Favorite IR Romances- Mysteries and General Fiction are also welcome
Discover your next favorite IR romances, gripping mysteries, and captivating general fiction books. Explore our curated list of top picks for heartwarming love stories and thrilling reads.
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The Color of Love
by Sandra Kitt
Considered by many to be the foremost African American writer of romance, Kitt presents a sizzling romance that compares to The Bodyguard. Leah Downey is a talented black artist dealing with a loveless relationship. Jason Horn is a white cop trying to get over the traumas of his past. When they meet, sparks fly--but can they keep it together?
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Dawn's Harbor
by Kymberly Hunt
After a woman who has lost all faith in herself meets an African heir whos been forced into exile, they both experience firsthand the power of love and faith that ultimately leads to a lasting family bond and redemption. Original.
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AJ's Serendipity
by Savannah J. Frierson
The last thing Greek Alejandro Melonakos expected to find when shopping for food for his restaurant was the love of his life, but that was exactly who he found when he spotted Black American Samara Grossman across the marketplace. Will he be able to convince her of his love and gain hers in return during her five days on vacation, or will his serendipitous find be all for naught?
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Rock Star
by Roslyn Hardy Holcomb
After a rock star flees Los Angeles and retreats to a tiny Alabama town to recover from the death of his best friend, he meets a small-town girl who steals his heart. Original.
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Reckless Eyeballin'
by Judith Smith-Levin
For Cynthia Chapin-Rayner, the world was filled with wealth and power. Marriage to billionaire corporate raider, Dan Rayner, provided her with everything; everything except love. That she found in the arms of another man. A love so filled with passion and desire that she surrendered everything to keep it, including her life. Cynthia Chapin-Rayner's nude and battered body is found in the woods near her vast estate. The socialite has suffered a death so violent and brutal that even hardened detectives are horrified. On the case, Homicide Lieutenant Starletta Duvall and her partner Sergeant Dominic Paresi follow a trail that leads them behind closed doors and into the lives and secrets of some of the city's most prominent citizens. Before long what they find gives new meaning to the phrase "everyone has something to hide." In a world where everything, including life itself, has a price tag, the two detectives find themselves looking into the eyes of evil . . . in a very familiar face. From the Paperback edition.
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You Should Have Died on Monday
by Frankie Y. Bailey
In this compelling mystery, African American university professor and crime historian Lizzie Stuart comes face-to-face with her long lost mother, Becca. Following threads from her earlier cases, Lizzie uses her keen investigative abilities to research her own family's past and uncovers a web of murder and mayhem centered around her mother. As the pursuit of Becca runs from the gangster-led Chicago of the 1960s to modern, pre-Katrina New Orleans, Lizzie rattles the wrong people, jeopardizng her interracial relationship with homicide detective John Quinn while putting her own life in danger. Ultimately, Lizzie learns that some things are better left buried in the past.
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Riding the Snake
by Stephen J. Cannell
A Beverly Hills golden boy whose glow is fading, Wheeler Cassidy, an aimless, hard-drinking womanizer, is partying toward dissipation. But after his brother's mysterious death, Wheeler embarks on a perilous journey to find himself and the Chinese gangsters who murdered the only member of his family he ever really loved. Along the way, he teams up with Tanisha Williams, a beautiful African-American detective raised in Watts and now assigned to the L.A.P.D. Asian Crimes Task Force. The two make an unlikely pair, but together they face the violence and corruption that stretches from Hong Kong's notorious criminal Triad to the highest reaches of the American government. It's an international conspiracy of huge proportions that will take Wheeler and Tanisha halfway around the world and into the most dangerous adventure of their lives...
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Never Say Never
by Michele Cameron
After an African-American paralegal begins dating a white male attorney, she finds herself caught between family and an intolerant society--and her love for a kind, wonderful man. Original.
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BB and The 'Baller
by L. Langdon
A chance encounter between a brilliant, publicity-shy History professor and a professional athlete with a public life leads to mutual attraction and a struggle to reconcile their life styles.
