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Below is a list of the releases for 2002 and their ratings by our reviewers. A click on the book title will take you to the official review written by a ROMANCE IN COLOR reviewer. Reviews and ratings from 1994 are also available.
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| ISBN | JANUARY | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER |
| LIKE BOOGIE ON TUESDAY - L. D. Grosvenor | BET/Sepia |
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Wayne | |
| HOT JOHNNY - Sandra Jackson-Opoku | Ballantine/One World |
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Nathasha | |
| EVERYTHING AND MORE - Sinclair LeBeau | Genesis |
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Jeanette | |
| HEART OF THE MATTER - Raynetta Mañees | BET/Arabesque | NR | NA | |
| THE ART OF DESIRE - Selena Montgomery | BET/Arabesque |
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Jeanette | |
| STILL THE STORM - Sharon Robinson | Genesis/Indigo |
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Jeanette | |
| BLACK COFFEE - Tracy Price-Thompson | Villard/Striver's Row |
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Nathasha | |
| LOVE ON THE RUN - Angela Winters | BET/Arabesque |
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Leslie | |
| LOVE IN BLOOM - Various Authors | BET/Arabesque |
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Leslie | |
| FEBRUARY | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| NO COMPROMISE - Rochelle Alers | BET/Arabesque |
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Jeanette | |
| CHERISH THE FLAME - Beverly Clarke | Genesis/Indigo |
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jeanette | |
| WHEN TWILIGHT COMES - Gwynne Forster | Kensington/Dafina |
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Wayne | |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS - Shelby Lewis | BET/Arabesque | |||
| THIS BITTER EARTH - Bernice McFadden |
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Nathasha | ||
| SAY YOU NEED ME - Kayla Perrin | Harper/Torch |
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Leslie | |
| WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - Tamara Sneed | BET/Arabesque |
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Jeanette | |
| SHADOWS OF MOONLIGHT - Jeanne Sumerix | Genesis/Love Spectrum |
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Jeanette | |
| UNDERCOVER PASSION - Courtni Wright | BET/Arabesque | NR | NA | |
| ISLAND BLISS - Various Authors | BET/Arabesque | NR | NA | |
| MARCH | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| SURRENDER TO LOVE - Adrienne Byrd | BET/Arabesque |
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Alicia | |
| WHAT MATTERS MORE - Francine Craft | BET/Arabesque |
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Leslie | |
| WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN - Bette Ford | BET/Arabesque |
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Jeanette | |
| NO APOLOGIES - Seressia Glass | Genesis/Indigo |
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Wayne | |
| AN UNFINISHED LOVE AFFAIR - B. Keaton | Genesis/Indigo | 2 | Jeanette | |
| MAY DECEMBER SOUL - Merissa Monteilh | Harper/Avon | NR | NA | |
| PRICELESS GIFT - Celeste Norfleet | BET/Arabesque | NR | NA | |
| MEANT TO BE - Rita Corburn Whack | Villard/Strivers' Row | NR | NA | |
| APRIL | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| LOVE PORTIONS - Leslie Esdaile | BET/Arabesque |
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Jeanette | |
| THE PROPOSITION - Shirley Harrison | BET/Arabesque | NR | NA | |
| FALLING FOR YOU - Kim Louise | BET/Arabesque |
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Alicia | |
| EMOTIONS - Timmothy McCan | Harper/Avon | NR | NA | |
| JOLIE'S SURRENDER - Edwina Martin-Arnold | Genesis/Indigo |
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Jeanette | |
| THE PRODIGAL HUSBAND - Jacquelin Thomas | BET/New Spirit |
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Wayne | |
| SURVIVING MR. RIGHT - T. McClain Watson | BET/Sepia | NR | NA | |
| PROMISE TO KEEP - Alicia Wiggins | Genesis/Indigo |
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Alicia | |
| LOVE'S DESTINY - Crystal Wilson-Harris | BET/Arabesque |
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Leslie | |
| MAY | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| ALL BECAUSE OF YOU - Bridget Anderson | BET/Arabesque | |||
| MAGNOLIA SUNSET - Giselle Carmichael | Genesis/Indigo |
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Alicia | |
| ONCE IN A BLUE MOON - Dorianne Cole | Genesis/Indigo |
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Jeanette | |
| TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Lynn Emery | Harper/Torch | NR | NA | |
| DOCTOR, DOCTOR - Carmen Green | BET/Arabesque |
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Jeanette | |
| LIVING ON THE EDGE OF RESPECTABILITY - S. Harrison | BET/Sepia | NR | NA | |
| ISLAND INTERLUDE - Linda Hudson-Smith | BET/Arabesque | 4 | Leslie | |
| PERFECT TIMING - Brenda Jackson | Kensington/Dafina | NR | NA | |
| BELLE AND THE BEAU - Beverly Jenkins | Avon/True Romance | 4+ | Wayne | |
| FOUNDATION FOR LOVE - Doreen Rainey | BET/Arabesque | 4+ | Alicia | |
| I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW - Francis Ray | St. Martin's Press | 4+ | Jeanette | |
| JUNE | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| EVERYTHING BUT LOVE - Natalie Dunbar | ||||
| STILL WATERS RUN DEEP - Leslie Esdaile | ||||
| NO REGRETS - Patricia Haley | ||||
| POSSESSION - Sonia Icilyn | BET/Arabesque | |||
| I'M TELLING - Karen E. Quiones Miller | ||||
| IN AN INSTANT - Kayla Perrin | BET/Arabesque | |||
| BARGAIN OF THE HEART - Candice Poarch | BET/Arabesque | |||
| THE HEART DOESN'T LIE - Marcella Sanders | BET/Arabesque | |||
| JULY | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| ONCE IN A LIFETIME - Gwynne Forster | BET/Arabesque | |||
| HEARTS OF STEEL - Geri Guillaume | BET/Arabesque | |||
| SOUTHERN COMFORT - J.M. Jeffries | ||||
| MAMA'S GIRLS - Janette McCarthy Louard | ||||
| FOR YOUR LOVE - Janice Sims | BET/Arabesque | |||
| HOPELESSLY DEVOTED - Niqui Stanhope | BET/Arabesque | |||
| AUGUST | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| CANDY DON'T COME IN GRAY - Roslyn Carrington | ||||
| COMING HOME - Roberta Gayle | BET/Arabesque | |||
| FROM THIS DAY FORWARD - Bettye Griffith | BET/Arabesque | |||
| A FAMILY AFFAIR - Shirley Hailstock | BET/Arabesque | |||
| TATTOOED TEARS - T. T. Henderson | ||||
| NEVER AGAIN ONE MORE - Mary Morrison | ||||
| SOMETHING REAL - J. J. Murray | ||||
| EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE - Evelyn Palfrey | ||||
| LUCKY IN LOVE - Melanie Schuster | BET/Arabesque | |||
| LADIES IN WAITING - Linda Hudson-Smith | ||||
| REACHING BACK - Nea Ann Simone | ||||
| TRUST IN ME - Alice Wootson | BET/Arabesque | |||
| SEPTEMBER | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| DEEPLY - Mechelle Avey | ||||
| JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU - Louré Bussey | BET/Arabesque | |||
| TOMORROW'S PROMISE - Leslie Esdaile | ||||
| WHOLE IN ONE - Aisha Ford | ||||
| RHYTHMS - Donna Hill (PB) | ||||
| A CHANCE AT LOVE - Beverly Jenkins | ||||
| IT'S A LOVE THANG - Reon Laudat | ||||
| SWEET SACRIFICE - Crystal Rhodes | ||||
| GHOSTS OF FIRE - Maureen Smith | ||||
| HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO - Deirdre Savoy | BET/Arabesque | |||
| THE TIES THAT BIND - Eboni Snoe | BET/Arabesque | |||
| PASSION'S JOURNEY - Wanda Y. Thomas | ||||
| ONE HEARTBEAT AT A TIME - Marilyn Tyner | BET/Arabesque | |||
| OCTOBER | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN - Robin Allen | BET/Arabesque | |||
| FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE - Leslie E. Banks | ||||
| THE AMBASSADOR'S VOW - Barbara Gale | ||||
| AN ORDINARY WOMAN - Donna Hill | ||||
| RHYTHMS OF LOVE - Doris Johnson | BET/Arabesque | |||
| LOVE'S FRUSTRATION - R. M. Johnson | ||||
| STOLEN HEARTS - Jacquelin Thomas | BET/Arabesque | |||
| AS LONG AS THERE IS LOVE - Karen White-Owens | BET/Arabesque | |||
| ICIE - Pamela Leigh Starr | ||||
| TO LOVE AN HONOR - Various | ||||
| OCTOBER/NOVEMBER HOLIDAY | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| A CHRISTMAS WISH - Celeste Norfleet | BET/Arabesque | |||
| ONE MOMENT IN TIME - Linda Hudson-Smith | BET/Arabesque | |||
| TO LOVE AGAIN - Alice Wootson | BET/Arabesque | |||
| SEASON OF LOVE - Various | BET/Arabesque | |||
| GETTIN' MERRY - Various | ||||
| NOVEMBER | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| HOMECOMING - Rochelle Alers | BET/Arabesque | |||
| SHE'LL LEARN - Sybil Barkley-Staples | ||||
| MIRRORED LIFE - Anita Bunkley | ||||
| ALL I WANT IS FOREVER - Lynn Emery | ||||
| TIES THAT BIND - Brenda Jackson | ||||
| DELANEY'S DESERT SHEIK - Brenda Jackson | ||||
| TRUE LIES - Margaret Johnson-Hodge | ||||
| JADE - Marcia King-Gamble | ||||
| IT'S IN HIS KISS - Reon Laudat | ||||
| OPEN YOUR HEART - Michelle Monkou | BET/Arabesque | |||
| POWER OF PERSUASION - Selena Montgomery | BET/Arabesque | |||
| TAKEN FOR GRANTED - Earl Sewell | ||||
| DANGEROUS MEMORIES - Angela Winters | BET/Arabesque | |||
| DECEMBER | PUBLISHER | RATING | REVIEWER | |
| A YOUNGER MAN - Rochelle Alers | Silhouette/Desire | |||
| HAUNTED HEART - Francine Craft | BET/Arabesque | |||
| THROUGH THE STORM - Leslie Esdaile | BET/Arabesque | |||
| A PAIR LIKE NO OTHA' - Hunter Hayes | Harper/Torch | |||
| MAD ABOUT YOU - Cindi Louis | Harper/Torch | |||
| TRUE DEVOTION - Kim Louise | BET/Arabesque | |||
| EVERLASTING MOMENTS - Dorothy E. Love | Genesis/Indigo | |||
| JUST FOR YOU - Doreen Rainey | BET/Arabesque |
