Even though it doesn’t feel like it here in Alabama, its officially fall. There are so many black books that will release in the next few months. Here are a few that I’m excited about:
Taco ‘Bout Love
Candice Johnson
He needs a marriage of convenience. She can’t imagine anything more inconvenient…
Paisley Bent is having a day. The dilapidated ice cream truck she dreams of converting to her dream taco truck is next to inoperable, and she can’t afford to fix it. The social media show she launched cooking tacos has been poached by her brother-in-law, and just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse, Paisley arrives home to find her boyfriend cheating on her. Enraged, Paisley starts to enact some creative revenge, but her public meltdown is interrupted by a hot, handsome stranger.
Everson Loving has a problem, and Paisley might be the solution. To honor his mother, he wants to open a library, but his inheritance is held up due to an irritating clause—marriage. Paisley is gorgeous, sexy, funny and a wicked talent fixing his favorite food. She’s also in desperate need of cash. Can Ever convince her to fake wedded bliss for six months?
They both have a reason to lie, but why does their fake love feel like the truth?
Promise Me a Miracle series
ABOUT THE PROMISE ME A MIRACLE SERIES:
Each book can be read in any order.
Everyone on Chicago’s A-list has RSVP’ed to Dro Reyes and Lola Samuels’ lavish wedding of the century. The date is set and all the decadent details are in place …
Until they aren’t. Within days, crucial components are crumbling beneath bizarre twists of fate. D Day is approaching—but will it stand for Dreams or Disaster? Can Dro and Lola’s friends work together to spin mayhem into magic?
Book 1 – Operation Butterfly
Will the maid of honor who is detained in the Middle East make it out in time to be by the bride’s side?
Book 2 – Operation Diamond
Can the transporter survive her deadly past to deliver the rings?
Book 3 – Operation Ivory
Can a designer pull off a last-minute repair the vandalized wedding gown?
Book 4 – Operation Valastro
Will the culinary staff be cured of a mysterious illness in time to prepare a feast fit for a King?
Book 5 – Operation Lotus
Will the missing florist and the groom who is trapped behind enemy lines be found and rescued before the nuptials?
Murder in Berkeley Square
Vanessa Riley
A marriage of convenience saved Lady Abigail Worthing’s family from disgrace, but she’s finding her absent husband’s endless conditions increasingly repressive. Unable to stay at their London home during the oncoming winter, she accepts a ride to the country from her neighbor, Stapleton Henderson. However, she’s less than delighted that she’s his excuse to avoid a dinner held by Lord Charles Duncan, one of London’s most powerful—and relentless—magistrates. More irritating, women are decidedly unwelcome at the evening’s prestigious discussion of criminality—even though Abigail and Stapleton have solved several cases together . . .
Then an unexpected blizzard strands them at Lord Duncan’s with his now-houseguests. Suddenly, an evening of fine dining, fine brandy, and insightful debate becomes an inescapable—and deadly—ordeal. The ultimate test for Abigial’s skill. One of the dinner guests is found dead in front of the Berkley Square mansion. And when another party is murdered, Abigail discovers each had received a taunting, prophetic nursery rhyme . . . coincidence, or clues left by a killer on the loose?
Through deft interrogation, she learns everyone present is connected to Lord Duncan’s greatest failure in the courts: the conviction of a Martinique plantation informant for a murder he didn’t commit. But as Abigail races to find who was really responsible for the miscarriage of justice, she’ll be forced to put her own and Stapleton’s lives at risk in a gambit that will alter their fates forever—or end them permanently.
https://amzn.to/3MXQdID
The Soulmate Project
Reese Ryan
Emerie Roberts is tired of waiting for her best friend, Nicholas Washington, to realize that the two of them would make a perfect couple. And she’s fed up with seeing everyone else get their happy ending while hers is nowhere in sight. When she finally works up the nerve to tell Nick how she feels, she’s devastated to discover that he doesn’t share the same feelings. With her heart broken, Emerie makes a promise to herself that by the same time next year, she will have found the love of her life using a seven-step Soulmate Project.
Meanwhile, despite his deep-seated relationship issues, Nick is forced to confront his growing feelings for his best friend, whether he wants to or not. Can Nick accept that Emerie is his soulmate before the project tears them apart for good?
Accomplices in Love
Pat Simmons
Are you willing to give up your first love? Pace Jamieson is not. But he has to listen to the Lord to know when to fight and when to retreat.
Harmony Reed knows that Pace is genuine when it comes to his feelings for her, his eyes could melt chocolate, and he’s focused on her, but it’s complicated. He’s her best friends’ brother. Right now, Harmony isn’t on the best terms with Kami and Victoria because of their secrets.
But Pace’s magnetism is irresistible. They soon find love isn’t easy. There are sacrifices and compromises.
Plus, their families and God know they are meant for each other, but first, they have to learn some life lessons.
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Parke “Pace” Jamieson VIII knows something is special about Harmony Reed, his sister’s college friend who was almost stranded in St. Louis for Christmas. She checks all his compatibility boxes: looks, charm, a great sense of humor, and strong attraction. Plus, the Jamiesons love her.
When not at school, Harmony lives in Chicago with her three overprotective brothers. She is not interested in a relationship with her best friend’s brother.
Pace, who lives in St. Louis, is not deterred by the distance, her objections, or her brothers. He’s a Jamieson, and they play to win.
Safe House Security
Jacquelin Thomas
When two law enforcers reunite to protect a key witness, the only thing more dangerous than the cartel is the chemistry between them…
Deputy US marshal Nova Bennett and DEA special agent River Randolph have one mission: safeguard a former money launderer from the Mancuso cartel. But when the witness is killed and his wife flees witness protection, Nova and River embark on a cross-country search to keep the terrified target alive. With the murderers hot on their trail and the rising danger only rivaled by their attraction, these two seasoned pros will risk everything to locate the innocent victim and bring her back alive.
https://amzn.to/47GO0Li
So That You May Live
Denise Walker
In the third installment of The Redemption Series, Hannah Jefferson is called to step outside of her comfort zone. This causes her to waver in her faith. When she finally accepts God’s call, she begins to feel a renewed sense of purpose and is determined to help other women discover and live out their God-given callings. Hannah sets out to establish the “So That You May Live Women’s Development Center,” a place where women can find support, guidance, and the tools needed to pursue their destinies.
However, the path to fulfilling this vision is anything but easy. As she steps out in obedience, Hannah faces unexpected obstacles that test her tenacity. To make matters more challenging, shadows from her past resurface, threatening to derail her progress and shake her faith. But in the midst of these trials, Hannah is called to a deeper level of forgiveness and trust in God’s plan.
What begins as a journey to obedience soon becomes a powerful testimony. At last, Hannah’s struggles become a source of strength, enabling her to minister boldly. By facing her past and embracing God’s redemption in the midst of tragedy, Hannah emerges as a living example of grace and perseverance, inspiring others to follow their own path with courage and knowing who they are in Christ.
A Legend in the Baking
Jamie Wesley
August Hodges was supposed to be the silent partner in Sugar Blitz Cupcakes. Emphasis on silent. That is until his impromptu feminist rant about how women bakers are the backbone of the industry and baking cupcakes isn’t a threat to masculinity goes viral, making him the hottest bachelor in town. With a new location in the works, August and his partners decide to capitalize on this perfect opportunity to help cement their place in the community. But the hiring of his best friend’s younger sister, the woman who has haunted some of his best dreams for years, was as much of a shock as his new-found fame.
Social media manager Sloane Dell fell hard for her brother’s best friend the moment she met him more than a decade ago, but that teenage infatuation cost her dearly. Still, she accepts her brother’s request to revamp the bakery’s social media presence to take advantage of August’s newfound popularity, knowing it’s the big break her fledgling career needs. She’ll just ignore the fact that August is still August, i.e. sexier and sweeter than any man has a right to be. And that he drives her crazy with his resistance to all her ideas.
They vow to leave the past in the past. But when an explosive make-out session makes it clear their attraction burns hotter than ever, Sloane and August are forced to reconsider what it means to take a risk and chase your dreams.
As they’re both about to find out, all’s fair in love and cupcakes.
Beautiful Broken Love
Shanora Williams
It’s been months since her dreams of forever were brutally shattered. Seven long months since her husband and soulmate, Lew, died in her arms, leaving her to carry on. Alone. And Davina Klein-Roberts still isn’t sure how to move forward.
To escape her anguish, Davina throws everything into work, pushing Golden Oil Co., her self-built skin care line, to become a viral success. Now she’s poised to clinch a major endorsement deal too. But it’s bittersweet without Lew by her side.
A meeting with Deke Bishop, the hot NBA star she’s courting for her brand, leaves Davina flustered. With his dimpled smile and warm handshake, Deke’s a natural pitchman. And he’s clearly interested—not only in her lotions.
Davina soon discovers that Deke’s more than just another player and carries his own pain. But as her feelings for him grow, so does her guilt. Will the pain of a future already lost keep her from embracing hope for a new one?