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*** Full Standalone*** ***Re-release*** I put my feelings on safety. So I don't go shootin' where your heart be… Sa’Mia “Mia” King was the princess of her father’s empire. She ain’t have to do nothin’ but chill and spend her daddy’s money. She was the apple of his eye, and all he wanted was for her to get an education and stay as far away from the dope game as possible. But you can’t be raised by a kingpin and have a sweet tooth for the streets. She watched her daddy’s every move and even his back. But when she found herself meetin’ the man she was gonna marry, she ...

Cienna Brooks was a hopeless romantic. Unlucky in her own love life, she had turned her love of love into a successful business, Queen of Hearts Matchmaking Service, Atlanta's premier LGBTQ dating company. She'd put her heart and soul into it, ever since ending things with her fiancée Sheyna, who had almost cost her everything, including her freedom. Cienna had sworn off love until... it, or she, came walking into her office in search of a Queen. Sheyna Sampson had been with Cienna since college, when she was a nerdy freshman afraid to come out for fear of what others might think. She'd ...

***Re-Release*** ***Standalone*** I want you all to myself I swear… Keldric “Ice” Hemmings wasn’t looking for love. In the right places, the wrong places, at all. Even with his mother breathing down his neck begging for grandbabies, he wasn’t in a rush to settle down. And, until he found a woman like his mother, he was just having fun with the thots, and focused on getting money. That is, until he meets Blaze, a thick, brainy chick, who has her head on straight, and has his mom’s seal of approval. Blaze Cooper was green to the real world. A nerd who’d always kept her nose in ...

You can’t spell challenge without change. Joseph “J-Rock” Henry is torn between his life’s focus, the most important trial of his career, and the woman who has proven to be his soulmate. But loyalty goes a long way with him, and he feels like she has shown, beyond the shadow of a doubt, where her loyalty is. Still, he can’t shake the feelings he has for her; to the point where it costs him his focus. With too much going on to deal with feelings, and too much at stake, he has to leave Char to fend for herself and focus on those he knows are on the right side. Charlotte “Char” ...

After being mistreated and stalked by her crazy ex, Sheyna, Cienna threw herself into her work. Her focus was making Queen of Hearts Matchmaking Service the most popular LGBTQ Dating service and take it worldwide. She never expected to stumble upon love while finding it for others. But, just when she does, her ex causes problems that could make her lose her company, her chance at forever, possibly even her life. Re-release Sheyna thought that she could win Cienna back, but all she's done is made her life hell. As the saying goes, "if you love something let it go…" But Sheyna just ...

Imani Jones believed a man was meant to be nurtured into his true self. She often made the common mistake many women made of taking some dirt, adding blood, sweat and tears to turn it to clay, molding it, fashioning it, polishing it up and putting it in the window for display. Then, they went out and found a more refined piece of pottery to match the beauty she had bestowed in them. It was a Catch-22 and she had come to the conclusion that she was meant to be alone… A woman of affairs. Affairs that left a new scent lingering on her skin each night. Until Vincent Garvey entered the picture...

***Re-Release*** They say never mix business and pleasure… Charlotte “Char” Cooper was in love. She had crossed the line, dealing with a coworker, and to her embarrassment, his indiscretions came front and center at the annual company Christmas party, almost ruining both of their careers. Choosing to fight fire with fire, she finds herself catching the attention of the one man who can give her the world or snatch the rug from up under her… and it seems like he plans to do both. Joseph “J-Rock” Henry has made a name for himself in the legal world as one of the best attorneys in ...

Bad habits feel better than the pains of love and commitment to Imani. Maybe she’s just not the relationship type.Imani Jones bit off more than she could chew. After meeting Vincent, she found herself caught up in her feelings, something that she never let happen. What’s worse, the commitment-phobe in Imani led her to run for the hills when their one-night stand produced a pregnancy. After finding herself alone, again, Imani delves back into the bad habits that got her into all kinds of trouble in the first place. These habits could possible cause her to lose her daughter, Zion. Vincent...

***Re-Release*** If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Charlotte “Char” Cooper is battling with the reality that she may have gotten in over her head getting involved with J-Rock, but she can’t fight the bond that they share. Finding out that their connection runs deeper than she initially knew, she wants to stand by his side and show that she is the woman he needs. But gunplay, deceit, stubbornness, and split loyalty force her hand in making a decision that may end their love affair before it’s even begun. Joseph “J-Rock” Henry has been fighting most of his ...

Shatika “Empress” Tibideaux was living a Bawss’ life. Trained by her big brother, Birmingham, AL’s notorious Deondre “Show” Burns, she and her husband, Jayontae “Tae” Tibideaux, had built and empire that would set their great-great-grandkids straight. But her world starts to fall apart when the Feds kick in her door and she takes the charge for her man, like a true ridah would. She soon finds that loyalty doesn’t go both ways, when Tae leaves her to do her bid on her own. When Empress finally tastes freedom again, she discovers that Tae’s betrayal goes way deeper than ...

Cienna Brooks risked her life for her clients. after being kidnapped and almost killed, she got away with their secret identities safely tucked away in the Masquerade Files. In Masquerade, The Queen if Hearts Series, meet 8 men and women who were matched up by the best in the business, but whose business has to be kept on the low. Find out what and why these heavy hitters have to hide, get a peek inside of their lives and the drama that they deal with being together, and in love. Some found their happily ever after. Others, may not be so lucky. Even Cienna and Marcus find themselves caught ...

What happens when you mix lesbians, love, and basketball? All ballers ain't lesbian, and all lesbians can't play ball. But Jordin Martinez was the best of both worlds. Jordin “Hops” Martinez was a lover of women, ball, and family. Not coming from the best life, she knew the only way to get out was basketball, and it was her first love. With her brother, Joose and his best friend Sauce, they worked hard to make sure they got out of Alabama, and the whack lives they’d lived. But the lil’ hustle they had on the side may end up ruining their lives… and their chance at a future. She ...

***Re-release*** ***Standalone*** There’s magic in the melanin… and ain't nothing flyer than a black girl claiming her magic. Do you know the power of the three? Qadira, Phoenix, and Wilhemenia, the Tri-Deity, are heirs to the Throne of All. Three SiStars ruling was bound to be frowned on. And the heat was too much for the girls to bear. Qadira, the Stripping Succubus Seductress, was focused on her cake, causing chaos for centuries, but may have found the man to tame her wild, irresponsible ways in Napoleon King. Napoleon, a bounty hunter sent on a mission to eliminate the threat that ...

Cienna Brooks is the Queen of Hearts and wants nothing more than to find her clients the love they've all been longing for. She risked her life for their happily ever afters! In Part 2 of Masquerade: The Queen of Hearts Series, meet the men, and women, who risked their lives for her. Loyalty is a rare trait and these clients are loyal til death… almost. We've seen the B and we've seen the T in LGBTQ+, now onto the L and G. Meet Albert Lewis, Cienna's most secretive client and dear friend who laid it all on the line for her. He just couldn’t seem to find love until Cienna finally managed...

On the first episode of Side Piece Chronicles... Sheila Price doesn’t look like what she’s been through. She’s a marketing exec who worked her way up to the top of her field. Her world revolves around her son and her job, and life is good, until she meets Anthony Bailey. Anthony seems to be everything Sheila’s ever wanted in a man. He's a loving, supportive entrepreneur who takes care of his kids. But when Sheila pairs him up on a business venture with her best friend, Delilah, a party girl whose motto is Seize the Day, she’s reminded of the thin line between friends and enemies. ...

***Full Standalone*** Never hesitate to entertain strangers… Sometimes, being too close to a situation can cause you to miss out on what’s important. For Talia Cochran, all that mattered to her was providing for her family: her wife, Jasmine, and her daughters Nayomi and Persephone. She made sure that they had everything they needed, and everything they wanted. At least, she thought she did. She would soon find out just how wrong she was. Jasmine Cochran was a housewife and a recluse, since her family turned against her for coming out to the world. Raised in a strict Southern religious ...

**Re-Release** The thirst is real… Sharing is caring, so Qadira didn’t understand why her sister Phoenix had such a problem when she wanted to share her man. He was everything. Handsome, with charisma, and savage. The ideal being to rule the Kingdom of Ọlọrun by her side. She was willing to do anything to get his attention, and that could cause problems within her family, and the Kingdom. Napoleon loved Qadira from the first moment that he laid eyes on her, and felt the need to protect her. He didn’t see her as the vicious, spoiled, selfish Goddess-in-Training (GIT) that her ...

Lafyette Wallace is the true definition of a romantic. She dreamed of the day that her Prince Charming would come sweep her off her feet. And one day, he does. The man that she’d dreamed about all her life walks into her life, and a whirlwind romance turns into a proposal. Floating on a cloud, she doesn’t realize that everything that glitters isn’t gold. And the silver lining of the cloud is a river of tears. Jévon McCoy is a man with money and power. That means that he can have any woman that he wants. And he does. All of them. But playing the field has gotten old, and he is ready ...

In this episode of Side Piece Chronicles, Tyrone Price finds himself torn between Samantha, the mother of his unborn twins, and Tammy, the woman his heart desires. However, Samantha's husband, Anthony refuses to let his wife go so easily.

Can you have a soul mate without a soul? After getting a fresh start, Noxie choose to focus on herself and her dreams. But MyKisha could change all that. After one night, the table turn, and she finds herself in an unwanted threesome. A threesome that could not only cause her more heartache, but potentially lead to a war. MyKisha just wants to be loved and appreciated, and she found that in Noxie. But her ex refuses to let go, and after lies are told, she may just be stuck in a situation that could make her miss out on her one chance at love. Shyne wants the power, and knows that MyKisha is...