Finding the unexpected man of her dreams in LaMir has her praying that the dream doesn’t turn into a nightmare. As soon as her future seems brighter, the dark clouds of her past threaten to close in. LaMir has received news that left him on the brink of destruction. While dealing with the betrayal of those around him, he pushes away Blu and her love. Will he lose the sunshine she provided as he falls further into the darkness? Tia has yet to learn even one of the many lessons she is being taught. With Karma fast approaching and threatening to take all she has left, will Tia survive? Kalib has been a fool in love for too long. His unhealthy feelings for Tia finally reveal themselves as one-sided. Will he take a stand and move on, or still be a player in all of Tia’s dangerous games? Ivory and Liam both knew their fairy tale romance was too good to be true. So when perfection turns to chaos will their relationship hold strong or break apart in the storm Get ready for all the twists and turns, and see how these couples hold onto this Beautiful thing called love.

    She had been with her husband, Jason, for years and worshipped the ground he walked on. Jamaica learns that the perfect husband she thought she once had isn't who she thinks he is. Love, lies, and secrets began to surface, causing Jamaica to make some life choices. When Jamaica thought she couldn't love again after finding out her husband's secrets, a King swept her off her feet, showing her that real love still exists, even if it's hood love. That's when everything took a turn for the worse. Trust is broken, hearts are shattered, and bullets fly. Find out what happens in this hood love story.

    With three beautiful children and lucrative businesses, they have everything in life that they need. Life is good for their little family; up until tragedy strikes, leaving Vanessa on life support and Dro possibly losing the love of his life.With things not looking so well for Vanessa, Dro is forced to make the decision of either pulling the plug or admitting her into a nursing facility. Not willing to do either, he sets his queen up in a room of their home and hires a private physician.Paradise has been in the medical field for over fifteen years. Taking care of people and helping the disabled is all she's ever wanted to do. But after losing a patient she had been caring for, for over a decade, her emotions makes her hang up her coat. But what happens when a person that means the world to her calls for a favor and her heart of gold forces her to put it back on?In this heartfelt standalone, you'll witness two words collide from tragedy. As the old saying goes, a shoulder to cry on, will eventually become a dick to ride on. Will that be true in Dro and Paradise's case? Find out and see, in A Real Nigga's Paradise!

    “You know I just worked a twelve-hour shift. Gotta get me right before I go to sleep.” He smiled his ugly smile and opened the screen door. “I’ll take you shoppin’ when I wake up; spend a couple bands on you.”He put his key in the lock and turned it… But the door was snatched open before Mone’s hand could even reach the doorknob.Lacresha’s eyes opened wide with fear as she witnessed a tall masked man step from behind the door and raise a gun to Mone’s face.“Payback’s a bitch, ain’t it?” The masked man stated coldly.

    

    She works hard and plays harder. Paradise is newly single and definitely ready to mingle after her on again - off again boyfriend was a little too friendly. Paradise thought she had her life figured out and knew it all until “Chaos” came and became more than just a family acquaintance. Chaos name speaks for itself and he definitely lives up to the name. Chaos has never been in love and he is perfectly fine with that, can’t miss what you never had. He snatches souls for a living without a care in the world. Even though he causes so much Chaos in others lives, his is cool and calm until Paradise enters his life on a more personal level and returns the favor to him. Find out what happens when Paradise and Chaos attempt to co-exist; causing chaos in the lives of their loved ones.

    

    

    

    

    Being placed in a group home wasn’t her ideal place to live, but she soon grew to love it because that’s how she met her best friend Glamour. Now a grown woman, her mission is to become some trapper’s Bonnie, but what happens when she meets the smooth-talking and persistent Vonnie Kross? Vonnie isn’t just you’re average trapper. In fact, he is one of the most paid suppliers in the Atlanta streets that every woman craves to get a taste of. Ever since his father grew ill and died, he dropped his dreams of ever going off to college and took over the family business. Everything in his life is sweet, or so he thinks. The moment he decides to pursue Mahari, his entire world goes into a spiral. Glamour is one of the best makeup artists in Atlanta and the ultimate party girl. One drunken night leads her to meet playboy Grayson. An utter mistake has her quickly pushing him away until, finally, she decides to give him a chance and see where things can go from there.

    She is left to bring up a stepson, Simon, and her own little twins on a very inadequate income. Stretched thin by the grief and new responsibilities of raising a family alone, a trip to a remote home in the Scottish highlands provides immediate solace for Katherine. Colours look brighter, food is tastier, and every day is a new pleasure. Little does she know that further family trouble awaits on the horizon, as well as a new love in the most unexpected of places...

    A vivid, gripping tale of family secrets and lost love."SANDRA IRELAND, author of Beneath the SkinArizona, 1989Joy Sheldon loves the plants that bloom in the desert but dreams too of the sea's elemental wildness. Now, riven by terrible secrets, Joy embarks on a journey to seek her identity and to discover why the sea pulls at her heart.London, 1967Lewis Bell, a young graphic designer, is aiming for the big time if only he can keep his creative spark. But, as his talented girlfriend Marnie adds her own pressures, sixties Soho fast shows its darker side.Ireland, 1989Drawn together, Joy and Lewis fly across the Atlantic to the Irish coast. She's in search of a lost mother; he's looking for a lost love. They need to make peace with the past, themselves and others. But the truths they encounter will transform everyone's lives forever.Bold, intimate and joyful. This glorious novel tells an unforgettable story of love's true gravity.

    In this, his debut novel, Watson explores the themes that established him as a master protrayer of small-town America. Another female student has been found strangled—the body count is up to three, and everyone suspects there will be more. But for Peter, a reticent teacher at Minnesota's Wanekia High School, his own morbid fascination with the murders haunts him more than the morning headlines. Keeping a detailed journal of his community's action—and his own—Peter discovers a disturbing ambivalence toward violence in the midst of uncommonly savage acts. A taut suspense novel that is at once compelling and thought-provoking, In a Dark Time ingeniously explores our culture's complex relationship with violence—and paints a vivid portrait of America too often color-blind to the bloody hues that tinge its landscape.

    After witnessing his fiancée’s death and being left alone to raise his daughter, falling in love again is the last thing on his mind. However, when a total stranger risks her life to help him, he finds himself enthralled with the beauty who swooped in to save the day. Sova Blow is fed up with love. After wasting her best years on men who couldn’t see her worth, she decides to focus on herself while enjoying the single life. That is, until unusual circumstances place the alluring Supreme into her world and leaves her wondering if love isn't so bad after all. They say when someone isn’t looking for love, that is exactly when they find it. Will these two broken hearts find love in each other, or will their pasts keep them from the best love they could ever have?