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Yara Samuels has experienced her fair share of hurt in life. Growing up in a home ridden with domestic violence, Yara was taught at a young age that if it isn't painful, then it isn't love. It takes watching her mother be beaten to death by her stepfather for young Yara to learn that love taps shouldn't send you to the grave. All grown up, she searches for a man who knows how to love a woman with his heart and not his fists.

The Maserati Men have been through trials and tribulations all in the name of love, when their backs are against the wall, they either have to fight or take flight. And taking flight wont be easy when their biggest threat is the woman who gave birth to them. Taurus is stuck between a rock and a hard place, after watching a woman he once loved hold a gun to his son head, his mind has been in turmoil ever since, the love he has for Stoney is unwavering but does she feel the same? Taurus can’t imagine a life without his family, but he loves the streets the same. Stoney is tired of the drama,...

I promised my best friend I'd take care of his family... But Sadie doesn't want me within ten feet of her. Still, I try. But at some point, seeing her smile became my whole world. I don't know how to be true to my friend and fall in love with his widow. At some point, I'm going to trip a wire and this whole thing will blow up in my face.

To suffer my second is the doom of my first; And of all of my seconds, my whole is the worst. After two months of suffering the heartache of Elizabeth Bennet’s rejection of his marriage proposal, Fitzwilliam Darcy unexpectedly encounters the lady at Oakwood Manor the estate of the late Miss Phoebe Armstrong. The dearly departed Miss Armstrong has disposed of her worldly goods in an uncommon manner. She has called together five young people, including Darcy and Elizabeth, to vie for a legacy—the manor itself and a substantial fortune.

In the finale of Mesmerized, Hearts will be shattered as truths come to light. Gucci has sustained gun shot wounds do to the betrayal from her mother. Her world is rocked when the one person she loved more than anyone else on this earth betrays her. She’s fallen for loyalty but can she trust him. She questions herself repeatedly, not new to love but new to loving a man like loyalty Gucci is in a world of confusion. Loyalty is betrayed by K.C. he never thought his mentor would set him up nor lie to him, he’s realized that he’s given his loyalty to the wrong person and in the end, it ...

Falling for a girl I just met was never in my plans. We had one night together, and most days I convince myself that she was an apparition - something I made up in my mind to get me through the hard days. Then I found her again. Only she wasn't happy and smiling, giving me a hard time like she did the day we met. She was broken...unseeing eyes no longer filled with life. She was gone because of another person's disregard for human life.

The Solomon sisters are back and the plot thickens. When NaTasha finds out her sister has stolen her money, all hell breaks loose. Realizing that she's better than the situation she's living in, she decides to pack up and leave; for good! Things are looking up for NaTasha, especially in the love department. But what happens when she gets a phone call that could change her life forever? Still up to her ho'ish ways, NaTisha finds herself in a sticky situation. Meeting a new victim, she puts together a plan to try and take him for everything's he's got. But what happens when he finds out about...

After finding out about her husband’s infidelity, Tamera is hell bent on knowing who the other woman is. Hiring a private investigator, she hopes to get the answers she’s looking for. But how will she react if and when she finds out that it’s one of the closest people to her? Brian wants so badly to become a father, he’s willing to risk his almost perfect marriage. Trying to convince Asia to keep the baby, he’s furious when she’s against it. Finally giving it some thought and coming to his senses, they agree on terminating the pregnancy. Will they be able to take this secret to ...

Inspirational Readers Choice winner Cathy Marie Hake whisks listeners away to 1890s Texas where the townsfolk of Gooding are shocked their new doctor is a woman. The men vow to boycott the lady doctor and send her packing. But when her medical skill saves a blacksmith’s life, he feels obliged to shield her from threats to her person and practice. And despite their initial clashes, the determined doctor and her outspoken guardian soon forge a surprising bond.

****THIS IS A RE-RELEASE**** Wynter Amore Roberts- Hanes loves her successful husband Blair despite him having other two wives. She lives by the motto I rather know the truth then be hurt by a lie. She may not be happy with her situation but she accepts it because when she was down and out Blair was there to pick her up. After years go by the love fades and the only thing keeping her there is loyalty until she stumbles upon a rapper who show’s her love doesn’t always have to be so cold.Zaire Snow, better known as ‘Snow’ in the music industry is a walking’ sex symbol that makes the...

Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters—each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next—dominate the English political, literary, and social scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister's lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she's become Hitler's mistress.

The setting is London, 1895, and the Devil is on the loose, in the guise of the handsome and charming Prince Lucio Rimânez. He is searching for someone morally strong enough to resist temptation, but there seems little chance he will succeed. Britain is all but totally corrupt. The aristocracy is financially and spiritually bankrupt, church leaders no longer believe in God, Victorian idealism has been banished from literature and life, and sexual morality is being undermined by the pernicious doctrines of the “New Woman”.

The exciting new First Family Series continues with the Cappuano family’s first Christmas at the White House shadowed by a murder investigation that strikes a little too close to home.

This story picks up right where State of the Union left off with another wild ride for the First Couple as they navigate work, family, and an all new and extra baffling murder mystery that has Sam pushing the boundaries to get answers before a killer can strike again. Meanwhile, Nick contends with the aftermath of his landmark State of the Union address as a person from his past threatens to undo all the progress he’s made since assuming the presidency.

Gray Lucas is everything I hate in a man. Arrogant, rich, entitled and a player. He’s a pro athlete and his exploits are legendary—one of which was me. We had a one-night-stand. It was wild, passionate, exhilarating and a big mistake. Except maybe it wasn’t. Because the more time I spend with him and his crazy family, the more I want him to stay…

I'm bound to a demon. For my entire life, I avoided magic at all costs. Now, I'm responsible for a demon who wields magic more powerful than the toughest mage or sorcerer. Demons are evil. That's what my textbooks say. That's what I see. He's ruthless, he's temperamental, he's cold. But he protects me without fail. I wonder if he's hiding a heart behind his hostility. My demon is a monster.

Sam and Nick are ready to get out of DC—and the White House—for a much-needed vacation to celebrate their second anniversary. Due to ongoing political pressures, they decide to scuttle their plans for a return to Bora Bora to stay closer to home at their favorite oceanfront house at Dewey Beach in Delaware. But before they can make their escape, Sam is summoned back to work to deal with yet another crisis in the ongoing investigation into former Lieutenant Stahl.

President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country’s new president. He’s dealing with a wide array of complex issues and is counting down to the televised speech before a joint session of Congress. While he tries to strike the right tone to assure the American people that their new president is hard at work on their behalf, his wife, Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland is faced with one of the most confounding cases of her career and juggling some complex issues at home with the couple’s children.

The week of her wedding, The Bride is visited by a bird she recognizes as her dead grandmother because of the cornflower blue line beneath her eyes, her dubious expression, and the way she asks: What is the internet? Her grandmother is a parakeet. She says not to get married. She says: Go and find your brother. In the days that follow, The Bride's march to the altar becomes a wild and increasingly fragmented, unstable journey that bends toward the surreal and forces her to confront matters long buried.

Piper Griffiths wants one thing in life: to become a Consul, a keeper of the peace between humans and daemons. There are three obstacles in her way. The first is Lyre. Incubus. Hotter than hell and with a wicked streak to match. His greatest mission in life is to annoy the crap out of her, but he isn't as harmless as he seems. The second is Ash. Draconian. Powerful. Dangerous. He knows too much and reveals nothing. Also, disturbingly attractive—and scary. Did she mention scary?