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Passion is convinced that love doesn’t love her. Why else would she be in a six-year relationship with a man who constantly cheats? Although she feels that she has reached her breaking point, Passion finds it hard to walk away until she witnesses a betrayal so cold that leaving is the only thing she can do.Chino Luvher is the man, and he knows it. His money and his looks make it easy for him to have as many women as he wants. Chino loves his girlfriend, Passion, but he loves variety more. He sees no reason to change his behavior because as long as he controls the purse strings, Passion ...

She had left their hearts in pieces, and now, for better or worse, she was back. When Jennifer left, she had taken part of Aaron with her. The twin had cried for days, and Aaron, well, he had no other choice but to be strong for them. But when she returns, Aaron sees a chance at the future he had dreamed of. They can finally be together as a family, and the comfort of having her back is like the feeling of finally being made whole. However, things quickly become complicated when Jennifer begins behaving strangely. She’s not the same woman he fell in love with before. She’s hiding ...

Laney was dealt a tough stack of cards early in life. Her pain had made her very strong by the time she met Static, but he is the one that puts her in position and makes her a made woman. Laney digests all the jewels Static drops on her and moves to capitalize off of the position he places her in. But could there be trouble on the horizon? Everything is finally going smooth for Laney when some unexpected news threatens to turn her world into a tsunami. How will Laney react when she finds out that J-ROCK, a person she trusted unwaveringly, is the cause of all of her troubles? Will Laney fold...

Touré Wallace and Niomi Spencer were close friends at Finley College, the prestigious HBCU they attended. The attraction that simmered between them every semester was a question they never got to ask or answer before soaring ambitions launched them to opposite corners of the world. Both chased their dreams of grit and glamor as high-profile journalists. They got it all...except a shot at being more than friends. Years later, Touré is an award-winning investigative journalist and Niomi is America's most popular morning-show host, but they both feel like something’s missing.

In her fantastically fun new series, Ellis' debut novel introduces a Kardashian-style family of money-hungry women who are determined to have it all. Over three generations, the Gibbons women of Chesterton have built their reputation as a family of shameless - but refined - gold diggers. But now one of them is abandoning the tradition.

*****Standalone Novel***** Twenty-six-year-old Kymani can’t seem to catch a break lately. Over the past few years, his life has gone from unlimited potential to feeling stuck and uncertain about the future. His dead-end job offers no comfort or hope of change and his love life is nonexistent, making everything twice as hard to cope with. One day a chance meeting sets Kymani on a new path and breathes newfound motivation into his life that could turn things around once and for all. Twenty-four-year-old Chareese has been living check to check, barely surviving since she has to settle for a ...

Now settled into her new Chicago lifestyle Lavish is left trying to juggle both love and loyalty between two friends. With her and Blaze connecting on an intimate level she now wonders who’s the father of her unborn child and which man is truly her thug charming. Murder is now facing hard time, and has been locked up for six months because he protected the girl he unexpectedly fell for. He is depending on the people he loves the most to get him back on the streets and out of the six by eight cell he’s been confined to. Blaze is now making his way around the women of Chicago and working ...

Never fool around with your coworker. Never fool around with your coworker if you're married. Definitely don't fool around if your coworker is older, a lesbian, and also in a relationship. Today, Jayla is about to break all three of those rules. To be fair, Jayla has always been a by the book married woman. Until Ace. From the moment she and her lesbian coworker Ace meet, their chemistry is explosive. They flirt and text one another constantly. So it shouldn't come as a shock when Ace makes a move and offers up her... "services" to Jayla. But Jayla has a hard time making up her mind. She's ...

She spilled vodka on the wrong man. He saved her from a beating then made her kneel in front of the whole club to clean it up. Jada is a broke law student working in an underground Bratva fight club to save her sister’s life. She keeps her head down and mouth shut until a spilled tray of vodka puts her in the crosshairs of a dangerous captain. But it’s Ivan who steps in—Bratva enforcer, monster in the ring, and the man whose cold gray eyes see everything. He doesn’t hit her. He humiliates her. And then he keeps watching. Ivan is used to being obeyed. Feared. Alone. But the girl in ...

Nationally best-selling author Mary Monroe createsan unforgettable cast of characters in The Upper Room. Mama Ruby stole her best friend's baby girl, ran off to Florida, and raised her as her own. Maureen is the center of Mama Ruby's world, and she will do anything to protect her and their life together. Now Maureen wants to know what the rest of the world is like. She is determined to find out, but escaping Mama Ruby won't be easy.

**FULL STANDALONE** At the age of thirteen, Jezebel had the looks of a melanin angel and the body of a goddess. With peanut-butter tan skin, honey-brown eyes, and a thick mane of hair, Jezebel was the spitting image of her mother, Josephine… or Josie the Pussycat was what they called her. Josephine was the epitome of beauty, body, and brains and every man’s fantasy. With the reputation of the friendly neighborhood hoe, she had no shame in her game. Her child was fed and clothed, and she was able to provide a roof over her head without government assistance. What was there to be ashamed ...

Twenty-six-year-old Arabia Mercer is a successful businesswoman from Charlotte, North Carolina, with a group of amazing best friends: Exotic, Pasha, Choci, and Chyna, who all ride for Arabia like only true best friends would do. Their main goal and mission, aside from being true female hustlers and bosses, is to protect Arabia from the lies and schemes of her boyfriend, Savario. Arabia thinks her relationship with Savario is perfect, but the people closest to them know that Savario is far from being the ideal man for Arabia. Arabia is so blinded by Savario’s so-called love that she ...

Blaze and Lavish are in Cuba ready to embark on a journey to come up in their new city. When Blaze gets a call from Lucy saying an old friend of his fathers wants to meet up, he jumps at the opportunity to start making money again. The old friend of his father’s is none other than drug lord Diego Diminez who was in charge of the biggest cartel in Cuba. Blaze is excited about meeting Diego and hopes he can now start providing for his family again after being on the run for some time now. Blaze has no idea the secrets that lie behind Diego’s true identity, and once it is revealed a series...

Leah Johnson has spent years hiding her heartache. As a Black woman in a town where society dictates who she can be—and who she can love—she knows better than to dream of a future with Adam Davenport. Her best friend. Her fiercest protector. The only man she has ever wanted. But longing for him is dangerous, and giving in could cost her everything. Adam Davenport has built his life around keeping Leah safe, even from himself. He has always known that loving her openly would put a target on her back. In Bonham, a man like him can take whatever woman he pleases—except her. So he forces ...

Three best friends who've grown up together encounter some of the real tests of manhood. All's good for James and Cathy until a woman shows up with James' love child. Suave Brent thinks he's found happiness with a born-again churchgoer - until another leads him into temptation. And longtime friend Sonny is going to need help from James and Brent if he's to have any hope of salvaging his marriage.

“Go and get a box and put yourself in it.” Henry Brown heard these words, but he didn’t know if he could believe them. A voice was telling Henry, a slave from Virginia, to climb into a wooden box and mail himself to freedom. The Disappearing Man is based on a true story—one of the most incredible escape attempts in the history of the Underground Railroad. In 1849, with the help of two friends, Henry Brown was placed in a box marked THIS SIDE UP WITH CARE. Then he was shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia, a harrowing, 27-hour ordeal at the mercy of cargo handlers and rogues of all ...

A Completed Series And Spin-Off Of Cameron Diana’s life took a roundabout turn when she met Tariq Haddad aka Rico, a suave and devilishly handsome charmer who is every girl's dream and every father's worst nightmare. Although she was all too aware of the risk she was taking by getting involved with a smooth-talking faithless pimp who had an entire harem of women at his beck and call, Diana is powerless against his magnetism and finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into his web of secrets and lies. And now, when she finally realizes the gravity of her decision, it may be too late to ...

A solid marriage, a thriving business, and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community - Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings. Their marriage has given well-off Joyce a chance at the family she's always wanted - and granted Odell a once-in-a-lifetime shot to escape grinding poverty. But all that respectability and status comes at a cost. Just once, Joyce and Odell want to break loose and taste life's wild side, without consequences.

***standalone*** There were three simple rules: Be available. Be discreet. Don’t fall in love. They followed them all… except one. Kai carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, always putting the needs of others before his own. Angel is almost thirty and finds herself starting over in more ways than one. Both sought an outlet, a no-strings-attached arrangement to escape reality, but what happens when that fantasy becomes the realest thing they’ve ever felt? *** DELIVERED is a standalone within the bestselling, AMBW series, "Free Falling". This installment features secondary ...

Eight years after moving away from her hometown of Miami, Cherokee is back home to take care of her sickly grandmother. While trying to stay low and off the scene, she puts all her focus into her job and her family. That is, until the man who broke her heart many years ago unexpectedly walks into her life once again.