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Employee Relations
Wynter Daniels - 2011
After losing her job, boyfriend and home, she's forced to accept a position as a live-in nanny for a rebellious teenager so she can finish college and realize her dream of becoming a teacher. Luck has no place in Ethan Chandler's life as a workaholic CEO who grew up with a gambler mother. He swore off relationships after the only woman he ever loved disappeared with his baby daughter, years ago. When that child is suddenly dumped in his lap--an angry teenager bent on smashing every rule--all hell breaks loose. To complicate matters, the nanny has hijacked his heart.
Taste of Lacey
Linden Hughes - 2014
And she wanted him. Badly.Scratching a sexual itch for the hell of it was virgin territory to her, but surely she could give in to the pleasure he offered, if only for one night. It didn’t matter that he was her brother’s best friend. Or that her focus should be on getting her business on solid footing. Lacey Bishop, independent, logical black female, was about to hit the sheets with the white boy next door. She’d question her sanity later.Ryder McKay wasn’t suffering from lack of female attention, so he couldn’t blame his raging need for Lacey on a dry spell. Beyond her being a gorgeous woman, he didn’t know what fueled his urgent hunger. Her father and brother would probably want to kill him, but he'd had a taste of Lacey and one just wouldn't be enough. The hard part? Convincing her...
Confessed
Nicola Rendell - 2016
But when she runs a big, black pickup off the road, totaling it, she finds herself stuck in the middle of nowhere with the driver. He's got a body to die for and a hair-trigger temper. Vince Russo looks like a felon, but he's also pretty funny. He’s on the lam from the cops… and a psychopathic, Russian mob boss who wants to put his balls on a barbeque. Literally.After a night of ill-advised cocktails and bathroom-wrecking sex, Vince just can't get Lucy off his mind. But he's got plans to rob her. And Lucy’s life is about to get a little bit criminal too.But can a bad boy and a good girl really escape from their troubles together? Can they trust each other at all?In the steady march of disasters that follow them west, they fight and they laugh. They tease and they’re tender. They’re either oil and water, or chocolate and peanut butter.Except, they can’t run from the real world forever. And there’s a hell of a surprise in store for both of them…***To the reader: Confessed is a standalone featuring Lucy, who readers met as the best friend in Professed. Both are standalones and do not need to be read together. Be advised, things get super dirty in this book. The sex is explicit, and the language is rude. It’s an erotic love story with fury.
The Color Of Trouble
Dyanne Davis - 1994
Because she's black, she assumes she can't be prejudiced. She ignores her heart's reminder that she left Jonathan because he was white. She also ignores the warning bells that tell her she's with her finance, Doctor Steven Anderson, because her parents approve of the colour of his skin. With him, she can have the babies her parents will love, the babies she couldn't have with Jonathan. Jonathan Steele finally has what he wanted, a promising career with a good law firm. Love is the last thing on his mind. He thought he had it once, but spent seven months of his life in jail, betrayed by the woman who claimed she loved him. Kari's purchase of a timeshare brings Jonathan and his firm back into Kari's. Can they dismiss their past or will final judgement sentence them to try again?
Falling For A Monster
Delilah Hunt - 2017
Chase accepts his lot and path in life by keeping to himself, knowing he can depend on and trust in no one but himself. Until his path crosses with Larke. The one person who has every reason in the world to despise him, but instead treats him like a man who is worthy of her compassion, trust and so much more. Larke Taylor has never forgotten her harrowing encounter with the boy who’d threatened her harm at the tender age of nine. Thirteen years later, she is shocked and heartbroken to see the man Chase has become, after rejecting her innocent offer of friendship. His very presence frightens and intrigues her like nothing else. But beneath the hate-inspired tattoos telling her everything she needs to know about him, Larke finds it hard to deny all the other signs that speak to her heart. The ones telling her that Chase is much more than a monster. He is a man deserving of love and way more than the life he leads, even if he doesn’t realize it. As their relationship deepens, both are defenseless to defy their desire and all-consuming need for the other. Larke knows while Chase is the only man who captivates and holds her heart, he is also the one person who has the power to shatter and burn it to ashes, if he refuses to put her above his legacy of hate. *This book contains racial slurs and graphic sexual language. If the theme of this book and any of these warnings offend you, please ignore and move along.
Losing Me, Finding You
C.M. Stunich - 2013
That is, until she meets Austin Sparks, the biker boy with a past that burns like fire and a gaze she can't look away from. Without knowing what she's doing or why she's doing it, Amy ends up on the road with Austin traveling from one city to another while learning things she's only ever read about in romance novels.At first it seems like Austin is Amy's fantasy come true, but as their journey progresses, she starts to sense that Austin is running away from something. Amy knows that she'll do whatever it takes to help him find himself. What she doesn't expect is that she'll lose herself in the process and how good it will feel to be free.
Bomaw - Volume One: The Beauty Of Man and Woman
Mercedes Keyes - 2010
She decides that relocating to Wisconsin would be the best ticket to bring all of this about, so leaves the crowded city of Chicago and makes her home in a small town, mostly white population of 453 citizens - however as it turns out, not everything that she plans turns out the way she was expecting, due to one, Shawn Everett McPherson - her neighbor across the road.
Casualties of Love
Denise Riley - 2014
. . The moment Sergeant Jessica Watts lays eyes on Tyson Kidd again she can barely breathe. It’s been six years since she walked away from him, six years since she hid the truth and pushed him out of her life. Now their paths have crossed and he demands the answers Jessica knows he deserves. Tyson is just as gorgeous as she remembers, and Jessica quickly discovers that her feelings for him never changed. She can’t help her hope that they can find a way back to the love they once shared, but her secrets may be too much for him to forgive. A love he can’t deny . . . Captain Tyson Kidd moved on with his life after Jessica abandoned him so long ago. Or so he thought, until he wakes in the military infirmary to hear her sultry voice calling out to him. Though he struggles to trust her, Tyson can’t resist the undeniable attraction that still rages between them. He wants her and when they succumb to their need for one another, he finds himself falling for Jessica all over again. Just when he decides that he no longer cares about the secret she’s keeping, the lies they have both buried come to the surface and threaten to destroy whatever second chance they might have had. ***This book contains strong language and sexual content.
Happy Birthday Mr. Washington
C. Jackson
It seemed that the day only brought up sad memories and bad realities. His thirty-fifth birthday was going to be no exception. Tyler woke the day of his birthday faced with a dilemma. Stay on the track he was going, or try something new. Always the planner, Tyler hesitantly decided to follow the calculated plans, which included a marriage he certainly was still unsure of. That of course was until he met Willow. Then suddenly his birthday and the path less traveled didn’t seem so scary. Willow McBride prided herself on being unconventional. She lived for the beauty and the thrill of a free uninhibited life. However, her bohemian spirit was starting to play havoc with her love life. After dumping another talented but self-absorbed artist, Willow went looking for a new love. However, she wasn’t expecting to find Tyler. Not only was Tyler older, but the straight-laced businessman was the complete opposite of the men she normally dated. Yet Willow couldn’t deny the attraction. Maybe Tyler was just what she needed. Love never comes without challenges. As Tyler explores a fresh new love and life with Willow, he finds himself faced with some challenges from his past. One of those challenges being a not so happy ex who can’t let go, and the other being the limitations he can’t seem to let go of. Will Tyler be able to open himself to a new and exciting love with Willow, or will old hang-ups and past relationships stand in his way.
A Love Like This (A Love Like This, #1)
Kimberly Lane - 2012
She leaves her crazy family and heads off to college with dreams of becoming an architect. However, as her mother Dana always says, "Love has a way of changing your plans." Handsome Caucasian student teacher Tucker Bradley walks into Leila's life and turns it upside down. He is exactly what Leila needs but not at all what she's looking for. Leila has to deal with a steady stream of Tucker's ex-girlfriends. She struggles to hold on to her dreams without letting go of her first love. (Edited 07/04/2012)
The Beauty and the Brawler
Nikki Winter - 2013
He fought on the streets as a kid, he fought in business as a man, he fought in the ring as a world champion. As his gift graduated, so did his way of thinking. His fighting never stopped, just his methods. Twenty odd years later and he’s found himself fighting for something entirely different - the heart of a woman he’s wanted from the first moment he heard her voice. The second opportunity knocks, he takes a leap composed from faith and bravado, succeeding. Perhaps a little too much. Now he’s thinking up lullabies and trying to determine how to convince radio star Samara Blackwell that he wants her for more than just the life they've created resting on the inside of her ever growing belly. Is this one battle where he’ll have to call a draw? If the behavior of his obstinate little media queen is any indication than it just might be. But he’d never backed down from stepping in the ring with anyone. And he’s not about to start now.
Coveted
Naomi Wyatt - 2015
No cliffhangers! * WARNING: Includes hot, steamy sex scenes with a bad boy, alpha male with a dirty mouth and a curvy girl from the city. Roc knew that Yanna E. Hill was his the moment that he laid eyes on her. Yet, it was not until five years ago that he claimed her, and, ever since, she has been under his love and protection. He is obsessed with her. She is addicted to him. This passionate couple has been living in enduring and undying love... until now. Suddenly, chaos erupts. Roc has no idea which crime family could be behind these sudden attacks, but he is desperate to find out, while he protects his precious jewel, Yanna. Meanwhile, Yanna is fighting to protect her own precious jewel; her heart. Beyond the present threat of danger, Yanna sees Roc's closest loved ones as yet another threat to their relationship, and she doesn't know how long she can continue this fight that she has been battling for decades. With a past that can destroy their future, and a present that can take them from one another forever, will this loving couple last to see happily ever after?
Snatched
Sharon Cullars - 2012
Having quit a lucrative banking job, she is looking for a better opportunity when fate throws a kink in her plan. Disappointed by a setback, she is not in the mood when a gang of bikers called the Demons roll through the streets where she is walking. One of the bikes nearly clips her and she responds with a foolhardy gesture that puts her in their sights. Unfortunately for her, the Demons do take prisoners and she finds herself snatched off the streets by one of the gang members.Eric McIntyre aka Dele Larson, is new to the Demons. Unknown to the gang, he is an undercover cop looking to get info on some bodies discovered in the Mojave Desert. The police suspect that the gang is responsible for the murders as well as other criminal enterprises. When Dele is forced by the gang leader to take the attractive woman prisoner, he has to play his hand deftly. But how can he keep her safe without blowing his cover? And how can he keep his growing feelings for her in check?
Unwanted Baby for Christmas
Raven Rivers - 2015
One foolish mistake results in an unplanned surprise... Melanie Quin's life has been systematically spiraling out of control ever since the night she accompanied her roommate to a local hot spot. After a few too many drinks, she found herself in the back of billionaire Matthew Chase's limousine where a steamy hook-up left her unexpectedly pregnant. His striking good looks and mesmerizing smile had proved too hard to resist, and now she's paying a life-altering price. When she learns the man isn't even who he claimed to be, she's determined to avoid him at all costs. He makes it perfectly clear that the feeling is quite mutual! Things go from bad to worse when she witnesses a murder. Melanie manages to escape, but she's seen the assailant's face. Fearing she'll identify him, the murderer vows to come back for her. Now her life is not only in danger, but the life of her unborn baby as well! Out of desperation, she seeks out the same billionaire who knocked her up and attempts to blackmail him into providing protection. Will Matthew Chase offer the frightened young woman refuge? Will she fight the feelings she's beginning to develop for the affluent billionaire who's much more than he appears?