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Bentley Atkins came in like a wrecking ball. There are things he let slide and then there aren't. As a man with no reasoning, he takes what he wants and does as he pleases. If you don't have haters, you must be doing it wrong and that man had plenty. Born with a silver spoon, what could he be...

When fame finally finds Dreu Langston, it brings him everything he thought he wanted. Except the woman he never stopped loving, Jatavia, a quiet, humble dreamer fighting her own mental. When their paths collide again, old wounds reopen, and unfinished love demands a second chance. Dreu will stop...

In this romantic-comedy novella, the sexiest player in the NFL and a small-town librarian prove that when opposites attract, their chemistry can be game changing.

Rule #1: No fraternizing. That was the main rule you had to follow if you wanted to stay employed at Danger Inc. For four years, Dymon Danger never worried about breaking that rule until the day his new assistant, Quinci Everly, walked in his office. Withstanding Dymon’s tactics to make her quit, he realizes that neither Quinci nor his intrusive thoughts were going anywhere anytime soon.

Gertrude Stein’s pioneering triptych Three Lives portrays the lives of three working-class women in the fictional American town of Bridgepoint (Baltimore). A progenitor of the "stream of consciousness" technique later adopted by Joyce and Woolf, Stein takes us into the minds of three distinct women, who are each trapped in their societal positions. "The Good Anna" follows a stern but kind German immigrant, "Melanctha" the tragic life of an African-American woman of the same name, and "The Gentle Lena" a dreamy and unopinionated servant whose passiveness becomes her undoing.

I thought walking away from Kendrix would save us both. Instead, it shattered me. After attacking the man who destroyed my mother's life, I disappeared to protect the only family I had left. But even as I tried to rebuild myself from the wreckage, his love lingered like a ghost, pulling me back toward the one man I swore I could never have again. But no matter how far I ran, he saw me everywhere. As our secrets unravel and our scars resurface, we're forced to face the truth: love can't erase trauma, but can it survive it?

Zora Miller gave up on love after heartbreak left her cold. Men are nothing more than a temporary fix, and that's how she plans to keep it. Semaj Holland, a single father back in Diamond Cove, only wants to build his shop and raise his daughter. But the moment he notices the stylist across the...

What happens when the forever friend wants to be more? For Cortez and Wysdom, their friendship will be put to the test. When Wysdom finds herself off the market, a jealous best friend poses a threat to her new love. An ultimatum is placed on the table, and Wysdom has to choose between the man...

Never let your man keep you from finding the love of your life... Always a sucker for love, Mona has been chasing an impossible high for most of her adult life. She finally thinks she's found the one in her boyfriend Malik, a handsome, successful real estate agent who checks off every box on her...

From USA Today bestselling author Naima Simone comes a new scorching dark mafia romance in The Hunted Kingdom series in which a modern-day Cinderella must fight against the stepbrother who inherited her legacy—but he wants more than just the family empire: he wants her. He’ll burn it all to...

It was supposed to be a two-week arrangement that ended when the vacation did. Only Kincaid Maxwell is a greedy bastard; enough is never enough for him. After he's demanded my body, soul, and heart, he wants to own me. As much as I want to give him everything he wants, my past demands that I leave Kincaid alone. Because of my vows, I have no choice but to order him out of my life. Only, the nights in his bed aren't that easy to forget. Nor are they something that I will ever regret.

In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the Black church and in Black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define Black girlhood and womanhood. Drawing on writing by medieval thinkers and travelers, Enlightenment theories of race, the commodification of women's bodies under slavery, and the work of Tyler Perry and Bishop T. D. Jakes, Lomax shows how Black women are written into religious and cultural history as sites of sexual deviation.

As a rapper who hasn't been lost to the gimmick of autotunes and meaningless lyrics, Sinful K stays true to himself. With just sixteen bars, he can grab the attention of millions all across the world. While everyone hears what they consider dope music, Sinful is simply trying to escape past traumas by getting lost in his music. However, there is no amount of money or fame that could extinguish the pain and torture he's endured. The music only brings him peace for moments in time… what he desires is for his mind, body, and spirit to be on one accord, permanently.

Noor's life path has always been potholed with obstacles. But she is a survivor, an adapter… a proud wanderer. Still, the deep yearning for more kept her motivated to conquer every hindrance because there had to be more waiting—somewhere. Hitchhiking her way to a new coast, she lands at the feet of money, prestige, and a soul-touching love, all at the doing of a chance job opportunity. But it doesn't mean all even terrain, and her past has a problem letting go.

Maverick Cruz and I started off as pen pals and became besties when we went to the same sports camp at age twelve. He rooted for me at my soccer games. I cheered for him at his hockey tournaments. Through heartbreaks, new relationships, and failed friendships, we knew we could always count on each other. That's why no one is more surprised--or panicked-- than I am when I start to develop different feelings for him. But Instead of telling him the truth, I agree to help him find a girlfriend. Someone who is not me. Someone who is so opposite of me that I have to make a list for the charade.

I’d never met my father, but on the day he died, he left me a letter. He said he'd leave all of his millions to me if I completed the tasks on his list. The first task at hand? Move into the same household as Stella Lane, my new step-sister. Stella was cold. I was ice, too. Stella was lonely. I craved being alone. Stella didn't speak unless she had something to say. Each month, a new letter arrived with a new task. Each month, the tasks grew darker as more secrets of my past were revealed.

Kyran Loyal is the last heir to the lost throne of a forgotten planet, the figurehead of a nomadic people fleeing the galactic tyranny of a brutal regime. Davia Sifane is the unrecognized daughter of an imperial despot. When happenstance pits them against each other in battle, neither expects the outcome: they are the only two people to survive. Marooned on a barren moon, their only hope of survival is to rely on each other, but what they learn will either kill them or change the galaxy forever.

Polygamy is a real thing, but do the relationships work? Can a man really love and please two women equally? What happens when one person from the trio wants something that wasn't part of the deal? You're going to either love Teflon Davis or really hate him. Either way, he's going to make it hard for the next man when it comes to loving you.

In the ring, I'm known as Nightmare. I'm undefeated in the underground boxing ring and at the top of my city's food chain. That sounds cocky, doesn't it? Sure. But it's true. I'm also dangerous, and the man every woman wants to be with, but I try not to brag. The thing is, everything changed...

Jersey and his brothers, Houston and Memphis, run the city of Atlanta. Nothing and no one comes or goes without their knowledge. Being a thug at heart, he never really expects to find love, let alone fall in love. That's until he crosses paths with Mylani. Mylani is like every typical girl from the hood. She is bred to get it out the mud, and she does just that. Being the sole provider for her younger sister, Trinity, she does what she feels is best to do… strip. Who knew that one night while working, she would bump into the love of her life… literally?