Books of Soul

New African American Books: Romance

Strawberries Stilettos and Steam by Imani True and Dreama Skye

December 17, 2011
Camille works hard. But when she steps out of her stilettos, this video voyeur embraces her erotic side by peeking in on the fantasies of others who are bold enough to live them out.
Come along with Camille as she gets “Turned On and Turned Out,” runs into an unexpected “Detour,” celebrates “Nika’s Birthday,” learns the price for “Disturbing the Peace,” and scratches her “Sophomore Itch” all in the same night.

With their debut collaboration, Imani True and Dreama Skye give you a sneak peek into Camille’s world where she can be, do, say, and have whatever she desires at that moment. It’s an erotic buffet of sensual indulgence where strawberries, the perfect pair of stilettos, and just the right amount of steam are always on the menu. So bring your appetite and your imagination.

And remember: Camille’s camera is always ready. The question is.. Are You?

Sex Isn’t Enough by Alicia D. Dervin

October 12, 2011
Carrie Ann Woods has had enough. Sick and tired of allowing men to come in and out her life without a real commitment, she has convinced herself that she is worth much more and that she deserves to find true love. While remaining hesitant to give her heart away, she will recall the pain from her past and use everything she’s learned about love and life to her advantage in the novel, Sex Isn’t Enough.

As the owner of a successful public relations firm in Miami, this sexy and fiery soon to be 30-year-old often finds herself surrounded by athletes, musicians and other public figures that all turn to her when they want to get into or stay out of the media. Her relationship with a married man causes her to wonder if real love even exists and if she’ll ever find it. Like many women her age she starts to tell herself that her biological clock is ticking. She sets out to prove to herself that romance means more than good sex. Sex Isn’t Enough is packed with scandal, drama, passion, and pleasure as Carrie narrates readers through her journey of learning to believe in love.

Wealthy & Wicked by Chris Renee

October 12, 2011
Tracey Robbins has it all: money, successful, business, and a closet a girl would kill for. St. Louis is her playground as everybody who wants to be somebody tries desperately to be in her circle. However, living the young, black, and privileged life comes with perks that could turn the purest hearts wicked, just for a chance to be like her. The unannounced arrival of Tez, a sexy seemingly no good thug, sends her life in a downward spiral that no one saw coming. Soon after, she finds herself the center of a devious plan to ruin her life. Betrayal runs deep as the people the closest to her begin to show their true colors. With her back against the wall, she finds love in an unlikely pair of arms. Will that love be enough to save her, or will she remain lost in the pursuit of wealth?

Available December 20, 2011

The Millionaire Mistress by Tiphani Montgomery

October 10, 2011
Chasing money is all Chloe has ever known. Just when she thinks she’s got it all, times get tight, and her body is put to work in the bedroom. Between sexin’ married men for hire and searching for the man who would get her out the game; her life is shattered when her cousin Oshyn, pulls in a drug dealer with deep pockets.

Oshyn knows her conniving cousin would do anything to walk in her shoes, so she flaunts glamorous gifts and icey diamonds, given to her by new love, Brooklyn Jones. Chloe gets senseless and resorts to desperate measures when she can’t steal Brooklyn from Oshyn. When her wild sexual escapades don’t work, she uses the ultimate betrayal as her weapon. But her plan is destroyed when a tragic moment happens that shocks everyone.

Will Chloe look past her evil ways and change for the better, or will their fate be a replica of their dark family secret? There’s a reason why their mothers are locked down and six feet under.

The Karma Series by Sabrina Eubanks

October 10, 2011 Karma I
When narcotics detective Lucas Cain meets news reporter Justine Greer, she stops his playa attitude in its tracks. It is love at first sight as the two fall head over heels for each other, despite the influence of Justine’s jealous friend, Simone. While Simone tempts Lucas with her raw sexuality, he struggles to keep his old ways in the past.Lucas and his partner, Noah, accept a dangerous undercover assignment that will topple the empire of the notorious drug lord, Nine. Can Lucas and Noah survive this dangerous bust? Will Lucas revert to his player ways with Simone’s constant temptation? It’s a race between love and lust, and what goes around definitely comes around as KARMA takes its toll.

 

Karma II
The saga continues… The jealousy and betrayal leave a deadly trail of broken hearts. Now, two of New York’s finest, both in beauty and detective work, join Lucas and his sarcastic partner Noah as they once again go undercover to bring down a powerful drug dealer and his crew. The love and lust are bolder than ever as KARMA sweeps through New York City.

 

Karma III
In the third installment of Sabrina Eubanks’ fiery bestselling Karma series, life has been a little rough for narcotics detective Lucas Cain. After his perfect love Justine is tragically taken away from him by a devious femme fatale, Lucas and his trusty partner Noah are assigned to take down the notorious Trinidad brothers. While Lucas attempts to reclaim his life with Nichole, a fellow detective with an unhinged ex-boyfriend – the crooked cop Keith Childs – Noah is gravely wounded in a fight to bring down the Draco Empire. Now inspector Butch Harper is looking for dirty cops and Lucas and Noah are on the hunt for Keith. But things are not what they seem in this tangled tale of love, greed, and treachery. Who will be left standing when the smoke clears? Who will learn that you can t hide from yourself…that KARMA is always just around the cover?

 

The Ultimate No-No by Tamika Newhouse

October 8, 2011
When Dahlia decides to get even with a man, named Troy, who broke her heart she thinks of a master plan. To her dismay after asking Nitrah, her best friend to help her get even, she falls in love with Troy. Not only does this cause a huge rift, the ladies must soon face the fact that they both have lied and their secrets will unveil. Troy thinks he has finally found true love with Nitrah but what will happen when he finds out their relationship is based on a lie. This novel includes, love, sex, deceit, and betrayal. Five characters tell the story as they see it. Learn what The Ultimate NO NO is when it comes to love.

Watch the motion trailer to The Ultimate NO NO By Tamika Newhouse.

Love is Blind by T.J. Chester

October 8, 2011


For ambition and survival, three friends decide to
take on the oldest profession in the world—prostitution. But are they ready for
the danger that comes along with it?

Money can’t buy happiness, and Rae Crenshaw and her
best friends Patrice Walker and Telly Sanders find this out the hard way. To
survive, they sell their bodies to any man who’s willing to pay. This is their
lifestyle; a choice which complements their promiscuous ways.  However, too much greed leads them to make a
bad choice.

Stepping up their game, Patrice and Rae begin
stealing from the men they sleep with. However, Ozell Jenkins, a big time drug
dealer and a regular, is not too happy about that. Rae knows he is up to no
good, so she plans on exposing all the skeletons in his closet. But will she be
able to handle the shocking discovery coming her way?

Find out in T.J. Chester’s Love is Blind.

Skeletons In the Closet by Sabrina A. Hunter

September 12, 2011
Skeletons. Everyone has one. And everybody wants to bury them, deep. Larissa Fontaine, a celebrity publicist, specializes in keeping skeletons hidden. She makes sure her clients shine like the stars they are, or believe they are. Married to a well known actor and co-owner of Clean Closets Public Relations, at 25 years old, she was living the good life. That is, until she became the star of her very own Hollywood scandal, thanks to her husband. Humiliated, Larissa does exactly what she would advise any of her clients to do, leave and take his money with her.

Meet Quincy King and Ana Christina Gonzalez. They are Larissa’s two best friends and are her permanent co-stars. Quincy is a stylist and the other half of Clean Closet Public Relations. Ana is a rising Hollywood star, set to become a household name . She was also Clean Closets first client. They have all been friends for most of their lives and have always shared everything with each other. Or do they?

Titus Anthony III, is a sexy linebacker for the San Diego Maruaders, who lives in LA during the off season. On the same day that her divorce is finalized, Titus and Larissa paths cross as they catch each other’s eye. Titus wants everything Larissa has to offer. But Larissa does not want to get caught up. All she wants from him is his business. But Titus is persistent and is set on proving to her that he is more than just a satisfier in the bedroom. Larissa is determined to live a life in which relates to a fairy tale. Until secrets beyond her control, that refuses to stay buried, come busting out of closets.

Secrets which may very well prove to be deadlier than any of them ever thought possible.

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Mind Your Own Business by Lutishia Lovely

August 14, 2011

Harlequin ebooks

Lutishia Lovely dishes up a decadent helping of love, lust, greed, and secrecy in this riveting tale of a family’s soul food dynasty…

Life is good for the Livingstons. Business is booming, Taste of Soul is launching a West Coast division, and Bianca Livingston and her brother, Jefferson, are vying to head it up — which means their long simmering rivalry is about to boil over…

Having completed a culinary course in Paris — along with a hot love affair — Bianca feels more than ready to take the reins in L.A. Her parents’ insistence that she marry a man of their choosing only fuels her ambition. Jefferson is hoping the position will free him to be with the secret L.A. love his family would never approve of. But the two soon realize that between their meddling cousin, Toussaint, and the return of an enemy bent on crushing the Livingston empire, they aren’t the only ones in this competition. And when company money mysteriously starts disappearing, they’ll find it’s hard to run a business when no one can mind their own…

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Say Amen, Again by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

July 17, 2011
The spirited Houston congregation featured in ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s Let the Church Say Amen and Everybody Say Amen has a major scandal unfolding—and, as always, the outspoken Rachel Jackson Adams is at the heart of the drama.

As the First Lady of Zion Hill, Rachel is not only Pastor Lester Adams’ wife—she’s currently his eight-months-pregnant wife, who’s going toe-to-toe with Lester’s onetime mistress, congregant Mary Richardson, also pregnant. Her baby may or may not be Lester’s, but Mary’s doing all she can to win sympathy and turn her fellow churchgoers against Rachel—even threatening to blackmail Pastor Adams with a paternity agreement. After all, where can an unmarried mother-to-be go but to the Lord? Rachel has a few choice answers for exactly where Mary can go . . . but as these expectant moms do battle, hostilities erupt into a drama unlike anything Zion Hill has ever seen! Something has to give, and while Rachel contemplates everything from transferring her lifelong church membership to packing up and leaving Lester, she knows deep down God is calling her to forgiveness. Will the arrival of the new babies bring a new understanding? Or harden forever the anger that’s dividing them?

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