In 1989, she is the first prominent African American fashion designer redefining change for both beauty and style among the renowned in Italy. That happens until the evening she meets a tall, mysteriously charming Sicilian businessman who orchestrates a friendship that awakens a wicked sexual heat she has long forgotten. Who is he really? What harm could a little fling in one of the most beautiful countries in the world bring?Plenty.Don Giovanni Battaglia is a man who knows how to get his way. He lives his life on the razor edge of control as he balances family and his dark legacy. He is the leader of a ruthless crime family, and those who intercept his purpose are swiftly made to pay. Mira’s design house opens in Napoli, and unbeknownst to her, the property she occupies is one for which the Battaglia family has big plans. Giovanni’s designs for her business set them on a collision course of heated passion, spine chilling danger, and an unspeakable act of murder.

    Dr. Saint Aknaten is anything but ordinary. From his unique ethnic makeup, the product of a North Korean mother and Egyptian father, to his career as a sex therapist and public speaker, his life is filled with excitement, tragedy, oddities, and lust-filled company. He hails from New York City, but his influence doesn't stop there. Saint is internationally known. Toggling between holistic ideologies and gritty X-rated teachings, he captures male audiences everywhere as he preaches his controversial, racially driven philosophy - that all non-Black men should pursue Black women. Regardless of his magnetic ability to attract droves of women wherever he steps foot, Saint is desperately on the hunt for just one whom he has pet-named his "goddess." His search comes to an unanticipated end as he conducts an interview with the outspoken and beautiful radio personality, Xenia Donnellson, an air-waves sensation from Los Angeles. Making Xenia see things his way becomes a challenge that he is more than willing to accept. Xenia succumbs to the hypnotic charms of Saint's addictive essence, but not without invisible nemeses hanging in the wind, waiting for a chance to strike. Saint will do anything and everything to protect his "queen" including confronting his suppressed fear that he possesses unwanted psychic abilities. Can Saint overcome all and finally obtain the peace he has long sought after? Only time will tell.

    He’s a white guy that knows more about Hip Hop than most and he also has cerebral palsy. His group Wheels of Steel is comprised of self-proclaimed misfits that are made cool by their talent. But despite his talent and popularity, Jason is plagued by issues of trust and anger.Robin is a shy black girl that takes a job as his home healthcare aid. Her crippling nervous condition makes everything difficult for her, not just her bad tempered client with cerebral palsy, but also his close knit friends, and even her mother with her best intentions. Their saga takes them along a musical journey of self-discovery and love.This three part interracial love story explores the spirit of love and acceptance between a person with an obvious disability—and someone whose disabilities are not always quite so obvious.

    But it will require both of them working with one another in order to help his wife…he just wonders if they can get along with one another long enough to keep a life-changing promise.Aisha has almost everything a woman could want, she is a wealthy, world famous photographer with a wonderful friendship with her best friend Jenny, but the only person she has to provide and care for is herself. She travels all over the world living the jet-set lifestyle most women only dream of. But all of that could change after she receives a desperate email from Jenny, asking her for a promise that could change her entire life.

    Practically overnight, her life changes, and despite her best efforts, Dylan feels herself being pulled deeper into a world of designer clothes, celebrity parties and multi-million dollar homes.Can Dylan become the quintessential ‘baseball wife’ and still remain the simple, down-to-earth girl that Mark fell in love with, or will she allow the seductive trappings of her new life to pull them apart?

     She leaves her crazy family and heads off to college with dreams of becoming an architect. However, as her mother Dana always says, "Love has a way of changing your plans."   Handsome Caucasian student teacher Tucker Bradley walks into Leila's life and turns it upside down.  He is exactly what Leila needs but not at all what she's looking for.  Leila has to deal with a steady stream of Tucker's ex-girlfriends.  She struggles to hold on to her dreams without letting go of her first love. (Edited 07/04/2012)

    Unfortunately these men were not ready to love these incredible ladies the way that they wanted and needed to be loved. Distraught, brokenhearted and extremely pissed the women embarked on a journey to a place called far- far away from them, better known as Paris, France. Little did they realize that love has no boundaries and trouble has a way of finding you.Torn between the hauntingly sexy men of their past and the delicious men of their future EJ and Miss Prissy struggle to find true, unconditional, everlasting love.And thus begins the epic tale of Escape to Paris With Love. This is a sexy Erotic Romance that will have you squirming in your seat. Captivating, addictive, funny, and oh so sexy, this Interracial Fairy-tale is a crazy look at friendship, love, sex, infidelity and seriously crazy Grown Folks’ Mess! A virtual joyride of emotions awaits anyone who dares to take a trip to Paris, France and peek into the lives of Escape Jones, aka EJ and Parisa Crown, aka Miss Prissy and the men that captured their hearts.This Book is a spin off from the Naked Truth About Love Series by Brenda Stokes Lee. It is an Erotic Romance and not intended for immature adults or anyone under the age of 18 years of age. It is Rated XXXXX for Explicit Language, Explicit Sex, Hot Men, Sexy Women, Interracial Affairs and Adult Situations.

    FIGHT FOR LOVEA former pro wrestler fights to hold onto the woman he lost, but still loves, and the son he never knew existed.Science teacher Rebekah Jamison lives a quiet life in the suburbs of Atlanta. Devastated by a tabloid scandal nine years ago, she ended her marriage to the man her parents never approved of.Rafael Lopez, former professional wrestler and “Sexiest Athlete Alive,” regrets the lapse in judgment that caused him to lose his wife. He shows up unannounced one day with some startling news, but he gets a surprise of his own. He finds out he’s a father. To get to know his son, he whisks him and Rebekah off to his home in the Hollywood Hills for the summer.PRIVATE ACTSThis story contains a chef whose sassy mouth and swaying hips catch the eye of a sexy Latin artist determined to tame her.Miguel Delgado fell hard the first time he saw a beautiful woman on stage during a karaoke competition at a bar in Ecuador. Interested in a short, casual affair, he turns on the charm. But she won’t give him the time of day.Samirah Jamison has met her match—in the form of a tall, hard-bodied sculptor who won’t leave her alone. She’s not running scared. She’s just trying to keep a level head and stay out of trouble for once. But it’s really, really hard to be good…when you’re used to being bad.

    Now her baby's father turns up dead and not only is his loan shark after her, but the police are after her as well.Yet, when the malevolent, real estate accountant, Sterling Newman, finds out she is the key to completing his dream property, he blackmails her into marriage or turn her over to police.Forced to marry in order to save her life and the life of her children, she vows to hate him forever. Yet, somehow he finds a way to make her body betray her heart.

    But her cheating husband, Jaylin, decides he needs her money to survive and insists on a rematch. Usually, Blue would be game, but after discovering the depths of his depravity, she drops him from her roster of eligible’s. Unaccustomed to rejection, especially from his wife, Jaylin decides to take what he feels is rightfully his. Problem is, he forgot a woman in love will put up with a lot. But a woman enraged, she’ll let you think you’re winning, just before she snatches it all. Raging Blue a contemporary romance author, Renee Daniel Flagler.

    More than enough time to recover from the loss of someone you loved. Lucas Quinn sure hoped so. He’d loved Sirena –crazy loved her, in that my-soul-mate-forever-after-kind of love way and it failed. Big time failed. No worries, though, he moved on and out to California, restarted his life, started his company, and now its ten years later, and he’s hugely successful, engaged to be married, and back in Austin. Finally, it’s time to make amends, to put his past behind him, to right an old wrong, so that his future can finally be his own. Sirena Wilson is the co- founder for Will Work For Food, a non-profit that supports the homeless population in and around Austin, TX. It’s her life, and she’s proud of it. It’s safe and comfortable, complete with girl friends. So what if they are all over the age of seventy—little old ladies. It’s where she belongs, on the shelf right along with them. She’s has her career, her little old lady friends to take care of her and she them. It’s enough right? Plus she’s been there and done that with the love thing, travelled that path before and it left her alone and hurt and no way is she going back to that period in her life. What to do with Lucas though, back in town, bringing all those old-not-so-buried-hurts to the fore, along with her not so-buried-long-ago-love, making her question everything. Again.

    Little do they know that Brandon feels as if his life is falling apart. In addition to having to rebuild his office after a major fire, he’s dealing with the loss of a child and the possibility of losing the one woman he’s ever loved. The thought of losing his wife is the straw that is threatening to push him over the edge. The oldest daughter of one of the most prominent African-American families in Atlanta, Dominique Shaw is fiercely independent and doesn’t have a desire to be a part of her family’s security and finance businesses. Wanting to forge her own path, she traveled to New York and pursued her dream of becoming an attorney. Through doggishness, she made her dream come true and as a result is well known in legal circles. What isn’t well known is the fact that along the way, she fell in love, got pregnant, and married Brandon Cameron. Due to circumstances beyond her control, Dominique comes face-to-face with her past. Will she be able to finally live that life she’s longed for with the man she loves? Or will the rollercoaster that’s become her life force her to sacrifice the chance for happiness once again?

    The title, some content, and publisher have changed. Piero Alesi is back in the states after being away in Italy for two years. At a family get-together he’s decided that Adanna Washington will be his. Piero is known for getting what he wants both in business and his personal life. He's never envisioned himself in competition with his own cousin, Nicco for Adanna’s attention. Nicco believes he has the upper hand—Adanna’s his sister’s best friend, and he’s been in contact with Adanna far longer than Piero. However, Piero is willing to chance that the love he has for Adanna will far outweigh Nicco’s lust. He only has to convince her. Adanna Washington writes about love but doesn’t have the time for romance in her life. She is far too busy. Adanna is late on a deadline with her editor — attending her best friend, Carina’s Alesi’s family outing is the last place she should be. Imagine her surprise when at the outing she attracts the attention of not only Carina’s brother, Nicco, but also of Carina’s elusive cousin, Piero. Not wanting to be a pawn in this game the Alesi men seem to want to play—she rebuffs them both, or so she thought.

    A short story about a love that never dies.

    But can he bring himself to face her since he was responsible for her father's downfall?

    Can they find a way to have it all?Lieutenant Commander Giovanni 'Casanova' Cassano is a top test pilot for the military, and is the epitome of an ace. Cocky, arrogant, handsome, and true to his call sign. His best friend's death brings a new pilot to his squadron—a woman. That's not even the real reason it's hard—she's the one who left an indelible imprint on his soul after a twenty-four hour rendezvous. Now she seems to have ice in her veins, not the fiery passion he knows rages beneath the surface.Jaydee 'Dusti' Amos is following orders, and this time they have landed her at a test facility. She's there to ascertain what caused the deadly B-2 crash. The situation becomes harder once she discovers who is stationed there—the one man she never believed she'd see again after their impulsive and passionate encounter. He pulls her focus from the job at hand and tends to make her break the stringent rules she lives her life by.They work together to unveil the truth and the feelings between them deepen. But there is a traitor in their midst. Will the fallout tear them apart, or will Gio find some way to convince Jaydee to give him a chance at forever?Reader Advisory: This book is part of a series but can be read as a stand alone and in any order.

    When an explosive scandal threatens those she loves most, her protector turns out to be the one she least expected: publishing magnate Khouri Ross of the Ross Review. And Setha knows it's only a matter of time before their two fierce, powerful families collide.With multimillion-dollar contracts at stake, neither family is willing to back down. It's going to take the coolheaded Khouri and Setha to find a middle ground. Problem is, just being near each other spikes their desire to the boiling point.Khouri can't resist letting Setha get under his skin. With her passionate touch and free spirit, the sexy heiress has a straight shot to his heart. Now that she's his, he won't let her go. Not for business, not for family. And especially not for the unknown danger targeting her.

    Unable to remember the horrendous events that incarcerated her, she is haunted daily by the presence of her bullet-riddled ex-lover, without whose help, she will undoubtedly never be freed. Having repressed all memory of what she's done, Jaycee must find a way to manage her illness and confront her past--before it consumes her first.

    Her first attempt at 'happily ever after' did not end quite that way.  Having survived that experience, Julia is content with her current circumstance.  A single mom, she's focused on getting her daughter through college, keeping a roof over her head, and trying to stay ahead of the bills.  She is not looking for complications, crisis, or catastrophe.  The word 'man' in her experience is synonymous with those words.  So why did she agree to a blind date?  She has no clue.  Sitting in a restaurant, waiting for a man she does not really want to see but who she agreed to meet to get her well-meaning friend off her back, she makes a snap decision to get out of Dodge before the guy actually shows.  He was late anyway.  But before she translated thought to task, he showed up.  No not the date, but somebody definitely more delicious.  One look and she's tempted to court catastrophe one more time. John only agreed to this date to shut up his sister-in-law.  He'd even used a pseudonym to protect his identity.  But all thoughts of incognito take off when he sees Julia Robinson.  He'd always had a thing for braids.  And that coupled with flawless cocoa skin, oriental eyes, and a shyly beautiful smile...he was a goner.  From their conversation, John senses that while Julia is interested in him, there is a reserve, wariness, and sometimes tension in her towards him.  He wonders at the vibe she's generating and determines to discover the cause.  Getting her number is like pulling teeth, but tenacity is his middle name.  When he unearths the reason for her reluctance at a relationship, he wants to shelter her from all harm; and the tenderness in his heart towards her blossoms into something greater.  John wants to shower her with all the love and caring that she deserves.  But what he wants and what she will allow are two different things.  Trust, her trust, is something he will have to earn, and he sets out to obtain it with a sweet determination that has Julia thinking that 'happily ever after' might be possible once in this lifetime.

    Genres include sci-fi, futuristic fantasy and horror."Sharon Cullars' prose is so graceful you may feel as if you're dancing along with stories themselves. The dance will take you to places so bright you're almost euphoric, and it will take you into corners so dark you'll be shaken to your core. But one thing all of these exquisite stories share is Cullars' ability to mesmerize. I've been an admirer of her work for years. Now it's your turn."6-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Gary A. Braunbeck, author of TO EACH THEIR DARKNESS

    Masato is back and his reappearance puts Hotsuma in danger again. In exchange for his silence about his return, Masato makes an indecent proposal Lulu cannot help but accept. To make matters worse, someone else has found out about Hotsuma's powers and is willing to end those powers, and possibly Hotsuma with them, if Lulu doesn't meet his demands. She's in over her head and the water is steady rising. Luck and love won't solve the problem this time, but maybe help from an unlikely option will.

    His cousins Nicholas aka Santa Claus and Jack Frost had succumbed to the power of human love but not him. He would make sure that his entertainment level was high, and he would spend Christmas in New York. When he saw a woman dressed as an elf stop one of his tricks, he was speechless when she literally called him out. Loki felt as if he was drowning in her chocolate gaze, and instead of causing mayhem for the holiday season, Loki found himself enamored by this woman who knew his true name and nature. Could a woman like her ever love someone like him, especially knowing that it was in his nature to be naughty and not nice?Vivienne Gallant aka Vivi to her friends was as energetic as her name. She always had the sight and could see through the glamour of beings that were more than human. With her knowledge and her sight when she saw Loki up to his tricks, she was determined he wouldn't ruin the holidays. But at his first kiss, she thought her body would melt, and when she showed up at his penthouse with the excuse she was guarding him, she knew she would end up in his bed. Vivi felt herself falling hard for Loki, but could she prove to him that love wasn’t a curse but a gift she was glad to share?

    Kosuke is a tentacle monster in search of a cure for the affliction keeping him from eating. While she may not make him better, Kosuke is more than willing to put that aside to enjoy the other things Nami can do for him.

    She hides her disappointment in a failed relationship under the guise of a trusted leader -- a Professor at the local college. Her plan works brilliantly until she notices her star pupil Caleb Tegner is on the verge of flunking out. Meeting him face to face over her desk sparks a desire she's not prepared to confront.Caleb knows he's considered young. But a man is still a man, and he knows exactly what he wants. One sexy older woman. He doesn't see a professor, he sees beyond the title of trusted mentor. The obstacle of age is only one of the conflicts he'll battle to make her his.

    Through a series of fateful situations they meet and fall in love, breaking the civil and religious laws of the country. Fighting against all the difficulties they plan their future together, only to be discovered by her brother. He had the agonising task of chooseing between his religion and his sister and to a faceoff with Mark his friend. Eventually deciding for his sister he is now set against his father who is of an older generation with strongly held religious views. Originally written in 1978 it is of that time when Saudi Arabia had recently become a united country but a country of contrasts, between the more and less religious elements, between the rich and the poor, between a desire to modernise and a desire to maintain the discipline of the old. This forms the background to the novel and highlights the challenges facing the young couple.The end leaves the reader to make up their own mind as to rights and wrongs of the tale.

    Yet her presence will ultimately unlock a secret best left alone and shatter Darby's belief in her innocence. Without a past, she will fight to prove her innocence and her love to the man who stole her heart.

    She’s one step away from becoming a celebrity matchmaker, the pinnacle of her career dreams.But when a seemingly simple interview on the nation’s most popular daytime television show takes an ugly turn, Tempest is forced to admit a secret she’s carried for years: She’s never been in love. The fallout is immediate and severe. So severe that the only way to fix the damage is to use her own methods on a reality TV show…a show highlighting her non-existent love life!Tempest soon discovers that love is anything but simple. The show and its cranky but handsome associate producer, Lance Moretti, challenges all that Tempest thought she knew about relationships, even her relationship with God. What starts as a desperate attempt to repair her reputation turns into Tempest’s biggest love connection ever.

    As a retired bull rider, he’d had the wind knocked out of him more times than he could count but none of them were more life changing than when he first laid eyes on Aiyanna King. Now he has to figure out a way to help her open up and give him the chance that they both need to feel complete. ...Your life can be changed forever. Aiyanna had learned early on in life that sometimes words were just words and instead chose to watch actions. Watching Julian do everything in his power to show how much he wanted her from the moment they’d collided, finally caught and held her attention long enough to reveal exactly what she’d been missing - love. Now Aiyanna has chosen to take a chance, despite her reservations, and finds herself the happiest she’s ever been. The question is, can she finally get Julian to let go of his own fear and doubt so they can enjoy that bliss together?

    Marie and James are about to find out if it’s true.

    She and her twin sister Tasha were raised by their French mother for twenty-five years, for their own safety. Now after twenty-five years they were finally meeting their father a Russian billionaire of royal blood. She along with her sister and two newly discovered brothers were now being groomed to run the family empire, Russian Royalty Inc. Although Tia wasn’t cut-out for the boardroom she was willing to give it a try. With just one stipulation her family had to promise to stay out of her love-life. Especially since she’d already set her sights on Viktor her gorgeous seven foot tall Russian body-guard. She was definitely ready for him to guard her body in more ways than one.Viktor Borodin was assigned to guard and protect Tia Romanov but he quickly realized that were this sexy brown skinned minx was concerned he was the one that may need protecting. He’d never faced a bigger temptation in all his years she was everything he desired but couldn’t have. It was getting harder and harder for him to resist her irresistible charm and at this point he wasn’t even sure if he should try. All he was supposed to do was guard her body but instead all he wanted to do was claim her body.

    With her dark, supple skin, large, round breasts, trim waist, and an ass that was a billboard for pleasure, she gave Fred more than enough material for his own (and rather detailed) mind movies. He also got the spit to fly from his one-eyed snake while jacking the shaft to any of the hundred or so voyeur-shots he’d managed to snap with his smartphone. Now, the world outside has ended, and Fred and Simone are the last two people, alone in the clinic where they've worked together for the last two years. Will the end of the world, and all the countless zombies wandering around it, finally drive Simone to where Fred's always longed for her to be?  (3,882 words)

    Never has anyone distracted him from the heartless business of sealing the deal, until during a final test he meets LJ, a woman who refuses to sell to him, no matter the offer. Agreeing to an insane pact for a mere shot at securing his contract, Brett discovers there is more to life than what he's known. Lydia "LJ" Johnson learns not only is there more than meets the eye when it comes to the rich wheeler and dealer, but /anything/ can happen.

    Riverdale's been overtaken by the storyland world, but now that true love has surfaced, the curse has been broken. Or has it? It's the battle of the storybook characters in this fantasy epic! Will everybody return to their old lives? Will anybody remember what has happened? And most importantly, will Archie get all his homework done in time when (or if!) he gets back home? Cover price $2.99.

    Instead, she was stuck at work helping her overbearing boss Dante De Luca wrap up a V.I.P security case. As the personal assistant to one of the Other-world's most powerful immortals, Jasmine had become used to danger, until she finds herself mated to the one vamp she despises and the target of his every enemy. Dante De Luca has known for years that he was succumbing to the vampire disease known as the "madness". He's denied the truth for years hoping to get the chance to be with his true mate. But the truth can no longer be denied. He plans to finish one final investigation before finally removing himself to seclusion and losing a love he's never had a chance to claim.

    It’s love at first bite when two new students arrive in Riverdale. Betty and Veronica are fascinated by the smoldering-hot Ivan, but Jarred is warning everyone who’ll listen that Ivan is really a vampire! Reggie volunteers to help Jarred expose Ivan as a bloodsucker, but love—or maybe Ivan—is clouding the girls’ judgment. Can the girls be saved before romance sinks its teeth in?

    What should have been a fun-filled evening turns sour when the mismatched couple butts heads over dinner. Toss in an inept waiter, the hottest day of the year, a city-wide blackout, and the date goes from bad to worse. Just when rock bottom looms near, the unlikely couple is given a new perspective. A moonlit garden, novelty candy, and a sweet summer night open the doorway to understanding. Can this unlikely couple find the sugary spark of romance in a city engulfed by darkness? Maybe Ellen was on to something after all!Love Blooms is a new series of sweet interracial romance shorts and novellas. Showcasing what I've chosen to tag as ‘Vibrant Interracial Romance’.What do I mean by ‘vibrant interracial’ romance? I want my stories and characters to resonate — to set off an empathetic vibration in my readers because life has taken them into some of the same valleys and has them hoping to reach the same mountain tops.I love my characters, and I don't want to say their emotions are my playground, but I do believe I can bring out through them -- feelings, life experiences, joy and pain that most anyone can relate to. I don't put them through all their struggles just to create drama-- they're headed somewhere. On their way to discover real connection to another person, a true soul mate. The good and bad they've lived through before they get to that glorious place are the seeds planted so that Love may bloom. BLACKOUT IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE is Vol#1 of the LOVE BLOOM SERIES. Stop by my blog http://venicekennedy.wordpress.com/ to hear more about my LOVE BLOOMS SERIES, my journey to indie publishing or chat about everything sweet IR!

    In fact, she is fed up with her life.A Southern girl trying to escape the cramped expectations of childhood, she moved to New York to find a springboard for her dreams. She longs to turn her design skills into an art career, and finally meet a guy who believes that gentle belongs with man. Instead, she feels trapped at a corporate job she calls the slave ship, and only has one relationship worth mentioning in Nichole Lennox, an aspiring actress with a cutting tongue as jagged as a concealed scar on her arm.Scrappy Nichole steals an apartment lead from a foxy guy at a bar, right when Makeda’s roommate pushes her too far. Serendipity comes with a beautiful new place in Chelsea, throwing both girls into close contact with the apartment’s attractive occupants. Nichole again tangles with the guy, who turns out to be bar owner and wealthy New Yorker Wolf Earnshaw. Meanwhile Makeda swoons over charming new roommate Feroze Aghazadeh, a struggling young lawyer with modern tastes and old school ways.Feroze too is fed up with his flighty Dutch mother, his overbearing Iranian father, and his spirited little sister. The oldest child of an immigrant family, he doesn’t know what he wants from life except not to make the same mistakes that ended his parents’ marriage and forced his father to start from scratch in the U.S.After his sister’s vacation abroad detours to a volatile political situation that makes communication difficult, Makeda puts her skills to work to keep the Aghazadeh family in touch. The gesture endears her to Feroze, who returns the favor when Makeda loses her childhood home to a natural disaster. Emotional intimacy pushes them over the line of being roommates and into romance.Domino after domino, they fall for each other through little acts of caring. Uncharacteristically bold moves bring Makeda her ultimate dream of attending art school in London, but also lead Feroze to give her all the right reasons to stay in New York, at the wrong time.Set in 2009 during the Iran election protests and the Atlanta floods, this novel is based on true events in the life of the author’s friend.Love Throws Dominoes is the story of a young woman who has been waiting a long time for something amazing–and she becomes that something.

    His final project is a pair of stone cottages: one for himself and his springer spaniel; the other to rent out to supplement his pension.Lily's parents came to England on the 'Empire Windrush' in 1948 in search of a new beginning. She has spent her life as one of the first generation of British-born black people, suffering prejudice and rejection in her early life. Also retired, Lily seeks a place in the country for her twilight years too.Martin grew up in the rural east of England, discovering the heady idealism of college before settling into the more humdrum routine of work in an architects' office. By contrast, Lily's early years are spent in one of the growing ethnic minority enclaves in Birmingham.Their disparate life lines, related in flashback, meet when Lily becomes Martin's tenant. Just when when they'd both thought that it would never happen again, romance, surprisingly passionate and bitter-sweet, begins to blossom...

    He finds an ally in Sophie Baxter, a reclusive writer of interracial fiction. When Sophie initially meets Lucas she believes he is a young teen and takes him under her wing. By the time she realizes her mistake it’s too late—this polite and sweet kid has found a way into her heart.Lucas wants Sophie to see that he is no child even though he has an innocent baby face. And Sophie thinks that anyone looking at them together would mistake the older black woman for being some young white boy’s care giver. She can’t fathom breaching that trust…not with her history.Pepper Pace has woven a tale of unpredictable circumstances and unlikely characters. This sweet romance deals with a difficult subject matter but is not a story about rape but about self-discovery. Warning; graphic description of rape, strong language, sexual situations including homosexuality and incest.

    That’s something she might have in common with the gregarious, ultra sexy, self-made Gregory Doyle, who happens to be the long held object of her inner longings. Yet, while Greg might have mixed race ancestry too, in many ways, his life has still been worlds apart from the saucy, sassy lady’s who has admired him from afar for so long.While Greg has found a way to laugh off almost anyone and everything, including himself, Phuong still feels restricted by the conservative constraints of her background. As Phuong struggles to find her own sense of identity and belonging, voice and place in life, she discovers that Greg’s life philosophies might be too different from her own. So can these opposites attract without it becoming a clash of the titans?

    He has decided to return to his home in Balham to die in peace and quiet. Unfortunately, no peace and quiet comes because he’s haunted by Dr Aoife (pronounced Eefa) Boyake, who was brutally murdered in his home forty years ago.She shows him her death in a variety of ways to convince him to help her find her murderer. Short of telling her that he doesn’t have enough time to help her, Gearoid concedes and begins to investigate the details of her death.The closer he gets to finding her murder, the more he finds that he doesn’t want Aoife to leave for the afterlife nowing that there’s a chance they’ll never see one another again. It’s all from Gearoid’s point of view, he can be persuasive, impatient, compassionate and passionate. Aoife is pragmatic, smart, sweet, professional with Gearoid’s condition and sexy as hell.Between the countdown to the anniversary of Aoife’s death and the ticking time bomb of Gearoid’s tumour, they see hope in the other and despite the futility of love between the dead and the living, they make it work.

    Short interludes featuring The Beauty Within's Tyler Carver and Gunnar Daniels; includes the previously released "Unexpected Valentine".

    She had no thoughts of love or romance until the day she walked into a restaurant and met her future. One look and she knew her life would be forever changed. After the death of his wife decades ago, entrepreneur Seamus MacVichie had resigned himself to living out the rest of his life alone. Though he would’ve liked having someone special to share his life with, he wasn’t looking. The last thing he expected was to find the perfect woman in one of his own restaurants, but there she was. Seeing his destiny shining in the eyes of this woman, he wasn’t going to waste any time. Accustomed to going after what he wanted, he set about claiming his future. Now all he had to do was convince the lovely physician.“You were supposed to have me home by midnight, you know,” Bev reminded him. Seamus glanced at his watch and shrugged. “Well, since it’s already half past and I’m in trouble, I may as well make it worth my while.” “You know Sharon’s gonna kill you, right?”He flashed her that quick wink she was growing to love. “I will die a happy man, M’aingeal, a very happy man.” Wrapped in Seamus’ brawny arms and cuddled for long minutes while he tried to imprint his lips on hers, Bev didn’t really care about the time as she stroked the tip of her tongue over the tip of his when he entered her mouth. Her womb contracted and her clit tingled, begging to be stroked, sucked, nibbled. Seamus kissed her like he wanted her to feel his kiss until the next time they were together. Delicious, the man was simply delicious…one of the best meals she’d ever sampled. From the feel of his erection trying to stamp itself on her stomach, it was clear he was as reluctant to end their goodnight kiss as she was. “Leannán, we need to stop…I don’t want to but we really need…I won’t dishonour you by giving the neighbours any reason to gossip about you,” Seamus said as he gently eased her away from him. Even though he’d put distance between them, he didn’t stop touching her. With his forehead resting against hers, he stroked his hands up and down her arms. “I hope you’re not trying to calm me down,” she said with a smile in her voice. Didn’t this man know what his touch did? “I wouldn’t dream of it.” “Glad to hear it, Pinocchio. Let’s go, then.” Wouldn’t I just love to throw responsibility out the window—if only for a minute.

    If you've read 'All Falls Down' do not read this book.** What’s worse than waking up one morning to discover your husband is gone? How about realizing, at the same time, you’re pregnant? That’s what happens to Breonna Morris. She’s devastated that her husband, Tyler, has left her, but she’s even more shocked to learn that he’s already found himself another woman. Now, she’s stuck being a single mother. That is, until her best friend, Courtney, comes up with a crazy idea to put an ad in the local newspaper to find a “father figure” for Breonna’s baby. Reluctant at first, Breonna follows through with the idea and is thrilled with the responses she receives from the local men all vying to be her baby daddy. She holds interviews with the most qualified candidates, determined to find the perfect daddy for her baby. One man in particular catches her eye – Vaughn Ramos – a sexy, tall Puerto-Rican papi who wants to play daddy in more ways than one. But there’s a problem with her plan – Tyler, her real baby daddy – doesn’t know she’s pregnant.