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Finessed His Love
Tay Mo'Nae - 2020
Never the one to be ashamed with dancing or having sex for money, Anika lived by the term “where the bag at”. When big-time music producer Draco walks in her life, she starts to reconsider her life choices, wanting more than what’s in his wallet. After his parents were in a tragic accident, Draco is forced to raise his younger sister. Hardly making time for himself, he keeps himself thrown into work to provide for his family. When his cousin forces him out to the strip club for one night of fun, he meets Anika and starts to reconsider his “all work no play” lifestyle. Draco wants Anika to change her “City Girl” ways, but will it be that easy? Will she be willing to give up the lifestyle she’s been accustomed to for a shot at love? Hayden dances to provide for her son. After his father was murdered, she forced to be a single parent and has no time for dating, until she meets Kamari. Kamari has always been a charmer. From the moment he laid eyes on Hayden he knew he wanted her. When things start to bloom between them, Kamari finds out something from his past can break him and Hayden up before they’re fully able to explore their relationship. Join these four for an up and down rollercoaster and find out if love will overcome pride.
Unearth Me
Grey Huffington - 2018
Kirklynn Sayers, 34-year-old renowned therapist of Huffington Mill, has mastered every aspect of her life except love. She refuses to refer to herself as a hopeless romantic, simply, because she’s lost interest in finding it, altogether. Unsympathetic about her shallow hopes of partnership, she buries the hatchet and focuses on creating a legacy and defying the stigma attached to therapists as herself. Heath Benedict, 26 years old and the newest heir of the Benedict throne, is still suffering from the death of his grandfather years prior. Though he was blessed with a budding empire as a result of it, Harold Benedict’s death unsealed wounds that he’d covered for Heath’s sanity and protection. Heath has the world at the tip of his fingers, but the feeling of inadequacy is keeping him from accessing it. From the day he took charge of Benedict and Associates, Heath has only been content with one aspect of the company... access to Kirklynn Sayers. He, soon, discovers that her wholesomeness is the key to unlock his sanity. While she tries to solve his issues of inadequacy through treatment, Heath reveals that there’s only one way to heal him. Submission. Kirklynn refuses to submit and jeopardize her career, leaving Heath with no choice but to force his hand. Journey through a story of uncertainty as the two struggle to unearth their most sacred aspirations while undressing one another in the process.
Gambled Away
Tiana Cole - 2020
Good looks. Money.A billion dollar empire would all be his…As soon as he found a woman crazy enough to marry him for a year.Then Cara walked into his life, turned it upside down, made him want something he never wanted before.Everything.With her.Now he just has to convince his fake wife that he wants her for real. Forever. ***This is a standalone novel with a touch of steam and HEA.***
Dr. Wrong: A Secret Baby Romance (Doctors Down South)
Crystal Monroe - 2021
Grumpy…Dr. Ryder Finley is a smoking hot surgeon and a total grouch.Arrogant.Entitled.A cold-hearted brute with a sculpted body and gorgeous eyes.We’ve bickered since day one.So what if I notice the bulging biceps under his scrubs…And that he's very good with his hands?He’s my sworn enemy.When he asks me to be his fake fiancée for a real estate deal,I think he’s lost it.But I’m desperate to get my pushy family off my back.So I agree.I’ll wear his ring and pretend to be in love.Then I’ll go back to hating him.But I didn’t count on one tiny detail:Ryder’s not the devil I thought he was.I don’t know what’s crazier:That I’m falling for my enemy...Or that I’m having his baby.Dr. Wrong is a full-length, enemies-to-lovers, secret baby romance. This standalone is packed with red-hot steam and a swoony Happily Ever After that will leave you with a smile on your face. No cheating or cliffhangers!
Face Down Fridays: Prelude
Sherelle Green - 2020
Heated glance. I knew I was hooked from the first moment our eyes connected. But I’m not the type of woman to give in easily. Especially when his offer is dripping in rule breaking notions threatening to consume me.HIMI wanted her willing and ready for anything before she’d even spoken a single word. I’m a patient man, but even patience has a timeframe when it comes to following her rules. But as she’ll soon learn, I don’t follow rules. I make them.Please Note: Face Down Fridays is a fast-burn, sexy prelude to the Crowne Legacy series. Although this story can be read as a stand-alone, it’s an intro into the series.
Love's Language
D. Rose - 2020
When a life-changing ultimatum was presented, he had no choice but to act on it. Several years later, he was living a life he thought would only be a dream. That dream-life came to an abrupt halt when another life-changing event presented itself threatening to flip his peaceful and purposeful life upside down.Known as the Princess of Maryland, Skylar St. Claire had never wanted for anything. Her parents made sure they afforded her every opportunity to succeed and live in the lap of luxury. To the outside world, she had it all, but deep down, all Skylar wanted was the love and adoration of her father, Governor Montgomery St. Claire.They'd been sworn enemies since their worlds collided over seven years ago. She had the childhood he’d always dreamed of having. He had the adoration and loyalty of her father.In Love’s Language, Danilo and Skylar learn the love they desperately sought was right in front of them. A series of events forces them to open their hearts and let love in... even if it comes from the person they least expected.
The Golden Lie
B.M. Hardin - 2017
She loved her husband with everything in her, but everything isn't always enough. She'd thought that she'd married the exception. Needless to say, she'd thought wrong. Her husband, Dakota, isn't the man he portrayed to be and after finding out a few of his heartbreaking secrets, Yaya is forced to come up with a plan. What do you do when the person that you love the most, no longer loves you back? You tell a Lie! Hurt and full of rage, Yaya wants revenge and she becomes apart of a Lie that changes life as she knows it and things for everyone around her will never be the same. She'd forgotten to consider one little thing... What if the Lie actually worked? Twists and turns, sex and deceit, Yaya's world is turned upside down, and she learns a cold, hard truth, that isn't always the easiest to accept and that is: No matter how well you think you know someone, the truth is...you just don't know everything! Even if it's about your husband!
Mean Tucker: The Bully 2
Edwina Fort - 2020
Aryel & Quasi: Made For A Hood Love
Antoinette Sherell - 2020
Between having nothing to call her own, and being stuck in an abusive relationship for the sake of being taken care of, she feels that her life is at a standstill. When her way out comes at the expense of a loved one, she vows to make her loss worth the gain. Quasi Powers is a calculated, lowkey hustler with zero tolerance for anything he deems unacceptable. When his older brother is locked up on murder charges, he’s forced into the game headfirst to take his place... but he also has to take on another responsibility that he wasn’t quite prepared for. When grief brings them together in the most odd of circumstances, Aryel and Quasi have to find a way to move on from the hurt in order to protect the one thing they have in common. In the process, will they realize that the safety and security they’re yearning for can be found in each other, or will their struggles prove they aren’t made for a hood love?
3:AM
Jai Bree'nae - 2017
Writers write, painters paint, musicians are in the studio. All artists are up at 3AM. Lovers are up as well; because 3AM is the hour at which all guards are let down; when we're at our purest. If you want to get to someone's soul, get them to talk at 3AM... Symphony Stewart is a beautiful girl with a far from beautiful past that she's trying to run away from, but you know what they say about running away from your past, 'it doesn't work because wherever you go, you take yourself with you'; and that's exactly what Symphony does. She takes her problems from Dallas with her to Houston, and without paying any attention, she collides into Kenyatta Kumar, a reckless talking, rude boy from Homestead with a horrid past all his own, a swag all his own, a cocky demeanor all his own; one that makes him see women for what they are, fuck buddies, that is until he meets the gray tornado eyed mean ass that is Symphony. It's their identical souls that push them together and pull them apart in this complicated love story. Is there such a thing as a happily-ever-after for people like them? Can they move past the pain of their pasts for a better future? Maybe. Ask them at 3:AM.
Dear Amelia
Asia Monique - 2021
After gracing the cover of a popular magazine that highlights black professionals, Amelia knew she’d finally made it. Now that her career was taking off, she no longer had an excuse to ignore the storm brewing between her and the man she’s known her entire life.Real estate mogul, Israel Holloway, has worked tirelessly his entire adult life to get to where he wanted to be. So, working hard to get who he wanted to be with was a task he had no problem taking on. Israel longed to be the number one man in his best friend’s life, and in an attempt to win her heart, he turns to the one thing he knows will get her attention and keep it. But will it?Signed, someone very close to you.*please note, this is book one in a four book series but can be read as a standalone novel.
The Distance Between Us
Georgie Capron - 2018
However, feelings of frustration have settled over her like a dark cloud. Despite living under the same roof and sharing the same bed, Tasha has never felt so distant from her husband, Charlie. She feels worn down by the mental load of motherhood, drowning in the never-ending chores that keep the family and household afloat. Most of all she worries that her once happy marriage is slipping away from her.Tasha longs for something to change, but when change comes calling will it really be the answer she was hoping for? And is it possible to fall in love with the same person twice?A modern day love story about family, marriage and risking it all to have it all.
Boss's Accidental Baby: A Billionaire Small Town Second Chance Romance (Secret Love)
Nikki Bloom - 2021
Mine Again (Entangled Hearts Book 1)
Renee Williams - 2021
I was too young and dumb to realize good men didn't come around every day. At twenty-one, I gave King away thinking we needed to mature, sow our wild oats, find our passion, and all the other silly mess that I currently regret.He married someone else, but if she ever messed up, I was going to be there because he was still the man that was everything I ever wanted but didn't know I needed. One day, I hoped King would be mine again.Two years, I was still broken up about it. But, two years was all it took for her to do the unforgivable. That was all I needed. I was going to make him mine again.