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  • Det store ødet by Kristin Hannah

    Det store ødet by Kristin Hannah

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Alaska, 1974.Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier...
  • The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A breath-taking debut novel that chronicles the journey of generations of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade to our own tumultuous eraThe great scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois, once wrote about the Problem of race in America, and what he called ‘Double Consciousness,’ a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive...
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  • Ethic 4 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 4 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After facing his biggest sin, Ethic finds forgiveness within the love of his life. Alani is the woman he’s been searching for his entire existence but loving her comes with a price…his soul…she wants his soul…When Alani tells Ethic she can’t be with a man who doesn’t believe in God, Ethic must face his only fear, trusting something he can’t see...
  • The Cartel by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    The Cartel by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars worth of cocaine every year, and The Cartel controls eighty percent of it. The Diamond family is a force to be reckoned with, but all hell breaks loose when they lose their leader. The most ruthless gangster Miami has ever seen, Carter Diamond leaves behind a wife, twin sons, a daughter, and a secret. The secret is his illegitimate son, Carter Jones...
  • A Love So Good- The Chamber Brothers 3 by K. Renee

    A Love So Good- The Chamber Brothers 3 by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Chamber must mean chaos in some language because nothing else explains the drama that has struck this family.Nassir’s car being struck by gun fire, and Cassie being kidnapped was just the start of a downhill spiral for this family...
  • Ethic 5 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 5 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Life has never been easy for Ethic. Since he was a young boy he has battled loss after loss while struggling to navigate through a treacherous world. When he met Alani Lenika Hill he knew that he had met the woman who would love him back to life...
  • Thugs and the Women Who Love Them by Wahida Clark

    Thugs and the Women Who Love Them by Wahida Clark

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Essence® bestselling author Wahida Clark is all too familiar with the terrifying truths of ghetto life. The first novel in her gritty, gripping series takes you on into a world where a wrong choice could be the last choice a person ever makes. In a 'hood boiling over with sex, brutality, and crime, three friends are at a turning point...
  • Hood Supreme 2 by Mz. Lady P.

    Hood Supreme 2 by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Alexander Family is back like they never left. With their fate resting in the hands of the government the ladies in their life have to run things. Miyani, Gavin, and Dream have stepped up in a major way for the men that they love. While her grandsons have been behind the wall Ms. Gladys has groomed the girls to be the Boss Bitches that Team Supreme needs...
  • Ethic 6 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 6 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The final book to the legendary Ethic series by Ashley Antoinette concludes the heart wrenching story of Ezra Okafor. Will he find forever with his one true love? Will Alani ever truly forgive Ethic, or are they destined to say goodbye? Will Morgan and Messiah repair their love before it's too late? Step into Ethic Land once more as Antoinette pens the greatest love story of this generation...
  • A Love So Good: The Chamber Brothers by K. Renee

    A Love So Good: The Chamber Brothers by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life for the Chamber Brothers can be described many different ways but easy is a word that can never be used. After the death of their mother, brothers Priest and Nas step up to run their father’s drug empire.A true test of loyalty helps Priest Chamber find out his marriage isn’t really built on unconditional love...
  • The Right of Love by Love Belvin

    The Right of Love by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    “After the hot sex comes the real world.” “What was that?” “My therapist once said, ‘after the hot sex comes the real world. Or in wayward love, the drama is sprinkled in between passionate lovemaking’.” “That sounds more like one of them novels you like to read.” “No. Ours is too hilly to be a traditional romance story.” And it is...
  • Daddy's Gurlz 3 by Diamond D. Johnson

    Daddy's Gurlz 3 by Diamond D. Johnson

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The main question that everyone wants to know is, “Who shot Uzi?” With the lifestyle that Uzi lives, it could be anyone. We’re talking about a woman here, who has grown men that envy her because of her status in the streets...
  • Diamonds Are Forever by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Diamonds Are Forever by Ashley Antoinette, JaQuavis Coleman

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "The Diamond family has survived murder, deceit, and betrayal. Through it all, they're still standing tall, and a new era has begun. After surviving a failed attempt on her life, Breeze has moved into the queen's position by Zyir's side. Zyir has taken over the empire and locked down Miami's streets; the world is in his hands. But there is always new blood ready to overthrow the throne...
  • The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    The Sterling Shore Series by C.M. Owens

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Limited time bundle that includes Book 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 of the Sterling Shore series. No cliffhangers. Book 1 - Hooked on the Game Kade Colton and Raya Capperton come from two different worlds, but one thing they have in common is that they have both judged each other wrong. Opposites don't just attract; they collide and shift the world off its axis...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  humor  contemporary  m-f  length-epic
  • Bittersweet Melody  by Kate Stewart

    Bittersweet Melody by Kate Stewart

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The vows are just the beginning…For Natalie, being the wife to the most sought-after rock star on the planet has its privileges, but in the last year, she’s been put through the wringer as far as the pitfalls...
  • Tethered Love by Kimberly Brown

    Tethered Love by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Eliana Barlow has spent years longing to be a mother. With six miscarriages, she is finally blessed with a beautiful baby girl through the loss of her best friend Porchea. The loss of her husband in the line of duty only two years later proves to Eliana that life can be cruel. Dealing with heartbreak amid raising her daughter is no easy task, but Eliana manages to do it all with grace...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  contemporary  length-medium
  • A Love Worth Fighting For: Cannon & Tiff by K. Renee

    A Love Worth Fighting For: Cannon & Tiff by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.84 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You can’t compete where you don’t compare has never been truer than in Cannon and Tiff’s situationship. Cannon swore that he would get Tiff by any means necessary. Things seemed to be going that way a few times, but Tiff just wasn’t ready. Back in her hometown after moving, Tiff runs into Cannon, and it is not a happy reunion...
  • Stone Rules by Samantha Christy

    Stone Rules by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Charlie Tate doesn’t live by the rules. Ethan Stone is bound by them. When Charlie returns home after five years away, she has only one thing on her mind – revenge. When she enlists the help of Ethan, a private investigator, she has him challenging many of his rules. And Charlie begins to look at him as she has never been able to look at any other man...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  abuse  m-f  length-medium
  • Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada

    Sweat and Soap, Vol. 3 by Kintetsu Yamada

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The office romance between the quiet and sweet accountant Asako, who's spent her life ashamed of how much she sweats, and rising star of the bath and toiletry world Kotaro got off to a fast and steamy start! Kotaro's status at the company has made her wary of revealing their relationship to their colleagues at Liliadrop, and she's stumbled into the discovery that Kotaro has been mentoring an...
  • A Love Worth Fighting For: Cannon & Tiff 2 by K. Renee

    A Love Worth Fighting For: Cannon & Tiff 2 by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you have to cut ties with the one you always vowed to protect, things get hard. Cannon quickly comes to realize that just because you share DNA with a person that does not make them family...
  • His Love Was Law 2 by K. Renee

    His Love Was Law 2 by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When tragedy strikes it strikes hard and fast. Law and Sin are stuck on how to fix a series of unfortunate events. Tragedy has the ability to either pull people closer or push them further apart. Shantel’s true colors were revealed at the wedding reception and Law can finally see her for who she is...
  • The Way My Heart Is Built 2 by Nikki Brown

    The Way My Heart Is Built 2 by Nikki Brown

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the odds stacked against her, the only thing that Sayora can find solace in is the Karma of everyone who has ever wronged her. Set on a mission, she forces herself to tame her needy heart, but Omega has other plans. He refuses to let Sayora push him away and he does what he needs to do to let her know that he’s in her corner but not everyone is okay with that...
  • Boss Ladies and The Thugs Who Love Them: Thug Legacy 3 by Mz. Lady P.

    Boss Ladies and The Thugs Who Love Them: Thug Legacy 3 by Mz. Lady P.

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Thug can’t be a Thug without a Boss Lady to ride shotgun with him in the streets. For years Boss Lady Inc. held down Thug Inc. and took no shorts or losses from anyone. With them all being retired it’s a new crew with new issues and of course the relationship drama that goes with it. Cut from a different cloth the new breed of Boss Ladies will have to Boss Up and show that with Legacy Inc...
  • The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Walker Jareau prided himself on being a player. Women came a dime a dozen, and he was like a revolving door... until he met the one woman who threatened to swipe his player card—Jorja Sandifer. The beautiful dancer captivated him from the moment he laid eyes on her. It didn’t take long for the friends with benefits to migrate into an unconventional relationship, laced with a bit of toxicity...
  • Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Healing requires separation. When Ethic discovers malice in a woman he thought was perfect, he walks away from their love. Keeping his family safe is his main priority and falling for Alani Lenika Hill is dangerous. The history of their love haunts him however, and getting over her isn't easy. Alani has beguiled his two youngest children and they crave her presence as much as Ethic...
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Jareau Family Wedding by Kimberly Brown

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Jareau Family Wedding by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Heartbreak birthed a beautiful love story.When Jamison Jareau hired a nanny, he wasn't expecting to fall in love. The moment Aleviyah Sandifer entered his home, his world was forever changed. Try as he might, he just couldn't fight his attraction. Forced to finally confront his grief over losing his wife, Jamison found an unexpected happiness with Aleviyah...
  • A Madaris Bride for Christmas by Brenda Jackson

    A Madaris Bride for Christmas by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He refuses to get matched, but is about to stumble into his own trap… Don’t miss this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson. One by one, Madaris men have surrendered to the matchmaking schemes of Felicia Laverne Madaris, matriarch of the family. But Lee Madaris isn’t letting anyone else control his destiny...
  • Game of Hearts by Emilia Finn

    Game of Hearts by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is book 3 in the brand new series by Emilia Finn. Stacked Deck is the highly anticipated 'Next Generation' series, and begins with our first baby - Evie "Smalls" Kincaid. Full blurb coming soon...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  humor  contemporary  length-long  m-f
  • Fiercely Emma by J. Bengtsson

    Fiercely Emma by J. Bengtsson

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Emma, older sister of renowned rock star Jake McKallister, has crafted a quiet existence for herself. Fiercely independent, scorned at work, and indifferent to relationships, she’s spent the past decade trying to move on from the crime that shook her family to the core...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  humor  contemporary  length-medium  m-f
  • Confessions of a Hustla's Housekeeper 2 by Jahquel J.

    Confessions of a Hustla's Housekeeper 2 by Jahquel J.

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Yves worked so hard to build a better life and rid herself of her ex-husband. When she sees him in Vee’s kitchen her entire world feels like it went back to the day her daughter died. With her ex-husband back in her life, she has to deal with all the past traumas that their marriage has caused...
  • The Sweetest Thing I've Known by AshleyNicole

    The Sweetest Thing I've Known by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After ten years in an ugly relationship, Choyce is finally free. Not only is she free, but she's also caught the eye of her new neighbor's grandson. He's everything her ex wasn’t and everything she’s ever wanted.Plus, he comes with a gregarious, loving family that is all too eager to bring Choyce into the fold...
  • Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Ember by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    INKED PROTECTOR REUNITES WITH A SINGLE MOTHER.Rocco Caldo is tall, dark, and handsome, but not interested in love. Loyal to a fault, he can’t turn away an old friend in need or a beautiful woman on the run…especially when they have unfinished business.Rebel Bishop is a single mom, looking for shelter, not a handout...
  • These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    These Reckless Hearts by E.M. Moore

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Stone Jacobs must…help me. My life has always been defined by two interconnected things:I’m a Wilder.I’m a treasure hunter.What happens when both of those things are threatened? When who I am gets pulled out from under me and my greatest enemy of all destroys me even further?Lance and his mercenaries aren’t going to stop...
  • At the End of It All by Rae Lyse

    At the End of It All by Rae Lyse

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Endings.Everyone and everything has one. They’re inevitable, right?At twenty-one, Ason 'Ace' Williams Jr. knows all about inevitable endings. He’s formerly famous, a popular rapper’s muse, the son of a three-time NBA champ, and a little... complicated . After a disturbing scandal and loss rocks his world, he’s left to deal with both in a city that doesn’t quite feel like home...
  • Ignite by Chelle Bliss

    Ignite by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mammoth Saint always had the brotherhood and the wind.Then he found Tamara Gallo and nothing else mattered.And when he decides to leave the MC, trouble follows.But when you love a Gallo, you never fight alone.Ignite is the fifth book in the new steamy romance Men of Inked: Heatwave series by Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Chelle Bliss...
  • Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Bishop men are nothing but a plague on this planet, a disease that needs eradication before it spreads. They’re murderers. Liars. Thieves. The day I met Colum Bishop, I thought my life was finally turning around. I was led to believe he would be our saviour. He was supposed to be our hero, a long awaited reprieve from the hardships life insisted on throwing at my mom and me...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  sports  military  suspense  contemporary  m-f
  • Reckless Invitation by Samantha Christy

    Reckless Invitation by Samantha Christy

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I play guitar.I create music.It's all I ever wanted to do.But I'm in a serious rut.I've lived under the shadow of my ugly past for so long, I can't see a future.Then she falls into my life.And suddenly, all I can hear are riffs, melodies, and beats.She's my muse--my inspiration.She's exactly what I need to get me back into the groove...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  contemporary  length-medium
  • SUIT by B.B. Easton

    SUIT by B.B. Easton

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Because BB Easton had so much fun writing her bestselling, award-winning memoir, 44 CHAPTERS ABOUT 4 MEN, she decided to give each of her four men his own steamy standalone. SUIT is Ken's book—the hilarious, heartwarming tale of how BB finally got over her bad boy phase and found happily ever after with…gasp…a guy in a tie...
  • The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    The Burial of a Player by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Walker Jareau prided himself on being a player. Women came a dime a dozen, and he was like a revolving door... until he met the one woman who threatened to swipe his player card—Jorja Sandifer. The beautiful dancer captivated him from the moment he laid eyes on her. It didn’t take long for the friends with benefits to migrate into an unconventional relationship, laced with a bit of toxicity...
  • Never Love Another 2 by K.C. Mills

    Never Love Another 2 by K.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The past keeps resurfacing, and tensions are high. The Garner men are being targeted because of secrets and lies that will soon come to light. Not only that, but the women in their lives are feeling pressure as well and are not exempt from being pulled into the chaos...
  • Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown

    Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ariyanna "Ari" Ramirez has had enough of no love. After a two-year relationship filled with more heartbreak than happiness, she is starting over. When she meets handsome, suave, single father, Simeon "Sime" Cartwright, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Their romance is one for the ages, but nothing worth having comes easy and Ari is paying the ultimate price...
  • Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s...
  • Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Desired Too by S.K. Lessly

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Angel and Raquel possess two very strong personalities separately. They are alphas to the core. The problem comes when these two fire-filled individuals come together. One needs to be in control while the other refuses to be controlled. Angel Leonetti, the complete Alpha Male “Let me first address this ‘using you’ shit that you mentioned...
  • Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Enamored by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    All it takes is a little friction to turn up the heat in the third Accidental Billionaires novel by New York Times bestselling author J.S. Scott.Like his brothers and sisters, Seth Sinclair went from blue-collar to billionaire overnight, and he’s decided to invest in what he knows best: construction...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  super rich hero  contemporary  m-f
  • I Commit To You: A Jareau Family Wedding by Kimberly Brown

    I Commit To You: A Jareau Family Wedding by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From tragedy to triumph.Cartel and Adina are the rose that grew from the concrete. Drama, hardships, and life altering events threatened the couple who wanted nothing more that to be happy, free, and at peace. After an emotional beginning these two have finally found their journey to a happy ending...
  • Liam by Grey Huffington

    Liam by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Follow along as Liam and Laura explore their past. Secrets are uncovered and hearts are broken in the process. In this novelette, hear Liam's side of the story and how his actions led to The Domino Effect.This is NOT a full book. Don't expect one. It is a brief synopsis that leads to The Domino Effect...
  • I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    While everyone in the family is finding love and starting families, Chad Berotte feels like his life is at a standstill. His job is stressful as ever because of an issue that reaches back over ten years, and his past situations regarding love have affected him negatively, losing his mother being the main one...
  • Revive Me, Part One: The Act by J.L. Seegars

    Revive Me, Part One: The Act by J.L. Seegars

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    MalloryThe first time I kissed Christopher Johnson, I knew he would be my biggest mistake. It didn’t stop me from wanting him though, and when the ghosts from my past came barging into the present, it didn’t stop me from agreeing to let him help...
  • Chasing You by Kelly Elliott

    Chasing You by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I chased, you pushedI chased, you friend zonedI chased, you fellNow I chase to protect you.You chased, I resistedYou chased, I acceptedYou chased, I fell Now I pray you’re not too late.After finally winning the heart of the woman I loved, there was no way in hell he was taking her from me...
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