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Anjela Day - 2013
Betrayal, lust, lies, murder, and love all come into play in this urban love story.The Alton brothers run the Detroit drug game, and it was a long time coming! Now these boys have their act together and plan on going all the way letting nothing or no one get in their way.When Sacario, the second youngest of the four, fall for an insecure waitress in the men’s popular hot spot- things get hectic.Will they stand the test of time or will the game of love prove to be just too Hard?
Lula Mae
Bianca Cuie - 2013
She was born and raised in a Creole community that is still mending from a past which caused rifts between loved ones, who are forced to redefine their identities as a consequence of their collective history. A rare and educated young woman of promise with a heart of gold, oppressed by untold dysfunction within her own family, Lula Mae rebels and courageously carves out a life on her own with the help of her faith and with the one whom she trusts the most. Lula Mae seeks to find her purpose and embarks on a new life for herself in pursuit of her dreams to be a blessing to her children and family. However, Lula Mae is unknowingly being undermined every step of the way by the one closest to her heart. When confronted with the truth, Lula Mae must decide a way forward for her life, and must decide whether or not she should let go of the one nearest to her heart - and at what cost.
Rhyme & Reason
Nia Forrester - 2019
But after months of silence, he thought he was over it. He’d moved on, hadn’t he? And as far as he knew, she might have done the same. Now Zora is back from California, and he’s thrown into an immediate tailspin. Nothing’s changed. She’s the one, the only, his rhyme, and his reason … But this ain’t no college romance. There are serious, grown-folks’ obstacles standing in the way, and the other woman in his life isn’t even the half of it. And sometimes growing up might mean moving on … Over a few short summer weeks, Deuce and Zora will have to decide whether the great love they shared in the past, is enough of a foundation to build a future.
FanGirl Squeal (RockStars of Romance Book 1)
Jackie Chanel - 2014
Savannah is a gossip blogger and self-proclaimed SUPERFAN. After one encounter, 8 years ago before Cash became internationally known, Savannah has been his #1 fan. When their paths cross again, their attraction to each other is undeniable and a FANGIRL'S dream weekend in New York City brings Savannah and Cash even closer. No one believes that their feelings for each other are real, especially Cash's management. At 27 years old, Savannah's parents expect her to "step away from the computer and GET A REAL JOB" while her twin sister is over the moon that Savannah will forever be the one who disappointed her civil rights activist parents by bringing a white boy home to meet the family. With gossip sites tracking their every move and Cash's big little secret, it seems like the relationship is doomed from the start. How can they even consider being together when social stigmas and self-created drama keep forcing them apart?
Enraptured by the Highlander
Lydia Kendall - 2019
Adelaine Watson, daughter of the Earl of Daffield, anxiously awaits her brother’s return from war. But when her father returns, he brings back someone else: her brother's murderer. Falsely accused of murdering an Earl's son, Caelan McLagen, Laird of Loch Mahrais, has accepted his death sentence. That is until the alluring Adelaine starts visiting his cell and he feels the warmth of hope. Convinced of Caelan's innocence, Adelaine falls madly in love with him and is desperate to find a way to stop her worst nightmare from becoming reality. When the only eyewitness to her brother's death dies, Adelaine realizes that the real murderer is closer than they thought. With Caelan’s execution hanging above their heads like the executioner's ax, Adelaine must make a terrible choice… *Enraptured by the Highlander is a steamy Scottish historical romance novel of 80,000 words (around 400 pages). No cheating, no cliffhangers, lots of steam and a happy ending. Get this book for free with Kindle Unlimited!
Admit You Miss Me
Ajme Williams - 2020
I made her promises that I thought I could keep. I thought our distance would only be for a few months, until the family ties that kept us apart broke.I ended up breaking all of those promises and left her to raise our daughter by herself.I’ve lost sleep over it these past three years, knowing that I desperately need them both in my life. I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t know what words can erase the damages I’ve done.Then family tragedy strikes, and I’m left trying to piece things back together. I realize that now’s the time, I have to try to mend the things that I have broken.Without warning, I show up on her doorstep, trying to right the wrongs.All it boils down to is whether or not she’s willing to give me another chance.This is the third book in the Fake Love Rich Boss Series. It is a stand-alone but the first two books in the series (Boss's Secret and Boss's Baby) follow the two main characters.If you enjoyed this book then you can get the first two books in the series here:Boss's Secret (Book 1) is available to order now!!Boss's Baby (Book 2) is available to order now!!Let the fake love story unfold even further between Cassidy and Oliver….Get ready for an unexpected surprise….READ FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED
Serving Time
Bailey West - 2018
**WARNING** It ends in a cliffhanger. Samuel Valentine is one of the country’s most prolific litigators and manages a successful law firm. His priorities are growing his business, building a legacy and taking care of his family. His life was closed off from people outside his circle until a case forces him to call on the help of an outsider. Averie Patterson excelled in law school, was granted a clerkship with a Supreme Court Justice then opened her own law firm. She is passionate about helping women overcome legal obstacles. Averie is put into the path of the one person who doesn’t want her help. Can they co-exist? This is part one of a two book story. **WARNING** It ends in a cliffhanger.
Like, Lust, Love
Maya Rose
Fierce. Persuasive. Still treats me like a queen.But undressing me with his eyes? That’s new.Ending our fights with his tongue inside my…mouth? Very recent development.Whispering filthy things in my ear and then doing them to me? Never have we ever…Our connection is soul-deep and unshakable.Our chemistry, pure magic.His confession that he needs me, but can’t ever love me? Our painful truth.They say to love is to burn. But what is yours, will return. We’re River and Aiden, and this is where we begin.********************************************************************************Like, Lust, Love is a full-length friends-to-lovers standalone.It has frequent cussing, a dirty talking hero, and graphic steamy times. For mature audiences only.
Hotel Las Flores
Kate McCabe - 2005
But underneath the surface, all is not what it seems.There's Trish who has arrived with a pressing problem, and her oblivious writing-obsessed husband Adrian in tow. Mollie McGinty and her family are celebrating a win with a trip to Tenerife, even though she cannot stand the heat and her husband will not eat the food. Charlie Dobbins has made the trip to try to overcome his shyness with women. Bobby Bannon is escaping a public humiliation, and society hostess Monica Woodworth is determined to crawl her way back up to the top after a fall.What will happen when this quirky cast of characters all find themselves staying in the Hotel las Flores?Will they return home with a new outlook on life or even with someone new? One thing's for sure - nothing in their lives will ever be the same again.
Hell's Riders: The Collection
Joy Blood - 2018
Jake has had it bad for Kimi since he first laid eyes on her face. So broken and vulnerable all he has wanted to do was make her his and keep her safe. She was just a teenager then. Now she is all grown up. A shoot out caused Jake to nearly lose complete control of his speech, it is hard for him to vocalize how he feels. How much he loves Kimi. So he shows her by helping her experience things she should have during her stolen childhood. After years of silence, Jake has shown up in Kimi's life. She wants nothing more than to welcome him back with open arms but he has left her before with tears running down her face as he drove away. She won't let it happen again. But fate has other plans... Gin's Longing Gin has been through hell and back and even though he still is breathing doesn't mean he is ALIVE. Until he meets Grace. Being the daughter of his long departed brother in the Hell's Riders MC he knows having feelings for her isn't right. He does what he promised his brother so long ago, watch over her. When Grace is assaulted by her high school boyfriend, the last thing she expects to happen is for a larger than life biker to come to her aid. Even with him being something that has walked right out of a nightmare she can't help it when all she wants to do is be around him, but when he crosses a line, he backs away. Years away. She knows that she can go to Gin for anything and he will help but will he be able to help this time around? Help her out of the mess she now finds herself in? Rico's Way Ari She can’t stand him, yet she can’t help but want him. Rico He’s wanted her from day one but hasn’t given her any reason to trust in those feelings. They are two different sides of a coin with one very big thing in common. Sparks. The barbs they throw cause deep wounds that may not be easily mended. He is a bossy man who wants it his way and she is a stubborn independent woman who won’t bend for him. But one night of passion leaves them with a tiny, yet very big, situation. Only this situation comes with a third party. Sage's Surrender Sage She is my best friend’s daughter. I have no right to be looking at her the way I do, but with her snotty attitude I find myself wanting to put her bratty ass into its place. Under me. Brook I have had a stupid school girl crush on him since I was fifteen years old. Now he is dragging me back to the one person I am not ready to face. My father. All characters are of consensual age. HEA guaranteed! And as always with the Riders expect violence and big bad alphas swearing!
Snow White and the Savage
Fatima Munroe - 2020
Fluent in five languages before the age of ten, she was the apple of her daddy’s eye. In the blink of an eye, a late night tragedy snatches not only her fabulous life, but the one man who loved her more than anything, leaving her with a stepmother who would stop at nothing to make Cary’s life a living hell. When most people her age were preparing for school dances, prom and graduation, Cary spent her teenage years closing off her true identity in order to cope with her surroundings. By the time she was legal, Cary had already crashed and burned into a shell of her former self. Even through the darkness, she held on to the hope that one day her life would magically turn into something great.Every king needs a queen. Leonidas Payano, also known as King, was next in line for the trap throne in Miami. Growing up, he’d heard stories about how he and Cary would rule the streets together, but when that time came his queen was nowhere to be found. Years of dead ends and closed mouths later, Cary was found in Meridian, Mississippi. Short on love and out of trust, she’s skeptical about whether or not King’s intentions are pure when he offers to put her back on the throne. The thought of making good on a promise made to her father before the coroner zipped up his body bag gave her the incentive to make that ride to the 305.King’s seven savages are the goons at Cary’s disposal once she touched back down in the city. Yenni, Bash, Jaden, Duval, Killa, Santiago and Benny bust pistols at the drop of a dime on the queen’s command. Who would’ve thought the queen would find herself infatuated with one of her own? But that’s exactly what happens when Cary laid eyes on Benny. How does Leonidas take the news, knowing she had his heart since they were kids?Complicated is an understatement when Cary comes face to face with her past, bumping into her stepmother at the last place she should have ever been. When the truth is revealed about her motives, Cary is left questioning everyone in her orbit. Does she revert back to her old ways? Or does she stay bossed up and get her revenge against everyone who orchestrated her father’s demise? A pretty girl, seven savages, a jealous stepmother and a king…does their story end in happily ever after?
XYZ
Kimille - 2019
Mastering life’s principal and hellacious course of Hard Knock Life 101 was nothing to eXavier and eZekiel Yarbrough at an early age. Their wisdom and fearless innocence allocated them guardian angels over baby cousin, iYanna. Drug addictions, immorality, abuse, and evil are all cycles that these three have a vivid familiarity with, yet out of the wicked mentalities that assaulted them grew love, loyalty, hope, tenacity and nobility. Despite the licks they gave, as well as took, they found a safe haven in an old head called Diego. A man that knew the streets and the streets respected him. This family has an abundance of dysfunction, but their devotion to each other is unrestricted and immovable! Friends for life. Life has not been particularly kind to Najia Kennedy. She's had to sacrifice more than she's wanted and taken more L's than wins. But somehow, she's managed to stay on her feet with her head held high, all the while searching for where broken hearts go. Love remains elusive as her son's father pops in and out of their lives with empty promises and leftover lies. Najia's friendship with iYanna has withstood the test of time and her shenanigans, as she factors into the equation that is XYZ. Love forever. The streets don't owe him anything. He's taken everything he's wanted by omission or commission. Kreed is a new breed of boss, college educated and street smart. He's the boogeyman in a suit, encompassed in a mystical aura of strength and power that leaves many starstruck. He's so immune to the world around him that he's stunned at the foreign emotions caused by the feather-like thundering of a miniature storm called iYanna. He envisions her as his future, but her family views him as a catastrophic danger to all that they've invested in her. Love and hurt, joy and pain, good times and bad, take all as prisoners. When you have everything you want, is there room for more? When you have nothing, will you accept anything? XYZ is a spicy urban romance with charismatic characters, life altering situations and breathtaking moments that will fascinate you from beginning to end.
The Secret Letters
Taryn Leigh - 2020
I couldn't put it down.' 'Powerful and well written!''Sweet, uplifting and suspenseful with a complex resolve' - KT Book ReviewsRACHEL, saved from an attack twelve years before by a faceless stranger, never got to thank him, never knew his name.Despite the devastation she chose to rise above it to help others from their pain by becoming a psychologist....Her only issue now is that she's an expert at fixing everyone else's problems, and blind to her own.After a long relationship with her boyfriend WILL starts to go south, she turns to her best friend AMELIA for guidance.Suddenly her world is turned upside down when tragedy strikes and she's left with no one to comfort her but Will's rude older brother RUARI.Paralyzed by fear, she struggles to take grip of her life, until the day when anonymous letters begin to appear from the stranger who saved her twelve years before.
Her Hollywood Heroes
Roma James - 2019
As an actress, I have fans that can get a little…obsessed. So, my producer hires bodyguards. Enter Gray, Jace, and Landon, three ripped Marines. Hiring them was strictly business, but just one night of weakness sets off a powder keg of sexual attraction. Their gruff protectiveness makes me yearn for more. Gray, with his slow, sultry smile, likes to take his time. Jace is the quiet one. His eyes promise wicked nights. Landon is the sweet talker. His mouth sets my body on fire. Three powerful men…one incredible woman. No jealousy and no limits, as they vow to protect and claim her in the midst of a crazed fan hellbent on destroying her. ***Her Hollywood Heroes is a steamy reverse harem contemporary romance for readers who love suspense, protective males ready to do whatever it takes to protect their woman, and a headstrong heroine fighting for her life and the men she loves. This is a full length standalone with a Happy Ever After.***
I Am Yours (Love & Passion Series Book 1)
Aja - 2015
Well not exactly. I mean, he is the love of her life. Passion-filled days and nights are all she can think about when she is close to him. But so is fear. Fear of him taking her heart and ripping it to pieces-- so she decides that leaving him and his love for her alone, is the best thing for her. But love is a mercurial thing, it has a way of pulling back up to you when you think you have deserted it, which is what happens when Amara finds a reason to work with Noah on an upcoming project at work. Things that complicate this even more? Keith her current boyfriend, and "the past" which she seems to want to also run away from as much as she runs away from Noah. Can Amara overcome her fears and give into what makes her feel whole? Can she finally begin to trust the love that Noah has always had for her? Find out in I Am Yours...