Below is a list of the African American books on sale during the month of JANUARY 2025. Click on the title for our review of the book. Click on BUY to purchase.
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FIRE SWORD & SEA - Vanessa Riley Guardians of Justice (Book #2) Harper Collins BUY (13 January) Reviewer: | Rating: HISTORICAL FICTION |
| The Caribbean Sea, 1675. Jacquotte Delahaye is the mixed-race daughter of a wealthy tavern owner on the island of Tortuga. Instead of marriage, Jacquotte dreams of joining the seafarers and smugglers whose tall-masted ships cluster in the turquoise waters around Tortuga. She falls in love with a pirate, but when he returns to the sea, Jacquotte decides to make her own way. In Haiti she becomes Jacques, a dockworker, earning the respect of those around her while hiding her gender. | |
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SWEET ON A YOUNGER MAN - Nina Crespo Bishop Honey Bee Farm (Book #2) Harlequin Special Edition BUY (30 December) Reviewer: | Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |
| One night of sweet escape. Or the first taste of love? Fabulous, single and almost forty, Ivy Daniels is ready to embrace the life she put on hold while raising her orphaned nieces. With them grown and running Bishop Honey Bee Farm, Ivy embarks on a much-anticipated vacation, where she meets Jaxon Coffield—a sizzling younger man who offers a night of passion that leaves Ivy humming like a beehive. | |
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THE EX DILEMMA - Elle Wright Kensington Books BUY (27 January) Reviewer: | Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |
| Wesley Batchelor is desperate for an image reboot—stat. A mysterious social media influencer keeps revealing his many reckless romantic liaisons, putting everything Wesley has worked so hard for at stake. Worse, he’s in deep trouble with his grandmother and Batchelor Enterprises boss, Joyce, his one and only true cheerleader. So he’s stunned and relieved when his gorgeous ex, private detective Albany Keyes, is recruited to track down the leaker . . . | |
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CHAMPAGNE TASTE ON A BAD BOY BUDGET - Zuri Day Harlequin Afterglow BUY (30 December) Reviewer: | Rating: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |
| She's a good girl trying to rebuild her restaurant. He's a felon trying to rebuild…everything. Second chances have never been so sweet.For Jamilah Carver, a by-the-books entrepreneur with refined tastes, running her own restaurant has been a dream come true. Until she’s buried in debt and without a chef, her once-bustling eatery on the brink of collapse. Enter Rashad White, a newly released ex-con who happens to be a culinary genius…and likes to play by his own rules. | |