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They come from two different worlds, but when the heart is involved nothing else matters.
Entrepreneur Noah Chambers, aka Mr. Black Atlanta, always gets what he wants. So when he falls in love with Genesis Savell and asks her to marry him, he's certain she'll say yes. She doesn't. Instead, she insists they take a break from each other. That's when Noah knows there's something else going on, and he has every intention of finding out what.
...Two hearts on the mend and one adorable mutt get a new leash on love in this romantic short story from award-winning author Rebekah Weatherspoon.
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
...Sometimes love isn't enough...
Billionaire real estate developer Ethan Connor married young and learned the hard way what it was like to be betrayed by the person he loved. After a bitter divorce, he promised himself he would never allow another woman to wreck his life again. So when Skye mentions marriage, he quickly shuts her down.
At the age of seventeen, Skye Thorpe lost her parents and yearns for a family of her own, and she's
A one-night stand leads to much more...
Montez Ross's family owns At Your Service, a unique company that provides clients with men for both dating and handyman tasks. When the woman who left him after a one-night stand seeks their services, Montez, unaccustomed to being left, is annoyed but agrees to help her out.
Desiree Hagan is on track to make senior vice president of marketing at her firm but faces an obstacle: her terrible ex
...Have you ever received the wrong text from the right person?
One thing about me? I don't play games. Another thing about me? I don't waste time.
I've built my reputation by treating my patients, my students, and my colleagues with respect.
In my role as Mr. Black Detroit, my focus is supporting my community and planning the city's annual Juneteenth celebration.
Again, my time is valuable. I should've
Sparksville where everybody knows everybody or do they? Elliott Frost was missing for two weeks before Bethany, a retired news reporter took the search into her own hands which caused the police to start their own investigation. The story developed national media coverage when two dead bodies surfaced but still no sign of Elliott.
Will this turn out to be a true disappearance or a murder?
Amaya Lin has few memories of the years before she turned eighteen. Now in her forties, she has compensated by carefully cultivating a satisfying life as a wife, mother, and business professional. Her husband's law practice is on the brink of major success; her neurodiverse son has grown into an independent adult; and she has come to terms with her aunt's...
Shortlisted for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Mystery.
When Charlie Mack is hired by her ex-husband's new wife Pamela, things get awkward quickly. Her ex, Franklin, has been charged with his brother-in-law's murder. Charlie and Pamela both believe he didn't do it, but he's gone into hiding for some reason neither of them understands. To the police, it adds up to easy guilt, but to Charlie, it indicates that Franklin has
...50) Yume
"With empathetic characters, terrifying monsters, and a cinematic feel, Yume is a dream that will keep readers awake at night." — RICHARD FORD BURLEY, author of Displacement
Cybelle teaches English in a small city in Japan. Her contract is up for renewal, her mother is begging her to come back to Canada, and she is not...
Issa Rae's Insecure with a magical realist spin: River Mumma is an exhilarating contemporary fantasy novel about a young Black woman who navigates her quarter-life-crisis while embarking on a mythical quest through the streets of Toronto.
Alicia has been out of grad school for months. She has no career prospects and lives with her mom, who won't stop texting her macabre news stories and reminders to pick up items from
...METH, MURDER, AND EXPLOSIONS OF THE HEART
In the heart of tranquil Brandywine Valley, Detective Parrott confronts a meth lab explosion, a dismembered corpse, and an intricate trail of secrets that shake up many lives — including his own. When celebrity hostess Claire Whitman's renovated barn explodes into flames, Parrott delves into the backgrounds and relationships of all who are affected. Tension from Parrott's personal
...53) Wings of Red
June Papers is a twenty-eight-year-old MFA grad with a felony record, “the classic young, Black and gifted American misfit.”...
With Halloween, inevitably there are pranks, or so Detective Mike Malone believes when he starts hearing reports of monsters being seen at an abandoned farmhouse. However, when a young girl mysteriously disappears, Mike, along with his trusted DS Alan Shepherd, realises that these stories might be holding a terrible truth. Join Mike, Alan and the townspeople that you know and love as they try to solve the case which, in the end, will make Mike
...Lew Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans—a teacher, a writer, and an ex-detective. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his son—and himself in the process. Now a derelict has...
James Henry Ferguson doesn't belong here.
After a highly publicized fall from grace, James attempts to flee from the chaos in his life. He ends up in a community he had never heard of before, one that has been neglected and ignored by everyone in rural Ham, Mississippi. A place of abject poverty, the neighborhood is commonly referred to as "Around the Way."
Within a place forgotten by the rest of the world, politics can be
...A second chance at love for a wealthy socialite and her bad boy ex.
After having her heart broken nine years ago, Monica Connor has no interest in marriage. She's busy living her best life and building a following as a social media influencer. When a wealthy businessman contracts her to promote the opening of his new lounge, she's excited for her most lucrative deal yet. Then she learns she has to work with someone else on the project—Andre
...It is said that the love of money is the root of all evil, and with fifty million dollars missing, there's a whole lot of evil going around with death lurking close behind! Mixed in with that, Nina thought she had it all on her way to a new life with the man of her dreams in tow! But bloodthirsty gang members, Armenian mobsters, scorned bosses, and crooked FBI agents have other plans! Then to complicate matters, her man's previous lover has arisen
...59) Street Dreams
Udodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment, we thought that the worst had already happened, and that life would treat us with more kindness.
When seventeen-year-old Nani loses her older sister and then her father in quick succession, her world spins off its axis....