Jazlyn Mackie and Rome Ellis were platonic best buddies…until they’re snowed in together during a blizzard and end up keeping each other warm all night. After that, they’re feeling anything but platonic about each other.
All would be beautiful except for the fact that they were both in relationships, however imperfect, and only one of them is feeling the guilt over what they did. Then Rome’s jilted girlfriend Nell hits Jazlyn with a strange request: ‘give’ Rome back to her for one month so she can prove her love for him.
Who will Rome choose after the month is up? Will he decide his evolved feelings for Jazlyn are just a fluke and go back to Nell, or will he stay with the woman who took over his heart after one amazing night?
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Kia Love was determined to enjoy her Christmas, despite having to work all day waiting tables. Never mind that she’d had a rather crappy Christmas Eve and eighteen months of bad luck before that; she tried to keep smiling, regardless.
Disgruntled vet Jalil Dunn isn’t exactly riding high on holiday spirit, and when he and Kia cross paths after many years of not seeing each other, he’s nowhere near warm and fuzzy.
Yet when he witnesses Kia have an uncharacteristic meltdown, he feels compelled to go check on her. They decide to ride out the rest of their subpar Christmases together and thanks to some forgotten mistletoe, maybe it won’t suck so much after all.
Content warning: brief mention of attack/death (off page).
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‘The main reason I’d agreed to marry Aurora – sex – was the very thing that was making me hate her.’
Montrel Burns knew he’d made a mistake marrying Aurora. But he figured he’d made his bed and he was stuck in it. Especially since choosing Aurora cost him the love of his life, Claire.
Aurora Chadwick loved Montrel…in her own way. Their marriage might not have been conventional but she wanted it to be. Yet every time she vowed to commit to being a ‘real’ wife to Montrel, her urges overcame her and she ended up right back where she started.
Montrel had no idea he’d married a sex addict. And if that wasn’t enough, he felt he was just wasting his life. Would he be able to get out and find direction before Aurora crushed his soul completely?
Content warning: Sex addiction, adultery, depression, brief mentions of STDs and suicide contemplation, and miscarriage.
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E.J. Bell is disciplined, successful, and extremely stubborn. No one likes getting on his bad side, but the one person he never thought he’d have to worry about breaking his trust was his wife, Natalia. Once their marriage hits the ten-year mark, though, he realizes how wrong he was.
Natalia Bell is headstrong, blunt, and not scared of anything…except losing E.J. So when she has to admit that she had no intentions of giving him the child she made him wait ten years for, she fears that her marriage will be as good as over.
Can they come back from this, especially once E.J. finds out that’s not the only thing she’s been keeping from him?
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For most women, getting dumped on their birthday – and not for the first time – would be enough of a lesson.
But for Claire Hutchinson, letting go of Montrel Burns is easier said than done, despite his pattern of dissing her, missing her, and then dissing her again. She tries to move on with the respectful and romantic good guy Warner, but there’s something about Montrel that keeps sucking her back in…
Montrel swears he’s not a monster. He loves Claire and is sure they’ll end up together eventually; he just needs time to be ready. But seeing Claire with anyone else in the meantime drives him crazy.
Will Claire wise up and focus on Warner, or will she let Montrel waste her time one time too many?
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Adele Mozley was used to the friend zone. Men liked hanging with her but when it came time to get romantic, she usually got the polite stiff-arm.
But so what, right? She had a job she liked, a loyal BFF, an amazing son and slightly-curmudgeonly father, and Friday nights with Jamaican takeout and her remote. That’s not so bad.
Enter Kingston Ferrell, who is persistent, younger…and so hot it’s almost intimidating. And he has eyes only for her. Adele didn’t lack self-esteem, but she couldn’t quite let herself believe that this hunk would be interested in a 40-something widow with a teenage son. So will she get out of her own way and let him love her? Or will she go back to spending her nights alone with forbidden dairy and regrets?
Content warning: brief mentions of off-page death.
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In this compilation of shorts from The Introvert Series:
An Introverts Christmas:
When Lola gets dumped right before Christmas, her friends make it their mission to cheer her up, to her chagrin.
Wooing the Introvert:
Cupid’s bow strikes Lola at a Valentine’s Day party, though not all of her friends are thrilled about it.
The Introvert Roast:
Lola meets her man’s family for the first time on Thanksgiving, and the drama only increases when an unexpected guest shows up.
I, Take Thee Introvert:
Lola is over the moon when her man pops the question…but then she remembers they have to tell people about it.
- Bonus story: Goodbye, Introvert
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Ava and Harper’s honeymoon phase came to a screeching halt as soon as she met Mario.
Ava battled with the guilt of fantasizing about one man while being married to another…even if the one she was married to increasingly felt like a stranger the more she learned about him.
Mario knew Ava was taken, but that didn’t stop him from wanting her. And when he and Ava keep getting thrown together, the sparks can’t help but fly, despite their efforts to resist.
Pretty soon Ava, Mario, and Harper are in a very weird, very uncomfortable love triangle that is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. And when it does, the damage may be irreparable.
Content warning: This story contains scenes dealing with or mentioning sexual assault, domestic violence, off-screen death, and miscarriage.
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“How I met Cam – the love of my life, whether he knew it or not – could either be considered really cute or really embarrassing.”
Ever since Cam came to Nyla’s rescue, they’ve been best buds. Only thing is, Nyla keeps having various fantasies about her buddy that are anything but platonic.
When Cam starts dating her new roommate, Nyla starts to wonder if she should even continue the friendship, since seeing (and hearing) him with someone else is just too hard. She wants him to see her as a woman, not just the friend he feels obligated to protect.
But severing ties with Cam is way easier said than done. And there is a chance that she’s wrong about how he sees her. Will Nyla keep chickening out, or will she finally go for what she wants?
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Desiree Mashburn did her dirt without thinking karma would eventually come calling. But screwing over her best friend to win a man’s affections was apparently the final straw.
Her life begins going from sweet to sour fast, and worst of all, she’s lost the best friend she knows she’ll ever have in Lovey Tate. Desiree aches to reconcile, but winning Lovey’s trust back might be too tall of an order.
Lovey finally has everything she’s wanted in life, including Roland, the man she and Desiree battled over. But she has her own issues, and can’t help but question Desiree’s motives. She misses her friend, but doesn’t want to be a fool again.
But when a painful part of Desiree’s past resurfaces, she knows she needs Lovey more than ever. Can she win her trust back, or is it too little too late?
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Lovey Tate and Desiree Mashburn couldn’t be more different, as far as BFFs go. Lovey yearned to find her happily ever after while Desiree was allergic to monogamy.
Enter Roland Bell, a smooth club co-owner who makes Desiree feel things she’s not ready for. And while she’s running from her feelings, Roland and Lovey are getting closer.
What ensues is a spiteful polyamorous experiment that only proves to push the friends further and further apart, especially when one of them starts to play dirty. Even when Roland makes his choice, the friendship between the ladies might be beyond repair.
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Lola is engaged. She’d be fine just running off to the courthouse but of course, she has to deal with…people.
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When Lola is invited to meet her man’s family for the first time on Thanksgiving, she automatically dreads being put on display like a shiny new knickknack. And she has to fight the urge to retreat even harder when an unexpected guest shows up.
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Tonette liked her life as an elementary school teacher, though most usually considered it boring. Deciding that her vacation to Barbados would be her chance to step outside of herself and let loose, free-spirited ‘Toni’ was born.
She figured it was harmless to adopt a new vacation persona. Fun and adventure were the only things on her agenda, after all. But she didn’t count on falling for sexy islander Troy. Or worse, him falling for her alter ego.
Once her vacation was over, though, she never expected to see Troy again. But when he shows up at her door in Atlanta, she pretends to be Toni’s twin, kicking off a new wave of lies and deception.
Things begin to unravel as Tonette falls deeper into her charade. And if she doesn’t fix things, she could lose Troy and everything she didn’t even realize she wanted for good.
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To say Tarin and Jerome were a little jaded when it came to love would be an understatement.
Tarin didn’t bother thinking long-term when it came to relationships because to her, they never lasted, anyway.
Jerome figured if someone in a relationship wasn’t cheating, they were thinking about cheating.
But neither of them can deny or resist the connection between them. They’re both intrigued and freaked out by their rapidly-growing attraction to each other, and between outside influences and their longstanding demons, the deck feels stacked against them. It’ll be up to them to determine if they be each other’s exception, or if they’ll succumb to their belief that relationships always end, never last…
**Content warning: suicide.
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Ronnie thought she had it all together until her husband surprised her with a set of moving boxes and a request for divorce. With nowhere to go, no work experience, and almost nothing of her own, Ronnie is forced to move back in with her estranged father Pat, who she hadn’t spoken to in years.
Pat Duncan had problems of his own. His wife just up and left one day without a word, and he spent every day for the past twenty years waiting for her to come back. So when his daughter comes back and disrupts the life he had settled into, it only threatens to push them even further apart.
While trying to navigate constant new changes, discoveries, and long-held secrets, this stubborn father and daughter have to learn each other all over again. Despite constantly butting heads, they have to accept that they need each other, like it or not…
**Content warning: there are scenes dealing with child molestation and sexual abuse.
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Sahara is thrown for a major loop when her husband Kyle leaves her for her scheming cousin, Wanda. Inexperienced in the ways of dating, she doesn’t know what to do with herself or how to get on with her life.
When she finally begins to come out of her shell, she begins making up for lost time. Pretty soon, she becomes a little too carefree, and her child and business begin taking a backseat to her new social life. And her ex-husband becomes too consumed with who she’s spending time with, to Wanda’s dismay.
After a while, Sahara has to be yanked back to reality and come to some realizations about herself. Maybe what she thought she wanted isn’t necessarily what she needed…
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Lola only attended her friend’s Valentine’s Day party out of homegirl obligation. But not only did she not have a terrible time, she met someone. Amazing.
But hopefully getting a new boo won’t change things with her friends, because not all of them are happy for her. And now she has to figure out how to get everyone feeling the love again.
*This book 2 of the Introvert series.
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Getting dumped right before Christmas is no fun, but Lola planned on recovering by spending the holiday alone. Unfortunately, her friends won’t leave her alone and have made it their mission to cheer her up.
*This is a short and the beginning of a series.
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Shane Todd was prepared to submit to a life with his abusive girlfriend Nia, despite knowing he deserved better. Feeling he was simply serving his penance for his actions as a child, Shane rationalized that being with Nia was better than being alone.
Nia believes Shane will never leave her no matter what she does, and the secrets she’s keeping from him begin to stockpile. Pretty soon, deceiving him almost becomes a game to her, and she refuses to acknowledge the deep-seeded issues that are starting to cause more and more problems in her life.
When things come to a head with Nia and his friends, Shane wonders if he has the strength to deal with the hard truths he has to face, about others as well as himself. With some encouragement from an unexpected source, Shane starts to try piecing his life back together. But will these changes last, or will his lifelong self-esteem issues lure him back to settling for what he’s used to?
**Content warning: scenes with domestic violence and sexual abuse.
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High school sweethearts Ike and Anika Mayhew have hit a rough patch in their 12-year marriage, and neither knows what to do to alleviate the growing tension between them. Then, Ike makes a suggestion to shake things up that Anika initially scoffs at, but finds herself more and more intrigued by…
Chrisette and Dorian Clarke were more than shocked when Ike asks them for this huge favor. Chrisette sees it as a way to break out of her good-girl persona, and Dorian only agrees because his wife does. The friends agree to one night together, with no inhibitions and no regrets.
But everything changes when both women wind up pregnant. The pregnancies bring one couple closer but drives the other apart, and they all fight for their friendships, their marriages, and their privacy. Many truths are revealed and each of them is tested as they prepare for the births. One couple won’t be able to come back from it…
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All Sylvia wanted to do was raise her daughter Candy the way she wishes she was raised; less rules, more freedom. She didn’t expect for Candy to have no interest in being her best friend. And as she and Candy continue to clash, and her straight-laced son Valencio takes her advice and starts to get into more mischief, it doesn’t take long before Sylvia’s lenient parenting style comes back to bite her.
**Content warning: scenes depicting underage sexual activity.
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Van Roseland is a single mother who doesn’t know what it feels like to relax, thanks to a set of twins and mountain of debt given to her by her deceased fiancé. Her boyfriend Joe is a hardworking, loving man who is perfect in just about every way…except financially. Thanks to his spiteful ex, he’s unable to contribute as much as either he or Van would like him to. And Van starts wondering more and more if love is enough.
Grant McCallister has always been more successful in business than he’s been in his personal life. He’s preferred to just remain alone rather than deal with women who only want him for his millions. But after a chance meeting with Van, he begins to think he’s finally found what he’s been waiting for and resorts to somewhat shady tactics to get close to her, believing she’s worth it.
Before too long, Van is on a roller coaster of emotions as her feelings and attraction for Grant deepen that has her questioning everything, especially her own personal morals. Some of her closest relationships are tested and after a while, Van has no idea what she’s doing. She loves her some Joe, but she can’t help wanting a better life for her children…
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In this sequel to Not By a Long Shot, Natasha Williams is still learning that her actions have consequences.
After learning the true paternity of her baby, Natasha begins yet another roller coaster ride of letting her ex-boyfriend Davion have a little too much space in her life, all the while professing her love and devotion to her husband, Sharif.
Meanwhile, Sharif is still trying to deal with the pain of his wife’s affair, and holding his tongue about Davion is still being in their lives. He tries to take solace in the fact that at least no one outside of himself, Natasha, and Davion know about their drama.
But when that little bit of comfort is shattered and news of Natasha’s affair spreads throughout the family, she learns who is really in her corner and who isn’t. Sharif feels like old wounds have just been re-opened, as well as gaining some new ones. As the issues pile on, Sharif begins to wonder if it’s even worth it to stay.
Can Natasha finally get go of Davion and focus on her husband? Or will her inability to leave the past in the past leave her with nothing?
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Angelo Winans is a handsome, smooth-talking man who knows how to play the role, and the role he plays is that of the pastor, complete with a fake wife and an assistant who spends as much time covering for him as he does anything else. To Angelo, being the pastor of a large church is nothing more than a job, not a calling. When he’s out of the pulpit, he acts like anything but a man of God.
But when things start falling apart around him and the people most important to him start separating themselves from him and his ways, he has to start taking stock of himself. While dealing with the pain of his father’s death, the estrangement from his brother, and losing the love of his life, he meets Thurgood West, an older preacher who lets him know just what being a pastor, and a man, is all about.
**Content warning: one scene with sexual abuse.
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Natasha thought her boyfriend Davion was the one, until he dumped her via text message after three years and a partially-planned wedding. Now, she’s met almost-too-good-to-be-true Sharif and is getting ready to be his wife, and finally feels she’s ready to get on with her life.
That is, until, she has an unexpected encounter with Davion at her wedding that throws her carefully-pieced-back-together world back into a shambles, and she realizes she’s not as over him as she thought she was. Before she knows it, she’s caught up in a whirlwind of infidelity and mixed emotions, and every time she tries to put distance between herself and Davion, she gets sucked back in harder than before. Pretty soon, she’s not even sure if she wants to get out, feeling she has the best of both worlds…
But when Sharif starts getting suspicious and Davion begins to grow tired of being her side piece, she has to come to a decision that she doesn’t think she has the strength to make. Continuing to toggle between sincere guilt and defiant justification of her actions, she all too quickly reaches a point where she must choose something, or lose everything…
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Ivy Dobbs-Thorne and Monica Collins are childhood friends who have seen each other through everything, and now that they’re all grown up and each married to their high school sweethearts, they must lean on each other when they each start to suspect that their husbands are starting to stray…
Ivy has the kind of like plenty of women would kill for; a beautiful home, a nice car, and a husband who makes good money and insists that she not work. Seemingly she doesn’t have to worry about anything…until she can no longer deny or justify the suspicious actions of her husband. When the night comes where she can no longer deny it, the dam on her restraint is broken and she stops trying to be the happy housewife and lets loose the woman that’s been itching to get out for years…
Monica has known for quite some time that her husband was doing dirt but chose to just let him continue to dig his own grave, believing that it would all come to light eventually. She loves him enough to stick with him, longing for the longevity that her parents had in their marriage. Although when enough gets to be enough, she decides that if he can do as he pleases, so can she…
Can either marriage last after the trust is gone?
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Salvatrice Fontain is still reeling from the impersonal dissolution of her marriage, which was due partially to the weight she gained after saying “I do.” Now, she’s convinced that its only a matter of time before everyone she gets involved with will either get bored with her or find someone better. Even though she desperately wants a family of her own, she has adopted a ‘leave before you get left’ policy to spare herself more heartache…
Oasis Montgomery is tough as nails…or so she would have everyone believe. She’s confident on the outside, but no one knows about her fears about relationships, her plans for plastic surgery, or her constant internal battle about already having what she didn’t even think she was looking for…
Irie Simpson feels like she’s doomed for a life alone. Wanting to be a single-digit size but too embarrassed to admit it, she focuses on her friends and maintaining a relationship with the daughter that she gave up for adoption. Her only romantic prospect is a very persistent online suitor who she has no interest in meeting. She ponders somewhat drastic alternatives to being alone until she happens to be in the right place at the right time…
These women soon realize that their dress size is the least of their problems.
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