It’s worth it though. She’s determined Jamie won’t end up like their deadbeat, druggie mother, or worse. Each month, she earns a few extra dollars posing nude for a SoMa art studio. A proud and stunningly beautiful African American woman, she doesn't like exposing herself to strangers like that. But it's legitimate work and she’d do anything for her kid brother. Rafe Adams has it made. A former marketing executive, he’s a handsome white male who cashed out early and will never have to work another day in his life. It’s all about the finer things in life now, with plenty of money and time to pursue what he loves, including his passion for art. There's only one thing missing, and money can't buy it. When she disrobes in Rafe's class that first time, Shawna's grace and mystery grabs him and shakes him to the core. He has to have her, has to know her. He doesn’t know why. He just does. She's overcome, too, by her own attraction to this striking man, but suspicious. What's his true motivation? Will he be just one more jerk who thinks she’s a toy to possess, to play with until he’s bored then tosses it away? Or… could he be the one? Their worlds are as different as her black is to his white. Is it possible for such differences to come together and make something beautiful? Should she stay proud and independent, or take a risk on love and reach for her dreams? Of course, choices are never that easy.

    When a call comes in for an A list client in London, Nia hops on the next plane to the UK.While few details of the celebrity client are shared with Nia, when she meets him they have an instant connection and have more in common than she would have ever thought. One thing leads to another and they find themselves turning into lovers.But when Nia discovers that her new client is no celebrity, and is actually a Prince and one of the most sought after men in the city, she finds herself intimidated by his wealth and status and decides to head back home to America. What she never expects though is to find herself pregnant with his baby... Charles Chambers is not your typical Prince. While in his younger years he was one to play the field, lately he longed for more and grew tired of the same aristocrats and gold diggers always after his wealth and status. When he meets Nia, everything changes and he thinks he finally has found the one. He chases her to America but will he be able to accept her and their unborn child? And will their love be able to survive a conniving Mother who will never accept her, or the woman who was set to marry Charles all along?

     Dilvan devises a scheme of his own - mistreating his wife behind closed doors, then forcing her to pretend they are a happy couple in front of his Mother. Just how long will Gabrielle be able to subject herself to her husband’s harsh treatment? *** Discover the entire Alexander Series: The Millionaire's Arranged Marriage, Book 1 Watch Me Take Your Girl, Book 2 Her Premarital Ex, Book 3 The Object of His Obsession, Book 4 Dilvan's Redemption, Book 5 His Charity Challenge, Book 6 Different Tastes, Book 7 As Long As We Got Love, Book 8

    I could really hurt you." She didn't even cower at my coarseness. "Then do it, Rylan," she antagonized, with her Southern accent. "You don't scare me." "Why, Millie?" "Because I want it," she whispered. "I just want to know what it feels like." I looked into her perfect brown orbs. What a sweet innocent creature. How can she ask me to take away what is most precious to her? I sat her back down on her feet. "We can't have everything we want, Princess Millie." Angel looked up at me while folding her arms and pouting. "I can, actually." Thirty-eight year old drifter, Rylan McKellan, is in the small town of Andersville, Alabama, looking for work. When his truck breaks down on a desolate rode, he meets a young woman that makes him question his carefree lifestyle. Millie Rose is the town recluse and resides in the last standing plantation home of old Andersville. Exactly what is it about Rylan that makes Millie want to leave the comfort of her home?

     Tamara Crichton is determined to spend the holidays with her best friend, Charlotte Wilcox and she’s not going to let little things like being nine-months pregnant, her husband Russell’s ire, or a few snow flurries stand in the way. Of course she’s not exactly planning on mentioning these things to her husband ahead of time. She’s devious not stupid. There’s going to be hell to pay when Ty and Russell find out Tamara snuck over during the storm and even though Charlotte knows she should feel a little bit bad about it she doesn’t. Charlotte loves spending time with her family and friends, and if she and Tamara had to be a somewhat devious to make it happen this year, so be it. There’s nothing wrong with the house being filled with both mischief and mistletoe, besides it’s just a slight snow storm, what’s the worst that could happen? Tamara’s water breaking, that’s what! Now it’s a race to see who is going to show up first, Santa or the baby.

    It's sensible. Logical. Abandoning my plans for a career in the film industry and a life full of fun, albeit slightly reckless, actions was the responsible thing to do. That's who I am now. That's who I've become. Mr. Boring. Mr. Predictable. Mr. Anal Retentive. At least that's what I thought until one irresistible student breathes life back into the version of me I've been desperately trying to suffocate. Being with Ainsley isn't a want. It's a need. And I'm willing do anything to fulfill it. Ainsley I've spent my entire life ashamed of who I am. Who my mother is. What she does. Being forced to attend a private school where people endlessly whisper about it is only bearable because I know exactly what's in my future. I know exactly where I'm going. I know exactly what to do to get there. Or at least I thought I did. One class with him and suddenly my entire world was missing one very important piece. Being with Nate isn't just about sex. It's about loving life in a way I never imagined. The situation isn't ideal, but I'll do whatever it takes to be with him.

    Dealing with a mom who is mentally, emotionally, and physically abusive and classmates who bully her on a daily basis, she did not want anything else to add to her list of stress. But after spending one night with her high school crush and the school's most popular boy, Anthony Royal, things take a serious turn. Anthony Royal, boyfriend to Kimberly's worst enemy Veronica Mills, finds himself in a messy situation. He is tired of dealing with his overbearing parents who run his life and a girlfriend who cares about nobody but herself. Spending the night with Kimberly on their school field trip wasn't supposed to happen and getting her pregnant was definitely not in his plan. Knowing his parents will want to get rid of Kim and the baby, he decides not to tell them and help raise the baby with Kim in private. But what will happen when things start to get too complicated and spiral out of control? Will they still be able to keep their baby a secret or will it be revealed? Find out in The Secret We Kept...

    they have no idea the other feels the same ... yet. Kyla Anne McCall has just found out that her fiance impregnated another woman. Although she is quite relieved that she now has the out she had been too afraid to look for, she can’t help but feel hurt by the betrayal. After a heated fight that ends in her kicking him out for good, she tries her best to rebuild her optimism for her future. The dream is and has always been to have the career, the husband, the kids, the home, and the white picket fence. But now she feels as if the dream has become unattainable, just as unattainable as the man that she secretly wants all of it with. Her famous, billionaire best friend, Eric Rhodes. 'Boston's Prince', Eric Rhodes has been harboring a secret for the past four years. He’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, the stunningly beautiful, Kyla McCall ... Only problem is that ever since the day he’d met her back in law school, she’s been in a relationship with another. But when an unexpected twist in events gives Eric the window of opportunity he’s been waiting for, he finds that he can no longer defer his desire to have her as his. After deciding to focus his effort on winning Kyla's heart, Eric is hit with another twist in events, one that will change his life forever. Loving Kyla is a heart warming STANDALONE Romantic Comedy that reads like a Modern Day Contemporary Fairytale. It is the first novel of Michelle Hardin's collection of Contemporary Romance novels titled, The Love Stories Series.

    I’ve been hurt before, and I’m afraid to fall for the wrong person again. Bradley Bradshaw She’s a broken woman. The more she tries to push me away, the more I want her. She claims she isn’t ready for love, but I know I can change that if only she opens her heart for me.

    The fates prove her wrong when all in one day she finds herself jobless, boyfriendless and homeless. Luck shines on Alexis when a friend offers her a place to live, and she gets another job right in the nick of time. She's thankful and excited to begin her first day on her new job as an Assistant to business owner Morgan Porter. Alexis smooth dark skin, brown eyes affects Morgan Porter from the first moment he sets eyes on her curvy body. Alexis finds her new boss Morgan Porter rude, moody, dangerous and too sexy for his good. His blue-eyed stare and mesmerizing smile seduces Alexis one minute and infuriates her the next. The slow burning flame between the boss and his assistant leads to one enjoyable romantic read.

    But they were too young and too destructive. Raven thought they would always be friends, yet Liam knew a different truth. The son to a vast Legacy, he is shipped off to Paris at a tender age, leaving Raven to fend for herself, full of questions and doubts. Now, he has returned to town and determined to get back in her good graces. Gone is the clumsy, fat boy he once was. In his place stands a man ready to take on the world, with the woman he wants at his side. Raven, on the other hand, can see the new man but still searches for echoes of her friend. Who is this handsome guy that has swept into her life? He was Liam, but he wasn’t HER Liam…. And she wasn’t sure if he ever could be.

     Harrison I met my soul mate, but she's married to someone else. Every fiber of my being screams she belongs to me. He saved her, but he doesn't deserve her. If I'm being honest, neither do I. Brooklyn I didn't know I was settling until he showed me what I was missing. He promised to maintain control, but I pushed him and he destroyed us both. Now I know what I need, but am I what he wants. Harrison's anger and Brooklyn's lies push them both toward destruction. Can passion and control SALVAGE their love? Salvage Him is a passionate romance with BDSM elements by Sydney Aaliyah Michelle. If you like a strong alpha male, scorching sex scenes and a connection that makes your heart and body quiver, then you'll love Sydney Aaliyah Michelle's latest stand alone HEA romance. Pick up Salvage Him and read how Harrison and Brooklyn find each other today! Salvage Him contains explicit scenes of a sexual nature and is not suitable for readers under 18 years of age.

    I am aware of our differences. We can't do nothing about them. I love you and you love me. So, I only tell you this with hard love. You will not run again from the shit in your life. Your mother ran, and for it, your entire family was killed. You survived for a reason. I don’t want to reprimand you since you’re a grown fuckin’ woman, but you need to realize this. I’m Alpha. I deal with this type of behavior on a daily basis with my pack members. I will not tolerate it out of my own mate!” Growled Solomon. No more secrets when the truths are revealed and enemies finally show themselves. Solomon is going to need Tia by his side to stop the impending doom. But will his mate be up to the challenge when she's determined to defy him at every turn while she's still trying to accept what she is? Hopefully, Tia will come to grips before she loses Solomon, or worse, lives are lost.

    Why else would he task him with rescuing a human woman? Finding himself in a seedy Monterey bar at an auction for breeders, the confirmed loner never knew what he was getting himself into… until it was too late. After one whiff of her scent, and a single glance, he knew the curvy human woman he was sent to buy would capture him instead.Every time Sherry Tate assumed her situation couldn’t deteriorate—it did. Ripped from her life and those she loved, she found herself thrust into the dangerous world of shifters and human trafficking. Desperate for freedom, she made a bargain with her body that might very well cost the only thing she had to lose—her heart.If you enjoy sexy shifters willing to break every rule and daring women prepared to make their own, then download your copy of Annalise Nixon’s Bargain with the BearThis novel can be read as a standalone, but there are more stories set in this universe in the six-part series of Between a Wolf and a Hard Place.

    When a hot, sexy gamer geek obsessed with winning meets his match in a sassy, take no crap ‘cook’, sparks fly and a game served spicy begins. Micah James is tall, excessively handsome, a brilliant success as a top video game programmer and a jerk of the first order. Used to flashing a smile and a wink to get whatever he wants, Micah knows what he wants right now and it’s for the local supermarket deli ‘cook’ to be his personal chef. What he’s not ready for is the battle of wills he’ll soon engage in when he meets his match in Nori Blackmon. Nori Blackmon is sassy, curvy and determined to make a success of her life, not matter the cost or sacrifice. She has little time for the spoiled, good looking frat boy demanding she drop everything to come work for him as his personal chef. His arrogance knows no bounds and his inability to take no for an answer rubs her the absolute wrong way. When their worlds collide, neither is ready for the perfect and powerful chemistry that exists between them or that a love like this can form between two people with such different lives and dreams. Him & Her is a contemporary love story between a man and woman moving in different directions until fate intervenes to offer them a new one—with each other. Note: This book has a continuation to the next book (cliff hanger). If you do not like reading series of this nature, this book and storyline may not be for you. For real. This sexy, fun, witty novel by Shelby Mitchell is a BWWM (Black Woman White Man) Interracial romance that contains adult subject matter, descriptive and explicit sex, adult language and mature topics including sex between a billionaire and a curvy, voluptuous black woman. For adults only—Not suitable for readers under 18.