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When the Heart Turns Cold 3 by Charlotte
emotionally-arresting
intense
late-20s-early-30s
multiple-heros-and-or-heroines
Black Ice: The Family Bloodline (When the Heart Turns Cold Book 4)
Charlotte Marshall-Murray - 2018
Nala Jordan has made a name for herself as one of the most notorious killers in Philadelphia history. The betrayal from her handsome husband, Kendrick, and Crystal, a woman she called friend, led her down a path to right all wrongs committed by married men. The Philadelphia police are no closer to apprehending who they have dubbed as “Lady Ice,” and Nala continues to be out for blood. An eager student assigned to the case is looking to make her big break, but Nala must stay one step ahead of her. In “Black Ice, The Family Bloodline” all the answers to the questions, “Is her mother coming home? Is Robert Randstad her father? Will she finally do away with Kendrick and Crystal?” will be answered.
The Breakup Plan (drew + avery. Book 1)
Tia Kelly - 2018
Which is why when I sat down nine years ago and put pen to paper, mapping out a ten-year plan, I meant business. Everything that could set me up for a lifetime of joy had to go down on the list, and every day, I worked my ass off to fulfill it. Open my own sports agency. Check. Earn first million by my thirtieth birthday. I did that a week before I turned twenty-six. Negotiate the most lucrative contract in Major League history. Did that, too. Then went and broke my own record. (Thanks, big bro!) I could go on, but this isn’t about bragging. It’s me admitting that in the midst of drafting something that helps shape and mold much of my success, I still made a costly mistake. One day I realized all those entries with corresponding checkmarks are pointless if I don’t factor into the equation the most important goal of all. Avery. Perhaps way back then I wasn’t ready to see how much my best friend of fifteen years deserved that number one spot in my life. Maybe I was blind, since the whole “settle down and get married” scenario wasn’t my thing. But now that I’m aware of the role I need her to fill in my life, there’s no such thing as letting go until I can convince her to be mine. Her being about to marry someone else does make winning her heart a little bit dicey. But if there’s anything you should know about me, it’s that I always play to win. And losing Avery is nonnegotiable. The Breakup Plan A Best Friends to Enemies Romance
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.
Legally Bound Special Edition: Misha: Ilegal Desires / Ellen: Illegal Ties
Blue Saffire - 2017
The box set includes the Legally Bound Novella Collection from 5.0 to 5.4 Legally Bound 5.3 Misha: Illegal Desires is Book 5.3 in the Series Legally Bound 5.3 My name is Misha Krupin. You may have heard of me, Da? I’m sure you have. Man like me has reputation. I have been pushed too far. Now, I have score to settle. I need break from Russia for now, which mean America is now my home. My little kitten Tasha has not heard last of me. We have history. I have kept my promises to Czar and LaSalle. No more! Time is up. Blood has lined the streets. All secrets are about to be revealed. *This is Book 5.3 in the Legally Bound Series a novella in the bestselling Legally Bound Series leading up to conclusion to the series, Legally Bound 5.5 Legally Unbound. Blue Saffire’s books are written to weave, loop and intertwine with one another. You will find that the series build together for a greater experience. Legally Bound 5.4 Ellen: Illegal Ties is Book 5.4 in the Series Legally Bound 5.4 The countdown is in play…I don’t know the day; I just know what it all looks like and how the day begins. I’ve known this day was coming for me. I choose this. I took something that wasn’t mine and now I have to give it back. I’ve ignored the truth for as long as I can. This has become bigger than me. Worlds are going to change because of the people around me. The players are finally all in their place. It has become inevitable this day cannot be stopped. Now…now, I just have to prepare. It’s time I pay what I owe. I am the last Mrs. Mairettie. *This is Book 5.4 in the Legally Bound Series a novella in the bestselling Legally Bound Series leading up to conclusion to the series, Legally Bound 5.5 Legally Unbound. Blue Saffire’s books are written to weave, loop and intertwine with one another. You will find that the series build together for a greater experience. This is the read order for the best experience. Legally Bound 1 Legally Bound 2: Against the Law Legally Bound 3: His Law Perfect For Me 1 Hush 1: Family Business Ballers 1: His Game Brothers Black 1: Wyatt the Heart Breaker Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love Hush 2: Slow Burn Legally Bound 5.0: Sam Ballers 2: His Final Play Legally Bound 5.1: Tasha Illegal Dealings Brothers Black 2: Noah the Beast Legally Bound 5.2: Camille Illegal Treasures Legally Bound 5.3: Misha Illegal Desires Legally Bound 5.4: Ellen Illegal Ties Legally Bound 5.5: Legally Unbound coming soon.....
Sweet Revenge
Tiana Cole - 2018
No one interferes in Thomas Carnegie’s business, especially some gossip blogger posing as a real journalist. I spent two years tracking her down and now that I’ve found her I plan to return the favor. Take away her business the way she did mine. But Antonia Ellison isn’t what I expected. She’s not cold and cynical, opportunistic or aggressive. She’s sweet. Sexy. And she’s not impressed by me or my billions. I think I'm falling in love with her. If I don’t let revenge get in my way. I didn’t know what, but he was up to something. For some reason, Thomas Carnegie had it out for me. He bought the building for my new sweets shop and refused to honor the lease. He wants me but he doesn’t trust me. Hardly seems to like me most of the time. Until our mouths touch and then all is forgotten. The tension and the awkwardness. We can’t seem to get enough of one another. I might let myself love him. If I can figure out what he’s hiding... **** This is a standalone Novel with a touch of steam and HEA. ****
Cinfully Delicious
A. Jones - 2018
A thriving cafe, great friendships and most importantly a love like she's never experienced. Though cloud nine doesn't fully depict the joy Cin feels, it's the best word that defines her happiness. The only problem with clouds is that they sometimes bring rain. Amad Moore, formerly known as The Playboy, finally has the one woman he's always wanted. He's jumped through hoops and knocked down heart walls to get to where he is today... in a fully committed relationship with Cin. One mistake… one misunderstanding… is not only threatening their happiness but digging up a past that they'd prefer to keep buried. Will Amad and Cin weather the storm that's threatening their happy ending, or will the past make them both give up on what they thought they wanted? Please note: These characters appear in "Sugar Rush" but the prior novel does not have to be read to understand and enjoy "Cinfully Delicious."
The Maid's Daughter
Brooklyn Knight - 2018
Despite Naomi's apprehension, the two teenagers engage in a forbidden romance, which lasts two years, until William's mother discovers their secret. Everything is irrevocably changed. William is sent to school in Massachusetts, and Naomi is shipped off to Seattle. To William's devastation, his mother has effectively severed the ties he had with the only girl he has ever loved and he is forced to move on with his life. Forty years pass before fate allows William and Naomi's paths to cross again; but now, William is a married man whose wife has been diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening illness, and Naomi is retiring from the nursing profession. Naomi could never have prepared herself for a spontaneous reunion with William - a reunion which forces both of them to confront the menacing ghosts of their past. But will she be able to prepare herself to act as the private nurse for William's dying wife? And will she be able to handle the hidden family secrets that are brought to light once she returns to her hometown?
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.
A Royal Secret
V. Vee - 2018
A very big, very dangerous secret. One that could cost him his place in the line of succession to the throne if it were ever discovered, but one that he could never give up or do without. Meet Valerie Hall-Smythe: Prince Algerone's secret. She is the love of his life, and fourteen years ago, the two of them got married after having one blissful summer together. And while Valerie knew Algerone was a prince when he left her at the end of the summer. He assured her he would return and she believed him. And he did. Four times a year. Every year. For fourteen years. During that time, Valerie has given birth to five of Algerone's children, and now she's pregnant with his sixth, doing what she loves and raising his children, when news about Algerone's arranged marriage, a surprise to both the prince and his American bride, sends her to the hospital. And brings Algerone to her side to care for her. Now that his secret is at risk of no longer being a secret, Algerone is determined to go public, to claim Valerie and his children, but someone is bound and determined to keep the royal secret quiet... permanently. This book is 80,000+ words. It includes material that is intended for mature readers including strong language, sexual situations, and violence. It also includes mentions of hate speech. *Author Note: This is book 1 in a series. While the main characters have a HEA ending, the book does end on a cliffhanger.*
Falling for an Alpha Billionaire 2
Sapphire_ - 2015
Everyone knows that something happened to him but as anger mounts, and taunts are said, the curtain of mystery is pulled back to reveal a secret that Edwin never wished to be revealed. However, Janelle and Edwin aren't the only ones fighting for their love. Callie is faced with a decision that will alter her future with Waylan forever. Will she be able to forgive what she did months prior, or will the dark shadow of her actions cause her to fault and ultimately lose the man that fought so hard to get her? Secrets will be revealed...Questions will be answered..and People will be tested.
Second Chance Serenade
Mia Caldwell - 2017
Country singer Evie Rutherford is poised on the brink of stardom. But before all eyes are on her, Evie must return home to confess a huge secret – she has a young daughter she never told anyone about. Five years ago, Judah Bentley lost the love of his life when she abruptly left town. No woman since then has compared to Evie. To drive her memory from his system, he focused on building a business empire. But now Evie’s back, and she instantly reclaims center stage in his heart and mind. Evie’s attraction to Judah is even more powerful than when she was a teenager, which only makes confessing the truth of his fatherhood harder. She’s paralyzed with fear, and time is running out. Can Judah and Evie overcome the past to forge a future as a family? A second-chances romance with a touch of steam, this is a standalone novel with HEA.
Enforced Love
Niya James - 2018
A pawn that would be sacrificed for his family. He comes from crime and my father is committed to bringing justice. The family was part of his investigation and that boy from high school took my heart for himself. I never knew a love like that but it wasn’t real. He had ulterior motives and my heart was caught in his game. He played it and me so well. When he walks into my business with no apology and that cocky smile years later I’m stuck. It’s like I’m back in high school and every feeling goes through my body. I know he’s trouble, but not the common street thug kind. He’s a political powerhouse and he looks even better than he did last time I saw him. He has baggage and it could cost me more than I’m willing to give. Enforced Love is a steamy bwwm romance that is not appropriate for readers under 18.
Something Special
Tiffany Patterson - 2018
Jamal Holmes. My best friend’s cousin. So what he may be able to help me finally make the move to get my business off the ground. He’s a pompous jerk and judgmental to boot. At least, those are the very excuses I tell myself to avoid his help at all costs. Now, if I could just get my silly body to stop reacting every time he’s near. If I could manage to control my erotic thoughts whenever he opens his mouth or tosses one of those goofy grins my way, everything would be just fine. Only if he didn’t look so damn good in everything he puts on… Jamal I can’t stand her. Gabriella, Gabby for short. She’s brash, snarky and seems to have it out for me. A damn she-devil. I don’t give a damn how great her legs look in the tight jeans and leggings she wears. Or, how appealing her mid-section appears in the halter tops she frequently dons. Nor do I care that her smooth, brown skin always looks good enough to taste. She’s a pain in the ass. At least, I thought she was until I started getting to know her. The real Gabby, and not the defensive, sarcastic, she-devil she initially hid behind to put up a wall between us. Slowly, I start to realize I get under her skin just as much as she gets under mine. And once we finally begin to break those walls down, we are both surprised by what’s underneath. Neither of our attitudes, or our pasts that come back into our lives can come between what’s inevitably … Something Special.
Highland Song
L.B. Keen - 2017
Yet, nothing can compare to finding herself in an entirely different time period thanks to a wily experiment gone wrong. Along with her sister, she finds herself under the reluctant care of Laird MacIver, whose silent penetrating gaze causes emotions to rise that she had thought long buried after her divorce from her husband. Gavin MacIver had no intention of letting his heart get captured by anyone. Let alone some odd lass, who can't keep her story straight on how and why she was found on Aberdeen land. Yet, her calming spirit and lovely eyes draw him like a moth to a flame. Still, he won't allow the weakness of his heart to bring harm to his clan like his father did. Two people cast together by time and accident. A darkness that neither expected shall come to test the love the two wish to ignore. Will they give into the passion that's boiling under the surface? Or will they allow the betrayals of the past to keep their hearts from singing the Highland's Song?
Glacier Gal
L. Langdon - 2017
Her graduation from college (the first of her family to do so) is marred by a scornful, cheating boyfriend who dismisses her as unadventurous. There is a kernel of truth to this, she realizes, but it has more to do with the family finances than any lack of interest. Her parents, hearing of this, scraped together the money to provide Gerri with a low-budget adventure: a bus trip across the country to spend a few weeks with her brother, a soldier stationed near Seattle. In this year of 1969, such a trip is not without danger for an unaccompanied young black woman, but she makes it to her brother's Army base unscathed. Her adventure is cut tragically short, however, by his sudden deployment overseas. Stubbornly determined to extend her adventure somehow, Gerri fixes on the idea of seeing a glacier. To this end, and unknown to her parents, she takes a side trip to Juneau, Alaska. There, her inexperience catches up with her and she runs out of money. Her search for a temporary job leads her to a fisherman, Sven Halvorsen. Depending upon whom you talk to, he is either a nice man with a tragic life—or a monster. This job leads her to further adventures—and dangers—beyond anything that she had dreamed. Sven lives a quiet life in a town where many still blame him for his wife's death. Against his better judgment, he hires a persistent, but inexperienced, Black youth as a deckhand. What he got was an attraction which was utterly unexpected. Pursuing this attraction took him to places that he never imagined. He yearns to make a life with her. Can he convince Gerri of this? And can he convince her to uproot her life in the face of hostility from her family and friends?