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  • Finally Famous by Ladii Nesha

    Finally Famous by Ladii Nesha

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If nothing else Rahlo is loyal. The five-letter word runs through his veins like blood and expels from his body like his next breath. With a new contract on the table, the rap star learns that fame and fortune don't necessarily change you. It changes the people around you.Taylor is living her best life! The plus-size beauty unapologetically challenges society's rules for big girls...
  • Feeling Bleu by Chenell Parker

    Feeling Bleu by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The first appearance deceives many and things are not always as they seem. For Bleu Alston, love was nothing more than a four letter word. Being faithful was foreign to her even though she had a man. Rico loved Bleu with his whole heart but the feelings were neither mutual nor reciprocated. He went to the extreme to get and keep her but his all never seemed to be good enough...
  • Carried Away by Natisha Raynor

    Carried Away by Natisha Raynor

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *Carried Away is a Father's Day short and a set up for the standalone novel Treacherous Justice*After eight years of being with her husband, Shalaine Brunson has reached her breaking point. Without a job, she knows her exit has to be strategic. However, before she can leave on her own, the decision is made for her...
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  • Bound by A Gangsta's Love 2 by Miss J.

    Bound by A Gangsta's Love 2 by Miss J.

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just when Makani gets the strength to leave Reed and everything tied to him behind, her whole world comes crashing down around her. It’s over her dead body that he will allow her to leave, and he’s determined to send her to the grave before he allows her to love another. Surviving a near fatal accident, Makani refuses to let the chaos win...
  • A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee

    A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Have you ever been in a situation where the best thing for you to do, is the hardest thing? That’s the same dilemma Shanice Davis finds herself in after finding out her husband does not love her the same way she loves him. Throwing caution to the wind, Shanice decides to live her best life while on a girl’s trip to Mexico. Gia, Shanice’s best friend only concern is her daughter...
  • Sinfully Loved by Bianca Xaviera

    Sinfully Loved by Bianca Xaviera

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A product of the streets and circumstance, Lavender Love has always been dealt a bad hand. From dealing with her religious zealot of a grandmother to birthing a child that was a product of rape, Lavender deals with more issues at thirteen than most women twice her age. Not ready to be a mother, Lavender leaves her baby on her grandmother’s doorstep and finds the first ride she can out of the city...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Take me to Church: A Preto Village Novel by AshleyNicole, Erin B.

    Take me to Church: A Preto Village Novel by AshleyNicole, Erin B.

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Preto Village, a beautiful black community where everybody knows your business and has no qualms sharing it…I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your…thighs?Neriah grew up in the church under a philandering pastor. In search of a new place to worship, she stumbles upon Preto Baptist...
  • Fallin' For A Black Billionaire by Bianca

    Fallin' For A Black Billionaire by Bianca

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kriss: I hated rich men. They are all arrogant and think you are supposed to bow down to them. Until I was accosted by Travis. Travis Spencer III: Handsome, extremely wealthy, and very smart. He dates women that are extremely beautiful and equally as rich, and I am way out of his league. Our one night together was a complete mistake...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • If I Believe by Kim Cash Tate

    If I Believe by Kim Cash Tate

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes the biggest risk is daring to hope. Cinda Ellis doesn’t dare to dream. Life has dealt too many blows, and she’s come to expect disappointment. But then a lifelong dream is realized—meeting her dad—and Cinda’s life is finally turning . . . until reality crashes in once again...
  • Rhythm's Blues by Kimberly Brown

    Rhythm's Blues by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being the girlfriend of a successful rapper isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Rhythm Baker, a successful occupational therapist, held it down for Raheem, her boyfriend of three years, without much complaining. After moving across the country to support his career and their relationship, Rhythm has grown increasingly uncomfortable with Raheem's inappropriate behavior and inflated ego...
  • Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker

    Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being naive to the men in their lives as well as the streets, sisters Keller and Kia struggle to make their dysfunctional relationships work. Jaden is all that Kia has ever known, but she's fed up with his constant cheating and erratic behavior. Keller loves Leo, but his physical abuse is tearing down her body as well as her spirit...
  • Mister Fireman by B. Love

    Mister Fireman by B. Love

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enjell Johnson is not prepared for the life changes that happen after finding out her live-in boyfriend cheated with his boss. The security she had as his kept woman is ripped from underneath her immediately, shifting her into a state of anxiety and uncertainty...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Your One by Monica Walters, Latisha Burns

    Your One by Monica Walters, Latisha Burns

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Professional basketball player, Nate Guillory, has a good life. He enjoyed his childhood as the only child in a single-parent home. There is only one thing he feels he missed out knowing his father. Although he had a great upbringing, he feels that it is his right to know the identity of his father and why they weren’t afforded the opportunity to have a relationship...
  • Secrets Between Her Thighs 2 by Ivy Symone

    Secrets Between Her Thighs 2 by Ivy Symone

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Now that Landrus is confident that the very sexy and alluring Cherri is Jaci, the quiet office worker at his family’s medical practice, he isn’t so sure of how he should feel about their secret love affair. What he does know is he isn’t ready to give Cherri up just yet...
  • Secrets Between Her Thighs by Ivy Symone

    Secrets Between Her Thighs by Ivy Symone

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jaci Williams learned early on about using what you got to get what you want. For many years, all she ever thought she had was the power she possessed between her legs. Being an erotic dancer and providing “special services” in the past afforded her a decent living, but it did nothing for her dignity...
  • Love Me Slow by Mel Dau

    Love Me Slow by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When your secret blows up in your face, can you withstand the blowback?Queenie's love in the sun in Montego Bay turned into a baby in the sand in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She ran from love but it sure caught up with her in the worst kind of way. Will the choices she made be too much for Cameron to forgive? Cameron has his own secrets to bare...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Blue's Beauty by Bailey West

    Blue's Beauty by Bailey West

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a person find true love more than once? Roman “Blue” Bluette doesn’t think so until she comes along. Zanetta is a smart, non-traditional woman who believes that women rule the world. She also believes in love but it seems to elude her until he comes along. Blue’s Beauty is a journey of love lost, love found and redemption...
  • Fat Ma: An Erotic novel by Nicole Jackson

    Fat Ma: An Erotic novel by Nicole Jackson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Piggy is in a bind, and Khyro has the cure for her problem. The only issue is that Khyro is married to Piggy’s cousin Tabitha. With her back against the wall, Piggy must use Fat Ma to get herself ahead. In this erotic tale, find out just how nasty and sticky the situation will become...
  • One More Night by AshleyNicole

    One More Night by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Successful business? Check. Supportive friends? Check. Beautifully planned wedding? Check. Faithful fiancé? No check!Minah Samuels just found out that her boyfriend and soon to be husband has been anything but faithful. The invites have gone out, the seating arrangements have been solidified and the dress is getting the final touches from the seamstress...
  • It's Gotta Be You by Kimberly Brown

    It's Gotta Be You by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zenni Calloway is a plus-sized beauty who hasn’t always felt confident in her appearance. She’s dealt with years of constant scrutiny, under the guise of tough love at the hands of her mother in addition to being fetishized by men who want nothing more than to indulge in her in private only...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • A Justified Love Affair by Kimberly Brown

    A Justified Love Affair by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emmanuel Santiago has thoroughly enjoyed his bachelor lifestyle. With money, a life of luxury, and women at his disposal, he seems to have it all. He has no immediate plans of settling down with one woman and starting a family. Then he meets her. What was supposed to be a one night stand quickly turns into a love affair that neither of them saw coming...
  • Chicago by Natisha Raynor

    Chicago by Natisha Raynor

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ireland Wright is done with love. She's emotionally unavailable and not interested in being attached. Men love that about her until she proves that they can't break her. Ireland crushes egos with her passive demeanor and thinks nothing of it. She's not jaded or bitter, she simply doesn't want to deal with loss. Because everything ends. She learned that fact when her parents died two years apart...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  fiction  romance  book  adult
  • Aspen by B. Love

    Aspen by B. Love

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • When Love Calls His Name by Riley Baxter

    When Love Calls His Name by Riley Baxter

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nino Bellamy has spent his entire life chasing women while avoiding the four-letter word that has never shown him its value. He has always found solace between a woman’s legs, as opposed to the muscle in her chest, upholding the motto pleasure over pain and fulfillment over heartache...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • If You'll Let Me by B. Love

    If You'll Let Me by B. Love

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every time I asked my father why he stayed with my mother he would say, “Love isn’t for the weak.” Because of Cory, I was learning that to be true. He’d given me my first taste of love, and he helped me to see just how stupid our hearts could be. Because of Cory, I learned that love was the only thing we couldn’t see in the physical that could completely screw up the physical – mainly our hearts...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Unequivocally, Blindly, Yours by B. Love

    Unequivocally, Blindly, Yours by B. Love

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reina has always had one dream – to make it big within the black ballet circuit, but without the money for proper training and attire, that dream seems unattainable. Deciding to use the arts to her advantage, she begins to take small acting and modeling gigs here and there...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • This Very Moment by Kimberly Brown

    This Very Moment by Kimberly Brown

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I have found the one my soul loves." Song of Solomon 3:4Calliope Palmer and Thane St. Thomas have waited their whole lives for each other. Heartbreak for Callie bred restoration in the form of the handsome, salt- and- pepper haired Headmaster. Together, they discovered that sometimes what you need, comes when you least expect it...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Sen and Neicey: Life After Love by BriAnn Danae

    Sen and Neicey: Life After Love by BriAnn Danae

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I never thought about what life would be like after falling in love.” Headstrong and as tough as nails, Shanice Butler, best known as Neicey, couldn’t fathom the thought of the four letter word being expressed to anyone besides her mother or brother growing up...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • River of Love by Mel Dau

    River of Love by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    River Issabelle Warren lives a simple life as a First Lady of her religious community...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Studio Sessions by AshleyNicole

    Studio Sessions by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tali couldn’t care less about finding a man. Phone is getting cut off tomorrow. Rent is due next week. There are more important things to stress over. It’s high time something good happened to her, and an unexpected phone call offers just that. Les is out here living his best life, making money and forgetting faces...
  • For You I Will by Chelsea Maria

    For You I Will by Chelsea Maria

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andre Joseph learned at a young age what it meant to cleave to another soul. Since the age of 15, he has sacrificed his happiness and placed his dreams on hold to make sure the one he cleaved to the most lived out their dream. Being a producer under his best friend's record label came with a lot of perks… except true love. His desires for love went beyond the lyrics he wrote...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Coffee with a side of You by B. Love

    Coffee with a side of You by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nyx Fifer went half on everything with a man that hadn’t committed to giving her all of him, so when Glenn left… Nyx was stuck carrying all of the financial weight he neglected to take with him – as if she wasn’t having a hard-enough time keeping her coffee shop up and running. Rocco Tate was in the business of giving and taking...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • You Ain't My Type by Nicole Jackson

    You Ain't My Type by Nicole Jackson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rye is a young adult struggling to find her purpose. Her parents have their ideas about how her life should be, and don’t mind imposing their beliefs onto her. They seemingly can’t mind their business, even when it comes to matters of her heart. They insist that her boyfriend Tori is the one for her, even after Rye decides that he just aint her type...
  • Irrevocably in Love by Asia Monique

    Irrevocably in Love by Asia Monique

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Joanna Martin Jacob Townsend was never supposed to be my husband, let alone the man of my dreams. Our relationship went from fake to real in the blink of an eye. Now, it’s him and I against all odds. Jacob Townsend Joanna Martin was supposed to be a means to an end, never the woman my heart suddenly beats for. Our fake relationship is as real as they come and now, she and I are linked forever...
  • Wherever Love Finds You by T'Lyn

    Wherever Love Finds You by T'Lyn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Makena’s life had never been a fairytale. She never truly understood what happiness looked like but the universe had a bigger plan. After suffering through one too many heartaches and giving up hope her knight in shinning armor finally appeared.Benji has had more lows than highs but he managed to keep a level head which allowed him to find balance...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • 60 Days to Love by B. Love

    60 Days to Love by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A second chance romance with an expiration date sets the foundation for 60 Days to Love. When Montana Dixon returns home to Memphis, she’s given the opportunity to financially secure her future for the rest of her life. With that opportunity comes a commitment of marriage to a man she’s never spoken a single word to...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • We Ready by Mel Dau

    We Ready by Mel Dau

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was a conqueror. If it needed to be conquered, then Yetti Davis was the man to do it. That was all good and well until he came up against an unconquerable soul. There’s no handbook on how to make someone love you because if there was, he’d follow it to the letter for Mauri Singer’s love...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Stacie by Shanel

    Stacie by Shanel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stacie and Londyn have a friendship that can easily be misinterpreted, but they understand it. They thrive off of it, and depend on it. He is her shelter, and she is his escape. When Londyn is faced with a traumatic experience, Stacie is there to give her the comfort that she needs. He does everything he can to bring her out of a dark place, only for him to sink down into his own sorrow...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Peace & Quiet by Grey Huffington

    Peace & Quiet by Grey Huffington

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In such a chaotic world, there was one thing that Kincaid desired - Peace & Quiet - and there was one person who could provide it. Sulphur Kincaid...
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    poc-mc  female-mc  black-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • The Parker Sisters: Gianna by Tay Mo'Nae

    The Parker Sisters: Gianna by Tay Mo'Nae

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What started as a night out, letting her hair down, turned into a night Gianna would never forget.The moment she saved his life, she felt a connection with him.But when bad news hits her family, she might push away her future before it begins.Take a ride with the baby of the Parker sisters and see how one night changed her whole life...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Gabriel's Lessyn by Rosè Dior

    Gabriel's Lessyn by Rosè Dior

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lessyn Bradshaw had been taught very young that a man was only good for one his money. If he couldn’t provide security, then he wasn’t the man for her. However, Lessyn didn’t want that for herself. She wanted someone who could provide love, safety, fidelity, and multiple orgasms...
  • Steeped in his Love: A Novella by B. Love

    Steeped in his Love: A Novella by B. Love

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Swayde self-sabotages. The shy, introverted tea addict steers clear of men she can potentially fall in love with. A daddy wound that never healed makes it almost impossible for her to get the husband and children she subconsciously desires.Titan runs. The kind, charming construction company owner dates with no strings attached to avoid falling in love...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Loving The Wrong Man 2 by Mia Black

    Loving The Wrong Man 2 by Mia Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After finding out Que’s shocking secret, Jazmine she decides to go against her better judgement and follow her heart. She is willing to stay by his side and hold him down. Yet when Que’s haunting past reappears and threatens the both of them, Jazmine finds herself on the run...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Forever After All by Riley Baxter

    Forever After All by Riley Baxter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jashae Rodgers thought her life was all planned out and her happily ever after was within her reach, but tragedy strikes, leaving her with nothing but pieces of her life to pick up. After being thrust into single motherhood, she focuses on being the best mother she can be while struggling with grief she’s convinced she’d never recover from...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • A Promising Remedy by Mya

    A Promising Remedy by Mya

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He was fire, and she was ice. He was the coffee shop barista, and she was the neonatal surgeon. He knew the moment he laid eyes on her she was the one he wanted to spend forever with. She, on the other hand, wasn’t so sure he was her forever. Promise Price mapped out her entire life. She graduated high school at fifteen, graduated college at eighteen, and graduated medical school at twenty-two...
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    female-mc  black-mc  poc-mc  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Temptation by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Temptation by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their sixteen years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medical career is prospering, and they have loyal friends...
  • A Sin and a Shame by Victoria Christopher Murray

    A Sin and a Shame by Victoria Christopher Murray

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After fleeing Los Angeles when her attempt to break up her best friend's marriage fails, Jasmine is now a changed woman...and a Christian. She vows to attend church every Sunday, swears off married men, and begins her search for the soul mate she is sure God has for her...
  • Weak: An Irresistible Love by B. Love

    Weak: An Irresistible Love by B. Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Briella Michaels had one goal for 2017–to fall in love and get married. Under the guidance of her love and relationship guru, Briella devotes herself to endless dates in hopes of finding the man for her. Priest Bradford had one goal for 2017–to get over his ex-fiancée and make sure that he never falls for another woman again. Ever. Like… in life...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Love Me by Delaney Diamond

    Love Me by Delaney Diamond

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hard-working corporate attorney Axel Becker has tried settling down in the past, but when the relationship didn’t work out, he focused on his career to the exclusion of everything else. Enter, Naphressa St. James. The sexy project manager is a former lover and reminds him of what his life could be—fun, exciting...
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    black-mc  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  book  fiction  romance
  • Heatstrokes: A Summer Fling Novella by Kema B.

    Heatstrokes: A Summer Fling Novella by Kema B.

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All her life, make-up artist Simone Bailey, used laughter as a defense mechanism to keep from crying. She lives her life loudly, unapologetically, and free until a devastating betrayal rocks her world. Deciding she is off men for the foreseeable future, she puts her focus on her career and building her brand instead...
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