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A Fem's Playground
Shatika Turner - 2013
After her father’s, mother’s, and lover’s selfishness prevented them from giving her what her heart desired, she said “The Hell w/them!” Patience began doing her own thing and that was breaking the hearts of many.... Will her hoeish ways cause her playground to crumble?A Fem's Playground is jaw dropping, heartbreaking, and drama filled. Are you ready to Play?
Lipstick Dom
T. Styles - 2014
But when her younger sister discovers her in an uncompromising position, she uses the information as blackmail, making her world a living hell. Her burden grows when she falls in love with her best friend who is all about money, which Echo doesn’t have. After being rejected from her mother and first love, Echo goes away to find herself, resurfacing years later as a powerful drug boss with an insatiable sexual drive. Before long her BFF returns, married to a dangerous man with ulterior motives. Soon old feelings from the past bubble to the surface and Echo finds herself caught between two loves. One who is passive aggressive and the other who would do anything to maintain Echo’s heart, including kill. Lipstick Dom is for ladies who love ladies and T. Styles’ fans who appreciate a drama filled love story.
Lickin' License: From Lust to Love to Deception and Death
Intelligent Allah - 2011
But the romances happening inside of it are even hotter!Candy has the body of a goddess, the most expensive cars and exclusive fashion that money can buy, Her business is the envy of every woman she knows-and the ones she doesn't, too. It should be enough, but Candy wants more than money, and more than lust.She wants love.When Rich one of Harlem's most powerful drug dealers becomes a fixture in Candy's shop, he ignites a fire inside her salon that might just burn it all down-because he and Candy have their eye on the same woman, a beautiful bohemian stylist named Vanessa. And just outside of their three-way battle, the other stylists of Candy's Shop are taking sides and setting their sights on their own prey. This hurricane of sex lust and love might just destroy everything Candy's worked so hard to build. It might even take her life.When jealousy, anger, and lust combine, it's more flammable than a match and a can of hairspray. Will Candy be able to win over the lesbian lover of her dreams? Will Vanessa succumb to Rich's slick-talking ways? And what happens if all three of them try to find their own Harlem happily-ever-after together?Fans of lesbian romance, LGBTQ+ romance, and menage romances hot enough to melt the pages will love this. If you crave drama, romance and lovers who have to fight for their happy-ever-afters, you won't be able to put this one down!One-Click to start reading Lickin' License today!
Say Uncle
Eric Shaw Quinn - 1994
Reily, a gay man living contentedly in South Carolina, never expects to find himself raising a child. But when his sister and her husband die in an accident, their will makes him guardian of their infant son.
The Double Life
Shea Word - 2010
And with the arrival of Mrs. Dayna Wilkins, she gained the one thing she’d longed for but never had: a perfectly sinful love affair with her best friend. Now Sidney is torn between the relationship that fulfills her and the identity which defines her. As she and Dayna surreptitiously pursue the romantic climax of their lives, obligations to God and family stand to tear them apart. Set in Chicago’s modern-day Northwest suburbs, The Double Life is a novel about the magnetism of the love and the power of passion. Told in a style of rotating first-person narrative, the story strikes a deep personal connection with the reader and paints a relatable landscape. The Double Life extends beyond the recent cultural popularity of forbidden Sapphic love. It explores the true challenges of sexuality amidst a backdrop of spirituality, commitment, and familial devotion.
Bonded By Blood
Ca$h - 2010
She does not try to fool herself that the boys will be anything, but hustlers. Hustling is in their blood from both ends hers and her father s, Rapheal s, who was Black Girl s pimp before drugs knocked them both on their asses and destroyed Rapheal s stable of top-notch hos. In Khalil, Black Girl sees the making of a boss mack, much like his pops. In B-Man, her middle son, she sees a fierce jack boy and a heartless killa. In her baby boy, Q, Black Girl prophesizes a major drug king pin. Together, she knows her sons can rape the game from all angles and put ATL in a chokehold. But to do so, they must never let money, hos, jealousy or envy come between them. They must remain bonded by blood, which she makes them promise at her deathbed. Black Girl also makes them promise to forgive Rapheal, and not hold her demise against him. But some promises are hard to keep, especially when hate, jealousy, and envy run deep. When fast money, dimed up chicks, unspoken grudges and unforgivable violations are tossed into the mix, will a deathbed promise to their mother be enough to stop the bloodshed once it begins? Which brother will remain standing in the end?
Girl Over the Edge
Amy Kinzer - 2011
Seventeen-year-old best friends Beckett Smith and Chloe Baker can’t shake their reputations after taking risqué photos at a college party. The pictures are distributed to the North Lake High School student body sending the best friends to the bottom rung of the social ladder right before senior year. When Beckett and Chloe return to school, they find themselves ill prepared for the harassment and bullying that follows. Beckett has an easier time being reaccepted than Chloe. And she’ll do anything to be part of her old clique and to get a second chance at a relationship with her ex-boyfriend, star running back Kale Fenton. But Beckett’s attempts at a normal senior year are at odds with Chloe’s increasingly anti-social behavior. As Chloe’s life spirals out of control she becomes obsessed with the Aurora Bridge in Seattle, also known as Suicide Bridge, a place known for the jumpers. And after everyone’s abandoned Chloe, Beckett is the one person who can prevent Chloe from making the jump. GIRL OVER THE EDGE is a novel about best friends, damaged relationships, and the help that sometimes comes from unexpected places.
The Stud Palace
Cairo - 2013
However, she has never acted on her urges. But a night of drinks and a secret confession to her BFF changes all that. Her friend dares her to toss her inhibitions and take a walk over to the other side and invites her to The Stud Palace—an exclusive woman’s club where women go to indulge their bicurious, bisexual, lesbian fantasies. It’s a four-floored fantasy-freaks playground where the walls drip with lust, and the music pumps out seduction. Once inside, the women find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of seduction as they find the woman they want for their steamy, uninhibited night. The studs—women who don’t shy away from presenting a more masculine presence—of the club are there to cater to every fantasy their clients may desire. And it is inside the walls of The Stud Palace where Octavia is seduced out of her clothes and spends a night of passion with a nameless stud who introduces her to the world of unbridled passion and the joys of girl-on-girl sex.
Slave Boy
Evangeline Anderson - 2008
Ten years ago he bought a ragged slave boy from Rigel Six and brought him to live at the Temple of Light on Radiant. As Wren's master and mentor, Haven knows the young man is off limits, so he keeps his forbidden feelings for his novice under wraps, vowing never to act on them. Wren has been in love with his master from the moment he laid eyes on him. Haven rescued him from a life of sexual slavery and his gratitude is exceeded only by his desire for the tall, broad shouldered man he calls Master. When the pair are sent to mediate a conflict aboard the huge Tiberion war ship, Haven discovers that he must have a pleasure slave to fulfill the local customs. Wren offers to play the part but will his role as Haven's slave boy bring back too much of his painful past? And how can Haven keep his vows of chastity when he is forced to use Wren in the most forbidden way? In a matter of life or death, both men must act on their hidden desires and hope not to lose each other forever. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, branding, dubious consent, exhibitionism, male/male sexual practices, strong violence, voyeurism.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Tom MacRae - 2017
Time to make your dreams come true.
Bi-Curious
Natalie Weber - 2011
Serenity is a young girl who had always been curious about lesbian experiences. Denying her urges, she never acted on any of her impulses . . . not until she goes off to college. When she meets Sadie Smith, her world is changed forever as she gets sucked into an underground world of sex, seduction, and secrets. When Serenity starts a down-low relationship with Sadie, she comes to discover that being possessive is not solely a man's trait. Sadie takes over Serenity's life and pulls her into a web of deceit and lies.
Miley Cyrus: Breakout
Miley Cyrus - 2008
Miley Cyrus reigns as princess of the pop world. Her chart-topping second solo release features 12 new tunes, including the hit single "7 Things" and: Bottom of the Ocean * Breakout * The Driveway * Fly on the Wall * Full Circle * Girls Just Want to Have Fun * Goodbye * See You Again * Simple Song * These Four Walls * Wake Up America. Our songbook also features a special section of great full-color photos!
The Summer I Wasn't Me
Jessica Verdi - 2014
And now she's afraid that what's left of her family is going to fall apart for good.Lexi knows she can fix everything. She can change. She can learn to like boys. New Horizons summer camp has promised to transform her life, and there's nothing she wants more than to start over.But sometimes love has its own path...
My Secrets Your Lies
N'tyse - 2007
All her years of loving women have cost her more than life itself- her family. Without looking back after being kicked out of her parent's home when they discover her secret life in a shoe box of love letters, Sand unexpectedly receives a phone call from a family friend, bearing the tragic news that her mother has passed from breast cancer. At her family's request, she's asked to not attend the funeral. With so much agony already instilled, Sand just adds that to the collection, turning to her liquid pain killer to temporarily ease the hurt. Over the next few months, Rene's 'alone time' has allowed her a chance to evaluate her relationship with her lover, Sand, and forces her to question her own sexuality. Recycled through the foster system as early as four, Rene is one whose become accustomed to change. Even when she falls for a banker who just happens to be white, doesn't surprise her. But the day he proposes to her, does. As she struggles with ways to tell him she's currently involved with another woman, observing his gay-bashing behavior makes it difficult to do. While her heart says one thing her mind says another, leaving her confused and secretive all over again. As Sand and Rene face separate challenges, that is the least bit of their problems. The neighborhood's 'queen-pen' who everyone knows as Chyna, is not one to be played with. With her ears to the streets and her eyes on every dollar floating around Dallas, Texas, it's impossible for anything to get past her. So when she propositions Sand and Rene, it's no strange coincidence. Not when you have a motive of your own.
Snowflakes and Embers
S.A. Payne - 2017
Left with no choices and options he braces himself for the worst.Liam is used to how his magic frightens people and he's learned to like his isolation. He's content being a Watcher and finds real joy in his work. The last thing he wants is a Bentan Bride.When destiny and chance bring them together they both have to struggle to build a new life.Status: CompleteWord count: approx. 200,016