In honor of Black History Month, I decided to highlight some supernaturally awesome reads by Black authors.
Faye Princess series by Layla J. Omorose
If you like epic romantasy, you’ll love this slightly dark, slow burn spicy series!
Faye Princess #1
His worth will be measured by the strength of her love...
A Runaway Princess...
Tara Du'Faye, Second High Princess of the Faye, has had it with the King's demands. Fleeing the palace, she is captured by a world of savagery and black majick. She prays her warrior can find her before she is consumed by the dark walls of the Arena,
A Warrior Without A Past...
Alexios is the commander of the Faye Army, and a male, whose past is covered in darkness. Vicious in battle, deadly by nature, there is nothing he wouldn't do to ensure the safety of those he cares for. Especially, the Second High Princess of the Faye. Searching for her will change him forever as darkness draws closer to the kingdom he left unprotected.
Forbidden Love...
Can a warrior, who had deemed himself unworthy, and a princess, whose only concern is claiming the one thing she cannot have, come together in time to prevent the awakening of an ancient power that once covered the world in darkness?
Romance Fantasy [Self Published, On Sale: July 21, 2014, e-Book, / ]
The Jekh Saga by H.E. Trent
For some sensual menage romance with A+ sci-fi world-building, the H.E. Trent’s Jekh Saga is not to be missed!
The Jekh Saga #1
As an adamant opponent of Terran settlement on the planet Jekh, Owen McGarry made his family name synonymous with “traitor” on Earth. Lobbyists standing to profit from off-world colonization hinted that the Jekhans were preparing to declare war. Nearly twenty years after Owen’s supposed death, his granddaughter Courtney wants to learn the truth—even if she has to travel to the far-flung colony to do it.
Court soon learns that not only was her grandfather right about the Jekhans, but that conditions on their world are far more hostile than she feared. Terran forces decimated the population of the resident human-alien hybrids, and the people who remain seem to be all out of fight. That is, except for the pair of men Court finds hiding in her basement.
Fugitives Murki and Trigrian see a future in Court. On a planet where so few women remain, she has the potential to be the mate the lovers need. And more, she could become the advocate for their people that her grandfather didn’t get the chance to be.
When the corrupt local government seeks to punish Court’s friends and family for her actions, she has no choice but to make a stand. If it takes a riot to make the people on Earth see that they were misled about Jekh, she’s more than willing to start one. After all, her reputation couldn’t possibly get any worse.
Romance Science Fiction [Self Published, On Sale: August 9, 2016, e-Book, / ]
SPLINTER by Jasper Hyde
This spooky and diverse modern-day Sleepy Hollow retelling was a ton of fun with interesting characters and a romance to root for!
This Is The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Reborn…
In a small town hidden behind the hills of New York, things are far from ordinary. As Sleepy Hollow’s youngest Medical Examiner, the pressure intensifies for Dr. Drusilla Van Tassel when the headless bodies of her sister Katrina’s friends start surfacing. Meanwhile, Drusilla’s ex-lover Ichabod Crane returns to town, dredging up feelings better left buried.
Things take a turn for the worst when Drusilla comes face-to-face with the Headless Horseman, who is back to settle old scores – and she and her sister are the perfect targets. Drusilla can repel the horseman with an unknown power, but her sister isn’t so lucky, and she goes missing.
However, when Drusilla discovers Ichabod is a monster hunter, she has no other choice but to turn to him for help. Even if that means working with a man she feels an inexplicable attraction to. Will they find Katrina and banish the headless horseman once and for all?
Romance Paranormal [The Magnificent Engine, On Sale: November 16, 2023, e-Book, / ]
Vampire Huntress Legends series by L.A. Banks
I can’t talk about Black paranormal romance authors and not mention the original reigning queen. The dearly departed L.A. Banks. Her books still hold up as fantastic reads.
Vampire Huntress Legend#1
There is one woman who is all that stands between us and the eternal night.
Here is an account of her legend....
All Damali Richards ever wanted to do was create music and bring it to the people. Now she is a Spoken Word artist and the top act for Warriors of Light Records. But come nightfall, she hunts vampires and demons—predators that people tend to dismiss as myth or fantasy. But Damali and her Guardian team cannot afford such delusions, especially now, when a group of rogue vampires have been killing the artists of Warriors of Light and their rival, Blood Music. Strange attacks have also erupted within the club drug-trafficking network and drawn the attention of the police. These killings are a bit out of the ordinary, even for vampires. No neat puncture marks in the neck to show where the life's blood has been sucked from the body. These bodies have been mutilated beyond recognition, indicating a blood lust and thirst for destruction that surpasses any Damali has encountered before. Damali soon discovers that behind these brutal murders is the most powerful vampire she has ever met, and this seductive beast is coming for her next. But his unholy intentions have also drawn the focus of other hellish dark forces. Soon Damali finds herself being pulled deeper into the vast and horrifying vampire world.
Paranormal | Multicultural [St. Martin's Press, On Sale: May 2, 2004, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780312987015 / ]
Crestwood Paranormal Romance series by Mia Black
More into werewolves? This paranormal romance series gives plus-sized heroines their own HEA with their fated mates!
Crestwood Paranormal Romance #1
In a world where supernatural desires collide with everyday life, Tahari Banks finds herself caught in a whirlwind of emotions.
Tahari, with her voluptuous build and alluring fragrance, finds herself in a tempest of feelings when drawn to the notorious Zerrin Hawkins. Although she battles her own inner turmoil, their connection sizzles.
Zerrin, a handsome man during the day and a fierce alpha werewolf at night, is searching for a special someone and believes Tahari could be the one. But their bond not only sets off sparks of romance, but also danger. Hidden in the shadows are enemies, lurking creatures, and dark secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
Find out what happens in part one of this magnetic series Hidden Secrets!
Romance Paranormal [Self Published, On Sale: October 30, 2023, e-Book, / ]
Elemental Witches series – Lakia
If witches are more your speed, you can’t go wrong with Lakia’s urban paranormal series!
Nova Baptiste is a quirky pyrokinetic who left her past behind and relocated to Gradula Hills, Florida to start a new journey on her own. The small town atmosphere is amazing until Nova's magical secret is exposed to a few of her neighbors and the rumors spread like wildfire, making her the local pariah. That doesn't stop Nova from living her best low key life until her desire to settle one last score leads her to the handsome hitman, Rylo Samuels.
Rylo is a man on a mission, determined to ensure that his daughter has the best chances at beating leukemia. However, taking on the job that Nova forces him into turned out to be more than Rylo bargained for. He is jolted into a world of magic with pyrokinesis and aquakinesis that leaves him sorting through reality.
Dive into a world of fantasy in this African American Urban Paranormal Romance, Soul Of Fire.
Romance Paranormal | Fantasy Urban [Self Published, On Sale: July 14, 2022, e-Book, / ]
Alphas Love Curvy Women – Melody Lynch
For more shifter romance fun, check out Melody Lynch’s series.
Anastasia has hit rock bottom; she is flat broke, and her lights just got cut off. Just when she's about to give up, a mysterious client offers her a lifeline – a photoshoot deep in the woods.
Excited to finally have a lead, she rushes out and gets caught in a violent rainstorm. Anastasia's car gets stuck, and her situation seems helpless until a grumbly stranger finds her and offers refuge for the night. Sparks fly between the two of them, and Anastasia soon discovers that the handsome stranger is more than human.
Romance Paranormal [Spicy Scorpio publishing, On Sale: February 1, 2024, e-Book, / ]
Vampires of Crescent City – Zelda Knight
For the sapphic romance and omegaverse fans out there, check out this followup series to the Crescent City Shifters!
Veronica Espinoza, shifter zoologist. I worked hard for my degree and enjoyed my job until I ran into a paranormal I couldn’t place into a neat box.
In the slums of Crescent City, I studied shifters, vampires, and magicians to find the origins of TV3, a virus that turns humans into creatures of the night.
But when my partner, a lycan doctor, comes across a rare blood-borne shifter disease, I know there’s only one being who can discover the truth–my ex, Jasmine, a powerful vampire heiress to the largest blood bank in town.
Once bitten, twice shy. I know I shouldn’t give my heart to her again to manipulate, even if it means finding a cure. But I need Jasmine’s help and have craved her touch ever since the night she saved me from being turned.
There’s only a matter of time before forces beyond my control command me to submit to the queen of the night. But will love or bloodlust win out during our deadly game of cat and mouse?
Commanded by Night (Vampires of Crescent City) is a standalone F/F omegaverse vampire fpreg romance set in the Atherverse Universe.
Romance Paranormal | Romance LGBTQ [Crown & Sword, On Sale: May 30, 2023, e-Book, / ]
Fit For the Throne - S. McPherson
If you like dark romantasy, this interracial romance saga set in the world of the fae is a must read!
On a night when I’m supposed to be making bad decisions with handsome strangers, I find myself pressed against a wall by a man who commands shadows. He’s handsome—painfully so—but he doesn’t want my body. He wants my blood. Spilled in a game of deadly trials to claim a throne I don’t want, in a world I’ve never heard of.
If I couldn’t feel the heat of his breath on my lips or the indent of his fingers at my throat, I’d be convinced this was a dream—a nightmare—but it’s impossibly real. I’m a new contestant on some hit reality show, Fit for the Throne.
I try to tell them I don’t belong here in this twisted world of witches, warlocks and Fae. No one will listen. Least of all, the man of shadows who can't seem to decide if he wants to kill me or keep me.
Running isn’t an option. The only way out of the Games is to play them. However, the more I play, the more I discover that there's more to me and this world, than I thought. Maybe I want that throne after all.
This spicy, Hunger Games meets ACOTAR, romance is perfect for fans of Laura Thalassa, Sarah J. Maas, Carissa Broadbent and Jennifer L. Armentrout
Romance Fantasy [Self Published, On Sale: February 14, 2023, e-Book, / ]
Lore of the Wilds - Analeigh Sbrana
And if you want some menage in your fae romantasy AND an enchanted library, you must check out the newly released LORE OF THE WILDS.
A stunning Romantasy debut about an enchanted library, two handsome Fae, and one human who brings them all together.
A library with a deadly enchantment.
A Fae lord who wants in.
A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power.
In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore Alemeyu’s village is trapped in a forested prison. Lore knows that any escape attempt is futile—her scars are a testament to her past failures. But when her village is threatened, Lore makes a desperate deal with a Fae lord. She will leave her home to catalog/organize an enchanted library that hasn’t been touched in a thousand years. No Fae may enter the library, but there is a chance a human might be able to breach the cursed doors.
She convinces him that she will risk her life for wealth, but really she’s after the one thing the Fae covet above all: magic of her own.
As Lore navigates the hostile world outside, she’s forced to rely on two Fae males to survive. Two very different, very dangerous, very attractive Fae males. When undeniable chemistry ignites, she’s not just in danger of losing her life, but her heart to the very creatures she can never trust.
Romance Fantasy [HarperVoyager, On Sale: February 27, 2024, e-Book, / ]
Formerly an auto-mechanic, Brooklyn Ann thrives on writing romance, urban fantasy, and horror novels featuring unconventional heroines and heroes who adore them. Author of historical paranormal romance in her critically acclaimed Scandals with Bite series, urban fantasy in the cult favorite, Brides of Prophecy novels, rockstar romance in the award-winning, Hearts of Metal series, and horror in the B Mine series, horror romances riffing on the 1970s and 1980s B horror movies that feature a Final Couple instead of a Final Girl. She lives in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho with her gamer son, rockstar/IT Guy boyfriend, three cats, a few project cars, an extensive book collection, and miscellaneous horror memorabilia. She can be found online at her website as well as on Twitter, Facebook, Mastodon, and Instagram. For exclusive updates, sneak peeks, and giveaways, sign up for Brooklyn Ann’s Newsletter on her website.
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