Happy Black history month! Let's celebrate with some books that represent black joy. Of course, just because it's February doesn't mean you should only limit your diverse reading to this month- read more diversely all the time!

Have other authors/books/series you think we would like? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org.

Books we mention:

• Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
• Rare Danger also by Bev
• Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert
• Book 1 - Get a Life, Chloe Brown ; Book 2 - Take a Hint, Dani Brown ; Book 3 - Act Your Age, Eve Brown
• Playbook series by Alexa Martin
• Book 1 - Intercepted ; Book 2 - Fumbled ; Book 3 - Blitzed ; Book 4 - Snapped
• Alyssa Cole series
• Note- Jackie got her series and the books numbers mixed up! There is the Reluctant Royals series:
• Book 1- Princess in Theory (STEM princess who doesn't know she's a princess); Book 2 - Duke by Default (Scottish sword maker) ; Book 3 - Prince on Paper (playboy prince) + novellas
• And then there's Runaway Royals
• Book 1 - How To Catch a Queen (amazing audiobook version, arranged marriage) ; Book 2 - How to Find a Princess (queer Anastasia)
• Love in Color by Bolu Babalola