Kimberly Chanel® writes fierce, emotional urban fiction that blends heart, heat, and hustle. With roots in Suitland, Maryland she captures the rhythm of real love and the cost of survival in every story. When not writing, Kimberly Chanel® can be found vibing to old-school R&B, sipping coffee at midnight, or dreaming up stories where pain turns to power. For exclusive book news, sneak peeks, new books and trivia fun follow us on Facebook below.
Follow Us on FacebookCharlotte raised them. The streets tested them. Now they're rewriting the rules. When her brother Messiah is murdered for exposing corruption, Milan Carter vows to take justice into her own hands. Her search for truth drags her into the dangerous orbit of Andre "Ace" Brooks, the senator's estranged son—a man with blood on his hands and a past he can't outrun. He's the last person she should trust. But he's the only one who can help her burn it all down. As their worlds collide, Milan and Ace uncover secrets powerful enough to shatter the city—and a love that could destroy them both. In Charlotte's game of power, loyalty, and revenge, every choice costs blood.
Concrete Roses is a raw, passionate urban drama about two broken souls fighting to survive love, loss, and the lies that built their city.
When Chanel takes on the Holloway Estate project, she only wants to close the deal and get her commission before Christmas. But the moment she steps inside, she feels… watched. Objects move. Jazz music plays from nowhere. Then one night, she meets Dane — solid, breathing, heartbreakingly real — until the clock strikes midnight and he fades into mist.
As they grow closer, she learns Dane's trapped in a cycle — forced to relive the twelve days leading to his murder. He believes he was betrayed by his lover, but as Chanel investigates, she finds the truth is tied to her own bloodline.
With snow falling over the lake and tension thick between them, they uncover secrets that could free Dane — or doom them both.
When planning other people's happy endings means confronting your own heartbreak
Kennedy James is Atlanta's most sought-after wedding planner. At thirty-two, she's built an empire creating fairy-tale moments for celebrities, athletes, and the city's elite. But her own love life? That's a disaster wrapped in designer heels.
When her best friend's wedding brings her face-to-face with Damon Cross—the tech mogul ex-boyfriend who broke her heart six years ago—Kennedy's carefully constructed walls begin to crumble. He's richer, sexier, and more determined than ever to win her back. But Kennedy chose her career over love once before, and the scars haven't healed.
As an old flame crashes the wedding and threatens Kennedy's reputation, Damon proves he's not the same man who walked away. He's willing to fight for her, to build with her, to show her that success means nothing without someone to share it with.
But just when Kennedy finally lets herself believe in second chances—when she and Damon launch their dream wedding venue together and discover a surprise pregnancy—a mysterious text threatens to destroy everything they've built.
Some secrets don't stay buried. And some pasts demand payment.
Kendra "Kenny" Marshall is exhausted—working two jobs to support her six-year-old daughter Amara while dodging manipulative calls from her incarcerated ex, DeShawn. She's built walls around her heart so high that no man could possibly scale them. Love isn't on her agenda. Survival is.
Until her car breaks down in a hospital parking lot at midnight, and Marcus "Saint" Sainte appears out of nowhere to help.
Marcus is everything Kenny should stay away from—a former street legend with a dangerous past who spent three years in prison. Everyone knows his name. Everyone warns her about him. But Marcus isn't who he used to be. After losing his younger brother to gun violence, he left the streets behind and built a legitimate empire of barbershops, determined to prove he's more than his reputation.
When Marcus helps Kenny without asking for anything in return, she's suspicious. When he follows up to make sure she gets her car fixed, she's confused. When he shows patience, consistency, and genuine interest in her and her daughter, she's terrified—because Kenny is starting to fall for a man everyone says she shouldn't trust.
As their connection deepens, Marcus proves he's nothing like the men from Kenny's past. He shows up when he says he will. He respects her boundaries. He wins over Amara with his kindness and patience. He sees Kenny—really sees her—not just as a struggling single mother, but as a woman worthy of love, protection, and happiness.
But the past doesn't let go easily. Kenny's ex threatens from behind bars, jealous and manipulative. Marcus's former connect resurfaces with threats and temptations, using Kenny and Amara as leverage to pull him back into the game. And the streets that Marcus left behind six years ago suddenly want him back—whether he wants to go or not.
Caught between the life she's fought so hard to build and the love she's terrified to trust, Kenny must decide: Will she let fear and other people's opinions dictate her future? Or will she finally use her heart instead of her eyes and see Marcus for who he truly is?
"More Than What You See" is a contemporary urban romance about second chances, breaking cycles, and discovering that real love isn't found in perfection—it's found in someone who shows up, does the work, and proves every single day that they're worth the risk.
King is a man carved by the streets—sharp, calculating, untouchable. His name rings through the city with equal parts fear and respect. He moves like a ghost, trusts no one, and keeps his world tightly controlled.
Until her.
She enters his life quietly, softly, without knowing the danger that follows him like a shadow. King swore he’d never let a woman into the heart he keeps barricaded behind years of betrayal and bloodshed. But her presence hits different. Her calm becomes his peace, and her warmth cracks open something in him he didn’t know still existed.
But the streets always demand a price.
And this time, they come for her.
A mysterious enemy has marked King for death, placing a bounty so high the whole city feels the shift. When the threats reach her doorstep, King realizes this isn’t just street beef—it’s personal warfare. Someone is using the woman he cares for as bait to bring him out, expose his weaknesses, and destroy him piece by piece.
Break-ins.
Shadow figures.
Anonymous messages.
A promise that she will be the first body to drop if King doesn’t fall in line.
But they underestimated one thing—
King will burn the entire city down before he lets harm touch her.
Caught between rising violence and the pull of a love he never wanted, King fights to uncover who’s coming for him and why. Every step closer to the truth drags them deeper into danger, forcing them to trust each other, protect each other… and surrender to the undeniable chemistry neither can ignore.
Love becomes a weapon.
War becomes inevitable.
And King isn’t planning to fight fair.