Shayla Black, author portrait

Shayla Black

Shayla Black is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than forty novels, including the Wicked Lovers series and, with Lexi Blake, the Perfect Gentlemen series. For over fifteen years, she’s written contemporary, erotic, paranormal, and historical romances via traditional, independent, foreign, and audio publishers. Her books have sold well over a million copies and have been published in a dozen languages.
Devoted to Love
Devoted to Pleasure
Holding on Tighter
Arresting Desire
Falling in Deeper
Big Easy Temptation
Seduction in Session
Wicked for You
Scandal Never Sleeps
His to Take
Wicked All Night
Theirs to Cherish
Strip Search
Wicked and Dangerous
Bound and Determined
Mine to Hold
Belong to Me
Surrender to Me
Delicious
Decadent
Ours to Love
Wicked Ties
Her Fantasy Men
Hot in Handcuffs
Four Play

Meet the Author: Shayla Black (THE WICKED LOVERS SERIES)

Romance writers on how the genre empowers women

Books

Devoted to Love
Devoted to Pleasure
Holding on Tighter
Arresting Desire
Falling in Deeper
Big Easy Temptation
Seduction in Session
Wicked for You
Scandal Never Sleeps
His to Take
Wicked All Night
Theirs to Cherish
Strip Search
Wicked and Dangerous
Bound and Determined
Mine to Hold
Belong to Me
Surrender to Me
Delicious
Decadent
Ours to Love
Wicked Ties
Her Fantasy Men
Hot in Handcuffs
Four Play

Media

Meet the Author: Shayla Black (THE WICKED LOVERS SERIES)

Romance writers on how the genre empowers women

Three Penguin Random House Authors Win Pulitzer Prizes

On Monday, May 5, three Penguin Random House authors were honored with a Pulitzer Prize. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes are the most prestigious awards in American letters. To date, PRH has 143 Pulitzer Prize winners, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Josh Steinbeck, Ron Chernow, Anne Applebaum, Colson Whitehead, and many more. Take a look at our 2025 Pulitzer Prize

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Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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