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A Love Like This (A Love Like This, #1)
Kimberly Lane - 2012
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)
Jack & Diane
Lena Hampton - 2013
Now he just has to convince the beautiful damsel in distress of that too.Diane Clark is an African-American law student with dreams of big city corporate takeovers. Jack Sloan is a generational farmer with a love of country music and the simple life. Can they overcome their differences and her bad impression of their first meeting to find love?
Black Gold
Dahlia Rose - 2010
His father wanted him behind a desk, and doing interviews to build the company’s name. He was practically drooling at the byline. A Marine back from the war was a great promotional tool. Nathan wanted to be on the oil rig with the guys getting his hands dirty and oil under his fingernails. He wanted one more thing, the girl he loved for years but who wouldn’t give him the time of day. Her chocolate bronze skin, her smile, and the taste of her lips filled his dreams while he was deployed. But now he was home, she wouldn’t let him explain. She didn’t seem to care, but it didn’t stop him from loving her with every breath he took.Nathan was back. Evangeline Carter was there when the hometown boy came back from the war to a ticker tape parade. She heard he was working on the oil rigs, but no one knew the golden boy left her because he thought he was too good for the girl from the wrong wide of the tracks. Or so she thought. Every time she heard his name, her heart ached. But she would never let him see how hurt she was or how much she still loved him.Old wounds that never healed kept these two apart. How can they see past misunderstandings to find the love that is staring them right in the face?
Unwrapping Jordan
Tiana Laveen - 2020
After getting even for a scandalous betrayal, he heads back home to Boston for the holidays, where his hot-tempered grandfather, melodramatic mother, opinionated sister, and the ghostly memory of his deceased father await. Despite hoping to make this visit short so he can return to L.A., he finds his best laid plans were meant to be broken.Egypt Lynn Callahan cherishes the small victories in life. She’s a web designer, an unofficial professional chocolate taster, and relishes quiet evenings in the company of her friends. Her calm world comes crashing down when it becomes quite clear that her old crush, Jordan ‘The Ram’ DeMarco, has strolled in from the City of Angels. Worst of all? He is looking for her, and she wonders if she should remain out of sight.Jordan has never forgotten Egypt, and his chaotic existence has now left him reevaluating his life, especially regarding the one that got away.Will Jordan receive his wish to finally have the love he so desperately wants from a woman who captured his heart so long ago? Will Egypt be able to trust him after the way he’s torn her heart in two?Read ‘Unwrapping Jordan,’ to find out!
Half Time Baby
July Knight - 2016
One injured MVP. Both of their careers are on the line. Bad-boy Colt Evans is known as one of the best quarterbacks in the league. But when he leaves the field he's only known for his arrogance and soiled reputation. While off-season he severely injures his knee and since he is already walking on thin ice with his coaches, he can't tell them. He turns to his agent, Daniella, for help and she knows just the person... Ivy Ramsey is an out of work therapist who has been having a challenging time finding a job. Her sorority sister Daniella convinces her that it would do wonders for her career if she were to rehabilitate Colt. As Ivy gets Colt prepared for the upcoming season they make progress on and off the field. Neither of them were looking for love but they found it and so much more... CAUTION: Includes hot interracial sex scenes! HEA no Cliffhangers!
Unsuited
Tressie Lockwood - 2011
But how can a man who comes from money like he does-a playboy who owns a penthouse apartment in uptown Charlotte-take a mechanic like her seriously? Half the time she can't get all the grease from under her chipped fingernails, and she's more comfortable in a ratty T-shirt and jeans than a dress and heels. Hell, she doesn't even own a dress. That doesn't stop Ethan from offering her what he is interested in-a no strings attached sexual relationship. Nyah's fearful of losing her heart, but she can't resist the man's touch or his words. His world is nothing like she's ever experienced, but when all is said and done, and Ethan's interest cools, will she be able to walk away unscathed?
The Contract: Sunshine (Unconventional Beginnings)
Shiree McCarver - 2011
As passions ignite, pretense becomes reality and Sunshine is forced to give up her happiness or risk the man she loves losing everything he’s worked a lifetime for.Yoon Min Young, an immigrant of South Korea, worked hard for the reputable multimillion dollar investment firm he established in America. After finding out his mother is determined that he remarry, he thwarts her plan by offering a marriage of pretense to a young Black woman that finds herself with nowhere to go, no one she can call on and no money. The perfect plan until soon after he marries her Yoon finds he’s married the granddaughter of one of his biggest clients. He thought he was pretending at marriage until the marriage is threatened to be destroyed.
The Nanny
Imani King - 2017
until I met my bold and unbelievably sexy boss. I'm just his Nanny. Nothing more, nothing less. He wasn't supposed to kiss me. I wasn't supposed to spend the hottest night of my life in his bed. We did things together that can never be undone. His power over me can't be denied. I don't want this moment to end. The only question is... How far am I willing to go for my happy ever after?
Watercolor Words
Topher Kearby - 2016
Enjoy modern poetry, scanned pieces of typed words on scraps, and full color original artwork.Open your mind and let your heart go on an adventure.
Marrying Her Greek Billionaire
Tiana Cole - 2016
and sneaky. Should she marry him? Jessica Smith loves her work as a business lawyer -- except for her ill-tempered boss. Yes, he’s gorgeous, but Bastion Kosta’s temper is so bad his nickname is the Kraken. She’s looking forward to finding a new job -- until Bastion makes her an offer he can’t refuse. As a Greek national, Bastion needs a legal way to stay in the US -- and marrying Jessica looks like the perfect solution. She’s not only beautiful, she’s smart, ambitious, and not afraid to stand up to him. With all his billions, he can buy her anything she wants or needs to sweeten the deal. But to convince Immigration, their marriage has to look real -- and soon, it faces all-too-real opposition. Bastion’s mother wants to drive them apart, Immigration is still suspicious, Jessica’s family is devastated by her deception … and now she’s carrying Bastion’s child. Will she be left alone with a baby, or can she and Bastion salvage a real relationship from their ruse? **** This is a standalone full length BWWM romance novel with an HEA. ****
Just Like Candy
Kimberly Kaye Terry - 2008
. . Davis Strong has no business lusting after the new director of the Youth Center his aunt has hired. But who can resist a woman named Candy? He wants to make love to her luscious lips, caress her smooth and creamy skin, and savor her mocha-colored body. Only then will he get the dessert he's been waiting for--a taste of her sweet, hot center. . . Sinfully Delicious. . . It isn't fair that one man should consume her thoughts the way Davis Strong does. But no man does it for her like this one. At night, alone in her bed, Candy dreams about her lover, lying beneath his rock hard body, naked and exposed, begging him to touch her, to taste her, to fill her. It's the ultimate sexual fantasy and Candy's ready for the real thing. . . "A scrumptious page turner. . .a must-read author!" --Jaid Black
Remember Me
Priscilla Poole Rainwater - 2012
In her dreams, however, the image of a child haunts her, and she feels she should know him. In the care of Dr. Brett Parker, an unscrupulous and shady physician she trusts, she thinks he has her best interests at heart. But does he? And what dark secrets may he be harboring? Will she ever remember her past, and her family?For three years, billionaire Granger Mortensen’s pride has kept him from pursuing the wife who suddenly and inexplicably abandoned him and his son. But his young son wants answers, answers to why his mother left, so he begins a search to find those answers and have closure, one way or the other. But unbeknownst to both Granger and Cassandra, there are people who will stop at nothing to keep them apart, and possess them for themselves, even if it means murder.
My Russian Protector (IR Love's Greatest Hits, #4)
Violet Jackson - 2018
***A Complete Story With NO CLIFFHANGER*** Tia I was the head nurse of the emergency room, and suffice it to say you see all types in this job. But when a blonde haired Russian came through the doors with two slugs in his chest, little did I know my life would be changed forever. Or that I would end up pregnant with his baby… Vlad After my father’s passing, I was forced to become the head of the Russian mob. My brother was next in line, but he had a family and there’s no room for that in this life. When you’re the king, everyone comes gunning for you, and I found myself in the hospital being stitched up by an angel with caramel skin. She would bring me joy that I could only dream of, but her being with me changes everything. Family means everything to me, and I would sacrifice everything for my queen… Read this complete standalone romance to the end by scrolling up and clicking "Buy Now With 1 Click" Check the "Look Inside" feature and find out how you can get 3 NEW (2018) EXCLUSIVE 40,000 Word Standalone BWWM Romances, absolutely FREE, sent to you in minutes!
The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland
Rebekah Crane - 2016
But her parents insist that she get out of her head—and her home state—and attend Camp Padua, a summer camp for at-risk teens.Zander does not fit in—or so she thinks. She has only one word for her fellow campers: crazy. In fact, the whole camp population exists somewhere between disaster and diagnosis. There’s her cabinmate Cassie, a self-described manic-depressive-bipolar-anorexic. Grover Cleveland (yes, like the president), a cute but confrontational boy who expects to be schizophrenic someday, odds being what they are. And Bek, a charmingly confounding pathological liar.But amid group “share-apy” sessions and forbidden late-night outings, unlikely friendships form, and as the Michigan summer heats up, the four teens begin to reveal their tragic secrets. Zander finds herself inextricably drawn to Grover’s earnest charms, and she begins to wonder if she could be happy. But first she must come completely unraveled to have any hope of putting herself back together again.
Metal Monkey
Brooklyn Knight - 2020
My father told me a woman would come, but he couldn’t have meant her. He was talking about Megumi-Chan, the woman who’s been bred to be on my arm. She’s a Dragon and I’m a Tiger – it’s a match made in the stars.But Riyah…I can’t stay away from her, no matter how hard I try. She’s a Monkey, no good can come of it; but the strength of these feelings has me wondering if love is strong enough to overcome culture and tradition.RiyahI’ve been ruined by love. I’m off men and relationships. My best friend has convinced me that all I need to do is become the master of my emotions; so when I go to the Four Moons Mindfulness Retreat in Japan, Yukio’s enigmatic presence catches me completely off guard. He’s sensual and enigmatic.He’s also double-minded and unstable.I need to stay away from this man, if it’s the last thing I do. The only thing he’ll guarantee is heartache. Still, the attraction is unavoidable. His Tiger is on the loose, but this Monkey will escape its clutches, even if it means running away from my destiny.