Not only was he a product of his environment, but he was the son of a queen pin. With a queen pin as a mother, the drug game was destined for him and his four brothers. Together, The King Brothers ran the hood, but Momma Ava wanted them run the drug game. And that they did. Although taking over blocks came easy for Quentin, he wanted more. Q wanted The Kings to become the first black mafia family. What he hadn't planned on doing was falling in love, but fate intervened and he fell for the beautiful Simone Anderson. After the death of Simone's mother, she and her two sisters moved in with their aunt on the east side of Detroit. Change didn't come easy and she began to isolate herself from everyone except for her best friend Chanel, her sisters, and her cousin Dani. But on the day of Chanel's most talked about pool party that changed. She fell for Quentin, and later found herself doing and experiencing things she never even dreamed of. She went from "the new girl" to "Queen Q". Being with a hoods celebrity came with many perks. What Simone didn't know was that it came with lies, infedility and heartbreak too. Part one of Married to The Connect, mostly taking place in the early 2000s, tells the love story of Quentin and Simone and how they went from teenagers falling in love and going through hell, to married adults raising children and running a lucrative drug empire together.

    Victory over Japan has been announced and everyone in Megan Oliphant’s home town in Scotland is celebrating the end of the war. The boys are 'Coming Home'. Megan has been waiting desperately for the day when Steven Caraford, the best friend of her older brother, finally returns. After long correspondence during Steven's time away - and after supporting each other through her brother's death - Megan can only hope her feelings for him are mutual. Steven has longed for the day when he can return home to Scotland, and – although it will mean long days, little money and no security – his heart’s desire is to have a farm of his own. While Megan heads off for college, Steven struggles to build up his new home - and both must try to work out what the other is feeling about their future together. Coming Home is a moving romantic drama about building a new life after the Second World War - and about searching for love, stability and happiness. Praise for Gwen Kirkwood: 'A gripping read' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of The Lunar Code Gwen Kirkwood is the author of sixteen Scottish novels and six shorter romantic novellas, including A Question of Love. She won the Elizabeth Goudge Trophy, judged by Richard Lee, when it was re-introduced to mark the millennium in 2000. She lives in Scotland.

    Especially for a girl like me. I can't talk to him about girl stuff. Forget going shopping together. Plus, I don't think Charlie has ever giggled in his life. Belly laughed until he peed his pants yes, giggle no. Of course there are tons of benefits to having Charlie for a best friend. I get to see inside the working mind of a teenage male. Believe me it can get scary in there. I get to learn everything I will ever want to know about football, star wars, and the unique specialness of the internal combustion engine. Most of all I get to hang out with the greatest guy ever. The type of person you know has your back no matter what. We'd been through too much together to let anything come between us. Or at least that is what I used to believe. All of it was going to disappear if Cindy Jenkins got her claws into him. This short story also includes the first three chapters of "Certain Rules"

    For years, Paul has chafed at his boss’s insults and put–downs but he’s never found an opportunity to really screw his boss where it counts. Tonight is his lucky night. Paul takes his billionaire boss’s daughter in ways that would outrage Jules Norton were he ever to find out, thus relieving years of frustration. But, later, as Paul’s getting ready to leave the party, his boss has a surprise for him. How will Paul react?

    She lives and breathes her work as a nurse. Even her few friends are colleagues. Outside of work, she lives alone on the edge of town, and hasn't had a relationship in years. One night, driving home after being gently told by her boss to take a week off, something darts in front of her car from the shadows. Something that at first looks almost animal-like. But instead of an animal, Jessica finds a man, injured and lying in a ditch. Taking him home to treat his wounds, she soon discovers he has no idea who he is, his memories lost in the accident. As he heals, his memory loss doesn't stop the sexual attraction growing between them. But what else has he forgotten? What was he doing running out there in the dark, and could whatever was hunting him now have set its sights on Jessica too? Call of the Alpha - Part 1 is a 20,000 word BBW Werewolf Shifter Paranormal Romance. It is part 1 of an alpha shifter serial and is not stand alone. Parts will be published every two weeks.

    Not if he's going to have the brilliant medical career he's always dreamed of. But when he's given a trip to a theme park resort as a college graduation present, he can't exactly say no. Even if Samantha—the one girl with the power to dismantle his goals—is tagging along. Samantha Diederik has managed to avoid her high society mother’s manipulations since the woman moved to Europe. Now she’s back and pressuring Sam to move to New York with her. With that battle on the horizon, Sam proceeds to go on vacation with her brother and his roommate. She’s crushed on Ethan for years. They've only met online, but their hours-long conversations are the highlight of her week. Now she has a chance to find out if the cyber magic she's felt with him will translate to real life. And wow, does it ever—with sparks flying! Now all she has to do is find a way to fight off her mother's machinations while convincing Ethan she won’t destroy his dreams.

    She will, she says, marry the ugliest man in London rather than become the wife of a man she loathes. Her three loyal friends are determined to help her, but how does one advertise for an ugly husband? Then, one day, a solution appears. The girls rescue a man who is being attacked by a gang of thugs and Matilda rashly conspires to marry the man, even though he is unconscious and unable to assent to marriage. But who is this stranger, and why was he attacked? As the story unfolds a world of highborn Dukedom and heartless intrigue unravels, sweeping Matilda into a dangerous mystery, as she helps her new and unexpected husband reclaim his title. If you love clean historical romance with sumptuous storylines and lashings of love you will enjoy this new novella by bestselling author Charity McColl. Read “The Ugliest Man in London” today and be swept into a world of romantic Regency intrigue.

    Just when she feels like life is starting to get better and she’s officially graduated from high school is the very moment her mother makes a move that literally pulls the rug from underneath her and shatters her life into a million pieces. Homeless and devastated, she runs into the arms of Janiero Wilkes, the hood’s finest, and her life changes forever. Meet Janiero Wilkes, a young hustler on the rise who prides himself on being a faithful and doing what he has to do to raise his two children but, when his dramatic ex/baby mother Eboni shows back up on the scene and tries to stake her claim, he finds himself in a web of lies and deceit that only the Lord himself can get him out of. Creed, Eboni’s on again and off again lover, pops up with literally one thing on his mind and that is making a come up, and he doesn’t care if he has to rob, kill, or steal; he’s determined to get it all by any means necessary. This novella is full of twists and turns, ups and downs that will have your emotions all over the place and an ending that you won’t see coming.

    With an adorable baby girl and everything else you could think of, they were hood royalty. Dinero ran the streets of Baltimore, while Dallas stood by his side. The streets respected them and people knew what he was capable, but that didn’t stop a blast from the past from coming and stirring up some drama. When the past comes back to haunt Dinero and test his marriage, will he respect his vows or will he fulfill his needs for that moment? With drama stirring up in the streets and innocent bystanders getting caught in the crossfire, the city of Baltimore will feel the wrath of Dallas and Dinero.

    

    Her quirky attitude and sunny disposition all come naturally on her quest to find inner peace. The only forcing drive that can seem to knock her off her square is True Jones. Violent, egocentric, and just plain inconsiderate, he’s the only man she’s ever been in love with, and he has been her BFF since grade school. One night of selfish passion changes things dramatically, causing a crack in the foundation they’ve built on trust and understanding. True continues with his womanizing ways, leaving Chance to question his loyalty. Unsure of where their spiraling friendship is headed, they find themselves lost in love. Holding onto the little hope she has left, Chance must decide if giving her all to a gangsta is worth the risk.

    From the prisoner who decides to end it all to the one who's turned into Superman, October edition of Prison Days is filled with true events directly from behind the walls of maximum-security. Ready to continue the journey into the darkest place on earth? Don't let the walls bite as you explore the true-life events from this prison, because these walls have teeth.

    A profession that has been written about and depicted in novels and movies for decades. Ash Lingam’s “Bounty Hunter Rancor Maleficent” is the first book in the Gunslinger Series, written in a style influenced by Sergio Leone and the spaghetti western films of the period. Rancor Maleficent is one of these men. Trading dollars for bodies as he hunts outlaws down for their reward. Assisted by Roberto, the duo of man-hunters travel the California Territories in the late 1800’s, taking the law into their own hands. Hunting down men of reckless blood for a living. Rancor, already a legend due to his violent nature, with his humor afflicted accomplice, Roberto Rodriguez, in their quest to trade flesh for cash. Like most bounty hunters, looking for an easy way to make a living even if it involves risking their lives in exchange. Or perhaps it is the very nature of the profession that attracts recklessly bold men. The two men are on the hunt for three ex-sheriffs, a four-fingered outlaw and an ex-Texas Ranger. Men who had strayed across the fine gray line between the law and the outlaw. Action, humor, and a good dose of lead makes this new series one of Lingams best.