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Sunday
Kaia Bennett - 2014
But all it takes is one explosive Sunday and an attraction that runs too deep to ignore to turn their worlds - and the way they see each other - upside down.Author's Note: This book contains strong language and sexual content with dark elements, some of which readers may find uncomfortable.
Activity Partner
Nitanni Chionne - 2009
Dr. Ethan Quinn is of English descent, a widower who recently moved from Boston to Chicago with his daughter. Both meet at a tee ball practice, and realize they have a couple of things in common--they're single parents and their social lives are on life support. *** Hitting it off, the two decide to become activity partners--attending each other's events and helping each other out with babysitting when need be. The two become more than friends, and their past begins to haunt them both. Cassie is faced with the prospect of trusting and loving again. Ethan knows about love, and wants to love her, but also has to face the fear of having and losing love.
Being Mrs. Blakemore
Olivia Gaines - 2013
Nearly kidnapped by human traffickers, she was saved by Saxton Blakemore, only to find herself in a bigger pickle; handcuffed and married to him. This created an even bigger problem since her husband was a mule for a drug cartel.Saxton Blakemore wasn’t happy with the turn of events either. His attempts to help the young woman was not turning out as he had hoped. He promised to get her home in one piece, but each moment spent in her presence, only intensified his attraction to his pretend wife.In order for them to get out of Mexico alive, they both understood, she would need to be very convincing at being Mrs. Blakemore.
Dance for the Billionaire 1
Jewelle Moore - 2013
Her only rule: no lap dances.Billionaire property developer Dominic O’Brien visits the club to conclude a business deal and is captivated by Chantelle’s sexy dance moves. He offers an obscene amount of money for a private lap dance and the chance to get closer to the stunning young woman.Chantelle notices the sexy tycoon while on stage and feels the sparks that fly between them. When he offers an amount large enough to take care of her financial problems and enable her to immediately quit the job, she breaks her rule. Totally inflamed by the lap dance, Dominic offers a matching amount for Chantelle to sleep with him. Infuriated, she flees from him and the club. He pursues her but loses her in the ensuing car chase. Not one to give up easily, when he discovers that the club owner doesn’t know Chantelle’s real identity, he hires several of the country’s best private investigators to track her down. But she’s disappeared without a trace.She haunts his days and nights for the next five months. And just when he’s given up hope of ever finding her, she walks unexpectedly back into his life.
Wild, Wild Mess:Atlanta
Jayha Leigh - 2007
Between building her empire and having an all out affair with ESPN, she has no love life, but it’s all good because at any given time, a game is being played and if they air it; she will watch it. Because she spends an inordinate amount of time crushing men in the games of their choice, she feels that men are oblivious to her as a woman and has given up on finding a man that isn’t intimidated by her or intent on showing her that he’s better than her. Steele, is Viking to the core—big, blonde, blue-eyed, and hot with all capital letters…and he likes to pillage. Being a man of privilege he’s accustomed to having his every desire fulfilled with all due haste—until he meets Atlanta. Steele has never met a woman who could say no in so many different ways. She’s determined to say her piece, pay her own way, and always, always have the last word.Regardless of their differences, they embark on a relationship that is marked by southern food and arguments and soon morphs into a full-fledged romance. Although Atlanta thinks Steele ranks right up there with football season, she doesn’t believe that a man like Steele would ever be interested in her—not even for sex. But Steele is a man who gets what he wants, and he’s determined to have Atlanta, no ifs ands or buts. Not even the ones coming from Atlanta.
Sweetly Swirled
M.L. Spann - 2018
The only bright spot in this downward spiral is going to her local coffee spot and drowning her sorrows in mugs of delicious coffee, served by an equally delicious barista, Jayce.When he offers Bri a job in his café, naturally she pounces on the opportunity (rather than him).Unfortunately, the position comes with strings attached: she must help him recapture the heart of his ex-girlfriend, and make him irresistible to her.Bri agrees to help, but now she’s the one pining away after a man who’s off limits. Going after Jayce is a bad idea, but everything changes and soon the steam in Jayce’s lingering gaze is hotter than the coffee they swirl.
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.
Booby Trapped and Baby Proofed
Imari Jade - 2012
One year later, he moves back to Daytona Beach, Florida to regain custody of his now two-year-old son, and he's anything but prepared to handle the precocious child, who doesn't seem to like him and who has more quirks than any child he's ever met. Harrison has spent the last twenty-two years ordering junior marines around and gaining their respect, but when it comes to dealing with Ethan, he doesn't have a clue what goes on in this child's mind. There's nothing that can hold him. He has a strange attachment to a stuffed rabbit, and he won't let anyone touch him except for Angel Robbins, the nice lady next door who runs the neighborhood day care. Harrison can understand his son's affection for the beautiful African American female. She has a kind heart, a rocking afro, and a killer body. He doesn't know a thing about kids, but knows a good woman when he sees one. Angel Robbins took a double-take when she went out to fetch the morning newspaper and spotted a gorgeous muscular white man moving into the vacant house next to hers. Normally, she would have just minded her own business, but there was something about the way her body reacted to the sight of him that made her want to get to know him better. Angel shows up at his door later that evening with a casserole in hand to welcome him to the neighborhood, but gets swept away by a pair of baby blue eyes. She didn't even blink when he told her that he was a widower with a two-year-old child. She liked kids and owned a day care center. She was never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but she did believe in fate? Harrison needed someone to help him with Ethan, and she needed someone to fill the void in her heart. Could it be possible that when it comes to a child, there is
Christmas Miracle
Violette Dubrinsky - 2011
In fact, she’s not really fond of anything that doesn’t include making her public relations firm even better than it currently is. She’s been called many things before, “cold” being the one most frequently used. Not that she cares. As long as her business is prospering, and she’s raking in profits, Melanie is as “happy” as can be. An encounter with a new potential client begins to change that. Sebastian Cameron Mackintosh doesn’t need a publicist. He’s a businessman, not a celebrity, though the paparazzi seem intent on ignoring that fact. Still, when the person who thinks he’s in dire need of one is his relentless little sister, he has no choice but to show up to the appointment. Expecting a short and boring meeting, Cameron is instead intrigued by the cool, stoic Melanie Samuels, owner of the MS Agency. Within days, intrigue turns to more, and before long, Cameron is completely smitten with her. All he has to do is convince Melanie Samuels to take a chance and trust him. With all the baggage that Melanie carries around daily, it will be a Christmas Miracle if she does...
Taming Mr. Jerkface
Nia Arthurs - 2016
She’s living life the only way she knows how, with one foot in the Kingdom and the other in the world. One divinely inspired encounter knocks her flat to the ground, literally. Melody finds herself swept off her feet by a hunky, Asian guy who is her opposite in nearly every way. She’s a quirky girl from the Caribbean in the big city for the first time. He’s a smooth, no-nonsense businessman helplessly drawn to her sincerity and weirdness. She blurts exactly what she’s thinking and he keeps his cards close to the chest. He’s close to perfect but not quite. Can this lively Belizean beauty tame the Jerkface?
Snatched
Sharon Cullars - 2012
Having quit a lucrative banking job, she is looking for a better opportunity when fate throws a kink in her plan. Disappointed by a setback, she is not in the mood when a gang of bikers called the Demons roll through the streets where she is walking. One of the bikes nearly clips her and she responds with a foolhardy gesture that puts her in their sights. Unfortunately for her, the Demons do take prisoners and she finds herself snatched off the streets by one of the gang members.Eric McIntyre aka Dele Larson, is new to the Demons. Unknown to the gang, he is an undercover cop looking to get info on some bodies discovered in the Mojave Desert. The police suspect that the gang is responsible for the murders as well as other criminal enterprises. When Dele is forced by the gang leader to take the attractive woman prisoner, he has to play his hand deftly. But how can he keep her safe without blowing his cover? And how can he keep his growing feelings for her in check?
Rogue In Love: Thea and Lex
Inger Iversen - 2017
Lex knows exactly where the good people of Blackwater think he belongs. In prison, right alongside his no-good, murdering father. It’s one reason he’s spent the last two years living rough in the woods outside of town. The other? Thea—granddaughter of the man who rescued him from an irreparably broken home. The exact moment Lex noticed Thea had grown into a woman, he was packed off to the military. Lex gets it. He knows better than anyone he tends to destroy everything he touches. Now, ten years later, a mysterious summons brings Lex back to civilization, though the thought of watching Thea marry someone else ignites a savage instinct he dares not unleash. At first, Thea doesn’t recognize the grizzled, mountain of muscle who breaks into her grandfather’s house in the dead of night. Until his rusty, familiar voice emerges from all that unkempt hair. Lex, the boy who broke her heart when he walked out of her life. For a while, she had everything she thought she wanted: a successful medical career, a doctor fiancé, a comfortable future. With a single, hopeless diagnosis, she dropped everything—including the fiancé—to come home. And into the arms of the boy who has matured into a man who makes her body tremble with desire, even as her brain warns her to guard her heart. Forever is waiting just on the other side of the emotional walls towering between them. Walls that love could leap…if it’s strong enough to shed the weight of their pasts. This book includes the first chapter of Open Wounds and a sample of Incarcerated: Letters to Inmate 92510 The Love Against the Odds books are written as standalone, bwwm/interracial romances. However, your enjoyment may be enhanced if you follow this order: - Incarcerated: Letters from Inmate 92510 Katie & Logan 1 - Inevitable: Love and War Teal & Trent 1 - Indelible: Beneath His Ink Teal & Trent 2 - Rogue in Love: Lex and Thea | standalone novella - Open Wounds: Abel and Hope | standalone novella - Indebted: Til' Death Do Us Part Teal & Trent 3 - Weathered Soul: Eric and Ivory | standalone novella
A Chance At Love
Ava Thorn - 2014
On a stormy night he save Bailey Henderson after her car runs off the road. The first thing Austin notice about Bailey when he saved her that A) She is very pregnant and B) Bailey has a eerie resemblance to his dead wife. Bailey is so confused and lonely her life hasn't exactly panned out the way she wanted. Pregnant and all alone, she doesn't have the resources to keep her baby. Her parents practically disown her and the baby father wants nothing to do with her or the baby. Giving her baby up seem like the only option until Lucas present an solution to all of Bailey's problems.
Coveted
Naomi Wyatt - 2015
No cliffhangers! * WARNING: Includes hot, steamy sex scenes with a bad boy, alpha male with a dirty mouth and a curvy girl from the city. Roc knew that Yanna E. Hill was his the moment that he laid eyes on her. Yet, it was not until five years ago that he claimed her, and, ever since, she has been under his love and protection. He is obsessed with her. She is addicted to him. This passionate couple has been living in enduring and undying love... until now. Suddenly, chaos erupts. Roc has no idea which crime family could be behind these sudden attacks, but he is desperate to find out, while he protects his precious jewel, Yanna. Meanwhile, Yanna is fighting to protect her own precious jewel; her heart. Beyond the present threat of danger, Yanna sees Roc's closest loved ones as yet another threat to their relationship, and she doesn't know how long she can continue this fight that she has been battling for decades. With a past that can destroy their future, and a present that can take them from one another forever, will this loving couple last to see happily ever after?
Sasha: The Wallflower
R.J. Fletcher - 2015
Her lifelong search for love and acceptance reach a tipping point when she encounters the man of her dreams. But, like any wallflower, he seemed to look right over her.Dmitri Durand Vikhrov is a man used to being surrounded by the most beautiful things, including women. Will he finally see Sasha, a woman who is usually overshadowed by the beauty of her friends? Is he capable of treasuring a woman broken by her past even as he fights the ghosts of his own that continue to haunt him?Find out in part 1 of Sasha: the Wallflower.