African American Contemporary Romance

What do you do when the love of your life forgets? Not the good times. Not the love. Not the passion. But the pain and heartbreak and betrayal. He doesn't remember that he broke my heart. But I do. He doesn't remember the darkest parts of our marriage. He doesn't remember that six months ago, I said goodbye. What do you do when the love of your life remembers your marriage but not your divorce?

MASK ON… The problem with being fake is that eventually your mask starts to fall and when it does, people around you won’t recognize the person before them. This is what happens to Ember. Ember has had to wear a mask most of her life to not only keep people from getting in but to also keep herself from having her heart crushed into a million pieces. Her first heartbreak didn’t come from a man…it came from her mother Neecee. When Neecee leaves Ember to be raised by her father she builds an ice box around her heart. Eventually she meets her knight and shining armor Iro. Iro is a man ...

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

In the second installment, after being drugged by Juliet, Dagger wakes up to find his pregnant wife Luvleigh lying dead next to his hospital bed. Concluding that his life means nothing without her love, Dagger makes the rash decision to place his gun to his head and pull the trigger in a desperate attempt to reunite with his wife Luvleigh. Only Luvleigh isn’t dead. After spending five years taking care of her comatose husband and their four kids, Luvleigh is in for a surprise. After being told by one of the best neurosurgeons in the world, that her husband may never wake, she walks into ...

People say you should never go looking for love… But they don’t tell you that just because love finds you, that it’s the love you deserve. Keisha’s life has never been the same ever since her first taste of a bad boy. Her once thought to be perfect relationship with Mega is subsequently on the brink of becoming tarnished due to secrets being revealed and the paternity of the twins coming to light. To make matters worse, Lucky refuses to take responsibility for his son unless Keshia gives him another chance to prove his love for her. D’Wayne’s goes for a dangerous ride as Jayohna...

While trying to balance her family bakery, losing her mother, and learning a few secrets is a lot for anyone, Amara was walking with the weight of the world on her shoulders. Trying to gain control of her life again seemed impossible, but falling in love with her best friend might be what the doctor ordered. Knowing what it's like to lose his parents and feel lost, Khalil promises Amara to stay by her side and help her through the pain. What he wasn't expecting was his feelings for her to grow stronger as well as their bond!

"When A Sistah's FED UP is an engaging debut novel with the perfect blend of well-developed characters, honest dialogue, and Dr. Moe's trademark brand of humor." -Victoria Christopher Murray, National Bestselling Author Mayor Faith Henry is beautiful, successful, married to her college sweetheart, and she has "almost perfect" children. So why is she unhappy and who is trying to kill her? When her darkest secret is revealed during her re-election campaign, she drops in the polls and falls into the arms of her handsome assistant. It's the test of a lifetime with no easy answers. Have you ever...

She spilled vodka on the wrong man. He saved her from a beating then made her kneel in front of the whole club to clean it up. Jada is a broke law student working in an underground Bratva fight club to save her sister’s life. She keeps her head down and mouth shut until a spilled tray of vodka puts her in the crosshairs of a dangerous captain. But it’s Ivan who steps in—Bratva enforcer, monster in the ring, and the man whose cold gray eyes see everything. He doesn’t hit her. He humiliates her. And then he keeps watching. Ivan is used to being obeyed. Feared. Alone. But the girl in ...

The lovely Juanita Thompson is living a charmed life. She has a loving family and wonderful friends who always have her back. When she meets the saved, handsome, and single new pastor of her church — Joshua Ellerbee — she decides right away that he's a decent individual, who's worthy of leading the flock at Zion Grove Christian Center. However, Pastor Ellerbee unwittingly makes a decision that causes Juanita to lose her part-time gig at Zion Grove. Consequently, her approval of him changes in an instant. Because of his ill-fated move, she begins to suspect that her new handsome pastor ...

Author Naomi Chase leaves readers breathless with hearty helpings of naughty gossip and juicy scandal in her novels. Anticipating a coveted promotion, Tamia Luke will finally have the glamorous life she’s always wanted. But the sexy Dominic Archer recognizes Tamia from her days as an adult film mistress. Now Tamia will have to satisfy Dominic’s every desire in order to keep him quiet—and she’ll have to figure out how to stop her rage from becoming lust.

In the finale, Auburn has finally gotten the fairy tale love that she has always desired with the man of her dreams. Feeling on top of the world, nothing can bring her down— or so she thought. When a secret comes to surface, she quickly finds out how painful love can be. Everything has fallen into place in Eric’s life, both professional and personal. With this being the final year of him playing in the NFL, he plans to go out with a bang. But what he didn’t expect was a blast from the past, scheming her way back into his life with some life-altering news that could potentially destroy...

After her community activist father is killed by the same criminal element he is trying to prevent, a teenage girl is forced to become head of a broken household. Her life transforms into a balancing act of rising above poverty, chaos, bad relationships and a system designed for her to fail to become one of the most successful businesswomen in history. IT’S ALL ABOUT BAE……. Bae Carter wasn’t like other girls. She had a photographic memory, and never forgot anything she read to the letter. Bae achieved a perfect score on her SAT’s at a young age and had an IQ of 200 which baffled ...

Can two damaged people love one another? Meet Anastasia, a young woman raped by her father and turned on to the unforgiving Chicago streets into the world’s oldest profession. All she has in the world is her baby girl, and a mother that turned a blind eye to the abuse. When she can take no more, she runs away with little money and her daughter in her arms. Milton, or “Gutter” as he’s known in the streets, is a mercenary, drug dealer, boss of a small clique of other damaged souls that he calls family. While moving about in back alleys and darkness in order to kill a man, he runs into...

She swore she’d never come back to Sunset Springs. He never stopped waiting. When aviation mechanic Maribel “Mari” Hernandez is forced to return to the Texas town she fled years ago, the last thing she expects is to be face-to-face with her first—and only—love. Dwight Hayes, the rugged cowboy with storm-blue eyes and a past that drove them apart, is still working the Stanley Ranch... and still igniting every spark she buried long ago. Sent to inspect a ranch-owned helicopter, Mari plans to do her job and leave quietly. But when secrets from the past surface—about love, betrayal,...

Debut novelist Michele Grant pens a juicy tale in Heard It All Before. Best friends Jewellen and Renee think they know Dallas men like the backs of their hands. But that’s before Jewellen unexpectedly falls for a guy from the wrong side of the tracks, and Renee gets lured away from her own man by a hard-bodied hottie.

Award-winning authors Victoria Christopher Murray and ReShonda Tate Billingsley are both beloved for their strong female leads and juicy plotting. In Sinners & Saints, Murray and Billingsley join forces to tell a tale packed with drama, scandal, and redemption. Jasmine Bush and Rachel Adams both want their husbands to be elected president of the National Baptist Association, and they’re willing to use plenty of low-down tricks to win. But when another woman joins the fray, she proves more devious than either of them could imagine.

It’s Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, and Viva Durant, the young sleuth, is taking a break from mystery solving to celebrate with her family. Paired up with her precocious pal Reece, Viva’s too busy navigating the daunting world of debutantes too get caught up in the unsolved cases of Crescent City. But the festivities take a sharp turn when there’s a blackout at the Mardi Gras Ball—and Viva’s grandmother goes missing!

Andre Monroe is ready to move on from heartbreak, and the first step is bringing home his rescue pup. He’d bonded instantly with the playful Zeus and was already planning their first adventures. But one thing he definitely hadn’t daydreamed about was Zeus accidentally being promised to someone else - or that he might go home empty-handed and brokenhearted all over again.

When an unexpected blizzard grounds all flights, Nia and Andrew’s holiday plans are put on ice, and they’re stuck spending Christmas Eve at the airport. Soon the pair of travelers decide to make the best of it and team up to spread holiday cheer to the other stranded passengers. After all, just because their flight is cancelled doesn’t mean Christmas is. Now they’re about to discover that with the right person, home for the holidays can be anywhere—and life’s crossroads are the perfect place to begin a new story.

When Zara Thompson throws herself a divorce party to celebrate her freedom from her unfaithful husband, she expects it to be the beginning of her new life. What she doesn't expect is for Marcus, her soon-to-be ex-husband, to crash the party with revelations that threaten to shatter everything she thought she knew. In one explosive night, Zara's carefully planned celebration spirals into chaos. A suspicious photo, a drunk therapist, an outspoken exotic dancer, and a series of shocking truths force her to question six months of certainty.