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Nothing Like His Down South Loving


Rikenya Hunter - 2018
    Cherry wasn’t sure how she would be able to go on with life, but her daughter, Angel, and her boyfriend of two years, Devonte, gave her the strength to go on. Devonte was Cherry’s first love and first everything. He was all she knew. Her mother couldn’t stand him and often voiced her opinion, feeling as if her daughter deserved better, but Cherry lived and breathed Devonte. Besides her daughter, Devonte was her life. That was until she ran into an unforgettable bad boy, Javi. Not able to get him out of her mind, Cherry does everything in her power to forget about the mystery man who has caught her eye, but everywhere she turns, Javi is there. Can she stay faithful to the one guy who everyone seems to hate yet she loves? Can she avoid temptation? Javi wasn’t your average man. Decorated in tattoos from head to toe, tall, decked out in the flyest and finest jewelry and fashion, no kids, muscular and downright fine, he would stop any woman dead in her tracks. Not one for relationships, Javi also wasn’t the one for love. Being the man in the streets, he was always about his paper. Growing up poor, he refused to ever struggle again in life. He was content with just his cars and his money, but bumping into Cherry made him rethink everything pertaining to women, but there was just one thing stopping him: her boyfriend. Cherry’s best friend Kabrina is madly in love with a guy who doesn’t want her, so when she found herself pregnant, alone and confused, she contemplated whether to keep her baby. Having an unfaithful baby daddy certainly didn’t help. Plagued by drama, secrets and lies, will Kabrina keep her baby? You haven’t lived yet until you get a man from the dirty south. After all, there’s nothing like some down south loving.

The Coldest Savage Stole My Heart 2: Finale


J. Dominique - 2019
    Although she’s not excited about Quad’s being released he played on her sympathy and bought himself some time. Nivea doesn’t know who to believe. The man she’s loved and raised children with or the new man in her life whose been nothing, but good to her despite his bad reputation. The decision ends up being made for her when Savage is released on bond and believes that Nivea has betrayed him. Will Savage be able to find it in his heart to forgive her or will she lose the bet thing that ever happened to her because she can’t let go of her past. Troy hasn’t ever felt anything deep enough for a female to want to give her more than a night or two of his time, but Niyah has him feeling things he’s never felt before. Unwilling to admit his desire to be with her he resorts back to his playboy ways hoping to stop the change that’s happening within him. Will his love for Niyah outweigh his fear of the unknown? Quad has more secrets than he’s able to hide and eventually they begin to start slipping out and messing up any type of life he thinks that he can have. He knows that he has a piece of Nivea’s heart, but will that be enough to keep her away from Savage? Quad is fighting a losing war, but can he see it in time? Kisha isn’t willing to let Savage go without a fight. The lengths she’ll go through to get him back are endless. Even something that could cost her, her freedom. As long as she has Savage she doesn’t care and she won’t back down and let Nivea have him. Niyah realizes that she has deeper feelings than she thought for Troy, but she’s not going to be played no matter how much she’s feeling him. She doesn’t have a problem showing any man what he’s missing except Troy wants his cake and to eat it too. Trying to deal with him and a family issue has been draining to say the least, but Niyah’s never been a quitter. Will she be enough to change Troy for the better, or will she have to look elsewhere for the love she desires? Find out what love has in store for this group of friends in the last installment of The Coldest Savage Stole my Heart.

His Heart Belongs To the Streets


Latisha - 2020
    

Our Love Is A Battlefield


Kendra Sumter - 2018
    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.

A Real One Captured My Heart


K. Renee - 2020
    Throwing caution to the wind, Shanice decides to live her best life while on a girl’s trip to Mexico. Gia, Shanice’s best friend only concern is her daughter. Trying to care for her daughter while breaking ties from her controlling ex is harder than Gia ever imagined. This is one fight however that Gia refuses to lose. Hurt by love, Truth Baylor is all about his money. Along with his right hand, Gabe, Truth is the plug to the streets. Neither of them are worried about women until they stumble upon Shanice and Gia. What started out as a vacation fling quickly escalates when Shanice and Truth happen to run into each other back at home. Will they continue what was started in Mexico or will the trust issues they both have interfere with something magical? When drama and feelings start to get crazy, Shanice will be able to tell everyone what it’s like to be Falling for Real One, even if it’s not a good thing.

Down With the King of the South


Diamond D. Johnson - 2019
    She’s well known throughout Miami, but most know her as Giovonni “Trip's” girlfriend and baby mama. They have a ghetto love story. The two of them had been together for almost twenty years. They have a love that most people would ask Jashae just how the hell does she do it? Not because love is hard, but because Trip is in prison serving a life long sentence, for a murder that he committed years ago. Then, you have Toddrick King, known in the streets as “Miami.” Women will pretty much sell their souls to be with a man like Miami. Not only is he a well-known retired boxer, but he’s handsome, rich, and he knows how to treat a woman. Two things are stopping Miami and Jashae from being together, and that’s Jashae’s love for Trip and because Miami and Trip were once friends. Then, we have Mahogany, Jashae's best friend. Such a beautiful woman, with such an ugly soul. Mahogany can literally have any man in the world that she wants, but she’s not too fond of falling in love. Well, that’s until she meets Miami’s cousin, Jabari. Will Jabari be able to change Mahogany’s outlook on love? Does Jabari even want love himself to change Mahogany’s mind on such a thing? Although this is a love story, it’s deep; it’s sad; it’s dark, it’ll make you question why certain things happen in life. For Jashae, one would think that losing her boyfriend to the system was the worst thing that could happen to her, but who would have ever thought that something else would happen in her life that would make that situation seem minor?

This Thing Called Love (Re-Release)


Tina J. - 2020
    

I Fell In Love With The Plug


Chrissy O - 2017
    Her mother doesn't care about her or her siblings so Brooklyn is left to hit the streets in order to provide for her family. With her life going the way it is, falling in love is the last thing on her agenda but with her secret feelings for one of her uncles workers that’s she held deep inside for years, she finds herself wanting to be more than just friends with him. Every action has a reaction when brooklyns emotions are tested, her past coming back to haunt her, she makes a decision that changes her life forever. The people around her may not be who they claim to be. Brooklyn has to chose between facing the problems or walking away from it all.

Hood Luvin' From a White Boy


Sha Jones - 2019
    However, when Javo, a sexy, charismatic white man with the swag to match enters the scene, he becomes every woman’s fantasy.After being abandoned in a dumpster in the hood like trash at just two weeks old, a black family finds him and raises him. Growing up in the black community, Javo naturally develops a swag that attracts black women. When he meets Mahogany, a beautiful, dark-skinned woman who has no interest in dating outside of her race, he turns on his charm and makes her second guess her preference.Being dark-skinned, Mahogany has always felt that she wasn’t good enough, especially after facing betrayal over and over again from the black men whom she'd always put on a high pedestal. All of her thoughts and feelings began to change when Javo comes into her life and is blown away by her beautiful, melanin skin.Mahogany will soon find out that Javo isn’t like the trifling low down men that she’s dated in her past.

Just A Little Bit of Hope


Annitia L. Jackson - 2020
    was a single father who had fallen on hard times. After losing everything, he doesn’t have time to wallow because he has a nine-year-old son to take care of. Just when he thinks things couldn’t get worse, they do. Leaving Justin to think of doing the unthinkable, until he runs into the one woman who got away.Hope Porter is the youngest black woman to own a law firm in Tennessee. Not to mention, one of the best and sought-after divorce attorneys in the state. Even with all her success, her personal life has become monotonous and lonely. But one chance reunion, brings both drama and a chance at something she has been longing for in her life.With just a little bit of hope, will these two find everything they need? Or will outside forces, drama, and their pasts cause them to lose hope altogether?

Risk It All 'Bout Cha


Lady L. Trice - 2020
    

A Crazy Stupid Hood Love In The Dirty South


Mesha Mesh - 2020
    

Deeply In Love with the Illest 2


Shvonne Latrice - 2020
    

Riskin It All For A Bad Boy: A Standalone Novel


Tay Mo’Nae - 2019
    Putting all his focus into his businesses and son, he has no time for love, that is until a rude encounter with Kailani. To most Kailani came off rude and feisty. Her heart had been broken by her cheating ex and now she was more closed off than others until she meets Hendrix. Hendrix is immediately attracted to the smart mouth beauty, wanting to know more about her. When Kailani saves his life one day he knows right then and there he had to have her. The two of them build a bond that seems unbreakable until Hendrix finds out news that makes him think Kailani is against him. Royal and Willow have been dealing with each other for years. Never exclusive or adding a title, the two had an understanding that doesn’t need to be explained. Royal isn’t ready to settle down and Willow is slowly starting to grow tired of their current arrangement. What happens when Royal finds out that Willow has been holding a secret from him that changes his life forever? Can he forgive her for her betrayal, or will their relationship run its course? Not only are the men dealing with their relationships, but they run a loan shark business as well. Hendrix and Royal have no problem killing when someone plays with their money when one of the issues hit close to home, they have to figure out who can really be trusted. Join these four in a journey full of secrets, love, and lies in this drama-filled standalone.

A Love The Streets Couldn't Give


Ni"andra Ruff - 2017
    After the mysterious disappearance of her mother, Aaliya was left with no choice but to put her life on hold and raise not only her daughter, but her younger siblings, Harlem and Amelia. Cleaning up the messes behind a countless number of notorious thugs, Demetri Mikhailov was the go-to guy for any job— just as long as you were talking the right price. When a longtime friend of his sends him on a search for his children, Demetri willingly obliges. With little to go on, Demetri is shocked to face the vivacious Aaliya. He didn't have the slightest clue as to what he was getting himself into when he crossed paths with the chocolate beauty. As a bond is built and love is found, the pair finds themselves entangled in a web of lies, secrets, and betrayal. Trying his best to keep the truth behind his lies, Demetri finds himself in a situation he can't seem to get out of. When Aaliya finds out his secret, will Demetri's biggest fear come true? Will Aaliya call it quits and walk away or will love prevail and she choose to stay?