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The life of a “struggling artist” was not one that Royce Kingston had ever envisioned for herself. But brutal circumstances and the death of her best friend Krown set Royce’s life on a path she could have never imagined. It didn’t help that she felt betrayed by the people closest to her, including Krown’s intriguing, infuriating brother, Bishop Banks. As conflicted as she was about Bishop, Royce just couldn’t deny the burning attraction that they shared nor the secrets that were bound to destroy them. The day he learned his sister died, Bishop Banks vowed to leave the streets ...

Treasure Avant “Chosen Cassidy. I chose him the moment I laid eyes on him. He was fine, confident, arrogant and passionate about everything connected to him. I wanted more of him. I needed more of him. I knew the pressure that needed to be applied to man of his caliber, and I was just the one to do it. After forcefully being his holy grail, I fully stepped into his world boldly, sexy, and whether he knew it or not— permanently. But let him tell it, I was damaged.” Chosen Cassidy “Treasure Avant. Layers on top of layers. Sophisticated, dominated a room, and knew exactly what she ...

Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery’s mom and Mama Letty makes for a frosty arrival and unearths past drama they refuse to talk about. Every time Avery tries to look deeper, she’s turned away, leaving her desperate to learn the secrets that split her family in two.

It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have one goal: join the mysterious and exclusive Serena Society. The sorority promises status and lifelong connections to a network of powerful, trailblazing women of color. Ella’s acceptance is a sure thing—she’s the daughter of a Serena alum. Blake, however, has a lot more to prove. As a former loner from a working-class background, Blake lacks Ella’s pedigree and confidence. Luckily, she finds courage at the bottom of a liquor bottle. When she drinks, she’s bold, funny, and unstoppable.

Ambiguous is the only term suitable when it comes to the Tait brothers. The saying, “Things aren’t always what they seem,” rings true with Apollo, Zeus, and Nyx. Apollo is a paramedic who’s also holding down his family’s business. That same business lands love right in his lap. Hazel Cox was everything Apollo felt he needed. She just wasn’t aware of it quite yet. Hazel is a rising marketing agent on a personal healing journey. That journey soon reveals its own set of mysteries. Mysteries that, unbeknownst to Hazel, can only be unlocked by Apollo. Zeus is a middle school science ...

Ha’Shaun “Haze” Melwood’s motive was to get money by any means necessary. He stood ten toes on that logic and had businesses and schemes coming from all directions. Nothing was going to stop his bag and he’d go the extra mile to protect his peace, businesses, and money. Haze had women at his disposal and not one of them held his attention long. Onika Kane was one of the baddest women to walk the streets of Washington, DC. With her businesses going well with Haze and her best friend by her side, she couldn’t be stopped. Trinity was there for Onika’s ups and downs, that’s what...

The Taits are taking over The Phasing Mountains— a beautiful resort sitting in the valley of the snowy mountains that phases all year around with every holiday, incorporating the Christmas spirit into each one. While things are going well between Nyx and Braiza, a change may be coming to turn things up a notch for the couple. Braiza is prepared to take on this change, but Nyx isn't sure he’s ready. Zeus and Mocha are now both career-driven people; however, Mocha struggles to balance her work, being a mother, and being Zeus’s woman. She promises to improve, but Zeus’s suspicious ...

The heart is much like a car’s engine. Without it, the body is useless. Whether it’s personal or professional, Anne “Rogue” Jamison is the DMV’s baddest female mechanic. Taking care of her grandfather, spending time with her best friend Gemini, and losing herself underneath the hood of old school classics is her life until she meets Steel Cassidy. On the surface, Té “Steel” Cassidy is a conservative billionaire businessman. He is a multifaceted man that has learned to balance his life well. So, the moment he lays eyes on Rogue, adding her to his list of priorities is an easy ...

Allure ~ A powerful attraction. Mystique ~ A fascinating aura. Allure Donovan seemed to be every woman’s dream man. He meets Mystique Verges at what seems like the ideal moment in life. His powerful pull, merged with her mysterious aura could be something so perfect. But love is never perfect, right? Mystique is a model, killing every runaway, and serving the camera life every time she stepped in front of it. Her career was booming. Her agent, Poise Donovan, made sure of that. But, her personal life was a hell she so desperately wanted to escape. With a man at home that she didn’t love,...

Get Ready to enjoy four different stories, from four exceptionally talented authors. Each one touches on the life and love of their characters that will give you A Valentine's Day to Remember.

Life and love sometimes choose your destiny for you. No matter how you try to change it, or avoid it, love always wins... Or does it? Troi and Nesi are childhood friends. A lifelong friendship turns into something that one would believe could be a fairytale ending. Until the streets bring them to their knees. Bad decisions, mistakes, and regrets stand in the way of their happily ever after. Will the two find their way back? Ice and Quionne got well acquainted with love as teenagers. But the curveballs that life throws while Ice tries to balance his life in the street may tear them apart. ...

A compelling portrait of rock's greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi Hendrix's life. As it begins in the fall of 1966, he's an under-sung, under-accomplished sideman struggling to survive in New York City. Nine months later, he's the toast of Swinging London, a fashion icon, and the brightest star to step off the stage at the Monterey International Pop Festival.

How does the dark half of a split personality win the girl? It's Madness. You don't know I exist. Don't feel bad. No one knows I exist. Except him, and he's an asshole. Sure, everyone thinks he's a hero, but I know better. Because I live in his head. You see, he's not the hero everyone thinks he is. He'll own up to being a gun slinger in the Old West. No problem ticking off the big bounty on his head and how many bodies hit the dirt at the end of his smoking gun. Will he tell it's because of me he didn't die? No. Because I'm the flaw he doesn't want to show. The dark, killer side.

Michael Jordan, one of the best basketball players to ever have lived, once said: "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." But if your mind is not as strong as your body, how can you possibly figure out how to get over or through that wall? How can you be your best self if your brain muscles aren’t as strong as your other muscles?

Bianca teve todo o seu mundinho sacudido após ser desmascarada e ainda por cima perder seu namorado em um grave acidente de carro. Egoísta e irresponsável, ela se vê obrigada a ir morar em Nova Iorque com seu pai, sua madrasta - que ela odeia - e com seu meio irmão gato - que não a suporta. Porém, por mais que Bianca tente, ela não consegue se livrar dos problemas que a perseguem onde quer que ela vá. Entre intrigas, traições e um amor não correspondido, essa garota acostumada a ter tudo e todos aos seus pés, irá aprender que no amor e na guerra nem sempre vale tudo.

O mundo pertence a Augusto Alencar Gouvêa, que hoje, aos 34 anos, comanda de forma agressiva e implacável, o império agropecuário que teve início com o seu trisavô: o primeiro Barão do Café de Ribeirão Preto. Após impedir que o seu legado fosse destruído pelo que os homens de sua família chamaram equivocadamente de amor, Augusto jurou não deixar que a história se repetisse. Sua forma intransigente de lidar com os negócios, o tornou temido, e poucos eram os que cometiam o erro de atravessar o seu caminho.

Jace Camden is haunted by his past. One that has many believing he got away with murder. He's run from it, trying to start a new life in a new town. But his past hasn't let him escape and it's determined that his future will not be a long one. Death will demand it's due. And his late wife will make sure that debt is paid. Kitt Thomas' life is in a rut, but that changed when she looked into the sad, haunted eyes of Jace Camden. Something about his wounded soul called to her - like a flicker in a very dark cave she should have had the sense not to step into.

Rylie Marshall has blue, green, yellow, and a mixture of pills that made her "normal". But her idea of normal and what her mother or society wanted her to be never seemed to match up. She lives, day by day, in a fantasy land within her own troubled head and books. Reading was her escape whenever even her head denied her such a haven. So, how was she to know that one day, sitting on the beach, a book would show her the one thing she didn't have, but might change her life!

Aconteceu você conta a história de Helena, uma estudante de 19 anos que se tornou garota de programa para poder fugir do seu passado. Cansada dos abusos e humilhações que passou na infância, ela acabou descobrindo que essa seria a melhor maneira de se distanciar da sua família e sobreviver. Do outro lado da cidade está David, um advogado bem-sucedido e ambicioso, que, aos 36 anos, está prestes a assumir o controle de um dos maiores escritórios de advocacia de Londres. Orgulhoso, autoritário e arrogante, David não sabe o que é ser contrariado.

O piloto profissional, Andreas Vitti, acaba de ser contratado por uma das principais equipes automobilísticas da Nascar. Acostumado a ter a última palavra em tudo, Andreas recusa-se a seguir ordens e não mede nenhum de seus impulsos. O piloto sabe que tem o mundo aos seus pés, e o futuro campeonato também. Sua tendência a causar problemas o fez ficar conhecido como o garanhão inconsequente das pistas, mas graças a Leona Thomas, o seu estilo de vida selvagem está prestes a ter fim.