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The Sweetest Thing I've Known by AshleyNicole
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter ten years in an ugly relationship, Choyce is finally free. Not only is she free, but she's also caught the eye of her new neighbor's grandson. He's everything her ex wasn’t and everything she’s ever wanted.Plus, he comes with a gregarious, loving family that is all too eager to bring Choyce into the fold... -
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A Real One Captured My Heart by K. Renee
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHave 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... -
Cheating The Future For The Past 1 by Chenell Parker
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing 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... -
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I Got You by Miss Jenesequa
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“I got her and everything that comes with her. All the good, bad, and crazy, I’ll be taking. Anything she needs, consider it hers and with her in my life, I’ll forever be whole.” — Genesis Washington Putting herself first is what Jordana Evans knows how to do best. She’s at the top of her game in her career and no longer haunted by memories of her past threatening to steal her joy... -
Beyond Measures by Kimberly Brown
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAriyanna "Ari" Ramirez has had enough of no love. After a two-year relationship filled with more heartbreak than happiness, she is starting over. When she meets handsome, suave, single father, Simeon "Sime" Cartwright, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Their romance is one for the ages, but nothing worth having comes easy and Ari is paying the ultimate price... -
Nervous by Zane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsZane's legion of fans can't get enough of her way of telling a juicy, sexy story. In Nervous, the New York Times bestselling queen of erotica brings us a tale of a woman with a split personality. Jonquinette has always been nervous around men, but on the weekends her alter ego, Jude, goes on intense sexual escapades. When Jonquinette seeks the help of Dr... -
Hold U Down by Keisha Ervin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRobbing men, getting money and living lavishly is all they know. For Unique a.k.a. Nique, Kiara, Kay Kay and Zoe, tomorrow isn't promised, love doesn't exist and men ain't shit. Stealing cars is their hustle and their way of doing it is Simply Unique. But jealousy, greed, love and envy are lurking in the shadows. For only the strong will survive and the weak shall fall... -
The Westmorelands books 11-15 by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBestselling author Brenda Jackson's brings you five more stories in the Westmorelands saga, now available in one convenient download! This bundle includes books eleven through fifteen of the series: Spencer's Forbidden Passion, Taming Clint Westmoreland, Cole's Red-Hot Pursuit, Quade's Babies, and Tall, Dark.. -
Blue's Beauty by Bailey West
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan 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... -
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The Art Of Hood Love: Shabu by Antoinette Sherell
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLoyalty. Shabu Blaise is big on that small but powerful word. When he finds out about a violation against the woman he’s claimed as his, the ties that bind are severed, and he’s left in a position to choose between loyalty to the code or his heart—Savvy. All roads lead to Shabu losing the most organic relationship he’s encountered, but he’s determined to keep his new family together by any means... -
Forever a Hustler's Wife by Nikki Turner
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe high priestess of the hood, Nikki Turner, is back with the novel fans have been feenin’ for: the sequel to her #1 bestselling novel, A Hustler’s Wife. Des, Virginia’s slickest gangsta, is about to become a dad when he is charged with the murder of his own attorney... -
Sadist Lover by Aril Daine
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNaranasan mo na ba makipagbreak?Masaktan ng todo?Kasi kung OOMaiintindihan mo ako!Malaman mong di ka niya gusto at ginawa lang na rebound?THE HELL!!!Ang tagal kong inisip yung sasabihin ko sakanya.Pero anong napala ko? Diba wala?“i love you... -
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Only You by Francis Ray
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSierra Grayson is next in line for love. If her four older brothers managed to get married off, surely Sierra can't be far behind. At least that's the outcome her matchmaking mother, Ruth, is hoping for - whether Sierra--smart, too sexy for her own good, and stubborn to a fault--wants it or not. But little does Ruth know what else fate has in store... -
Love Letters From Memphis by B. Love
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings*Please If you experience blank pages or chapters, that is not intentional. That is a formatting issue. You will have to delete the book and re-download it. If that doesn't work, you will need to reach out to Amzn directly.*Can a good girl find love in a thug? For Lei Fifer, that’s the hundred-thousand-dollar question... -
Ready for War by Mel Dau
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarrior “War” Davis is ready for anything life has to throw at him, or at least he thinks he is. He’s not a man that should be played with on any level, but love doesn’t care about your position. When love enters the battlefield will it be a fair fight? Life has a funny way of humbling you... -
Campus Chronicles: Kamaria & Kyree's Story by Cion Lee
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKamaria Laurent has spent majority of her college career flying under the radar. As a plus sized girl who's always faced criticism from her peers and family, all she wants to do is stay out the way and get her degree. That all changes when she meets Mr. Popularity himself, Kyree Pierre. Kyree has had the opposite college experience from Kamaria... -
A Billionaire's Angel by Toy
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHave you ever seen someone that sets your body on fire? They wake up every one of your senses.Israel ‘Izz’ Richards didn’t think it was possible until he walked into Stella’s Café and his eyes fell upon the beautiful owner Angel. He may be one of the most eligible billionaire bachelors, and the women may do all they can to snag his heart, but he never lets any of them get close... -
Drown In It by T'Lyn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsan 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... -
Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCHECK 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... -
Butterfly 3 by Ashley Antoinette
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“One of the biggest names in urban-fiction.” - Red Carpet Crash on ButterflyThe hardest thing Morgan Atkins has ever done is let go of love. After losing Messiah, she never thought she’d find someone who understood her again. Until she reunited with Ahmeek Harris and their friendship quickly transformed into something deeper, but there was one problem.. -
Heaven's Hell by Takerra Allen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeaven's Hell is the gripping tale of the striking beauty Heaven Jacy, and the hell she endures in the cold cruel world, at her young, tender age. Suffering at the hands of abuse from her father and her older, controlling, boyfriend Khalil, Heaven yearns and dreams of the day of her escape... -
The Prodigy by Shae Sanders
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"First day back home and already in some mess."Jakari Windermere hasn't been home to Midling in eight years. He's been laying low in Atlanta, and nobody knows why. But it doesn't matter now, because a tragedy draws him back to the town he grew up in...the town his family basically owns. But this won't be a pleasant homecoming, and he finds that out the moment he sets foot back in Midling... -
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Cold Fear by Susan Sleeman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA shared past…Riley Glen’s former girlfriend, recording artist Leah Kent, is performing at a summer concert nearby and calls to tell him she’s in danger and needs his help. After the concert, he discovers her bending over a girl’s dead body, and the girl has Leah’s name freshly tattooed on her wrist. Leah claims she just found the body and didn’t have anything to do with the murder... -
Feel Me in the Dark by Tucora Monique
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Worried about it, I’m putting pressure. You’ll only cut me if I let you. No, we ain’t doing this just for pleasure. Either learn me or I’m a lesson." — H.E.RWork.Health.Finessing.That’s the hierarchy of Finley Thomas’ life. The loc-haired, stenographer was raised by a proud gold digger and against her delight, she inherited mischievous qualities from her mother... -
Love In The Studio by Tay Mo'Nae
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKayleigh has the odds stacked up against her. Pregnant by a man who she learned wasn't who she thought he was and starting a new career, she's forced to step up and show everyone around her she's more than the hothead, feisty, girl they believe her to be.Legend scorned from a past relationship, gives up his lover boy ways, refusing to commit again... -
The CEO's Companion by Rose Fresquez
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDespair held him captive. Can her love break his chains?After a deadly fire robbed him of his wife and children, billionaire Eric Stone clings to God and buries himself in work to distract himself from his grief. But when a mysterious illness takes away his ability to work, Eric must retreat to his childhood home to rest and recover... -
Desperate Hoodwives by Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDREAMS 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... -
Soulmates Dissipate by Mary B. Morrison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA soulful, sexy tale of true love tested, this bestselling debut novel began an exciting series that continues to explore life's most intense relationships. . . Fashion photographer Jada Diamond Tanner may have her pick of fine men, but no one has captured her heart like gorgeous financial advisor Wellington Jones. From their first embrace, Jada knows he is the soulmate she has waited for... -
You and No Other by Francis Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe protégé of a world-renowned artist, sculptress Phoenix Banister dreams of one day taking the art world by storm. Few people know that Phoenix has a secret that could ruin her career before it even starts. To protect that secret, Phoenix lives a very quiet life-and that means no scandal and no romance... -
Black & Ugly as Ever by T. Styles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe gang you fell in love with returns from the street classic Black & Ugly ! Parade Knight finally gets what she wants, a man of her own, despite hating her own dark skin. But as the nights grow longer and her sexual encounters become more frequent with her fiancé Smokes, she wonders why she still can't seem to get her old flame Jay Hernandez off her mind... -
Cameron 2 by Jade Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCameron is back on the scene with even more drama, suspense, and action than before. Trying to escape the life she used to lead is tougher than Cameron could ever imagine. Her journey as a young woman trying to survive the wicked streets only gets more intense as Cameron is forced to deal with seemingly impossible obstacles... -
Sincerely, Her Gangsta by Mya
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHonesty Samuels was left to deal with the consequences of her actions. Newly single, heartbroken, and wading through rapid water, she puts her heart on lock and focuses on her new life as a mother with a budding career.Sincere Allen was dealt a terrible hand in the game of life. With no father and a mother battling an addiction, he had to get it out the mud... -
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Love, Honor, and Betray by Kimberla Lawson Roby
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe infamous Reverend Curtis Black's sordid past is no secret, as his wife, Charlotte, is well aware. But when Curtis' long-time mistress and mother of his illegitimate two-year-old, dies, he and Charlotte have no choice but to raise Curtina together... -
A Beast Captured My Heart: A BBW Love Story by Masterpiece
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPraise aka Beast needed a special remedy for his brokenness and mental being. After losing who he assumed was the love of his life things for Praise changed. Battling his whole life on and off of different pills to help him cope with a special disorder. He comes across a special woman by the name of Kayori, who he soon realizes is the remedy and the medicine to help him get through... -
Chasing Change by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCait Quinn has never understood how some people can do the same thing day in and day out... -
Judge Me Not: A Billionaire Single Mom Christmas Novella by Maggie Cole
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMoney makes the world go round. And my merry-go-round is so far in debt it doesn’t spin anymore. I’m never getting out.But I don’t need money for frivolous things. I need it for my daughter and time is running out.So when Colton Ash tells me he wants an exclusive contract with me, I agree to things I never thought I would.Until you’re in my shoes, Judge Me Not... -
Catching Feelings for the Plug: A Twisted Love Tale by Toy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGiving a man her all, just for him to flaunt his indiscretions in her face is not what Talia Wilbourn imagined for her life when she met Satchel ‘Satch’ Malone. After years of holding her head high amid the whispers and secrets, she finally decides to make a move for herself, only to be hit by another unexpected blow... -
Love Unconventional by Kay Shanee
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCoco Sinclair is unlucky when it comes to love. After her most recent relationship ended in disaster, Coco decides that she’s going to take a break from the dating scene and focus on herself and her career. After several months of doing exactly that, Coco lets her friends talk her into a night out that she won’t soon forget... -
Needful Noor by Takerra Allen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNEEDFUL A TWO-PART MEGA NOVEL She escaped the life she had, to find the life she needed… How much of our fate is circumstance? Noor’s life path has always been potholed with obstacles. But she was a survivor, an adapter…a proud wanderer. Still, the deep yearning for more kept her motivated to conquer every hindrance, because there had to be more waiting - somewhere... -
Restricted, TOO by Takerra Allen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFresh off the betrayals of their loved ones, fated lovers - street monarch turned business mogul, Julez Payne, and the lovely Jordin Spears - are finally united at last, and their once restricted love is now a reality. Having survived the near fatal shooting at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Slim, Jordin is struggling to forego the past and move on. However, Julez refuses to let it rest.. -
Transformation: The Metamorphosis Series Book Three by Bailey West
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer NBA star Zechariah Aldaine's world shatters with a career-ending injury, leaving him to navigate a life outside the basketball court's spotlight. Known for his competitive spirit and charismatic presence, Zec now faces the challenge of finding purpose in a world where he's no longer the star player... -
Kings Surrender by Iesha Bree, Selena Tosato
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world where love seems like a distant dream, Zarah King has built an empire on her own terms. As the owner of a thriving resort, she’s a force to be reckoned with—strong, independent, and fiercely guarded. Haunted by memories of her father and the disappointments of past relationships, Zarah has convinced herself that men are incapable of true love and commitment... -
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She Ain't the One by Carl Weber, Mary B. Morrison
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Carl Weber and Mary B. Morrison team up to bring you the ultimate tale of obsession . . . After a rocky marriage, irresistibly seductive Jay Crawford is ready for a new woman--and a new challenge. It doesn't take him long to discover both in one fine package: Ashlee Anderson. She's just what he's looking for--hard-to-get, feisty, and freaky... -
Hidden Blessings by Kim Cash Tate
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiagnosis: breast cancer. Prognosis: terminal. Life: only beginning. Her diamond caught the sun's rays and refracted glittered light about the room. She'd asked herself again and again: How could she be so blessed? Partner at a prestigious law firm, engaged to the man of her dreams . . . there was no doubt. God had smiled on Kendra Woods... -
Buying Love by Toni Shiloh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill money ruin everything? Nina Warrenton is ready for the next step in her life plan—marriage, but no one has proposed. Taking matters into her hand, she places an ad in the newspaper hoping to entice a willing stranger. But when she begins to fall for the small-town chef, she realizes how much she wants him to love her and not her money... -
Yours by Shon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat 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... -
Maple Sundaes and Cider Donuts by Olivia Gaines
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvan Eaton spent three years waiting for the right Mail Order Bride to bite the hook. Time was not on his side and the note was coming due. He had to marry and produce an heir. Believing he’d finally found the perfect bride in Claudia, but as the months turned to days and the days turned into hours, he soon realized his bride to be was not going to show... -
The Playa's Handbook by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere's not a whole lot happening in Gary, Indiana. That is, until nationally renowned relationship expert Lance Montgomery bursts on to the scene. Twice divorced, Montgomery is now on a mission to perfect the art of being single. His tantalizing book The Playa's Handbook is causing quite a stir. His rules include: *Never give a woman the key to your apartment...
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