~ Releases 2005 ~

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Below is a list of the releases for 2005 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.

ISBN JANUARY PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
1-58314-592-3 MEASURE OF A MAN - Adrianne Byrd BET/Arabesque - -
1-59309-034-X BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR - Cheryl Faye BET/Arabesque - -
0-75820-956-8 ILLEGAL AFFAIRS - Sheila Dansby Harvey Kensington/Dafina - -
0-06073-929-0 A PAIR LIKE NO OTHA' - Hunter Hayes Harper/Torch - -
0-44669-352-9 A MAN INSPIRED - Derek Jackson Walk Worthy Press - -
1-58314-605-9 AS REAL AS IT GETS - Monica McKayhan BET/Sepia - -
0-595-33980-8 AGAIN AND AGAIN - Leah Yvonne Mullen iUniverse Publishing - -
1-58314-583-4 LOVE'S INFERNO - Elaine Overton BET/Arabesque - -
0-06058-709-1 GIMME AN O! - Kayla Perrin Avon/Romance - -
0-45121-037-9 THE STRONG SILENT TYPE - C. Kelly Richardson New American Library 4+ Alvin
0-75820-956-8 SHADES AND SHADOWS - Sophie Shaw Dafina/Romance 3+ Jennifer
1-58314-510-9 A MATTER OF TIME - Linda Walters BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-538-9 ALOHA LOVE - Alice Wootson BET/Arabesque - -
ISBN FEBRUARY PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-31232-408-1 THE BITTEN  -  L.A. Banks St. Martin's Press 5 Debra
0-75820-741-7 WHEN IT RAINS - Angie Daniels Kensington/Dafina - -
0-37387-298-4 FIRST MATES - Cecelia Dowdy Harlequin/Love Inspired 4 Veronica
1-58314-573-7 ALL OR NOTHING - Crystal Downs BET/Arabesque - -
1-58571-121-7 FALLING - Natalie Dunbar Genesis/Indigo 4 Wayne
1-58314-621-0 AFTER THE LOVING - Gwynne Forster BET/Arabesque 4+ Monica
1-58314-601-6 SWEETNESS AND LIES - Roberta Gayle BET/Arabesque 4 Michelle
0-74323-552-5 THE ACCIDENTAL HUNTER - Nelson George S & S/Touchstone 4 Wayne
1-58314-468-4 WINGS OF GRACE - Vanessa Davis Griggs BET/New Spirit 4++ Tricia
1-58314-660-1 COURAGEOUS HEARTS - Donna Hill BET/Arabesque - -
0-75820-898-7 HELLO AGAIN - Doris Johnson Dafina/Romance - -
0-31293-363-0 IF YOU JUST SAY YES - Reon Laudat St. Martin's Press 4 LaShonda
0-06073-443-4 THE BEST- KEPT SECRETS - Kimberla Lawson Roby William Morrow - -
0-37371-255-3 HEART AND SOUL #1255 - Eva Rutland Harlequin SuperRomance - -
1-58314-567-2 LOVE ON HOLD - Christine Townsend BET/Arabesque 4+ Monica
0-75820-715-8 THE PREACHER'S SON - Carl Weber Kensington/Dafina - -
1-58314-617-2 CAN I GET AN AMEN - Various Authors BET/Arabesque - -
0-37378-534-8 HOW SWEET THE SOUND - Various Authors Steeple Hill - -
0-31232-877-X AN ALL NIGHT MAN - Various Authors St. Martin's Press - -
0-45121-376-9 BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY - Various Authors NAL/Signet - -
ISBN MARCH PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
1-58314-485-4 CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU - Niobia Bryant BET/Arabesque 4+ Monica
1-4000-6021-4 JUST MY LUCK - Tajuana "TJ" Butler Ballantine/One World - -
1-58314-336-X STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE - Nina Corbett BET/Sepia - -
0-75820-235-0 A MEETING IN THE LADIES' ROOM - Doreen A.  Diggs BET/Arabesque 4 Wayne
0-06053-308-0 AN EVERLASTING LOVE - Bette Ford Harper Torch 4+ Sophie
1-58314-581-8 1. HONOR'S DESTINY - Yolonda Greggs BET/Arabesque 4+ LaShonda
1-58314-581-8 2. HONOR'S DESTINY - Yolonda Greggs BET/Arabesque 4+ Monica
1-58314-544-3 ABOVE THE CLOUDS - Linda Hudson-Smith BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-515-X ONLY YOU - Celeste Norfleet BET/Arabesque - -
0-31230-526-5 TOO MUCH DRAMA - Debra Phillips St. Martin's Press 3 Debra
0-75820-832-4 NICE WIVES FINISH FIRST - Patricia-Anne Phillips Kensington/Dafina - -
0-75820-966-5 UNDENIABLE - Ingrid Monique Dafina/Romance 3+ Jennifer
0-31298-678-5 YOU AND NO OTHER - Francis Ray St. Martin's Press 4+ Jennifer
0-75820-896-3 A LANDLORD'S TALE - Gammy L. Singer Kensington/Dafina - -
ISBN APRIL PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37376-649-1 BEYOND BUSINESS - Rochelle Alers Silhouette/Desire 4 La-Tessa
0-44669-529-7 HEAVEN SENT - Montre Bible Warner/Walk Worthy Press - -
1-58314-466-8 A TEST OF FAITH - Maxine Billings BET/New Spirit - -
0-44657-647-6 PLENTY GOOD ROOM - Chere Paris Edwards Warner/Walk Worthy Press - -
0-75820-737-9 THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR - Bettye Griffin Kensington/Dafina - -
0-31298-998-9 YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU - Shirley Hailstock Dafina/Romance 4+ Jennifer
0-31298-998-9 1. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Brenda Jackson St. Martin's Press 4 Tricia
0-31298-998-9 2. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Brenda Jackson St. Martin's Press 3+ Debra
0-80241-255-6 CROSSING JHORDAN'S RIVER - Kendra Norman-Bellamy Moody Press - -
1-58314-565-6 SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT - Melanie Schuster BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-626-1 WAITING FOR YOU - Janice Sims BET/Arabesque - -
1-58571-152-7 INTENTIONAL MISTAKES - Michele Sudler Genesis/Indigo - -
1-58314-666-0 TO LOVE A BALLANTYNE - Kimberley White BET/Arabesque 4 LaShonda
1-58314-529-X LOVE SCHEME - Altonya Washington BET/Arabesque - -
ISBN MAY PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
1-58314-572-9 KEEPING YOU CLOSE - Celya Bowers BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-449-8 DREAMS OF ECSTASY - Francine Craft BET/Arabesque - -
0-75820-859-6 KEEPIN' IT REAL - Leslie Esdaile BET/Arabesque 4+ Jennifer
1-58314-488-9 WHERE THERE'S SMOKE - Bettye Griffin BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-628-8 CAREFREE - Dara Girard BET/Arabesque 4+ LaShonda
0-06057-532-8 SOMETHING LIKE LOVE - Beverly Jenkins Avon Books 5 Jennifer
0-37376-654-8 JARED'S COUNTERFEIT FIANCÉE - Brenda Jackson BET/Arabesque 4+ La-Tessa
1-58314-659-8 SEDUCTIVE HEARTS - Felicia Mason BET/Arabesque - -
0-31298-731-5 THE WAY HE MAKES ME FEEL - Tamara Sneed St. Martin's Press 4 La-Tessa
0-75820-859-6 LOVE ON THE DOTTED LINE - David E. Talbert Simon & Schuster - -
1-58314-444-7 SAVED IN THE CITY - Jacquelin Thomas BET/Arabesque - -
ISBN JUNE PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-37381-108-X A YOUNGER MAN - Rochelle Alers Silhouette Single Title 4+ Wayne
0-37381-109-8 BACHELORETTE BLUES -Robyn Amos Silhouette Single Title - -
1-58314-482-X AFTER THE STORM - Cassandra Darden Bell BET/Sepia - -
0-06056-539-X DEADLY DOUBLE - Adrienne Byrd Harper Torch - -
0-06057-055-5 BRICKHOUSE -Rita Ewing Avon - -
0-37381-110-1 A FATHER'S FORTUNE -Shirley Hailstock Silhouette Single Title 4+ Katika
0-37381-107-1 A LITTLE DARE - Brenda Jackson Silhouette Single Title 4+ Wayne
1-58314-603-2 THE NEXT BEST THING - Sandra Kitt BET/Arabesque 4+ La-Tessa
0-74327-097-5 GROWN FOLK BUSINESS - Victoria C. Murray Simon & Schuster/Touchstone 4+ Wayne
0-44657-670-0 CHOOSE ME - Xenia Ruiz Walk Worthy Press - -
0-75821-166-X A FOREIGN AFFAIR - Chilufiya Safaa Dafina/Romance 3 Jennifer
1-58314-625-3 LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES - D. Savoy BET/Arabesque 4+ La-Tessa
1-58314-577-X TOTAL BLISS - Sean Young BET/Arabesque 3+ La-Tessa
0-44669-354-5 WHAT A SISTER SHOULD DO - Tiffany L. Warren Walk Worthy Press - -
1-58314-561-3 BLIND OBSESSION - Angela Weaver BET/Arabesque 4+ LaShonda
1-58314-557-5 WINDSWEPT LOVE - Courtni Wright BET/Arabesque - -
ISBN JULY PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-75821-230-5 LOVE UNCOVERED - Angie Daniels Dafina/Romance - -
1-58314-462-5 A TASTE OF PARADISE - Marcia King-Gamble BET/Arabesque 2 La-Tessa
1-58314-662-8 WITH OPEN ARMS - Kim Louise BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-462-5 THE SEVEN-YEAR SCRATCH - Teresa McClain-Watson BET/Sepia - -
0-74326-002-3 UPTOWN DREAMS - Karen Quinones Miller Simon & Schuster - -
1-58314-564-8 FOREVER AND A DAY - Deborah Fletcher Mello BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-550-8 BECAUSE OF GRACE - Vanessa Davis Griggs BET/New Spirit - -
1-58314-594-X PURSUIT OF LOVE - Doreen Rainey BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-536-2 DARE TO LOVE - Yahrah St. John BET/Arabesque - -
1-58571-164-0 WILD RAVENS - AlTonya Washington Genesis/Indigo - -
ISBN AUGUST PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
1-58314-653-9 ALL MY TOMORROWS - Rochelle Alers BET/Arabesque - -
1-42084-895-X WHEN A SISTAH'S FED UP - Monica Frazier Anderson Author House 4+ Tricia
0-06073-102-8 GOOD WOMAN BLUES - Lynn Emery Harper/Torch 4+ Sophie
1-58314-658-X PASSIONATE HEARTS - Felicia Mason BET/Arabesque - -
0-75820-654-2 WHATEVER IT TAKES - Gwynne Forster Kensington/Dafina - -
0-76422-886-2 AIN'T NO RIVER - Sharon Ewell Foster Bethany House - -
0-06075-045-6 MARRYING UP - Nikki Foxx Harper/Torch - -
1-58314-655-5 LOVE RUNS DEEP - Geri Guillaume BET/Arabesque - -
0-75820-904-5 SMOOTH OPERATOR - Janette McCarthy Louard Dafina/Romance 4 Jennifer
1-58314-584-2 DEJA VU - Elaine Overton BET/Arabesque 4+ Wanda
1-58314-600-8 FREE VERSE - Kim Shaw BET/Arabesque - -
0-75820-654-2 SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT - Niqui Stanhope St. Martin's Press - -
1-58314-632-6 THEN I FOUND YOU - Simona Taylor BET/Arabesque 3 La-Tessa
ISBN SEPTEMBER PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
0-06075-045-6 THE AMEN SISTERS - Angela Benson Warner/Walk Worthy Press 4+ Tricia
1-58314-593-1 THE BEAUTIFUL ONES - Adrianne Byrd BET/Arabesque 4+ Jennifer
0-75820-735-2 BLIND TRUST - Leslie Esdaile Banks Kensington/Dafina - -
1-58571-130-6 BEYOND THE RAPTURE - Beverly Clarke Genesis Press 4 Wayne
1-58314-460-9 SACRED SONS - Linda Hudson-Smith BET/New Spirit - -
0-37376-677-7 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL ATTRACTION - Brenda Jackson Silhouette/Desire - -
0-75821-161-9 LOVE'S PORTION - Monica Jackson Dafina/Romance - -
1-58571-138-1 BLOOD LUST - J. M. Jeffries Genesis/Love Spectrum - -
1-58314-540-0 INTUITION - Dianne Mayhew BET/Arabesque - -
0-06075-045-6 SOUL MATTERS - Yolonda Tonnette Sanders Warner/Walk Worthy Press 4 Tricia
1-58314-566-4 A FOOL FOR YOU - Melanie Schuster BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-532-X A HEARTBEAT AWAY - Maureen Smith BET/Arabesque - -
1-58314-643-1 WHISPERS BETWEEN THE SHEETS - Various Authors BET/Sepia - -
ISBN OCTOBER 2005 PUBLISHER Rating Reviewer
1-58571-141-1 A WILL TO LOVE - Angie Daniels Genesis/Indigo - -
0-75821-049-3 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GAME - Anita Doreen Diggs Kensington/Dafina - -