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Babi is holding her incarcerated man, Too Low, down. She loves him dearly, but is now questioning their future, as she realizes that he’s never going to change. Then just as she begins to reexamine her relationship, she ends up laying hands on an associate, damaging a certain somebody’s car in the process. Now, Face, the car owner, wants Babi to pay up, and we’re not talking monetarily.What will Babi do when she faces temptation? Will she fold when a rich man wants her? Or will she remain loyal to her first and only love?Exclusive content from The Borrowed Love crew is also at the end of this novel only in paperback. Read more

A debt too deep. A deal too dangerous. A man too ruthless to resist.Aurmoni Sinclair wasn’t looking for a savior—especially not one as merciless, wealthy, and sinfully untouchable as Bankston DeLuca. Her nightclub was her freedom, but drowning in debt left her with no way out. So when Houston’s most feared underboss offers her an impossible choice—marry him, carry his child, and in return, her debts disappear—she should have run.But Bankston doesn’t ask twice. He takes. And now? She belongs to him.Bankston never wanted a wife. Never wanted a child. But he wanted power. And in his world, power comes with a legacy. To claim his rightful throne, he needs an heir—and a woman who knows how to obey.Aurmoni? She’s not that woman. She’s a fighter. She challenges him at every turn, refusing to bend, refusing to break. She’s his biggest complication. His greatest temptation.And if she thinks she can resist him? She’s dead wrong.In the streets, love is weakness. But when enemies close in and blood spills in the name of revenge, Bankston will face a choice:Let her go?Or keep his most dangerous possession… forever.She was never meant to be more than a contract.But neither was obsession. Read more

In the aftermath of heartbreak and betrayal, Avery finds herself trapped in emotional turmoil. After losing and reclaiming Maasai, only to discover his shocking engagement, she’s left questioning everything. Torn between fighting for the man she loves and respecting his familial obligations, Avery struggles to hold onto her sanity. Adding to her confusion is the sudden reappearance of her estranged father, whose intentions remain uncertain. Should she trust his story and open herself to a relationship, or is that painful chapter better left closed? With danger lurking around every corner and her life spiraling out of control, Avery wonders if she'll ever find the peace and happiness she desperately craves.Meanwhile, Maasai faces battles of his own. Determined to win Avery back, he must also uncover the identity of the snake in his grass before it's too late. With his attention dangerously divided, Maasai becomes an easy target in a ruthless criminal underworld. Raised on the code of death before dishonor, he’s prepared to live and die by the gun—but Avery’s presence changes everything. Now, Maasai must choose between loyalty to the streets and the woman who holds his heart. Can he escape the deadly cycle, or will his past decisions seal their fate?As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, Avery and Maasai must confront the ultimate question: Is their love strong enough to survive when the world seems determined to tear them apart? In this emotionally charged, raw, and unforgettable hood love story, J. Dominique explores the complexities of family, the weight of loyalty, and the devastating consequences of choices made in the name of love. Read more

Kenya has mastered the art of keeping people at a distance. After a painful betrayal, she's convinced love is nothing more than a weakness she can't afford. Sanchez, however, is a man who knows exactly what he wants-power, legacy, and a love that can stand the test of time.Their connection is undeniable, but Kenya is determined to fight it, unwilling to risk her heart again. Sanchez, steady and relentless, refuses to play by her rules. He challenges her, breaks down her walls piece by piece, but never loses himself in the process. He's not a man to be controlled-he's a leader, and he won't let Kenya run from what's real.As tensions rise and emotions grow impossible to ignore, Kenya is left with a choice: keep running or finally take a chance on the one man who refuses to let her hide. Read more

The deeper the love, the deadlier the war.In the aftermath of devastating betrayal, love doesn't just hurt—it detonates.Bankston DeLuca never imagined falling deeply for the woman he once despised. Yet, as enemies tighten their deadly grip and trusted loyalties fray at the seams, the woman who became his sanctuary now threatens to be his undoing. Aurmoni is no longer just fighting for her life—she’s battling for her sanity, her future, and an unsettling truth she may not be prepared to confront. Each buried secret and uncovered lie pulls her deeper into the turmoil, making her question the man she risked everything to love. Is surviving him worth the price she'll inevitably pay?Meanwhile, Giovanni DeLuca, the legendary Mafia boss, spirals dangerously out of control. The loss of the only person capable of softening his ruthless nature sends him plunging into an abyss of darkness so profound, even his own family isn't safe. As the brutal conflict with the Torres Cartel escalates to a deadly climax, the battle raging inside Giovanni proves even more lethal than the enemies outside.One chilling reality is crystal clear: Nothing will ever be the same.Book Two in the Surrogate to an Unhinged Mafia Boss series returns, packed with even more betrayal, explosive emotional stakes, and heart-wrenching chaos. If the first installment left you breathless, brace yourself—this gripping African American romance, infused with surrogate mafia love, is guaranteed to captivate your heart and mind until the very last page. Read more

I shouldn’t have felt this way about her. She’s my brother-in-law’s first love.She was forbidden fruit. Ain’t shit ever been forbidden for me. I take what I want, and I want her. I shouldn’t have these strong of feelings for a woman I just met.I wanted to lay every man that even thought about looking her way… including my brother-in-law.Erin was mine before she even knew it. Our paths were meant to cross, our future intertwine.I don’t like liars or thieves, but for Erin, I’d pull that ski mask on and steal her heart, if that’s what it takes.He’s my first love’s brother-in-law. Everything about Capone has told me to stay away from him. He’s not good for me, he has the power to make me feel again, and the last time I felt anything for someone, it nearly destroyed me.I should stay away from him, but every part of my body is betraying me. Screaming, yearning, craving his touch and for him to be close to me.I don’t think he would ever need to steal my heart because I would gladly hand it over to him. Read more

Against her controlling father’s protest, Doctor Janelle St. John worked hard to become a veterinarian and open a practice with her best friend. As much as she loves her family, she can’t stomach dealing with her father’s betrayal. While she thought her parents would live happily ever after, he was cheating on her mom and starting a family with one of Janelle’s childhood best friends. Seeing how her parent’s happy marriage was just a fraud gave Janelle the realization that love was a hoax at a young age.Kross Glover is a rare animal breeder who’s drowning in the grief of losing his wife. After leaving the Marines, he worked as a collector and enforcer for The Force until one of his enemies murdered his wife, sending him into an early retirement. After running into Janelle during a run at the park, Kross has a renewed interest in the wiles of the opposite sex.When he’s shot in an ambush, he has to balance trying to find the people who tried to kill him with convincing Janelle that true love is worth risking it all. Can the dark, fine, and mysterious dog breeder sweep Janelle off her feet and make her believe in love again, or will his demons from the past catch up with him first? Find out in Giving Good Love to a Bad Boy. Read more

I knew I wanted her since the first time I saw her at that kitchen counter sobbing. I could see the pain in her eyes, and I knew she had never been loved right. She probably never had someone console or love her the way that I knew that I would. I couldn’t love her then. My heart wouldn’t allow me to, knowing that everything or everyone that loves me ends up leaving this earth.I love Quasim Inferno. I want to love him, heal him, and be everything he never knew he needed. I’ve never been afraid of going after what I want – including the things that were bad for me. With Quasim Inferno, I could see my entire future in his eyes, and it excited me. A man as strong and hard as him, he needed the soft and gentle… and crazy. I wanted to be that for him. Read more

I caught feelings for a man who was never truly mine, nor was he supposed to be. I fell deep into a love so forbidden, so intense, that it consumed every piece of me. Maybe that's exactly what I get for chasing that “I need a Big Dawg” trend from the internet. Now my life feels like it's spinning helplessly in a raggedy washing machine at a corner laundromat—chaotic, messy, and completely out of control.I knew better. Those boundaries should've never been crossed—but knowing and acting were two different worlds entirely.Why did I let myself fall for a successful, handsome, yet utterly dangerous man—a genuine menace to society who showed me a softer side he kept hidden from everyone else? Behind closed doors, we shared nights of passionate kisses, intimate pillow talks, laughter that made us forget our struggles, and moments so intense they left marks on our souls. Yet from the start, it was clear: he didn't want love, didn't desire a family, and initially, neither did I.Sometimes, you dive headfirst into chaos, desperately hoping the story ends differently. Despite every red flag and every screaming instinct telling me to leave, I chose to stay—chasing a love that was never promised.Now, I'm pregnant, feeling painfully unwanted, and undeniably desperate—craving the love only he can provide, longing for his touch, needing his embrace to feel secure. The truth was there all along, yet I can't stop yearning to be the peace he desperately needs but won’t admit to. Can I somehow convince him that the home he runs from is right here with me, with us?I'm Pregnant...What You Telling Me For 2 by Yona Pearson is a deeply emotional African American romanceexploring forbidden desires, heart-wrenching choices, and the lengths we go to when our hearts are bound to someone who’s emotionally unavailable. Read more

Who would've ever thought Serenity Huxley would make it to graduation day?Raised in the projects by an aunt who ain’t never let her forget she wasn’t wanted, and a mama branded crazy and tossed away like trash, Serenity’s life has been one long fight for peace. Thick, smart, and guarded with a heart full of bruises, she just wanted to walk that stage, collect her diploma, and disappear into something better.But peace don’t come easy in the hood.Not with a secret relationship with Bryson—the local baseball celebrity with wandering eyes and a cheating heart. 'Cause with friends like Jaliyah who needs enemies. And with unpredictable drama poppin’ off at any given time, there’s no time to relax.Serenity’s world starts unraveling fast—and just when it feels like she can’t take any more, she crashes into Zayden Banks. Literally… He’s quiet. Dangerous. A self-made millionaire with a felony past and a heart wrapped in scars. He sees something in Serenity she forgot existed… Her worth. But love can be a battlefield that neither wants to fight.As secrets explode, betrayals cut deep, and blood spills in the streets, Serenity discovers that her entire life is built on lies. From her aunt’s twisted control to her mother’s dirty secrets… and a shocking revelation that changes everything. Now, someone from her past is coming to collect. And the final scene is pure war, but will Serenity come out unscathed? Read more

After years of mourning his late wife, Kross is finally ready to open his heart to love. There is only one man standing in the way of him having the freedom to love without worrying about looking over his shoulder. Fortunately, he happens to be in the right place at the right time. In order to live happily ever after with the woman who captivated him at first glance, this bad boy had to leave his past life of crime behind. Unfortunately, he has to resort to his old ways to ensure both their safety.Janelle spent too many years being angry with her father. An unexpected crisis makes her regret losing so much time with him. Will she use that newfound wisdom to embrace the love that Kross has for her, or will her trust issues cause her to push him away? Once the smoke has settled, everyone shares a common interest in keeping what happened that night from ever getting out, but at what cost?A gunshot? A heart attack? In Giving Good Love to a Bad Boy we were left with questions that needed to be answered. Read more

They thought fire would take everything – my home, my woman, and Elijah. That I’d be nothing but ashes. They forgot who I am. I’m King Inferno. I don’t burn alone. The Inferno Gods don’t just ride—we burn everything in our path Read more

Love wasn’t something that I ever felt before. I knew how to love because I loved my Yaya more than life. I knew that I could love, because the baby I had grown within me and now held, I loved her more than I loved myself. As I watched this man sleep peacefully beside me, one arm around me, keeping me close, I knew that I loved him. I knew that I could see forever with him, and I knew that he would kill any and everything moving when it came to protecting me. Read more

When it comes to my family I will protect them with my life. I’m a protector, and my family is my responsibility. When it comes to my team, I’m the same way. They are family, and the reason that me and Capone are able to do us in the streets, knowing they are tucked away safe. As a man, you sometimes fall short, and something— someone falls through the cracks. I know one thing, I put that on my grandson that I’m going to crack his uncle’s skull. He has hurt his own family, tossed them out to the wolves, and has hurt mine. I don’t take too kindly to people hurting mine. For that, he has to pay in blood. Read more

The Goal: Take my first flight.Twenty-seven-year-old Avery White was tired of waiting—waiting to live, waiting to breathe, waiting to finally put herself first. For years, she sacrificed everything to care for her ill mother, and now that chapter had closed. It was time to start living on her own terms. First up? Facing her fear and boarding an airplane for the first time. But when her best friend bails, she’s left to take that step alone… or so she thought. A fleeting, yet oddly intense, encounter with a stranger wasn’t in the plan. Neither was what happened after.The Plan: Enjoy my last days of freedom before duty calls.For thirty-year-old Maasai McCarter, love had never been a choice—it was an obligation. His entire life was carefully orchestrated, from the way he moved to the way he’d eventually settle down. As the heir to his family’s empire, there was no room for distractions, no room for detours. His fate was sealed. A week of reckless indulgence was supposed to be his final taste of freedom before locking himself into a future he never wanted. But then she happened. A chance meeting. A collision of two souls who weren’t supposed to cross paths.The Proposition: One night. No strings attached. No getting attached.But the mind has a funny way of playing tricks on the heart.What started as a simple escape—a single night of forgetting their realities—quickly turned into something much more complicated. One night became two. Then three. Then an addiction neither of them could shake. She was his peace, his chaos, his perfect distraction. But was she also his undoing?Avery never intended to fall, but she also never expected to feel seen—as if Maasai had cracked open the parts of her she kept hidden, the ones even she was afraid to explore. He knew just what to say, just how to push, just how to make her question everything she thought she wanted.And maybe that was the most dangerous game of all.In the end, will Maasai choose the life that was carved out for him, or will Avery become the reason he risks it all?Airplane Mode (An Arranged Marriage) by J. Dominique is a heart-stopping African American romance that delves into the battle between destiny and desire. If you love intoxicating chemistry, emotional mind games, and the kind of passion that makes you question everything, this one’s for you. Read more

I didn’t mean to fall in love with her; I swear I didn’t. Mercy DeCorte was the good girl of the WNBA. With two rings, a thriving career, and an unblemished image, she didn’t need someone like me in her corner causing havoc.See, me? I was the bad boy of the NBA, known to throw hands with anyone on and off the court. Associating with me would ruin Mercy’s image. She knew that, but she didn’t care.It wasn’t long before the rumors started, and the haters showed themselves. I had to warn a few people that what we had wasn’t about to be broken. They didn’t listen, though, which was their mistake.I may have been the bad boy of the NBA, but Mercy? She was a DeCorte. Yeah, those DeCortes.Get ready, because you already know this isn’t about to be a normal Hoop Session. – Givens Robbins Read more

I came home and ended up with two enemies because of the women I choose to love. Kendra was the one I thought I loved, but the feeling I felt when I looked into Alaia’s eyes told me that I had never experienced love with Kendra. When I looked into my Joy’s eyes, I wanted to give her the stars, moons, and the sky wrapped up with a big fat ass bow. So, for her, I would go to war to make sure Tweety had no parts in touching her ever again. My son’s life was touched because of a man that didn’t understand that I’m at the top. Now, I’m about to touch every person he has ever loved until my hands are wrapped around his throat. For my seeds, I will shed blood. Read more

Everything happened so fast. So much was said, and so much blood was shed. As I stood here with blood on my hands, a knife in someone’s head and everyone looking at each other, there’s only one person I could think to call – my husband. Meer would figure out what to do, and he would come when I called. As I stared at what used to be my best friend, standing with blood on her hands, I realized she had shed the best friend title, and became my sister. Zoya and I stared at her, and it solidified that she would protect the Delgatos, Infernos, and Caselli’s as her own. What happened in this house of horrors? Shit… all you need to know is that it was handled. Read more

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