• General Recommendations
  • Staff-Created List

From Sweet to Steamy, the Best of Black Romance Novels

A selection of the sweetest to the steamiest romance novels featuring Black leads.

Pickering Public Library

25 items

  • An R&B singer and a corporate executive find love that hits the right notes in this romance by Kristina Forest, USA Today bestselling author of The Partner Plot.
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley Romance, 2025. — FIC Fores
  • Fueled by her impulsive desire to create a memorable night, Sovanna approaches the finest man in the club. Boldly, she introduces herself to Zahir, confident he won't reject her... and he doesn't. Instead, he exceeds her expectations, making it…
    Book, 2024[Place of publication not identified] : BriAnn Danae, 2024. — FIC Danae
  • A cupcake-baking football player gets assistance from a social media maven—and his best friend's little sister—to help promote his new bakery after accidentally going viral online.
    Book, 2024New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2024. — FIC Wesle
  • A smoking-hot, hilarious novel about the perils of online dating.
    Book, 2024New York : Bramble, Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — FIC Allen
  • Lifelong best friends spend a fateful summer discovering what might happen if they were to be something more in this radiant, heart-clenching adult debut.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — FIC Neils
  • A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is worth a shot at happily-ever-after, in this starry debut.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — FIC Easto
  • Olivia and Zeke are British citizens and the high achieving offspring of Zimbabwean immigrants. She’s a focused college grad with a dream internship with the Olympics that she hopes to parlay into a permanent position. He’s Team Britain’s popular…
    Book, 2024New York : Flatiron Books, 2024. — YA FIC Mazar
  • Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — FIC Fores
  • Award-winning author Vanessa Riley turns all convention on its head for the first in an enchanting, dazzlingly new Regency romance trilogy featuring a duke, three sisters, and a tantalizing bet with a most desirable reward.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Zebra Books, 2024. — FIC Riley
  • In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two former flames may force them to choose between their dreams and each other.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — FIC Ariel
  • A swoon-worthy story of love and friendship in the age of social media—where what you see might not be all you get.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — FIC Obuob
  • In this heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest, a shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor to help her score a date, not knowing he's the obscure author she's been corresponding with.
    eBook, 2023[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Publishing Group, 2023.
  • A passionate and emotional romance with a forbidden love, that penetrates the complexities of relationships, loyalty, and the sacrifices that come with following one's heart.
    eAudiobook, 2023Podium Audio, 2023
  • New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi reimagines the love story in this fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss.
    Book, 2022New York : Atria Books, 2022. — FIC Emezi
  • Rival photographers are forced to collaborate on a body-positive lingerie campaign, but they might have to readjust their focus when sparks fly.
    Book, 2022New York : Berkley, 2022. — FIC Jacks
  • Luz Alana Heith-Benzan set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances is she to fall in love, in this historical romance.
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario : HQN, 2022. — FIC Herre
  • Savvy Sheldon spends a lot of time tiptoeing around the cracks in her life: her high-stress and low-thanks job, her clueless boyfriend and the falling-apart kitchen she inherited from her beloved grandma—who taught her how to cook and how to love…
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira, 2022. — FIC McCoy
  • Harlow and Acyn are on their way to happily ever after… Or so they thought. When their wedding is in jeopardy from outside forces and well-meaning family members, they decide to take matters into their own hands and escape to the Oregon coast.
    Book, 2022[Place of publication not identified] : A.E. Valdez, 2022. — FIC Valde
  • Successful pediatric surgeon London Kelley just needs to find some balance and de-stress. According to her friends Samiah and Taylor, what London really needs is a casual hookup. A night of fun with no strings. But no one—least of all…
    Book, 2022New York : Forever, 2022. — FIC Rocho
  • Suddenly jobless and single after a devastating layoff and a breakup with his cheating ex, advertising copywriter Dominick Gibson flees his life in Hell's Kitchen to try and get back on track in his hometown of Detroit. He’s got one objective — exit…
    eBook, 2022Belt Publishing, 2022