August’s Book of the Month: Stay Down by K.C. Mills
Below is Episode 43, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Stay Down, skip down to our reviews. Sometimes the one thing you need is the one thing you’re running from. For years, Kalvin Wise’s only focus was making sure his baby sister, Ciara was safe and loved. Being the product of a toxic union, Wise and Ciara were left to their own vices to survive in the world. Wise refused for his sister to feel the same emptiness he did growing up, which meant survival by any means necessary to provide balance for himself and his sister. Forced to leave her past situation alone,…
July’s Book of the Month: Cassette Tapes & Heart Break by Genesis Woods
Below is Episode 42, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Cassette Tapes & Heart Break, skip down to our reviews. One night stands, second chances, friends to lovers, and a sexy new neighbor are just some of the troupes you will enjoy in this anthology. Sprinkle in some drama, steamy sex scenes, and a few happily ever afters and you have the perfect R&B mixtape escape. Cassette Tapes & Heartbreak is a collection of short stories filled with love and the true essence of romance SIDE A Shorty (Got Her Eyes On Me) It’s a quarter past three for these two sexy singles who meet…
June’s Book of the Month: Capturing the Soul of a Boss by Tatum James
Below is Episode 41, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Capturing the Soul of a Boss, skip down to our reviews. Bored and lonely, lifestyle blogger, Brielle Simpson ventured into online dating as a means of entertainment. When she meets a guy that’s too sexy and charming to resist, she agrees to a night of fun with no strings attached. Little did she know the magnetic pull that drew them together would grow even stronger. Rich and handsome, Tosh Daniels joined a dating site to find someone who didn’t know his status or his lifestyle for that matter. He wanted real conversation and good…
May’s Book of the Month: Mister Librarian by B. Love
Below is Episode 40, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Mister Librarian, skip down to our reviews. Honey Williams doesn’t trust men. Between her father and last lover, a part of her struggles with resenting the entire species. She’s spent the past six months hidden in the safety of her parents’ home hoping her kind heart will never be the cause of pain and misfortune again. That seems possible until a cranky client causes chaos… which leads to her meeting Mr. Librarian. A natural protector, Kahlil Roberts feels like less of a man if he can’t serve those in need. When he finds the honey complexioned beauty…
April’s Book of the Month: I Want It All With You by Renée A. Moses
Below is Episode 39, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read I Want It All With You, skip down to our reviews. Happily divorced with two kids and a growing business, Nina Harris Fuller has everything she worked so hard for. The only thing missing is the man of her dreams by her side. After enduring a devastating heartbreak, Nina focuses on what she has instead of searching for a love that she may never find. Victor Ellis knows heartbreak all too well and became the friend Nina needed. As the manager at one of her restaurants, he’s grown to love her from a distance.…
March’s Book of the Month: Hell of a Blessing by Mel Dau
Below is Episode 38, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Hell of a Blessing, skip down to our reviews. We all go through hell but if we can just get through to the other side, there will come a blessing. Blessing Monroe is living her life, but one would debate, is it her best life. Being a prisoner in her relationship to her child’s father is never how she imagined her young life to be. Breathing every breath just to survive, she one day makes a decision that will change her whole life and the lives of everyone around her. Will it be the right decision…
February’s Book of the Month: Free Game by Kema B.
Below is Episode 37, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Free Game, skip down to our reviews. Receptionist, Isis Bennett, isn’t looking to be boo’d up. Opting out of the complications of love and relationships completely. She’s single, carefree and loving it, and that will never change. Until Freedom Owens steps into her job, challenging the love ‘em and leave ‘em attitude that had always worked for her. Newly retired, superstar rapper Freedom, is looking for a change of scenery. After dealing with his ex, love is the last thing on his mind. That is, until he walks into A Kiss of Ink and encounters…
January’s Book of the Month: Covered in His Love by J. Chary
Below is Episode 36, and it’s full of spoilers. If you haven’t read Covered in His Love, skip down to our reviews. Things between Pharaoh Solomon and Jasira Grey were all good until his son’s mother decided to come back into the picture. Fed up with his refusal to set boundaries, Jasira decides to remove herself from the equation. That is, until she receives some news that sends her back to his doorstep. When Pharaoh is confronted with her reasons, he’s left to face the truth on his role in the demise of their relationship. Now more than ever he vows to get his family back by fixing what…
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…
