December’s Book of the Month: Holidaze by Bella Jay
Below is Episode 35, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Holidaze, skip down to our reviews. Holidaze: the act of being so wrapped up in the joy and haze of the holiday magic, you might mistake something casual for something much more Nola Brandy had one thing on her mind when she booked a two-week trip to a ski resort: write her book by any means necessary. And if that meant concocting a plan to make the stranger she was stuck with fall for her in order to get a story out of it, then so be it. Her plan was foolproof because Rubricks Anderson was…
November’s Book of the Month: The Hottest Summer Ever by Elijah R. Freeman
Below is Episode 34, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read The Hottest Summer Ever, skip down to our reviews. Kush is the very definition of Daddy’s little girl. Whatever she wants, she gets. There’s no Santa Claus or Tooth Fairy in the hood, just Daddy, her knight in shining armor. But when he was murdered, her life spirals out of control. A child in the hands of a negligent mother, Kush is forced to kill in self defense. Sent to YDC and later orphaned, she meets Redd in the streets of Atlanta. Together they link up with Bear, a mastermind who is seemingly a…
October’s Book of the Month: You Could Do Damage by Renee A. Moses
Below is Episode 33, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read You Could Do Damage, skip down to our reviews. Gianna Jameson is as stubborn and stuck in her ways as a woman can get. She’s trained to believe that her family is cursed in the love department. Gia doesn’t believe love exists for her. If it does, it’ll only end in tragedy. The best way to defeat the curse is to avoid love. Can the right man dispel the curse? Zakari Lawrence isn’t a love hater. He sees no need for it until he’s ready to give up his free lifestyle. No woman has yet…
September’s Book of the Month: Loving Man by Bailey West
Below is Episode 32, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Loving Man, skip down to our reviews. The week of the culinary conference was Xander Northcott’s time to shine. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, he cemented his newly single status by accepting Piper Andrews’s invitation back to her room that first night. It was all fun and games until a few months later, when he received a phone call from the woman he barely knew. She was pregnant—with his child. Heralded as a culinary savant, Angel Saint Rose studied alongside the world’s best Chocolatiers. It wasn’t just a job for her. When honing her…
August’s Book of the Month: Stay by Ivy Symone
Below is Episode 31, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Stay, skip down to our reviews. Frankee had everything a woman could desire. From the castle-like mansion she dwelled in to the fancy jewels she adorned; she had it all. She was the mother of two beautiful children whom she simply adored, and she was surrounded by a slew of servants who praised and worshipped her like she was royalty. Her fairytale life was every girl’s dream come true. But she never thought her shining knight in armor would come in the form of a megalomaniac! Zino Okonjo has been proclaimed by many to be a…
July’s Book of the Month: Stiff by Stephanie Nicole Norris
Below is Episode 30, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Stiff, skip down to our reviews. Three friends experiencing life’s uncertain changes decide they need relaxation beyond the usual girls’ night out. A friend tells them about, The Den, an upscale male strip club. They find out the club is a shell of what really lies beneath—and soon, the ladies are venturing into their mind and body’s wildest desires. This is Asia McClendon’s story. https://amzn.to/3xrj52H Renée’s Review Okay, I am so done lol. If Eric/Cane is perfection in every sense of the word. I fell in love…
June’s Book of the Month: The Marriage Contract by Shay Davis
Below is Episode 29, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read The Marriage Contract, skip down to our reviews. Boring. Invisible. Pretty for a plus size girl. Those were all the things I felt about myself, thanks to my chosen career as an accountant and society’s depiction of the perfect female. For once, I wanted to be something, no someone, different. So, I booked a trip to Vegas for my birthday. Then, walks in Soul Matthias, treating me and my body as anything but ordinary. He lit a fire inside of me. However, it wasn’t real. Player. Bad boy. High risk. That’s what the blogs depicted…
May’s Book of the Month: Not Good Enough For You by Renée A. Moses
Below is Episode 28, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Not Good Enough For You, skip down to our reviews. Lyric Phillips is ready for love. For the first time ever, she believes that something worth having may exist for her. She always did what made her feel good with no cares for anything else until it caught up and bit her. She ultimately changed her mindset, vowed celibacy, and tossed her bad habits. When the new Lyric falls in love again, her past trickles in with an agenda. Elijah Grant is a youth pastor for his father’s church. He loves working with the kids…
April’s Book of the Month: Long Road To Love by T. Key
Below is Episode 27, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Long Road to Love, skip down to our reviews. Andrew Donald is a man with a plan. His priorities are his daughter Hailee, his mother, and the road. Love is something that he DEFINITELY doesn’t have time for. Kalia Daniels has been a stranger to love for a few years now. After a relationship that did a number on her self-esteem and left her heartbroken, she took time to rebuild herself and remember her regality as a beautiful and desirable queen. When their worlds collide, will they crash and burn? Or will Kalia change…
March’s Book of the Month: Protostar Love by Sheopatra Smith
Below is Episode 26, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Protostar Love, skip down to our reviews. Nia Badi is THAT girl! Except… …she doesn’t feel like it lately. On the night before her 21st birthday, this award winning music video director, thriving entrepreneur, and girlfriend to one of most influential rappers of her generation, feels anything but celebratory. Indeed she’s fortunate to live at the intersections of love and luxury. However, the ramifications of a jarring event have Nia questioning if she’s truly happy with where she is in both her career, and her “couple-goals” relationship. As she ventures down this new path, will her…