African American Contemporary Romance

All Zarinah wanted was to fall in love. Growing up, she had kissed her fair share of frogs. When an unconventional situation leads her to Lawson, her wishes might become reality. Lawson is the new CEO of his family's hotel casino chain. He's tired of aimless dating and women just wanting his money. When he meets Zarinah, he instantly feels like she's the one.

Yazmeen Franklin is as green as they come. Her only real friend is her older sister, who raised her after their mother died. Because of their father’s poor example, Yazmeen has little trust in men, so dating is foreign to her. During her sophomore year of college, she lets her guard down and finally gets close to a man. However, he is a known womanizer, and she keeps him in the friend zone to protect her heart.

Best friends? With a celebrity? Impossible. That's how Sesali feels after a chance encounter with super producer Dash Dean. His offer of friendship has to be a smoke screen for an ulterior motive. Besides, she already has best friends, and one of them has staked a claim on Dash.

Loving hard doesn’t do anyone any good when the love isn’t reciprocated. If Rondo Simpson could have a do-over in his love life, he would jump at the opportunity. The woman he’s loved for over ten years has committed the ultimate betrayal and has convinced him that love just isn’t in the cards for him. Even attempts at love before her seemed to be one-sided and left him heartbroken. However, unexpectedly, the type of woman he’s been longing for walks into his life when everything is in disarray, stealing his attention from the word go.

In this standalone, Elias Brookstone aka Stone, has been a bouncer and a bodyguard in San Angeles for several years. He got the hook up with Picasso, a famous club owner serving premium drinks, fine dining, and top shelf cocaine. Stone signs on as an employee with Club Picasso and quickly learns his job entails a whole lot more than his previous gigs. He becomes a 'transporter'; his homebase is Suite169 at The Indigo Hotel. But what does Stone transport? Meanwhile, his breath is taken away by Athena Graves, a frequent patron of Club Picasso and a ‘fantasy fulfiller’. Athena does ...

THE LONG AWAITED SEQUEL TO HOUSE GUEST! LIGHTNING DOESN’T STRIKE TWICE, AND LOST LOVE CAN’T BE RECAPTURED... Defense attorney, Samantha Martinson, firmly believes this, and as an intelligent woman, she refuses to make the same mistake twice. Also, Sam knows that oil and water don’t mix; neither do defense attorneys and cops. She learned that lesson the hard way when she and her ex-husband, Nathaniel Martinson, tried it and ended up at each other’s throats So, when Nate winds up being a witness in one of her trials, she can’t wait for the perfect cop to hurry up and take the stand,...

Welcome to Ashberry Park, an elite and luxurious community in San Francisco, California where five wives have formed a friendship and help each other through the challenges in their lives. Blair and Landon Adams have built an extravagant life together. Landon is the owner of Adams’s Oil Company with franchises all over the country. Blair started a foundation, Queens in the Making, that helps young women receive scholarships and job opportunities. They have two children in college, Jeremy and Nova. Blair is proud of the success she and Landon have, but when Landon starts spending most of ...

The Wives of Ashberry Park are back. Will they be able to restore the peace and happiness in their lives? Find out in this shocking finale. Blair is overcome with guilt when she finds out what her drinking has caused. Instead of coming forward Blair decides to cover it up and that’s the beginning of her troubles. Blair is in over her head, but she feels that it’s best that no one knows the truth. She wants to protect her family and legacy. But when a tragic event occurs Blair’s hand may be forced. When Matthew calls Violet and tells her about Kenzie’s accident, she rushes to the ...

Can a good girl find love in a thug? For Lei Fifer, that’s the hundred-thousand-dollar question. When Lei, an introverted homebody, invites her girls over for a spa day, she isn’t expecting their conversation to shift to men in prison. As an advocate for rehabilitated people receiving the love, companionship, and support those who haven’t committed crimes receive, Lei doesn’t hesitate to put her money where her mouth is and bet that she can find a good friend or great love with someone through the pen pal program her father created.

Dwight loves all things female—but he’s not about to settle down until he finds a woman who fits one very high standard: extraordinary. She has to be everything he’s admired in his mother—and then some. Until then, he’s following his Uncle Butter’s advice: “Give the rats some cheese.” The only woman Dwight might’ve considered settling down with? Jamecia. But now she’s got white boy Jacob on her arm. Little does Dwight know—he’s about to meet the next best thing: Jamecia’s sister, Jayla. Jayla has had her share of dead-end relationships. After too many heartbreaks, ...

Jade Bishop left the home she grew up in, and the man she’s loved since childhood when her grandmother MiMi passed away. She thinks the move was to heal her heart, but she finds out that healing was waiting right in the place that she left. Now, that she is back home, she’s pleased with how everything, seemingly, went right back to normal. Jasper loves her, she loves him, but the only problem is… he’s not happy leaving her at night. So in Booth-Fashion, Jasper is planning the surprise of her life. Love is on the horizon for the Jackson/Booth gang. Kane, Uncle James, and Jasmine are ...

Giselle Monet is a rising singer about to take the acting world by storm. The only thing hindering that is her relationship with her boyfriend of five years, Levi Kingston, a music producer and CEO of Kingston Records. She is signed to Kingston Records, and that makes their relationship more difficult. The past two years of their relationship, Giselle has put up with Levi’s philandering ways and public humiliation. Things reach their breaking point when Giselle has a near breakdown at her concert after another one of Levi’s humiliating stunts. Fed up, Giselle wants out of the ...

After surviving a shattering betrayal by a former friend, Jaime Pine has every reason to celebrate. Stronger and savvier after her "perfect" marriage crashed and - burned, Jaime now has Luc, a billionaire music mogul willing to give her everything, including a dazzling career, and what looks like a forever happily-ever-after. Until a no-limits island vacation with her best friends turns up the last person Jaime ever expected to see again....

ONE Night! TWO People! THREE Rules! “Rule number one: no names,” he said. I kept looking at him as he spoke and tried not to get lost in the sensations that his voice stirred inside me. My silence was my answer…my acknowledgment. “Rule number two: masks stay on.” I nodded this time. Though there was hardly room to do that. I was still in his arms, my body stuck to his and his bulge pressing into my hips. It was hard to remain focused but I did…barely. They were decent rules, logical perhaps. It was better to not know each other. “Rule number three?” I asked before a soft ...

Arriving in Washington, DC, to start his own company, with the help of his friends Jada and Wellington, 22-year-old Darius Jones hires a woman from his past, Fancy Taylor, to oversee his West Coast offices, which leads to trouble. Still harboring the wounds of his mother's deception and a childhood without his biological father, caught between an all-consuming pride and the call of his own untrusting heart, Darius has a lot to learn: about life, women, and what it takes to find and nurture real love. And if he's not careful, he might just end up on the bottom of everything.

Betrayal hurts worse when done by the ones you showed the most love to. The saying couldn't be truer for the Priest Brothers. In this finale, the three men learn more about themselves than Duke could've ever taught them. While Krypt is figuring out who the woman was that hit their stash spots, Khrome is learning what it really means to be a single parent. It was never in his plans, especially this way. With a pending homicide case hovering over his head, Kavalli promised to never let another woman catch him slipping. He didn't care how solid she seemed.

Some mistakes make you infamous. Some heartbreaks make you hide. But redemption? Redemption changes everything. Allison Johnson knows what it’s like to be the talk of the town—and not in a good way. After a scandal that left her reputation in shambles, she has spent months trying to rebuild her life and prove she’s more than her past mistakes. But despite her best efforts, the whispers still follow her. Redemption feels out of reach… until a life-altering moment at the altar changes everything. Castor Evans wasn’t looking for a fresh start—he just wanted to forget. After a ...

I knew he had the power to make me feel, but he also had the power to break me. To pull my heart outside of my chest and stomp on it. I knew falling for a man like Capone came with more than I was ready for. He wasn't feared for no reason. Timmy never meant Jaiden any good, and I knew it from the first time I met him. I've never wanted someone dead as much as I wanted him dead. Timmy needed to go, and I didn't care how he went as long as he wasn't breathing. Capone put it on his life that he would always protect me and mine.

It has been a year since Jillian Novak ended their affair - a year that left Dr. Aidan Westmoreland determined to win back his lover. He knows they shouldn't have to keep their relationship a secret, and he'll follow her around the world to prove it. Fourteen days on a cruise ship - just Aidan, Jillian, and the deep blue sea - and a passion that won't be denied.

Alana Powers is a triple threat. Brains, beauty, and intelligence. As a smart and savvy businesswoman, Alana's drive and passion for ensuring the success of Powers Construction is unparalleled. Nothing and no one can get in her way—except marriage. Noah Tate is caring, compassionate, and driven by his need to succeed. Fresh out of jail, past mistakes are now behind him, and Noah is determined to prove that he has learned valuable lessons about life. This time, he refuses to allow anything to stand in his way. Unfortunately, his record is proving to be more of a hindrance than he expects.