I was too stubborn to listen and now I’m in a situation I can’t escape. I’ve seen too much. I know too much. Even now, two years after my momma left this earth, I can still hear her voice in my ear telling me to leave and never look back. I thought this was the perfect life, but it was all a lie. Now I have someone else I need to take care of, and if it’s the last thing I do, I’m getting us out of this place.Dallas –I’m no hero. Rescuing damsels in distress is not my thing. But when the call came in to save a woman and her child, what else was I supposed to do? My momma raised me to be a gentleman and to protect those weaker than myself. Plus, if I got the chance to give a little payback to some bottom-feeders who hurt innocent people, I’d take that gift every day and twice on Sundays. Little did I know, once I set eyes on the brown-eyed beauty with tears on her face, and a knife in her hand pointed at my heart, my entire world was going to shift on its head.

    She lives for the thrill of being the deadliest hitwoman walking the streets, as she gets to work side by side with her two best friends. Plus, working for the most dangerous and powerful woman in the city has its perks...as long as you follow the rules, and Dagger does just that... Until Luca. When Luca steps into Dag’s life, everything is turned upside down. Life, as she's always known it, is abruptly disrupted and has her questioning everything. The once untouchable assassin finds herself vulnerable, in the worst way. Meanwhile, in the streets around her, a powerful danger lurks and threatens to rip apart the town she fights to protect it. Suddenly, the deadliest woman in the city has more to fear, and so much more to lose.

    However, they have a problem...She wants a family and he doesn't. When Sydney accidentally bumps into the mysterious and sexy software tycoon Sebastian Johansen, she suddenly realizes her dream of a family may become possible but at what cost? Can Sebastian help Sydney defy the odds and become a couple? Or will her parents disapproval of interracial relationships weigh on her conscious and cause her to miss out on real love? For a special reading experience: Each series doesn't have to be read in this order.. Samantha Posey Love Unfolded Samantha Posey Love Reveals Samantha Posey Love Conquers Not Giving Up Book 1 Not Giving Up Book 2 Relentless Chase Book 1 BWWM, Suspense Romance, New Adult Romance, Pregnancy Romance, Billionaire Romance +18 and up for mature audiences....

    The downside is watching the people you care about eventually die. Unable to deal with the constant losses throughout her life, vampire Nya shuts herself off from the rest of the world despite the protests of her friends. Her self-imposed solitude is soon disrupted, however, by two determined warlocks. Centuries old warlock twins Cutter and Blade Romanov have suffered loss of their own, but the hope that they’d find a worthy soulmate has kept them motivated throughout the years. From the moment they laid eyes on the lovely Nya, they knew she was the one. The problem? She belonged to someone else. Biding their time, they wait for the day when she could be theirs and when it happens, Nya disappears. The twins will search the ends of the Earth to be with the one woman destined to be theirs for all eternity. They’ll track her down until they make her their own, but unbeknownst to them, a specter from the past is hunting them down. Can they find their love and convince her of their fate together before an ancient evil destroys them all? This is the first book in the Warlock series. These characters are featured in the Blood Brother's world.

    With his mother on his case about getting married, Patrick and his brothers are hesitant to bring any girl home. Then there was Jewel, a waitress with a streak of pure white hair and a smile that could outshine the sun. Instantly smitten, their relationship begins hard and fast. Jewel doesn’t care about his money or what the hell he drives. She doesn’t want fancy clothes and is more attached to her favorite mug and her truck than people. It leads to steamy nights in her home on wheels aka her silver airstream nicknamed ‘baby’. That was until it was stolen, and Jewel has nowhere to go.Come home with me, the solution quickly came to his lips, but then the Royale talisman comes into play and so does his crazy rich chaotic family. No one has ever been able to sleep in that bed with the coin under the mattress and Patrick comes up with his own plan to thwart his mother. Jewel was too important, and no coin was going to dictate who can have his heart. But that damn talisman was more like a curse than anything else. It could cost Patrick the woman of his dreams who encouraged him to reach past the stars for himself first and no one else. Except Patrick wants to give her the stars and moon combined.

    Grown folk content. Grown folk language. Grown folk interactions and situations. Can you dig it? BLURB: Phoenix Hale is a hardnosed former DEA agent who now works as Director for the Office of National Drug Control Policy—the DCP—a position falling under direct authority of the POTUS. One day, his world is turned upside down: his best friend; a DEA agent, is murdered in cold blood. Phoenix sets out to exact his revenge. However, things become quickly complicated when he decides to take the murderer’s cousin, a well-known ruthless drug queen, from Chicago, Illinois, into private custody. Tiffany McCall is one of two things: either your greatest dream or your worst nightmare. Raised in the elite suburbs of Chicago, she uses her traffic-stopping good looks, callousness, business acumen, and intelligence to rise as one of the most notorious drug dealers in the state of Illinois. But, Tiffany’s high rolling ways soon come to a screeching halt when a man on a mission gets his hooks into her and drags her away into the night. When she’s forced to face Mr. Phoenix Hale, she realizes that she has met her match and worst of all, she soon discovers that not only is Phoenix no fool or governmental puppet, but the man is determined to break her down. Tiffany’s beauty, as well as her physical and emotional strength, intelligence, and die-hard will to survive impress Phoenix in ways he shouldn’t care to admit. Soon, he finds himself learning more about himself as he unravels all that is Tiffany… The impossible comes crashing in during a pivotal moment of their lives. Love knocks on the door when the stakes are high, lives are laid on the line, and dangerous alliances are formed. As both are faced with truths they’d never known, they must choose between love, life, and loyalty. Which one will win?

    On an undercover mission with the ATF to capture members of an international weapons and money smuggling operation that has hit U.S. soil, Zach is suddenly thrust into a situation unfamiliar to him. He’s never dealt with a person in his custody as mouthy, feisty, and uncontrollable as Carla Parker. Carla Parker is an innocent citizen thrown in a situation that has left her scarred, scared, and dependent on a cold, emotionless, and rude FBI agent to keep her alive. Because of his attitude, she is finding it hard to relax in the care of Agent Murphy and counteracts by repeatedly disobeying him which pisses him off.

    My life blew up in my face when the love of my life, Q, died. Now someone strolls into my office to tell me that it might have all been a cruel lie, but it can’t be. She wouldn’t do that to me,... to us. Our love was too strong to allow that to happen. Not only did our bodies connect in an epic way but so did our hearts. A love like that can’t be faked.There’re so many questions and only the dead seem to have the answers. I pray I'm strong enough to handle the truth, or it just might destroy me." - Knox

    Ladies love him and men envy him. A wealthy rock star, he is known for his magical fingers on his guitar strings and his melodious voice. Linked to several sex scandals, Chad has sworn several times on TV never to settle down even ‘til his last breath. He has said it so many times, his life as a single man is as much as one of his trademarks as his guitar. Tiana Hendricks, Chad’s best friend, is the only woman he ever loved. She walked away with his heart after graduation. She, however, had a reason, a secret. Her father is one of the most hated men in the USA. Getting involved with Chad would only bring her past back into the tabloids, and she dreads the exposure. But when Chad walks into their class reunion, just one look and she knows she can’t resist their connection. Chad and Tiana secretly want to be together. However, Tiana is not willing to let all he has worked for go down the drain. They can be together, but no one can know. Once a nosy journalist exposes their new love affair, and Chad reverts to his old media tactics, their world is turned upside down, once again. Will Tiana walk out of his life for good this time? Or will their love prove stronger than any obstacle they may face?

    

    Reluctantly, he is convinced to go to his high school reunion, but upon meeting the mysterious woman, Ezekiel forgets what he wants and focuses on what he desires. Too bad he won't be able to keep her. When Grae is given the opportunity to sleep with the man of her dreams since high school without him knowing her identity, this shy reclusive young woman steps outside of her shell and transforms herself into the woman of his dreams. From the author that brought readers the steamy sensual noir, MISTAKEN IDENTITY, other books by Sylvia Hubbard can be purchased or downloaded at her website: www.sylviahubbard.com

    Hardwood, a RE-EDITED version has been uploaded as of June 18, 2018. We apologize for the glaring errors within the original.*** MJ should have know she couldn't love this man and leave him. It was something about his touch that sent her up in flames. His turquoise eyes gave a promise of satisfaction that created a fear that she should have listened to. No, MJ thought when she walked away the mysterious Mr. Hardwood would be reduced to a man that she would conjure up in the darkness. However, their time of lust over 9 years ago left a lasting mark. When Mr. Hardwood lays his gaze upon MJ years later, he's shocked by what he sees. Now more than ever, he's hell bent to make MJ his, no matter the cost. However, will the price be too damn high when he realizes MJ is a lot more than what she seems? "Who the hell have I been messing with? Who the hell was this woman that was glaring at me? I always bragged about being able to get a read on people. I claim to be the chief hustler, but for some odd reason, I get the feeling I’m the one being bamboozled. Like ice melting to reveal the ground underneath, that’s how the transformation of MJ unfolds before me. The way her almond shape eyes narrow gives way to a cunningness that I hadn’t seen before." - Mr. Hardwood

    Carson, Virginia, may be where she was born, but it’s not where she sees her future. An inbound freshman at Howard University, she has her eyes on a bright, new life in the nation’s capital where, she will truly blossom into the woman she is destined to be. She can’t wait to start her journey. On her way home one night, her car runs out of gas. Stranded, she walks the short distance to a local filling station. En route, she encounters Billy Weston, a local boy who has admired her from afar for a while. Just sixteen and still in high school, Billy lacked the courage to talk to Paris before. But now that he has a chance to be her hero, he digs deep to find his bravery. For Billy, it is love at first sight and he realizes that a romance between two people of different races presents a complication. In 1965, interracial romance is a dangerous dream to pursue and Paris is resistant to becoming involved with him. Determined to win her heart, no matter the cost or peril, Billy romances her with a single-minded pursuit. Despite their differences in age and race, her future and his present, and the crippling intolerance and racism their relationship faces, they will fight for their love…together.

     Ethan is sure he has found his true soul mate. The moment he laid eyes on Chloe he felt an instant connection. They have been together for almost a year and he is ready to take their relationship to the next level and nothing or no one will prevent him from making her his wife. Chloe never imagined she could fall madly in love with a man, then Ethan walked into her life and she fell, head over heels. She wants to be his wife but their situations are complicated and now she’s pregnant. Haley has the perfect husband, the perfect job and the perfect life. The only thing missing are children, but she is hoping to convince her husband that the time is right for them to have a baby. Her perfect life comes to a screeching halt with one life-changing phone call. Gabriel is home after being deployed for seven months. His marriage of fifteen years was unstable when he left. Now he’s back, determined to try and repair his marriage, but prepared to walk away if he is unable to salvage what’s left of it.

    Do you know what that can do to a professionally trained hitman? Now I work for a government organization. My next assignment is to infiltrate the Marchand’s crew. The information given is vague. But what rouses my interest is that the family “business” of crooks I’m to investigate includes a Bajan little sister whose lips are the definition of sex and trouble. And yet Natalia’s soft curves are off limits—and not because her brothers will bash my head in. No. It’s because she is capable of killing me herself. Natalia Marchand Anything a man can do, I can do it better. I’ve lived by that credo my entire life, and with my dangerous ‘job’ it’s always been true. I’m a rich man’s kryptonite. I can pretend to desire you and then execute a plan to take everything you own. My brothers and I live dangerous lives. Then in walks muscles, murky green eyes, and a cocky smile. August needs a place to stay, and he’s saved my kid brother’s life. Now, he’s a god to all my brothers—but can he really be trusted? My guts say no. I'll put a bullet to his head if my intuition is right.