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Third Street Conjure Boys: Jinx
Nikki Clarke - 2020
We're magic, but we aren't magicians. We're ancient deities, all the things anyone has ever believed in, new and old. We're real and we're here, walking among you. Some of us are more special than others. Some of us hold the key to immense power and the ability to bestow it on others. Risers are hailed and hunted, wanted for the blessings they can bestow, and not always for good. From the moment I see my riser, the only woman who can help me attain maximum power in my human form, I know I want her, or at least I want what she can give me.This is the first installment of the Third Street Conjure Boys series.
The Heart of a Beast
Jade Royal - 2019
Jaxson, Kyra, and Mira were three different wolves seemingly stuck in the same lonely hole. Though they had a pack around them, the mating calls they knew were never coming always loomed in the back of their minds. Dealing with the constant attacks plaguing the Phoenix Pack and finding out who the real enemies were, Jaxson, Kyra, and Mira were not just battling mate-less existences, they were protecting and serving their pack against any and all threats. Still, there was nothing more complicated than the battles of the heart. Jaxson felt stuck between two women who had a hold on him. Knowing he was mate-less gave him the opportunity to delve into his wildest sexual fantasies with any woman he wanted. Only through growth he realized he didn’t want just any woman. He didn’t want just sex no matter how easy it came to getting it. He wanted what his family had and that was love. A woman he could share his body and his heart with. What each of them failed to realize was that love could cost an expensive price. One that was damn near impossible to pay.
It Took a Beast to Tame Her 3
Neicy P. - 2018
Patience finally gave into her Alpha. She is now ready to be his Queen and the mother of his powerful daughter, Xoey. As they prepare for the arrival of their Princess, unexpected guests and old demons put a wrench in their happily ever after. Patience is nine weeks pregnant with Xoey, the Alpha Princess. She is bigger and showing more than the average pregnant woman. Even as a shifter. The doctors can’t get close enough to tell the couple what is going on with Xoey, because she makes it hard for them to get close to her mother. Patience’s body gets weary and weak day after day. The answers she needs can’t be answered by anyone but the gift that her Papi promised her. Ginell Hope Locquet, her Grandmother. Hope has been alive and well in Greenland. She stepped down and gave her daughter Nesida her seat on the board of Elders. She knew how strong her daughter was and what she was capable of. What she wasn’t prepared for was seeing her daughters’ spirit in her home and a visit from her husband, Matteo. He told her who was back and that their great granddaughter was his primary target. She dusted off her cloaks and came out of retirement to fight an evil that she could have eliminated a long time ago. She dropped mega bombs on the family that have Patience hating her mother’s side of the family. Xavier is dealing with a lot. Not only with the bombshells from Patience’s grandmother, but someone has been kidnapping wolves from packs all over. One of the Alphas came unannounced to ask for help from the Queen. Xavier declined and sent Tyree and Errol to check things out. Tyree comes back with more bad news that got them rushing to Nylah’s Covenant. Xavier is faced with their worst enemy and some friends, which he knows is going to take more than his Queen’s magic to defeat them. Hope and Matteo reaches out to old friends and gets more than what they bargain for. Maxi has been going through his own battles. He didn’t want his mate to be from the conveying family that put dirt on his family’s name. He tried dating other women but found it hard to keep himself from killing them. When he finally found someone that could take his mind off of Nylah for one night, Nylah showed up and showed out. It wasn’t a part of her plan. She wanted Maxi to reject her so that she could live on with the man that she was promised to. But, Maxi was tired of fighting. He wanted Nylah for his mate. He knew that it was going to be a battle, but he wasn’t ready for the consequences. Lord Odom is back and ready to take his revenge out on the ones that drained his magic. He needs to revive Ma’vere to kill them, so that he can get his hands on the Devil’s Magic. Lord Odom wants to create his version of hell on Earth. He receives help from two demons and a voodoo priestess that is in love with one of the brothers. Lord Odom plans were working out and now he has two of the Queen’s loved ones on his side. There’s nothing in his way of creating his hell. In the finale, Patience will learn that decisions that were made for her when she was little will only better her as a mother, mate, Queen, and the Guardian of the Southern Territories. Kick back and read how the royal family handles they business.
The Space Between Set
Victoria H. Smith - 2014
Losing high-stakes poker has its consequences, but he’d repeatedly face them just to hear Lacey Douglas sing. Drake sees Lacey light up the stage, and he has to have her. But his intentions for being on her side of town turn out to be the reason he can’t. Chicago native Lacey has dreams of the opera, but life has its obstacles. Lacey has come to know her hardships as part of living in the real world and accepts them fully. When Lacey meets the intense and invigorating Drake, a fire is lit inside her, unleashing those dreams again.Two paths that should have never crossed prove to create the exact pairing the other needs. But when their worlds take time to catch up, everything they have is tested. Finding the space between the two sides that challenge them will be hard, but it’s the only place that will keep them together.THE DIVIDING LINE:Set to the backdrops of Paris and Chicago, Drake and Lacey’s story continues in The Dividing Line. When more than distance proves to be between them, Drake and Lacey must discover who they are in order to establish what they are together.DRAKE'S DESTINY (formerly titled: HEART & SEOUL):They’ve been through heartache, loss, and tragedy. But what lies in Seoul, South Korea is a whole new journey. Drake's Destiny is a novella to the new adult multicultural romance, The Dividing Line.
Fell for a Billionaire Vampire
N'Dia Rae - 2019
When her cousin suggests she goes to a new vampire bar in town, Zion reluctantly agrees. The bar seems normal until she is viciously attacked by a vampire and then saved by their leader, a mysterious vampire named, Knight. Knight and Zion's connection is strong, earth-shattering and fateful. Through Knight, Zion learns secrets about herself that she has never known. This romance is steeped in mystery, sensuality and unexpected reveals. Are you ready for this new take on an African American Parnamormal Fantasy Novella.?
The Love We Seek: A Forbidden Love Story (The Love Series Book 1)
B. Love - 2018
Each book has a happy ending. There are no continuations. Each book features a different couple and can be read in any order.* “People die or leave when you need them most. Nothing is ever certain. Nothing is ever sure.” – Kailor Smith When Kailor Smith’s mother dies, her life crumbles. Completely. Still looking out for her in death, Asia sends Kailor on a journey of self-discovery. The journey, meant to be a six-month path of fun and finding purpose, leads Kailor to Finley Trails where she temporarily lives with her brother Kai… and his best friend and bandmate Zion Johnson. Zion Johnson is convinced that he has only two things to offer the world – his music and his manhood. Nothing more, like love, but definitely nothing less. After losing his parents at a young age, he’s convinced it’s his job to protect every damsel that comes his way. Even his best friend’s sister. No matter how much his best friend wants him to stay away. As Kailor and Zion’s paths collide, they find themselves on a journey of healing and love together. There’s just one problem; their union is forbidden. Not only could their relationship destroy Zion and Kai’s friendship, but it also has the potential to ruin their band and all of the success they’ve built. The odds are stacked against them, and for a while they are even at war with their own feelings, but Kailor and Zion must choose between love or the numbing pain they have both accepted as their truths.
Rapture 3
Perri Forrest - 2016
It holds especially true when you’re Rush Cambridge. The story is back and with something of a vengeance. In RAPTURE, new couple Alika and Rush were brought together under severe circumstances. Alika literally crashed into Rush’s life and created a need that he didn’t realize existed until she was there to awaken it. By RAPTURE 2, the couple had already been faced with the first of many obstacles: Rush’s father was murdered, his mother’s return after years of absence, and the arrival of a daughter that Rush never knew existed. RAPTURE 3 promises to keep the momentum going. Rush wrote off his sister, Jamie, when he realized that she knew about his daughter. Will they mend their relationship? Or will they remain siblings in name, only? What will happen when tragedy strikes and the traumatic event touches several of the lives that Rush holds dear? And what about Siobhan, Rush’s mother, who was being sought for his father’s murder? Somebody doesn’t want to let it go, and wants to make sure that Siobhan pays for her crime. It’s just too much, isn’t it? Well, it’s happening all while Rush and Alika await the birth of their first child. We know this couple can overcome just about anything, but will it still hold true in the end?
Breathless (The Beaumonts Book 9)
Angie Daniels - 2015
After the death of her fiancé, Sedona Beaumont had given up on love until she meets nice and oh-so-naughty shipfitter Keith Falcon. The gorgeous hunk has a body that promises hours of tantalizing pleasure, and with every breathless moment they share, Sedona starts to believe there really is a thing called second chances. Keith never believed in luck until the sexy motivational speaker responded to his online profile. After spending years admiring her from a distance, he’s determined to finally claim Sedona in every way. Only there is something he isn’t telling her. And once Sedona stumbles across the truth, she will have to decide if she’ll forgive Keith and make the holiday better than either have ever imagined. Because once he loves, he loves for life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Angie Daniels is a free spirit who isn’t afraid to say what’s on her mind or even better, write about it. Since strutting onto the literary scene in five-inch heels, she’s been capturing her audience’s attention with her wild imagination and love for alpha men. The USA Today Bestselling Author has written over twenty-five novels for imprints such as BET Arabesque, Harlequin/Kimani Romance and Kensington/ Dafina and Kensington/Aphrodisia Books. For more information about upcoming releases, and to connect with Angie on Facebook, please visit her website at www.angiedaniels.com.
Fascinated By A Billionaire: A Vampire's Tale
Fatima Munroe - 2020
After numerous flings with married men, she longs for the man currently sharing her bed to make good on the promises moaned to her in the heat of passion. Realizing too late she’d never be more than Charles’s plaything; she begins to reevaluate her priorities in love and life. As the head of Bello Enterprises, Vasilios Bello is a charismatic genius who everyone has eyes for, including Cyndi, his personal secretary. Women trip over their feet to be seen on the arm of this corporate shark. Unknown to anyone, including his closest advisor, Vasilios has a deep, dark secret that he’s forced to remain vigilant and keep under wraps. Mythical creatures only existed in the fairy tales told to children to keep them afraid at night. Thrown together while avoiding a potential tragedy, Kharynn can’t deny her attraction for the chocolate Olympian who saved her life. In his eyes, Vasilios saw Kharynn as the ultimate temptation: beautiful, voluptuous and inviting. Realizing that their attractions were reciprocated, Kharynn and Vasilios engage in a hypnotic love affair. But once Cyndi and Charles discover their betrayal, will their unpredictable temperaments tear these two lovers apart? He vowed to protect her from harm. She vowed to be his forever. Will their impossible love story be a match made in eternity?
Shattered Lives 3
T.M. Pigatt - 2017
I’ve done everything to survive. I’ve been running for so long... but no more. It’s time to stand up and fight. I will fight for my life. I will fight for the love and the passion that Charles has awaken. I won’t let them take that away from me. Charles.... From the moment I saw Samantha, I felt a connection. I knew that I was going to have to make her mine. Now, I won’t let anyone take her away from me. Doesn’t matter who I have to battle. Even if it’s Samantha herself, or a ghost waiting in the shadows, I'm NEVER letting go!
Securing the Heart of A Bully
Kennedy B. - 2020
Heart's Desires
Kasey Martin - 2016
The tall, tan, broad shoulder, emerald-eyed, sexy specimen took her breath away, but as sexy as he was, Charlie could tell that he would be dangerous for her heart. However, the chemistry between the two of them was undeniable.Jake knew at first sight that the ebony goddess was his, and no matter how fast she tried to run, he would stop at nothing to make sure that she, as well as everyone else, knew that they belonged together.Will these two find the love their heart’s desire, or will outside dangers keep them apart?This BWWM book contains hot and steamy love scenes between a sexy alpha male and a sassy, gorgeous, black female.
I Got Love For A Carolina Hustla 2
Nikki Brown - 2018
His love for Ocean and the news of the baby they created may be the only thing that will save her life but will it be enough to save what they’re trying to build? Sony and River just can’t seem to get it together and the back and forth between the two is stopping anything that they’re trying to develop. Ivanka is trying her best to make herself relevant in Sony’s life but her constant run ins with River’s savvy banter is stopping her at every corner. With their past in the way can the two come together and be what they both desire? After everything that Cherice has been through, she again finds herself in a situation where she has to choose between the man in her life and her family. Unbeknownst to Cherice, Bryce has an ulterior motive that may cause her to lose everything. Will she be able to see past his deception or will she once again fall victim to love? With new threats on the rise and old snakes still lingering, will the Sharp brothers be able to hold their reigns in the streets and keep the women they love safe? Or will they get sucked up in the world of being a Carolina Hustla?
Eddie's Cinderella (Found Love #8)
Vivian Rose Lee - 2015
That was until she picked up a drunken Eddie Smith, an all-star linebacker for the Atlanta Bueto’s. Never in her wildest dreams would she have ever imagined that instead of a routine pick up and drop off, she would be leaving his home the next morning… and with only one sneaker. The events of last night may be one big blur, and his memory may be slowly coming back to him in drips and drabs, but Eddie remembered being with a beauty woman last night, and he will never forget the night of unbridled passion that they shared. He may have tied one on, but the pink sneaker in his hand was proof that what happened last night actually did happen, and wasn’t just some dream. Unfortunately, he had a few minor problems. He didn’t know her name, he couldn’t get her out of his mind, and he had absolutely no idea where to start looking for her.