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From the Projects to a Rich Thug's Mansion


Sonovia Alexander - 2017
    She was born into a life of poverty that she never asked for. Her mother dropped her off at the local fire station as a newborn and her father could have been any of the local crackheads that she passed by on the daily. Jumping from foster home to foster home and living a life that gave her nothing, she was tired of it, she wanted more. She deserved more– she desired to live the life of the rich and famous.  Nothing was more memorable than the day she met Boogie. Boogie had the paper, the cars, the money, and the drugs that could help her with her come up– until an unfortunate turn of events happen to Boogie. There’s a new dealer on the block… and her name is Swiss.

Two Feathers (Native Warrior Series)


Elizabeth Anne Porter - 2020
    She was taken in by the Choctaw and treated as one of their own, even though she failed at the simplest of tasks. Eight years later, when two white men came into the village to claim her as their relative offering herds of cattle and horses in trade, she did what she thought was best for her Choctaw family. Bliss left her village in hopes she would find herself a better fit in the white world. Before the day was out, she learned the men were not who they said and had no intention of treating her like family. In the end, she was faced with an unforeseeable choice and an unwinnable battle. Two Feathers was a young Native learning the ways of the Choctaw. However, he was not like the other men in his village who lived off of the land, farming and raising livestock. He enjoyed spilling the blood of the invaders and was absent, fighting, more than he was home. Still, he had fallen for the little white girl who couldn’t farm, couldn’t make baskets, and was generally a failure at Native life. Returning from a battle, he discovered the white men had taken Bliss, the woman with whom he expected to share his life. Her unexpected departure changed everything. Gone were his desires to do anything other than locate the girl; she consumed his every thought and he vowed to bring her back. Learning that the men had nefarious intentions, only reinforced his resolve. Will he find her before she makes the dreadful decision she knows must be made? Will she be able to face her adopted, Native family after all that has happened? Will Two Feathers’ love be enough to vanquish the horrors she endured at the hands of her own people?

A Thug Valentine in Atlanta: A Short Story


Na'Kia - 2019
    I was a young, fly thug with the mentality that all females weren’t worth my time. I was a single, ladies man and I planned on keeping it like that until I met her.” Dakota Baker Jr. aka DJ lived his life day to day stealing cars and flipping them for a bigger profit. His business life was escalating to a million-dollar market, yet his love life was nonexistent. His focus was solely on fast cars, fast money, and staying single for life until fate caused him to bump into the sexy and feisty, Italie Jacobs. The hood’s most talked about fashion designer, Italie Jacobs, had her mind and heart set on locking love down and throwing away the key. After a failed attempt at love causes her to become bitter, she goes harder at trying to make a name for herself. The desperate attempt to not get involved with another man fails when DJ walks into her boutique in need of a custom design. She tries her hardest to steer him away, but fate intervenes, and she finds herself falling for him. Dakota and Italie fall harder than expected, yet his spinster past lingers behind them. Does his past cause Italie to stray? Or will his Thug love lock her down?

Don't Touch My Crown: It's The Mafia


Charae Lewis - 2017
    He was numb to her heartache and Mafia was simply exhausted. She had squandered every ounce of energy to fight for her marriage, but she quickly realized that her effort was in vain. Mafia is undecided if she should continue her union with Prentice but when an old flame re-emerges, chaos arises. She’s torn on if she should continue to be a loyal wife, or take a chance on something that’s considered sinful. When she discovers a harmful secret her husband has been harboring, Mafia finds herself in a treacherous situation. Will Mafia ever put herself first and open her heart again or will she continue to settle for unhappiness?

Your Heart is Safe With Me


A'zayler - 2017
     Peru, love isn't always beautiful, but it doesn't have to be ugly either. You've been through enough to know that you deserve better than what you've been getting. You warrant the passion and feeling that comes from a person that values you. The feeling that is derived from giving yourself to another unselfishly, and fully with no reservations, is what you will have with me As long as I'm here, you will know the joy and happiness resulting from having someone crave you, desire you, cherish you, and love you the way no one else has. I am here Peru, here to show you the way that love is supposed to be. I am here Peru, to give you my strength so that even on your weakest days, with me, you are strong. So listen to my heart and let the sound of our love guide you into my arms. Key, you've been abused, mistreated and loved carelessly. You've given yourself to the wrong woman and become damaged in return. You're a king that should have been loved by a queen, but instead, you were undervalued by a peasant. Your hard work and dedication have gone unappreciated and unnoticed, but not anymore. Give it all to me. Anything that you once gave her give it to me. I'll know what to do with it. I'll keep it in the deepest part of my soul so that only you can feel it. You'll recognize it, and know it's me, but only when you're inside, touching, feeling, and encompassing me into your world. Key, if I say I love you, it's because I do. If I say I want you, it's also because I do. So if I tell you that your heart is safe with me, it's because it is.

Love 101: A Novella


Aubreé Pynn - 2019
     Makena and Osiris are thrown into a last-minute teaching arrangement when the university scrambles to find space for the influx of students. They quickly learn that this situation isn't ideal for either of them. Makena is an outspoken, quick on her feet first year professor who is trying to make lemonade of lemons. She’s sucking up the fact that her dreams for her career had to be sidelined. Taking a teaching job at her alma mater wasn't on her list but she's determined to prove that she belongs in a man’s world. It's a man's world. That's Osiris' motto. He lives by it and is going to show Makena that she doesn't stand a chance against him or his succession to department chair. Well, that's until their detest for each other quickly turns into lust. With the mess they made for themselves they have to figure out the most effective way to teach their joined classes. Will Makena and Osiris school the students or will they get schooled? Find out in Love 101.

Fallon and Wali: Rescued by a Savage


Saja Jay - 2017
    Born and raised in Somalia, she yearns to be loved and free in a world far away and nothing like her own. But living under the roof of her overprotective strict parents, she knows that what she wants is nothing more than a dream, and it could never be her reality. That is until her forbidden love interest, Shadi, an older man who she's grown to love and trust, promises to give her everything she’s hoped for and more. After an incident with her father goes too far, Shadi vows to protect Fallon and give her her heart’s desire if she agrees to run off to America with him. Thinking that the perfect life awaits her, she agrees with little hesitation, but what happens the second her feet land on the pavement in NYC is something she never expected. Being abandoned by the man she loves, Fallon is thrown in to the harsh world of drugs and sex trafficking. Her instincts jolt her into survival mode, and she has every intention of beating the odds and escaping with her life. Wali is the savage king of the concrete jungle who commands respect with his presence alone. To the world, he’s a ruthless thug with no heart, but raising his younger sister Yaya by himself, he develops a soft side that only a select few get to see. When fate brings him to Fallon, something about her piques his interest and he wants nothing more than to get to know the girl behind the sad eyes. When something tragic happens to someone he loves, Fallon becomes a distant memory, and Wali is on a mission to destroy and conquer. Join Fallon and Wali as they try to survive the mean streets of New York and the hand that they’ve been dealt. Find out if Wali can be Fallon’s knight in shining armor or will she end up having to be his?

Please Save Me Before It's Too Late


Lady Lissa - 2017
    He knew that he had to have the beautiful woman. However, Solange didn’t share those feelings. After saving her from a torrential rain storm one day, she was forever grateful to him. The two begin spending time together and she fell deeply in love with him. When Demarcus gets drafted to his favorite NFL team, the two quickly tie the knot, thinking they had everything they could ever want. However, the stress of being a star player begins to take a toll on Demarcus and he soon finds himself lashing out at Solange in the worse way. Will their love be enough to get them through the troubled times? Will Demarcus finally learn to control his anger? Or will the abuse prove to be too much for Solange? If you are in an abusive situation, get help. The Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 to offer support and alternatives. You don’t have to live this way because love shouldn’t hurt. Let them save you before it’s too late…

My Heart Was A Fool: Esmin & Greigh's Story


BriAnn Danae - 2018
    There ain’t no leaving me.” – Esmin Though he never tried to fight it, Esmin didn’t think his initial attraction to Greigh would be anything more than what she tried to make it; forbidden. Up against a battle to keep her heart, and keep her brother’s out their business, he’s also coming to terms with becoming a dad. A role that his own father lacked in due to incarceration and one Esmin wanted to conquer regardless of his shortcomings. The undeniable connection Greigh felt with Esmin from the beginning, is much more than she expected it to be. She vowed to never cross the dangerous line that he walked on and went for playing it safe, but those lines were quickly blurred when she became pregnant. Learning to not only love him and the new life growing inside her, Greigh finds herself struggling to balance her life and their relationship. Falling in love and staying there isn’t an easy task. In fact, falling in love will be downright agonizing for this couple. When life throws a curve ball their way, Esmin and Greigh both must come out swinging at the perfect angle. But, at what price does love cost? And, will it be worth all their efforts in the end to fight and forgive or to let their hearts wander?

Flawless Series Boxed Set: Parts 1-5


Jade Jones - 2018
    Two small time hoodlums turned big time entrepreneurs, these Cali boys are just trying to get it at any and all costs. But when betrayal and greed comes into play, these two friends' very foundation is shaken. Can they stay afloat in spite of it all, or will they lose what they worked so hard to build together? Shayla Edwards is a spoiled little rich girl who's always walked the path that was chosen by her wealthy, successful parents. However, things become a whole lot interesting when she meets a sexy D-boy that changes her entire life forever. Romeo is everything Shayla's ever wanted in a man, but will she be able to tolerate the dangerous life he lives? Kimberlyn Lopez was used to living the lavish life before her fiancée Cool was locked up on drug charges, leaving her to take care of their five-year-old son. If things aren't bad enough already, they really become complicated when Desmond, an old flame, comes back into the picture. With his smooth, charismatic appeal, Desmond has always held a part of her heart even while they were apart. But will Kimberlyn be able to tolerate his career choice - and the possibility of losing him as well? If things are complicated enough, they really heat up when Cool gets the early release he was anticipating. Flawless will take you on an emotional roller coaster, that'll surely have you questioning just how far you'll go for love.

Did You Think I'd Crumble?


C. Monet - 2018
    Monet, comes a chaotic masterpiece that revolves around the lives of married couple Cheyanne and Lavelle Baltimore. Their lives are far from the fairytale marriage that everyone prays to experience. Where love is supposed to be the nucleus to every marriage, their nucleus was chaos. The highs and lows of thirty-year-old Cheyanne Baltimore are penned in this debut novel. See, Cheyenne was like every woman that wants the ‘American Dream’. And after marrying her high school sweetheart Lavelle Baltimore, she thought she had just that. But her dream quickly turned into a nightmare and chaos. With the constant infidelity, endless lies and frequent drug use by Lavelle, Cheyanne loses herself in her marriage and becomes a shell of her former self. Their marriage is turned upside down when the one secret that Lavelle desperately tried to keep, comes to light, it is at that point that Cheyanne reaches her breaking point and finds herself wanting to run right out of the small town that she calls Home Sweet Home. But when you’re married to the most prominent family in town, Cheyenne soon finds out that leaving won’t be as easy as she thought; especially with a mother-in-law like Eva Baltimore, who will do everything in her power to make sure that her family is reflected in a positive light, even if it means getting her hands dirty. Everything that was once familiar to Cheyanne is now foreign. Lavelle’s secret that crippled their marriage seems to open up a chain of events in Cheyanne’s life and she finds herself questioning everyone and everything. She has done all that she could to make her marriage work, but it seemed the more she forgave him, the more she endured. With Cheyanne losing hope, it feels like everything around her is crumbling, but will she will endure through it all or will she crumble too? Find out in the first installment of Did You Think I’d Crumble by C. Monet.

Kissed By A Young Savage


K.B. Cole - 2017
    Planning and strategizing has always kept her sane, but now that her twenty-ninth birthday’s here, she starts to see the flaws in her perfectly thought out life. She has never had time for love or relationships. That’s never bothered her before, but now, she wants a family and she knows she has some changes to make before life passes her by. Tahir’s twenty-four and lives his life wild and free. When he finds himself in trouble with the law, he calls the attorney his aunt has on retainer. Sparks fly when they meet, and he’s determined to make her his, but he soon learns those sparks are only one sided. She turns him down, not knowing that only makes him more determined to have her. Tahir does everything he can to make himself a part of her life, but will the tactics he’s using backfire? One way, or another, he’s determined to be a permanent part of O’Niya’s life. He has no limit to the things he’ll do to win her heart, but even if she lets this ‘Young Savage,’ in, if his secrets are revealed, she may run away!

The Motion in the Potion


Amanda M. Lee - 2021
    With nothing left to do – and no money in her bank account – she’s forced to return to the family business, a diner in northern Lower Michigan.Stormy never thought she would have to work with her family again, and it’s just as horrific as she expected. Things only get worse when, after a night of drinking with her cousin, a family Ouija board leads to a burst of magic and Stormy wakes floating over her bed the next morning.In short order, she finds out it’s not only possible that she’s a witch but also probable, which leads her to the neighboring town of Hemlock Cove to learn from some legendary witches who reside there.Stormy thought returning to Shadow Hills would be the worst thing that happened to her. She was wrong. Being a witch is fun … as is crossing paths with her first love Hunter Ryan. If only she could keep herself out of trouble. The mounting body count in Shadow Hills keeps her on the edge of adventure, though … and danger is never far behind.This three-book omnibus includes the first three books in the Two Broomsticks Gas & Grill series: Sinfully Delicious, Caffeinated Calamity, and A Little Slice of Death.

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.

Whatever it Takes: An Erotic Novella


Monica Walters - 2019
    As a successful dietician, she started her own business, by traveling and doing home visits for patients instead of working for someone else. She always knew she was destined for greatness. The only area she struggles in is her love life. After taking a trip home to visit her parents, she runs into her high school sweetheart. It has been seven years since she’s seen him, but her feelings haven’t changed, and she discovers that immediately after seeing him. Chance Sylvester has accepted mediocrity in his love life, since he felt like he couldn’t have the woman he wants. As a successful accountant, he’s made the best of life and his career, feeling like he was on the brink of making partner. His mediocre love life comes to a screeching halt when he sees Amesha, after seven years, in the grocery store. He is determined to hold onto her this time, no matter what it takes. This chance encounter is only the beginning. Despite the rekindling, they are now adults and don’t know if they will be as compatible as they once were as kids. Can they turn a past, immature attraction into an undeniable love?