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Black Ice: The Family Bloodline (When the Heart Turns Cold Book 4) by Charlotte Marshall-Murray
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When the Heart Turns Cold 3
Charlotte - 2018
She has to work hard to keep her sins covered up. As the lead profiler on the Philly serial-killer case, she's doing everything she can to keep the cops on the wrong path. Meanwhile, her husband, Kendrick Jordan, is moving on with his merry little life and planning an engagement with his new side chick, Crystal. A visit with someone from Nala’s past will help her put her recent transgressions into perspective. But will this person’s identity cause the lid to be blown off the Lady Ice investigation, or will Nala remain free to rid the world of cheating hearts?
Sweet Revenge
Tiana Cole - 2018
No one interferes in Thomas Carnegie’s business, especially some gossip blogger posing as a real journalist. I spent two years tracking her down and now that I’ve found her I plan to return the favor. Take away her business the way she did mine. But Antonia Ellison isn’t what I expected. She’s not cold and cynical, opportunistic or aggressive. She’s sweet. Sexy. And she’s not impressed by me or my billions. I think I'm falling in love with her. If I don’t let revenge get in my way. I didn’t know what, but he was up to something. For some reason, Thomas Carnegie had it out for me. He bought the building for my new sweets shop and refused to honor the lease. He wants me but he doesn’t trust me. Hardly seems to like me most of the time. Until our mouths touch and then all is forgotten. The tension and the awkwardness. We can’t seem to get enough of one another. I might let myself love him. If I can figure out what he’s hiding... **** This is a standalone Novel with a touch of steam and HEA. ****
Cinfully Delicious
A. Jones - 2018
A thriving cafe, great friendships and most importantly a love like she's never experienced. Though cloud nine doesn't fully depict the joy Cin feels, it's the best word that defines her happiness. The only problem with clouds is that they sometimes bring rain. Amad Moore, formerly known as The Playboy, finally has the one woman he's always wanted. He's jumped through hoops and knocked down heart walls to get to where he is today... in a fully committed relationship with Cin. One mistake… one misunderstanding… is not only threatening their happiness but digging up a past that they'd prefer to keep buried. Will Amad and Cin weather the storm that's threatening their happy ending, or will the past make them both give up on what they thought they wanted? Please note: These characters appear in "Sugar Rush" but the prior novel does not have to be read to understand and enjoy "Cinfully Delicious."
Spanish Billionaire's Surprise Baby Daughters
Nicki Jackson - 2019
it makes these Spanish nights even hotter.
But can I protect her or will she become a target just like the last?
Note: Spanish Billionaire's Surprise Baby Daughters is a steamy romance between a Spanish Billionaire with a dark past and the beauty who may just give him the baby daughters he's always wished for.
The Billionaire's Secret Mistress, Part 2
Destiny Davis - 2015
Even worse, she learns she's pregnant with the charming entrepreneur's baby and debates terminating the pregnancy. At the affluent playboy's surprise birthday party, the two make amends and Angela confesses she's carrying his child. However, his reaction isn't what she'd hoped. Dark secrets he's been hiding come spilling out one by one, and what he's been concealing so deeply will change everything Angela knows about the man. Will Angela be able to understand and forgive the billionaire's deceit, or will his lies be the end of them and their baby? This is the second installment and conclusion of the " The Billionaire's Secret Mistress " two-part serial. You should definitely read Part One first to avoid confusion. ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010... )
Something Special
Tiffany Patterson - 2018
Jamal Holmes. My best friend’s cousin. So what he may be able to help me finally make the move to get my business off the ground. He’s a pompous jerk and judgmental to boot. At least, those are the very excuses I tell myself to avoid his help at all costs. Now, if I could just get my silly body to stop reacting every time he’s near. If I could manage to control my erotic thoughts whenever he opens his mouth or tosses one of those goofy grins my way, everything would be just fine. Only if he didn’t look so damn good in everything he puts on… Jamal I can’t stand her. Gabriella, Gabby for short. She’s brash, snarky and seems to have it out for me. A damn she-devil. I don’t give a damn how great her legs look in the tight jeans and leggings she wears. Or, how appealing her mid-section appears in the halter tops she frequently dons. Nor do I care that her smooth, brown skin always looks good enough to taste. She’s a pain in the ass. At least, I thought she was until I started getting to know her. The real Gabby, and not the defensive, sarcastic, she-devil she initially hid behind to put up a wall between us. Slowly, I start to realize I get under her skin just as much as she gets under mine. And once we finally begin to break those walls down, we are both surprised by what’s underneath. Neither of our attitudes, or our pasts that come back into our lives can come between what’s inevitably … Something Special.
The Maid's Daughter
Brooklyn Knight - 2018
Despite Naomi's apprehension, the two teenagers engage in a forbidden romance, which lasts two years, until William's mother discovers their secret. Everything is irrevocably changed. William is sent to school in Massachusetts, and Naomi is shipped off to Seattle. To William's devastation, his mother has effectively severed the ties he had with the only girl he has ever loved and he is forced to move on with his life. Forty years pass before fate allows William and Naomi's paths to cross again; but now, William is a married man whose wife has been diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening illness, and Naomi is retiring from the nursing profession. Naomi could never have prepared herself for a spontaneous reunion with William - a reunion which forces both of them to confront the menacing ghosts of their past. But will she be able to prepare herself to act as the private nurse for William's dying wife? And will she be able to handle the hidden family secrets that are brought to light once she returns to her hometown?
Accidental Love
T.M. Pigatt - 2018
To help me cheer up, my friends decided I needed a trip to Las Vegas. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? At least that’s what I thought until I woke up married. Morgan Bridgewater I’m having the day from hell. I broke up with my long-term girlfriend Mia. I thought she would go quietly but boy was a wrong. She brings down a hell storm like no other. My brothers decide that I need an escape. Vegas has always been fun for us. However, this time it took on a new meaning when I met a beautiful brown skin woman. From the moment I climbed between her legs I forgot all about Mia. My brown lover was my savior until she woke up in the morning with my ring on her finger. Now I must figure out how to keep my wife and deal with the hell my ex is trying to put us through.
Risky : A Novella
A. Marie Johnson - 2017
In desperate need of a very quick come up, she finds herself willing to spend one night with a man who is as mysterious as the past she doesn’t know he’s hiding, but what will happen when one night turns into several and Remi finds herself once again battling between what she believes is right and what she knows is wrong? Though she knew what was at stake when she agreed to do what he asked of her, the battle between her heart and her mind leaves her willing to chance it all in a risky game of sex and love, a game where the two can so easily be confused as one and the same. Usually, the reward is always greater than the risk, but what will the outcome be when the risk is greater and Remi finds herself in a gamble of getting everything she’s ever desired only to give herself up in the process. Fair warning: This is not the average romance or love story. This is a story of risk and opportunity, where two people find themselves unwillingly falling for each other along the way of those two things.
Legally Bound Special Edition: Misha: Ilegal Desires / Ellen: Illegal Ties
Blue Saffire - 2017
The box set includes the Legally Bound Novella Collection from 5.0 to 5.4 Legally Bound 5.3 Misha: Illegal Desires is Book 5.3 in the Series Legally Bound 5.3 My name is Misha Krupin. You may have heard of me, Da? I’m sure you have. Man like me has reputation. I have been pushed too far. Now, I have score to settle. I need break from Russia for now, which mean America is now my home. My little kitten Tasha has not heard last of me. We have history. I have kept my promises to Czar and LaSalle. No more! Time is up. Blood has lined the streets. All secrets are about to be revealed. *This is Book 5.3 in the Legally Bound Series a novella in the bestselling Legally Bound Series leading up to conclusion to the series, Legally Bound 5.5 Legally Unbound. Blue Saffire’s books are written to weave, loop and intertwine with one another. You will find that the series build together for a greater experience. Legally Bound 5.4 Ellen: Illegal Ties is Book 5.4 in the Series Legally Bound 5.4 The countdown is in play…I don’t know the day; I just know what it all looks like and how the day begins. I’ve known this day was coming for me. I choose this. I took something that wasn’t mine and now I have to give it back. I’ve ignored the truth for as long as I can. This has become bigger than me. Worlds are going to change because of the people around me. The players are finally all in their place. It has become inevitable this day cannot be stopped. Now…now, I just have to prepare. It’s time I pay what I owe. I am the last Mrs. Mairettie. *This is Book 5.4 in the Legally Bound Series a novella in the bestselling Legally Bound Series leading up to conclusion to the series, Legally Bound 5.5 Legally Unbound. Blue Saffire’s books are written to weave, loop and intertwine with one another. You will find that the series build together for a greater experience. This is the read order for the best experience. Legally Bound 1 Legally Bound 2: Against the Law Legally Bound 3: His Law Perfect For Me 1 Hush 1: Family Business Ballers 1: His Game Brothers Black 1: Wyatt the Heart Breaker Legally Bound 4: Allegations of Love Hush 2: Slow Burn Legally Bound 5.0: Sam Ballers 2: His Final Play Legally Bound 5.1: Tasha Illegal Dealings Brothers Black 2: Noah the Beast Legally Bound 5.2: Camille Illegal Treasures Legally Bound 5.3: Misha Illegal Desires Legally Bound 5.4: Ellen Illegal Ties Legally Bound 5.5: Legally Unbound coming soon.....
A Royal Secret
V. Vee - 2018
A very big, very dangerous secret. One that could cost him his place in the line of succession to the throne if it were ever discovered, but one that he could never give up or do without. Meet Valerie Hall-Smythe: Prince Algerone's secret. She is the love of his life, and fourteen years ago, the two of them got married after having one blissful summer together. And while Valerie knew Algerone was a prince when he left her at the end of the summer. He assured her he would return and she believed him. And he did. Four times a year. Every year. For fourteen years. During that time, Valerie has given birth to five of Algerone's children, and now she's pregnant with his sixth, doing what she loves and raising his children, when news about Algerone's arranged marriage, a surprise to both the prince and his American bride, sends her to the hospital. And brings Algerone to her side to care for her. Now that his secret is at risk of no longer being a secret, Algerone is determined to go public, to claim Valerie and his children, but someone is bound and determined to keep the royal secret quiet... permanently. This book is 80,000+ words. It includes material that is intended for mature readers including strong language, sexual situations, and violence. It also includes mentions of hate speech. *Author Note: This is book 1 in a series. While the main characters have a HEA ending, the book does end on a cliffhanger.*
Glacier Gal
L. Langdon - 2017
Her graduation from college (the first of her family to do so) is marred by a scornful, cheating boyfriend who dismisses her as unadventurous. There is a kernel of truth to this, she realizes, but it has more to do with the family finances than any lack of interest. Her parents, hearing of this, scraped together the money to provide Gerri with a low-budget adventure: a bus trip across the country to spend a few weeks with her brother, a soldier stationed near Seattle. In this year of 1969, such a trip is not without danger for an unaccompanied young black woman, but she makes it to her brother's Army base unscathed. Her adventure is cut tragically short, however, by his sudden deployment overseas. Stubbornly determined to extend her adventure somehow, Gerri fixes on the idea of seeing a glacier. To this end, and unknown to her parents, she takes a side trip to Juneau, Alaska. There, her inexperience catches up with her and she runs out of money. Her search for a temporary job leads her to a fisherman, Sven Halvorsen. Depending upon whom you talk to, he is either a nice man with a tragic life—or a monster. This job leads her to further adventures—and dangers—beyond anything that she had dreamed. Sven lives a quiet life in a town where many still blame him for his wife's death. Against his better judgment, he hires a persistent, but inexperienced, Black youth as a deckhand. What he got was an attraction which was utterly unexpected. Pursuing this attraction took him to places that he never imagined. He yearns to make a life with her. Can he convince Gerri of this? And can he convince her to uproot her life in the face of hostility from her family and friends?
Fallin' For A Black Billionaire
Bianca - 2018
They are all arrogant and think you are supposed to bow down to them. Until I was accosted by Travis. Travis Spencer III: Handsome, extremely wealthy, and very smart. He dates women that are extremely beautiful and equally as rich, and I am way out of his league. Our one night together was a complete mistake. Travis: I promised my family that I would leave the younger ladies alone, but then I ran into Kriss. Kriss was everything I never knew I needed. How dare she thinks that we are non-compatible? After our one night together, I wanted more and I was going to get it... by any means necessary.
Prince's Black Surprise Princess
Ciara Cole - 2018
Duty. Honor. Succession. Legacy. My regal life in a nutshell. I never intended to break procedure. To shirk responsibility. To break a necessary arrangement… But desperate times called for drastic measures. It was accidental how I met her. Alice. The African American maid in my family’s palace. And it was just as unintentional to fall for her. For those dusky sienna eyes… Silky black curls… Warm brown skin… Neither heaven nor hell could keep me from having her. Our secret affair always had an expiry date. I was betrothed to another. But whatever f@#ked up plan we loosely had went to the wayside. Fast. Alice got kidnapped by mistake. And pandemonium reigned down. Now, even if I can rescue her, I need to make a choice… My kingdom or Alice? This steamy BWWM royal romance includes a torrid love affair between a royal and his maid; it also includes a beautiful little princess that is the result of their love.
His Unknown Daughter
Kayla Watkins - 2017
But when billionaire Carl Simon, Eve’s former employer and Adora’s father, comes to the agency looking for advertising services, Eve’s safe little world is blown apart. He’s come by in a last ditch attempt to revive the passion they once shared, but her eyes are fixed firmly on the future and she doesn’t want things to change. Things aren't easy to forget, especially knowing that, when he had to choose between his heart and his legacy, he chose his legacy. When they find themselves drawn together again, he’s fixated on doing the 'right thing' and she feels stuck in limbo between the dark past and an uncertain future. When Carl's family responsibilities come calling, will he move back to California and cut ties with Eve and Adora, or will the two lovers find the courage to face their fears and let the ashes of their old passion reignite and burn brightly again? **** This is a standalone full length BWWM romance novel with an HEA. **** Your copy of "His Unknown Daughter" (approximately 48,000 words) includes a BONUS BOOK by Tiana Cole