Black Fiction Addiction

10/07/2025

Keys to My City
Nek Mills

Milly Grove, home of Kenneth ‘Uno’ Mills, has been exclusively ran by his family for over a century. Commissioner by day and gangsta by night, he's the man in his city. Although he may hold a position in office don’t be fooled by the expensive tailored suits. Disrespecting him will cost you your life.
When the current mayor is exposed for misconduct, Uno steps in to make sure the position continues to be held by the Mills bloodline. His decision to run for Mayor leaves the family at odds. Once he receives the keys to the city, blood ties will be severed, lives will be lost, and new bonds will be forged on his journey to restoring the community.
Running a city is not for the weak, but there’s not a better man fit for the job. In Milly Grove, nothing moves unless Uno says so.

https://amzn.to/4nFrwls

09/07/2025

Fog and Fury
Rachel Howzell Hall

She’s a new PI in a beautiful seaside town. It’s dirtier than it looks—and more dangerous too—in a twisting novel of suspense by the Anthony Award–nominated author of These Toxic Things.
After ten years on the force, LAPD cop Sonny Rush relocates with her elderly mother to peaceful Haven, California, to join her godfather’s burgeoning PI business. What crimes could possibly happen in a town nicknamed “Mayberry by the Sea”? Sonny’s first case: find Figgy, a missing goldendoodle last seen sporting a Versace collar. At least scouting out a dognapper gives Sonny a chance to get to know her new neighbors.
Forty-eight hours in town and Figgy’s disappearance entangles Sonny in an unwelcome reunion with her ex, one of Haven’s wealthiest citizens. And when the body of a teenage boy is found along a popular hiking trail, Sonny is drawn into a web of strange beyond anything she ever saw in LA.
Then comes a local’s warning: question everything. Haven hides secrets that could destroy its idyllic facade. Or destroy Sonny first.

https://amzn.to/44SPzWG

08/07/2025

New Releases (Week of June 29, 2025)

08/07/2025

Sounds Like Trouble
Pamela Samuels Young and Dwayne Alexander Smith

Two opposites. Undeniable attraction. Three mobsters. An offer they can’t refuse. It sounds like trouble as Jackson Jones and Mackenzie Cunningham, reluctant partners and two of the best private investigators in Los Angeles, return to solve their most dangerous case yet.

Jackson Jones and Mackenzie “Mac” Cunningham can’t agree on anything. After coming close to death on their last case, the two have decided to team up but they can’t even decide on how to furnish their new office. Jackson wants to make a big splash. Mackenzie just wants a desk and some filing cabinets to clean up the mess. Before they can reach a truce on the decor, the two P*s get an offer they have no choice but to accept: infamous gangster Big Ced and two of his mafia dons want them to track down a package. Or else.

Things heat up in more ways than one as Jackson and Mac track down the sensitive information for the mobsters, while a police investigator is on their tail. When sparks fly between Mackenzie and Lieutenant Good Looking, Jackson’s jealousy and fiery back-and-forth with his partner has them flirting with danger in more ways than one. As they race through LA’s fanciest neighborhoods in a race against time, Jackson and Mac must stick closer to each other than ever as they dodge bullets, bad guys, and their feelings for each other.

In the tradition of Mr. & Mrs. Smith set in modern LA, Sounds Like Trouble puts a fresh spin on the great investigative duos with an intoxicating blend of mystery, humor, and witty banter that you won’t want to miss.

https://amzn.to/44wvhRl

07/07/2025

Hearts in the Fast Lane
Myia White

Diesel doesn't do love. As the leader of The Chrome Wraith Riders, he lives for the thrill of the race and power of his club. His life is about control, and love is a weakness he won't entertain. That is, until he steps into a diner one night after a race and meets Honey.

Honey's life is at a stall. An inspiring artist with a dead-end job. She's learned to survive, but her dreams seem like they're slipping away. Then Diesel walks in– dangerous, magnetic, and impossible to ignore. He's trouble, but there's something about him that pulls her in.

After the dust settles, Diesel and Honey must navigate life together, finding their way through the chaos. In a world where speed and danger rule, they'll have to decide what truly matters– each other, and the love they never saw coming.

https://amzn.to/44wek9T

06/07/2025

Last week on Black Fiction Addiction, Brittney Morris and Tiffany D. Jackson stopped by to talk about their latest releases.

06/07/2025

Interruption: The Gospel According to Crystal Justine
Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts

For most of her life, Crystal “CJ” Justine has been erroneously compared to her mother, Sasha Renee. Yet even as she struggles to escape Sasha’s image and legacy, she finds herself unconsciously acting out her mother’s (and grandmother’s) past mistakes.

CJ’s relationship with men—although few and far between—is tainted by the thing she cannot say, and her faith is weakened by the emotional and spiritual blows she endures.

This dynamic journey of perseverance keeps listeners on the edge of their proverbial seats, wondering if CJ will simply succumb to the darkness that has chased her soul for as long as she can remember or if she will be the one to finally heal the generational trauma that has tried to consume her family…

Three generations of women. Three generations of trauma and pain. A three-generation journey to victory and joy.

The Gospel of Grace Women Trilogy is the compilation of three separate books: The Gospel According to Sasha Renee, Interruption: The Gospel According to Crystal Justine, and The Next Thing is Joy: The Gospel According to Vivian Grace.

https://amzn.to/40EcZwl

05/07/2025

Forever My Bodyguard
A. Blossom

To be yours, to love, and protect forever.
Trust—Contessa Iris has spent her entire life trusting the wrong people. A widowed single mother of a beloved mafia leader, she has spent the last five years trying to piece together the fragments of her identity. When her deceased husband’s secrets come out to play, she realizes her and her son’s safety is at risk. Desperate for protection, she turns to the person she least expected could protect them.
Purpose—Polaris “Polo” Augustine craves it. As a former cartel trafficker, Polo has had a hard time figuring out what’s next in his life. When the opportunity to become a bodyguard for the older woman he’s had a crush on for years presents itself, he jumps on the chance, and the sparks between them fly.
For Contessa, the man she never knew she needed to protect her could very well turn out to be her forever bodyguard.

https://amzn.to/44iiMtS

04/07/2025

04/07/2025

4th of July
Erica Hale

On the surface Lauren and her teenage son moved from their hometown of Seattle to Planter’s Georgia to start a new life. In reality she has moved from her comfort zone to track the origins of a killer. As a courtroom reporter she has uncovered more than she expected. Lying underneath the picturesque town of Planter’s were residents spend their lazy summer days sipping sweet tea on their porches. The citizens are oblivious to the drugs that are funneled into their town.

Never the one to run from a story, Lauren digs her heels in to seek justice for the family of a murdered man. But the corruption that she starts to seek starts to hunt her and her family. Threating the life of her son and her own, Lauren titters on running back home. With her luck rapidly running out a stranger steps in an interrupts her plans. Not having time or energy to figure if he is friend or foe, Lauren keeps her him at arm’s length.

As the summer holiday approaches, Lauren fears that there will be more than fireworks and explosions popping off.

https://amzn.to/44gLdau

03/07/2025

The Best Man: Unfinished Business
Malcolm D. Lee with Jayne Allen

Recently divorced and fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win, Harper Stewart is in a new era. He’s working on a movie and living the ultimate bachelor life in his Brooklyn penthouse. But still, something is missing. What else explains the stubborn creative block? The carousel of women? And seventh-wheel status with his friends?

Jordan Armstrong had to flee New York. First, to give herself distance from Harper and, second, to escape the corporate grind. In her beachfront Malibu property, the façade of a “healed” Jordan flourishes. Yet she finds herself unmoored. Despite the physical distance, she still feels Harper’s magnetic pull.

Meanwhile, in Ghana, Robyn has gone full bohemian restaurateur. She has finally found peace and won’t let another man ruin it—that is, until a handsome local entrepreneur commands her attention. But it’s all too much change for her daughter, Mia, and when she secretly calls Harper with an emergency Robyn would rather hide, their world is shaken and relationships are tested once more.

Book one of The Best Man trilogy follows Harper, Jordan, and Robyn as they try to establish lives away from the hurts of the past and come to realize that some love is impossible to break. With support from their close-knit crew of chosen family—Quentin, Shelby, Lance, Murch, and Candace—they fight for a future that proves one’s second act can be the extended chapter worth it all.

https://amzn.to/4ejzUms

02/07/2025

What books had you in a chokehold in June?