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Shanet Ellis is thirty and thriving in a career she loves. She’s a youth counselor at the local high school and volunteers at Renewed group home. She has life all figured out until her most complicated child at the group home, Sakani Washington, is set to get adopted and the man adopting him is too fine for her to stay focused on just the job.

VJ found the woman of his dreams; unfortunately, they’re both attached to someone else. He realizes Armonie is where his heart lies and decides to end his relationship with Mecca. He informs Monie that’s its her he wants but something bad happens to her in front of his eyes. At the same time, Mecca decides if she can’t have him, no one will. Monie wakes up from the attack and finds out some news she never expected to hear. All she wants to do is call VJ and let him know she’s alright but no one tells her where he is. Sadly, she finds out and the hurt is overwhelming.

Reina and Gianni were in a bad accident that left her in a coma. When she wakes up, he was right by her side. However, Reina continued being the petty person she was beforehand and drives him away. Trying to mend her friendship with Megan didn’t work either. Instead of moving forward and accepting the loss, she does something that will make her regret opening her mouth. Megan still had no words for Reina and considered their friendship officially over. She had no bad feelings toward her, unfortunately, Megan’s ex couldn’t move on and decided to send people after her.

In a dog-eat-dog world, it is best that Boltin “Bolt” Abloy stay on his leash. He’s a man who doesn’t play nice with many, but many want to play. From a strong lineage of country boys, he thrives in his small town of Clover, South Carolina. When P’Nee Anderson pops back up in town, Bolt feels the need to pull against his leash. She just wants to live her quiet, unbothered life free of drama and heartache. Will his off the leash behavior scare P’Nee, or will it be just enough to get her ready to walk that dog?

Monie finally comes face to face with the person who tried to kill her; but what happens when she finds out why? Could the person try again since the first attempt failed? What about Legend who’s in the back seat? Armonie is faced with a choice that could have her killed but will she make the right decision and save her son?

I’ve always struggled to find a romantic partner who could provide for me and protect me. So, when my high school crush saves me from a client who can’t take no for an answer, it felt like destiny. And for a while, it was. I thought I’d finally found both of the things I craved most until he walked away, leaving only an ominous letter saying he will be back. Now, I’m a successful business owner ready to give love a try again, until you know who bombards his way back into my life, making me question if I ever truly healed the broken heart he left me with in the first place.

She ran to protect her son. She came back because she had no choice. Harper thought leaving her hometown was the hardest thing she’d ever have to do, that’s until she was forced to come back and face the two men she never stopped loving. Jordy St. John was her safe place. He was the man who made her believe in unconditional love and happily ever after. Jase was the steady protector who she felt would always keep her safe from outside scrutiny. They loved her and respected each other’s love for her. They were brothers, and at one point in time, they were hers.

After a meteoric rise to stardom and a career steeped in fame and accolades, four-time MVP winner and shooting guard Ashton Santoro wants nothing more than to retire from the league with another ring. From the outside looking in, Ashton’s eleven year marriage is what dreams are made of and the epitome of black love. But an interview with award-winning sports journalist, Chanel Dubois, threatens to unravel his secrets from the past and the truth about his marriage.

Khiya Reid’s life has been in limbo since she lost the job she’d held for the last ten years. Not knowing what to do next, she applies to be a flight attendant at Sable Airlines. After a rigorous application, interview, and training process, she gets the job and begins her new journey. Her first day happens to be Valentine’s Day, and she finds herself stuck in Denver because of a snowstorm. On the way to her hotel room, she’s taken aback when a gorgeous stranger hops on the elevator just before the doors close. The icing on the cake . . . his room is next door to hers.

As turmoil simmers within a divided nation, smoke from another blaze begins to rise. Sparked by individual acts of resistance among those enslaved across the American South, their seemingly disparate rebellions fuel a singular inferno of justice, connecting them in ways quiet at times, explosive at others. As these flames rise, so will they. Luke, quick-witted and literate, and Henri, a man with a strong and defiant spirit, forge an unbreakable bond at a Virginia plantation called Magnolia Row. Both seek escape from unimaginable cruelty.

Longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction Named one of the best New Novelists for 2025 by The Observer. Bradford, December 1962. A precocious Mercy makes her reluctant entrance into the world, torn from the warm embrace of her mother’s womb, to a chaotic household that seems to have...

Recipient of a Zora Neal Hurston Literary Award, Rochelle Alers is the best-selling author of the Hideaway novels. In this sizzling series debut, a casual meeting of high-profile lawyer Jordan Wainwright and attorney Aziza Fleming soon leads to unexpected fireworks. Aziza thinks Jordan could be everything she desires—if he’s the trustworthy man she needs. Jordan must now choose between keeping a decades-old secret or embracing their newfound passion.

Part historical drama, part supernatural horror, and part alternate history, Blood Slaves is an ingenuous and defiant new creation myth of the vampire, one rooted in both justice and the sometimes-violent means necessary to achieve it.

This exciting collection presents two previously unpublished stories by SF legend Octavia E. Butler. A Necessary Being precedes the events of Survivor, Butler's third (famously disowned) installment in her Patternist series, and includes characters from it, focusing exclusively on the Kohn, aliens who build their social hierarchies on the blueness of their fur. In Childfinder, a black woman with the gift of identifying children with latent psychic ability refuses to share her skill with an organization of white telepaths.

When Maddy Montgomery’s groom is a no-show to their livestream wedding, it’s a disaster that no amount of filtering can fix. But a surprise inheritance offers a chance to regroup and rebrand—as long as Maddy is willing to live in her late, great-aunt Octavia’s house in New Bison, Michigan, for a year, running her bakery and caring for a 250-pound English mastiff named Baby. Maddy feels ready to tackle any challenge, including Octavia’s award-winning cake recipes. That is, until New Bison’s mayor is fatally stabbed, and Maddy’s fingerprints are found on the knife.…

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.

Kabrina Kenneth had no complaints when it came to her life. She had the career of her dreams and the man to go with it which was something she deeply coveted coming from her particular background. But when her dream life turns into a nightmare literally overnight, Kabrina's anger and hurt causes her to make a huge mistake. Feeling like she can't catch a break and is doomed to pay for the sins of her mother, Kabrina does whatever she can to hopefully rectify what that one night of betrayal, anger, and sadness has caused.

For Jolene “Jo” Baker, the least she can do for her adoring husband, Dominic, is give unwavering support for his North Carolina gubernatorial run. He is not only the love of her life, he’s also helping her prove that she’s far more than just a pampered trophy wife. With huge crowds showing up at Dominic’s speeches and the polls consistently in his favor, she’s never been happier to stand proudly by his side …

Marcus Heavy is the founder of the Heavy Sinners Motorcycle Club. They specialize in the drug game, prostitution, blackmail, and murder. You cross any member of the club, and that’s the end of your life. Marcus’ son, Darius, was supposed to take up the mantle as leader of the club, but Darius doesn’t want that life.

Giuseppe “Discipline” Cain is a cold-hearted, calculated, and resentful murderer who turns Philadelphia into his own personal killing ground. As the death toll rises, city officials and the police department clamor to calm the fears of the citizens about this brazen serial killer. When an elected official’s family member is found dead, no one in the city is safe.