Unfortunately, her dreams didn't match the life that her father outlined for her. With her passion brewing from inside her, she takes a leap of faith and decides she rather chase her dreams than be stuck in school for four years. Now, Love was the last thing on her mind but even she couldn't fight the attraction when she bumps into a sexy player. Juice has everything a young black boy from the hood dreams of. Money, Fame, Good Looks and talent that takes him all the way to the NBA. One hand was dribbling a ball and the other hand was in the streets. What professional ball player do you know out here slangin'? When Juice is offered a new contract at a new team, he jumps at the opportunity to get back on the court after he tore his ACL. Little did he know he would have a chance encounter with a spicy dancer who turns his world upside down. Sit back and enjoy your popcorn as you watch this love game play out. What happens when an engaged rude mannered basketball player falls for a southern charmed single dancer? Could they give it all up for love? Or will, fame, Drugs, money or lurking fiancé get in the way?

    Harrison Briggs has no idea just how his life is about to change when a beautiful stranger falls into his arms while he’s strolling through his late grandfather’s apple orchard.

    

    

     Harmony used to love love. She loved the idea of being in love. As a result, Valentine’s Day was her favorite holiday…was. Now, she hated the very thought of it. Cody had ruined it for her and any chance of her ever falling in love again. He ruined it so much that when she met Dallas, she didn’t trust him to lead her to fall in love with love again. On Valentine's Day, Dallas experienced the biggest loss of his life. He ignorantly assumed that life couldn’t get any worse. Yet, as they say, if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. God must have been cracking up at Dallas’ plans because Dallas soon found himself completely lost for a year… until he met Harmony. She was perfect, yet Dallas was beyond flawed and at the lowest part of his life. He should have been honest with her when he’d first met her. Instead, he only proved to her that men couldn’t be trusted. Meanwhile, Caine, Dallas’ best friend, plays a big role in how Dallas’ life constantly finds misfortune. Unfortunately, Dallas will not see that his right-hand man is the problem until it is too late. Jocelyn, Caine’s wife, is losing at love, while Harmony thinks she is winning. All of Caine’s indiscretions are finally revealed, and Jocelyn is forced to choose whether she will continue to turn the other cheek for the sake of having everything she always wanted. Harmony and Dallas fell into each other’s lives when they needed each other the most. Yet, heartbreak and insecurities lead their union on a rocky path that their love may not survive, all while Dallas falls into a career that he never saw coming. Join these four on a sexy, yet chaotic, path to love. Will Harmony and Dallas survive their insecurities in order to heal one another? Will Jocelyn be strong enough to walk away from the man that is destroying her? Will the three of them survive Caine’s maliciousness in order to live happily ever after? Find out in this erotic, entertaining standalone by Jessica N. Watkins!

    After gracing the cover of a popular magazine that highlights black professionals, Amelia knew she’d finally made it. Now that her career was taking off, she no longer had an excuse to ignore the storm brewing between her and the man she’s known her entire life.Real estate mogul, Israel Holloway, has worked tirelessly his entire adult life to get to where he wanted to be. So, working hard to get who he wanted to be with was a task he had no problem taking on. Israel longed to be the number one man in his best friend’s life, and in an attempt to win her heart, he turns to the one thing he knows will get her attention and keep it. But will it?Signed, someone very close to you.*please note, this is book one in a four book series but can be read as a standalone novel.

    

    This edition contains new content.) NBA superstar Malcolm James has everything—fame, money, and two beautiful kids—but no woman to call his own. When his ex, Charmaine Mouton, arrives in Houston to sing the national anthem at the All-Star Game, he can’t help but remember all the good times they shared, and he’s determined not to let her get away again. Five years ago, Charmaine Mouton made the difficult choice to pursue a singing career and lost the love of her life in the process. Now a successful recording artist, when she sees Malcolm again, she decides to reach for the life she left behind. But relationships take work, and Malcolm and Charmaine will have to put in the work if they want their love to last the second time around.

    

    Can it? A one night stand, an engagement and a wedding, all within the space between New Year’s and Valentine’s day. Could it be love? If so, is it meant to be?

    The key ingredients of intrigue are here – he’s self-aware, dominant, with a dangerous yet captivating edge. While she on the other hand, is unlike any other female he’s encountered and the nemesis to the typical ideals of the urban beauty. She’s headstrong, she’s flawed, she wears her struggles as a badge of honor – and she’s REAL. He has come to her town for a purpose, and she lives day to day searching for one. When the two collide, the world stops. Drama and suspense take a backseat to the primary emotions we all encounter – desire, fear, regret, and HOPE. The characters peel back layers and the story doesn’t skyrocket, it builds. Devout was a tornado…and this is the sweet summer’s breeze creeping through your window. Still, these pages get steamy, like a humid night in August, and they come when you least expect it. With the feel of a historic romance, journey with the everyday woman trying to make it in her world, and not so everyday things begin to occur.

    Brusque, authoritative, and with an artistic integrity that’s borderline absolute, he leaves little room for compromise.When one thing after another goes awry on a special project in a remote mountain town, Chase has no choice but to partner with structural engineer Avery Smith, and he’d better play nice…She might be the youngest, prettiest thing he’s ever seen in a hard hat, but underestimating her would be at his own peril. Avery is tough as nails, and she has her own integrity to uphold—her loyalty to the small town community and natural landscape.There’s just one teeny-tiny distraction…and it looks fabulous in Carhartt pants.Sometimes the best laid plans go up in smoke.And love moves in. HARDASS is a short, sweet & steamy romance. NO cliffhangers. NO cheating. Guaranteed happily-ever-after. This is a standalone one-hour short romance read.

    Quay mirrored the same sentiments and once they revealed their true feelings for each other, they began to embark on a journey together. Suddenly, something they can’t quite comprehend happens, leaving them lost, confused, and most of all saddened by their new reality. Words aren’t spoken, vacancies began to settle in, and resentment occurs which causes the couple to live with unanswered concerns for years to come.Can Kanai and Quay push through the events that rocked their world or will their love become lost forever?

    Good looks. Money.A billion dollar empire would all be his…As soon as he found a woman crazy enough to marry him for a year.Then Cara walked into his life, turned it upside down, made him want something he never wanted before.Everything.With her.Now he just has to convince his fake wife that he wants her for real. Forever. ***This is a standalone novel with a touch of steam and HEA.***