Love that says something, instead of just looking like it.Love you can always trust to feel like home.For both of them, it’s something that has always been just outside of their peripheral, something to be observed rather than experienced. A depth of feeling reserved for people who were “into” that, those with a different outlook, those more… deserving.Until their paths cross.Lines are crossed.And maybe the stars are crossed too, because the connecti...

Faking this relationship should be a piece of cake.Retta Majors is having a bad day. But that’s to be expected when your ex gets engaged to your cousin. Instead of (totally) freaking out, Retta decides to attend the wedding with her amazing, faithful, and handsome boyfriend.One problem.He doesn’t exist.Duncan Gilmore is living his dream. His boxing gym is open for business, and he’s focused on success. The last thing on his mind is a relatio...

Never judge a book by its cover. One of the world's most common clichés.Though sage advice, the age-old aphorism is rarely followed. Take Tori McNabb and Ashton Spencer for instance, who, based on appearances, believe they have no reason to breathe the same air. But when startling circumstances align their paths on the campus of Blakewood State University, the two have no choice but to look beyond their exteriors.McNabb is a fighter in life as well...

Keris Bradford is a woman on the brink.Of what?She doesn’t quite know.Her life is shifting, rapidly, and the sudden, captivating intrusion of Laken Kimble isn’t exactly...reassuring.For Keris, Laken is comfort and risk wrapped in one very appealing package.For Laken, Keris is barrier and providence all at once.For both, there arises a need to navigate those contrasts to a conclusion neither was looking for...a need to answer a simple question...

There’s no such thing as a right time to fall in love. It happens, or it doesn’t. Possible to fake, but not force. Impossible to simply wish away.This is the path that Rob and Iris find themselves on.He’s adjusting to cross-country move, a new job, and an existence that doesn’t include the woman he thought he’d spend his life with. She’s overburdened by her family, learning the beauty of loneliness, and just trying to… breathe.Neither of them quite ready to entertai...

It wasn’t too long ago that I would have told you I was too smart to fall for the friends-with-benefits okie doke. I would have said it was a setup that was doomed to fail each and every time. I had friends who had been there, done that, and got the keyed car and broken windows to prove it. I didn’t need to experience it for myself to know that I was good on that. That’s what I would have said before if anyone wanted to know my opinion. In a way, I still thought like that, except…I...

When young TaSean Prince is unexpectedly summoned to Miami by a cousin he hasn’t seen since childhood for a basketball tournament, the lure of a sizable cash prize winds up being too lucrative an offer to pass up. Once in town, the Brooklyn-born baller catches the eye of stunning local model Nina Ortiz. The two hit it off somewhat, but TaSean quickly falls back after learning Nina is taken, deciding instead to turn his affections towards an equally good-looking mixed girl he meets later on...

Picture this: Your fiancé cheats on you the night before your wedding with someone he claimed was his cousin. Then, just months later, he's at the altar with the same "cousin".What would you do?A: Crash their wedding and unleash chaos.B: Accept an invite to attend a play party with his brother.C: Get the ultimate "lick back" by having a fling with his brother at that very party....

How does a man handle the risk-taker, a no-nonsense type of woman such as Zafirah? The one who seems so well put together on the outside but won’t let anyone within an inch of discovering what’s inside. Without a doubt, Zafirah is a daddy’s girl and in her eyes has the perfect role model as a father which makes it hard for any man to compare. Is her heart even capable of allowing another being to direct her steps? Does she even want to be handled? Her passion for designing clothes and open...

Meet Justice, the beautiful bombshell with a slick mouth and the attitude to match it. Running a drug empire is hard enough, but try being a female while doing so. In a profession that’s mostly men, she has no problem stepping up and getting it done in her stiletto heels and a Glock on her hip. Anytime she walks in the room, people notice her, and there’s nothing but respect. When the plug dies, and she has to meet with his son, she finds out that there may be more to life than being the h...

Two Kings. Two Queens. One city that doesn’t forgive.Union City belongs to the Union City Kings. But the Affiliates are ready to branch out to bring Del Mar City to its knees. Kreed and his Affiliates are men who carve out their kingdom through hustle, loyalty, and blood. But the real wars aren’t just on the pavement. They burn behind closed doors, where every kiss is a risk and every touch is a claim.The king in the shadows. Ruthless in t...

June HansonCalix Moore was like nothing I’d ever experienced in this life.He stormed in with no regard for what it might do to my heart, only his own.I wanted to open up and give him a chance, same as I had the first night we met—the night we threw all caution to the wind and spent twelve passionate hours behind closed doors.But when the sky brightened, and I looked next to me, I knew I could never allow him to see me again. Except ...