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Her Baby Daddy, My Bae
Lady Lissa - 2017
When she meets Cobra, a business owner and drug dealer, she immediately sees dollar signs and a ticket out of the projects. Keisha decides to trap him with a pregnancy to speed things along. Things don't quite turn out the way she hoped and now her life is even more complicated. Peyton is a naive teenager who meets Jared, AKA Cobra one afternoon and even though she managed to blow him off for a few weeks, she eventually allows him to take her out. After a whirlwind courtship she falls madly in love with him. But Keisha insists that he is hers and she ain't about to ease up so another bitch can have him. Jared is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He wants nothing to do with his baby mama, other than to co-parent their child together. But, she can't get it through her head and the lengths she goes through only brings out the beast in him. Will Keisha finally get it through her head and move on? Or will she gets what she wants and break up Cobra and Peyton? Find out as the three take a rollercoaster ride that's bound to leave someone hurting...
Fell for a Corporate Thug
N'Dia Rae - 2019
Passion. Deceit. Drama. Nubia has it all; bangin’ body, beautiful face, a thriving haircare business and a slew of celebrity clients that fly her around the globe for her innovative styling techniques. The one thing that she doesn’t have is a faithful husband and child of her own. Her cheating husband is betraying her in the worst way possible and she has no clue. When she eventually finds out her husband's dirty secrets, many more bones fall out of her family’s closet that threatens to devastate her entire life. That is until she has a chance encounter with the sexy, alpha Hill Cooper. Hill is a sexy single dad with one foot in the streets and the other in a law firm. Determined to build a better life for his young daughter he is transitioning out of the street life to practice law full time. As he attempts to go legit his baby mother and old acquaintances try to hold him back. When Hill and Nubia’s lives cross paths neither of them can resist each other. But with their lives in an upheaval of drama can they make time for what matters? This is twisty urban drama is filled with boiling passion and dark secrets. Are you ready to get sucked into this saga?
The Girl Next Door
Sol - 2018
She’s a rich daddy’s girl who is used to living a lavish life with the ability to get her way at the bat of her pretty blue eyes. Just months away from graduating with one of the highest GPAs at Coral Gables High and heading off to Harvard, Jaysee’s world is turned upside down when she needs a favor from her handsome neighbor. After being exiled to Miami for wreaking too much havoc on the streets of New York, Gunny is just counting down the days until he can get back on the block. Gunny’s strategy is simple; while laying low in the 305, he’s gonna keep his head down and stay out the way. But his plans are quickly derailed when he has an unexpected encounter with the girl next door.
Married to A Boss
Lucinda John - 2015
When Stacks decides to merge his empire with Chad, money starts coming in by the boatload. With more money comes more problems when the men find themselves battling with their past infidelities in order to keep peace in their home. The past is a Finesser and is out for blood when secrets are revealed that threatens the lives and faith of some relationships. Snakes reappear out of the blue to cause hell, while new love is found. Follow these couples on a journey as the realize that Fallin' For A Boss was one thing, but getting married to one is completely a different story.
The Pact: To Have and To Hold
C. Monet - 2019
Slowly but surely, she’s been on a mission to knock things off her list. She has the career, the home, and the cars, but the one thing she is lacking is a love of her own. Her fifteen-year-old pact with her best friend, Timothy, should solidify her last mission, however, on a dinner-date gone wrong, she finds out that Timothy has already planned to get married to someone else - his fiancée - Melanie. Heartbroken and ready to give up on love, Cynthia’s mother steps in and introduces her to a kind, ambitious man named Shawn. Shawn has love and marriage on the brain and is ready to take Cynthia to new heights if she’ll let him. Timothy has a hard time letting Cynthia go once he finds out how hurt she is, and if he doesn’t step in quickly, he’ll lose Cynthia for good. Melanie is pushing him to make plans for their wedding, and Timothy does his best to make her happy while still trying to accommodate Cynthia’s feelings, but she’s no longer pressed over what Timothy wants. For once, she’s putting her wants and needs first, and Timothy’s lack of acceptance for how he feels for Cynthia might force her down the aisle before him if he doesn’t run towards his feelings for the woman he’s truly in love with.
Hearts Don't Break Even
Brix McQueen - 2019
Love another man and give him all of me again. In fact, I was still dealing with the broken heart my ex-fiancé left me with. Time doesn’t heal all wounds… hardly any if you asked me. What time did do though, was give me a chance to find myself. I thought I was madly in love when really, I just loved the idea of it. I still do. I’m a hopeful romantic and loved knowing that one day I'd be a man’s everything, get married and start a family of our own. It was on my list of things to do before I was called home. With the abrupt death of my Aunt, the realization of time stopping for no one hit me. I didn’t have time to sulk in my sorrows anymore. And, Rashad wouldn’t let me. He wanted me… baggage and all. To fulfill every need that had gone unmet with what’s his name. He wanted me… smart mouth and all. Insecurities and all… Because his heart had been broken too. So, we connected even though I wasn’t ready for us too. Sometimes, men were just extra baggage, and Lord knows I didn’t need that but was Rashad worth it? Could he and I possibly seal our shattered hearts together and master loving again? I was ready to take that risk and find out.
Street Love
Love N. Lee - 2013
By the time she figured out her true position, she was already in too deep. Everything changed when he announced he was leaving the mother of his children to start a family with her. When she learns Messiah has been lying yet again, and is actually married, will she continue to settle for a supporting role, or bow out gracefully? Bria has been with King, a handsome street hustler, for a decade, but he still hasn't put a ring on it. In-between dealing with his baby momma drama, infidelity, and countless lies, she's remained down for him as his Queen. However, her patience is beginning to wear thin as more skeletons start falling out of his closet. Bria toys with the idea of giving him a taste of his own medicine but can she actually go through with it? Armani has a life most women would envy: a million dollar lifestyle, a beautiful family, and most importantly, a thirteen carat wedding ring. Now she wants nothing more than to plan a storybook wedding and live happily ever after, but life has other plans. After discovering her man isn’t who she thought he was, she finds herself faced with a hard decision. Can she forgive him for the sake of her family? Heaven is struggling to take care of her daughter without any financial support from her ex, a rapper named Stacks. Their romance ended around the same time as his career, but the two co-parent in the same house to save money. Stacks wants nothing more than to get back together but Heaven is finding herself unexpectedly falling in love with her best friend Ace...
The Real Dopeboyz of Miami
Jenica Johnson - 2018
There’s nothing like those fresh labels and enough women to start a cheerleading team. Being the highlight of the city can be a good thing or a bad thing. It causes a lot of enemies and a lot of problems. Memphis is a single dope boy that doesn’t mind switching women and stuntin’. He has the money and the hate that comes with but what he wants takes times. Memphis is not a patient man and is used to having his way throughout life but when he encounters the woman he’s been trying to have; she has stipulations that he can barely stick to. Miami, the wild baby boy that makes things happen for his family. He’s young but he’s wise and is always ten steps ahead of his enemy. Miami has one weakness and his enemy tries to use it against him. He drives himself crazy trying to put the pieces to the puzzle together, even pushing his family away. Nobody wants to see Miami lose his cool because when he does, somebody dies. See what’s the big deal about a dope boy. Are they really worth the hype or they just another dude full of drama and empty promises?
Hooked 3: Addicted to A Supreme Love
Bianca Marie - 2018
He doesn’t know how he’s going to get out of his predicament, but he’ll do everything in his power to make it out alive. All he can think about is Denim while he goes through his ordeal, and his love for her is the only thing keeping him strong. Denim feels saddened by the fact that her man, someone she loves and adores abandoned her on one of the most special and also the saddest day of her life, her birthday. In her eyes, Supreme has disappeared without an explanation, and that speaks volumes to her. So, she does what any heartbroken woman would do. She finds comfort in a friend, Yayo. He makes her feel wanted and special. A special relationship between the two soon forms. Will it be too late for Supreme to come back to the love of his life? Will another man move in and sweep her off her feet? Then you have Black. He’s loyal to a fault, and he loves hard. The split between him and Unique was one he didn’t want to happen, but it had to happen. He couldn’t accept the lies and the deceit after learning that she kept their child away from him. He’s found a new love in Carmella, but is it enough to fully get over Nique? Unique, a shoot first and ask questions later type of chick, has found herself in a world of trouble. Instead of using her brain, she used her heart, and in the end, it was her downfall. She loves Black with all heart, and she can’t seem to let him go. But is fighting for a spot in his life worth the turmoil? She asks herself this question over and over again. Come dive into this explosive series. These couples will take you through the ups, downs, ins, and outs of a relationship. Love isn’t easy, and when you're hooked on someone, it becomes even more challenging to let them walk away.
Her Heart, His Karma: A Thug's True Love
Vaneecia - 2016
Or so she thought. She has her own money, her own crib, and she has overcome things that most people couldn’t. Even with all of that she can’t seem to get her boyfriend, Derek, to act right. Her final straw is him cheating on her for the umpteenth time and she’s done and lets him out of her life. It’s time for a change and her and her best friend, Ryanne, are going to make it happen. Cato is THAT nigga. The nigga that every woman wants and every nigga envies. He is used to getting what he wants and he doesn’t expect that to change anytime soon. Not even after serving time in jail. He comes into contact with Karma once and just has to have her. The only thing is...she’s not like most women. She challenges him to make her feel special and be his one and only. The two are being tugged at by their crazy exes and the people in their friends' lives. Will the two wind up together? Or will their past keep them from happiness?
Trap Fever: Addicted to Dope Boys
M.J. Cannabliss - 2017
For too long she’s endured hurt and betrayal from the men in her world, and instead of getting tired of love, she gets even. She’s been having an affair with ex-boyfriend Cali, but decides to end it when she comes to terms that she still wants to be with her boyfriend Savage, who hasn’t exactly been faithful either. It’s only a matter of time before the two men face off, and Aleesha can’t do anything to stop it. The day of her last affair with Cali, she and her illicit lover get followed, and later that night the drama reaches the ultimate climax. *Publisher's Note: This book was formerly titled "She Don't Get Tired"
Where Did We Go Wrong Again?
Monica Mathis-Stowe - 2013
One of the beloved central characters is critically wounded and another is murdered. The bonds of friendship and love are tested after the tragedy causes all involved to make irrational decisions that complicate their lives even more. Nothing will ever be the same as everyone is forced to make monumental, life-altering decisions. Can relationships be salvaged in time to help one other through the consequences of poor judgment?
Wifetress: One Man's Wife, Another Man's Mistress
Melinda Graves - 2015
But she will soon out and someone is going to pay!Aliyah is attempting to put her life back together after an unsuccessful suicide attempt due to a horrific husband when someone from her past gives her a reason to live. Will Carlos let that happen?