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Books by Black Authors 📚

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Jernesha B

My growing TBR of books I’m reading, want to read, or have my eye on. From psychological thrillers and urban fiction to romance and contemporary fiction, if it has messy characters, good drama, or a twist I didn’t see coming, it’s going on my bookshe...

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Kylo Lewis is a powerful man with a troubled past who’s desperate for healing, while Innocent Doucet is dealing with her own struggles and searching for peace. When these two troubled souls come together, their connection could either help them heal ...

Troubled Waters by Zee Reneé

Kaivon Lewis is a successful NFL player with a life that looks perfect from the outside, but he’s still connected to the streets he worked hard to leave behind. Harlee Rivers is a successful nail artist dealing with grief and anxiety, and together th...

All In by Zee Renee

Luminous “Lumi” Brooks is trying to start over after losing her job and inheriting a lake house from the grandmother who hurt her years ago. There, she meets Wave, a retired Olympic swimmer who’s also figuring out life after everything he thought def...

Watercolors by Evelyn Latrice

Zaire Cooks is a star golfer who gets sent to Juniper Falls to escape the pressure surrounding his career. There, he crosses paths with Meadow Green, a woman fighting to save her family’s land and protect the legacy she grew up with. What starts as f...

The 19th Hole

After losing her twin, Luna suddenly has to grow up fast while taking care of her younger siblings. Just when life feels like it’s asking more from her than she can handle, an unexpected turn changes the direction of her life. Expect family, sister...

To The Moon

After a tragedy leaves Marley barely holding herself together, she starts rebuilding her life with a new tea business. Then she meets Julius Czar, a famous rapper with demons of his own. What starts as resistance and undeniable chemistry turns into s...

Losin' Control: A Novel

Shayla and Tristen are trying to balance love, parenthood, and adulthood, but their on-again, off-again relationship is far from peaceful. Just when they think they’ve found solid ground, one slip-up brings the drama right back.

Here We Go Again

After escaping a toxic relationship, former NFL WAG Lovie Sinclair returns home to rebuild her life. But when she crosses paths with Rich Lovelace, a dangerous man with a troubled past, their clash turns into a forbidden connection. Soon, lust, secre...

Joliet

Venus is trying to heal after a messy divorce and has sworn off love while starting over in a new city. Then she meets Anthony, her daughter’s teacher’s young and unpredictable father, and the attraction between them is hard to ignore. Expect slow-...

For the Night: The Sun Series

Tatiana has money, power, and everything she could want except the freedom to choose who she loves. Years after Nazir disappeared when she asked him to run away with her, he suddenly returns as her family’s protector. Now old feelings are coming back...

Rich and Rotten

Noni thought she had it all after marrying wealthy businessman Dominick Meyer, but everything changes when she catches him cheating and discovers the truth behind his money and lifestyle. She decides to leave, but running away isn’t as easy as she th...

Love Burn

Raven is the protected daughter of one of Flint’s biggest drug dealers, but everything changes when she falls for Mizan, a street hustler who pulls her into a life she isn’t prepared for. As their relationship turns toxic, Raven finds herself stuck b...

Moth to a Flame by Ashley Antoinette

A group of 4 women have been best friends since they were teenagers and are now navigating their 40s, balancing love, family, careers, and everything life throws at them. When they reunite for the holidays, old wounds come back up and they’re reminde...

Before The Streetlights Come On

Trust Ashley James goes from being on top of the world as a heavyweight champion to hitting rock bottom after lies, betrayal, and deceit turn his life upside down. When he returns to the ring, he’s determined to become a better man and finds himself ...

In Him I Trust

Journey and Orson are young, married, and deeply in love. Between career goals, family ties, and life’s challenges, they continue choosing each other and facing everything as a team.

Sweet Like My Coffee

Yara spent 10 years in prison for the man she loved, only to come home and discover he’s moved on with another woman. Now she has to face the betrayal and decide whether to rebuild her life or get revenge.

Is She The Reason

Ella Simone is a famous pop star trying to escape a messy marriage and protect her career during a difficult divorce. After a public moment with MLB star Miles Westbrook sends the tabloids into a frenzy, their teams create a fake relationship to turn...

No Ordinary Love

A dark and thought-provoking collection of stories centered on Black women and girls, their desires, struggles, and the realities of womanhood. Each story explores a different experience, with some taking unexpected turns into the supernatural. Expe...

Desperate Bodies

Val and Milly became best friends after meeting on a study abroad trip in France. Years later, they’re both married and expecting babies, but reconnecting in New York brings up the differences between their lives and some things they’d rather leave i...

Take What You Can

Jasmyn and her family move to a seemingly perfect Black community in California, hoping for a fresh start. But after noticing strange behavior and uncovering unsettling secrets, Jasmyn begins to question what’s really going on in this picture-perfect...

One of Our Kind: A Novel

Nella is the only Black employee at a prestigious New York publishing house until Hazel arrives and suddenly everything starts changing. At first, Nella is excited to finally have another Black coworker, but strange things begin happening, and she st...

The Other Black Girl: A Novel

Mazy’s life takes a dangerous turn when she finds herself caught in a world of secrets, power, and buried truths. As the lines between love, family, and danger begin to blur, Mazy has to uncover what’s really happening before it’s too late. Expect ...

Mazywood

Robbie is sent to a reform school after standing up to a wealthy white man. But the school is haunted by the ghosts of children who died there, and Robbie soon realizes they’re trying to warn him.

The Reformatory: A Novel

Tahlia Banks is celebrating her birthday surrounded by the people she loves, but the celebration takes a dark turn when the man closest to her suddenly disappears. As secrets come to light, Tahlia quickly becomes the center of attention and not for t...

The Birthday Girl

Kenetria Nash takes a job as the caretaker of a historic home on an isolated island, but things quickly take a dark turn when a storm traps her there with a group of strangers and one of them ends up dead. Now Ken and the other identities she shares ...

One of Us Knows: A Thriller

Sydney Green is starting to notice that her Brooklyn neighborhood is changing fast, and not in a good way. When she teams up with her new neighbor Theo to look into what’s really happening, things start getting creepy, suspicious, and way too close t...

When No One Is Watching: Psychological Thriller

Rose travels to a small lake town after her former best friend suddenly disappears. But the more she looks into it, the more secrets, lies, and strange behavior she finds.

Whispers of the Lake

Ivy Hill is determined to get revenge on Lola Maxwell, the wealthy Miami socialite she believes destroyed her family and childhood. She slowly works her way into Lola’s life, but getting close to Lola and her husband turns Ivy’s revenge plan into som...

The Perfect Ruin: Psychological Thriller

Samira meets wealthy pro golfer Roland Graham and quickly falls into a whirlwind romance that leads to marriage and a new life in his secluded Colorado mansion. But after finding journals belonging to Roland’s late wife, Samira starts questioning how...

The Wife Before: Spellbinding Psychological Thriller

Two cousins are faced with an impossible decision when a family tragedy forces them to question who should be held responsible and how far they’ll go to protect the people they love.

Next of Kin: Shocking Psychological Crime Thriller

Mary B. Addison was accused of killing a baby when she was just nine years old. Years later, she’s out of juvenile detention and trying to build a new life, but the past isn’t as simple as it seems.

Allegedly: Story of Injustice & Truth

Pheby Delores Brown is an enslaved woman who is separated from the people she loves and sent to a brutal prison plantation. She’s forced to make impossible choices to survive while holding onto hope and her freedom.

Yellow Wife: A Novel

Yrsa is a bored PhD student who’s tired of her research, her students, and especially the men in her life. After accidentally killing a professor she believes deserves it, she discovers a taste for revenge and soon starts targeting sexist men who she...

Honey by Imani Thompson

Mia thinks she has a normal life with a loving boyfriend, supportive friends, and a close relationship with her mom. But after nearly being hit by a car and receiving messages from an untraceable number, everything starts falling apart. Now she has t...

Everybody Ain't Your Friend: Urban Thriller

Ricki Wilde leaves her wealthy Atlanta family behind to move to Harlem and finally open the flower shop she’s always dreamed of. Then she meets Ezra, a mysterious musician who completely throws her world off balance, and their connection feels like s...

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

A gritty urban fiction story that follows a woman caught up in love, money, drugs, and the street life. As the choices she makes start to catch up with her, she’s forced to deal with the consequences.

White Lines

Winter Santiaga is finally released from prison after 15 years, ready to rebuild her life, reclaim her family’s legacy, and get back to the people she loves. But her plans take a shocking turn, sending Winter on a strange, spiritual journey where she...

Life After Death: The Winter Santiaga Series

Winter Santiaga is the spoiled, street-smart daughter of a wealthy Brooklyn drug dealer, living a life of money, designer clothes, and power. But when her father is arrested and her family’s world falls apart, Winter has to figure out how to survive ...

The Coldest Winter Ever: The Winter Santiaga Series

Winter Santiaga is back and trying to figure out life after everything she’s been through. Now she’s dealing with love, money, fame, revenge, and her newfound awareness of God, heaven, and hell.

Love After Midnight: The Winter Santiaga Series

Eden Shelton thought she had the perfect marriage until she discovers that her husband has been keeping some serious secrets. Once the truth comes out, Eden’s heartbreak turns into anger, revenge, and a plan to make him pay.

Cutthroat

Nova’s life gets complicated when her boyfriend’s older brother, Master, decides he wants her. What starts as attraction turns into a dangerous betrayal when her boyfriend gets out of prison and learns what happened while he was gone.

When a Gangsta Wants You

Sky is working hard to take care of herself and her son, but everything changes when she gets caught up with a dangerous crime family, her ex getting out of prison, and feelings from someone she never expected.

Misfit Love

Bless is a talented painter grieving the loss of his wife, Queen, and living a secluded life through his art. But when an unexpected visitor shows up at his home, he gets pulled into a dangerous situation that turns his quiet life upside down.

The Streets Have No Queen

Power and his best friend Kane are making a name for themselves in QueensBoro, building a rap group while staying connected to the streets. But things get messy when Power finds himself caught in a dangerous love triangle involving a label owner and ...

Gods & Gangsters by SLMN

Set on 145th Street in Harlem, this collection follows different people in the neighborhood, each with their own story from young love and street life to loss, friendship, and family. Every story gives you a different look at the people and experienc...

145th Street: Short Stories

Pandora Harris grew up in an isolated community that doesn’t allow men, and she’s never questioned the life she was raised in—until her best friend suddenly goes missing. Determined to find her, Pandora leaves the only world she’s ever known and cros...

The Perfect Sister

Pandora, Raven, and Princess are still trying to find Erin after escaping the dangerous community they were raised in. Now in Atlanta, Pandora starts uncovering shocking truths about her family while Detective Khalin Jones is also searching for answe...

The Perfect Sister 2

Ken Swift’s life gets complicated when his estranged daughter suddenly returns demanding $50,000 just as a dangerous job starts going sideways. Now he’s caught between family, money, revenge, and trouble he can’t escape.

Bad Men and Wicked Women

Landon and Shay can’t stand each other, until a reckless bet challenges them to make each other fall in love. What starts as a game quickly becomes real, and they find themselves caught between first love, heartbreak, and feelings neither of them exp...

Landon & Shay (Chances)

Serenity James is a medical student trying to balance the pressure of school with her growing social media fame. When she connects with a reclusive bestselling author, their relationship turns into an unexpected arrangement that could change both of ...

Sweet Serenity

After years of struggling, a young woman finds herself caught between love, money, and the fast life when she gets pulled into a world where one wrong move could change everything. As the stakes get higher, she has to decide how far she’s willing to ...

The Quarter Queen

When tragedy shakes her family, a young woman is forced to confront the pain, secrets, and memories that have shaped her life. As she pieces together the past, she begins to uncover truths that may change everything she thought she knew. Expect fami...

On Sundays She Picked Flowers

Remy is struggling to write her next book while watching her best friends move on with their lives. Then she meets Simone, whose own life is falling apart after her family discovers a secret she’s been keeping. The two form an unexpected friendship t...

Love by the Book: A Novel

Yasmen and Josiah were once happily married, but after tragedy changes everything, their marriage falls apart. Years later, they’re trying to co-parent and move forward but the love between them never really went away. Now they have to decide if they...

Before I Let Go

Brynn and John are both dealing with complicated situations when they meet, but the chemistry between them is hard to ignore. As their connection gets deeper, they have to figure out if they can make it work despite everything happening around them. ...

Can't Get Enough

When Soledad’s life is suddenly turned upside down, she’s left to pick up the pieces and figure out who she is outside of the life she thought she’d have. Along the way, she discovers new friendships, new possibilities, and a chance at a love she nev...

This Could Be Us

Four generations of Black women are dealing with motherhood, family, old wounds, and the things they’ve carried for years. When they get the chance to raise a new generation differently, they have to face their past and each other.

Grown Women