African American Contemporary

The Most Magical Christmas – A Holiday Romance Filled with Magic, Fate, and Forbidden Love 🎄 She doesn’t believe in her gift. He’s not allowed to reveal the truth. But if she doesn’t sing, Christmas magic will be lost forever. 🎄 For centuries, the magic of Christmas has depended on belief, kindness, and joy. But that magic is fading—and if something isn’t done soon, it will disappear entirely. Kristian Kringle, Santa’s younger brother, has always been dedicated to protecting Christmas magic. But when his grandfather, St. Nick himself, delivers a dire warning, Kristian ...

Jade Bishop left the home she grew up in, and the man she’s loved since childhood when her grandmother MiMi passed away. She thinks the move was to heal her heart, but she finds out that healing was waiting right in the place that she left. Now, that she is back home, she’s pleased with how everything, seemingly, went right back to normal. Jasper loves her, she loves him, but the only problem is… he’s not happy leaving her at night. So in Booth-Fashion, Jasper is planning the surprise of her life. Love is on the horizon for the Jackson/Booth gang. Kane, Uncle James, and Jasmine are ...

**FULL STANDALONE** For A’Jhani Rhodes, every day is a struggle. Because of his autism, his day is either easy or one hell of a challenge, especially after a very harsh breakup. All A’Jhani wants to do is mend the pieces of his broken heart and move on. When Zion comes into his life, his comfortable routine implodes. A’Jhani can handle change, but Zion is unrelenting in her quest to understand him, to show him acceptance, and maybe even show love. When she breaks through his shell, A'Jhani’s world will never be the same again. A’Jhani is an awkward man with Asperger’s Syndrome ...

Fast-Paced and HOT Romance Seasoned with Suspense! Tony Gets in Trouble with the wrong people due to his mother’s gambling debts… Can Tanesha Save Him? Tony Panetta is a hot Italian guy, but his looks aren't going to get him out of trouble with the local weed mafia in Denver, Colorado. Paying off his mother’s gambling debt is the priority in his life until Tanesha Patterson walks into Pizza Pizza. When the single mother comes around looking for a job, he cannot turn her away. As they spend days and nights together, they begin to fall in love – until both their secrets come out. Can ...

I’m the football coach’s daughter. I’m off limits to the players. My best friend said I never do anything spontaneous. I went after what I wanted that night and I don’t regret it. The one-night stand with the star football quarterback was hot and unforgettable. He wants more. I can’t go down that path. My dad said I was off limits for a reason. Will Josh sacrifice his career for me?

He wants love and marriage and she wants to save her company from being destroyed. ​ Old friends, Christina St. John and Matthew Phillips II, meet back in their hometown to attend her brother’s surprise birthday party, where they start a relationship. Everything is great until things blow up. Christina has major business issues and cannot deal with her love life. ​ When she thinks she has it resolved, everything backfires, including Matthew. Will she put her life back together or is it too late for business and love?

You are cordially invited to the wedding of Amerie Cross and Arnold Hightower.

Thalia, a 25-year-old wild girl gone good, moves back to her old neighborhood after a failed engagement and manages to catch the eye of the town's most wanted man - the incredibly sexy, single, devoted, and charismatic Reverend Isaac. Not only is there a large age difference between Thalia and the middle-aged pastor, but he also happens to be the father of Madison, her best friend since junior high school. Madison isn't trying to deal with her father dating anyone after her mother's death.

Essence best-selling author Vanessa Davis Griggs is not afraid to tackle controversial subject matter in her faith-based fiction. Forever Soul Ties follows Butterfly and Ethan - two high school friends mired in unhappy marriages. After a chance encounter, they embark on an illicit affair. But when Butterfly is found out, stress is placed on her already struggling marriage and her standing in her church.

Dismayed at what she now has to consider her life, Loriana tries her best to balance it all. The unforeseen death of her mother has her suffocating in grief, feeling as if she’s lost it all. While struggling internally, she smiles on the outside to save face. That’s until she can no longer keep up her façade. When she least expects it, the breath of fresh air she was desperately gasping for is given. On a rollercoaster with her emotions, wondering how her first love became her first heartbreak, she finds herself. Those good days she prayed to God for had finally came around.

Gutted, I was the day you left my side, but I understood it was no one's fault but mine. I pushed you away, wearing my pain on my sleeve while pursuing a passion that stemmed from that very pain. In the end, you decided to choose yourself, and I could never fault you for that. But it hurt, and still does 'til this day.

I’m as successful, as Lady O if you asked my mother. But lately, successful, saved, and satisfied is equaling stale, sarcastic, and stagnate. I’m teaching young, gifted adults to become intellectually creditable, all the while wondering what has intellect gotten me? A nice house, car, and an empty bed that I refuse to allow anyone I know to lay in. I’ve outgrown satisfaction by self-sabotaging acts of sins and if another man ever gets close enough for me to take the bed, it’s going to be after the night he and I wed. So for now, I’m about to ditch my life. New York City and my ...

When it comes to Jabari Hicks, competition is non-existent. With a keen focus on securing a championship ring, Jabari’s only competition is himself. On the court, he is deadly. Off the court, he’s a protector. And as a Lord, he’s fierce and loyal. Kinnidi Trent has a light that illuminates the dark spaces of her mind, but she can’t completely shine until she lands in a place of peace. When she escapes the restraints that stifle her creativity and happiness, Kinnidi finds herself in the right place at the right time.

He's hard, cold, and stubborn as a bull. He has no right to want to be with her. She's everything he's not. Warm, patient, and attentive. Yet, the two of them find themselves badly wanting each other. Neither of them has ever had the guts to tell each other how they truly feel. Will they get it together, or will she find comfort in the arms of someone else who's brave enough to steal her heart?

Dominoes opens in London, twenty-nine days before a young couple’s wedding. Layla is a mixed-race woman—with a Black, Jamaican mother, and a white father she’s never met—and Andy is a white man of Scottish descent. When they first meet at a party, they can’t believe how instant their chemistry is, and how quickly their relationship unfolds. Funnily enough, they even share a last name: McKinnon.

I have it bad for my grumpy boss. Mr. Mavis is thirty-five. He shouldn’t be grumpier than an old man complaining about the summer heat. I witness his tender side when his daughter’s around. I’ve watched the grump from afar for years. I’m the reason he’s the way he is. As much as I want a second chance with him, I know that can’t happen. Secrets, lies, and tragedy keep us apart.

All Zarinah wanted was to fall in love. Growing up, she had kissed her fair share of frogs. When an unconventional situation leads her to Lawson, her wishes might become reality. Lawson is the new CEO of his family's hotel casino chain. He's tired of aimless dating and women just wanting his money. When he meets Zarinah, he instantly feels like she's the one.

Carlos Love was the typical womanizer. Though his saving grace was that he truly wanted to change his ways. In his heart he felt like he was all out of chances with love until a chance meeting with her… Danielle Knight was a fortune-five hundred executive who intimidated most men when they learned who she was. But there was an attraction between her and Carlos that was undeniable... Jasmine, Carlos’s ex-girlfriend, who was once the beloved of his heart wanted him back through and she would stop at nothing until she had what she rightfully thought was hers. Her Man… How will this love ...

Upon her brother's death, missionary Rose Sayer and Charles Allnutt, disreputable skipper of the African Queen, become allies as, marooned in German Central Africa during World War I, they fight their old launch downriver 'to strike a blow for England'.

I had a plan: work hard, save money, and move to the UK to be with my boyfriend. But when I get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work as a data analyst in Dublin, I can’t say no. As my career takes off, my intense long-distance romance with my brother's best friend faces the ultimate test, leading me to the UK in a desperate bid to save our love amidst the challenges of a new life abroad. I believe this country holds my happily ever after, but it looks like I'm going to lose everything I worked so hard for. --- Every Move I Make is the second book in the All of Me Trilogy with a Happy ...