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Secrets: A Crown and Glory Lesbian Love Story
A Crown and Glory Lesbian Love StoryAt Crown and Glory Natural Hair Salon, secrets don’t stay hidden forever. They get spoken, held, and transformed by love.
Secrets is a powerful, intimate lesbian romance about chosen family, radical honesty, and the courage it takes to build a life that tells the truth. Jaz has survived things that should have broken her. Instead, she found her way to Crown and Glory, where community is sacred, and love is expansive enough to hold more than one truth at a time.
Together with Zee and Cole, Jaz forms an unconventional yet deeply rooted family, grounded in trust, tenderness, and mutual devotion. As they create a home together, the past refuses to stay quiet. Old wounds resurface. Children arrive carrying their own histories. Long-buried truths demand to be seen.
This is not a story about perfection.
It’s a story about repair.
As the women navigate parenting, intergenerational trauma, healing, and desire, they learn that love is not diminished when shared. It is strengthened by honesty, patience, and community. From quiet domestic moments to soul-deep intimacy, Secrets celebrates Black lesbian love in all its sensual, messy, joyful, faithful, and fiercely protective.
Whether you are new to the Crown and Glory series or have walked with the Salon Sisterhood from the beginning, Secrets stands on its own as a deeply emotional, affirming love story. Longtime readers will recognize familiar faces and ongoing arcs, but no prior reading is required to fall in love with these women and their world.
*Includes curated Spotify playlists for major characters and relationships, allowing readers to immerse themselves fully in the emotional musical landscape of the story.
Why readers love the Crown and Glory Black lesbian romance rooted in community and realism
Emotionally rich, character-driven storytelling
Found family, chosen family, and intergenerational love
Mature, grounded intimacy with heart and purpose
Each book stands alone while rewarding series readers
Secrets is Book Nine in the Crown and Glory series, but it can be read as a standalone novel. If you love stories about Black women loving boldly, healing honestly, and building families on their own terms, this book—and the entire series—belongs on your shelf.
Content & Reader AdvisorySecrets is intended for mature readers 18 years of age or older.
Trigger
This novel contains themes that may be difficult for some readers, including but not limited
Childhood trauma and neglectFoster care and adoptionIncarceration and reentrySerious health issues, including breast cancerEmotional abuseSexual content and consensual adult intimacyDiscussions of loss, grief, and family separationReaders are encouraged to take care of themselves while engaging with this story.
Secrets is a powerful, intimate lesbian romance about chosen family, radical honesty, and the courage it takes to build a life that tells the truth. Jaz has survived things that should have broken her. Instead, she found her way to Crown and Glory, where community is sacred, and love is expansive enough to hold more than one truth at a time.
Together with Zee and Cole, Jaz forms an unconventional yet deeply rooted family, grounded in trust, tenderness, and mutual devotion. As they create a home together, the past refuses to stay quiet. Old wounds resurface. Children arrive carrying their own histories. Long-buried truths demand to be seen.
This is not a story about perfection.
It’s a story about repair.
As the women navigate parenting, intergenerational trauma, healing, and desire, they learn that love is not diminished when shared. It is strengthened by honesty, patience, and community. From quiet domestic moments to soul-deep intimacy, Secrets celebrates Black lesbian love in all its sensual, messy, joyful, faithful, and fiercely protective.
Whether you are new to the Crown and Glory series or have walked with the Salon Sisterhood from the beginning, Secrets stands on its own as a deeply emotional, affirming love story. Longtime readers will recognize familiar faces and ongoing arcs, but no prior reading is required to fall in love with these women and their world.
*Includes curated Spotify playlists for major characters and relationships, allowing readers to immerse themselves fully in the emotional musical landscape of the story.
Why readers love the Crown and Glory Black lesbian romance rooted in community and realism
Emotionally rich, character-driven storytelling
Found family, chosen family, and intergenerational love
Mature, grounded intimacy with heart and purpose
Each book stands alone while rewarding series readers
Secrets is Book Nine in the Crown and Glory series, but it can be read as a standalone novel. If you love stories about Black women loving boldly, healing honestly, and building families on their own terms, this book—and the entire series—belongs on your shelf.
Content & Reader AdvisorySecrets is intended for mature readers 18 years of age or older.
Trigger
This novel contains themes that may be difficult for some readers, including but not limited
Childhood trauma and neglectFoster care and adoptionIncarceration and reentrySerious health issues, including breast cancerEmotional abuseSexual content and consensual adult intimacyDiscussions of loss, grief, and family separationReaders are encouraged to take care of themselves while engaging with this story.
340 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 27, 2026
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February 2, 2026
- The immediate connection between Cole and Jaz was too unrealistic..
- The sex scenes read like educational text.
- A lot of Jaz’s story seemed unrealistic, to rush into fitting it into the storyline.. like a lot of it just had you finding it hard to believe.
- Zed was such a frustrating character… like she just really annoyed me.
- A lot of the wondering and dialogue between characters was very cringe.
- It reads a lot like the authors notes and ideas were put together into a book.
This was odd because I read some of the previous stories for this universe and they were decent quick reads, this one was trying to include too many character aspects and events.
- The sex scenes read like educational text.
- A lot of Jaz’s story seemed unrealistic, to rush into fitting it into the storyline.. like a lot of it just had you finding it hard to believe.
- Zed was such a frustrating character… like she just really annoyed me.
- A lot of the wondering and dialogue between characters was very cringe.
- It reads a lot like the authors notes and ideas were put together into a book.
This was odd because I read some of the previous stories for this universe and they were decent quick reads, this one was trying to include too many character aspects and events.
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