Contemporary African American Fiction

**FULL STANDALONE NOVEL** Treasure Robinson is a thirty-five-year-old elementary teacher, who is slowly putting her life back together after a failed marriage. She realizes that family is your worst enemy. Love doesn’t live in her heart as it once did. Just when she thinks she is on the right track, an unexpected person enters her classroom. Rude and cocky Kadaris Williams comes in wreaking havoc on Treasure. The strong dislike for one another soon turns into a strong like. Kadaris shows Treasure love in a different light. Things seem to be going in the right direction until drama, lies ...

The last installment of A New Jersey Love Story Heirs to the Throne, left everyone on the edge of their seats with a shooting that shook the entire family. Sixteen-year-old Pryce is left to fight for her life after the wife of the man she’s been seeing, decided to make her pay for her sins. With the entire family by her side, praying for the best, things are about to get worse for the Knight and Jones families. In part one, Rhyes has given Malachi the ultimatum to choose between her and Princess. Unable to choose because both girls who possess something that he enjoys, Rhyes throws in the...

The lovely Dana Bryce was forced to grow up without a mother and a father in her life. However, she was fortunate enough to have a doting grandmother. Unfortunately, her grandmother's love and support still proved to be lacking for Dana. Why? She had a hole in her heart from missing her parents, an emptiness inside, that she kept trying to fill by looking for love in all the wrong places. She ends up with a child at an early age and with a criminal conviction. With those two things working against her, she doesn't see how she can come up in life and she thinks she’s destined for a future ...

With ten years into a successful marriage and a thriving business, Destiny Harris was living the life most only dreamed of. There was only one addition that would bring everything full circle, but a harsh reality turned her world upside down. Betrayal and lies replaced the truth she believed to be the foundation of her happy life. MyKyng Masters was a man of substance and structure. Even at a very young age, he had a firm grasp on everyone and everything around him. With an already complicated life, the last thing he needed was a reminder that no one can maintain complete control.

She was supposed to be a background girl. He made her the center of his obsession. Anjanae never meant to catch anyone’s attention, least of all Pavel Volodin. Cold. Quiet. Lethal. He watches her from the shadows at Aethelburg Academy, always too close but never saying a word. When she stumbles too deep into Bratva secrets, he doesn’t warn her. He takes her. Chains her safety to his and drags her into a world of power plays, blood, and control. Pavel was forged to protect the Bratva’s future, not to fall for the soft girl with fear in her eyes and iron in her spine. But Anjanae’s ...

Lisa is a beautiful sista with a good heart. Unfortunately, she hasn’t had the greatest start to life. She hooks up with a much older boyfriend, who due to his criminal ways, can provide her with all the material possessions that she’s ever dreamed of. In time, Lisa comes to realize that the life she’s living can leave her in a world of trouble — particularly with the Atlanta Police Department. Fortunately, she begins to dream of a bigger and better future for herself. Maybe by grace, she’ll end up with everything she really wants in life — true love included — when she ...

"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...

Can there ever be hope when trust has been shattered? Meet Chanel Mitchell. As the wife of an abusive husband, she’s relieved when her God decides to deliver her from the abusive situation. But just because she’s free in body, it doesn’t mean that she’s free in mind. Chanel is now left with issues of trust in relationships — in fact, she doesn’t think she’ll ever be able to let herself take a chance on love again. When an old flame steps back into the picture, Chanel begins to learn that God has a bounty of romance and love waiting for His faithful…it’s waiting around the ...

Morgan and Messiah share many things. Love, hate, lust, trauma, and children. They are bonded forever by the gift of parenthood, but Morgan's attachment to Messiah comes with immense pain. After the discovery of Messiah's condition, Morgan's conflict is intensified. She knows how healing the M&M bubble can be, but she also knows that Messiah has the ability to ruin her. Will Morgan finally take her second chance with her first love? Or will she make the hardest decision of all and let go of the past?

Peace. That's what Synovi now had and cherished more than anything. Free from all the disturbances his chaotic life once ensued, he wanted nothing more than to keep it that way. With a thriving business and relationship, almost nothing could take him back to that dark place of no love. His Love didn't reside there. His world is still hers, and she is still his. Without warning, Torin inserted herself into Synovi's life and remained. She's the person he can run to when everything begins to fade, but there's a price to pay when you have a good heart.

Major Key Publishing returns with another anthology by five authors, who are all gifted with a phenomenal pen game that came together to deliver extraordinary stories that deal with the consequences of leaving something good to find something better. Appearances aren’t always what they seem and often times we find ourselves coveting something someone else has just because their lives or situation seem better than our own. Truth is, after you take off the rose-colored glasses reality sets in and it isn't as good as you think when you get it!

Law and Zuri met in the most unconventional way, but their connection was straight out of a storybook. It was genuine, poetic, and undeniable. However, haters will always ruin it. Learning what truly sent Law her way, Zuri cut off all ties with the man who had finally reminded her of what truly being unconditionally loved felt like.

Jamison Jareau has suffered a terrible loss. His wife of eighteen years passed away the day she gave birth to their son. Consumed with grief and guilt over her death, Jamison has thrown himself into work and raising his four children without her. Two and a half years have passed since he lost his soulmate. The kids are growing up and Jamison realized he needs a little more help with them than he wants to admit. At the urging of his mother-in-law, he seeks a live-in nanny to alleviate some of the stress of being a single parent.

Charmaine Heaton is a young, beautiful, God-fearing photo journalist with a feisty attitude, but a heart of gold. When she involves her best friend's brother Devin—a victim of a troubled childhood—in her plans to travel on assignment to war-torn Afghanistan, she discovers that he's the love of her life. But, will she be able to convince him that he is worthy to be loved and that their love is worth fighting for.

Major Key Publishing is back again to introduce another set of banging stories, penned by four phenomenal authors that came together to bring forth unique stories of a lover scorned. In Payback: Get ’Em Back Like That, the trauma and drama each couple goes through will have you on the edge of your seat with heartfelt laughter and clutching your pearls with the drama crafted in these stories. These ladies are sure to show you why it's never wise to break the heart of the person you love.

2024 Global Book Award Silver Medalist Ghosted. It wasn't the first time—and probably wouldn't be the last. But I'll be damned if I let the same man do it twice. Except...it's him. The one with the dreamy eyes and that deep, rumbling baritone. The man I met ten years ago on a balcony, where one electric conversation felt like the start of everything. I thought he was it. He said he'd call. He didn't. Now he's the CEO of the company launching my fashion line—and I'm the woman who can make or break his brand. We're older. Sharper. But the heat between us? Still dangerous. His eyes still ...

When 26-year-old Reese accepts a position as a grad assistant, she has no idea an unpleasant encounter with a student will lead to the discovery of what she calls "the trifecta": fine, intellectual, and a little bit rude - three qualities she finds irresistible in a man. She has no intention of doing anything with that discovery. But everybody knows what happens to best laid plans. Jason is a grown man. He's at Blakewood State University to finish his degree and move on. The last thing he's interested in is the female population on campus...Reese might be a notable exception.

Gorgeous professional chef, RoShonda Avery, is a real go-getter. Whenever she sets her mind to obtaining what she wants — whether it’s a new man, job, or position — she always puts in the extra effort to make the object of her desire HERS! Unfortunately, when it comes to the romance department, RoShonda’s pursuit of happiness has been getting her into a whole lotta trouble. Eventually, she falls flat on her face while trying to snag her Mr. Perfect. Will she find out that when it comes to love, she doesn’t have to do SO much, TRY so hard?! Will she discover that all she has to do ...

Dr. Allison Hall is staring down the prospect of her first Christmas in a new town and her first without her son, who is spending the holiday with her ex. As the new doc on the block, she's on duty for the Christmas shift and glad of it. When one of her favorite patients lands back in the hospital, and it looks like this might be his last Christmas, she hopes she can help connect him to his estranged daughter. Dante Price thinks Allison should mind her own business. He's a nurse - and admittedly a bit of a Christmas Scrooge.

His ability to launder money has him on the payroll of some of the city's most notorious criminals. When his father was sent to prison for life, Jagger's uncle made it his business to ensure that Jagger didn't suffer the same fate. He sent Jagger to college with plans to keep him on the cleaner side of the business, but unforeseen circumstances put Jagger in the midst of his uncle's empire.