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My life couldn’t get any more ridiculous. A few days ago, my son’s teacher wanted to berate me on my parenting style. I politely told her to f--k off, in so many words. And now? She’s sitting across the table from me at my first blind date in years. You can’t make this s--t up. Nothing has been easy since my wife left me and Hunter years ago. And yet, we persevered. He’s my whole world, and the last thing I have time for is a woman.

Secrets are revealed in more ways than one. The truth always has a way of revealing itself. What happens when everyone is hiding something from the other? When relationships and bonds are tested in more ways than one. Will these relationships end before they could fully start?

A spicy small-town enemies-to-lovers romance between a strong Black woman and a blue-eyed rancher with way too many secrets. Imani arrives in this dusty little town as part of her government-contracted job: Discover this small town’s scientific secrets—and keep it quiet. Then she meets him. Ajax. Six-foot-three of pure trouble with blue eyes, a busted-up heart, and enough family drama to fill a country song. He’s the oldest brother in his family of local celebrities—the one everyone warns her about. He glares instead of smiles.

On the brink of losing her bakery, Beth Monroe must accept help from Bryce Landry, the college love who broke her heart, or watch her dream fail. After a broken engagement, Bryce gave up on the idea of real love until he walks into Beth’s bake shop. He has no clue why she is curt with him. But to get into her good graces, Bryce gives her an offer she can’t refuse, which opens up both their hearts and exposes the love they had for each other.

Carla never expected to fall for someone half her age. Especially her new next-door neighbor Jake. He's an escort who specializes in very kinky sex. But Carla was curious. And rich. And when Jake accepts her as a client, they each may have gotten more than they'd bargained for.

In the touching conclusion to Secure in the Arms of a Thug, Royelle and Syre pick up right where they left off in their intense and captivating romance. A jealous ex threatens Royelle’s safety, sending Syre into a frenzy. Having vowed to protect her with his life, Syre is guilt ridden after letting someone get close enough to attack. Syre’s new vow is to avenge his Elle at all costs.

The Freedom Brothers are first cousins who built a brotherly bond while growing up in their grandmother's home in Terror Town. Epic, Angel, and Bishop Freedom eventually matured from little boys to men who run the blocks of the East Side of Chicago neighborhood. Women love them, and men want to be them. Yet, this story about the Freedom Brothers is far from your typical hood tale.

Aimee has no desire to go to her fifteenth high school reunion... She doesn't remember high school fondly as the chubby, unpopular black girl who was constantly teased. Her night gets even worse when she runs into the man who made her life a living hell in high school. He was the star quarterback, six-foot-five, blue-eyed, and Italian with a traumatizing mean streak. Avoiding him won't be easy.

This is a holiday tale involving a sexy doctor, a hot fireman, and an alpha cop. Women who fantasize about stretching out near a roaring fire with no responsibilities other than to gaze at three muscular dudes will love this novella.

Shice is a player. All the women want and have had him. Except, Shice doesn't settle down with anyone. When the cleaning woman comes into his room after he's been robbed, he goes off on her. Not expecting Amor to fight back with her words, he's intrigued. Will Amor and Shice end up together, or are they like oil and vinegar?

Love struck me at the early age of five. The boy turned into a man, and I fell even deeper. Guy Webb had no idea my fragile heart belonged to him for so many years. He was too busy being my brother’s best friend and a star on the football field. He was my daydream and consumed every single thought, but he was always one step from my reach. Beartooth Ranch was our home. The rich ranch land raised us, fostered our laughs and losses, and even gained a new family member when Guy moved in for his sophomore year of high school.

Lightning Credence knows she's destined to succumb to her family's curse - to kill the man who dares to love and claim her. When her business begins to crumble, only one person can come to her rescue. Unfortunately, it’s wolf shifter Ryker Alfero, the man she hates with almost as much passion as she wants him. Ryker doesn't just want Lightning, he wants to own her.

Targeted by a sadistic former client, Attorney Liz Lewis needs a place to lay low. When a friend offers her his family farm as a safe house, she eagerly accepts, unaware that she’ll have to share the farm with her friend’s brawny, beautiful brother, Silas McInroy.

Call girls aren’t meant for relationships, and my stalker is all too eager to teach me a lesson about staying in my place. They’ve taken my brother, and they won’t stop until I’m stripped of everything I’d finally started to believe I could have—my guys, my career, and a new life.

The crown has been split, and my princes have been chosen. But I've lost one to the night. Thomas is gone, turned into a monster and imprisoned because of my rash decision. I have to save him and find out how I can make him whole again. My lovers will help me ascend to claim my place as vampire queen, but not until we do everything we can to return Thomas to us.

It started with a proposition (in a hotel bar of all places). The brooding drug lord. The beautiful damsel with jagged edges. You know the rest, right? It’s a page straight out of a hood fairy tale. But our story is far from a classic romance. Because Ahsan Patton isn’t your typical gangsta. He’s the kind that’ll order a hit then rearrange your guts to a slow jam. So, tell me why I agreed to be his fake girlfriend again?

My entire world has been rocked with a loss, and I need to escape. With nothing left to lose, I leave behind the place I grew up and the memories haunting me there. I trust no one. Then I meet him. And he won’t stay out of my way.

The Bedding the Billionaire series is a collection of interconnected stand-alone stories. Each installment features a dirty-talking alphahole, a feisty, take-no-prisoners heroine, tons of witty banter, and super hot sexy times. It includes the full-length novel, Billionaire Bosshole and the novellas, Billionaire Bossman and Billionaire Bad Boy.

No one has ever affected the fierce, potent, and powerful Asa in any way, other than the terms he arranged. As a Dom, he calls the shots, makes the first move, and the odds are always in his favor. While taking an unwanted hiatus from his business, Asa realizes that he's hungry for more than what he has. "The feast" just happens to manifest itself in the form of a slim, 5'4" woman with a curiosity to a lifestyle he is an expert in. Elise is an intellectual who molds the minds of others daily as a adjunct professor and Masters student.

As the vampire princess of the Night Court, it's my duty to choose my human consort and make him my prince. For two weeks I'll be in a paradise with four human men, all willing to be mine. All I had to do was choose one to crown. I never expected to fall in love. Not with one. Certainly not with all of them.