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Summer’s here, and that means hitting the beach, baring that bikini body, and finally catching up on your reading! To get you started, here are five of this season’s most scandalous, sexy, and dramatic new books:

The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal, Mark Ribowsky (Available June 29)

From Diana Ross’s relationship with Berry Gordy to The Supremes’ bitter break-up, Ribowsky gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most successful and well-known girl groups of all time. Based on interviews with family, friends, and other Motown artists, this juicy read offers a backstage pass to all the real-life drama that inspired Dreamgirls.

Sisters & Husbands, Connie Briscoe

In this latest novel from bestselling author Briscoe, readers rejoin Beverly ten years after the events of Sisters and Lovers.  She’s engaged to a loving, successful, and gorgeous man, and gets to work planning their wedding. But when her sister’s marriage crumbles, will it drag out Beverly’s old fear of commitment and derail her path to happiness?

Man of Fate, Rochelle Alers

This is the first in Alers’s three-book series, Best Men, on how three childhood friends make the journey from bachelorhood to wedded bliss. Man of Fate follows sexy attorney Kyle as he finds unlikely love with the woman who dented his Jag. Can he convince wary Ava to let down her guard and open her heart?

God Ain’t Blind, Mary Monroe (Available August 25)

From the author of the hit novel God Don’t Like Ugly comes this new story about the power of friendship during life’s trying times. When Annette’s husband becomes distant and inattentive, she gives herself a head-to-toe makeover and begins an affair with a sexy new man. When it turns out that her lover is keeping a terrible secret, Annette turns to the one person she knows she can call on to help her out of trouble.

Ritz Harper Goes to Hollywood, Wendy Williams & Zondra Hughes

Wendy Williams continues the Ritz Harper Chronicles with her latest novel, in which star radio diva Ritz heads out West. She’s made a living airing out the dirtiest laundry of the top starlets, ball players, and musicians—but it just might be the scandalous details of her own wild past that send Ritz’s ratings sky-high.

Intrigued yet? Head over to amazon.com and start shopping!

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