Before I realized his intention, he lowered his head and dropped a kiss on my lips. It was brief, but he was close enough for me to inhale his masculine scent intermixed with cologne. I was shaken, and it took me several seconds to regain my composure to slap him across the face.” ~*~ Ward Levine is overbearing and charming. When he strides onto one of my sites and announces he wants to buy my company, he doesn’t know he has met his match. I’m Myra McBride, and I own M & M construction, one of the top construction agencies in NYC. When I walk into a room, people stop talking. I’m well respected and equally connected. Dealing with Ward will be no different. It doesn’t matter that his uncle is a senator and his family is filthy rich. We’re neck and neck with the same attitude. Neither of us will back down easily. But once sparks start flying, who will break first?

    I can’t keep up with the demands of each, especially with my witch of a boss on my tail. When It all comes to a head, I basically lose my mind from all the stress. The last person I ever thought would come to my rescue is my law professor Reid Matheson. I can’t help but daydream about what that mouth can do while I sit in his law classes. He is sophisticated, handsome, and smart; A trifecta no girl can resist, least of all me. With graduation near, maybe we can find out if this attraction is mutual. I wonder if he's willing to teach me outside the classroom for just one night. Reid Matheson Addison is a temptation I’ve been avoiding for the last three years while she’s been my student. But, she’s about to graduate now, and I may have to do something about this ache I feel every time I see her. When my best friend, her employer, tells me she’s involved in illegal activity; I don’t believe it…not my girl. Now, I have to prove she didn’t do what she’s being accused of all while teaching her law in and out of the classroom. Just one problem, I want her, and I get what I want even if it’s Forbidden. Another Steamy Office Romance by Author Hadley Raydeen. Warning: If you are not a fan of erotic interracial romance, this is not the one for you.

    I always fall for the bad boys, the players, the men with "red flag" written all over their gorgeous faces. I should've learned my lesson after having my heart eviscerated into tiny, unrecognizable pieces. But no, not me. That would be way too simple, and my life is nothing but.Luca Fiore is Manhattan's Prince. He's sex in a suit personified, and he's also my stepbrother. I've moved back to New York, and he's offered me a place to crash until I find a place of my own. What could possibly go wrong?My subconscious screams, "EVERYTHING!"With his piercing gray eyes, sharp jaw, and dark hair, Luca makes me weak in the knees. And I would gladly get on my knees for him.Five years ago, I left home with a broken heart and a lifetime worth of sins. Now, I'm back with a naïve hope that I can make things right. How I expect to do that when I have no intention of confessing my sins remains to be seen. One thing is for sure. I have to stay away from the one person who was why I left home in the first place — the man who once called me his Achilles. His flower. His secret. His stepdaughter.I'm not the good girl in a love story. I don't deserve a happily ever after. I have secrets on top of secrets on top of secrets. I've sowed, and I've reaped, and something tells me karma isn't done with me yet.This is a BWWM contemporary romance novel. ***Warning: Contains mature subject matter. TRIGGER WARNINGS: rape, pregnancy-related issues

    I’m trapped in between prison and truly being free. Figuratively, I may have escaped from my cell, but I’m still very much in the building. I’d gotten a glimmer of freedom, which lasted mere minutes until it came to a screeching halt. Now, I must climb out of the dregs of my former life and begin anew. But will the green-eyed stranger be able to help me, or will he become a distraction I do not need?Beau ScottThe life I’ve once lived had a tragic ending. Deep in my sorrow, I seek solitude in the one place that used to offer me peace. With the moon high, I witness a beautiful woman climbing out of the ocean like a seductive mermaid. Our connection is instant. My instinct fights with my logic, but I refuse to let her go. My new visitor is one big mystery on legs, but I can’t deny my desire to help her.Two people rising from the ashes of their first marriages learn how to love again.Warning: Mentions of abuse and Domestic Violence

    He wants her in his life, and creates a job for her as his personal assistant to get her close to him. Winnie prides herself on being a hard worker, and she has to admit that working directly under Carter has its perks. But she refuses to let herself believe that things between them are serious. Can Winnie overcome her insecurities and allow herself to have a real relationship with Carter, or will she hide behind her new position? This is a contemporary interracial romance story, with a hero that means business. And he plans to to have Winnie by his side, permanently.

    Immediately, she falls in love with this tiny infant who becomes her sunshine in a dark world. Then comes the child's uncle, Darien Kiriakis. He makes power moves in Allanah's life and forces her to either give up the child or become his mistress in order to keep access to baby Alexander. As the two begin to forge a family unit for their shared nephew and come to rely on each other, does love begin to blossom?

    She’s about her business, and nothing can stand in her way. That is until she meets Pearson Grant, a tall, green-eyed handsome megalomaniac that makes no apologies for his atrocious behavior. When the two meet under extenuating circumstances, their fire and chemistry are combustible. They need each other for business, but when business turns into personal and needs turn into wants, how will they survive?

    However, that same hot-head rejected me on Christmas day without knowing, I would be the one standing between him and his next promotion. It didn’t matter if he was sizzling hot and sexy. He was a class A jerk and the kiss meant nothing. Right? HAZARD The chief brings in a mediator after I told him that the simple resolution was to get rid of the bad egg. What were the odds that the mediator had to be the sexy vixen from Christmas night? What I also did not understand was the force field between the two of us. We butted heads, she challenged me, and I just wanted to make her mine. I would too, but first I had to go through the mediation of another kind.

    After the mysterious disappearance of her mother, Aaliya was left with no choice but to put her life on hold and raise not only her daughter, but her younger siblings, Harlem and Amelia. Cleaning up the messes behind a countless number of notorious thugs, Demetri Mikhailov was the go-to guy for any job— just as long as you were talking the right price. When a longtime friend of his sends him on a search for his children, Demetri willingly obliges. With little to go on, Demetri is shocked to face the vivacious Aaliya. He didn't have the slightest clue as to what he was getting himself into when he crossed paths with the chocolate beauty. As a bond is built and love is found, the pair finds themselves entangled in a web of lies, secrets, and betrayal. Trying his best to keep the truth behind his lies, Demetri finds himself in a situation he can't seem to get out of. When Aaliya finds out his secret, will Demetri's biggest fear come true? Will Aaliya call it quits and walk away or will love prevail and she choose to stay?

    She’s dangerously curvy. Will she bring light into his cold dark world? Or will his darkness consume her? Some say Garrett Chambers was born evil. Since, the day he took his first breath, he’s caused nothing but chaos, destruction and death. Some call him the Grim Reaper, because when you see him, death soon follows. Others call him a Butcher, because of his skills with the blade. One thing he’s never been called is a lying hypocrite from hell. Until he meets her. Oni Evans. The beautiful, curvy, smart mouth writer he kidnapped as a means of retaliation against someone he used to call a friend. It isn’t long before she turns his entire world upside down and has him rethinking all of his decisions. He doesn’t believe in nonsense like love and forgiveness. Yet, the more time he spends with her, the more he’s realizing that maybe those things aren’t so useless. Maybe he should believe in love. Maybe he should believe in forgiveness. Maybe he should believe in her. However, after all he’s done to her, can he convince her to believe in him?

    Lured into the snare of a drug kingpin at a young age, she's been beholden to his every whim since her teenage years. When she does escape, however, she finds that freedom is only the first step to healing her wounded soul. The quickest path to her salvation seems to be cooperating with the FBI to put her Ex behind bars - and end any threat he poses. When she's paired with a foul-mouthed freelance agent with a chip on his shoulder, she begins to question the choices she's made. She's undeniably drawn to Hank Compton's rugged allure, but he's got armor five inches thick and a nasty streak a mile wide. There's no way a man like him can possibly be anything but trouble...is there? Hank has always liked things simple. Over the course of a life filled with violence, he's learned not to care. Caring makes you weak, and weakness gets you killed. When the newest assignment from his superior offers him the ultimate revenge, he jumps at the chance - even if it comes with some pretty substantial baggage. Juliet Brown is everything he's wary of - gorgeous, smart-mouthed, and undeniably damaged - and that only makes him want her more. Hank is long past the point of believing he can be saved, but Juliet promises to be more than just a distracting piece of ass. She could very well be his salvation - and that scares the hell out of him.

    I left Los Angeles, hoping for a new start in Atlanta, Georgia. When I began a new job my new boss, Jonathan Carter the billionaire heir to the Strauss Carter fortune, was determined to make my life hell. When I found out how he really felt, I knew I was too damaged to let him into my life; I had trusted before and the pain of the past seeped into my future. I was determined to run yet Jonathan was determined to pursue me; but I knew that we faced insurmountable challenges that would eventually rip us apart.~Lena.Sensual, intense, heartbreaking, romantic. Lena and Jonathan's story will take you through an addictive journey of discovering the pain and pleasure of interracial love. Kim J West is a ghost writer and travel writer for leading publications. White Male is her debut novel as a published author.

    If you like these elements in your stories then this is the novella for you... Midas is a man who doesn't get a long with anyone and that's just fine with him. Life has taught him that most people would lie and cheat in order to get what they desired. When his family's firm sets out to create a foundation in honor of someone important to him he knows he won't let preachy little Anna Marshall get in his way. He was a man who always won, no matter the cost. When he meets the striking beauty he knows just the way to change her mind. He starts down his path of deception and quickly realizes that he is the one who is having the change of heart. But what will he do when Anna realizes his game? *Guaranteed HEA *Possessive Alpha male *Can be read as a standalone, better if consumed in order :) The next novella featuring Ramsey Volkov will be available in August 2019....

    In recent years, after too much blood has been shed and Theodoros Petrakis’s oldest son, Andreas, loses his wife, both families decide to put an end to their war with an arranged marriage between Giannis Drakos’s oldest son, Aris, and Theodoros’s oldest daughter, Evangelia. With their upcoming engagement, the war between two powerful families will end, and the streets of Athens will finally be clear of blood. Registered nurse Mia Williams cancels her engagement to her long-time fiancé, leaving her lost and unsure of what to do with her life until one night something happens that changes everything. When Mia comes across a man dying outside of her apartment, she must save this mysterious yet dangerous man who comes into her life unexpected, changing it forever. Mia still isn’t quite sure yet if it’s for the better or worse. Aris comes to New York from Greece to handle some business on his father’s behalf when he is attacked and left for dead. Fortunately, a young woman finds him and saves his life, and Aris must find a way to repay her back the debt of saving his life. But Aris finds that when it comes down to Mia Williams, a debt doesn’t always have to be paid with blood and money, but sometimes with love and lust. As Aris becomes more attached to the woman who saved his life, till the point that he doesn’t want to go back to the woman he has to get engaged to, Aris must make a choice. Either he must choose his new-found attraction with Mia or follow the word of his father and get engaged to Evangelia.

    She did what was expected of her and lived life between the lines. No one would ever accuse her of taking chances. Being a risk-taker was not in her DNA. But, the first time she saw Gavin Carpenter, all those things went out the window. Dating the father of a student wasn’t strictly forbidden and in Regina’s mind, that meant she had permission. When did he decide to believe in love again? Gavin Carpenter spent years shielding his heart from women who weren’t any good for him, or his son Riley. After a betrayal at the hands of his son’s mother, he swore off women, and relationships, which suited him just fine. Until she strolled into his life with her soft smile and beguiling eyes. Regina Perkins was the one woman who made him willing to risk it all for one chance of holding her in his arms.