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The Carter Girls: (Re-release Part Two)


Desiree M. Granger - 2015
    Concludes the end of this series.

Keeping Busy


Tracy Gray - 2020
    More accurately, they grew up across the street from one another. He spent his youth pretending like she didn’t exist. She spent hers pretending to be unbothered by his lack of interest.Maddox “Busy” Mayhew dedicated himself to setting goals and reaching them. So, being drafted to the league wasn’t a surprise to anybody. The fact that he was a savage on the football field, and crushed records wasn’t a surprise to anybody. The fact that he garnered the attention of countless women wasn’t a surprise to anybody. His fall from grace, though...that caught everybody off guard, including him. Now, he had to repair the damage he’d done, but frustratingly, he couldn’t do it alone.Mecca Goode minded her own business, and there was plenty of that to mind. Not only was she part owner of a hugely successful dance academy, she also choreographed for both collegiate and professional athletic teams on the side. She didn’t have time to keep up with the happenings of old childhood neighbors, except when their demise was playing out in the public arena.When Mecca is asked to step up to help Busy out, her immediate response is a thundering, “No thank you!” He spent years never even acknowledging her existence. Will she turn the other cheek, and help out a man who spent his entire life ignoring her?

Unearth Me


Grey Huffington - 2018
     Kirklynn Sayers, 34-year-old renowned therapist of Huffington Mill, has mastered every aspect of her life except love. She refuses to refer to herself as a hopeless romantic, simply, because she’s lost interest in finding it, altogether. Unsympathetic about her shallow hopes of partnership, she buries the hatchet and focuses on creating a legacy and defying the stigma attached to therapists as herself. Heath Benedict, 26 years old and the newest heir of the Benedict throne, is still suffering from the death of his grandfather years prior. Though he was blessed with a budding empire as a result of it, Harold Benedict’s death unsealed wounds that he’d covered for Heath’s sanity and protection. Heath has the world at the tip of his fingers, but the feeling of inadequacy is keeping him from accessing it. From the day he took charge of Benedict and Associates, Heath has only been content with one aspect of the company... access to Kirklynn Sayers. He, soon, discovers that her wholesomeness is the key to unlock his sanity. While she tries to solve his issues of inadequacy through treatment, Heath reveals that there’s only one way to heal him. Submission. Kirklynn refuses to submit and jeopardize her career, leaving Heath with no choice but to force his hand. Journey through a story of uncertainty as the two struggle to unearth their most sacred aspirations while undressing one another in the process.

Courtship: A 'Snowflake' Novel


Nia Forrester - 2019
    Having returned home after almost a decade in prison, he is no longer father to a young son nor husband to a deferential wife. Now, his son is a father himself, and his wife, Jada, is a woman changed by her newfound independence. Struggling to figure out his future, his marriage, and most especially his very identity, Ibrahim finds that to move forward, he must look back … Over the course of one weekend, he and Jada revisit the first heady days of their young and often immature romance, remembering the courtship that ripened into love, and trying to decide whether the bond they once shared can be revived or is gone for good.

An Iconic Love: A Hood Romance


Shaytreice - 2015
    She refuses to be like Faith or Pam and she soon finds out just how different she is from the two. Throughout her young life she manages to avoid two rapes, yet she isn’t successful at avoiding a few brawls with her very own mother. When she no longer wants to run to her best friend Ti-Ti and Ti-Ti’s mother, Mama Toni, to protect her, she finds comfort, support, and true love in Saginaw’s most eligible bachelor. She quickly learns the trials and tribulations that come along with a man of such status. Iconic: A maturing young twenty-five-year-old who has survived the streets and drug game and is still on top. He has been so knee deep in dealing with hood fame and keeping his legit businesses afloat that he hasn’t had time to truly focus on love. Everything is going well for Conic until love comes unexpectedly knocking at his door. Conic soon learns just how crazy falling in love can be. From falling in love with a younger woman, unexpected fatherhood, to crazy exes, Conic starts to believe he can’t win for losing. Iconic Love: There is a phrase that says ‘everything happens for a reason.’ For whatever reason, the universe brought Iconic and Love together, and together they are both determined to persevere through whatever comes their way. But do the two strangers turned lovers have what it takes to weather the storms that are brewing against them?

Regret the Day I Said Yes: Too Late For Sorry


Regina Swanson - 2016
     That thing called LOVE can turn your entire world upside down and knock you on your ass in the blink of an eye. Alan has done the unthinkable and just might have burned any chance of reconciliation with his wife after leaving her stranded and flown home with his mistress. Regret the Day I Said Yes: Too Late For Sorry is a story about a group of couples who think they have found the answer to having a happy lifelong marriage. Bailee & York and Tiffany & Damon have been secretly swinging for years. As they see their friends' marriages on the brink of disaster they encourage them to give it a try to spice things up. While it all seems logical at first, time later reveals that every choice has a consequence; Good or bad, their actions can come back to haunt them. Can these marriages be saved? Can these friendships be rebuilt? Have you ever regretted the day you said yes? Sometimes it's too late for sorry.

All I Want is that Hood Love 3


Mercedes G. - 2015
    Mega’s tired of playing games and there’s a new chick in his life, but there’s something about Taysia that he just can’t seem to shake. Will they finally let go and throw in the towel? Or is their love for one another strong enough for a happily ever after?

Unwritten


Hattie Jude - 2021
    But it doesn’t work. Secrets have a way of following me wherever I go.And the new people in my life might be even worse than the ones I left behind.Raf Barron is toxic, but I can't seem to stop wanting him.In a world where everything is about appearance, there’s no one I can trust. Friendships are murky, lust is mistaken for love, and decency is not even a consideration.Welcome to Longlake.I already want to leave.Unwritten is a dark romance, the first book in The Longlake Duet.

Cocaine and Candy Canes: Falling for a thug on Christmas Day


Tina Marie - 2017
    Deciding to get back up after life has knocked her down Kyona is determined to make this holiday season the best for her and her four-year-old son Xayden. But even that simple plan seems to be beyond her reach. On top of that, the rudest nigga she ever met keeps popping up at every turn. Suddenly she finds herself fighting feelings for a man she told herself she hated. Chrome was focused on two things in life, the streets and the money he made in the streets. His attitude was unapologetic when it came to everyone until he met Kyona. She has him breaking every rule he has as her and her son teach him what true love means. Will love and lust lead to way more on this Christmas holiday or will a blast from kyona's past come back and destroy the bond that she and Chrome are building... Find out in this holiday story Cocaine and candy canes!

First, Last, and in Between


Jamie Bennett - 2021
    “It’s been a while.” Isobel’s lips moved as she mouthed words. Damned if she wasn’t praying.Eight years. That’s how long it’s been since Rory Morin went away, but now he’s back in Detroit to clean up his life. Eight years before, Isobel Starr made an appearance in it, and now he’s come looking for her—and she knows that she owes him.Isobel never left the city. She’s been getting by and doing better than when she first met Rory. Back then, she was a little kid hiding in the dark from him, a giant of a guy who scared people so much with his size and scowl that they crossed the street to avoid him.She doesn’t think that she’s same person anymore, but is he? Has Rory really changed after spending eight years of his life in prison? Can she trust him, and can she trust her own feelings for him?And when Rory’s past comes roaring back and threatens them both, will they be able to survive it?

Love in the Streets


Ashley Nicole - 2017
    You fall head over heels in love with him. Dr. Sienna Jameson grew up with a crime boss as a father and is not looking for a man with the same occupation. But Streets is cute… and sweet… and everything in between. How is she supposed to resist his charms while craving everything about him? Streets is just trying to do his job. Hooking up with the boss’s daughter is not in the job description, but after spending some time with Dr. Jameson, he’s not so sure he can stay away; however, the circumstances dictate that he must. What to do?

She Ain't Never Met Another N*gga Like Me


Jahquel J. - 2020
    

Of All The Boys I Used To Love


Carry Lowe - 2018
    So she wants no part of it.Yet, one Sunday evening as she’s sitting on her front porch, sipping sweet tea with her grandmother, the sound of loud rap music blasting through the neighborhood precedes the arrival of Amir Savage, who is moving in with his granny next door.He was tall and tatted and unlike anything the sheltered, church-going Wren had ever laid eyes on. And she fell in love with him on sight without even knowing it.But can a love between two people who are so vastly different ever survive?She’s all sweetness and innocence. He is violence personified; born and bred in the grit and grime of the bitter streets of New York. He is more accustomed to having people begging for forgiveness than getting down on his knees and praying for it.Though he does have a soft spot for the country girl, and no matter how much he tries to push her away, he can't seem to get her out of his mind.However, he knows that they don’t fit into each other’s worlds.But Wren knows that she loves Amir, and is willing to fight to be by his side.He’s the one who keeps lingering in her heart. Of all the boys she used to love.This is a Full Length, Standalone Novel.

Living Anonymous


Shataya Simms - 2018
    Abandoned by her drug addicted mother and absentee father, nine-year-old Aneesah is forced to live with her foster family in Ardmore, PA. Behind the picket fence in this middle class suburb, lies a dark secret of child abuse and neglect, until one day Aneesah befriends Capree Johnson who saves Aneesah from that nightmare. Life is sweet living with the Johnson family, led by music tycoon Kevin “KJ” Johnson founder of iLLADELPHIA Records. Going from rags to riches overnight, Aneesah is thrust into the glamourous life of a pampered princess, until she is faced with a life changing blow. Betrayed by the one person she thought would never hurt her, Aneesah journeys out into the world on her own where she meets James Hennessey aka Nyce, and is instantly intoxicated by his love. However, secrets, lies, broken bonds, and deceit continue to follow her, interrupting her seemingly picture perfect life and plaguing her relationship with Nyce who follows a strict code of Living Anonymous.

Just Say Yes


Brix McQueen - 2018
    We had finally called it quits, and I was ready to move on. Quickly.I was ready for something fun — something to take the edge off of being newly single. My friends suggested dating, but I declined and took their generous offer of receiving a spa day instead.What was supposed to be a relaxing experience, turned into a spine-tingling, soul floating, toes curling, body trembling orgasm. And it was from my high school crush, Garlen.The thing was, he wasn’t my only crush back then. I had one on him and his fine friend, Jerik. After the way he made my body come alive, forbidden, nasty thoughts of sampling them both invaded my mind. Not just alone, but together.I wanted them both.At the same time.And, have them do things to me I only fantasized about.But, I didn't know how to tell them.Do you ask for something like this or just submit and just say yes?