Black Fiction Addiction

29/08/2026

Before She Was Mama
Fatima Aisha

Before she was Mama, she was Shirley.
Young, determined, and always singing, Shirley has dreams that reach far beyond the walls of the house she grew up in. But life has other plans.
Love, family, motherhood, sacrifice, and silence begin shaping her long before anyone understands what those choices will cost. As Shirley grows from a girl with dreams of her own into the woman everyone will eventually depend on, the secrets surrounding her family begin taking root.
Some sons walk away. Some are pushed. Some just get lost.
Before She Was Mama: A TEMPTATIONS™ Prequel goes back to where it all began—before Raheim carried the weight of the family, before Malik made his moves, and before the next generation was forced to confront the truths that came before them.
For readers of The Book of Raheim, What Denise Did, and Malik’s Moves, this is the story behind the story: the relationships, choices, losses, and buried truths that shaped Mama Shirley and the family at the center of TEMPTATIONS™.
Before the children knew the truth, there was Shirley.
Every woman has a beginning. This is hers.

https://amzn.to/4wSaLa3

28/08/2026

Adulting sucks

28/08/2026

Second Chance Summer
Tina Martin

Lanai
I’m living my best life with a clean house and no man behind me to drive me insane. I love Hendrick…from a distance! That’s why when he calls to tell me about a couple’s retreat, I ain’t trying to hear it.

Hendrick
Going through meditation with Lanai is proving to be a challenge. But things take an interesting turn when Dr. Hubert suggests we go on a couples’ retreat in Hawaii. I’m hoping it’ll mend our bond, but Lanai isn’t so easy to convince.

https://amzn.to/4qHPZIP

27/08/2026

Becoming Liz
Kitt McClain

She built her life on control. Now everything is coming undone.
Elizabeth Rutland has spent her life doing everything right. As a rising marketing executive in 1988 St. Louis, she has built a reputation for discipline, precision, and composure. Her future looks exactly as planned.
Until a very public breakup shatters the image she worked so carefully to maintain.
As whispers follow her into conference rooms and old memories begin surfacing without warning, Elizabeth finds herself confronting something she has avoided for years. The past she buried at nineteen refuses to stay hidden. Nightmares return. Carefully constructed defenses begin to crack.
Drawn back into the complicated pull of family, friendship, and a man who sees beyond her carefully managed exterior, Elizabeth must face the truth she has spent years outrunning.
Who is she without perfection? Without control? Without the life she planned?

https://amzn.to/4wM8fCl

26/08/2026

I don’t comprehend.

26/08/2026

The Contract
KD Haskell

The first black-owned publishing company, Jaks, was under attack.
The late Armand Alex Jaks had built this company from nothing, and now it would dissolve into dust. He had left it in the hands of his children, Daphne and Cameron, and that was why the problems began. The sisters knew of only one person who would wish pain and misery on them: Maryland Jaks. Armand had divorced her 15 years ago, and she was still bitter and entitled.
Someone had managed to gain access to the company's assets and withdraw funds. The sisters had stopped the illegal action, but more problems arose. One of their most tenured investors decided he should run the company and planned to withdraw his support, leaving them vulnerable to their rival, Dragon's Den Publishing.
They wanted the sisters to fail, but Daphne and Cameron Jaks vowed to fight for their company's survival.

https://amzn.to/4gykMmQ

25/08/2026

Their Unexpected Plan
Donna Hill

A surprise addition to their business plan…

Ascension Publishing’s newly minted publisher Morgan Chambers has to make the organization profitable or risk everything he’s ever worked for if it fails. Morgan doesn’t have time for distractions like pretty Noa Dunnavant. He’s only meeting with her to discuss her novel. Not the fact that he can’t stop thinking about her.

Noa’s novel is the lightning rod the company needs. Her book’s success is good for her ego, and covertly spending time with Morgan is good for her soul. But that little pink plus sign changes everything. A baby was never part of their plans. Will this plot twist begin their final chapter, or seal their happily-ever-after?

https://amzn.to/4y18nyN

18/08/2026

18/08/2026

Blacc
Bailey West

He never forgot that night.

He just didn’t know it left him with a daughter.

Now the woman he couldn’t forget is back… and she’s holding his legacy.

Kerwin “Blacc” Blaccburn doesn’t move carelessly...
He never forgot that night.
He just didn’t know it left him with a daughter.
Kerwin “Blacc” Blaccburn doesn’t move carelessly. Not with his name. Not with his work. And definitely not with women.
But one night with Aster changed more than he realized.
Years later, she returns with Harmony… a little girl who has his eyes and his quiet intensity.
Aster never planned to keep him in the dark. Fear made the decision for her. Fear of rejection. Fear of being dismissed. Fear that the man she couldn’t forget would decide she wasn’t worth choosing.
She was wrong.
Blacc doesn’t hesitate. If Harmony is his, he’s claiming her — fully, publicly, permanently. Fatherhood isn’t a question. It’s a commitment.
What neither of them expected is how quickly proximity turns into heat… and how easily co-parenting begins to feel like something more intimate. More consuming. More real.
Now Aster must trust that she won’t be rejected.
And Blacc must decide if forgiveness is part of building the family he never knew he wanted.
Because some nights don’t end at sunrise.
They begin a legacy.

https://amzn.to/4xpQQ2V

17/08/2026

Leopard
Iris Bolling

From quiet genius to coveted operative—the transformation begins.

Calvin Johnson Jr., son of the U.S. Attorney General, has always lived in the shadows. A brilliant recluse with a gift for hacking, he believed his intellect would keep him out of trouble, not pull him into a global conspiracy. But when a trip abroad turns into a frantic escape from a covert organization, Calvin and his friends find themselves at the center of a plot to topple the U.S. government by using governmental officials' children as leverage.
To save his friends, his father, and his country, Calvin must shed his unassuming life and unleash a darker side—a persona known only as Leopard.

Meanwhile, Leslie Carrington, a genius aerospace engineer, is on a mission of her own: to avenge her parents' murder by tracking down a malicious code. She sees Calvin as a rival, an obstacle in her path, but when their worlds collide in a tense standoff, they form an uneasy alliance against a shared enemy.
As sparks fly and suspicions flare, their professional partnership deepens into something more. Leslie learns to trust again, and Calvin uncovers a truth that shatters his tranquil existence. They must stop a cyber-attack that threatens to plunge the world into chaos, all while navigating a high-stakes game of passion, betrayal, and intrigue.
Can they learn that the greatest weapon isn't brute force, but a mind sharp enough to uncover the truth and a love strong enough to fight for it?

https://amzn.to/3TWv2xl