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  • Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Force of Nature by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A man of few words is sometimes a man to fear. Ali Joseph proves that theory to be correct. He keeps his traumatic past under wraps and only trusts a few people, Shyrón Berotte being one of them. He’s been living amidst the turmoil for so long he’s finally reaching his breaking point...
  • Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Ethic 3 by Ashley Antoinette

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Healing requires separation. When Ethic discovers malice in a woman he thought was perfect, he walks away from their love. Keeping his family safe is his main priority and falling for Alani Lenika Hill is dangerous. The history of their love haunts him however, and getting over her isn't easy. Alani has beguiled his two youngest children and they crave her presence as much as Ethic...
  • Deep In My Soul by Kimberly Brown

    Deep In My Soul by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cartel Jareau has always been the protector of his siblings. The handsome chef has a bit of a roughness to him. Aside from his family, very few people get to witness his sensitivity. When he met Adina Harold a year ago, he had no idea that intervening in an embarrassing exchange would lead to falling in love with a woman he could never truly have. She was spoken for...
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    steamy  drama  poc-mc  black-mc  romance  dark  contemporary  grief
  • I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    I Want You Here by Monica Walters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    While everyone in the family is finding love and starting families, Chad Berotte feels like his life is at a standstill. His job is stressful as ever because of an issue that reaches back over ten years, and his past situations regarding love have affected him negatively, losing his mother being the main one...
  • Strip Me Bare by Kimberly Brown

    Strip Me Bare by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when two people from different worlds find solace in each other?Alaina Jareau was born into a life of privilege. With the world at her fingertips, there was never much that she longed for that money couldn’t buy… except true happiness. For years now, she’s been hiding behind her influencer persona, showing off her life of luxury...
  • STIFF by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    STIFF by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three friends experiencing life’s uncertain changes decide they need relaxation beyond the usual girls’ night out. A friend tells them about, The Den, an upscale male strip club. They find out the club is a shell of what really lies beneath—and soon, the ladies are venturing into their mind and body’s wildest desires.This is Asia McClendon's story...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • It's The Chase For Me: A Heights Story (Heights Stories) by Christina C. Jones

    It's The Chase For Me: A Heights Story (Heights Stories) by Christina C. Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In my defense, I wasn't the one who messed up.And if that hadn't happened, I wouldn't have run into him the first time, in the first place.But then there was the second time, in the second place.And then the third time, in the third place.Then the fourth... you get it, right?I really wasn't trying to get involved with him like that, but the happenings kept happening, and well..
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    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Sensual Confessions by Brenda Jackson

    Sensual Confessions by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Blade Madaris has watched the men in his family surrender their single status one by one, and he has no plans to join them. But the gorgeous attorney he meets at his cousin's wedding would make a fine notch on his bedpost. And when circumstances bring them together for six months, Blade formulates a plan to sweep Samari Di Meglio off her feet and into his arms...
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    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  new-adult
  • Recipe for Temptation by Maureen Smith

    Recipe for Temptation by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A two-month sabbatical from her high-powered career is just what the doctor ordered...especially when Reese St. James eyes the hunk of her secret fantasies on the menu. From the moment she walks into Michael Wolf's world-famous restaurant, she's given the VIP treatment. And the sexy celebrity chef's mouth-watering kisses have her eating right out of his hand...and hungry for more...
  • Drown In It by T'Lyn

    Drown In It by T'Lyn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    an arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities or amounts.This word best describes what Willow Reid and Rakeem Wilks find themselves caught in both sexually and emotionally.A knock on a wrong door is what pushed them into the tsunami, but their chemistry and passion is what keeps them afloat...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  poc-mc  black-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  urban  book
  • In This Moment by K. Lashaun

    In This Moment by K. Lashaun

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love, in all its forms, is a foreign concept to Garryn Taylor.After being let down one too many times by nearly every person in her life, she’s sworn off the elusive emotion to focus solely on her career...
  • Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire

    Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CHECK IT. Lamont be my government, but Hood be my name. I earned my stripes chilling up in Fat Daddy's joint, a Brownsville barbershop in the belly of Brooklyn. Some called me a street savior...others said I was just another Brownsville boy gone bad. Whatever. I brung it and I took it too...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Promise by Love Belvin

    The Promise by Love Belvin

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ojasvi “Sin” Sinclair.Fast-forwarding three years after it was finally revealed, what’s in a name?Ashira now knows the man she once thought of as a felon laborer is far more than the task she’d bargained for. Yes, he’s a convicted felon who works in home-building...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  celebrity  contemporary
  • Mister Librarian by B. Love

    Mister Librarian by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Honey Williams doesn’t trust men. Between her father and last lover, a part of her struggles with resenting the entire species. She’s spent the past six months hidden in the safety of her parents’ home hoping her kind heart will never be the cause of pain and misfortune again. That seems possible until a cranky client causes chaos… which leads to her meeting Mr. Librarian...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Desperate Hoodwives by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond

    Desperate Hoodwives by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    DREAMS OFTEN DIE IN THE PROJECTS In the first book of a drama-drenched new series, four unforgettable women will do anything to escape the hood. From their front stoops at Bentley Manor, longtime residents Miz Osceola and Miz Cleo have seen just about everything and know all too well that there's no happily-ever-after in the projects...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Any Way the Wind Blows by E. Lynn Harris

    Any Way the Wind Blows by E. Lynn Harris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When her wedding to John “Basil” Henderson didn’t come off as planned, Yancey Harrington Braxton flew off to L.A. and remade herself as mega-diva Yancey B. And Basil started concentrating on his career as a high-powered sports agent. But then Yancey’s first single, “Any Way the Wind Blows,” hit the charts, and now it threatens to blow Basil’s cover--if anyone learns who it’s really about...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  lgbtq  poc-mc  steamy  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Something Special by Tiffany Patterson

    Something Special by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gabriella I can’t stand him. Jamal Holmes. My best friend’s cousin. So what he may be able to help me finally make the move to get my business off the ground. He’s a pompous jerk and judgmental to boot. At least, those are the very excuses I tell myself to avoid his help at all costs. Now, if I could just get my silly body to stop reacting every time he’s near...
  • If You Let Me by Kema B.

    If You Let Me by Kema B.

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a vindictive ex causes her to lose her dream role, Taheerie Pierre’s girls dare her to accompany them on a sinful night out at the exclusive Club Eros. Taheerie agrees, hoping that checking a few things off her bucket list helps her to forget her troubles. However it opens up a Pandora’s Box of hidden pleasure between friends instead...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Milo by Grey Huffington

    Milo by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ma spin and spin and spin and spin again.Gutted, I was, the day you left my side, but I understood that it was no one’s fault but mine. I pushed you away, wearing my pain on my sleeve while pursuing a passion that stemmed from that very pain. In the end, you decided to choose yourself and I could never fault you for that. But, it hurt and still does til this day.Anticipation...
  • Safe With Me by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Safe With Me by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Small business owner and financial advisor, Samiyah Manhattan is mourning the death of her six-year marriage when she vows never to trust men again. Alone at a local bar, Samiyah attempts to put her situation in perspective when she is drawn inexorably to the presence of a nearby patron...
  • No Secrets No Lies by S.K. Hardy

    No Secrets No Lies by S.K. Hardy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ex-football legend Amir Montgomery is the man every woman wants and every man wants to be. When his ex-fiancée dumped him because of cheating, Amir decided to live life his way: no excuses, no explanations, and no apologies.Women vow to tame the notorious bad boy and be the one to make him finally settle down. There’s just one problem: settling down again is not in Amir’s game plan...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  betrayal  book  contemporary
  • Night of Seduction/Heaven's Gate by Iris Bolling

    Night of Seduction/Heaven's Gate by Iris Bolling

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Night of Seduction can change your outlook on life and open Heaven's Gate. Night of SeductionMusic Executive Jason Davies made a mistake. That result was a gift of love, his daughter Sierra. Accepting his responsibility as a father, he moves the mother of his daughter, Latoya Wright into his home. Expectantly, she wreaks so much havoc in his life he completely gives up on love...
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    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  suspense
  • SINERGY by Iris Bolling

    SINERGY by Iris Bolling

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xavier Davenport creates homes and communities for underprivileged families. His goal was clear. Make his brother proud by reaching out to help others. Women were for fun, period. That was until he witness the passion of his brothers’ marriage. Xavier wanted the same for himself. His first step into a serious relationship turn out bad with a capital B. The woman, was beautiful, smart and sexy...
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    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • This I Promise You by Maureen Smith

    This I Promise You by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this steamy sequel to Tempt Me at Midnight, Quentin and Lexi Reddick are enjoying a life of wedded bliss. They have everything they could ever want and their love is stronger than ever, proving why best friends make the best soul mates. But when a stranger from Quentin's past appears unexpectedly, old wounds are reopened, forcing him to confront the family he never knew...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Beginning of an Eclipse by S.K.

    Beginning of an Eclipse by S.K.

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The measure of a man can be defined in many ways: the way he handles conflict, accepting responsibility for his actions, and how he learns from his mistakes. After being dumped off in an orphanage by his mother when he was only seven years old, life forces Darrell Monroe to quickly grow up at an early age. The only one he trusts is his best friend, Marcus Bennett...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Time, Love & Tenderness by D.A. Young

    Time, Love & Tenderness by D.A. Young

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF MULTILAYERED CHARACTERS AND SUBPLOTS THIS MAY NOT BE THE SERIES FOR YOU. Must be 18+ to read. This book contains steamy/explicit love scenes, sensitive issues, and coarse language. It is not recommended for those who are easily offended. IT IS NECESSARY TO READ THE SERIES IN ORDER...
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    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • A Scoop of Love: A Sweet Rapids Novella by Té Russ

    A Scoop of Love: A Sweet Rapids Novella by Té Russ

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former NFL star turned yoga teacher/studio owner Paxton Humphries is glad to be home after traveling for over a year.His return is made even sweeter when he meets ice cream shop owner, Raegan Wilson...
  • Come Inside: a risqué novella by ShanicexLola

    Come Inside: a risqué novella by ShanicexLola

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One steamy encounter.Two unforgettable nights entangled in each other.Three breathtaking farewell kisses...Forever. I knew I’d be yours forever...
  • Golden Kitty Glitter by Mel Dau

    Golden Kitty Glitter by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “She threw her kitty glitter in the air and bedazzled him. He wasn’t scared to bottle it up and take it for keeps.”Zia Goldie Witherspoon lived her life under the premise that love didn’t love anybody, especially her. Heartbreak has installed an icebox where her heart used to be, and she has no intention of letting it thaw anytime soon or ever...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again by Sharon Carter

    Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again by Sharon Carter

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Devastated by the death of her husband in a horrific car accident, Sage lives with a protective armor around her heart. Nick, hearbroken after catching his wife cheating on him, has only casual relationships with women untuil he meets Sage at a fundrasier and falls for her immediately. Sageis  attracted to the succesful benefactor, Nick, but refuses to allow him in...
    Categorized as:
    drama  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  contemporary  suspense  book
  • A Love of My Own by E. Lynn Harris

    A Love of My Own by E. Lynn Harris

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After Zola Denise Norwood meets media mogul Davis Vincent McClinton on a New York-bound flight, he makes her a couple of offers before they even land. One is editing his hot new urban style magazine Bling Bling. The other is more personal...
  • And This Too Shall Pass by E. Lynn Harris

    And This Too Shall Pass by E. Lynn Harris

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A stellar quarterback, an ambitious sportscaster. What happens when rising stars collide? In And This Too Shall Pass , Harris takes us into the locker rooms and newsrooms of Chicago, where four lives are about to intersect in romance and scandal...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  lgbtq  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Gaining Experience by Blue Saffire

    Gaining Experience by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Yours: Gaining Experince Book 2 in the Yours Series Yours Book 2 Where do we go from here? I love Nick, but I don’t see how this can be fixed. I have never been so confused of hurt in my life. I don’t know if I can move forward, but I am not willing to go down without a fight. I’ve changed and so has everything and everyone around me. Sephora is wrong if she thinks this is over...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Replacement: A Building 402 Novella by Alexandra Warren

    Replacement: A Building 402 Novella by Alexandra Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Angelica Pearson is taking a serious break from dating. At least, she thought she was taking a serious break from dating until she comes face-to-face with the finest man she’s ever seen who also happens to be the new maintenance man in her building. Angie knows what she wants in a man...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Yours by Shon

    Yours by Shon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when you join a book club just to spend time with the quiet vixen who owns the barbershop two doors down from your tattoo...
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    steamy  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  urban  fiction  book
  • Vanessa: A Mrs Middleton Novel by Melissa Tereze

    Vanessa: A Mrs Middleton Novel by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They are made for each other. But can their love survive the ultimate test? After her white-roses-and-sunflowers wedding, Vanessa is living a dream. Her cold, lonely house finally feels like a home. She has her beautiful Emma to love for the rest of her life, plus a daughter and a grandchild to grow old with. What could go wrong?Plenty, her persistent insecurities whisper...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  drama  lgbtq  steamy  romance  bisexuality  age-gap  lesbian-mc
  • Spindrift by Anna Burke

    Spindrift by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a hot summer fling mend the hearts of two broken women?Morgan Donovan had everything she ever wanted: a dream job as a large animal veterinarian, awesome friends, and a loving and supportive fiancée. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancée dumps her after realizing that Morgan’s job will always come first...
    Categorized as:
    drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Fly On The Wall by Trista Russell

    Fly On The Wall by Trista Russell

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You would have to be a Fly on the Wall to learn of the secret love affair between Paige, a divorced English teacher and Theo, high student and star basketball player. You will be a fly on the sizzling hot walls when this flirtatious and lustful duo takes risks during detentions, school dances, and games...
  • One Day I Saw a Black King by J.D. Mason

    One Day I Saw a Black King by J.D. Mason

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "He stared at himself in the mirror, wondering how he'd managed to lose track of time. Complacency had managed to set in again. . . A decent job, warm home, food on the table, and a body to curl up next to at night; he'd made the mistake of getting comfortable. Comfort fooled him into thinking it was all good when it wasn't. Damn nightmares had a way of reminding him of that...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Ensnared Hearts by Anna Stone

    Ensnared Hearts by Anna Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A trip to Paris. A seductive older boss. An illicit, irresistible escape. Kat Walker needs a distraction. Broken-hearted from a breakup and working long hours as an intern at Mistress Media, she longs for an escape. So when the opportunity to accompany her boss to Paris arises, Kat can’t say no, especially since she’ll be spending the week with Lydia Davenport, Mistress Media’s new CFO...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • f*ck and fall in love by Nicole Falls

    f*ck and fall in love by Nicole Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    for jane and nigel, timing is everything...
  • Members Only by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor

    Members Only by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Olivia Whitaker has lost her fortune. Without her father’s credit card to keep her afloat and no college education, she’s lucky to land herself a job as a waitress in a private members’ club in London...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  steamy  poc-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • EROS by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    EROS by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They said my presence changed the atmosphere in any room I entered. According to my mother—it was in my name. According to my twin brother—it was in my soul. The truth could be found somewhere in between. I led with love in all of my endeavors...
  • Bachelor Untamed by Brenda Jackson

    Bachelor Untamed by Brenda Jackson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One mind-blowing kiss. That was all Ellie Weston shared with her neighbor and crush one summer, before he angrily discovered she'd approached him on a dare. Ten years later, Ellie is back at her great-aunt's lake house, and so is Uriel Lassiter still wildly sexy, single and happy to stay that way...
  • Zane's The Heat Seekers by Zane

    Zane's The Heat Seekers by Zane

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hot, hungry, and hunting... They're sisters of the soul, two girlfriends hitting the clubs in search of that oh-so-rare commodity: straight, single guys. Tempest sports a modest suit, while Janessa runs wild in a skintight minidress -- but they both want the same thing: the heat, the passion, the spark to ignite the sensual fires inside. It takes time and patience to find such a special lover...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Stay With Me by Maureen Smith

    Stay With Me by Maureen Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four women... One ancient legend... An invitation to ecstasy... Dallas reporter Sydney Russell is in desperate need of stress relief. When she and her best friends are invited to spend three weeks in the tropical paradise of St. Mirabelle, it’s just what the doctor ordered...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary
  • Say My Name by Angie Daniels

    Say My Name by Angie Daniels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The award-winning author of A Delight Before Christmas brings readers a delightfully erotic romance that will kick off the Decadent Delight Series. Can you Put a Price Tag…On Love? St. Louis caterer Christina Holloway only dates men capable of providing her with the finer things in life. But despite putting her best foot forward, her relationships have all ended in disappointment...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Never Knew I Needed You by Chassilyn Hamilton

    Never Knew I Needed You by Chassilyn Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    drama  poc-mc  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Scarlett by Tiece

    Scarlett by Tiece

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scarlett Harper is a down to earth, country girl who possesses many beautiful qualities, but her insecurities hold her back from showing them. Her existence consists of being mentally and physically abused by her unfit mother and unknowingly spending most days with a no good, trifling best friend...
    Categorized as:
    black-mc  drama  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  urban
  • Love On Deck by AshleyNicole

    Love On Deck by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raegan is not on The Luminous to find love. That’s everybody else’s agenda. She’s only here for some sun, sand and simple relaxation. All that floats away when she runs into the man who walked out on her and broke her heart...
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