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My Perfect Summer in Greece


Ian Wilfred - 2019
     Cheryl is excited her sister Julie has asked for her help in organising her wedding but things aren't turning out the way Cheryl had hoped. There's going to be no little village church and no bridesmaids dress; the wedding is taking place on the Greek island of Holkamos. Vangelis has the perfect beach location for a wedding but his little beach cafe has never catered for weddings before. Will he be able to cope with all of Julie's demands? Andréas has moved back to Holkamos to help run the family gift shop after the death of his father. The business has to move with the times but will his mum allow things to change? Johnny is Cheryl's best friend. He doesn't like the way Julie treats her and has a plan to put things right but is it the right thing for Cheryl and what happens when they both arrive on the Greek island. Could it become more than just a weekend wedding for Cheryl and Johnny?

Mine to Have


AshleyNicole - 2017
    She’s the new kid in the precinct and not everybody’s happy about her landing this case, but that won’t stop her from solving it. All she needs is a good partner and she’s golden. Detective Jayson Rivers is an asset to the gang unit, but when the murders start encroaching on his territory, he agrees to partner up with Mellina to help get this case solved. Although his hands are full with his daughter at home, it doesn’t mean he can keep them off of Mellina. Long days and late nights keep these too in close proximity, fanning flames of lust that just won’t die down. Can they catch the murderer in time, and keep their hearts in tact?

My Love Wasn't Meant For You


B. Love - 2019
    He’s suave, alpha, handsome, and wealthy. Mekhi craves control, and he likes everything to go his way. As the founder of For The People multimedia company, Mekhi is determined to put out quality content for his African American culture. So when BaddieBookBabe, an infamously tough book reviewer, gives a one star review to Mekhi’s most popular and highest paid author, he is determined to get her to remove the review… or join his team. Because it’s best to keep your friends close and your enemies closer, right? Jacintha Freeman, or the BaddieBookBabe as the literary industry knows her, is tough on books and even tougher on the authors that write them. She’s determined to make sure that Black people are portrayed in the brightest light and highest high in the books that are supposed to represent them. When she is recommended a book by Stone, a male author who stands for the complete opposite of what she believes in, Jacintha refuses to promote him as a noteworthy author – no matter how much Mekhi tries to get her to. Because it’s best to stand firm on your values than fall for a handsome face, right? When Mekhi offers Jacintha a job as his Top Critic, she is skeptical to accept, but does so with the intent of making the industry she loves better. As time progresses, enemies become lovers who turn to enemies and lovers all over again. Promises are made, secrets are kept, and reputations are destroyed. It comes as no surprise to anyone when their professional relationship turns personal, but will their love be able to stand when it wasn’t meant for each other to begin with?

By Chance


Diana W. - 2017
    One night when Zoe's cousin invites her out to stop moping, live a little, and have some fun; fate steps in with both feet and offers up a remedy. West Jameson is a typical ladies man, who is out for a good time, has no clue what it means to be in a relationship or in love. But one memorable one night stand, for both good and bad reasons, sends Zoe and West down a spiraling path neither one of them has anticipated. Take this journey with these two as they discover that love isn't always easy but it's worth it. Chances are never given, they're taken...& sometimes love happens purely...By Chance

AMBROSIA: An Underworld Exclusive: The Malachi Morgan Story


Nako - 2020
    

The Secrets To A Hitta's Heart


Carde'l Edens - 2021
    

Love At Last


Sharon C. Cooper - 2016
    After two failed marriages and numerous short-term relationships, she’s ready to wave the white flag and give up on love. Yet, with Christmas quickly approaching, she dreads spending the holiday alone. Will a chance encounter with a handsome stranger make all of her Christmas wishes come true? After thirty years of a nearly perfect marriage, widower Lincoln Richwood struggles to move on with his life. The idea of dating at his age seems daunting … until he meets the vivacious Carolyn Jenkins. Normally a straitlaced kind of guy, there’s just something about the woman that tempts him to walk on the wild side. Opposites attract, but will their differences derail their relationship and keep them from embracing the love they both desire? A Jenkins Family Novella

SEAL Executive


Claire Adams - 2018
    I spent ten years as a Navy SEAL, where I learned discipline, and now even in civilian life I apply that discipline to my job as an executive at Palladium Corp, a security company. But it’s hard to be professional when an auburn-haired goddess is your secretary. I didn’t hire Corin because she’s beautiful, but, damn, it didn’t hurt her chances. Feisty, smart, driven, she’s everything I want in a woman, but she’s my employee, not my lover. At least not yet. Still, there’s something there. Something she’s hiding from me, and considering my company is involved in some shady dealings I’m not supposed to know about, I can’t help but wonder if she’s a beautiful angel sent to help me, or a seductive demon sent to tempt me. I’m just going to have to enjoy finding out.

Madaris Saga: Tonight And Forever\Whispered Promises\Eternally Yours


Brenda Jackson - 2004
    Madaris Saga by Brenda Jackson released on Oct 25, 2004 is available now for purchase.

Securing the Heart of A Bully


Kennedy B. - 2020
    

It Took a Beast to Tame Her 3


Neicy P. - 2018
    Patience finally gave into her Alpha. She is now ready to be his Queen and the mother of his powerful daughter, Xoey. As they prepare for the arrival of their Princess, unexpected guests and old demons put a wrench in their happily ever after. Patience is nine weeks pregnant with Xoey, the Alpha Princess. She is bigger and showing more than the average pregnant woman. Even as a shifter. The doctors can’t get close enough to tell the couple what is going on with Xoey, because she makes it hard for them to get close to her mother. Patience’s body gets weary and weak day after day. The answers she needs can’t be answered by anyone but the gift that her Papi promised her. Ginell Hope Locquet, her Grandmother. Hope has been alive and well in Greenland. She stepped down and gave her daughter Nesida her seat on the board of Elders. She knew how strong her daughter was and what she was capable of. What she wasn’t prepared for was seeing her daughters’ spirit in her home and a visit from her husband, Matteo. He told her who was back and that their great granddaughter was his primary target. She dusted off her cloaks and came out of retirement to fight an evil that she could have eliminated a long time ago. She dropped mega bombs on the family that have Patience hating her mother’s side of the family. Xavier is dealing with a lot. Not only with the bombshells from Patience’s grandmother, but someone has been kidnapping wolves from packs all over. One of the Alphas came unannounced to ask for help from the Queen. Xavier declined and sent Tyree and Errol to check things out. Tyree comes back with more bad news that got them rushing to Nylah’s Covenant. Xavier is faced with their worst enemy and some friends, which he knows is going to take more than his Queen’s magic to defeat them. Hope and Matteo reaches out to old friends and gets more than what they bargain for. Maxi has been going through his own battles. He didn’t want his mate to be from the conveying family that put dirt on his family’s name. He tried dating other women but found it hard to keep himself from killing them. When he finally found someone that could take his mind off of Nylah for one night, Nylah showed up and showed out. It wasn’t a part of her plan. She wanted Maxi to reject her so that she could live on with the man that she was promised to. But, Maxi was tired of fighting. He wanted Nylah for his mate. He knew that it was going to be a battle, but he wasn’t ready for the consequences. Lord Odom is back and ready to take his revenge out on the ones that drained his magic. He needs to revive Ma’vere to kill them, so that he can get his hands on the Devil’s Magic. Lord Odom wants to create his version of hell on Earth. He receives help from two demons and a voodoo priestess that is in love with one of the brothers. Lord Odom plans were working out and now he has two of the Queen’s loved ones on his side. There’s nothing in his way of creating his hell. In the finale, Patience will learn that decisions that were made for her when she was little will only better her as a mother, mate, Queen, and the Guardian of the Southern Territories. Kick back and read how the royal family handles they business.

Weapon of Seduction


Maureen Smith - 2006
    As it turns out, the Riverwalk murder is linked to a secret society whose members don't like the FBI sniffing around, and before long Korrine and Rafe are also marked for death.

I Got Love For A Carolina Hustla 2


Nikki Brown - 2018
    His love for Ocean and the news of the baby they created may be the only thing that will save her life but will it be enough to save what they’re trying to build? Sony and River just can’t seem to get it together and the back and forth between the two is stopping anything that they’re trying to develop. Ivanka is trying her best to make herself relevant in Sony’s life but her constant run ins with River’s savvy banter is stopping her at every corner. With their past in the way can the two come together and be what they both desire? After everything that Cherice has been through, she again finds herself in a situation where she has to choose between the man in her life and her family. Unbeknownst to Cherice, Bryce has an ulterior motive that may cause her to lose everything. Will she be able to see past his deception or will she once again fall victim to love? With new threats on the rise and old snakes still lingering, will the Sharp brothers be able to hold their reigns in the streets and keep the women they love safe? Or will they get sucked up in the world of being a Carolina Hustla?

That East Side Love


Lucinda John - 2015
    Instead of attending house parties, dating boys, and enjoying her teen years, she is forced to take care of her little sister Kay. With the help of her best friend Bobby, she turns to the streets and began to sell drugs as her source of income. Being Bobby's right hand man means that she has to bottle all the feeling she has for him and watch him love another woman the way she wished to be love. Zoe was the man on the block when his father Gustave ran the East. When Gustave is murdered by Bobby's uncle, Zoe is deported back to his parent's country, Haiti, to serve a prison sentence for drug and trafficking. Five years later, Zoe returns to the East to claim territory that is rightfully his. In the midst of running his father's empire, Diamond steals his heart. There is only one problem, she is affiliated with the enemy. In this modern day Romeo and Juliet hood love story, will love conquer all, or will it cause a war?

A Clean Billionaire Boxset


Anne-Marie Meyer - 2019
     Get swept away today with these swoon-worthy heroes! Forgiving the Billionaire Love deserves a second chance. Hannah has finally come home after having been away for seven years. Despite her fears about facing her past, she’s desperate to get away from her boyfriend’s proposal. She didn’t expect to see Logan again. Logan is trying to adjust to his father’s death, being a single dad, and his new status as a billionaire. He thought he had a handle of that until his childhood crush, Hannah, comes back into his life. And she’s everything he remembered her to be. If only they could move on from their broken hearts. If only they could see how perfect they are together. Then maybe the mountains in front of them wouldn’t feel so unsurmountable. Finding Love with the Billionaire Opposites attract in the Alaskan wilderness. Madeline is desperate to finally be taken seriously, but that doesn’t seem to be the case when her boss asks her to write a puff piece of billionaire party boy, Liam Davenport. Liam just wanted a quiet life roaming the world. When his father dies, leaving him to face the media storm surrounding Davenport Outdoors, he’s forced to trade in his hiking boots for tailored suits. They’re determined they already know all there is to know about the other person. Until their plane crashes into an Alaskan mountain side. Suddenly, they’re faced with a choice. Put down their pride to survive, or keep their prejudices and struggle alone. Falling for the Billionaire Two lost souls make a whole. Paige has moved to New York after her father lost his business and passed away. Living with her quirky aunt as she attempts to start over wasn’t what she had envisioned for her life, but she’d determined to be successful. James has a golden finger. As a billionaire, his life is perfect—except that’s not the life he wants. Trouble is, he’s not sure what he’s meant to do. When James meets Paige, he’s intrigued by her. She seems to have everything figured out. The plan was simple. Figure out what James enjoys. If only their hearts hadn’t gotten involved. If only their pasts didn’t come back to haunt them. When everything feels as if it’s crashing down around them, the one thing they feared might be the one thing they needed all along. Fixing the Billionaire Love can mend a broken past. Millie has given up on love. After all, men never seem to show up when they’re supposed to. Joseph is trying to atone for his mistakes that he made before his daughter passed away. He’s left behind his privileged life to travel from town to town, paying off stranger’s medical bills. They were perfectly happy living their single lives until Millie rear ends Joseph in the parking lot of the hospital where she works. Fate intervenes and they find themselves thrown together. But love isn’t that simple.