But then the pandemic hit, and my big city ex showed up in my small Missouri town to take over my father’s practice.What’s the first thing he says to me after three years?“You’re fired.”Sooooo…it looks like he totally didn’t appreciate the way things ended between us, and now he won’t settle for anything less than cold, hard revenge.But as it turns out, I’m the only person in our small town with a rental unit available. And without a job, I’m desperate for a renter.So now the extremely bitter ex who fired me is living in my backhouse. Way, way closer than I want him to be.But everything will be fine. I hate him, and he hates me. So nothing’s going to happen between us, right?Right?The first story in the QUARANTALES series is one steamy romance. Perfect for those who love forced proximity, bitter exes, and second chances that can’t be denied.READER NOTE: The QUARANTALES series starts off steamy and gets hotter with each read before its sweet finale. So make sure to check out all of the stories in this ultra-modern, special quarantine take on some of your favorite fairytales:CYNDA AND THE CITY DOCTORBILLIE AND THE RUSSIAN BEASTGOLDIE AND THE THREE BEARSREINA AND THE HEAVY METAL PRINCE

     Eden My first love, Roman, was the pride of Greycoast. I said goodbye to him long ago, and I've said goodbye to that part of my life now. I’m married to my job. And I’d punch him straight in his handsome face if he ever came around here again. But when I throw cuffs on a hot tattooed bad boy, turn him over and see Roman's eyes, I'm right back where I was in high school. I won't let him take my heart again. Roman Eden’s love couldn’t stop me from running away. I know I’ll never find another woman like her, But she’s found me now. The look of rage on her face says everything I need to know. My biggest mistake is becoming my biggest desire. I never thought I’d have a second chance at love, but I’m bound and determined to make her mine. Lost and Found is a steamy and romantic BWWM love story with a guaranteed HEA.

    Race, ethnicity, and nationality no longer matter. Pia Montgomery is one of the noninfected. She's dedicated the last twenty-plus years of her life to being a surgical nurse. It's time for a new chapter.She goes to the Match Mate Agency seeking a husband among the infected. Unlike others, she's not afraid of their animalistic tendencies. In fact, she admires them.However, Mate Match is no ordinary dating agency, and the infected do things differently. They hunt for their mates. Ready. Set. Go! It's time for the Mate Run.

    Echoes and shadows from their past dwarf this joyous and exciting time in their lives. Imani’s ex-husband’s family refuse to accept that she’s no longer a part of their world and make demands on her time and affections. Theo’s former girlfriend is pregnant with a child she claims is his and she’s not the only one. Seeking answers and paternity tests, Theo’s patience is running thin. One thing for certain, he knows Imani is the woman he’s been waiting for all of his life and refuses to allow anyone, not even Children of the Seed, to come between them.

    Especially not at the local charity center. The sole heir to his father’s company, Eugene Townsend is as arrogant as he is handsome. Born in a world of lavish privilege, this ruthless billionaire tycoon has always been indifferent to the suffering which exists in the real world. But his dying father has other plans: if Eugene wants to ever touch his inheritance money, he has to volunteer at a local charity. And find a wife. Kathryn Underwood’s world couldn’t be more different: single mother to an eight-year old son, she’s been volunteering at South Central for years. Having seen her fair share of hardships at the center, Kathryn takes an instant dislike to the conceited billionaire who walks in one day, demanding to mentor a child. To her surprise, Eugene starts to bond with her son. And in spite of everything, she slowly realizes that there’s a whole other side to the alluring billionaire. But sparks begin to fly between them, will Eugene and Kathryn ever manage to get past their wildly contrasting backgrounds and give love a chance? **** This is a standalone Novel with a touch of steam and HEA. ****

    In her experience, relationships are anything but simple. However, when she meets Channing, her convenience store hero, she can’t help but long for a life that’s a bit more…complicated.From the moment Channing lays eyes on Kemara, he knows he has to have her no matter what it takes. Given his affiliations with a white supremacy group, getting with a black woman is going to take quite a lot. But what could he say? She’s the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen and the heart has no biases.Channing’s stone-cold heart is melting. Kemara’s warm embrace may be his undoing.Book 1 in the Dangerous Bonds Series.

    A six-hundred-year-old vampire, he’s tortured by his past and jaded by immortality. Once a promising artist, a personal tragedy had turned him to a life of bitter solitude, avoiding anything and anyone who reminds him of the life he used to have. Fed up with GianMarco’s habit of sleeping with the administrative assistants in their agency, GianMarco’s business partner hires someone he thinks GianMarco will have no interest in: Maggie Williams. Maggie’s trying to put the pieces of her life back together after her husband of twenty-three years left her for another woman. Determined to start her new job with pride, she’s dismayed to meet her arrogant, super-sexy boss. As passion threatens their hearts, a powerful enemy from GianMarco’s past threatens their very lives. Warning: Graphic Sex Strong Language, Multiple Partners. This book is an expanded and rewritten version of previously titled GianMarco's Muse.

    A newly-minted attorney with an eye on the big leagues, she quickly discovers that her brains are not enough in the dog-eat-dog world of a major law firm. When her supervisor pressures her to sleep with him, and when a family crisis forces her to make bad decision after bad decision, she discovers that the only person in her corner is the owner of the firm himself, Robert Colgate, a man who favors Bree from the start and ends up breaking every rule he has lived by, including sleeping with and craving the young and brilliant Bree, even though she works for him.But when Robert finds himself accused of sexual harassment, it is Bree who ends up in his corner, not only to help get his good name back, but to help him through turbulent nights where their unbridled passion for each other becomes a powerful antidote to the craziness around them. Bree and Robert forge a different kind of interracial love affair, the kind built on trust and need and perseverance. And even when Robert’s son comes into the picture, and attempts to drag his mother, Robert’s ex, back in with him, it is that very love that’s tested over and over, almost to the breaking point.

    Unfortunately her Vampire after-life is a big mystery. The ones that know are out to kill her for being turned by a rogue and her allies happen to be her food. In order to survive the Vampire Nation, Kim will have to outsmart and out think her enemies. Their big mistake; underestimating a black woman with the will to survive. CREATURE OF THE NIGHT; In this second novel Kim finds herself girlfriend of Tony and mated to the dangerous Elder Council Member, Alexis, whose betrayal haunts her…until she learns the truth. Her discovery sends her on a journey through Europe, and in touch with new Supernaturals. But could one of them be Paul? THE RETURN OF ALEXIS; Now is the time for Alexis to seek vengeance on those that have betrayed him, and in doing so will he demand what he feels is rightfully his; Kim…?

    And I know what I saw. You are disobedient and a spoiled fucking brat. A good daughter would have heeded her mother’s warning and stayed away.” He drags me to my feet. “Get up. We need to move. It is only a matter of time before someone turns you in and the palace guard comes searching for us.” “I am grieving, you beastly man.” I snarl at him. “Show some respect.” My attempt to remove myself from his firm grip is met with resistance. His hand is locked around my arm as he pulls me along. Can he not see that I am angry and hurting after witnessing the horrors that were foisted upon my family today? I am a grief-stricken woman, damn it. “You can grieve while we walk, Sunshine. Do not speak to me of respect after you disobeyed your mother and risked your stupid neck.” He gives me a good shake. “Now, which way is it?” “West.” I concede. “Into the mountains.” I am not sure if I can trust him. What if he tries to rob me? Or rape me? “You have nothing that I want, woman.” The arrogant ass smirks rudely. “I assure you, your virtue is safe with me.” He laughs for a full minute. “The sooner I get you home, the sooner I can be rid of you.” Please note that this is a work of historical fiction. The names, characters, places and other incidents are the product of the author’s twisted imagination or are used fictitiously. Any similarities to real people, living or dead, businesses, events or locations is entirely coincidental. Content warning: This novel contains graphic language, graphic sex scenes, graphic violence and is not recommended for readers under the age of eighteen. All rights reserved.

    Twenty-one-year-old Olive Trenton doesn't have much happening in her life aside from a temperamental friend who spends her free time antagonizing werewolf's, and another friend who when distracted may cause the second world flood. Given the job of managing these two trouble makers, she spends her time preventing near disasters and completing her homework. Despite the pressures of making sure her races identity remains a secrete on a campus filled with paranormal beings, she's managing just find, until a cold eyed Lycan by the name of Lucian Siriano enters her life claiming she is his mate. She may be more special then she knows... The minute Lucian Siriano lays his eyes on Olive, he knows she's the one for him. She is the key to giving him the power to compete against others for the title of Alpha in his pack. The only problem is, she insists she isn't the one and that they could never be. Lucian will not allow her to run from him, and has no choice but to show her that there is no other that could bring the same cold hit. In the eyes of the domineering and terrifying a Lucian Siriano, Olive will find her life thrown on its head, as she is dragged into a world she wasn't groomed for and forced to experience the coldest passion at the hands of the Lycan Heir. Will she break or will she fight the cold?

    Which is why when I sat down nine years ago and put pen to paper, mapping out a ten-year plan, I meant business. Everything that could set me up for a lifetime of joy had to go down on the list, and every day, I worked my ass off to fulfill it. Open my own sports agency. Check. Earn first million by my thirtieth birthday. I did that a week before I turned twenty-six. Negotiate the most lucrative contract in Major League history. Did that, too. Then went and broke my own record. (Thanks, big bro!) I could go on, but this isn’t about bragging. It’s me admitting that in the midst of drafting something that helps shape and mold much of my success, I still made a costly mistake. One day I realized all those entries with corresponding checkmarks are pointless if I don’t factor into the equation the most important goal of all. Avery. Perhaps way back then I wasn’t ready to see how much my best friend of fifteen years deserved that number one spot in my life. Maybe I was blind, since the whole “settle down and get married” scenario wasn’t my thing. But now that I’m aware of the role I need her to fill in my life, there’s no such thing as letting go until I can convince her to be mine. Her being about to marry someone else does make winning her heart a little bit dicey. But if there’s anything you should know about me, it’s that I always play to win. And losing Avery is nonnegotiable. The Breakup Plan A Best Friends to Enemies Romance

    Although he was engaged to marry another woman, he couldn't fathom the idea of letting her go. Immediately drawn to her, Andriano's world is turned upside down, and suddenly his obligations become a blurry vision the moment he starts to fall for her. She was only supposed to be a temporary sexual fling, which was guaranteed to end after he grew bored. But he never got bored... Simone worked hard to earn a full scholarship to attend the prestigious university in New York City in order to escape the life she had. Despite the many warnings to stray clear of the sexy Andriano Balducci, Simone took a chance and found love. As things unravel, and pieces of the puzzle come together, Simone realizes that she doesn't know just whom she fell in love with.

    Needing a job that pays immediately, she reluctantly sets her sights on the local redneck bar where the bikers are notorious, and the tips are flowing. All she wants is to make a little cash to pay her way through school, but what she finds is so much more. Her dream of finally having a family to call her own is just beyond her reach.Single father, Weston Daniels, has built a nice life for him and his five-year old son. After escaping the “family business” all he wants is the peace and quiet of the south, and an occasional romp with a nameless woman. He has a change of heart, when a beautiful African American woman dressed in orange bombards his bar. When his past catches up with him, he is faced with choosing between her life and the happiness he desires.

    I left Los Angeles, hoping for a new start in Atlanta, Georgia. When I began a new job my new boss, Jonathan Carter the billionaire heir to the Strauss Carter fortune, was determined to make my life hell. When I found out how he really felt, I knew I was too damaged to let him into my life; I had trusted before and the pain of the past seeped into my future. I was determined to run yet Jonathan was determined to pursue me; but I knew that we faced insurmountable challenges that would eventually rip us apart.~Lena.Sensual, intense, heartbreaking, romantic. Lena and Jonathan's story will take you through an addictive journey of discovering the pain and pleasure of interracial love. Kim J West is a ghost writer and travel writer for leading publications. White Male is her debut novel as a published author.