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Spanish Billionaire's Surprise Baby Daughters


Nicki Jackson - 2019
    it makes these Spanish nights even hotter. But can I protect her or will she become a target just like the last? Note: Spanish Billionaire's Surprise Baby Daughters is a steamy romance between a Spanish Billionaire with a dark past and the beauty who may just give him the baby daughters he's always wished for.

A Second Chance with My First Love


Nina B. - 2018
    Knowing her boyfriend’s family wouldn’t accept their child was enough to make her bolt away from Atlanta without looking back. Five years later after getting settled into Jacksonville Florida, Gabriella daughter started asking questions about her father and the guilt was eating at Gabriella about the mistake she was now living with of leaving the love of her life. Ashton never gotten over the love of his life. No matter how many women he bedded, he could never erase Gabriella from his head. After five long years, she back —with a child. His child. Will Ashton be able to forgive Gabriella for deceiving him of being a father? Would Gabriella realize that the mistake she made not only caused her child to suffer but the man she loves as well? In the end will Gabriella be given a second chance and live happily ever after with Ashton?

Persuaded By A Tycoon


Theresa Hodge - 2017
    Under Aizen's fiery touch Kimberly burned in desire briefly and then he disappeared. She was seduced by his charms and basked willingly in a night of passion. Consequences occurred. Now, two years, later he is back and just as sexy as he ever was. Their attraction is unmatched in its intensity and reignites into a blazing flame. Aizen and Kimberly started out as strangers but in one night ended up as so much more. Their fiery desire may be tested by the realities of one another lives. When the smoke clears, will love reside in their hearts? Or will fate play a trick on Aizen's pursuit of Kimberly's heart and tear them apart for good?

Lucky


J.J. Murray - 2017
     Candace leads a life of peace, solitude, and serenity after retiring early from a lucrative career in investment banking. She fishes, reads, bakes, tends her garden, visits with her vast extended family, and vows one day to own Barton House, the vacant mansion her "Double Great Grand" built before the Civil War on the other side of the pond. But when New Yorker Robert Macarthur, 41, "The Big Mac of Fast Food Advertising," purchases Barton House, Candace's life goes south in a hurry. And yet there's something familiar and natural about the tall, bearded, pony-tailed, blue-eyed man that moves Candace's heart in unexpected and unintended ways. With faithful descriptions of country life, an authentic cast of down-home characters, and genuine homespun humor, LUCKY proves that "sometimes love comes home."

Web of Lies


Elisabeth - 2017
    I will take back what I lost because it was never theirs to take in the first place. I won’t rest until everything is set exactly how I need it to be set, but I didn’t realize I got caught in my own web...until it was too late. Joaquin I didn’t ask for this, but now that she’s here...she isn’t going anywhere. When you’re mine, you’ll forever be mine.

The Plus Sized Model And The Billionaire


Samantha Daily - 2020
    She’s had to struggle with numerous types of prejudice due to her size and skin color. Her experiences have taught her that she needs to have thick skin, confidence and be a strong person mentally if she wants to fulfill her dream.Lacy lives by two principles. Firstly, she needs no one’s validation and, secondly, men are better off avoided due to them only wanting one thing. That is the way she has been living her life until devilishly handsome, Tony Kent, falls into her path.Tony Kent, a successful billionaire has had his fair share of experiences with women and relationships and has come to the conclusion that it is best to just have fun with them due to them always after his money. However, when he sets his sights on Lacy, he realizes that she is unlike anyone he has ever seen; she seems to want nothing and this makes him wary, yet intrigued.Will Lacy Fulfill her dream of becoming a top model and representative for all the big beautiful woman around the world? Will Tony’s charm have her break her principles and interrupt her attempts to make it as a model? Does Tony just see her as a challenge to win over and sleep with or does he want more?Find out in this sizzling hot BBW BWWM romance by Samantha Daily of BWWM Love.

Perfect Curves


Lanee Lane - 2018
    Her mother is sure to remind her. She lets her crazy best friend Noel talk her into joining a gym. What she didn’t expect to find was Reed. Her new personal trainer is fit, sexy, and everything she isn’t looking for. Reed loves his women with curves. When he first lays eyes on Penelope he wants to explore her delectable body. He’s more than just a handsome face and rock hard abs, and he’s ready to open up and let the right woman in. Penelope is that woman. When a woman from Reed’s past re-enters his life he’s torn between obligation and love. With lies being told and boundaries being crossed, Reed has to choose. Loyalty to his past could have him losing the best thing for his future.

The Devil Goes To Church Too


Monica Walters - 2018
    She grows up, living a sheltered life, thanks to her mother, being naïve to the ways of the world. Due to that, her eyes are closed to the fact that going to church doesn't make a person holy. She learns that from her own parents, then from members at the church she goes to. Raquel's life is nothing short of a roller coaster ride, filled with sadness, depression, but most of all, her desire to be loved. Things happen that could be detrimental to Raquel's future, but she refuses to give up. There is one particular person that needs her to keep her sanity. So, Raquel is determined to succeed, despite the circumstances. Will she be able to overcome adversity or will the people that's supposed to mean her the most good, contribute to her downfall?

Father for Three Weeks


Destiny Davis - 2017
    With his dashing good looks and steely gray eyes, Ethan is the quintessential billionaire playboy who doesn’t believe in commitment of any form. But when he lands a deal with an ultra conservative business partner, he is forced to hire someone who will pose as his wife for a few weeks. Single mother Gabrielle Wilson’s world is centered over her daughter’s happiness. This hard-working nurse is desperate to earn enough money to move into a safer part of town where they would both be safe. Which is exactly why Ethan’s proposition is so hard to turn down. As two wildly contrasting worlds come together, Ethan and Gabrielle quickly discover that they aren’t as immune to each other as they thought. But what happens when a dark secret from Ethan’s past suddenly emerges to destroy their budding relationship? **** This is a standalone Novel with a HEA **** Your copy of "Father for Three Weeks" (approximately 53,000 words) includes a BONUS BOOK by Destiny Davis

Accidental Love


T.M. Pigatt - 2018
    To help me cheer up, my friends decided I needed a trip to Las Vegas. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? At least that’s what I thought until I woke up married. Morgan Bridgewater I’m having the day from hell. I broke up with my long-term girlfriend Mia. I thought she would go quietly but boy was a wrong. She brings down a hell storm like no other. My brothers decide that I need an escape. Vegas has always been fun for us. However, this time it took on a new meaning when I met a beautiful brown skin woman. From the moment I climbed between her legs I forgot all about Mia. My brown lover was my savior until she woke up in the morning with my ring on her finger. Now I must figure out how to keep my wife and deal with the hell my ex is trying to put us through.

Amara's Calling


C.L. Donley - 2018
    Grayson is a brilliant, bullied computer nerd turned handsome playboy, with a penchant for blondes. Amara is the assistant to the assistant, who works on the third floor and is... not blonde. And not-so-secretly obsessed with him. Packed with all the classic "plain Jane" tropes you thought were hopelessly overdone, read the smart, sexy, binge-worthy debut exceeding "billionaire romance" expectations! Book Description: “Look, Amara… I see what you’re trying to accomplish, I do. And, maybe I respect it in some way. I won’t sit here and pretend to be a better man than I am. I really, really… really want to take the deal. I’ve spent more money on things so ridiculous I’m embarrassed to admit them.” “I sense there’s a ‘but’ coming.” “But… there’s no amount of money that will keep you from falling in love with me.” Amara Riley works for her crush and personal hero, Grayson Davis, a 30's Zuckerberg type CEO of an internet startup called Webster, the story world's equivalent of Facebook. Being a young African American woman in a predominantly white world, Amara is reticent to believe that she's actually caught the attention of the notorious playboy billionaire. When she discovers that she has, but not for the purposes of happily ever after, she decides to strike a deal with him: one million for the privilege of being his mistress. It seemed like a modern-day win/win, but neither anticipates the emotional challenges their contract will bring. Will they inadvertently fall in love, or will the ghosts of their tragic pasts keep them apart?

Hike, Hike, Baby


Xavier Neal - 2019
     Yasmine Pause, take a breath, and glisten... That's the better way to phrase Yasmine Brown sweating to death on her first hike, which is, obviously her punishment for being too cheap or too stubborn to buy the outdoor-loving woman she calls her best friend a stupid gift. Most people are willing to accept her famous baked desserts as the perfect present. After all, she is an internationally renowned pastry chef. Unfortunately, that trick doesn't work when your best friend is also your employee. One little trek to make the birthday brat happy won't kill her, right? Sutton Halt, take a sip, oh no, she's slippin'... One minute Sutton Thisleton is having a drink, and the next he's helping the most gorgeous woman he's ever crossed paths with out of the small hole she fell into. Most people wouldn't see this as the right opportunity to grab a date. They also wouldn't wander from city to city because the wind seemed to shift them another direction one random afternoon. Good thing he's never been most people. One assisted hop back to the vixen's vehicle won't completely change his life, right? What will happen when these two opposite worlds continuously collide? Will they find a way to create a sweet, long lasting treat together, or will it end with one of them being told to take a permanent hike?

Billionaire's Unknown Black Daughter


Ciara Cole - 2017
    And at least half of the pretty gals in Manhattan have gone down on my… Big Apple. When I’m not f@$king, I’m cooking—they’re all I got time for. Until I saw her again. Laurie. The curvaceous, gorgeous, dark-skinned girl I met in Prague five years ago. We had a wild couple of weeks… blurring the line between lust and… God only knows. So, I had to have her again. Something about Laurie was different, though. I found out she had a daughter… and did the math. It added up. That was my kid. Just when things seemed to work out, they didn’t. My past came back to haunt me, again; the repercussions almost cataclysmic. If I’m not careful, I won’t just lose Laurie; I’ll lose my daughter. I’m not a gambler, but for this hand, I’m all in… Note: Billionaire's Unknown Black Daughter is 33k of sizzling hot romance between a sexy celebrity chef and the feisty architect who captured his heart.

Chatting with a Vampire


Thayer King - 2019
    What she thinks will be a fling, turns out to be much more. From the first, Alex knows that Alaya is his destiny. He's a vampire. And Alaya is his mate. PLEASE NOTE: Chatting with a Vampire was previously published in the Just Vamps Anthology. It has been lengthened from its original form.

What You Want: Romance and Sex


Kimberly Smith - 2017
     When Victoria finds that the man she has come to love has been lying to her, will she be able to forgive him? Victoria Timmons' life is all about work. She is so driven to succeed that she has given up on the prospect of finding love and passion. She has a full-time job and lives with her aging, disabled mother as well as having a side hustle. Victoria has too many responsibilities which doesn't allow much time for anything outside of work. Her boss has dangled a carrot of a promotion in front of her. She has done everything she can to prove that she can handle the job. The new position will allow her to quit her part-time job and maybe have a life that isn't always about work. When she finds out that the position has been giving to someone else, Victoria realizes that she might never have what she wants. Maximillian Jackson Quinn is a charismatic tech billionaire who gets what he wants. He wants a small up and coming company, but before he can close the deal, the current owner places a condition on the sale. Max agrees not to release the employees from their jobs until he has spent time getting to know them and their abilities and talents. In this process, he finds that the company has something else that is a sweet temptation, Victoria Timmons. Keeping his identity a secret from everyone for a month is no difficult task until he decides to pursue a relationship with Victoria. Once he convinces her to take a chance on him, it becomes challenging when his family becomes the center of a public scandal, one that could expose his identity and end the best romance and sex of his life. Jackson is every bit the man intended for an Alpha male romance and Victoria is the perfect African American fiction heroine. The essence of any good romantic love story is the journey from the introduction to the conclusion, of course, it doesn't hurt to fill it with desire, enticing romance, and sex. Experience the exciting contemporary romance, "What You Want." Inside Flap: “I liked kissing you.” He said with a smirk. Her heart rate sped up. “Didn't you like kissing me?” Victoria swallowed, “No.” “No?” he said pulling her close. He flicked his tongue over her lips, and when she responded with a sigh, he captured her lips in a kiss that made her moan with desire. She wanted to push him away as her hands moved to his chest, but the feel of his hard muscular body made her step closer molding her body to his. She opened her mouth to him as he explored her sweet mouth with his tongue. His hands moved to cup her ass. He squeezed it. He loved the softness. She moaned again, a sound that he could easily get used to hearing. He wanted to continue this exploration of her soft curvy body but now was not the right time or place. He reluctantly pulled his mouth from hers and met her eyes, smiling. “Liar.” Advanced Reader Reviews: L.R. I adore the book, I had to take some time to warm up to Vicky, but I loved "Jackson" from the first. Let's not talk about Grandpa Jack. He's a doll. I just loved him. D.A. I enjoyed Victoria, she is a strong heroine and didn't come across as the stereotypical black female character a lot of authors are using now. Thank you for allowing me to read your book. J.A.H. Wow, this is a romantic love story that was worth reading. Can't wait to see what else you are working on. D.R. This was my first interracial romance black women white men. Jackson and Victoria are hot together. I will be reading more multicultural romance books. I.