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Putting My Love In The Hands Of A Savage


Nikqua - 2017
    Being a lawyer and being good at it, Anthony wanted to make it to the top. Anthony doesn't always sit behind a desk and work on cases. Anthony and his brothers partnered up with their fathers running a big drug organization. While being behind the scenes, Anthony proved to be the best lawyer and the best man in the streets. Leaving her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, Toni hit the road to Nashville, Tennessee. What she didn't know was what she was about to get herself into when she met Anthony. She fell harder than she ever thought she would. When Toni Grant joined the law firm that his father owned, Anthony knew he was in trouble. The attraction they had for each other was obvious. Although they tried to stop it, the chemistry was too strong to ignore. With drama unfolding and love blossoming, the couple is at their wits end on the drama that was following their relationship. When they learn the truth about everything, will their relationship be able to survive the big mess that has surface around them?

My Lover, His Brother & Me...


Janey Woodall - 2013
    But, although Seb is attentive and great fun, Izzy has to admit that it doesn't look as though it's going anywhere which is why it's a shock when he asks her to spend Christmas with him and his family in Derbyshire.Faced with the prospect of an uncomfortable Christmas with her nightmare mother in France or the opportunity to get to know Seb a LOT better, Izzy is happy to agree.But back home, Seb seems to have something on his mind and then there's his family to deal with: his forceful mother and frail father, sister Marianne and big brother Quinn. Christmas cheer seems in short supply for Isobel and it's not necessarily the season to be jolly...A contemporary romantic comedy for fans of the likes of Jilly Cooper and Jenny Colgan.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lover-His-Bro...

Explicitly Yours


Renee Williams - 2020
    I was exhausted from tricking myself that any bum dude would do. I didn’t want to date Mr “He’ll do For Now” anymore. I wanted the one. The one that made my soul soar. The one that made my heartbeat quicken when he walked into the room. The one that living without was not an option. But, could I do it? Could I put on my big girl panties and simply call the man and see what happened? I needed to ask him a few questions.Why we stopped being friends?Why we never became lovers?Could we try to discover forever together?I guessed if I wanted him, I would have to jump in his Dm’s just like every other basketball, influencer, groupie, thirsty chick that wanted Chase McClennon because I knew. My soul knew. Even my heart was in agreeance.This man was explicitly mine. Now, I just had to convince him.

Kissing A Thug Under The Mistletoe


Keila Rowe - 2021
    

Rhythm & Hood (A STAND ALONE NOVEL): A Dope Boy's Heartbeat


Niqua Nakell - 2016
    Young and sassy, Rhythm's only concern is graduating high school and having some fun. Raised by her hard working mother, Rhythm learned early on to love herself first and not to believe every boy's lies. Everything her mother has taught her get's put to the test when she constantly runs into the hood's most infamous bad boy that just so happens to go by the name, Hood.Hood is beyond rude, but to most that's part of his charm. With a sex appeal that is too strong for her faint hear, Rhythm ends up giving into his advances even though something is telling her she is destined for heartbreak.Hood lives by the saying cash rules everything around me, and is motivated by the drugs and fast life. Life for him is no longer the same when his heart starts beating to a different tune after Rhythm catches his eye. His desire for Rhythm brings out foreign emotions that he's just not ready for.Hood and Rhythm explore the possibilities between them and find out head first that love can be a dangerous game. With both of their hearts being involved, death and tragedy comes crashing in causing the two down a lonely highway. Follow the sound of Hood's heart beat in this hood love story to see just how Rhythm became a dope boy's heartbeat.

A Hitta for Christmas


AJ Davidson - 2021
    

Through the Fire: A Standalone Novel


Latoya Nicole - 2018
    What u go through in life doesn’t define you, it’s how u go through it!!! Life has a way of showing you that you are harder than you give yourself credit for and Melody was about to find that out for herself. Already down on her luck and living in her own personal hell, she was shown that before things would get better they had to get worst. Only for Melody, they would get a whole lot worst. With her back against the wall she runs to her first love, music, for the escape that only it could bring her. After one life changing song selection at karaoke, Melody feels like her luck is finally changing for the better and decides to focus solely on her way out. What she didn’t expect was for happily ever after to come to such an abrupt end. In a world dominated by men, Melody realizes that the top is overcrowded and there isn’t much room left for her. Rap legend, Shocka never took no for an answer. Hailing from the streets left him with the mind frame that anything was attainable if he set his sights on it. With the streets behind him and a baby on the way, his focus should remain in his music but Shocka wanted what he wanted. And he wanted Melody in the worse way. Like the perfect lyric over the wrong beat, Melody showed Shocka that even when you see potential in something, that doesn’t mean it’ll go the way you plan it. Sharing a love for music isn’t enough for the pair, as one soars to the top of the charts and the other is left clawing their way back from the past they escaped from. What happens when the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t really a light, but flames threatening to burn everything that you cherished down?

The Dressmaker's Son


Abbi Sherman Schaefer - 2013
    Rachael's family comes to America to start a new life after fleeing the pogroms in Russia. Rebekah comes to America with her son, Samuel, fleeing his father, Misha, a Russian soldier with whom she had an affair and has threatened to take him away from her so he will not grow up as a Jew and the son of a cobbler. Set in the Lower East Side of New York and pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg, Russia, both women adjust to life in America until Misha kidnaps Samuel and returns with him to Russia. How Rebekah rises to the challenge of earning enough money as a designer of women's gowns to return to St. Petersburg to find her son, and the difficulties she encounters while there, including murder and prison, show the reader the full extent of a mother's ingenuity and determination when it comes to her child. Rachael also faces the possibility of losing a child to war when her son Solomon enlists in the army as America's entry into World War I approaches.

Nowhere To Hide (Going Nowhere Fast, #2)


M'Renee Allen - 2017
    They’re coming for her. Melanie Pittman never thought her life would end up like this. She’s living life on the run, with two brothers chasing after her. No matter how far she runs, she can’t hide from the Rochester brothers. They both know what she’s done and they plan to make her suffer for it. Damian wants her dead for the crime she committed. Mason, a man who she thought cared for her, wants her to complete the terms of their agreement: sex for his silence. Only death or a life of submission awaits her if she quits moving. Then there’s her other enemies lurking in the shadows, ready to strike. She can’t hide forever. As her enemies close in on her from all angles, she only has two options: give up or rise up. Melanie’s tired of being hurt and used. She’s ready to fight. Will she win? Or will one of the brothers get what they want from her? This is a suspense novel with romantic elements and no cliffhanger. It includes adult scenes and language. This series must be read in order. Book 1 is available on Amazon.

Christmas Town


Shawn Inmon - 2013
    Transported by one Christmas miracle, he looks desperately for another to find his way home. Christmas Town is a 9,000 word short story that examines the redemptive powers of Christmas.

Mistletoe Surprise


K.C. Crowne - 2019
    This must be my punishment for being on Santa's naughty list. Being a single overprotective dad means I've always lived two distinct lives.... And it has worked out just fine... Until my friend’s daughter walked into my life. Now can't get my head straight. Just a teenager when I saw her last. Now those ocean blue eyes, full lips and long luscious legs.... Leave me wondering if I'm being punished for all the cr*p I put women through. I want to own her. Dominate her. Teach her how to use her sweet assets. Turning down an opportunity to take her virginity will take every fiber of my being. I just hope I've got the self-restraint to do it. Warning: This taboo, older man younger woman, single daddy contemporary romance by Bestselling Romance Author, K.C. Crowne, is sure to leave your kindle on fire. Grab a cool beverage and enjoy this forbidden Christmas treat, with a deliciously sweet HEA.