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Crowned 2: The Return of a Savage
Deshon Dreamz - 2017
At a very young age, she acknowledged the natural boss that thrived inside of her. However, love… well, the illusion of love created someone different. With the discovery of her husbands’ infidelity, coupled with the ultimate betrayal of the loyalty that she has shown him, Ashura snaps, and now she trusts no one. Not even the man that she finds herself being pulled to in the midst of it all. Nacobi feels blindsided by everything happening around her. Not only does she encounter a man who she has deep feelings for in a very compromising position with her best friend, but she also has no idea who to trust nor who to believe. The man she spent the last few months of her life getting to know, trusting, and caring about or the only person that she has ever loved in her entire life, Ashura Trenton? Code Zero has somehow entered the lives of these best friends and flipped them upside down in a small amount of time. From the mystery of them, to the protectiveness, to the keen sense of knowing what to do and say in each moment to make them fall in love; they have them right where they want them… at the barrel of their guns. In this finale, the old Ashura is gone and has been replaced with a no-nonsense beast who won’t allow just anyone into her space. Her guard is up, her veins are out as the pain of the present drives her to the savage of the past. At her side, Nacobi is along for the ride, and down for whatever. They're willing to fight whoever for whatever, in order to keep their lives and all the things they’ve worked for in order. Lies, deceit, hidden agendas, baby mommas, alpha males and trained killers make Crowned 2 a finale that you do not want to miss.
Honor Thy Boss: Love Ain't Easy
Charmanie Saquea - 2017
When the only woman to ever steal his heart goes against him, leaving him to become a single father, Boss puts all his emotions, time, and focus on his daughter and his empire. That was until he just so happens to run across the young, sexy, and ambitious Choyce. Sharing a similar story, Choyce was also forced to become a single mother at a young age when the father of her child switched up on her. She had no interest in finding love and just wanted to accomplish the goals she had set for herself. Falling for the sexy, dominant, and sometimes callous Boss, was nowhere in her plans, but you can't help who you fall for. Will these two broken and guarded people be able to put their pasts behind them and form a love that no one will be able to penetrate? Or will the pain from previous betrayal cause them to push one another away? Take a journey through the streets of Detroit as Boss and Choyce show us that dealing with love is not as easy as some may think.
Shawty Let Me Be What You've Been Missing 2
Cherice Harris - 2017
Love doesn't seem to be his strongest pursuit. But, finding out the truth may have hurt him more than helped. Everything around him is crumbling, but he knows how to dance with the devil. When it's all said and done will he be able to fix what he's broken? Valencia can't seem to get it right as her secrets causes her both love and happiness. She's the common dominator of trouble brewing. Trying to put the pieces back together again, troubles invades paradise yet again. Will she go against the odds and fight for the love that she knows that she deserves? Or will this love affair be another that falls at the waste-side? Loso fell for Bianca, but before he knew her truths which broke them apart. Finding peace and accepting heartbreak, leaves him with his back against the very wall that held him. With demises happening to his team, he's left to fight the battles that comes full throttle. Will peace find him once again? Love for these couples seems more trouble than it's worth. But, the heart wants what it wants, even when you know it's bad.
Shawty Fell in Love With A Rude Boy 2
P. Dotson - 2017
Erica learns that falling in love with a Rude Boy isn’t easy. The boundaries of her relationship are tested when outsiders seek to destroy the love she’s found. Will love withstand the test, or will she fold under the pressure? Erica isn’t the only one who falls for a Rude Boy. Jade finds herself slowly falling in love with the handsome, yet mysterious Detective Keenan Elba. The loving and doting father of three managed to sneak past the wall she built around her heart. There’s just one problem standing in the way of their chemistry… his wife! Will these ladies truly find happiness or will Falling in Love with a Rude Boy prove to be more complicated than they ever imagined????
His Heart Ain't Loyal
K.C. Mills - 2016
He’s street raised but business minded. Being part owner of a Harper’s, a successful bar and grill, affords him a certain lifestyle and plenty of women who want to share it with him. Larken is young and paid, and in no way interested in settling down anytime soon. Family secrets have a way of curbing his appetite for commitment, and he has no issues with that whatsoever. Sydney knows what she wants, she just can’t seem to get all her cards lined up to make it happen. Life somehow keeps getting in the way of her future plans. Sydney’s only focus is finishing school and starting her career, which leaves no room for relationships of any kind. The down side is that without a car and a job, she doesn’t have the ability to make that happen. When both are snatched from her because of a shady business deal, she’s at a loss and struggles to figure out her next move. Larken just happens to be in the right place at the right time and offers a solution to Sydney’s current situation. The two have no intention of making any kind of connection, but sometimes you find just what you need when you aren’t really looking. Will Sydney tame Larken’s wild side, and will he prove that he’s worthy of her time? Or have the two crossed paths at the wrong time, rendering them incapable of the love that neither of them know that they’re missing.
Never Made Love to a Thug: Until I Met You
Cherie Briggins - 2017
Some would even call her stupid. Feeling as if she's constantly on a rollercoaster ride of love and abuse, Mirror finally wants off. She's losing herself and her future is starting to look bleak. Until he steps into the picture. Now that Trust is a free man, he's focused and determined to be the King of New York. While hustling day and night, the only thing he wants is money, respect and those to fear him. But when he spots a beautiful girl sitting on a stoop, will he continue to be as focused as he once was?
Holding His Heart & His Gun: A Savage Love Story
Jahquel J. - 2017
Losing her mother to the prison system, she had to step in and raise herself. Besides her mother, the only other person she has had is her best friend, Brandi. Living together and trying to make ends meet in expensive New York City seems nearly impossible. Especially, when her best friend has three mouths to feed, along with her dead beat baby father. Keeping her head low and working at a hotel for close to minimum wage, Love is convinced that things will pick up for her. That is, until Burna pushes himself into her life -- literally. Burna is the black casanova. Known to have a few chicks on his team, he's not tied to anyone. Used to having women throw themselves at him, he meets his match one drunken night. When he awakes from a night of wild sex and heavy drinking with missing money, plus jewelry, he finds Love in his hotel room and all hell breaks loose. When this smart-mouthed Brooklyn girl crosses paths with him, a chance encounter turns into something more. But with a girl like Love, will Burna be able to add her to his team? Or will his heart get involved, making him start letting players off his team, for just one? Kashira has been the girl that every man has wanted, Boogie especially. He has watched her for many years, but always kept it friendly. One night out changes it all for them both. Except, both of them are too stubborn to admit it. When Boogie finds out that Kashira has been hiding secrets, will he be able to forgive? Or will he step away from the situation altogether?
When She's Bad, I'm Badder 2: Jiao & Dreek, A Crazy Love Story
Tina J. - 2017
However, Queenie refuses to allow Jiao to destroy her relationship and will do whatever is necessary to keep him. With a few tricks up her sleeve, she has big plans for Jiao but nothing can prepare her for Dreek's reaction when he finds out what she did to him. Percy and Sommer are dealing with their own issues and trying to stay together after what happened at the baby shower. In the midst of all the chaos, someone else from her past comes back and wreaks havoc in her life. Unfortunately, revealing to her that everything that glitters, ain't gold. Jiao is on the hunt to find the person who murdered her mother, but will it hurt her in the end when she finds out who it is? Bash on the other hand has been waiting patiently for the truth to come to light and when it does all he'll will break loose.
The D-Boy Type is What She Likes (The D-Boy Type is What She Likes Book 1)
Dominique Thomas - 2017
Especially when their death is ruled as your fault. Quiet, and guarding her heart, twenty-six-year-old Salem Banks is struggling to find balance in her life once she is released from prison for an unfit crime. With the only help being provided by her cousin Makiya, she finds herself feeling less worthy of being loved, but Huss has other plans to capture her broken heart, and mend it back together. A boss in his own right, Huss’ life is simply made at thirty years old. His days revolve around frequent trips to visit his beautiful daughter, and his nights are filled with running one of the hottest clubs in Detroit. When he goes home at night, though, the only thing missing in his cold sheets is a woman. His pursuit on Salem is a battle, but he’s never faced one he hasn’t conquered yet, and it won’t start with her. Having been Salem’s right-hand since diaper days, Makiya is thrilled to have her cousin home. She isn’t the same as when she left, though. Caught up in her own trials with “family” and a guy she had grown close with, Kiya finds herself questioning how and why she had fallen for a man like Grady. It wasn’t hard to do, but her insecurities and the envious people in her life try to desperately break the bond they share. Rudely, and in one of the sexiest ways possible, Grady Cooper, better known as Gee Coop, interrupts Kiya’s whirlwind of a life. Their first encounter had both of their minds wondering, and it wasn’t long before Gee’s curiosity regarding the vicious beauty were answered. A true hustler, with the heart of gold, he finds himself cornered to make one of the hardest decisions of his life. One that may cost him his sanity and his woman. Though meeting the men may have not been what either woman had planned for their lives, their masculine presence cannot be ignored. Nor will the need to feel love remain a foreign subject. In this jaw dropping, soul snatching, book collaboration from Dominique Thomas and BriAnn Danae, the admiral d-boys and stunning head-strong cousins from Detroit, will keep readers glued to the pages and left clutching their pearls.
Love In The Ghetto 2
Nako - 2015
Evelyn is confused, worried and full of anxiety with her back against the wall, she’s left with no choice but to choose between family and happiness. Love in the Ghetto II, goes beneath the surface to exploit the real meaning of finding love in these cold-hearted streets. Evelyn is a gangstress, true enough, but the four letter word means more to her than she cares to admit. She refuses to give herself away all in the name of living happily ever after. In part II, questions will be answered identities just may be revealed, but the mystery still remains unsolved.
You're Going to Miss Me When I'm Gone
A'zayler - 2017
She’s pretty, educated, successful, faithful, and anything else you could add that would make up perfection. She’s the well-rounded beauty who most men would want in their corner. The fun loving girlfriend that sticks by your side, no matter what. Through good times and bad, she’s the one who never folds. The one who is going to have your back through any and everything, which is why she doesn’t understand her longtime boyfriend Bandit’s refusal to be faithful. One tear after the next, Skye sheds them continuously. It’s like no matter what she does, it’s never good enough for him, and for the life of her, she can’t figure out why. Bandit is a young ladies man who continues to take advantage of every pretty woman that looks his way. A thriving entrepreneur with nothing but money and time on his hands, Bandit chooses to use it on women. Though he has Skye and she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to him, he still can’t settle down. He’s relived one failed attempt at being faithful after another, and now he’s ready to give up. Why be with a woman if you can’t make her happy is his motto, but what’s he to do when he runs into the one female who refuses to give up? Bandit and Skye are both too blinded to see the road in front of them, but are quickly faced with a hard reality when friends become lovers, and lovers become enemies. Now whose turn is it to hold on?
Cuffed By A Kingpin: Amber Joy's Story
Heiress - 2017
Being physically and emotionally abused by the woman she once called her Aunt, left her with scars. Having her innocence stripped from her has left her with insecurities. Then being lied to her entire life has left her with trust issues. But even as a young girl she managed to not allow her past to affect her present. Entering her senior year of high school, she is determined to make the best of it. She wanted new friends, adventures and memories. She wants to have fun and live her life. That may have been her plan but it is far of what is sure to come. She is told new lies, old truths and seeing old faces that she thought she erased from her memories. She thought she could escape her past but it’s like a repeating cycle. On top of that, she has an encounter with the most popular boy in school. She may think its all roses and rainbows but little did she know, it was more to the encounter than she thinks. Zoovier aka Zoo is the star running back on the football team. He has the good looks, the talent and the rude boy demeanor that makes the girls go crazy. He has no worry or care in the world until his feelings gets rattled up in a sweet girl that he barely noticed. After making a bet with a friend, that sweet girl becomes more to him than he intended. His focus was only on football until he has to face hard life challenges and make even harder decisions. With no father figure, a hard working mother, a needy girlfriend and football, his plate of responsibility it high. Love was the last thing he wanted to add. Quisha is a hood girl that has the attitude of a grown woman. Every day she deals with rejection from her father and every day she sweeps her feelings under the rug. She longs for the relationship and the need pushes her in the arms of a man that’s no good to her. She was already faced with the challenge of being pretty for a dark skin girl as the public calls it. Now she will have to deal with her father issues, old flames, new love and her education. A bunch of issues she never wanted to address but when tragedy strikes, she’s forced to. Enter the lives of these three teenagers that have to go through up and downs with school, family and love. Will Amber finally be happy? Will Zoovier make the right decision when it come to love or his career? Will Quisha deal with her deep rooted issues and a possible new love interest? Find out in this dramatized standalone that is filled with, betrayal, lies, power and love. Wish them luck.
Wishing He Was My Savage 3
Trenae' - 2017
With so many questions running through her head Ashleigh doesn't know where to turn or who to turn to. With the backbone of the crew, Harlem missing without a trace, it seems like the gang is slowly falling apart. Houston was never the thinker, always one to act on impulse it doesn't take long for him to realize that he is out of his element. Adding insult to injury, the one person that should be in his corner is so stuck on her past that she has no time for her future. Though she should be on his side, Amanda can't focus on Houston because her mind is on the what ifs. Finally at a good place, her past storms in and ruins the plans she had for the future. Instead of letting go and enjoying life, Amanda makes a decision that sends her in a downward spiral that not even Houston can save her from. Will Amanda move towards the future or let her past swallow her whole? In this explosive finale, bonds will be broken and relationships will be tested. Will the crew come out on top or will Kennedy prove to be a bigger boss than her father?
The Streets Will Never Love You Like I Do
Sha Jones - 2017
After witnessing his family's murder at just the tender age of eleven, Riot realizes that there's no love in the world, so he turns to the streets and is taken in by Pablo, Houston's most dangerous kingpin. Riot is trained to kill and has become Pablo's right hand man, that is until he meets Reign. With Reign's good looks and charm, Riot falls hard, but there's a problem... Riot is so blinded by love that he can't even see the danger that lurks around him. Karma comes back full force, and he now feels the wrath. Not only is he in danger, but so is the only person in the world who has captured his heart
Diamond's Affair 3
Danielle Marcus - 2014
So what happens when a man has reached his limit? Garren James has reached his wits end with all the drama in his life, and it's causing him to struggle with his decision making process to stay or go. Garren loves Diamond with every fiber in his body, but when she doesn't show that same devotion, he begins to question if she even deserves him. This in turn, leads him right into the arms of the beautiful Mo. Mo intrigues G and has him battling with thoughts of moving on. G's love for Diamond may not be strong enough to resist temptation. Their union may be at risk of crumbling under pressure and with Mo in the picture that won’t be hard to do. Find out how their story unfolds in this explosive finale that is sure to have you on the edge of your seat.