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Pursued: A Billionaire's Obsession


Christine Gray - 2016
    When she's placed in a situation that pushes her towards finding a worthwhile partner in order to keep her wealth, she doesn't hesitate to make a choice out of survival instead of love. And all was perfectly planned out until Pike strolled through her door. This man is everything she wanted, but letting her logic rule, she ignores him, knowing that giving herself to him would take her to a place of no return. Pike had done his best to not cross the line Cashmere had drawn in the sand to just remain friends. Although knowing that she isn't his normal type, he still wanted her more than words could explain. When he found out about Cashmere's plan to find a lover, he was determined to be the only man to touch her, and to give her what she wanted, plus a whole lot more. The more Pike spends time with Cashmere, the more she pushes him away but it does nothing to satisfy his hunger for her. Pike is willing to pursue Cashmere, no matter the cost to obtain his obsession.

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.

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.

What The Heart Wants


Rose Marie - 2020
    He was the definition of what one might call a square. The only thing that was not average about him was his heart. Ever since birth, he has needed a new heart and has been on the waiting list for what seems like an eternity. When he received the call that he was next on the list for a heart transplant, he along with his loving fiancé were excited. Little did they know that he was about to have a change of heart in more ways than one. They say the heart wants what the heart wants. Well, what if that heart belonged to someone else? What if that heart wasn’t so average and lived on the wilder side of life? What if that heart was to beat for another woman and craved another’s existence? They say the mind forgets but the heart remembers! Is that true? Well, Elijah is sure about to find out and his world is about to get a bit more chaotic.

Broken Promises


S.K. Lessly - 2019
    They met when they were kids and shared a love of all things science, computers, and freeze tag. True love blossomed but was never allowed to flourish. Promises were made but never kept. Ethan moved away, leaving Alexis brokenhearted. Fast forward to now. A class reunion has brought the once best friends back together. Unfortunately, Alexis and Ethan aren't the same people they were in school. Bitterness, pain and rejection has taken root, leaving the once thick as thieves friends, at odds. Or so they think. The more time they spend together, the more they realize the love they once had for each other didn’t die; it lay dormant, ready for its chance to flicker to life. All they needed to do was sit back and watch the sparks fly. Except, once again, fate has other ideas. Has too much time passed for these two childhood friends? Has the pain of broken promises become too great to overcome? Or can they get past differences and tough obstacles to be together? Both Alexis and Ethan will come to a crossroads. The question is, which road will they choose… a life together or a life apart.

Earned by the Billionaire 1


Shani Greene-Dowdell - 2016
    KaylaLooking into his ocean blue eyes, I immediately know he’s a one-man wrecking crew.He finds his way in, tears down my walls, and makes me believe in magic again.But, will his biggest secret ruin all the love we make?RustyAfter losing my one true love in an accident, I made an oath to never love again.Giving my heart away yields consequences I’m not willing to pay.If this is true, why does the thought of never holding Kayla in my arms rattle my core?Expect a sassy and sweet, tear-jerking standalone romance in Earned by the Billionaire by Shani Greene-Dowdell, Amazon Bestselling Author of Breathless: In Love with an Alpha Billionaire.AUTHOR NOTE:This is a full-length standalone romance novel with a happily ever after.

Amara's Calling


C.L. Donley - 2018
    Grayson is a brilliant, bullied computer nerd turned handsome playboy, with a penchant for blondes. Amara is the assistant to the assistant, who works on the third floor and is... not blonde. And not-so-secretly obsessed with him. Packed with all the classic "plain Jane" tropes you thought were hopelessly overdone, read the smart, sexy, binge-worthy debut exceeding "billionaire romance" expectations! Book Description: “Look, Amara… I see what you’re trying to accomplish, I do. And, maybe I respect it in some way. I won’t sit here and pretend to be a better man than I am. I really, really… really want to take the deal. I’ve spent more money on things so ridiculous I’m embarrassed to admit them.” “I sense there’s a ‘but’ coming.” “But… there’s no amount of money that will keep you from falling in love with me.” Amara Riley works for her crush and personal hero, Grayson Davis, a 30's Zuckerberg type CEO of an internet startup called Webster, the story world's equivalent of Facebook. Being a young African American woman in a predominantly white world, Amara is reticent to believe that she's actually caught the attention of the notorious playboy billionaire. When she discovers that she has, but not for the purposes of happily ever after, she decides to strike a deal with him: one million for the privilege of being his mistress. It seemed like a modern-day win/win, but neither anticipates the emotional challenges their contract will bring. Will they inadvertently fall in love, or will the ghosts of their tragic pasts keep them apart?

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?

A Second Chance with My First Love


Nina B. - 2018
    Knowing her boyfriend’s family wouldn’t accept their child was enough to make her bolt away from Atlanta without looking back. Five years later after getting settled into Jacksonville Florida, Gabriella daughter started asking questions about her father and the guilt was eating at Gabriella about the mistake she was now living with of leaving the love of her life. Ashton never gotten over the love of his life. No matter how many women he bedded, he could never erase Gabriella from his head. After five long years, she back —with a child. His child. Will Ashton be able to forgive Gabriella for deceiving him of being a father? Would Gabriella realize that the mistake she made not only caused her child to suffer but the man she loves as well? In the end will Gabriella be given a second chance and live happily ever after with Ashton?

Imagine Us


Jaxson Kidman - 2019
    without you. Standing on the sidelines, swallowing pain and pride, watching her fall more and more in love. Knowing each second she’s with him is a chance for her to completely forget about us. That’s okay. I’m everything wrong. I would only hurt her. Break her heart. Now imagine a knock at the door and it’s her. She’s crying. He cheated on her. She needs someone. She says she needs me. I have to fight this. I can’t let her fall for me the way I’ve fallen for her. I’m going to crush her worse than he did. Imagine her wanting a kiss. Begging with her eyes. I’m a strong man... but she’s... even stronger. One kiss. Two hearts. Three words...

The Lovers' Tango


Mark Rubinstein - 2015
    But as a writer, he feared their love story would have a tragic ending.Fifteen years after that fateful encounter, Bill is in the DA's crosshairs: his research for a novel has eerie parallels to the circumstances surrounding Nora's death. In a harrowing progression of events, a murder trial ensues. What exactly did happen between Bill and Nora the day she died? And what constitutes truth? Fiction and fact coalesce, as the lines between fantasy and reality, guilt and innocence are blurred. The Lovers' Tango, a story of deeply abiding love, culminates in a shattering conclusion addressing devotion, commitment, and the meanings of truth and justice.

Risky : A Novella


A. Marie Johnson - 2017
    In desperate need of a very quick come up, she finds herself willing to spend one night with a man who is as mysterious as the past she doesn’t know he’s hiding, but what will happen when one night turns into several and Remi finds herself once again battling between what she believes is right and what she knows is wrong? Though she knew what was at stake when she agreed to do what he asked of her, the battle between her heart and her mind leaves her willing to chance it all in a risky game of sex and love, a game where the two can so easily be confused as one and the same. Usually, the reward is always greater than the risk, but what will the outcome be when the risk is greater and Remi finds herself in a gamble of getting everything she’s ever desired only to give herself up in the process. Fair warning: This is not the average romance or love story. This is a story of risk and opportunity, where two people find themselves unwillingly falling for each other along the way of those two things.

Spanish Billionaire's Surprise Baby Daughters


Nicki Jackson - 2019
    it makes these Spanish nights even hotter. But can I protect her or will she become a target just like the last? Note: Spanish Billionaire's Surprise Baby Daughters is a steamy romance between a Spanish Billionaire with a dark past and the beauty who may just give him the baby daughters he's always wished for.

Jax's Holiday: An Interracial Romance


Renee Lindemann - 2017
    As the creator of the program, she wears multiple hats to provide her patients with top notch care at the end of life. There is zero time for love or dating. Jax Pierce is the devastatingly handsome son of terminally ill Emma Pierce. He visits his, Me-Me everyday, much to the delight of the female facility staff members. He is polite, gentle, and brooding. His dark blue eyes conceal a painful past but that pales in comparison to losing his beloved Me-Me. Emma Pierce is dying. The cancer is robbing her body but her brain remains sharp. She can see the attraction between her nurse, Holiday and her son, Jax. She wants nothing more than to have the unlikely duo confront their fledgling feelings before she takes her last breath. Jax arrived late into her life but he is a most treasured son. She won’t be around to help him fight the demons. However, Holiday’s strength and love could help her son process his grief while keeping the demons at bay. Can Holiday remain professional in spite of her growing need and desire for Jax? Can Jax grieve for his mother and allow his feelings for Holiday to blossom into something wonderful? Will the demons allow him the love of a good woman? Or will moral obligations and a haunted past ruin their chances at love?

His Melody


Amarie Avant - 2016
    Five years ago, Melody Bradford fell in love with and married songwriter, Kiel McIssac. He transformed her sorrows into love songs and became everything her heart craves. Kiel was the only one that has ever been able to break down her walls enough to see the girl underneath the shell. But Melody is damaged deeper than Kiel knows, with a pain that runs far back into her past and creeps out in her present. Deciding that Kiel deserves better, Melody makes the hard choice to rip her own heart out and let him go. Yet Kiel won’t go quietly… not when his own heart is living inside every breath his wife takes. He loves her completely, for all her flaws, imperfections and resistance – she is everything he needs, and the only one he sings about. Yet Melody has secrets buried dark and deep in her soul, secrets that could finally push him away and destroy everything they have built.