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Confessions of a First Lady 3


Denora Boone - 2015
    First Lady throwing bows, Pastor is a baby daddy to his wife's sister, and Veronica's mama Sarita has some secrets of her own! Lord what is going on with your servants and why are they carrying on like this? Oh I forgot titles don't mean a thing and flesh can take over but is it too late to get back to their rightful place in God? Will everyone walk away with true repentance and forgiveness in their hearts or will this be too much to keep this family together? The doors of the church are open so grab your prayer cloths, anointing oil, and slide on in this pew cause even though this is the last service, First Lady still has some confessing to do!

She's Gotta Have It


Shvonne Latrice - 2016
    Forced to live with their rich and overbearing grandparents, the girls grow up privileged and very entitled. When their grandparents suddenly die, the sisters inherit a large amount of money, and are finally able to live as they please; a lifestyle their poor grandparents would've never approved of. Andi and Zooey are determined to make their dreams come true, and will do anything and anyone they need to in order to get there. They will lie, scheme, and maybe even murder. Josalyn, on the other hand, is more interested in living a normal life, despite her sisters' advice. She want's someone who will love her for her, not someone who is number one on the charts. As they wished, the sisters are thrust into Hollywood by way of their very famous significant others, including unwilling participant Josalyn. All is well until they realize that these famous men are not all that they're cracked up to be. Some are crazy, overbearing, and very taken. To make matters worse, while attempting to achieve fame and fortune, Andi and Zooey develop a reputation for themselves that seems to precede them wherever they go. Will they realize that their reputation is more important than scheming to bed a famous man? Or will it be too late? On the brighter side, Josalyn seems to have snagged the man of her dreams in rapper Cassian, but is he really the man of her worst nightmare? She's Gotta Have It is filled with deceit, murder, love, lies, and plenty of sex.

A Side Chick Scorned


Solae Dehvine - 2015
     Keith Brown is in a love triangle and he loves every minute of it until all parties find out about each other and all hell breaks lose. He has controlled Jazmine Porter for as long as she has been his side chick but she he turns her lose, all bets are off. Keith and his family soon finds out there is nothing worse than A Side Chick Scorned, especially when she wants revenge. Read the story of this crazy Side Chick and how she will do anything to get her Love back, even if he is a married man. ****NO CLIFFHANGER...THIS IS A STANDALONE***

Her Mistaken Dream (Magnolia Sisters Book 3)


Brenda Barrett - 2015
    Her dreams were vivid and had all come true so far, so of course this one would. But then she sees him on a TV program about notorious criminals... Turns out that her dream guy, Todd Taylor, has a dead wife in his past and he was the main suspect in her murder. Did he really do it? Or did Caitlin have a mistaken dream for the first time? Because surely God wouldn't want her to marry a murderer...

Angel on the Front Pew


Nikita Lynnette Nichols - 2015
    But if Mother Calloway has anything to do with it, she's going to have to go through hell first.

Bad for My Thug


Miss Jenesequa - 2015
    But one day, she meets the infamous street king, Blaze. His rough exterior and thuggish swag attracts her immediately because he is so different from the typical man that she normally dates. There's just something about Blaze that Anika can't shake and she finds herself unable to stop thinking about him. Things don't get any easier for Anika when Blaze's charm manages to captivate her and things get heated between them. And things don't get any better once Anika finds out about Blaze's true profession as a dope boy. But even with all his secrets out in the open, Anika still finds herself wanting to be with him but there is one problem stopping them…Masika. She won’t let go of her man easily but she has a secret that could make her whole world crumble from around her. And it has to do with her ex-boyfriend/soon to be ex-husband and rival street thug to Blaze, Leek Carter.

Give A Little Love (Jordan Family Book 1)


Rhonda McKnight - 2013
    Paradise isn’t paradise when you’re not where you want to be, but this Christmas is anything but uneventful. Three airplanes land on the island and Brooke finds herself in exchanges that cause love, temptation, and HATE to surface. Marcus Thompson has pain in his past, but he’s decided it’s time to try love again. A widowed orphan from a wealthy family, he’s alienated from his grandfather and wants a family of his own. His feelings for Brooke can’t be denied, but she won’t give him a chance to prove he’s not the playboy she thinks he is. Though she finds Marcus tempting, Brooke is determined to get off the island without falling for his charms. The two people she trusted the most betrayed her in the worse way, and she isn’t prepared to risk love again. But when her worst enemy stands on her doorstep needing the generosity that has always been a part of Brooke’s character, she begins to question who she is and what she’s allowed heartbreak to do to her. Will she let anger and hate take over and turn her into someone else? Or will she find that even in her pain, she has the capacity to give?

The 100 Best Yo Mama Jokes


Jess Franken - 2015
    The 100 Best Yo Mama Jokes.

The Blessed One


Vanessa Miller - 2011
    He weathered those hard times, and God blessed him with five more children. But now that his children are grown and living their own lives, Joel worries that the devourer has once again set his sights on the family that God has blessed.For the most part, Joel’s children are successful and rich yet very unhappy. Joel realizes that giving his children more money will not make them happy, nor will it secure a place in heaven for them, when their hearts and souls are not fully committed to Christ. So, Joel Morrison decides to change his will in an attempt to teach his children a lesson in giving. He invites his children on a family vacation in the Bahamas to tell them that he will be giving most of his money away to charity. However, Joel’s declaration is not the biggest surprise of their vacation.Shockwaves are sent throughout the Morrison family, the likes of which they may never recover from.

Stuck On You (Stoneworths Series, #1)


Michelle Stimpson - 2016
    Yet when they returned to school in the fall, Braxton made a decision that drove Tiffany to transfer schools and never look back.Now, nearly a decade later, they meet again as business experts vying for the same contract at a prestigious school. In addition to their professional competition, tensions mount as Braxton and Tiffany discover that they have two different versions of what happened to their romance so long ago. Can they overcome hard feelings and pick up where they left off? Tiffany’s father passed away a few months ago, just as she was founding her new project management firm. She wonders if her leap of faith was a good move, and her doubts only increase when she learns that someone from the firm she left is trying to undermine her independent efforts…not to mention her possibilities with Braxton.Braxton thought he might follow his father’s footsteps into ministry. His wild fraternity days caught up with him, however, causing Braxton to give up the idea of teaching anyone to follow the faith he so obviously neglected. Can he win back his own self-respect and the heart of the woman he never forgot?Stuck On You is the first book in The Stoneworth Series by bestselling Christian Fiction author Michelle Stimpson. The family history is briefly established, and then readers are off to experience the Stoneworth family's rich legacy of faith and integrity within the context of contemporary romance. Come fall in love with the family!

Knight in Chrome Armor: Knight & Blaize's Story


Myiesha - 2015
    Now at 23, she's starting to realize she's nothing more than a human punching bag to him. Locked inside the house of hell, alone with no family or friends, physically and emotionally battered, Blaize continues to hold on to a relationship that may eventually kill her or place the one she cherishes the most in danger. After finally escaping the torment, she runs to the only person she knows. Detective Gregory Knight is at the top of his game in his career. After losing his wife to an unexplained death, he's determined to move on with life with his 7-year-old daughter. He has been working on Blaize's domestic abuse case for the last 3 years. Knight breaks the number one rule of never mixing business with pleasure when he starts growing feelings for Blaize. With Detective Knight to the rescue, he helps her through her most difficult times and helps build her into a stronger woman. With her newfound strength and not missing the fact that Blaize is one of the most beautiful women he has ever laid eyes on, his feelings for Blaize start to grow, and his willingness to protect her may jeopardize everything he has worked hard for. Will this damsel be worth his distress?

Nobody’s Child


LaShonda Bowman - 2016
    But she's not looking for a happy and tearful reunion.After a life of pain, loneliness and neglect, Makayla wants revenge.Her search leads her to Robin Jones, but she’s nothing like the monster Makayla imagined. While pursuing her mission to destroy Robin’s life, Makayla comes to know, and even love her.But by the time she realizes her mistake, her plan for payback has already been set in motion, leaving Makayla helpless to stop it.With disaster looming, Makayla needs help. The kind only God can give. What she doesn't realize is, she's going to need Him for a lot more than that.Because Robin's life isn't the only one about to be blown to pieces. There's a secret Makayla doesn't know. A secret worse than anything she experienced in her past. A secret that will change her life forever.

Love and a thug: A hitta's love story


Brii - 2015
    Niether are looking for love until they cross paths with Asia and Cedes. Trigga is a hard body, shows no emotion type of guy. He lives life going woman to woman. He continues to stack his money and live by the code: "We don't love these hoes." When he meets Cedes, everything changes and the code flys out the window. Cedes isn't his average type of female. She lives by her own code: "We don't trust these niggas." She posses boss mentality and a street demeanor. Being the hottest tattoo artist in the city, Cedes just wants to run her business and stack her bread as well. When she meets Trigga she trys to run the opposite direction but finds herself in his arms over and over again. With the same personalities, these two attract but there's only room for one boss. Will Cedes allow Trigga to do that, without intervening? Truth is a big hearted, gentle and a humble thug. Being in the streets, he only has time for one female in his life. His baby girl, Talia ,is his pride and joy. With a crazy baby momma like Raquel, he doesn't even try to be with another woman. The day he meets Asia is like love at first sight. He goes against his word and wife's her anyway. Asia is one of the best realtors in Chicago. Fresh out of college, she's just getting her business off the ground and has no time for a man. When she meets Truth she falls hopelessly in love and even accepts his child as her own. Asia's living her life like it's golden until Raquel shuts that all down. This unlocks a beast inside Asia that she never knew she possessed. Will she be able to be with a man who has a crazy baby momma? Maurice wants to be King of Chicago but two people stand in his way. He plots and plans until he meets someone who wants them just as bad as he does. With this person's help, he can definitely take over now. Maurice thinks he's got it all figured out but will he really come out on top?

WHO'S GOING TO LOVE YOU BUT ME


Melikia Gaino - 2016
    Mya goes through a lot of downs when she falls in love with an older boy Kyle from a nearby neighborhood. From the lack of love from her family and hearing the golden words "I love you" from Kyle is all she needs to fall for his charm. Kyle a charming, good looking teen knows all the right words to say to make Mya and any other female fall head over heels for him. His mission is to mold Mya into the lady he wants: a blinded, insecure, love sick, and submissive woman. With the right amount of control he eased Mya away from everyone just by three words "I love you."

Street Solider


Shantel N. Williams - 2016
    With her mother on drugs, she has to work the block to keep food on the table for her sibling and herself. Now at 18 years old, she is ready to leave the street life behind and focus on college. It has always been her dream to get out of the slums of Mississippi and move on to a better life. All of that changes when the infamous Romario Jones sets his sights on her. Standing at 6'3, smooth light brown skin, mesmerizing light brown eyes, and a fly swag to match, Romario Jones has always been the ladies dream catch. Things only gets better when their former mentor, Hypno, steps down and hands Romario and his friend Jace, his drug empire. Thing quickly unravel as jealousy, love, and tragedy strikes. Jace won't stop at nothing until he gets back what Romario has stolen from him. Can Eniyah survive the grimy streets of the Sip while also steering clear of her growing feelings for Romario, or will she stay in the game that she is fighting to get out of?