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N.O.L.A: Noel & Tamia
Cion Lee - 2019
Being 1/4 of the popular R&B group , N.O.L.A, means he can pretty much have whatever he wants. Despite having a girl back in New Orleans, he's not trying to settle down anytime soon. He just wants to have fun. Tamia Bellamy is the definition of fun. She's young,funny, gorgeous, free-spirited, and and an exotic dancer. What he thinks is going to be a one night stand with a freak ends up being way more than he bargained for. He tries to fight it, but the heart wants what the heart wants. He just can't understand why his heart would want someone as flawed and damaged as Tamia. Join Noel and Tamia on this bumpy ride! *THIS IS THE FIRST PART TO A TWO PART SERIES!"
Onyx and Starr
Lady Lissa - 2016
When he meets Starr, a cute and sassy little eight year old, he had no idea how much his life would change. With so much in common, the two quickly become friends. As a matter of fact, they become best friends. For the next few years, they continue to shoot hoops, help each other with their homework and just have good times. So what happens when they start to reach puberty? When Onyx gets promoted to the sixth grade and switches schools, while Starr gets promoted to fifth grade and remains in the same school, the two wonder if their friendship will remain the same. The two continue to bond and nothing changes, that is until Starr begins attending the same school. Onyx is now an eighth grader and star of their basketball team. Starr is also on the girls’ team and they are both excellent players. Mandy, a cheerleader at their middle school, begins to take special interest in Onyx during this time and the two become a couple. Their relationship blossoms and continues until they reach high school, even though Mandy has insecurities concerning Onyx’s relationship with Starr. After voicing her opinion about their relationship for a couple of years, Onyx finally has enough and breaks up with her. But Mandy is not going to give up on him and their relationship that easily. She begins to spiral out of control and make Starr’s life miserable. Onyx discovers he has feelings for Starr that are more than just friendly. He wants to take it to another level, but Starr is afraid of risking their friendship for something new. Mandy has a feeling that Onyx is in love with Starr, but she is not going to stand by and watch her man be happy with a homewrecker. Even though she and Mandy have engaged in several confrontations, some resulting in fist fights, Mandy still won’t stop torturing the one person she is sure broke up her happy relationship with Onyx. How far will Mandy go to end Starr and Onyx’s friendship? Will Starr finally follow her heart and accept the love that Onyx is offering her? Or will their friendship be ruined forever?
Never Stop Loving Me: A Houston Love Story
Kee Nicole - 2017
Only focusing on school at the moment, she never thought she would run into an old classmate at her job. His type was what she vowed to always stay away from. He was the hit it and quit it type. People can change right? When he starts showing interest and showing her he wasn’t how he use to be, she debates on giving him a chance. Would it all be worth it in the end? Could Future be her soulmate? Future Monroe was well known in Houston, Texas by everyone, especially the women. Future has his eyes set on Fawn when he bumps into her purposely at the store she worked in. Making her go on a date with him, she finally let’s her guard down. When Future starts having feeling towards Fawn, he starts to doubt if he could be that man for her, especially when another woman is trying to make him love her…
The Trillest Love Story Ever Told: Phyre and Supreme
Kellz Kimberly - 2018
Private schools, designer clothes and rarely hearing the word ‘no’ is how she was raised. With her best friend by her side, she’s out in the NYC living her best life or what she thinks is her best life. With an old relationship coming to an end, a new flame gets ignited. Phyre is ultimately caught off guard by the new flame until she realizes it’s exactly what she been waiting for to set her soul on fire. Having both a mother and father growing up is a luxury most kids from the hood don’t have. Supreme Young was lucky in someways to have both his parents but when it came to those not so lucky ways, Supreme had to step up and be the responsible adult. With both of his parents addicted to drugs, Supreme did what needed to be done for his sister. His parents failed to give his sister the world, so he made it his mission to do pick up the slack. Hustling, providing a future for Mirage and running through hoes was his life and not once did he think there was anything wrong. A few run ins with Phyre, has Supreme ready to add her as another notch on his belt. Not one to take no as an answer he continues to pursue her & eventually finds himself trying to change his doggish ways. Old habits seem to die hard when it comes to Preme & from he outside looking in, it doesn’t seem like love is a new trick to teach an old dog. Everyone knows love is an indescribable feeling that tingles between your toes, gives you butterflies in your stomach, makes your heart beat double time, and causes you to lose all common sense when it comes to the one who owns your heart. If all of that happens when you simply love someone, what do you think happens when you add a trill a** hood n***a to the equation?
A Toast To Love
Johnazia Gray - 2018
Especially to the one woman he loved with everything he had in him. After the love of his life, Vix, was murdered he gave up on loving and dating completely. He couldn’t bare the pain that came with love. That was until he ran into the beautiful, classy, and sweet Mashayla. Mashayla was a young, successful entrepreneur and she too loved hard. After getting her heart broken into a million pieces just a few months before her wedding, her life felt as if it was crumbling into pieces. She never knew that helping one of her love ones would push her into the arms of a real man who was willing to love, cherish, and honor her for the queen that she was. Mashayla and Hazel realized that love sometimes came with pain, love sometimes came with trials and tribulations, and most of all love sometimes came with a little deceit, but overall what they did realize during their journey was that real love overcome it all. This urban filled with romance novel is one that you don’t want to miss!
That's The Way Love Goes 2
Unique . - 2020
With the question of his baby’s paternity in the air, Suny and Kross are at a standstill in what we thought would be their happily ever after. In an attempt to learn what they’re really looking for, both agree to break away from each other in search of their own paths. But will it do more harm than good?
We’ve heard that when someone returns, it means it was meant to be. But how long are you supposed to fight for? What happens when both sides return with baggage? Will they finally give up fighting against the connection they were meant to have from the start? Or will the fact that they belong together scare them away indefinitely?
With All My Heart
Shenaé Hailey - 2019
That's usually what happens when you are born and raised in Harts Fall. The medium sized old school town holds onto traditions and values that a lot of people may consider outdated - including arranged marriages. In Harts Fall, parents choose mates for their children in order of age. With Prism Wells being the second youngest daughter out of the Wells clan, she has three other sisters that must be married before she has her chance. Unwilling to wait for an indefinite amount of time, Prism decides to not only take her love life into her own hands, but her career, too. Graham Richardson bleeds loyalty. His values are near and dear to his heart. Anything he can do for his family or close friends he does with no questions or expectations of anything in return. This part of his character, this unwavering loyalty, is the reason he agrees to marrying the woman his parents chose for him… at the same time that he offers one of his oldest friends' sister a job. The second Prism Wells steps foot into his office, Graham knows she's going to be trouble. Trouble in the most teasing and tempting way. In an instant, his desire to remain loyal to his family lessens as his desire to be loyal to his own heart builds. But will it be that easy to get out of the commitment he made or will both Graham and Prism learn that in Harts Fall, hearts can also break and stay that way. Please note: This is a novella. Though it has a beginning, middle, and end, it is told as a short novella. If you prefer novels that are over 25,000 words in length, please skip this title and read a previously published novel by Shenaé Hailey or B. Love.
How Could You Murder Us?
Charae Lewis - 2017
We die. But in between...we lie. After one hapless night, Sade’s world seemed to crumble before her very eyes. The one person who she adored the most made a terrible mistake that prompted Sade to make a destructive, misguided decision. She felt justified for her blunder, but soon realizes that she may have caused more damage than she intended. Sade attempts to fix the shattered pieces of her life but when something disastrous occurs, she finds herself coming face to face with a secret she tried so hard to keep hidden. Can Sade escape the detrimental choices she’s made, or will she be forced to deal with the repercussions of her actions?