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Love Script
Tiffany Ashley - 2007
Laney Parks is either in the wrong place at the wrong time, or the right place at the right time-She isn't sure which. She isn't even entirely certain of how she got roped into posing as her hunky boss's wife. She finds it SERIOUSLY unnerving, though, to 'stick to the script' when that includes cuddling up and kissing in public, and even more unnerving to share the close confines of the cabin-and its single bed-with him. Rating: Adult situations and language.
Beauty and the Beast
Deatri King-Bey - 2006
Rarely did the beast leave his safe haven, for he'd given up on the outside world years ago. When the woman he has always loved is violently attacked, the beast must return to save her. Many see Bruce Maxwell as a beast, but to Nefertiti Townes, he is Prince Charming. After she is released from the hospital, she goes to the one place she feels safe-Maxwell Manor. Being under the protection of the man she loves should be a dream come true for Nefertiti, but their personal demons strive for a nightmare. As Nefertiti and Bruce fight their attraction for each other, they discover there was nothing random about the attack on Nefertiti.
After the Storm
Jewelle Moore - 2012
But after one unexpected, totally hot Friday evening encounter on her office desk of all places, she's convinced that maybe he returns the feeling she's harboured for him in the fifteen months they have worked together.Her euphoria doesn't last for long, though. The very next Monday she watches in shock as he kisses the young woman who drops him off to work at the office and then saunters in looking as though she had kept him up all night.Is there an innocent explanation for the kiss and Stephano's bleary-eyed appearance? Did his father suffer chest pains and have to be rushed to the hospital where the doctors kept him in all night for close monitoring? Or is it just an excuse Stephano's using to cover his night of pleasure with another woman?This novella is 30,141 words in length.
Something Real
J.J. Murray - 2002
Big-boned and notoriously sassy, Ruth is nonetheless the organist and a member in good standing of Antioch, Virginia's most prominent black church—or at least she was until she dragged the popular Reverend Jonas Borum into an ugly divorce.Having lost everything in the divorce—everything but weight, attitude and the fiendish desire to continue playing the organ every Sunday next to her scowling ex—Ruth scrapes by on what she can make as a hairdresser at Diana's, a tiny two-seat salon. Alone at night, in her basement apartment, she indulges in ice cream and argues with the Almighty. Did He have to take everything away? And when is He going to give something back?The Good Lord must have a sense of humor. That's the only conclusion Ruth can reach when He makes her fall head over heels in love...with a white man. Ruth's never looked at a white man before, but if you're going to look, why not look at Dewey Baxter? A big guy—just Ruth's size—with solid farm-boy muscles and a handsome face, Dewey's even cuter when he's with Tee and Dee, his darling children.But getting to Dewey, Tee and Dee is trickier than Ruth could ever have imagined. Her friends are appalled to see her chasing after a white man, and Antioch, her spiritual home since birth, is ready to throw her out on her ear. Still, with the help of jump rope rhymes, a homeless man who hears God's voice in a mason jar, and two children who want a Mama as much as she wants them, Ruth's determined to prove anything is possible. Even love between two people who couldn’t be more mismatched.
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.
Promises Kept
Erosa Knowles - 2013
Karyn’s job searches lead her down a surprising path – Surrogacy. It provided just the right amount of financial assistance necessary to keep her small family together and out of the clutches of the system.Flynn Cannon had made a promise to his dying wife to continue expanding their family with a surrogate. He’d put it off for over two years and finally found someone willing to meet all his late wife’s requirements. He should be happy, but he wasn’t.Cannon and Karyn clash as each strives to fulfill their promises to someone else. By the time their child arrives, each has their own version of Promises Kept.
Dirty Business
Monica Kaye - 2009
It wasn't long before he had his hands -and mouth- all over her. After one incredible night of sex, he awakens to find she’s disappeared, but it's not long before he finds her again. At his new office: she's his Executive Assistant! He can't allow himself to be distracted. He has come to Denver on a mission, to find the person trying to swindle him. Sean always gets his man. But keeping his distance from his newest employee is not going to be easy.Chloe Walters had no idea that the handsome stranger she slept with the night before would be her new boss. Or that she’d be the number one suspect in his corporate espionage investigation. She's on a hunt of her own to uncover the scammer. But Sean’s idea of cat-and-mouse has higher stakes than just her job.Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable. Spanking.
The Billionaire's FAKE Bride
Lena Skye - 2017
It was so hard to put down. I read it all in one sitting.." - Rosmari El Sasha Evers was a history major from Boston who kept herself to herself and often struggled to make ends a meet. So when a lucrative opportunity came up to be the pretend temporary bride to a mysterious British man she simply could not turn it down. The money was life-changing. However, Sasha really had no idea what she was letting herself in for. The man she was set to be the pretend bride for was a billionaire called Landon Carmichael and this meant her life was about to change more drastically than she could have ever imagined...
Gold Mountain
Sharon Cullars - 2010
In town, Leah and Clara, two enterprising women from New York, have plans of their own to grow a restaurant and laundry business. However, both plans go awry when Quiang and Leah meet one fateful day. What starts as a budding attraction soon grows into tumultuous desire despite the cultural and language barriers between them.Initially resistant, Leah succumbs to passion following a tragic loss that leaves her vulnerable and alone. With hopes for a future that now includes Leah, Quiang embarks on a perilous path as he leaves the railroad behind for a more profitable position as a courier for The Tong, henchmen for the dangerous Triad. Quiang soon finds that navigating the secretive life of a courier brings more danger than he has ever faced on the railroad, dangers that not only threaten to tear him and Leah apart, but may cost them their lives as well.Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content and graphic language.
Kian: Prince of Sorenia
Imani King - 2016
Abby: When I came to Gibraltar, I was looking for distraction. I was sad, angry, and hopeless—and dumped by my cheating boyfriend. Kian was the distraction I found. Over six feet of gorgeous, hard-bodied, arrogant, reckless, green-eyed, melt-in-your-mouth sexiness. He’s a player. A womanizer. And he’s got his sights set on me. When he invites me for a week at his villa, I can’t help but say yes. Who wouldn’t? And when we win an all-expenses-paid wedding in a dance contest, we both say, “I do.” It was all fake, a good laugh—wasn’t it? Imagine my surprise when I return home and find out that I’m absolutely, without a doubt, 100% married. And I’m a princess. Kian: My life is one huge party. My brother and I are the crown princes of Sorenia, and we live up to our reputation as bad boys. Why shouldn’t we? We both have to marry royalty and live up to our family name, whatever that means. When I meet Abby, she seems like another conquest. A woman to be won. And I always win. But Abby’s different. She’s brilliant and funny, and she’s the hottest woman I’ve ever seen. No man would ever let her go. And with her, I’m starting to feel more like a man and less like a bad boy. I’ll go through hell to be with her, and I’ll do more to make sure she stays my wife. And I don’t give a damn what my parents think I should do. Abby is mine. And I’ll make sure the world knows it.
Spring Summer Falling
Francesca Penn - 2019
A woman on his mind. And, it’s not the pregnant one. Henri Zidane has a dilemma: honor his commitment or get to know the quirky HR manager who cornered him in the stairwell. He has a baby on the way with a woman he doesn’t trust, and he keeps asking himself, “How did this happen?” Well, not how really, but why? Why! Why is it that even with all precautions he used, he still going to be a father before he’s a husband? And, no, he’s not about to marry Cassie! But one look into Sanya’s big brown eyes has him agreeing to things he’d usually turn down, and an unexpected twist has them spending a lot of time together which makes it harder to ignore the heat growing between them. Cute and quirky Sanya Shaw has an ax to grind and the super fit engineer Henri Zidane is the key — she hopes — to her looming predicament. She needs to fit into her dress to save face in front of a wedding party she despises. Weight loss is no joke, and she needs the real deal to help her meet her goal. She may not be able to blow off her commitment to be a bridesmaid for her ex’s cousin without seeming petty - even if her jerk of an ex brings The Petty – but she can take super-sexy and freshly single Henri along for the ride. When a racy weekend on the beach permanently shifts the dynamic of their friendship, Henri and Sanya find out that what started as a fitness journey has them falling in ways neither anticipated.
Irish Billionaire’s Revenge
Destiny Davis - 2016
But then, so is hers…Career-driven Denora James was never interested in finding love until she meets Max Greenheart, a devastatingly handsome Irish Billionaire who fills her minds with dreams that she’d never dared envision. As she’s swept into a whirlwind romance, it becomes all too easy for Denora to finally forget about the past that had haunted her ever since she ran away from home so many years ago. What she doesn’t know is that her past is tied to his in ways that she can’t even imagine.Max Greenheart has Denora exactly where he wants her. Fueled by an obsessive desire for revenge, he lures her into his life with the firm intention of destroying her. To Max, she is nothing more but a pawn in a meticulously-calculated plan. And yet, in spite of his hatred for everything that Denora James stands for, he finds himself growing inexplicably closer to the fiercely independent woman.But as Max falls in love with her, will Denora ever find out that their relationship started off on lies? And what happens when she discovers that she’s carrying his child?
Twelve Months of Kristal: 50 Loving States, Maine
Theodora Taylor - 2021
When he challenges this supposed elf to replace the date he lost, they share a magical night that he can't forget. Literally.Over the next year, the billionaire becomes more and more obsessed with the elf who disappeared the next morning, leaving behind no trace of who she really was. He can't find her anywhere, but he also can't stop thinking about her. And this obsession is threatening to destroy both his playboy lifestyle and his sanity.But then he sees a picture of the curvy elf on an American work colleague's computer, which is why....On the first day of the next Christmas, the Japanese billionaire flies back to San Francisco in his private plane to track down the elf who got away.And this is the magical and epic story of what happens next.This steamy, heartwarming novel is perfect for fans of omakase sushi experiences, PEOPLE magazine, spooky mysteries, and watching magical love stories unfold.NOTE: TWELVE MONTHS OF KRISTAL will only stick around until Valentine's Day. So get it now, while the magical lovin' is still warm!