However, she didn’t count on falling for the youngest of the clan, Hawk Pattel. Hawk is wealthy, handsome, intelligent and charming. Raven tries to resist him, but when a Pattel wants something, nothing will stand in his way. Just when Hawk is on the verge of convincing Raven that the two of them could have something special, something real, all of his skeletons start falling out of the closet, one ugly bone at a time. Self-preservation takes over for Raven, and the only thing she can do is run. But Hawk is determined not to give up. He’ll break down the walls she’s had time to rebuild one brick at a time if he has to. However, old hurts and secrets are revealed that will test Hawk and Raven beyond anything they’ve come up against. Will they be strong enough to withstand a storm a second time? The Pattels: Hawk and Raven II is the continuation of the first book in the hot new series by National Best Selling author S.K. Hardy. It’s sexy, thrilling, and intriguing, all of the elements that S.K. is known for. This exciting saga is a story that will engage every one of your emotions: anger, happiness, laughter, and fear. The Pattels is a spin off of S.K.’s previous bestseller, The Sin City Heat Series. However, it is not necessary to have read Sin City Heat in order to start this new series. **Warning: This book is an erotic romance novel. It contains strong sexual language and themes that is not appropriate for anyone under the age of 18.

    

    When Kenya Claiborne wakes up half naked in a stranger’s bed, and the homeowner decides to make the best of a bad situation by propositioning her, she finds herself going along with his plan because she needs the community service hours.Jonathon Blakemore, happy to have someone filling the empty chaperon position, will soon learn that he’s met his match.Then, when the time comes for his grandfather to sign over the estate in Ireland, trouble ensues and neither Kenya nor Jonathan know who wants one of them gone.

    Every time he pulls away, something goes array and sucks him back in. A natural born leader and peace maker, he gives himself two months to be free from the streets while saving every dollar he can to fulfill the promise he made to himself. Taj Ali Adams has a bright future ahead of her and an undeniable light that everyone around her wants to protect, especially her older brother. With tragedy lingering around her, the light that shined so bright goes dim. Taj is forced to adjust to a whole new world after her father packs them up and moves unexpectedly. In a haze, Taj questions everything. Then fate steps in and guides two souls to each other. But the question is, will fate play fair and bring back Taj’s light to be a guide or will it diminish forever? Find out in Indigo Haze: Thug Love is the Best Love.

    Hudson stands firm in his reasoning about why he doesn’t want his daughter with a man like Kahleno, and not even Sutton’s feelings will change that. Will Sutton take heed to her father’s warnings or will she follow her heart? When Sutton walked into Kahleno’s life he knew that she was it for him and he vowed to never let anyone come in between that, not even her father. On a mission to show Sutton that her father is wrong, he runs across a few issues of his own and they come in the form of his son’s mother, Karson. Can he keep Karson’s irrational tactics under control, or will she force her way into their relationship and ruin it forever? After being forced to up and move, Icelynn vowed to close her heart off to men for a while. Her main focus was to take care of her daughter and finish school. The last thing on her mind was a man until she walked on the Maler farm and met the man of her dreams, Adoreé. When her past comes looking for her will she be able to be the woman that Adoreé needs or will their past come and ruin them before they even get started. Adoreé has never been a people’s person, outside of his family and the occasional stripper, he pretty much stays to himself. When he meets Icelynn, better known as Ice at the club he knew right away that she was different. Allowing her to get close to him causes some old wounds to resurface, something that he isn’t mentally prepared for. When he’s forced to look his past in the eye, will he be able to face the pain, or will he blame Icelynn for drudging up old memories? Ego’s and secrets threaten to tear the lives of the Maler’s apart. With a huge family secret on the horizon, will they be able to get a grasp on the situation or will life blow up in their faces?

    His idea of fun is when nobody’s bothering him. But when he and his best friend, Teddy Sinatra, stop by Teddy’s uncle’s house, Monk finds himself unable to take his eyes off of one of the uncle’sdaughters: the bad one. And soon he finds himself, the eternal bachelor, ready to give his all for the love of a woman he sees as nothing but good and kind and sexy in a way that keeps him up nights.Ashley Sinatra, the adopted daughter of businessman Big Daddy Charles Sinatra and the niece of preeminent crime boss Mick Sinatra, is always looking for love in all the wrong places. But when she meets The Monk, who looks and talks like a gangster straight out of an old movie, she realizes she just met the bad boy of all bad boys. He’s even too bad for her! Until he shows her a kindness and gentleness no man had ever shown her before.Monk Paletti: Taming Ashley Sinatra is the first book in the Monk and Ashley Romantic Suspense Thriller series.

    

    Growing up in Mississippi with the bare minimum was nothing compared to my life in New Orleans. Aside from my drug addicted mother trying to sell my virginity for crack, and having no one to depend on but me, I ended up in a relationship with the devil himself. Vaughn seemed like any woman’s dream man in the beginning of our relationship but it didn’t take very long for Viper to show up. With no money and no place to go, I had to endure years of cheating and beatings. I didn’t think that things could get any worse but, boy, was I proven wrong. When the police kicked down our door and took us both to jail, all hope was lost, along with my faith in the system. The dark clouds of life just kept following me around and I was tired of being rained on. I was always told that there was something better out there for me and, thank God, somebody’s prayers for me were finally being answered. I swore that I was done with love and relationships but fate had other plans for me. It’s not easy to find a man to love you through your pain. A man who loves you, flaws and all. A man who always puts you first. But I did. Me, Amore, or “his Love”, as he always called me. What are the odds of finding a man who’s not what you want but turns out to be everything that you need? I’ve never been a gambling woman but even I know that the odds of that happening are a trillion to one.

    He’s been in the streets for years and is now realizing the benefit of building his legal status as well. Both worlds keep him busy and his pockets full. As much as he appreciates his status, the women appreciate it more.Kyori Spencer is the type of woman who takes full advance of all that life has to offer. Even if it’s not by way of her own bank account. It just so happens that the man she committed herself to, has loosely committed himself to several other women. When is enough, enough? Kyori soon finds herself fed up and on the verge of catching an assault charge until the extremely handsome and very assertive Asim Nour steps in for the save.Amir Nour has resigned to living life to the fullest and with the status he’s built working alongside his big brother, Asim, that’s an easy task. However, a chance encounter with a beautiful woman intrigues him enough to wonder if it’s time to end his playboy ways.Lear’ah Marshall just can’t catch a break. After losing her sister, she’s struggling to find a reason to live and not just sit home alone watching life pass her by. That within itself is a challenge considering her current living situation. After paying for college she’s stuck with the roommate from hell whose boyfriend is anything but respectful. Lear’ah is fed up but financially strapped. Will a gorgeous stranger be able to present a reason for her to smile or will Lear’ah decide that he’s just not worth the trouble?Welcome to the what happens when chance encounters turn into the possibility of happiness, if only the ladies can find a way to let go of the past and embrace the future.***THIS WILL BE A TWO PART SERIES***

    Aja is missing and Ro is devastated and driven into an unstable condition. Can he find Aja in time before he loses himself? Ace has been in love with Kyra since they were young. He had given up on her and moved on with Camille. When circumstances start to lead him back to Kyra, her secret comes out devastating him. Will he forgive Kyra and choose her? Or will her secret lead him to stay with Camille? Akia and Ray have always been the perfect couple. But cracks start to form when the stress of missing family members and secrets come out to destroy them. D-City has always been a dangerous city. But now with more secrets, new enemies, and old ones, who will survive and keep their love and lives intact.

    At twenty-two years old, Jholee had given up everything, including her full-time hours at school, her apartment, her expensive bags, and her car after her drug dealing dad's indiscretions put their family in a bind that blindsided them all. With everything that Jholee had given up, that still wasn't enough for her family to get back to normal, and after her dad shut down the thought of her taking her clothes off for money, she only had one thing left to sell: her virginity. Kiandre 'TK' Kincaid has had the Jacksonville streets secured when it came to moving weight, but after years of watching his father make money off women lying on their backs, he decided to try his hand at building his own legacy without stepping on them to get there. In order to make his dreams of owning a strip club a reality, TK finds himself moonlighting at his father's sex shop from time to time. When circumstance leads him to working the front desk, it's there that he meets the very impressionable Jholee. After realizing that Jholee isn't cut out for being a sex worker, he trashes her application and literally takes matters into his own hands. Jholee and TK's worlds collide faster than they both would like to admit, but just as there are things keeping them together, there are just as many pulling them apart, including but not limited to Jholee's best friends, Riley and Octavia, her parents, TK's parents, and TK's girlfriend Cheyenne. But there is something about fate: You can't stop it.

    For as long as she could remember, she had been treated like royalty, and given any and everything she wanted. Unfortunately, traumatic events from her childhood places a thin sheet of ice over her battered heart, making it hard for her to truly fall in love, despite being in a two-year relationship with her party-promoting boyfriend, Orlando. Deceit from the first man she’s ever loved made Caprice slow to trust. So, when she finds herself smitten by Detroit’s biggest rap artist, Gunna she taken aback and has a hard time accepting that she had indeed fallen in love, and with someone other than her boyfriend. Trey ‘Gunna’ Hayes grew up in the slums, where it was either kill or be killed. Refusing to end up dead in the streets, he did what anybody growing up in the hood with a heart would do—he survived the only way he knew how to, Luckily for Gunna, free-styling on the block led him to what would eventually turn into a very profitable and successful rap career. A rap career that ultimately led him straight to Caprice, who was in a relationship when he first laid eyes on her, swaying her shapely hips to the beat of one of his hottest tracks. He didn’t care about her relationship—when he saw her, he decided he had to have her. Starr, Caprice’s best friend, finds herself in a tough spot when her drug dealing boyfriend Mace proposes to her. That would be all fine and dandy if Starr wasn’t sleeping with one of the corner boys from the hood. Instead of telling Mace no like she should have, Starr accepted his proposal because despite what he couldn’t do for her in bed, he could do a lot for her financially. Precious, another one of Caprice’s childhood friends, has been recklessly—or blindly—in love with her unemployed boyfriend, Derek, for the past five years. When he’s down on his luck, Precious steps up in a way that most women wouldn’t. What she thought was the ultimate scheme ends up being her greatest downfall. Angel is the quiet one in the clique, who’s harboring a few secrets of her own. Stuck in a dead-end relationship with her abusive boyfriend puts her in a deep depression that no one knows about. Will Caprice’s relationship with Orlando survive with Gunna on the prowl? Will Gunna’s reckless background hinder his rap career? Will Precious’s conniving ways lead to the death of her? Will Angel find the strength to finally leave her boyfriend? Find out how it all unfolds between the drama filled pages of Recklessly In Love with a Detroit Bad Boy.

    To deal with the pain, she becomes her alter ego the rapper and lyricist, Shy-Ray. Rapping and her friendship with Raymond got her through the tough times during her younger years. After years of friendship, something else started to brew between the two, they ended up falling in love. As the years go by, the love grows stronger and Shia is forced to make a decision that will cause a dispute within the family. Raymond Vance, has a few secrets of his own. At a young age, his sister’s husband took him under his wing to train him to become a “Hit-man”. He is in love with Shia, but he hides it from everyone else in fear of destroying "The Fam" until one day him and Shia both act on their feelings. Raymond puts his trust with O’shea on the line, but Shia is harboring a secret, she has someone else in her life, rapper Milli. Milli is in love with Shia and will do anything to keep her in his life even if it means putting his rap career on the line. With Shia’s life in the spotlight a lot of events take place that will cause a strain on her rapping career and her new relationship with Raymond? In this fourth installment, a lot of secrets are revealed and relationships are tested in this gritty tale of young love. A lot of choices are made and Shia and Raymond are both left with decisions that could hurt each other and their families. They will both learn the term “Don’t Come Looking for Love”.

    The two side dude's that Heaven and Treasure have fallen for pretended as if they could play second to another man. Now, their feelings are in the way, secrets have been revealed, and Vegas and Ross are determined to make sure that the outcome is deadly. Mello’s dreams of being with Heaven have always only been fantasy because of who she is married to. Yet, one summer night led them into a steamy affair that has ended in complete mayhem. Heaven welcomes the mayhem, however, as long as she finally has Mello, a man that truly loves her. But as her luck as always has it, she can never have what she wants without it coming at a hefty price. When she refuses to pay the price, Heaven is forced back into a life on the streets...without Mello. Vegas had never cheated on Treasure... not once. But when she is forced to reveal her infidelity with Vegas’ “friend”, Damo, Vegas throws away the ring and their relationship and runs into the arms of the one woman that Treasure despised. Treasure literally makes herself sick with the thought of Vegas being with Princess. Then, Treasure is forced to reveal more of her secrets and she loses her best friend, Heaven, too. In this finale, Heaven and Treasure’s unfaithfulness literally shatters their world and changes the course of their lives forever. Now, Ross is determined to make Heaven and Mello pay with their lives for deceiving him, and Vegas is falling for the opposition. All the while, Damo and Princess are still plotting to dismantle this crew. Will Heaven make it on the streets? Will Treasure be able to make it on her own two feet? Will Ross finally pay for the havoc that he wreaked on Heaven’s life? Find out in this heart-wrenching finale that will leave you breathless until the very end.

    The saying has never rang true in the case of the beautiful Siyah Mills. A chance encounter will cause her to cross paths with the sexy but deadly Kingston "King" Banks. A sexy but ruthless drug kingpin who has the ability to bring the strongest dude to his knees and break down a woman's very existence. It was lust at first sight when they laid eyes on one another. What was supposed to be a one night stand turned out to be more than Siyah ever bargained for. Kingston takes over not only her body but her mind and soul, but there's only one downside to this. She's married to Luca Gianni. Head of the Gianni Crime Family. A series of events and secrets revealed will have Siyah running for her life and into the arms of Kingston. Life for Siyah will change within the blink of an eye as she tries to solidify her rightful place on his Throne but of course when you're the type of man whose name reigns supreme in the streets and the sheets. There's bound to be drama and bloodshed. Follow Siyah and Kingston as they embark on a Royal Love Affair that no one is prepared for!!!!!!