Alyssa isn't completely honest when she answers the ad for a roommate online. True, she needs a place to live, true, she's getting a divorce, true; he's a cheating jerk. There's just a little bit more to it than that. So when the ad comes across her screen, Indigo City beat cop looking to rent out a fully furnished room… she jumps on it, because what could be safer than living with a cop?Golden isn't too keen on living with a chick, but after posting online looking for a roommate, ...

How does a black woman maintain her sense of self, when most of her friends are white? In public spaces and private, Dawn Downey is under attack by an onslaught of microaggressions. She struggles to find balance between personal relationships and personal integrity. In the process, she unconsciously takes on characteristics of the privileged. But after a photo of a racist toy shows up in her social media feed, she discovers her black power.

Lillian Banks' career took off like a house on fire, and she's on top of the world. Great job that she loves, moved to a great city, into an opulent new condo, in one of the world's premier smart buildings, no less; all she was missing was the kind of romance to set her soul aflame. She thought she'd found it, but instead, found herself burned.Backdraft knows what it's like to get burned and not just by fire. His ex, Torri, did quite the number on him recently by banging one of his...

What happens when the spoilt Texas heiress falls for Mr. Wrong—the untamed, virile man from Alaska, especially now that he’s flat broke and so is she?Cyn was looking for a rich, cultured Prince Charming, but after spending a week with Shane in the Alaskan Interior, she discovered sophistication and charm are overrated compared to a wild ride in bed. Now that she’s back in Texas, she has set her sights on Shane but must find a job to support herself and her little sister Willa. When...

What do you learn, when you revisit long-held assumptions about your past? When Dawn Downey examines essays she wrote in 2014, she gains insights into the workings of her mind. Her old resentments shapeshift into empathy. She recognizes a relationship with the natural world that she'd kept hidden from herself. She transcends the artificial binaries of death vs life and you vs me. Downey invites us to linger over our own memories and marvel as they take on new meaning under our gentle atten...

When Mace was at his worst, low sided by some punks in a bar, Raven was there. She was there for him while he healed and it was only natural that Mace should find himself in his feelings over her. What wasn’t there to like? She was sweet, kind, sexy, and cool with her burner chick aesthetic, sharp wit, and generous soul.Raven so did not want to get involved with the Sacred Hearts MC. It so wasn’t the way to stay off of local law enforcement’s radar. She just seemed to keep finding ...

Before he was the charismatic singer of Black Veil Brides and an accomplished solo artist under the Andy Black moniker, he was Andrew Dennis Biersack, an imaginative and creative kid in Cincinnati, Ohio, struggling with anxiety, fear, loneliness, and the impossible task of fitting in. With his trademark charm, clever wit, and insightful analysis, Biersack tells the story of his childhood and adolescence. The discovery of the artistic passions that would shape his life, and his decision to ...

What Happens When You Strengthen and Regulate the Teen Mind & Brain?….You just might end up with a happier, healthier, more resilient and loving human being!Parents are struggling like never before in human history. Age-old issues are now being compounded with new age challenges facing our teens and adolescents. So how do we break the cycle and get ahead of the game?In this revolutionary Itty Bitty Book, Gretchen Downey giv...

The murk of the swamp has nothing on this situation…Velina Young never pictured leaving her life in California behind on a dime to find out what was happening with a half-brother she’d never even met in person. However, that’s what she does when Garnett suddenly stops texting. She’s in New Orleans for the first time in her life, standing outside the Voodoo Bastard’s lair about to face its dragon…Saint thinks nothing of the spitfire chick walking in the front door t...

Some men are born to lead, born to be the one in charge, given the tools to handle everything the world throws at them. Maverick is one of those men, however, nothing could or would prepare him for Marisol.Marisol dreams of a life far and away from her so-called family. When the big bad biker gang rolls through her little village of fruit growers to deliver much-needed medicine to her people, she quickly sets her eyes on their striking leader – Maverick.You do what you have...

She was the best he’d ever had. She was the stuff of dreams for a man like him; everything he could want in a woman. Long dark hair, a sleek silhouette, and a body made for sin. The connection they made was unreal, and just as quickly as she’d come into his life she was gone.He thought he’d lost her forever, that he’d made the worst mistake of his life letting his little bird fly away. That was until his phone rang in the middle of the night and a voice, her voice, filled with terr...

Sometimes when you feel like you’re overwhelmed and drowning the only thing you have left to do is take a leap of faith...That wasn’t the type of leap that Ember was poised to make, though. No, she was going to make a very permanent solution to what amounted to some temporary problems.Until he rode up.Blackjack was glad he was the only fool riding that night. He managed to stop the girl and calm her down, but it didn’t sit right with him sending he...