Wealthy, influential, and unimpeachably respected, she’s attending a gala in her honor. Amid the applause Parker sees a ghost from her past—a ghost who knows her daughter’s dark secret. In a heartbeat, Parker’s carefully constructed life begins to unravel. Hers isn’t the only one.
Parker’s best friend, Carmen, consumed by her own family tragedy, is at a breaking point. Parker is Carmen’s last remaining anchor to sanity. She’s willing to do anything to protect her, to save her from what’s hidden in the past, and to make Parker see what’s truly important. All it takes for Carmen is one shocking decision that sends both of them spiraling.
Two women, two families under threat, and one desperate act that forces Parker and Carmen to confront whether their bond can survive the painful truths about identity, loyalty, and a friendship built on lies.
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