AshleyNicole’s Take Me to Church is a contemporary read about two individuals, Neriah and Dion, who find themselves unexpectedly falling...

“It was totally a great idea to isolate yourself from your job and your family to go force yourself to be sad in the mountains.” Although...

“I felt for my daughter every day. I wanted nothing more than to take it all off her shoulders and put it on mine...I wanted to protect...

“Who knows if me and Elvis are going to be together when he gets out? He has eight years left...” Although Elvis, also known as Big Elks,...

If you’ve read Beard Gang Chronicles 1-3, you know that those books are filled with hot, sexy, bearded black men, ready and willing to...

Stay Woke— especially when it comes to yourself. In the words of Queen Bey herself, “a winner don’t quit on themselves.” This is a lesson...

So, I’m not gon’ lie, reading about Jareem was a lot. There were times I literally had to stop reading Power because Jareem got on theeee...

Jovie from Snoh Bound deserves a spotlight because she was just so resilient. She went through a lot. And when I say, a lot, I mean A...

"Chloe was leaving. Just like his mother leaving him all over again. He saw his mother walking out the door when he was just ten years...

“... a heart that was enclosed by concrete was able to be a solid enough foundation for roses to grow. Finally...the battleground that...

5 Reasons why Bullet should be on your Book Bae Monday List In The Hooder the Thug the Better the Love series, Trigga is the main...

Typically, when I do a character spotlight, I choose one pivotal character from the story and explain why they were so relatable and/or...

Big Dick Energy (BDE): /big·dik·enerjē/ n. when a man exudes a feeling of “fuck me now”. The male characters of Naughty and Nasty had...

“But what about you, Leslie? What have you been doing all these years?” Regretting. Leslie was a middle-aged woman who had three lovers...

“I DON’T GIVE A FUCK WHAT I TOLD YOU PIA! YOU GAVE BIRTH TO MY SEED AND DIDN’T SAY SHIT! YOU SAID WHAT IF, OL STUPID FAT BITCH!...”...

“Marriage was something that you couldn’t give up on, she couldn’t let things continue to go the way they are. She refused...Ella took a...

WARNING! This character spotlight contains many spoilers. If you have not read Eat, Prey, and No Love, you may not want to read this...

“...all man and stubborn when he wanted to be, but mostly, he was love. He always said she was his light, but he was hers too, exposing...

I was initially going to do a write up of Ms. Elle Jarreau because as the main character, she is significant. In addition to that, there...

Set Mitchell was the oldest of three--three boys, now men, who survived their abusive past at the hands of their father, a retired...