Each episode takes around 25 minutes to read and follows the lives and dramas of the residents moving into the newly built properties of Jasmine Close.JASMINE CLOSEby Linda DunscombeJasmine Close is a soap opera to enjoy on your Kindle or eReader. Follow the lives and dramas of the residents of a brand new housing estate in episodes that take around twenty-five minutes to read. Perfect for your lunch break, short commute, or just to curl up with on the sofa or read in bed.Meet some of the charactersVictoria works in the show-home and she likes to know what’s going on. She’s nosy, bossy, and caring, with a husband who keeps going AWOL and a teenage daughter she’s struggling to connect with.Jenny is suffering from post-traumatic stress and the move to the new house in the new city will, according to her husband, Miles, make everything better.Barry is the building site Foreman who is working to a schedule that keeps being interrupted by the half-naked ladies in apartment two who keep diverting his men away from their work.Steve severed his spine in a car accident and, fresh from the Spinal Injuries rehab unit, he’s trying to find his place in a world that is now much scarier in a wheelchair than it was when he could walk.Sonia has a perfect family and a secret life while Belle just wants to keep her children safe and Natasha and Ed are adjusting to life with a new baby who cries all the time.The American, Brett Anderson, is on a brief visit to see his sister, but he might have found a reason to make him stick around for a while longer.

    This book will help ensure that your faith is built on Christ alone and the assurance of spending eternity with Him, not the sometimes-scary flow of history. You will also get a complete education on Islam and its possible role in the End Times.”Joel RichardsonNew York Times bestselling author and internationally recognized teacherArab Spring, Christian Winter will help you tie newspaper headlines to your scriptural knowledge of the Last Days. Ralph Stice draws a clear link between the Arab Spring and the rise of a worldwide power that appears to be ushering in the coming Antichrist. This book will also show you what you need to watch for in tomorrow’s news and guide you on how to fortify your faith for stormy days ahead. The Western Church has much to learn from Christian brothers and sisters in the Middle East. Familiar Scripture passages are unfolding with new clarity to believers everywhere.Learn:•Why the Arab Spring had to happen to fulfill scriptural prophecy•How the Arab Spring led to the unleashing of pure Islam •Which nation could be the crucial link between East and West and produce an Antichrist figure•The responses of Middle Eastern Christians to intense persecution and what we Western believers can learn from themFear not! He will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). We will discover Jesus in a fresh way when we face true persecution. How will your faith withstand the great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again (Matthew 24:21)? Brothers and sisters in Christ are facing this reality every day, right now. About the Author Ralph Stice has lived in Islamic communities on three continents over 11 years’ time as a witness for Christ. During that time, he has interacted with a wide variety of Muslims at many levels of society. He also has read widely on the subject of Islam and has spoken in nearly 100 churches about the world’s second-largest religion. He has recently founded RWS Ministries, a non-profit organization determined to inform Christians about Islam and inform Muslims about Jesus’s true identity and lordship. He blogs frequently on developments in the Islamic world and is a keen observer of political and spiritual developments in the Middle East.

    After aging out of the foster care system a few years back, sweet Zyla Moon is all things fabulous. She is every man’s dream and every insecure woman’s worst nightmare: she’s a strong, independent woman with a good head on her shoulders and her own money in her pocket. Zyla Moon snatches the attention of many, but looks are not enough to keep the attention of the beautiful 24-year-old. In his mind, Tarez is the king of all things. Despite having a family at home, Tarez is determined to have his cake and ice cream. His interest in Zyla Moon increases after she teaches him a lesson he’ll never forget. All is gold in Tarez’s world, until he realizes keeping Zyla Moon isn’t as easy as he assumed. Zyla Moon quickly finds dancing with the devil himself. Will she be able to escape his grip and save herself or will her demise be at the hands of hurricane Tarez? Truths are revealed, drama unfolds, and lives are destroyed in this sizzling hot summer African American Urban Fiction standalone brought to you by Author Zarkia.

     The Pepper in the Gumbo Paul Olivier, founder of a technology giant, clashes right from the start with the beautiful Creole bookstore owner determined to keep him out of Natchitoches' historical district. But nothing is ever as it seems and when secrets are revealed, will it mean a second chance for both of them? A Southern homage to You've Got Mail, this romance will delight classic literature lovers and romance movie fans. These Sheltering Walls An ex con who wears his crime on his sleeve. A woman drowning in an ocean of secrets. Can they find love and hope in each other? Lorelei "Henry" Byrne was born cursed. Being able to spot a lie with perfect accuracy sounds like fun, until you have to live with it. Her whole existence has been hobbled by her hidden talent. She’s estranged from her family, has only one friend, and couldn’t get through a first date if her life depended on it. She throws herself into her work as the new head of the Cane River Creole National Heritage Park, resolving to be content in her solitude… until she meets Gideon, a man with nothing to lose and no reason to lie. A story of grace and courage. b> Only Through Love /b> Charlie Soule couldn’t wait to get out of the Creole swampland and see the world. She left her little home town believing she could be anything. She comes back as a woman who can’t trust anyone. Austin Becket moves to Natchitoches to work at the local juvenile justice center, hoping to do some real good in the world. He'll do anything to forget about the mistakes he's made and the secrets he keeps, even from those closet to him. A story of hope, faith, and learning to trust again. A Star to Steer By People might think growing up in a family bakery is delightful, but Roxie Sunshine Hardy knows the reality. Spending countless sweaty afternoons inside Sunshine Bakery’s big, pink foam cupcake costume is the stuff of her nightmares. Those terrible days are far behind her now, but when her family needs her, Roxie decides to return to Natchitoches. It's only for a few weeks, and there isn’t a snowball’s chance in Dante’s Inferno that she’ll have to get into that cupcake suit. Moving from New York City , Andy hasn’t counted on how much he’d miss his brother, Mark. He can’t uproot Mark from his group home for the mentally disabled back in New York, so Andy tries to go on as usual. When an unlikely friendship blossoms with Sunshine Bakery’s anonymous dancing cupcake, Andy decides to stop pretending to be someone he’s not. He learns seizing the day isn’t just for poets, and life is too short to be without the people you love. A story of family, loyalty, and a true love that can’t be disguised. Fans of Maeve Binchy's Quentins, Jan Karon's Mitford series and Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series will fall in love with The Men of Cane River!! *All books can be enjoyed as standalone novels.* CANE RIVER ROMANCE (The Men of Cane River Books #1-4) The Pepper in the Gumbo #1 These Sheltering Walls #2 Only Through Love #3 A Star to Steer By #4 AUSTEN TAKES THE SOUTH SERIES Pride, Prejudice and Cheese Grits #1 Emma, Mr.

    Just when she feels like life is starting to get better and she’s officially graduated from high school is the very moment her mother makes a move that literally pulls the rug from underneath her and shatters her life into a million pieces. Homeless and devastated, she runs into the arms of Janiero Wilkes, the hood’s finest, and her life changes forever. Meet Janiero Wilkes, a young hustler on the rise who prides himself on being a faithful and doing what he has to do to raise his two children but, when his dramatic ex/baby mother Eboni shows back up on the scene and tries to stake her claim, he finds himself in a web of lies and deceit that only the Lord himself can get him out of. Creed, Eboni’s on again and off again lover, pops up with literally one thing on his mind and that is making a come up, and he doesn’t care if he has to rob, kill, or steal; he’s determined to get it all by any means necessary. This novella is full of twists and turns, ups and downs that will have your emotions all over the place and an ending that you won’t see coming.

    Everyone in his hood respects him, his wife loves him, and his money flow keeps coming in. With a wife like Ava on his side, Nova is focused and the two are inseparable. Ava: beautiful, book and street smart. Her love for her husband is endless, but her patience begins to run out when Nova’s baby momma, Taye, does everything in her power to break them apart. Her emotions begin to take over, then the unexpected happens. When drama unfolds and secrets are revealed, their marriage becomes a true test of faith. Everything ain’t peaches and cream, especially when you have a baby momma from hell like Taye to intervene.

    

    

    She is determined to hold things together for herself more so then for her children. What will happen when she loses everything. Who will the girls have to depend on besides each other. Ronnie learns a shocking truth from her mother and is given a decision to make. Will she make the right or wrong decision and at what cause. Find out the answers when reading this ghetto twisted tale.

    Some may cause us our lives and other’s may be non- threating but, one of the mistakes that has been repeatedly made by a woman was dating the wrong the man and, Carlee Jackson was no exception. Carlee, a college graduate and girlfriend of up and coming boss, Vonn, was with him when he didn’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. When they first stated dating, Vonn wasn’t fit to be with Carlee. He couldn’t even afford to take her to the movies but, instead of tossing him to the side, she stuck by him. Giving him the startup money for his business, things started looking up for Vonn. After she graduated college, the couple was living the good life and nothing could bring them down. That was until Vonn abandoned her with a car full of drugs and a dirty gun, leaving her to take the fall. When Carlee didn’t think Vonn could betray her again, she learned that he married her best friend, Sienna. With revenge on her mind, she reached out to the only man who had reached out to her while she was in prison. Macklin, her ole fling. While was with Vonn, Mack meet Carlee her junior year of college. Mack spent a year trying to convince Carlee that Vonn wasn’t the man for her but, she wasn’t willing to leave him. After a year of being her side piece, Carlee cut him off but, Mack never stopped caring for her. Finding out that she was in jail, Macklin wrote her every month while she was in prison offering her a helping hand if and when she needed it. After four and half years of sending letters, Carlee finally reached out to him asking for help. Not wanting to miss the opportunity to be in her life again, Macklin was prepared to do any and everything for Carlee. With Mack on a mission to win Carlee’s heart, Carlee puts him on a ninety-day trial to see if he was willing to ride with her through the rest of her bid or if he was just all talk. Will Macklin win the heart of the woman he always wanted to be with? Will Carlee be able to keep her guard up for the entire ninety-day trial? Find out the answer to these questions and a whole more in the hood love story of Carless and Macklin.

    They are new every morning, great is Thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23God’s mercies are sure; His promises are fulfilled; but a dawn of a new morning is God’ grace.If you need a testimony about God’s grace, then If I Should Die Before I Wake will encourage your soul. Nothing happens in our lives by chance. If you need a miracle, God’s got that too. Trust Him. Has it been a while since you’ve had a testimony? Increase your prayer life, build your faith and walk in victory because without a test, there is no testimony. Pat Simmons is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Guilty series.

    She had never asked for much in life. After befriending a man who had a hurt done to him that maybe a weaker man wouldn’t make it through. The loyalty of his heart, and the love for his kids, draws her deeper into an unconventional relationship with him. Everything seems to be working out fine, until repeated actions shows her that maybe she’s put too much into a wounded man. Will she have the strength to get the love she finally feels she deserves? ​Six-Nine is a beast of a man. Some calls him a gentle giant. He stepped up and took on raising his kids after divorcing his wife once he discovered she cheated on him. A companion, ally, comforter, and best friend came to him in a person he least expected. She impressed him in more ways than one. They’ve built an unconventional family, and for them, it works. Their friends and family tells them they will make a lovely couple, and don’t understand why they just don’t make that move. But there’s something huge that’s holding Six-Nine back. He doesn’t want to risk losing the best unofficial woman he’s ever had. But what happens when the tables are turned? Will he man up and do what he know he needs to do, or will he just settle for what he can get? ​Our Love Is A Battlefield is a story of pure determination. Not everyone understands it, but it works. Read and find out how hard two people will fight when it’s for something that’s greater than themselves.

    For too long she’s endured hurt and betrayal from the men in her world, and instead of getting tired of love, she gets even. She’s been having an affair with ex-boyfriend Cali, but decides to end it when she comes to terms that she still wants to be with her boyfriend Savage, who hasn’t exactly been faithful either. It’s only a matter of time before the two men face off, and Aleesha can’t do anything to stop it. The day of her last affair with Cali, she and her illicit lover get followed, and later that night the drama reaches the ultimate climax. *Publisher's Note: This book was formerly titled "She Don't Get Tired"

    Her husband, Kelton, was quite the opposite of her; he is unmotivated and needs someone to hold his hand down the trail to success. Blinded by love, she disregarded her mom’s warning to not marry him, and boy was she paying for it now that Kelton’s business went under. Kelton’s real estate development company goes under after mismanagement of funds and terrible business decisions. Desperate to prove his worth as a man, he begins to dabble in the dangers of street life and quickly realizes that he has bitten off way more than he can chew. While down on his luck, his wife finds evidence that he could possibly have been unfaithful in their almost five year marriage. Laylah Rice, the rising hair slayer herself. With the boom of the Slay Haven Hair Company, she is content with running a successful business and being a mom to her beautiful four year old, Lark. More than just a best friend to Jelcie, they were like sisters. Laylah’s world became a whirlwind when her ex-lover Rocky comes back in the picture. Dark chocolate and sexy best describes Rome Bennett. With a need for help with branding his new night club, Surge, he seeks out the expertise of The Mathews Branding Agency. Not only would helping the dark chocolate god with his branding be good for Jelcie’s business, but the money that she would make from his account alone was enough to seal the deal. Rome’s sexy appearance and his business savvy demeanor tempts her in ways she never thought possible. Always the good wholesome girl who plays by the rules, will Jelcie submit to Rome’s unwavering appeal?

    At early stage he was unaware that he was in love with Siyaa but when their school ended and both of their paths were separated, he went into deep depression. As time passes Ayyan tries many times to get Siyaa back in his life, But what's going on in Siyaa's mind?