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Aquarius: Mr. Humanitarian
Tiana Laveen - 2018
Aiden Summers appears to be your average guy, but the truth of his nature lies just beneath the surface. After enduring a less than ideal childhood with his alcoholic single mother, he vowed to make a difference in the world - to help those who worked hard but needed assistance in finding not a job, but a career. He works as a vocational counselor at one of the top employment agencies in Seattle, Washington, and is considered one of the city's most eligible bachelors. Aiden enjoys his work, but has been keeping a family stressor under wraps, one that has weighed on his mental and emotional health. Although the commitment type, he would much rather be alone than with someone who is not good for his mind, body, and spirit. Enter a new client, Addison Blue, who grew up in one of Mercer Island's most prestigious neighborhoods. The middle daughter of upper echelon African American parents and born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Addison has always wanted to make her way on her own. But, unfortunately, life has dealt her a mighty blow, and she finds herself not only divorced from her emotionally abusive ex-husband, but looking for love and work in all the wrong places. That is, until she walks into Aiden Summers' office, and a connection is formed that neither of them predicted or deemed possible. Aiden is a born helper, Addison is a born rebel - together, they will either clash or make a beautiful pairing. What was seen as forbidden is now their norm, and their existence in each other's world changes their lives forever. What does one do when one has so much to say, but no voice to say it with? What happens when a man with secrets and undisclosed pain bursts free and falls in love with a woman who is willing to start over again? On one condition though - that he tells the truth. Not to the world … but to himself. Read "Aquarius - Mr. Humanitarian" to find out how love is found when it's least expected!
The Greek's Destruction
Sonja B. - 2021
My family, the Kourakos Greek Mafia family was at war with the Italians at the time. Making her mine then would have put a target on her back but now…now it’s time for her to take her rightful place by my side. Only thing is getting her to realize that’s where she belongs and in doing so, a new war has been declared. I’ve killed for her before and will take pleasure in doing it again. The Greek’s are known for going to war over their women, and I am no different. The Trojan War was child’s compared to what I’m going to do to my enemies.
Dangerous Bonds
Shani Greene-Dowdell - 2017
In her experience, relationships are anything but simple. However, when she meets Channing, her convenience store hero, she can’t help but long for a life that’s a bit more…complicated.From the moment Channing lays eyes on Kemara, he knows he has to have her no matter what it takes. Given his affiliations with a white supremacy group, getting with a black woman is going to take quite a lot. But what could he say? She’s the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen and the heart has no biases.Channing’s stone-cold heart is melting. Kemara’s warm embrace may be his undoing.Book 1 in the Dangerous Bonds Series.
Rogue In Love: Thea and Lex
Inger Iversen - 2017
Lex knows exactly where the good people of Blackwater think he belongs. In prison, right alongside his no-good, murdering father. It’s one reason he’s spent the last two years living rough in the woods outside of town. The other? Thea—granddaughter of the man who rescued him from an irreparably broken home. The exact moment Lex noticed Thea had grown into a woman, he was packed off to the military. Lex gets it. He knows better than anyone he tends to destroy everything he touches. Now, ten years later, a mysterious summons brings Lex back to civilization, though the thought of watching Thea marry someone else ignites a savage instinct he dares not unleash. At first, Thea doesn’t recognize the grizzled, mountain of muscle who breaks into her grandfather’s house in the dead of night. Until his rusty, familiar voice emerges from all that unkempt hair. Lex, the boy who broke her heart when he walked out of her life. For a while, she had everything she thought she wanted: a successful medical career, a doctor fiancé, a comfortable future. With a single, hopeless diagnosis, she dropped everything—including the fiancé—to come home. And into the arms of the boy who has matured into a man who makes her body tremble with desire, even as her brain warns her to guard her heart. Forever is waiting just on the other side of the emotional walls towering between them. Walls that love could leap…if it’s strong enough to shed the weight of their pasts. This book includes the first chapter of Open Wounds and a sample of Incarcerated: Letters to Inmate 92510 The Love Against the Odds books are written as standalone, bwwm/interracial romances. However, your enjoyment may be enhanced if you follow this order: - Incarcerated: Letters from Inmate 92510 Katie & Logan 1 - Inevitable: Love and War Teal & Trent 1 - Indelible: Beneath His Ink Teal & Trent 2 - Rogue in Love: Lex and Thea | standalone novella - Open Wounds: Abel and Hope | standalone novella - Indebted: Til' Death Do Us Part Teal & Trent 3 - Weathered Soul: Eric and Ivory | standalone novella
10-80
Xyla Turner - 2015
She is trying to make moves and figure out her life while raising her brother. Ryan is a police officer in Harlem and while on a case, he notices D'asia and couldn't really get her out of his system. After D'asia's brother is arrested by none other than Officer Ryan McFadden, D'asia finds that the Harlem cop is more than meets the eye. But it's against the unspoken rules: The Trap and cops don't mix.
Cato's Heart: a Standalone Novella
Phoenix Daniels - 2019
How do you live when you know you're going to die? Rebecca King had a broken heart, literally. Congenital Heart Disease has given her less than a year to live. Hopefully, that'll be enough time to complete every task on her bucket list. However difficult, she finally comes to terms with her imminent demise. Then fate delivers an unexpected distraction. Due to a horrific accident that left his wife on life support, Nick Cato, narcotics investigator, is trapped behind a wall of loneliness and grief. However, he had no way of knowing that destiny would deliver a gift strong enough to quell the sadness. But will he allow guilt to keep him from embracing his happy ending?
Craigslist Lover
Ancelli - 2016
Each day she lived in survival mode not knowing if her husband Wayne would come home in a good or bad mood. Everything she hoped and dreamed of was taking away by the one man that promised to love her until death do them part. Everything happens for a reason, right? What would you do if you had no way out, and nothing to lose? Would you take a chance and risk it all? A personal classified changed McKenzie's life forever, but does she really know who "is" behind the screen? Or is it just her loneliness believing everything written on her shattered heart. WARNING: This book contains adult content and violence.
Runaway
Eve Vaughn - 2017
She takes matters in her own hands and runs away to start a new life. After settling into her new life, Esther’s plan is to stay low and avoid discovery. What she doesn’t expect is meeting the man of her dreams. But what will he say when he finds out the truth about her? Love at First Sight After a contentious divorce, the last thing Matthias Lang was looking for was another relationship. His focus was on making his business a success. But when he spies the shy beauty, he wants to get to know her better. But when his heart becomes engaged, he finds out a devastating secret that tears them apart. Reunited After years apart, their paths cross again. While Esther is determined to maintain her independence, Matthias is just as determined to have her back in his arms. Can he convince her to stop running long enough to realize they belong together?
The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée
Niomie Roland - 2021
Especially when the man you're playing-acting with is in love with another woman! Not only that, but he is... fascinating... alluring, and his feigned kisses evoke desires that leave you craving more. Way more than either of you intended. When the line between reality and play-acting blurs, Jacyn realizes that Alexandre Dubois is the one man capable of destroying the armory she'd erected around her recently broken heart. She resists every enticing missile their intense passion propels toward her defenses. Until even that blows up in passionate flames. Just as she begins to think that they may have a real future together, the woman Alexandre loves expresses her intent to pursue him!There's no way he'll choose his fake fiancée over the love of his life. Right?This is the first book in the French Conquest series set primarily in Southern France! Grab something to drink, sit back and enjoy this romantic journey which begins over a mistaken car identity and goes on to uncover lust, lies, family revelations, forgiveness & love.
A Personal Matter
Karyn Langhorne Folan - 2021
But when his assistant and secretary both quit rather than take another second of his abuse, he's paired with Alayna Jackson, a young black paralegal with "issues" of her own. When fire meets ice, the steam practically rises off the page as Alayna and Ben discover the pleasure of the business of loving each other.
Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life
Mallory Monroe - 2015
He has no time for love. But when a woman comes along so unlike the dull socialites and supermodels of his past, he wonders if fate is playing a cruel trick on him. How can a woman so virtuous, and kind, and beautiful in a way that reduces him to a horny teenager ever want anything to do with a hard, cold man like him? He know he can have her. He never met a woman he could not woo. But in order to keep her, which he absolutely intends to do, he knows he will have to open himself bare and show her the good, the bad, and the ugly Mick. Mick Sinatra is a hugely successful businessman. Mick the Tick is a thug. African-American actress Roz Graham never dreamed the handsome Italian at the audition would soon become the love of her life. He’s rude and crude and brutally honest. But there’s another side to him. The side that treats her, the girl who never got any breaks, like his queen. And when she decides to give her heart to him, she is amazed at the care, the attention, and yes, the love, he gives back to her. Mick Sinatra: For Once In My Life is the first book in the Mick Sinatra interracial romance series.
Love's Gamble
Theodora Taylor - 2015
Notorious playboy Max needs a fake wife in order to receive his hefty inheritance. Agreeing to the plan will help Pru's bank balance…and vacationing with the sexy billionaire is doing wonders for her libido. Max spends more time in the tabloids than in the boardroom, but he's got huge plans for a new chain of hotels. He'll happily prove he's turned over a new leaf by sharing a room—and unforgettable nights—with his gorgeous new "wife." Working together to expose a saboteur only increases their combustive attraction. But can he convince the woman he drew into a lie that he'll do anything to make this connection last?
The Sheikh's Priceless Bride
Holly Rayner - 2018
Jacqui Bauer is barely scraping by. A talented baker who’s been dealt a bad hand in life, her bills are piling up, and customers are few and far between. Little does she know, her distant uncle left her a priceless gift, if she’d only embark on an adventure to find it. After months of searching, Khizar concludes that the diamond must be in Jacqui’s possession. Determined to make the precious heirloom his own, he engineers a plot: he’s going to woo Jacqui, and make her his bride. After all, who can resist a gorgeous sheikh? As they follow the clues the enigmatic billionaire left them, embarking on an international adventure to retrieve the diamond, the unexpected happens: Khizar begins to fall for Jacqui for real. Can the Sheikh go through with his deceptive plan now that he understands the stakes? Will Jacqui discover her birthright, and score the man of her dreams? This is a Sheikh romance novel from best-selling author Holly Rayner. It contains a guaranteed HEA, and a tale of romance that will capture your heart.
Nikos: The Greek's Mistress
T.C. Clark - 2018
A Wallflower's Novella... Nikos Stravanos is a simple man, who has his world destroyed when the only woman he's ever loved walks out on him and disappears into the night. It doesn't matter that it was his secret that caused it, he can only see her leaving as an act of betrayal and his soul demands retribution for this. Ada Wright is not mistress material, so when she finds out Nikos has a long-standing arrangement with a fellow Greek family to marry their daughter, she leaves him the very same night. She knows she can't risk bending her morals to stay with him...even if he is the love of her life. Love, betrayal, and retribution all play a factor in this short tale of two people who can't seem to let each other go. Can they make this work or will their relationship dissolve in the same flames that started them? Another Short Novel that features: Everlasting love with a sensual bite...
Hard Sell: A Texas Heat Romance
Camilla Stevens - 2019
But I’m anything but quick and easy, as she’ll soon find out. Especially since that girl from my high school football days is nothing like this gorgeous woman standing on my front porch. If she thinks I’ll go soft on her…she has another thing coming.
Sierra Once upon a time I was in awe of Cole. He didn’t even know I was alive. But that shy, awkward teenager is long gone. Now I’m all woman, and it’s strictly business. I’ve come for Cole’s signature. Period. I plan on closing this sale…no matter how hard he makes me work for it. This is a Stand-Alone BWWM Romance in the Texas Heat Romance Books. No Cliffhangers! HEA Happy Ending.