Her father Brodie made sure she always had the best that money could buy. But her happiness comes to an end. When Brodie is slammed with a thirty-year prison bid. With him off the streets, Heart has to take over his job, pushing the purest cocaine through the city of, Annapolis. But there is one problem, she’s a woman. Jared is the persona Heart has to hide behind in order to fit in with the heavy hittas, but what will happen when she falls in love with her connect, Hamisi? Heart’s father, Brodie, writes her a letter revealing a shocking secret that will put everyone around her life in danger. The letter ends up in the wrong hands and Hamisi is out for blood. This novella takes place in the 80s era when the crack epidemic began to spread. Everyone is out for themselves at the cost of loyalty. Will Jared take over Heart’s life or will she have to reveal the person behind the facade? This is a fast-paced novella about love, loyalty and lust.

     Dr. Moesha Kyle is a young, successful pediatric surgeon who is going through a divorce that gets stickier with each passing day. After her third miscarriage, her soon-to-be ex-husband, Aaron Kyle, steps out on her, and in result, gets his side-piece pregnant. Moesha drowns herself with work to avoid her emotions, stumbling upon Mr. Skylaire Watson. Skylaire is a single father whose son, Jacob, is suffering from brain cancer. Him and Moesha connect through Jacob, and they end up being each other’s unexpected peaceful distraction from their chaotic worlds. Peace never lasts long. A shocking turn of events with Jacob leaves Skylaire unsure of his newfound feelings for Dr. Kyle. Dr. Omery Steele is one of Moesha’s best friends and Aaron’s. Feeling stuck in the middle of their divorce, she leans on her husband, Adonis, for support. Ultimately, she sides with Moesha and steps back from Aaron. Omery is one of the top OBGYN’s in Houston, specializing in women of color. Her life is what some would call picture perfect. She has the job, dream house, support system, and mostly, the love of her life. Adonis treats Omery like any woman deserves to be treated, but he’s keeping one, life-threatening secret from her. Their world turns upside down once the secret is revealed, but the couple refuses to let it interfere with the foundation they have built.

    Some may cause us our lives and other’s may be non- threating but, one of the mistakes that has been repeatedly made by a woman was dating the wrong the man and, Carlee Jackson was no exception. Carlee, a college graduate and girlfriend of up and coming boss, Vonn, was with him when he didn’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. When they first stated dating, Vonn wasn’t fit to be with Carlee. He couldn’t even afford to take her to the movies but, instead of tossing him to the side, she stuck by him. Giving him the startup money for his business, things started looking up for Vonn. After she graduated college, the couple was living the good life and nothing could bring them down. That was until Vonn abandoned her with a car full of drugs and a dirty gun, leaving her to take the fall. When Carlee didn’t think Vonn could betray her again, she learned that he married her best friend, Sienna. With revenge on her mind, she reached out to the only man who had reached out to her while she was in prison. Macklin, her ole fling. While was with Vonn, Mack meet Carlee her junior year of college. Mack spent a year trying to convince Carlee that Vonn wasn’t the man for her but, she wasn’t willing to leave him. After a year of being her side piece, Carlee cut him off but, Mack never stopped caring for her. Finding out that she was in jail, Macklin wrote her every month while she was in prison offering her a helping hand if and when she needed it. After four and half years of sending letters, Carlee finally reached out to him asking for help. Not wanting to miss the opportunity to be in her life again, Macklin was prepared to do any and everything for Carlee. With Mack on a mission to win Carlee’s heart, Carlee puts him on a ninety-day trial to see if he was willing to ride with her through the rest of her bid or if he was just all talk. Will Macklin win the heart of the woman he always wanted to be with? Will Carlee be able to keep her guard up for the entire ninety-day trial? Find out the answer to these questions and a whole more in the hood love story of Carless and Macklin.

    But, beyond the perfect outside laid a damaged heart and reckless soul. A life filled with murder, pain, and secrets made Shampain the woman she was today. If a man wasn’t furthering her gold digging career, then she had no use for him. At least, until she met Savage. He became the one she wants, just because, but will her past allow her a chance with her future? Savage was all about hustling until his bank accounts couldn’t hold anymore. He was ruthless in the streets and, when it came to his money, nothing else mattered. Savage had never come across a woman who didn’t want to be saved by him, loved by him, until he met Shampain. She had a name in the streets, but he still wanted her. But, would the guilt he carried from his past allow his brother to ruin it all?

    Pulling it off while also rescuing Isabelle Rossiter, a runaway politician's daughter, from Zain's influence? Impossible. That's why Aidan Waits is the perfect man for the job. Disgraced, emotionally damaged and despised by his superiors. In other words, completely expendable.But Aidan is a born survivor. And as he works his way deep into Zain's shadowy world, he finds that nothing is as it seems. Zain is a mesmerizing, Gatsby-esque figure who lures young women into his orbit--women who have a bad habit of turning up dead. But is Zain really responsible? And will Isabelle be next?Before long, Aidan finds himself in over his head, cut loose by his superiors, and dangerously attracted to the wrong woman.How can he save the girl if he can't even save himself?

     Becky Eicher is excited to be taking over Annie's job at the fabric shop in Shipshewana, Indiana. In fact, she's surprised that her parents agreed to let her have a job that is away from the farm. But she finds it exciting to meet new people. That is until she meets Steven Raber who works at the lumberyard. He's very forward and keeps stopping by to visit with her. Becky has no interest in him, especially since he is not a farmer. But as she gets to know him, she begins to learn that first impressions are not always correct. Is it possible that her preconceived notions were wrong?

    He was handsome and rich. Being a drug dealer afforded him the lap of luxury. His birthday was coming up and his wife Tokyo didn’t have the slightest clue what to get him. He already had jewelry, expensive cars, designer clothes, lavish homes, and exotic vacations. Tokyo kept pondering the question: what should I get for a man who had it all? That’s when she thought back to a conversation that she overheard between Greek and his brother Greg. Greek confessed that he had never been with another woman before. That was it, she thought. Giving her husband a pass to be with another woman would make the perfect gift. He would have her permission to be intimate with another woman for one night. Tokyo was warned that bringing another woman into her bedroom wasn’t a good idea, but she was dead set on giving this present to her husband anyway. Easily, Tokyo found a woman named Ocean who Greek would be pleased with. Greek had a type and Ocean was perfect. Tokyo sealed the deal and Ocean was waiting for Greek once the guest left. The only problem was Ocean had ulterior motives. She wanted Greek for herself. This jaw-dropping read is fast-paced, full of surprises, and unpredictable. Travel this journey with Tokyo and Greek as they explore a threesome that challenges their marriage, trust, and threatens their lives. By the end of this book, the happy couple will never be the same. One night of passion turned into a lifetime of pain.

    Her mother and brother’s death, alongside her father’s drug habit, keeps her from living life to the fullest. Saving herself for the right one and staying out of harm’s way for her seemed to work, but that all changes when she meets the guy begging for a chance to be in her dull life. Chance is your normal hood boy; fast money excites him more than anything. He takes everything serious and his always ready to go to war mentality is what keeps him in trouble. Crossing paths with Riley was never in his plans. Riley felt she would never find love, especially from someone so handsome, so kind, so settled; life has become so perfect. In her eyes, everything is beginning to fall into place for her loveless life. Riley quickly realizes how fast little problems can be blown out of proportion and made into major complications. As situations grow, becoming a victim to someone else’s problems take its course. Will Riley be able to handle the new life she has entered or will she leave it all behind her? Will she find her hood love or will the hood snatch love away from her, again?

    The only problem was, while Passion secretly loved the man behind the music, Skillz barely noticed anything besides her amazing voice. Fear of rejection and the realization that they were from two completely different backgrounds was enough to keep Passion secretly proclaiming her love for him through her lyrics. Emotions run high and there is nowhere to hide when the two are forced together for an impromptu tour. Sparks will fly, and secrets will be revealed in this sweet love story.

    He had a rule not to marry or fall in love while he was in the game but, now that that was all behind him, he was ready and looking for a life partner and, from the very first moment that he laid eyes on Bailey Burnett, he knew instantly that she was the one. Bailey, young, smart and beautiful, belongs to Andre and she is no longer happy being his live-in girlfriend. The fact that he lies and is never home is evident that he’s entertaining another woman, but Bailey is in no position to leave him. She gave up her career to play house wifey to a man that still hadn’t proposed in over eight years. Fed up and tired of being misused, she meets her new neighbor Bash and is instantly attracted to him, and it doesn’t take long for her to desire him. An absent Andre gives Bailey an open invitation to get to know Bash and it doesn’t take the two long to discover the chemistry that they share. No matter how much the two of them try to keep their feelings at bay, they can’t resist falling in love with each other. The heart wants what the heart wants and Bash decides to give his heart to Bailey and, in the end, they both decide to be together by any means necessary.

    Even though they had a thousand dollars with them, they were good boys. Everyone says, “They were good boys.”

    

    Weeks after Tucker foils an assassination attempt on a client, he's confronted at his remote country home by men intent on killing him. Meanwhile, Tucker is forced to relive his secret violent past during an interview with a Nashville billionaire who wants his wife's "accidental" death investigated. But, before Tucker can take on a new assignment, he must deal with who wants to kill him and why. Praise for "The Other Side of Bad" The Other Side of Bad, by R.O. Barton, like its title, is a gotcha; gotcha and won't let you go until you've been through an assassination attempt in Nashville, a face-off in a Louisiana biker bar, the mother of all drug-deals-gone-bad in the wilds of Mexico, and more between the scenes action than a Rambo night out.Barton casts his characters with disarming frankness-characters large and eccentric-with arcane talents and a taste for brinkmanship. The Other Side of Bad is visual, visceral, and a trip to the other side.-Steven Prati Author of, Cheers from the Bull & Finch Pub

    economy. John first learns that the U.S. economy is about to collapse from a long time friend and client, who is a partner and the COO of one the top 100 asset management firms. Only days later, John's mentor, who has spent the last thirty-years in the banking industry, confirms this dreaded information about the U.S. economy. John's first thought is "Oh Sh!t"... Follow along as John, his wife Cindy, and step-daughter Skylar, scramble against time to become properly prepared for this shit-hit-the-fan reality.

    Everyone in his hood respects him, his wife loves him, and his money flow keeps coming in. With a wife like Ava on his side, Nova is focused and the two are inseparable. Ava: beautiful, book and street smart. Her love for her husband is endless, but her patience begins to run out when Nova’s baby momma, Taye, does everything in her power to break them apart. Her emotions begin to take over, then the unexpected happens. When drama unfolds and secrets are revealed, their marriage becomes a true test of faith. Everything ain’t peaches and cream, especially when you have a baby momma from hell like Taye to intervene.