Best african american romance books according to redditors

We found 79 Reddit comments discussing the best african american romance books. We ranked the 17 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about African American Romance Fiction:

u/KristaDBall · 17 pointsr/Fantasy

> It is a light fluffy candyfloss of a genre that really just can't be taken seriously as it does not take itself seriously.

This stinks of the edgy, "I'm not like other girls" thing. There's no shame in that. A lot of us have gone through it. Hell, I went through it. But you're wrong. And I don't mean "oh my feelings" wrong. I mean you are factually wrong.

There is my comment about Beverly Jenkins' Indigo about a woman in the underground railroad. More importantly, how many black women saw themselves in the heroine, called on back of the book "the dark skinned beauty" -- for many, this book was first time they heard themselves called a beauty.

There is Courtney Milan's Brothers Sinister Series, which deals with mental health in the mid-Victorian era. Nothing says fluffy like OCD, depression, anxiety, hoarding, and insane asylums in 1850s Britain.

There is Mary Balogh's Simply LOve about a solider with PTSD and a teacher with PTSD, and how they fall in love and deal with their own pain.

Hell, I wrote a romance novel featuring a heroine who suffered from panic attacks. There's nothing "fluffy" about a book that has helped women seek medical treatment for their anxiety and panic.

Or what about the Jane Austen adaptation I wrote about an inner city worker with PTSD who ends up on stress leave because she finds one of her clients dead. And how a young woman decides to go to the police about her rapist to help protect another woman who is being hurt by him. Yeah. Hilarity. (And, to be fair, this book is hilarious. And also dark as night sometimes.)

Just like spec fiction can be light and fluffy (Landover, The Palace Job) or dark as all fuck (Warhammer, Prince of Nothing) and every version of that in between, romance - just like every other genre out there - is also the entire range.

You don't have to like romance to be able to respect it.

u/BirdsGetTheGirls · 9 pointsr/news

https://www.amazon.com/Crocodile-Shifters-Bride-Paranormal-Marriage-ebook/dp/B01HK5MR8U

And I forgot to use a private window, so now amazon thinks I am really interested in seeing these trashy novels.

u/ardatli · 3 pointsr/RomanceBooks

Thanks for this thread! I just wanted to let folks know that my latest novel, That Potent Alchemy, is currently on sale for $0.99 at the usual online retailers. Part of the best-selling Treading the Boards Regency series, this [M/F] romance is a standalone story.

Grab it here: https://www.amazon.com/That-Potent-Alchemy-Treading-Boards-ebook/dp/B01IUL6VOY

Is his love her safe place to land…or just smoke and mirrors?

Grace Owens danced her feet bloody to become the finest en pointe prodigy of her generation, but the only accolade she longed for—her father’s approval—never came. Finally, broken and defeated, she cut ties and fled to London to live life on her own terms.

Now, after four years as an actress in London’s smaller theatres, a last-minute production change lands her right where she never wanted to be again. Front and center in the ballet—and back in toe shoes.

From his perch on the catwalks, machinist and stagecraft illusionist Isaac Caird can’t take his eyes off Grace. A woman who wears men’s clothing, but not as a disguise. An exquisite beauty who doesn’t keep a lover. A skilled dancer who clearly hates every pirouette.

The perfect lines of her delicate body inspire him to create a new illusion—with her as the centerpiece—that will guarantee sold-out shows. Maybe even attract a royal’s patronage. But first he has to get her to look at him. And convince her the danger is minimal—especially within the circle of his arms.

Featuring a gender-fluid ballet dancer, an amateur chemist who only occasionally starts fires, and an old rivalry that could tear them apart.

u/masturb8ion · 2 pointsr/ChurchOfTheBBC

If you're into the black nwo/white extinction or slavery thing you might like this one I found https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078TDHG4F its a bit different (but short)

u/Scylla_and_Charybdis · 2 pointsr/blackladies

Oh goddamnit, thanks for letting me know. It's supposed to be this.

u/amazon-converter-bot · 1 pointr/FreeEBOOKS

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u/chassis-albuquerque · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

This looks depressing - and there's a whole series of them:

"This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib"
by Quan Millz


Other titles:

  1. 📷 She’s Only 15 Shameek Speight 4.4 out of 5 stars 172 Kindle Edition$1.24
  2. 📷 Lil Mama Sellin' Pwussy: Full Standalone Quan Millz 4.0 out of 5 stars 42 Kindle Edition$1.23
  3. 📷 Hoe Is Life: Full Standalone Quan Millz 4.4 out of 5 stars 42 Kindle Edition$1.21
  4. 📷 Project Hoe Dreams: Episode 2
u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/books

BackPage

"On the controversial website backpage.com, these four friends are breaking the hearts—and pockets—of many unsuspecting victims.
Sweater Robinson moved to Atlanta with nothing but $300, a dream, and a dark past she wanted nothing more than to forget about. Just when things are starting to look up, someone from her past returns, forcing her to choose between love and loyalty.
Royalty Jackson is often hot and cold due to his abrasive personality, but one thing that’s certain is his love for making convenient cash. Getting money by any means necessary is the motto he stands firmly by, and he’ll do whatever to get it even if it means turning on his friends and loved ones.
Lady Carter has a lackadaisical attitude when it comes to most things until a life changing event forces her to make a difficult decision. Will her outcome be the happy ending she always envisioned?
Capricorn “Cap” Daniels is usually a man of very few words. However, he has no choice but to finally speak up for what he wants. After all, closed mouths don’t get fed…but falling in love brings consequences and conflict.
Deception and betrayal are at an all-time high, and ‘loyalty’ is simply a word. Will these four friends be consumed by jealousy, distrust, and greed or will they make it out unscathed?"

I wonder if the movie is better:

BackPage

"Four college film students embark on the riskiest journey of a lifetime to investigate local call-girl escort services for a documentary project. Bill, trying to put his life back on track after fleeing from his violent past, leads his group with bombastic flair. These leadership squabbles, and a dangerous proximity to their film's subjects, leads to disaster in this salty, sultry laugh riot. It's "The Blair Witch Project" with hookers. The role and responsibility of the documentarian are viciously skewered in this dark farce. BackPage is a monumental social statement, a modern morality tale, mockumentary cinema at its finest."

u/ericreesebooks · 1 pointr/eroticauthors

I'm so late. I have two boxsets. Please help!

Blurb 1: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TRT3G1Z

Black men have guilty pleasures too and you must read why...

Antonio is a star on the court and has doubled his squad on the low with his supermodel wife and across-the-hall teammate, Destiny. Do you think he can keep this going on for long?

Next, you have Mr. Jalen Wilson, the high school English teacher who runs into his former student, Tanisha in her first semester of college. She sees something in him that only can be resolved in one place - the bed. Is Mr. Wilson or Tanisha at fault?

Then, you have Jamal and Shay, two athletes, who have a little daddy-mommy thing on the low while Jamal is married, but he's not the only one hiding something.

Lastly,Tyson, a ball player from Georgia Tech got all the girls on him in Veronica's high school but she wants what she wants. 

Click Buy Now to read these lustful obsessions with arousing consequences today.

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Blurb 2: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GDSTL59

Black gentlewomen have guilty pleasures, so let's let them call the shots...

Kayla has more on her mind than a hot shower for one when she summons Tyrone, the sous chef, one afternoon. Do you think these two can keep a secret in the house of four?

While dance partner, Imani works her way down her ex, Marquis at a dance competition in Tokyo. Can the young king stay faithful to his new college sweetheart?

Ayana and Taye's unintentional heat, sparked after years away from school, proves that their passions had never gone away. Will Taye hold on for a few more days before returning home to his supermodel wife?

Lastly, Deja got pregnant after a one-night-stand, lost her virginity and now someone isn’t ready...

u/Nova_Black · 1 pointr/eroticauthors

No particular kink - mostly dominant lesbian and the curious straight girl theme. I do progress the exploring of sex acts, increasing until there is a steamy spanking scene...

For this sort of tale, I broke them into so many parts (7) so I could keep the 60/40 split of sex vs. story, while building interesting, three dimensional characters. One can have their cake and eat it too, so to speak.

The rewarding part is I have almost as many people purchase book 7 as book 2!

Book 1 was free since saturday, promotion ending today with 560 d/l. Translated to roughly 20 sales/KUs so not bad, I guess.

My bundles are also doing well - but next time I will not offer them in KU! I figure to maximize profits I want my lenders to borrow each book in the series.

Here's a link to the first one if you want to take a look:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LS47BBI


u/RoxanneSweet · 1 pointr/eroticauthors

Ooh, fun question. I loved Vitamin P, which is in KU.

In terms of published novels, Nervous by Zane and Pure Paradise by Allison Hobbs.