Beautifully Complicated Love

Welcome to the home of Zariah L. Banks

What you carry, you also attract.
It's time we all attract what we deserve.

Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I’m the bestselling, multi-award-winning, adult contemporary romance author who gets it. Here, I focus on emotional intimacy set in novels that feature entrepreneurial women who are committed to finding the love they want on their own terms.

I also create safe spaces for women to embrace their beauty and uniqueness in my blogs. If nothing else, I want you to know that you deserve to be loved unconditionally. You will find the tools to give and receive the love you possess and deserve right here on this site.

Don’t forget to visit the Contact page and drop me a line. Love from my people keeps me motivated to turn off reality TV and get back to writing!

Peace and prosperity,
~ZLB

Beauty Beheld... Quadruple-award-winning Novel!

Making Literary Waves…

Beauty Beheld is the four-time award-winning novel that has set the literary world on fire. Featured in New York City’s Time Square and Publisher’s Weekly magazine during its debut week, The BookFest® has selected Beauty Beheld as the First Place Winner of the Multicultural Romance Award and Second Place Winner for the Contemporary Romance Award! Beauty Beheld has also placed second in African American Fiction for the Speak Up Talk Radio International Firebird Book Award simultaneously and as the Independent Author Network (IAN) Award Finalist for Book of the Year!

Here’s what people are saying:

Booklife Reviews by Publisher’s Weekly, “Banks dramatizes [unresolved issues] with power and weight, connecting readers to the individual humanity of these characters.”
Stony Rhodes, #1 Amazon bestselling author, “I needed this story to remind me that good stories still exist, and great writing can still be found.”
Dawn M., NetGalley Reviewer, “A story of hurt and healing, love, family, friendships, and forgiveness.”

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Blogs That Hit Home

Created with thriving self-love and romantic emotional connections in mind, these blogs will fill your cup with love, strength, and power. Then, and only then, sis, can you serve the ones you love with the overflow from your saucer. Grab a mug (or glass of wine) and settle in for a few good reads.

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While I love a good read about self-made millionaires, CEOs, and kingpins, I think the world could use more steamy grocery store love. You know those joggers look just right in that produce department lighting!

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...writing complicated love stories for women who believe true love still exists.

Electric Stories Featuring Physical, Emotional, and Personal Intimacy