Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman

Lovely Lies    by Lashanta Charles
Price: $5.99 USD. 107450 words. Language: English. Published by Delphine Publications on May 13, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman.

Makynzee has spent all of her life being dependent on people who've always disappointed her, especially her abusive mother. Everyone lies to her - her sister, her uncle, even her beloved father.
Homely Girl    by Brenda Barrett
Price: $2.99 USD. 45600 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Romance.

A love to last a lifetime? The odd couple: April and Taj were opposites in so many ways. He was the cute, athletic, boy genius on campus that everybody wanted to be friends with. She was the overweight, shy and withdrawn girl who the bullies teased mercilessly. As friendship turns into something more, do April and Taj have a love that can last a lifetime?
Unholy Matrimony (Three Rivers Series- Book 3)    by Brenda Barrett
Price: $3.99 USD. 44620 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Christian.

The problem: Phoebe was poor and unhappy with her lot. The solution: Marry a rich man and she would be happy. It should be simple, except that her rich suitor, Ezekiel Hoppings, was ugly and her poor suitor, Charles Black, was handsome. But the more she got to know them both, the more Phoebe realized that some solutions were not as simple as they first appear.
Let the Church Say    by Deidra D. S. Green
Price: $3.99 USD. 44390 words. Language: English. Published on May 7, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Romance.

Sinclair Livingston was as nervous as any blushing bride could be. She’d wished for this day for so long; having dreamed about it since she was a little girl. All Sinclair needed to do now was walk down the aisle to meet her future husband and pray her lover and best friend wouldn’t blow it for her…
Colorblind    by Mia Sanders
Price: $3.50 USD. 102230 words. Language: English. Published on May 2, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman.

Patience was raised by her African-American mother and Caucasian father to be open-minded. At twenty-two years of age, she dates white AND black men. However, Patience is saddened by the prejudice she encounters. Accused of "acting white" by the black community and being "too black" for the whites, she is torn. Should she identify with only one race or can she embrace both? Will she find love?
What My Sister Didn't Know (G Street Chronicles Presents)    by Janie DeCoster
Price: $3.99 USD. 75150 words. Language: English. Published by G Street Chronicles  on April 27, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman.

Saphire's husband, Clay Matthews, worships the ground she walks on. No matter how hard she tries to love him, her heart yearns for another. Gade, Saphire's younger sister, married the man of her dreams, Lamonte Singletary. After the birth of their son, life was picture perfect, until Joe Burrels returns with a haunting secret. Now the bond of sisterhood could be destroyed forever.
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau    by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Price: $4.99 USD. 136760 words. Language: English. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on April 8, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman.

New Orleans in the mid-nineteenth century: a city pulsing with an undercurrent of secret power. The source of this power is the voodoo religion, and its queen is Marie Laveau, the notorious voodooienne, worshipped and feared by blacks and whites alike. A mesmerizing combination of history, oral tradition, and storytelling, Voodoo Dreams reimagines the woman behind an enduring American legend.
Sin and Redemption    by Chyta Curry
Price: $3.99 USD. 56280 words. Language: English. Published on April 5, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas.

Coi is young with a promising future. One night the unspeakable happens and Coi goes from sweet and innocent to bitter and angry. With the help of friends and family, will Coi be able to forgive her past and move toward redemption, or will she fold under the pressure?
The Complete Soul Food Sisterhood Boxed Set    by Aisha Washington
Price: $2.99 USD. 69850 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Romance.

This boxed set features all six books in the Soul Food Sisterhood series. The Soul Food Cafe is more than just a family business for the Jefferson's, it's a place where hearts are mended, love is found, and lives are changed forever. So follow the Jefferson girls as they try to navigate the choppy waters of the Atlanta dating scene.
Scared of Lonely    by Jana Pauldo
Price: $4.99 USD. 74450 words. Language: English. Published by Delphine Publications on April 1, 2013. Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman.

When nineteen year old Sharise Watkins becomes involved in a relationship with her brother, she finds herself being tormented by a mortal sin mentally, sexually, and emotionally.