African American Contemporary

Some mistakes make you infamous. Some heartbreaks make you hide. But redemption? Redemption changes everything. Allison Johnson knows what it’s like to be the talk of the town—and not in a good way. After a scandal that left her reputation in shambles, she has spent months trying to rebuild her life and prove she’s more than her past mistakes. But despite her best efforts, the whispers still follow her. Redemption feels out of reach… until a life-altering moment at the altar changes everything. Castor Evans wasn’t looking for a fresh start—he just wanted to forget. After a ...

Elias Omari exists in the darkness that clouds his mind. Cress Devereaux exists in the light that inspires her soul. Together, they create beautiful shades of gray. An arranged marriage forces two families to smooth the edges of their jagged past with the hopes of a new beginning. But can a union tainted with secrets and uncertainty promise an unbreakable alliance? The one thing that Elias and Cress share in common is family over everything, but should they continue to fight for family when that same family has never truly fought for them?

She signs up for the money to pay off her student loan, but she finds adventure and love... When Cassandra Griffin is hired as a nanny for James and Malinka Carter, she has no idea what she’s walking into. Will she find love where she least expects it? Cassandra Griffin: The moment I walk into the Carter household, I feel bad for all of them. Even with billions of dollars in assets, they lived lives of pain filled with jealousy, regret, and anger. At first, I take the job as a means to pay off my student loan debt early, but then I meet Josh and Josie Carter. They capture my heart and ...

Most people wouldn't accuse me of being a good person, but most people don't understand me. Hell, I'm not sure I understand myself sometimes. All I know is that my life has been a challenge, and the day-to-day grind of all wears me down. I graduated college with a degree in marketing, and have just been brought on to be an intern at an ad agency. Contrary to the chaos in my home life, things are looking up . . . until I learn that Kendrick Kennedy will also intern for the same agency.

Chelsea Dunn works as a loan officer in Manhattan, New York, when she met Alexander Daniels, who is charming, wealthy and owns a global investment firm. He sweeps her off her feet, and they marry a year later. Chelsea enjoys living a charmed life until three years into her marriage. She finds herself in a police interrogation room, having to answer for her husband’s crimes. Alexander is on the run and has left Chelsea all alone to deal with the aftermath of his dirty deeds. Chelsea insists she’s innocent and knows nothing about her husband's illegal activity, but the police still ...

With Yves carrying not one but two blessings, she wants to be the mother that she couldn’t be for her late daughter. Coming home from rehab, there are a lot of feelings that Yves can’t shake. Roddy is the love of her life, but why does everything in their relationship seem so hard? With their past, she wonders if they’ll be able to restore what they used to have. Or is it best to call it quits and focus on their kids?

Christmas is almost here again and I need to slay my pain, but I’m stuck… I don’t care what anyone says, if crap doesn’t try to rock them out of Christian sometimes, they’re lying. Especially, stuff that hits at the Holidays. That hurt cuts different. It’s been a fight to remember what’s in me, while operating with a heart, still lingering in the space and place where it happened. As quiet as it’s kept, I’m holding on to the one I can’t have, but letting go of the one I need most…God. Then comes Major Hollands mending me like a quilt and using fragments and scraps to ...

★★ Fall in love with clean, wholesome, and cozy small-town romance, filled with delightful characters and brimming with joy! ★★ Savor the magic of romance in the complete collection of Josie Riviera’s 1-800 home-flipping series. SIX clean, sweet, and wholesome contemporary romances—exclusively in one giant collection. Small-town romance at its best. Cozy up with your favorite beverage and lose yourself in these delightful stories. This collection includes the following 6 books:1-800-CUPID A house flipper looking for quick profit. A survivor with a dream. Can two broken hearts ...

The group of friends from Post Grand is back in the final book in the trilogy. Nicole Whittaker is struggling to break out of her shell and love herself. Tyrus shows a side of himself that no one expected. Will his overprotective, violent side scare her away? Whitney is struggling to move forward and thrive as she is constantly being pulled backward by her cheating ex-boyfriend. Will Morgan be able to rescue her before it’s too late? Tyra reveals her secret, and it threatens to rip their family apart. All of the drama reaches a boiling point in this book. Find out what happens by reading ...

It is the story of 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.

Sienna Shaw thought she’d found forever when she met the wealthy and charming Tyir Willis. For months, Tyir wined, dined, and wooed Sienna until she agreed to relocate to be closer to him. In the blink of an eye, Sienna’s would-be fairytale love is snatched away. Being a single mother was never on Sienna’s list of things to do. When her prince charming turned out to be a frog, she’s left to figure out how to navigate through motherhood alone.

Koda Perry is a self-made millionaire who can't seem to form his own identity as anything other than a spoiled rich kid. Determined to build his own legacy, he branched out on his own, built a company from the ground up, and became a millionaire before the age of thirty—but for his billionaire father, that's not good enough. In his mother's eyes, Koda's life will never be complete until he gets married and has kids. All Koda wants to do is live his life the way he sees fit on his own terms.

**A FULL STANDALONE** Every mothers wants to leave something for her children when she passes on, but some inheritance can be scary. Ms. Emma left more than money to her 10 children. She left a secret that she took to her grave, but unlike her body this secret didn't die with her. Teresa is Ms. Emma's youngest and the one that looks the most like her. She has been given Ms. Emma's gift and it's not the kind of gift you can return. Teresa is beautiful, talented, and wise beyond her years. She has been away from her family for so long but now with the death of Ms. Emma she must return and ...

You ever wonder what events led up to an individual’s inability to trust in love? Rayna Brimm survives a series of betrayals and loss, only to forge ahead into self-preservation. After receiving her degree, she finds herself in California and tries to build a self-contained life. Enter Azmir Jacobs. A tall, dark, handsome, and very wealthy man, whose street credibility and executive power in the corporate world has beautiful women at his beck and call. However, only one woman has caught his eye: the resilient Rayna Brimm, who turns out to be more than he bargained for.

In Rhonda Bowen’s breakout debut novel Man Enough for Me, Jules Jackson has her life under control. There’s no man in the mix - until Germaine comes along, and she falls hard. But when Jules discovers Germaine is hiding something big from her, she starts digging for answers. Soon, everything starts falling apart, and Jules must decide to take her new love on faith or risk losing it all.

Nursing a broken heart days before her cousin wedding leaves Aurora questioning her worth. It's a good thing her best friend has her best intentions at heart. While on this trip, they encounter miscommunication of their lips. What happens at the reception indeed stays at the reception, right? Well, Malcolm has been in love with his best friend for over a decade. While her ex tries to sneak his way back into her heart, he takes his chance. Will their forbidden relationship be tested during the holiday, or will they return to being friends for a happily ever after? This holiday novella is a ...

Today is the day I marry a complete stranger. I don’t know anything about him as he was matched with me by the producers of the dating TV show, Marrying a Stranger. As I walk down the aisle, I am shocked to find out he’s white. As a black woman, I never expected to marry a white man, however the more I get to know him, the more I fall for him. Our wedding day was beautiful, but our wedding night was even hotter. This steamy BWWM interracial romance is 3,500 words long and is for mature readers only.

Penny finds herself dateless when she’s invited to her cousin’s wedding. To make matters worse, the groom is her cheating ex! Desperate to save face, Penny resorts to contacting an escort service for her plus one. Little does she know, SFH is not what she expected. It’s a private matchmaking service for lonely immortals. Nicholas has spent centuries searching for his true mate and finally finds her in his lovely date for the night. He instantly falls for the shy beauty right away. Determined to make her his, he will do anything in his power to convince him that they belong together, ...

She was his student. His stepdaughter. His greatest mistake Amira Fontaine was the rising star of the literary world—brilliant, fearless, and barely eighteen when she stepped into Dr. Solomon Reed’s classroom. He was everything she admired: a bestselling author, a legend in the Black academic world, and her stepfather. Their affair was supposed to be a secret. A mistake. A moment of misguided intimacy between a mentor and his most gifted student. But secrets don’t stay buried—especially when they leave behind bloodlines. Yvonne Fontaine-Reed built an empire as the queen of Black ...

Being more than a Daddy’s girl has always been the goal. Finding herself outside of being the baby proved itself to be the hardest thing. He seemed familiar. Something safe, someone she knew she could let her guard down around. A man that wasn’t just around because of what her last name could offer. The car she drove wasn’t the only thing that moved fast.