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Desires of the Heart by Beverly Taylor


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Savior & Sycret 2: A Forbidden Love


Jade Royal - 2019
    It almost seemed as if Savior only pretended to have feelings for her to hide the truth behind their past. Burned by that truth, Sycret refused to be scarred. The Banks wouldn’t be able to lie to her or control her any long. Out from under Fox, and with Savior dead she was committing herself to do exactly what she wanted to train to do in the first place. Avenge her parents. With complications rising up, Sycret decides to team up with Jackson Keen, the man her parents had mentored themselves. For Jackson, it made perfect sense that he and Sycret become a couple, but Sycret wasn’t into falling in love. Not again. Amidst all the things going around her, Sycret’s heart was just as broken as any woman’s would be at finding out the man they loved was deceiving them. No matter what lay in front of her, she couldn’t stop thinking about Savior Banks. Her dreams were filled of his memories, and awake her mind crossed him each time she had idle time. How was Sycret going to keep up with avenging her parents when she was haunted by what she did to the man she loved? Could she move on with Jackson or did killing Savior murder her only chance at being in love?

A Real One Captured My Heart 3


K. Renee - 2020
    For years, Shanice has lived with the heartbreak of her father’s death. When he shows up and reveals that her future is responsible for past pain, Shanice is unsure of what’s next for her and Truth’s relationship. What she does know is that, someone is now depending on her, so she has to make her next move her best move. Gia and Gabe are excited about welcoming their new baby but Tommy, the father of Gia’s daughter just can’t let go! With Truth and Shanice fighting for love and life and Gabe and Gia trying to focus on the future, trouble finds them once again. Truth and Gabe will have to do whatever is necessary to protect their legacies even if it’s the ultimate sacrifice. This finale will be a roller coaster ride of drama and pain but what else can Shanice and Gia expect after Falling for the Love of a Real One.

How the Baptiste Boys Took Over North Carolina 3


Natisha Raynor - 2016
    Shaka is the female version of the Baptiste boys, and with her joining the crew, heat comes to the city faster than anybody can blink. Shaka makes a lasting impression on a lot of people, especially one of the men in the crew. An unsuspecting hero comes along and does for Lyric what she feels Jules should have, and that causes tension in their marriage. Jules is determined to get his marriage back to where it was, and he doesn't care who he has to eliminate to get it done. He and Lyric have to learn to put their egos to the side and learn to fight for each other and not with each other. Emilie finally finds love, or so she thinks, but she soon finds that it's not all fairytales and happy endings. In true Baptiste boys fashion, this finale is going to rock the city.

Closer To You


Sheryl Lister - 2019
    However, secrets and danger lurk just below the surface. And some secrets could prove to be deadly. Love may be a distraction neither of them will live to enjoy… When Zahra Chandler unexpectedly inherits her grandfather’s small-town home and bookstore, she jumps at the chance to leave LA. There’s just one problem: she also, unknowingly, inherits a long-buried secret that someone would go to any lengths to protect, including murder. The only thing standing between her and a killer is the town’s arrogant, but irresistibly sexy sheriff—a man who ignites in her a passion she’s never felt. Kendall McKnight takes his job as sheriff seriously and is always prepared for anything…except his instant attraction to newcomer Zahra. As they’re drawn together in their search for clues, protecting her becomes less about civic duty and much more about carnal desire and he’s in danger of losing the one thing he vowed never to risk again—his heart. But the threat is closer than they realize and the truth, when revealed, could tear them apart forever.

What's it Like to Be In Love


Trese - 2016
    Meet Hendrix a street God that is ready to settle down. He finds love in Chandler, his sister’s best friend who is just as clueless at how the four letter word works. Can these two finally lay the bad taste that love has left in their mouth to rest or will they end their relationship feeling the same way that they walked into it? Take this journey with Hendrix, Chandler and their loved ones as they try finding the answer to the most asked question What’s it Like to be in Love?

Money & Montana 4: The Crew; The Finale


Chrissy J - 2015
    What was once a group of tight people, everything has changed them and the way they’re involved with one another. With truths to be told and snakes in disguise that could be standing right in front of them.Montana, for example, wass once the sweetest and smartest of the bunch, but even she has changed with an unexpected ranking and a surprising realization of something major in her life. Everyone in the crew is going through something— with enemies still in the shadows, breakups, mental hospitals, cartel takeovers, and the untimely death of a crew member. Will they be able to handle it? Will Money and Montana be able to stick together through all of the changes and chaos that is brought upon them by the shocking events that are taking place? Or will the crew fall apart and go their separate ways instead of banding together in their time of grief and drama? Find out in the final installment of Money and Montana.

The Eleventh Hour: Resurrection Book III (The Eleventh Hour Trilogy)


Kathryn Dionne - 2012
    

Stealing The Pastor's Daughter Pt.2


Edwina Fort - 2021
    

Never Had A Love So Dope


Ro Monique - 2019
    She could never say she had a good day, just good moments if you could even call them that. With no love from her father that raised her, to an absent mother who loved her dearly but only when she was around which wasn’t a lot. Her big sister Maiya was the family favorite and didn’t have much time for her little sister because she was doing her own thing living her life. She was just simply here. But when tragedy strikes everyone’s world is rocked and things go from bad to worse if that could even be possible, and then comes a ray of sunshine into Maliyah’s life. Zaire didn’t even have a heart let him and his brother Khari tell it. They were just here for a good time when it came to these females. Zaire and his brother were thrown away when they were babies but rescued by well to do family who thought could buy everything. Zaire was attracted to Maliyah from the moment he laid eyes on her. The more he resisted the more he was drawn to her, but he was a fighter so he was going to fight it as much as he could and that meant to the very end. Maliyah had never been loved in life and not to mention this dope so she was beginning to feel like this had to be too good to be true, and maybe it was…..

A Chi-Town Millionaire Stole My Heart 3: An Urban Romance: The Finale


Kevina Hopkins - 2021
    

I'm In Love With A Thug 3


Lady Lissa - 2015
    She is determined to get revenge against her brother for his shady act but in her condition, Zay won’t let her get involved in anything other than relax and prepare for the birth of their daughter.Zay has made a name for himself in the drug business and he is a force to be reckoned with.Prince is still being just as shady as ever trying to take over the whole Brooklyn area. What will happen when Prince and Zay finally face off?Africa is hiding the ultimate secret. Can she keep this secret or will it come back to haunt her? What will happen when these issues come to surface? Will this family survive all the betrayal and heartache? Who will live and who will finally meet their maker? Don’t wait any longer, open up and find out!

Q And Harlem: Blindsided By A Love Affair


Shaytrece - 2015
    His boys Preston and Presley, who were identical twin brothers, held him down as well as his big brother Martell. Q had his chick Skylar in his corner as well, or at least, that’s what he thought. When Q swore he was coming home to focus on getting his paper back up and nothing else, he was reunited with the chick he felt was meant to be his in the beginning. He’d wanted her before he got locked up, but he wasn’t letting her get away that easily this time.Meanwhile, Harlem ‘Lem’ Santana was living in hell with her boyfriend Dreon until he went beyond too far and had Harlem in the hospital and distanced from her friends and family. Harlem found the strength to leave Dre and relocating was her first move. She vowed to herself to stay away from men for a while because she’d gone through a lot with Dre and wasn’t looking forward to Dre part two. However, one of her friends, Shayn asked her to attend the welcome home party of the man Harlem had been interested in when she met him in college right before she met Dre. When Harlem, Shayn and their other two best friends, Rena and Renae, who were also identical twins, made it to the club that night, everything in her life changed. Some for the good and some for the worst, but there is only so much Harlem can take once she realizes she is not only facing demons of her own past; she has to face everyone else’s as well.Once skeletons begin to fall out the closet, there are all sorts of chaos that leads to a domino effect. There are fights, cheating, beatings and deep, dark family secrets that could possibly lead to some incest. Everyone has a past and it’s only a matter of time before it come back to bite you. Let’s just see who can survive a thing of the past.

The Way to a Killer's Heart 3


Neicy P - 2020
    

A Spring Baby Dilemma


Sarah Miller - 2020
    Will they ever be blessed with a child? FREE with Kindle Unlimited. Annie and Matthew are happy with their lives, but part of them is unfulfilled. On the eve of a blizzard, Annie is surprised to find a strange woman on her doorstep. She invites them in, and mystery unfolds. The woman has a baby and is running from a danger to the child. Annie knows they must help, but Matthew wants to tell the authorities. They soon discover the woman has fled, leaving the baby in their care. Annie and Matthew must decide what to do once the storm lifts. Should they keep the child as their own or try and find how to return the baby to an unsafe home? Find out their decision and the repercussions of that decision in Bestselling Author Sarah Miller’s A Spring Baby Dilemma. More by Sarah Miller: 42 Christmas Brides and Sweet Kisses 40 Sweet Inspirational Romances Healing Hearts for Christmas Home for Christmas The Baby in the Basket The Amish Healer Keeping the Faith The Baby and the Broken Heart Brighter Days Love Will Overcome Blind Love The Most Important Love A Quiet Amish Love Baby Lisa and the Amish Second Chance The Amish Home Amish Healing A Miracle Baby for the Amish Midwife The Amish Grandson a sweet Christmas romance Hidden by the Amish a sweet Christmas romance A Christmas Baby Miracle Amish Life and Love Amish Hearts Return Amish Love and Faith The Scarred Amish Bride And many more, why not Follow Sarah on Amazon?

The Pastor's Admin


Lakisha Johnson - 2018
    *** Daphne ‘Dee’ Gary used to love being an admin … until Joseph Thornton. She has been his administrative assistant for ten years and each year, she has to decide whether it will be his secrets or her sanity. And the choice is beginning to take a toil. Joseph is the founder and pastor of Assembly of God Christian Center and he is, hell, there are so many words Daphne can use to describe him but none are good. He does things without thinking of the consequence because he knows Dee will be there to bail him out. Truth is, she has too because … it’s her job, right? A job she has been questioning lately. Daphne knows life can be hard and flesh will sometimes win but when she has to choose between HIS SECRETS or HER SANITY, this time, will she remain The Pastor’s Admin? **DISCLAIMER** This is Christian FICTION which includes some sex scenes and language. ***