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Ratchet Wives Club: Episode One


Chanel Q. - 2016
    MICHAELAHas everything a woman could dream of. Certified bad bitch with a sexy husband, adorable daughter, money making law career... And an addiction to coke.MAYAMichaela's little sister. Just quit being a video model, owes her ex thousands and trying to get back on the pole to earn money.Her future looks grim.TIASIBitter about her pending divorce from NBA baller husband Cairo. Nothing like her husband's cousin to take the edge off...PRISCILLAHas a demanding job, an absent husband and twin toddlers. Now her father wants to borrow money.But there'll be a steep price to pay. The Ratchet Wives Club is your new favorite soap opera in book format.

Unfaithful: A Tale of a Broken Marriage


Ink Mistress - 2014
    Settling for less than what she deserves and desperate for her marriage to work, she begins to ignore the blatant disrespect that her husband is dishing out. With lies and infidelity coming into play, she may be getting more than she bargained for. Is she holding on to a marriage that barely worth fighting for? Find out in this emotional tale of a broken marriage.

I Am The Streets


T.L. Joy - 2015
    Success, beauty, and money. Yet everything drastically changes when she receives one phone call that will turn her life upside down. Now forced to return to the very place that she abandoned, can Na'Tiva cope with the cold mean streets of Akron?Find out what happens in part one of the hot new urban series from T.L. Joy!

A Rumble in V.A.


Rayven Skyy - 2011
    A constant battle to sustain his hustle in the streets of seven cities becomes a more complex task, as a new hustler from Florida orchestrates a low-key takeover. Lust, betrayal, disloyalty, selfishness, and greed all fuel an imminent explosion as these events unfold—setting the stage for A RUMBLE IN VA!

Going Under


Adrian Thomas - 2015
    After her mother is killed, she's left to live with her hateful grandmother. When her grandmother passes away, her aunt and uncle takes her in.She'll lose one of many people she has grown to love dearly, which will leave a huge dent in her heart. In the midst of it all she gets accepted into FAMU. She struggles to be the cream of the crop. Things take a drastic turn for the worst. Will Mahogany have to put her life on hold or will she be able to maintain? When all of the trouble arises the person that she least expects will be there to be her Clark Kent and save the day.

Relationship Status: We Tied Forever (1)


Deshon Dreamz - 2016
    High school sweethearts, Keyton, and Tori find themselves married and deeply in love with each other. With a list of broken promises and lies being told by Keyton; Tori finds herself at a crossroad. Does she stay and try to salvage her marriage with the love of her life or move on from all of the pain and turmoil that being with Keyton have brought her? How can you keep loving someone that causes you pain? How do you stay in a place that you know is a dead end… literally? TaNia is as independent as they come, thick and beautiful! She keeps her business in order and doesn’t depend on anyone for anything. After losing her father, she moves back home to take care of her mother, which is taking a lot of adjusting on her part. In the midst of all the changes her life is taking, Lemonte is on a mission to make her his. He kept his eye on her over the years and he’s done with just being her friend. He wants more… a lot more, whether TaNia is ready for that or not! Winter has always depended on someone, whether it was her parents or the man she was in a relationship with. She no longer wants to be that girl, so she makes some changes and learns to stand on her own two feet. She lives a lifestyle that she is not particularly proud of, but it makes her goals and dreams that much easier to accomplish. Her parents are traditional and old school so she hides her life from them, but when she lands in the scope of a Demarco, she has to make a choice between love and comfort.

If Only You Were Mine


H.H. Fowler - 2015
    What would be your first reaction?Drake Beckford, an up and coming young minister of El Shaddai Ministries, finds himself in a similar situation when he goes off to Bible School in Columbus, Ohio, entrusting his bride to be, Sasha McKay into the hands of his best friend, Levi Johnson. Sasha has been Drake’s first and only love since they were twelve years old and from that time to the present Drake has always believed her to be a woman of honor and integrity and she has never given him reason to doubt her love or her loyalty.However, unbeknownst to Drake, while he is away Levi has developed strong feelings for Sasha and it seems as if she, too, is fond of Levi. What will become of their budding attraction when Drake returns to make Sasha his wife? With that upsetting note wedged between his fingers, as he watches Sasha walk up the aisle to meet him, does Drake even dare believe such a wild accusation about her?If You Were Only Mine is the first book in H H Fowler's new novella Christian romance series, Real Love, which attempts to show what love really is, based on 1 Corinthians 13. For many can talk love talk, but not very many can walk the real love walk. Sit back and enjoy a whole new cast of characters that will no doubt leave you with times of reflection and questions about your own interpretation of what it means to express real love. Bestseller of Urban Christian Romance Series

Edge Of Winter: Love and Heart Break


Theresa Hodge - 2017
    White snowflakes are falling gently as sweet music drifts through the cold wintry air. Lakeisha and Baylor are having the most perfect wedding of the year. Friends and family are full of cheer, but behind all the good cheer some fireworks must fall. Jesse Winters watches the woman he loves marry another man. While everyone else oohs and ahhs at the lovely couple, Jesse broods inside as he watches his happiness slip away before his very eyes. Will Jesse stay on the outside looking in at the woman he loves be blissfully happy with another man or will his wish for Christmas be answered in an unexpected way? Come along on this Christmas romance, where love can be found in the most unexpected places.

The Space Between Set


Victoria H. Smith - 2014
    Losing high-stakes poker has its consequences, but he’d repeatedly face them just to hear Lacey Douglas sing. Drake sees Lacey light up the stage, and he has to have her. But his intentions for being on her side of town turn out to be the reason he can’t. Chicago native Lacey has dreams of the opera, but life has its obstacles. Lacey has come to know her hardships as part of living in the real world and accepts them fully. When Lacey meets the intense and invigorating Drake, a fire is lit inside her, unleashing those dreams again.Two paths that should have never crossed prove to create the exact pairing the other needs. But when their worlds take time to catch up, everything they have is tested. Finding the space between the two sides that challenge them will be hard, but it’s the only place that will keep them together.THE DIVIDING LINE:Set to the backdrops of Paris and Chicago, Drake and Lacey’s story continues in The Dividing Line. When more than distance proves to be between them, Drake and Lacey must discover who they are in order to establish what they are together.DRAKE'S DESTINY (formerly titled: HEART & SEOUL):They’ve been through heartache, loss, and tragedy. But what lies in Seoul, South Korea is a whole new journey. Drake's Destiny is a novella to the new adult multicultural romance, The Dividing Line.

Getting It On The Down Low


Sophia Jenkins - 2016
    However, her husband Darius is too pigheaded to work on it, since—in his mind—he is not the problem. Tired of being kept under lock and key—and completely controlled by Darius, Safa makes a trip back to her old neighborhood to see her grandmother against Darius’s wishes, and everything changes. Safa meets Kordell, a sexy, street boxer who gives her what she's been missing out on. They begin an affair that pulls Safa even further away from her marriage. After some major flare ups, Safa finds herself questioning everything. Was her marriage a mistake? Is Kordell the one? Could she really give up everything for him? And what will happen if Darius finds out? So many things are shaken up when a woman gets fed up.

What Pharaoh Wants


Marcelle Sixx - 2016
    Hopefully he was the last one that she tried to sleep with. If not..." He slid into his car and gripped the steering wheel. "I feel bad for the next jig and her too. I'm done with the games. I want my wife and the power that comes with her." David Pharaoh was a vicious man. A truce between his father and another gentleman included a promise of young Robyn. After mastering the art of Dark Magic, Pharaoh decides that it's time to take his prize. However, when Robyn rejects him, he stops at nothing to make any man who comes close to her suffer for even so much as looking, and to prove to Robyn that she only belongs him. He would make her temperature rise with his invisible touch, or when he disturbed her dreams. Robyn’s loins ached as if he had truly invaded her in the wee hours of the morning. He would make sure to save the painful part of the first stroke, and only made her feel what his slow and meaningful penetration was like. It would always make Robyn wallow in passion and squeeze at her erect nipples before she would realize that she was being manipulated. Pharaoh was becoming much better at forcing himself inside of her dreams and make love to her before he would dissipate into nothing. Robyn, held in the clutch of something that she hadn't known she was involved in, is determined to get away and stay away from Pharaoh and his mischief. But at what cost? Anything can happen in the city of New Orleans when the son of Voodoo wants the princess of White Magic.

Just in Time


Veronica Maxim - 2015
    So I traded in my cheating husband for a one-way ticket to the land of gondolas, cobbled streets and…. sexy daring Italian men kissing me in doorways? Just one…one in particular… LUCA I’m used to it. Fast cars, glitzy galas and a few knockout supermodels on each arm. What I’m not used to is the bronze beauty I caught reveling in the sunlight. There’s something about the way she clings to me when I save her that makes me never want to let her go… Passport ready? Follow Kerry and Luca to Venice in Veronica Maxim's new billionaire romance series! A FREE BONUS copy of Falling For You, another Take Me To Europe Series book INCLUDED in this ecopy! Both are standalone books with no cliffhangers. This romance contains mature language and themes intended for 18+ audiences.

The Billionaire's Carnival Baby


Tiana Cole - 2016
    Among the masked revelers enjoying Carnival, she meets a man who seduces her into a wild night of passion. Three months later, she knows she has to find him … and tell him he’s going to be a father. Billionaire Kenneth Steele has guarded his heart for years, ever since his wife’s tragic death. Audra’s news interrupts the pattern of meaningless hookups that are all he’s allowed himself. He’ll do right by his child, but letting himself care for Audra is not an option. The more time Audra spends around her baby’s father, the greater her certainty that what she feels for him goes well beyond desire. Can she break through the walls he’s built around his emotions, or is she destined to spend her life tied to the one man she’ll always want -- but can never have? **** This is a standalone novel with a HEA **** Your copy of "The Billionaire's Carnival Baby " (approximately 42,000 words) includes a BONUS BOOK by Tiana Cole, "Which Baby for the Billionaire?" (approximately 50,000 words)

At Your Request


Mercy B. - 2017
    While similarities aren't considered weaknesses, it's the sole possessions of one human than attracts them to another... that one thing that someone their opposite can find inside of their core, but not within themselves. It's what attaches them, intrigues them as a flame does a moth. It's the bridge that gaps them together in a manner that other's may be ignorant to, while the details are in plain sight for the two basking in the afterglow. Ripleigh, a young single mother, has been beat down by the biggest villain of all. Life has gutted her of her most valuable vessel, the heart. After suffering through the death of her counterpart, and daughter's father, she's left with merely a shell to call home for the rest of the organs that are keeping her amongst the living. Ripleigh packed her things and moved down south for a more modest living and to place the pain of loss as many miles behind her as she could. While life seemed to be plentiful closer to the boarder, Ripleigh's funds were diminishing. Quick on her feet, she reduced her pride and laced up her highest heels to tread the stage of ILLUSION, the most sought out dwelling for upscale nightlife. Semaaj, prominent medical provider and face of Northcross Pediatric Care, stumbles into a dimly lit atmosphere full of hookah smoke, chest rocking base, and clad women with insane skills and enough strength to help him lay the final bricks to his newly purchased children's clinic. Though he feels as if he's worlds away from his comfort zone, he feels a familiar tugging of his heartstrings after setting his eyes on the talented Blyss. Semaaj, later, finds himself frequenting the underworld at an alarming rate, and the staff soon knows him by name. His request is simple, Blyss. Two strangers, two completely different worlds, two bizarre parties discover that there is likeness even in their oppositions. While Ripleigh decides to run, Semaaj exchanges his stethoscope and lab coat for joggers and tennis shoes. He accepts the challenge of digging up Ripleigh's, as known as Blyss, heart -the vessel that had been buried along with her previous lover. Bruised, cut, leaking, and dysfunctional as it may come packaged, he cares nothing for it's appearance. The purity of it's inside is what he's most desirable of.

Thug Holiday 2


Twyla T. - 2017
    Neither of the sisters could have dreamt of the secrets that were revealed during the Thanksgiving holiday visit. After the explosive blowup and surprise church announcement, the sisters returned to their lives in their respective states to deal with the fallout during the upcoming Christmas season. Andrea Holiday is seen as “little miss perfect” and the “beckon of her daddy’s eye” and the one “who could do no wrong.” After all, she is on the verge of marrying a man that he approves of and isn’t pregnant out of wedlock…until she is! Now that her pregnancy has been confirmed, the easy go lucky relationship that she has with her parents is now a thing of the past. Andrea is a grown woman with a child on the way that’s a result of a one night stand. Will she finally break free and start to live life for herself and on her own terms? Or will she continue to live by her parents’ demands to please them? Thinking about the new direction her life is headed, Andrea decides to reach out to her baby’s father. However, can she go through with it and contact the man that gave her more than either one of them bargained for? Will she keep the baby a secret and become a single mom? Or will she do the right thing and allow him to make the choice of being in the baby’s life? Anastasia Holiday is back in New York and ready to get on with her life without her bitter husband. However, Richard is not making the divorce easy by any means necessary. He is actively pursuing a tormenting vendetta against Anastasia. She has to resort to someone she never imagined for help. On the flipside, Anastasia’s saving grace in her relationship with D’Mani or is it? With relationship woes coming from every direction, can Anastasia withstand the mental stress of it all? Will she ever get the love and happiness that she so desperately wants? Alyssa Holiday is back in New York with her fiancé and is making leeway with her first major FBI case. When some photographic evidence reveals a close relative, she decides not to turn over everything and not to inform her boss about her discovery. However, someone is plotting and the evidence goes missing and ends up in the wrong hands. Now, it’s too late and her credibility is questioned. Is Alyssa’s career over before it really even started? Will the discovered evidence caused more dissention between the family? With her job in jeopardy, will Alyssa prove her dad right by agreeing that all cops can’t be trusted? Alexis Holiday returns to Georgia to settle unfinished business with her so-called best friend Bre. Still feisty as ever, Alexis moves on with her life and turns to her new lover JR. With all his secrecy, she figured he was a bad boy because she was very drawn to bad boys. However, Alexis discovers that his brand of badness is a little more than even she could handle. JR is willing to help with her money woes and give her the life that she always wanted…but at what price? Is there a line that she is unwilling to cross? Or will the temptation prove to be too great to pass up? Find out what happens to all of the Holiday sisters in the second installment of Thug Holiday 2: Christmas Edition. Warning: This book contains a cliffhanger.