Tempo:I wasn’t supposed to want him. Big A was always off-limits. He was my brothers’ closest friend, a respected lieutenant in the Cartier cartel, and one of the few men I couldn’t fall for. I was obligated to remain loyal to my brothers, but obligations mean nothing when your heart gets involved. After years of silently craving him, one explosive moment shatters every boundary. Now, I’m trapped between the man my family chose and the forbidden passion I can't ...

Lennox Anderson isn't searching for love. With her sharp mind and thriving career, her life is built on discipline, strategy, and control. But when she steps into The Velvet Note one night, everything she thought she knew begins to unravel.Omir Harper commands the room without effort. A smooth-talking entrepreneur with a jazzman's spirit, he owns The Velvet Note and moves through life with the same easy rhythm as the music playing through his lounge. From the moment their eyes meet...

Vanessa Taylor is doing everything right: creative, passionate, and determined to make her mark.She's spent years rebuilding her life on her terms, casting aside the wounds that once held her back. But when her first love, Xavier, unexpectedly reappears, those carefully placed defenses begin to unravel. Years ago, she let him go, burying parts of herself along with him. Now, he's back—older, wiser, and unwilling to lose her a second time.Xa...

Out of all the things that could cause his life to turn upside down, Adir Bell never thought falling in love would be the catalyst.Known as Dr. Bell to the streets, his days are filled with caring for those whose lives are far less than legal. Along with being a physician, he's a single father raising four young men. Humble, Peace, Bragg, and Kalm are his sons. Although the streets are in chaos, Adir's sons are the only ones keeping him under control. Despite pleas...

Trap Commandments: Divine rules to be observed as strictly as one of the Ten Commandments; Rules that keep oxygen flowing through your lungs and money lacing your pockets.Being a natural-born leader comes with a certain type of responsibility. The streets will never respect a man who is not rightfully holding down the position he was born to uphold. Some are created to lead while others were created to follow. Money will always keep stacking as long as everyone pla...

Demon Montana: Clawing my way from the depths of hell to haunt the nightmares and steal the lives of many, I earned the name “Demon.” Hardened by a life that no one should live, I had rules that governed my existence. No caring. No intimacy. No love. And then I saw her… Dream. Beautiful. Brave. Bold. And for thirty days, she was mine. I would follow my rules: have her body, ignore her heart. Then, she looked at me… like she knew me. Like she saw me. Like she loved me. And I knew… thirty da...

The Demonte Family is back with more drama than ever.Corleone, Lucci, and Dominic are feeling the effects of being Married and in the Mob. The Black Mafia lifestyle they've led is starting to take precedent over their personal life. They're finding it hard to juggle being a Mobster and a Husband.The brothers are used to being in charge with the expectations that their wives will follow their lead which has been hard for the girls. However, they've learned h...

In the finale, the Banks family will find out who killed their parents that dreadful night. They knew his name but never made the connection until Wolf's life was hanging in the wind. Unfortunately, the truth comes out with more lies and deceit than any of them were ready for.Colby finds out who Journey's brothers are, but can he handle the drama that comes along with being in her life?Venus can't take finding out who the real killer of her brother was, which led to the des...

What happens when a heartbroken therapist hires a handsome but hot-headed private chef for a dinner she was supposed to share with the man who wrecked her in the first place?She ends up being fed more than the three-course meal he came to serve. Iyla Fisher thought her solo anniversary dinner would be a quiet night of self-care until Keywan Glover, a chef with a short fuse and a violent past, strolls into her life and flips the script.When he walked into Iy...

Gautier Sadosa is a plus size internet sensation and the owner of a shop called Luxury Tea. One would think she's happy with her success but something is troubling her. Gautier is still in love with her daughter's father. Will they be able to rekindle their flame or will their past get in the way?Saz Thompson is a twenty-one-year-old hairstylist at Luxury Tea. She lusts for the finer things in life. She's with a rapper, but can he offer Saz more? Saz realizes being materialistic is...

Adversaries become friends, and friends become lovers.Kori Griffin has always lived her life according to expectations thrust on her by others, until she gets fed up and decides to play the game by her own rules. She quickly discovers, however, that being the architect of your own destiny is easier said than done.While doing what is necessary to ensure she is able to provide for herself, she's thrust into the path of the most unlikely person, Ezren Shaw—the...

BlakeI never asked for life to be this brutal, but when it came down to survival—for me and my sister, British—I did whatever it took. Every single day proved to be a battle just to stay above water. I thought I'd seen the worst the world could throw at us... until a single choice pulled me into something much bigger—and into the arms of someone I never expected to see again. But just as the ground beneath us started to shift, a stranger appeared, making the Britis...