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Dear Love Vixen, I don’t know what to do and I need your help! My best friend died one year ago. Since then, I’ve been helping her husband with their five-year-old daughter. I didn’t mean for it to happen but… I’ve fallen in love with my best friend’s husband. I’m so torn. Do women have a ‘Sister Code’ that says we can’t date an ex? Because if there is, I think I’m about to break that rule in a huge way. I’d love nothing more than to climb him like a spider-monkey, but I’m worried that I’m betraying my friend’s memory. Please help me, Love Vixen. My feelings ...

Weekend Fling was written by USA Today Bestselling Author Reana Malori After a steamy weekend encounter that meant more than it was supposed to, Kara Thomas finds out she’s pregnant with Austin Delaney’s child. Kara doesn’t want to trap Austin into being a father, and she knows his job in the Navy dangerous. When he left once their weekend was over, she didn’t know if she’d ever see him again. When Austin shows up at her door unexpectedly, getting the surprise of his life, she realizes she made the wrong choice in not telling him about her pregnancy. Austin doesn't know if he's ...

Lunchtime Chronicles: Red Light Special was written by USA Today Bestselling Author Reana Malori From the moment they met, Bobby Cooke and Mercy Webster have wanted to be more than friends, if you could even call them that. A weekend mix-up, that seems more like a setup, brings them to a point of no return. Bobby will use every skill at his disposal to stop Mercy from walking away. Mercy will give herself permission to let go, just this one time. Little do they know, the passion building between the two of them refuses to be confined to only a few days. Bobby and Mercy will test the ...

TERRA - Nothing about this life is simple. Buy a casino on the Gulf Coast. No problem. Come face to face with my childhood sweetheart who'd left me behind. All hell breaks loose. He's here because my father sent him to help me find the person trying to sabotage my business. When I look at Damian, I see the life that might have been. The boy who became a man still holds my heart in his hands. My soul aches to be with him, but there's something I need to do first. Someone I need to find. I won't rest until I do. But when the time is right, I'm getting my man back, and I'm never going to let ...

Jordan Hunt's need for Leticia James is coming to a boiling point. The beautiful, curvy, and oh so feisty woman grabbed his attention from the first moment he noticed her. Taking a chance, he introduced himself, not giving her a chance to walk out of his life. Two years, and a lifetime of memories later, he's determined to make her his. Even as she continues to push him away. She doubts he’s ready to settle down with just one woman. Namely her. Desire clawing at him to claim his woman, Jordan’s done all the right things. He’s bided his time and proven to Leticia that he’s not going ...

True love is its own destiny. Magic. Voodoo. Witches. Theresa Davis doesn’t believe in any of it. If she couldn’t see it, touch it, or talk to it, then it wasn’t something she believed in. She was a realist. And she didn’t believe in true love. Not anymore. The day she receives a special gift from an old woman on Bourbon Street, her life is sent down a path she never expected. Is she willing to risk it all and tempt fate for a chance at real love? Levi Holden was in New Orleans to have fun and enjoy his long weekend. He’d been through the heartache of a horrible divorce and was ...

A love so pure, it’s lasted more than twenty years. Tanner Scott and Chantell Warren fought to keep their love alive, even while hiding their relationship from the world around them. The love they felt for each other grew into something undeniable, even if no one else knew. After so many secrets and lies, their relationship has begun to fray. The bonds are being tested, stretched, and torn. Long-held secrets are bubbling up to the surface, raising ugly doubts and difficult questions about the strength of their love. Tanner loved Chantell more than words could say. He would gladly tell the...

Absolution was written by USA Today Bestselling Author Reana Malori... Julian Saving lives is his calling, or so he thought. When doing what he loves turns into his greatest fear, the lines between black and white turn gray. A little boy who needs to be saved, and a beautiful mother he can’t stay away from, bring him back from the darkness. Life and death are a part of his daily life, but Julian must find his own road to Absolution before he loses the one person he never realized he needed. Kori Raising her son was her only focus. When their lives are shattered by a devastating event, she...

Temptation can make even the strongest man bend to his knees and forsake everyone else for just one taste. When you combine brown sugar and honey with bourbon whiskey, you get something sweet, sticky, and unforgettable. You experience a flavor that will burst on your tongue and make you fall in love with the taste. She was forbidden. Untouchable. But that didn’t stop Parker's desire for her. He tried to fight the attraction, but something about Kandace kept pulling him closer. Until one day, he knew he could no longer walk away. Parker and Kandace are two people on a collision course. No ...

Her beauty is the reason he wants her. His darkness is why she stays. Maxwell Bishop was the man with a plan, and nothing—and no one—would get in the way of what he wanted. Until the day Kiana Moore walked into his life. Her beauty made him pause. Her kindness made him want to claim her. She was supposed to be off-limits. He was supposed to respect boundaries. Pursuing her could bring his perfect world crumbling down around him. In the end, none of that mattered. He wanted her, and he would do whatever it took to have her. To keep her sanity, and her job, Kiana Moore needed to stay away...

Lunchtime Chronicles: The Nooner was written by USA Today Bestselling Author Reana Malori Forbidden desire can be sexy. Joy was not frigid. Her ex-boyfriend made that claim just before he walked out the door —after she discovered he was cheating. But something about his words lingered long after their disastrous relationship ended. Focused and career-driven, she had no time for men who couldn't handle her in the bedroom or outside of it. Loneliness was not a good bedfellow, and she was tired of not having someone by her side at night. It was fun exploring her newly awakened desires alone....

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is the hard part. One day is all they need, to remember why they fell in love. From the outside looking in, Brandon and Monique Rivera were the perfect love story. College sweethearts who’d fallen for each other at first sight, they’d been inseparable from the first day they laid eyes on each other. They were the couple everyone looked to as the gold-standard and they’re love held strong, even in the face of family conflicts and long-held beliefs. After years of loving each other and building a family, the cracks are starting to show in the ...

Moonlight Plucking is written by USA Today Bestselling Author Reana Malori... Hyacinth had given up on love. Happiness was overrated. If she was destined to be alone for the rest of her life, so be it. Struggling to pay off her student debt and desperate for cash, she takes on a second job at night. It should be simple, right? Then why is she so drawn to the restaurant owner? She knows it's a bad look to get involved with the boss, but he's the one who won't stop treating her different. He's the one who won't stop staring at her. Let's not even get into his reaction when her lying ex-...

What's meant to be will always find a way. ~Unknown The military can teach you mental toughness, but not the ways to change your heart's true desire. Keisha Gaines and Greg Jordan didn't know that meeting five years ago would lead to a lasting friendship. Close friendships are amazing until one person develops deeper feelings than the other. This is the dilemma Keisha finds herself struggling to handle. After five years of being nothing more than Greg's best friend, and wanting so much more, Keisha decides to move on with her life. She knows leaving Greg behind will allow her heart to heal....

Major Evan Knight was a battle-hardened man who had always put the Marine Corps before his own needs. He never thought he needed anything beyond the Corps, but he slowly comes to realize he’d been missing out on one of the most important things in life…a family of his own. Sierra Walker, a single mother raising a nine-year-old son, wanted more from life than what was in front of her. A school project for her son would bring Major Evan Knight into their lives and will give them all something they never knew they needed...each other.

To love is to lose control ~ Paulo Coelho Like two peas in a pod, Melanie and Simon were practically inseparable growing up. With their parents being longtime friends, it was a natural and expected bond. Not knowing when it happened, they both developed deeper feelings, yet neither wanted to lose control by expressing any sign of emotion. In an attempt to move on from Simon and live her life Melanie joined the Marines. Devastated by her leaving, Simon realizes exactly how much they mean to each other despite his foolish actions. Once Melanie returns home, Simon decides to plead his case ...

Second Chances and Renewal Erica and Todd's full love story. Falling In love was never in my plan. Until one day I just realized that I love this person too much. —Unknown An unexpected meeting, in the most unlikely of places, will bring two people together. Both fighting their feelings. Neither able to walk away. Erica Parker lost her husband four years ago and was left devastated. She never thought she'd find love again, which was just fine with her. Falling in love could only lead to more heartbreak, and she wouldn’t go through that again. Todd Atkins was a man who was happy with his...

What do you do when the love that once set you free, feels like it's holding you prisoner? Sterling and Elizabeth Jackson have built a life most would envy: a beautiful home, two wonderful children and a very comfortable lifestyle. Yet something is tearing them apart. With divorce looming, they are trying to make it through the holiday season for their family.

Falling In love was never in my plan. Until one day I just realized that I love this person too much. —Unknown Erica Parker lost her husband four years ago and was left devastated. She never thought she'd find love again, which was just fine with her. Falling in love could only lead to more heartbreak, and she wouldn’t go through that again. Getting through each day as a single mother to a young son was her only focus. As long as she had Miles, she was fine. Right? Todd Atkins was a man who was happy with his life as a confirmed bachelor. In all his years, he’d never been in a long-...

After five years of marriage, Todd and Erica Atkins have lost their way. Sometimes, the ones we love the most are the very people we take for granted. They experienced a tragedy, which resulted in a fraying of the bonds that held them together. Both Todd and Erica began to question their love and commitment to each other. Everything seems to be falling apart right in front of their eyes. They must decide if what they have is worth fighting for. Todd isn’t willing to give up. His family is his life. No matter what Erica may think, he’ll never stop fighting for his family. Not so long ago...