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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.

Forbidden


Hadley Raydeen - 2018
    I can’t keep up with the demands of each, especially with my witch of a boss on my tail. When It all comes to a head, I basically lose my mind from all the stress. The last person I ever thought would come to my rescue is my law professor Reid Matheson. I can’t help but daydream about what that mouth can do while I sit in his law classes. He is sophisticated, handsome, and smart; A trifecta no girl can resist, least of all me. With graduation near, maybe we can find out if this attraction is mutual. I wonder if he's willing to teach me outside the classroom for just one night. Reid Matheson Addison is a temptation I’ve been avoiding for the last three years while she’s been my student. But, she’s about to graduate now, and I may have to do something about this ache I feel every time I see her. When my best friend, her employer, tells me she’s involved in illegal activity; I don’t believe it…not my girl. Now, I have to prove she didn’t do what she’s being accused of all while teaching her law in and out of the classroom. Just one problem, I want her, and I get what I want even if it’s Forbidden. Another Steamy Office Romance by Author Hadley Raydeen. Warning: If you are not a fan of erotic interracial romance, this is not the one for you.

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. ****

Falling For An Alpha Billionaire


Sapphire_ - 2015
    She has everything a woman could want…except love. Falling in love had brought her nothing but hurt, scars, and a broken heart. She wasn't interested in love. Unfortunately, her father, Cliffton Baxter, did not agree with her choice to live her life on her own terms and chose to interfere. When she meets Edwin, she is reluctant to let go and be wooed by his charm and good looks. However, she soon finds that some things even her stubborn attitude and cool demeanor cannot combat. Edwin is the ultimate Alpha Billionaire. He has the looks, the connections, the money and the reputation of being able to get whatever woman he set out to claim. He was just the one to overcome Janelle's defense and aversion to being loved, according to Mr. Baxter. And if he's lucky, Edwin would be an even richer man if he accomplishes his mission to win her heart. Edwin takes on the challenge, thinking that it will be an easy way to increase his wealth and maybe provide him with some entertainment in the process. Unfortunately, he greatly underestimated Janelle’s allure and the power of love.

Highland Song


L.B. Keen - 2017
    Yet, nothing can compare to finding herself in an entirely different time period thanks to a wily experiment gone wrong. Along with her sister, she finds herself under the reluctant care of Laird MacIver, whose silent penetrating gaze causes emotions to rise that she had thought long buried after her divorce from her husband. Gavin MacIver had no intention of letting his heart get captured by anyone. Let alone some odd lass, who can't keep her story straight on how and why she was found on Aberdeen land. Yet, her calming spirit and lovely eyes draw him like a moth to a flame. Still, he won't allow the weakness of his heart to bring harm to his clan like his father did. Two people cast together by time and accident. A darkness that neither expected shall come to test the love the two wish to ignore. Will they give into the passion that's boiling under the surface? Or will they allow the betrayals of the past to keep their hearts from singing the Highland's Song?

Courting Savannah


Tressie Lockwood - 2010
    Tyler ripped her heart out and almost destroyed her life. She can't forgive him for what he did no matter how much he turns on the charm.Tyler won't let Savannah forget all the good times they had together, and he recreates their passion inside and outside of the bedroom. When both their agendas take an unexpected turn, will Tyler lose Savannah forever, or will love prevail?

His Family Secrets


Niya James - 2018
    I thought nothing could ever shock me after my mother died and my father married my high school girlfriend.    It was always assumed that I would take over the family business, but I went to the military to start over instead.    After all these years my father needs to see me. He’s dying and I have to go back to say goodbye.    Her I’m finally getting to where I want to be and with a promotion in sight, I can’t afford to make any mistakes.    When I see my brother's best friend all the hurt and embarrassment comes rushing back.   I still have feelings for him but his father’s company is the focus of my investigation. I can’t get attached to him or his little brother. I need to focus on me.   His Family Secret is a 20k word steamy stand alone romance that includes a secret baby, a bonus collection with a happy ever after and no cheating.

What Skylar Needs: The Stillman Family Series


Lanee Lane - 2017
     Not for Skylar Stillman and Melanie Nova. Melanie and her best friends were having a girls night at her new apartment when her sexy, brooding neighbor showed up. Not only did he say they were too loud, but he insulted their music choice. Obnoxious pop music-...How rude? The half-pint woman with curly locks, brown skin, and endless curves wasn’t what Skylar expected to see on the other side of the door. The last thing he needed was another woman in his life. Steering clear of each other seemed like the best option. Mishaps kept throwing the two together. So when Skylar needed a date for his sister’s wedding to ward off his family friend, and latest fling, he knew just the person for the job. What Skylar Needs is a BWWM, BBW, enemies to lovers romance.

The Tycoon's Heart


Falon Gold - 2017
    from the heart. Tired of waiting and unwilling to take the first step down the path that her heart is determined to lead her down, and maybe lose an exceptional job under an exceptional man if he doesn't feel the same, Malisa flies away on vacation to Vegas, needing a drastic change and major overhaul in her world. She'll get exactly what she wants and some things that she doesn't when Apollo decides he needs a vacation in Vegas as well. A sweet love story that becomes drama-filled when two hearts realize just how much they don't really know each other... or their families.

Unraveling Sorrentino


Elisabeth - - 2017
    She ripped my heart out and left a big gaping hole in my chest. She's dead to me...yet, she's just appeared in front of me again. Her:I don't remember anything I did in my past. I don't know who I was. I've lived the past 10 years with guidance. I want to remember but who's going to help me when no one is willing to help? I want to know. Reinie Bridges’ name was a mere whisper on Lincoln's lips and and a craving that he had to satisfy.

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.

Second Chance Serenade


Mia Caldwell - 2017
     Country singer Evie Rutherford is poised on the brink of stardom. But before all eyes are on her, Evie must return home to confess a huge secret – she has a young daughter she never told anyone about. Five years ago, Judah Bentley lost the love of his life when she abruptly left town. No woman since then has compared to Evie. To drive her memory from his system, he focused on building a business empire. But now Evie’s back, and she instantly reclaims center stage in his heart and mind. Evie’s attraction to Judah is even more powerful than when she was a teenager, which only makes confessing the truth of his fatherhood harder. She’s paralyzed with fear, and time is running out. Can Judah and Evie overcome the past to forge a future as a family? A second-chances romance with a touch of steam, this is a standalone novel with HEA.

Lucky


J.J. Murray - 2017
     Candace leads a life of peace, solitude, and serenity after retiring early from a lucrative career in investment banking. She fishes, reads, bakes, tends her garden, visits with her vast extended family, and vows one day to own Barton House, the vacant mansion her "Double Great Grand" built before the Civil War on the other side of the pond. But when New Yorker Robert Macarthur, 41, "The Big Mac of Fast Food Advertising," purchases Barton House, Candace's life goes south in a hurry. And yet there's something familiar and natural about the tall, bearded, pony-tailed, blue-eyed man that moves Candace's heart in unexpected and unintended ways. With faithful descriptions of country life, an authentic cast of down-home characters, and genuine homespun humor, LUCKY proves that "sometimes love comes home."

White Alpha Billionaire's Black Baby


Nicki Jackson - 2014
     After a passionate night together, Ellie starts to catch feelings for this mysterious, powerful alpha male. Soon after, a secret is revealed that will change her life forever.. Note: This book contains very steamy scenes between a curvy black woman and a dominant, white alpha male. Mature readers only!

Milo


Kaye Blue - 2018
    Everybody knows you don’t fall in love with your boss. Especially when he’s a cold, distant, tyrannical alpha male. I did it anyway. But I always hid my feelings … until that day. When I made an offhand comment he wasn’t meant to hear, and he took me up on it. If falling for your boss is bad, sleeping with him is even worse. So when he breaks my heart, I’ll only have myself to blame. NOTE: This title was previously published