New Release Round-Up #3: Aug 2017

Hello, how's it going? This week our New Release Round-Up is focused on August 2017 Releases, per request of the Authors. I do apologize that this entry is extra late. Life just has a way of throwing obstacles in your way (at least my way). Please check out the current releases below. I'm sure you'll find a new read that'll suit your needs. Thanks!

Moments of Reflections (Heart of Devotion, Vol. 1) by LaToya Murchison
Release Date 8/2/2017
Genre(s) Devotional, Prayer
Price $1.99 eBook | $10 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb The author wants to express that life is filled with trials and tribulations. As you travel through this journey called life it’s important not to allow your pain to overtake your life. Lay your burdens at God’s feet and receive your peace. The author would like you to learn and grow as you read Moments of Reflections. You will find comfort knowing that in your stillness it allows you to hear God as he speaks to your heart.

I Fell In Love With A Mob Boss by CoCo Shawndé
Release Date 8/3/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction
Price $0.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb YiYa Marcelo is a Bahamian bombshell. With her family deeply molded into the cartels, she tries to live a more wholesome life as a kindergarten teacher. With the tragic lost of her only son, the nonexistent relationship she has with his father drives these grieving parents into two unassociated directions. When he surprisingly reappears, she can’t seem to filter through her transparent feelings.
Sir Vito is YiYa weakness. He’s also the one man that has the capability to break down every wall she attempts to hold up against him. With them both still grieving over the loss of their son, emotions are at their ending limits. When it seems like history has a chance to repeat itself, they have to learn to lean on their love for hope to survive. That’s if the two have the strength to bare together.

Omi Wright is an incisive business woman above all. Her high mindedness is the roots of her flourishing cocaine transport empire on Norman Cay Island. YiYa is her only true friend that she allows in her life. When the women who raised Omi passes away untimely “La Madrina”, it brings the once homeless young girl from the Westbank turned drug trafficker to reunite with her past.

Shassius Linares bears all his thuggish exterior with his charming ways. He acquires the title as one of the most ruthless international drug lords known to law enforcement and governors. Being he was raised by La Madrina, nothing stops him from returning to New Orleans to lay her to rest. Not even the fact he is a wanted man on the run. His deepened past with Omi resurfaces with the hard on feelings to match. With him back with his old squad that made him, problem arises.

Yeti Wright is Omi twin brother whose involvement with cocaine trafficking has moved to high levels. With a wide range of workers under him, he doesn’t regret the relationship he begins with one of his loyal workers girlfriend.

Nigeria Remington goes from being the girlfriend of a worker to sleeping with the head boss in charge. She captures Yeti’s attention uncontrollably and even when she seems undecided on who she wants, Yeti comes to her every beck and call when needed. Their relationship is filled with secrets causing untruths to be revealed. When Nigeria tries to keep up with two man, will the one she chooses be all that she wish for? Will it be too late to go back to the man that she disregarded?

Follow the lives of these couples gripping tale. Will Omi allow Shassius back in after his true colors are shown? Is she even capable of receiving the love and giving it back in return? Shassius is a wanted man so the underlying question is when will his bad karma catch up to him? Will YiYa be able to forgive Sir Vito for not being their when she needed him the most? The shell shocking truth of his absence cuts her deep but how will she handle it?

This gripping ride isn’t for everyone and it proves when not all make it to the end. Where drama, love, drugs, and secrets keep prevailing.

For Your Love, I Will Do Anything by Cherida Franklin
Release Date 8/4/2017
Genre(s) African American Romance
Price $4.99 eBook | $15 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb The virtuous Monroe sisters Peaches, Alex, and Shy, live in an upper-class neighborhood and are well known for being impenetrable as well as untouchable. Not only are they known for being untouchable but also for their beauty. But little does everyone know, looks can be deceiving and being beautiful sometimes is not enough and can be a curse. With Peaches reigning over Alex and Shy all their lives keeping them safe and tight to her to protect them from Momma and from others finding out the secrets that they keep has made them not only harbor secrets from others but also from each other. Secrets of unrequited love, secret crushes and feelings of insufficiency and inadequacy in relationships which keeps them from having the love that they desire, even crave.

The famous Hart brothers Paul, Peter and Strong are fine and handsome to a fault but are also smart nerds underneath the facade they put on for everyone else, except for the confident Peter who knows what he wants but can’t seem to pin Peaches down long enough to get it. Paul not knowing how to handle Alex and Strong unsure of how to approach Shy keeps them all second guessing each other. Will they ever get together? Will they continue dodging and dancing around each other, or will they all finally realize the true climax of love.

You Can Be Anything You Want To Be by Ah'Myah Monae McKinley
Release Date 8/7/2017
Genre(s) Children's Book, Crafts for Chilren
Price $9.99 Paperback
Blurb Building Self-Esteem in today's youths with one positive image at a time. A fun interactive coloring activity that truly lets them know they can "Be Anything They Want To Be".

Love After The Club by Shey Marie
Release Date 8/8/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction
Price $2.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Journee has quickly gone from good girl to hood girl with the help of her first love Sage. Following his lead like a love-sick puppy has gotten her involved in situations that she could've never prepared herself for. Now faced with the possibility of losing Sage after unintentionally starting a war between him and his friend; fear has taken over Journee's life. She soon finds herself spiraling down a deep dark whole. Will Journee get the wakeup call she needs and mature into a woman? Find out in Love After The Club.

The Paladin (The Nome Chronicles, Book 2) by F. F. John
Release Date 8/8/2017
Genre(s) Young Adult, Dystopian
Price $0.99 eBook | Google Play | Apple | Kobo | B&N
Blurb The Pursual came to a tragic end and despite her schemes, Neith didn't get what she wanted. Invier is halfway across the world, running for his life and her family's position, their very existence, is at risk as ruthless rivals circle, waiting for one misstep.
Continue Neith and Invier's journey in THE PALADIN, the action-packed second book of The Nome Chronicles, a young adult dystopian series.

Luvin' A Boss Chick by Indigo Love
Release Date 8/9/2017
Genre(s) Urban Romance
Price $0.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Music brought them together, but will the streets tear them apart?

Felix AKA Finesse is a famous music producer and reformed dope boy out of Atlanta. After a prison bid for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, he turns his life around and takes the music industry by storm. An infamous “lady’s man”, Finesse doubts wholeheartedly that any woman can tie him down.

That is until he meets a beautiful, sexy, strong minded entrepreneur named Kennedy who is starting her own record label.

Kennedy is not your average twenty-five-year old woman. After her father’s untimely death five years ago, not only did he leave her a few lucrative legal businesses, but he also left her a booming drug empire. When she decides to make her mark on the music industry with her own record label, Finesse is the first producer she seeks to take her artists to the next level. However, instead of just making great music together, sparks immediately fly between the two. Although Kennedy is against mixing with business with pleasure, the smoldering passion between them is undeniable. The only thing is, Finesse is far removed from that life and has no idea that Kennedy is a queen pin who supplies most of the southern region of the US with pure, raw, uncut cocaine.

The drama unfolds with scorned ex-lovers, “wanna be” lovers who can’t let go, and the chaos that comes with any hood romance. Will Kennedy’s secret lifestyle spill over into the relationship and ruin what she and Finesse are trying to build? Or will Finesse prove that he is the rider she needs in her life?

Trust Issues 3 by Tia Barnes
Release Date 8/10/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction
Price $4.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Trina and Jayce have welcomed a new edition to their family so things couldn’t be better or so it seems. As they try to cope with their blended family and marital issues, it seems as though problems continue to arise for the couple. Will their marriage survive all the stones being thrown at them?

Sheree is losing her mind without Omari and Justice has so many questions that she can’t answer for him. When Omari goes missing, will he ever return or will this be the end of their happily ever after?

Kat and Cherish have been going around in circles with their relationship. But now that Kat has returned home with a new baby in tow, will this be the straw that breaks the camel’s back? Will Cherish continue to try and work it out or will she finally be gone?

LaLa is in way over her head with this latest conquest. What happens when she finally stares karma directly in the face?

Sharod wants to be a better man and give up the street life for love and his kids. Will he be able to do it or will he continue to get sucked into the game?

Find out who will come out on top in the finale of Trust Issues 3…

She Used To Love Me by Pamela Campbell
Release Date 8/11/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction, Urban Romance
Price $0.99 eBook
Free with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Draven and Aurora’s marriage is tested in many different ways. From infidelity, drug addiction, to kidnapping their bond just continues to get stronger with each obstacle they face. Draven’s world is shattered when he's faced with losing the two most important people in his life. He vowed to destroy everyone responsible to get his family back.

Malcolm is Draven’s ruthless father. There's no love lost between the two of them, there's been betrayal on both sides. Malcolm blames Draven for putting him in jail, and Draven blames his father for sleeping with his wife and taking Nelson Enterprise away from him, and letting him think his mother’s been dead for years. Refusing to take a lesser position at the family business Draven decides to start a new business, Titian Sports.

Monique is Malcolm’s ex wife, and Draven's mother who was paid to go away years ago, never to return.

Timbo is Draven's estranged brother and Malcolm's son. He hates both of them. He grew up with his mother and they both are out for revenge.

Princess is Malcolm's current wife. She cheated on Malcolm while he was in jail with his son Draven. She's pregnant and has everyone thinking Malcolm's the father.

The final straw is when Monique’s current husband is murdered and Draven’s family is kidnapped. Both sides declare a deadly war against each other, and will stop at nothing for revenge.

The Wife of a Kingpin: Malik & Micah's Story by Twyla T. & Patrice Balark
Release Date 8/12/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction
Price $0.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb After losing his mom at the age of 18 during his senior year of high school, Malik Jefferson took comfort in the only thing that made sense to him at the time... the streets. Malik along with his best friend and right-hand man, Rico “Goo” Grady, were taken under the wings and learned everything street by the connect who happened to be dating Goo's mom. They started out as corner boys and were making smooth waves along the way. After the connects demise, Malik and Goo went from the corner to the top. After being challenged for the top position over and over, the duo answered the call of being as ruthless as they wanted to be, thus informing Chicago and the world a new Kingpin had arrived.

Eighteen-year-old Micah Sanders is all about her business. Not only is she a full-time student at the University of Illinois, but she also works part-time while being an unknown boss on the side. Coming from a life of privilege, Micah doesn't rebel against her upbringing, but she prefers to rely on herself to make her own way in the world. Despite having it all, she is only missing one thing, her now deceased brother. While everyone else may have forgotten about his untimely death, it stays at the forefront of Micah’s mind along with seeking revenge on whomever committed this heinous crime. Will she get the answer to the question that has been nagging her for so long?

The first encounter was at random. The second encounter was accidental. But, the third encounter and every one afterwards were by design. After crossing paths with the beautiful mystery woman, Malik had to have her. It had been a while since the last time a woman captivated and held his interest that much. However, it was something more to the lady than meets the eye. He was on a mission to claim and to make Micah his woman.

Malik and Micah are on the verge of starting something great. But, what happens when two bosses collide? Who will rule in the end? I don't know, but find out in book one of this new series. Warning: This book contains a cliffhanger.

Under The Tutelage of Prof. Milton (Under The Tutelage, Book 2) by Kiera X. Tacey
Release Date 8/15/2017
Genre(s) BWWM Erotic Romance
Price $3.99 eBook | Kobo | B&N
Blurb When love strikes, will you let your heart fall?

Imani meets Doug on vacation and falls hard. He’s rich, gorgeous, and great in bed. But someone threatens their relationship and wants to destroy her on social media.

Will they figure out who’s out to get her? And will they come out stronger on the other side?

Cat's Book Of Wisdom by Cat E.
Release Date 8/15/2017
Genre(s) Non-Fiction, Humor and Inspirational
Price $0.99 eBook | $5.30 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb In times of trials and tribulations we all need words of encouragement and words that make us laugh and smile. That is how I came up with Cat's Book of Wisdom. My own personal sayings that helped me through my struggles. They brought me many smiles, laughs and hopefulness. I hope they do the same for you. I hope you find that one or many of ones that bring you solace in the most trying times of your life. We all know that in the end everything turns out just how it is supposed to. But in the meantime, enjoy these wonderful, funny and completely in-need sayings.

To The Woman He Loves 3 by Theresa Hodge & Shani Greene-Dowdell
Release Date 8/17/2017
Genre(s) Interracial Romance
Price $3.99 eBook | $12.99 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb To the Woman He Loves 3 explores the devastation of secrets and lies. Ronan Michaels struggles to rebuild his marriage with Ruby. He meets all the markers she set to get back in her good graces. Still, there’s something missing. Nothing Ronan does is able to restore their love back to its purest form. He needs Ruby in the fight for their love with him. Yet, the closer Ronan draws to her, the further away she drifts.

Darryl Nichols’ entry into Ruby’s life was on a day she needed him the most—the day she confronted her husband’s mistress and frantically stumbled into oncoming traffic. Darryl rescued her that day, and ever since he’s been the one making her smile. For months, he has waited in the wings and admired Ruby’s beautiful soul through text messages. Now, he’s ready to show her he’s the best man for her.

While Ruby grapples with being torn between her past and her future, there’s also trouble brewing in paradise for both of her friends—Shauntay and Serenity. In the finale of To the Woman He Loves, sins of the past come to the forefront and lead Ruby and Ronan on a quest for peace…together or apart.

Billion & Blessing: The Realest Love Story Ever Told by T. Miles
Release Date 8/17/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction
Price $0.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Young, handsome and hood rich with a celebrity status, Billion Williams thought he had it all. His motto MOB constantly stayed on his mind as he practiced hard to maintain his “I don’t give two cares attitude.” Being in the streets was his life and with a dope fiend as a mother, he had no other choice than to survive the best way he knew how. As he got down and dirty in the streets, hustling day in and out, while working for Chicago’s well know Cartel family. He finds himself in risky circumstances that he can’t avoid. Surviving in the concrete jungle, Billion only means of enduring was to become a monster. That was until he met his Blessing.

Blessing Steward a beautiful, intelligent yet timid young lady with the world on her shoulders. Didn’t know her strengths until her back was against the wall. With her father spending most of her life in prison, Blessing tried hard to maintain the household while her mother worked tireless hours to keep them afloat. Yet, with her mother being gone all the time, her mother’s boyfriend “Stone” was on the prowl for a new fulfillment with Blessing in mind. Feeling isolated and depressed, Blessing worked hard at ignoring what was inevitable, Stone’s persistent advances towards her, till she met her Billion Dolla star.

As both tried hard to maintain a friendship, they realized that it was life beyond the hood. Billion considered that he wanted more than hustling on the street corner. And with Blessing by his side, he knew that it was possible. But will it happen is the question? Within a twenty-four-hour period, life had turned deadly when her father Zeus was released from prison and came home the claim his family. Are you ready for some more Chicago Drama involving you favorite Vaughn Family? Walk with me as we take a look into Billion and Blessing the realest love story ever told.

Hiding Behind The Night (Nila Montgomery, Book 2) by Jamil A. Shabazz
Release Date 8/18/2017
Genre(s) Contemporary Women's Fiction, African American Fiction, Drama-Comedy, Suspense
Price $3 eBook | $12.28 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Nila Montgomery is back!

The night after her life almost exploded like a firecracker on the Fourth of July, Nila is a new woman, a woman with marriage on her mind. Flipping the script Nila asks the love of her Drian to marry her the day after they survive the epic escapade. A year later the wedding is now upon them, just four short days away.

Nila and her fiancé Drian are scheduled to be married on the fourth day of July, if they can survive until then. Resolute in being as hands off as she can be when it comes to involvement and planning her own wedding. Nila is content to coast through the weekend until the time comes to say "I do." Her laxidasical attitude might prove to be her downfall. As forces from her past are intent to corrupt her present. Friends, and enemies both old and new threaten to sabotage what is supposed to be the happiest time in Nila and Drian's life together.

Love and family mean everything to Nila Montgomery but can she dive in and save her own life through hell and high waters?

The Long Game (Par For The Course, Book 2) by J.L. Campbell
Release Date 8/19/2017
Genre(s) Contemporary Romance
Price $3.99 eBook | $13.99 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Vance's current aim in life is bedding as many women as he can. Ayisha, his best friend, is looking for 'the' one. A stinging comment from Ayisha about his lifestyle puts him in a tailspin and suddenly, he's trying to be the man she wants. But will she accept his love, knowing his history?

Confessions of a Call Center Vixen by Nisha
Release Date 8/21/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction
Price $1.99 eBook | $15 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb At Bankers Tech, a scandalous call center in Atlanta, GA, it’s not about who you know but who you do dirty! Let’s meet the main women:

Nyema is the most beautiful vixen in the call center who everyone wants to be or be with, now what everyone doesn’t know is that she is hiding a dark deadly secret…

Alexis is Nyema’s best friend who is tired of hiding in her shadows, while her secret jealousy toward her friend threatens to jeopardize her own life…

Penelope is the miserable office manager who has all the bad luck in life, but when an even more shocking revelation threatens to turn her world upside down she takes matters in her own hands…

Lisa is the definition of a woman scorned in every which way possible, no matter which way she turns life is not on her side. As a product of her low self-esteem issues she makes a deadly decision that she may or may not bounce back from…

Welcome to the call center world! Sit back and watch how these women destroy themselves, and one another, in an effort to climb to the top of the vixen ladder. At Banker’s Tech none of these women will be left unscathed, and they’re going to end up getting more than their paychecks can ever amount to....

Love Galore: When They Ask About Us by Juani
Release Date 8/22/2017
Genre(s) Urban Fiction
Price $0.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Why do good girls always fall for the lames? At least that's what Zayla thought of her longtime boyfriend Chauncey until she finds out he's been hiding a few secrets that could shatter her world and put her in the most dangerous situation leaving her fighting for her life...

Persuaded By A Tycoon by Theresa Hodge
Release Date 8/24/2017
Genre(s) BWWM Romance, Contemporary Romance
Price $0.99 eBook
Free with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb He wants her and won't take no for an answer.

Under Aizen's fiery touch Kimberly burned in desire briefly and then he disappeared.

She was seduced by his charms and basked willingly in a night of passion.

Consequences occurred.

Now, two years, later he is back and just as sexy as he ever was. Their attraction is unmatched in its intensity and reignites into a blazing flame.

Aizen and Kimberly started out as strangers but in one night ended up as so much more. Their fiery desire may be tested by the realities of one another lives. When the smoke clears, will love reside in their hearts? Or will fate play a trick on Aizen's pursuit of Kimberly's heart and tear them apart for good?

Just Right by Sheena Binkley
Release Date 8/30/2017
Genre(s) Interracial & Multicultural, African American Mystery & Suspense
Price $0.99 eBook
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb What happens when the chaos ends and their normal life begins?

It has been three years since Hayley and Morgan Carter experienced the turmoil caused by Morgan’s family. Now that the threats, kidnappings, and shootings are behind them, the two can now live a normal life with their two-year-old son, Morgan Jr. While Hayley is living her dream as an event coordinator for a high-profiled company, Morgan decided to go into law enforcement and become a detective. With their lives slowly falling into place, the two will soon find out that things are not what they seem.

As the two receive some surprising news from a former nemesis, they must decide what is best to protect themselves and their loved ones. Will the two result back to their former lives to keep their happily ever after, or will it be too late?

The Lollipop Girl (Fairley High Series, Book 3) by Shelia E. Bell
Release Date 8/31/2017
Genre(s) Young Adult/Teen Fiction
Price $3.99 eBook | $9.99 Paperback
FREE with Kindle Unlimited
Blurb Fourteen-year-old Polly Mathis is a loner with no friends and often teased by a rowdy group of boys at her school, Fairley High. But being teased at school isn't a big issue for her. It's what she faces once she leaves school and returns home to a mother who is too busy to be a mother.  Because of her in and out male friends, Polly's mother wants her only child out of the way so Polly spends most of her time at home living in the attic. When she meets a girl at school, and they develop a friendship, Polly is introduced to what a real family looks like, acts like and sounds like. It makes her long for her daddy, the daddy who used to be in her life, who used to shower her with love and lollipops....until her mother sent him away too. Will Polly be able to escape the mental abuse of her mom and find her daddy and love again?