Jakobi Diem
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"Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She has phenomenal friends,a loving family, and a thriving business that places her in the entertainment industry's rarefied air. Your vision board? She's probably living it. She's a woman with goals, dreams, ambitions--always striving upward. And in the midst of everything, she's facing her toughest challenge yet: caring for an aging parent. Who has time for romance? From her experience, there's a low ROI on...
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Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn't solve or save everything. It couldn't save their marriage. Yasmen wasn't prepared for how her life fell apart, but she's is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they're always...
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"Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She's a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one with all the answers and the perfect vinaigrette for that summer salad. But none of her varied talents can save her when catastrophe strikes, and the life she built with the man who was supposed to be...
4) Reel
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"One moment in the spotlight . . . For months I stood by, an understudy waiting in the wings, preparing for my time to shine. I never imagined he would watch in the audience that night. Canon Holt. Famous film director. Fascinating. Talented. Fine. Before I could catch my breath, everything changed. I went from backstage Broadway to center stage Hollywood. From being unknown, to my name, Neevah Saint, on everyone's lips. Canon casts me in a star-studded...
5) Goal
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For Maleek Jones, hockey is his wife. Everything and everyone else is his mistress, an aside. When expected responsibilities land in his lap, the balance of his world is disrupted, changing the way he sees everything. Trying to figure out life while recovering from trauma, Nuri Knox finds herself in desperate need of the one thing Maleek has to offer. In each other, they discover what neither of them expects. Love.
6) Queen move
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When star political consultant Kimba returns to Atlanta for some time with her family between campaigns, she runs into Ezra Stern--her childhood best friend and first love. Now running a private middle school for at-risk students, Ezra has just broken up with his long-time girlfriend and the mother of his son. Now that Kimba and Ezra have found each other again, it seems like everything stands in their way--secrets, lies, promises. But they haven't...
7) Hook shot
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"A single, divorced dad in the final years of his basketball career, Kenan Ross's perfect life has blown up in his face. He's still picking up the pieces when he meets Lotus DuPree. A wildflower. A storm. A kick to his gut and a wrench in his plans from the moment their eyes meet. He promised himself he'd never trust a woman again, but he's never wanted anyone the way he wants Lo. At twenty-five, Lotus is finally living out her dream, becoming a force...
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The Center for the St. Louis Sires has lived an undeniably good life, but something has always been missing, something he desperately craves—a family.
The alluring rapper is at the top of her game, talented and adored by her fans, including the Center for the St. Louis Sires, but what she desires most is a real connection—a friend.
One random phone call links them in ways neither could've imagined, a connection
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Cassandra James thinks she has her place in the world all figured out. But an unexpected betrayal forces her to ask if her "free black girl" vibe is a myth, or worse, a mask to hide herself from the world.
Bam Mosley, keyboardist for the alt-soul band, the Prototype, knows who he is. He just wants to make good music and see the people he cares about win.
Then he meets her.
Sure, Cassandra is gorgeous and smart, with hypnotic eyes, but
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"The beloved characters from the Best Man movies and hit television series reunite for a sexy and solful, heartbreaking and hilarious, reckoning of love." -- Back cover.
"Recently divorced and fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win, Harper Stewart is in a new era. He's working on a movie and living the ultimate bachelor life in his Brooklyn penthouse. But still, something is missing. What else explains the stubborn creative block? The carousel of women?...
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Sebastien Bennett is a man that is focused on two things. His career and his family. He isn't configured to add any stumbling blocks into his already perfectly crafted routine.
That is... until love comes unexpectedly.
Imani Barasa doesn't care about the fanfare surrounding her work life. Her only concern is making sure that her clients stay out of trouble and out of the media for all the wrong reasons. Growing her company while
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Every stage actress wants fans, but what happens when one goes too far?
Emmy has the perfect life-a house on the beach, a successful career headlining the local theater, and love. But when a brutal murder brings unimaginable grief, Emmy's world comes crashing down. As she tries to pick up the pieces, she can't seem to avoid Josh, the new fireman in town.
Emmy does her best to fight the sizzle in her chest when Josh is near. But with the stalker still...
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When Athena Haddad's father and brother are killed, she busies herself working at her wellness studio and helping her mom fight MS. Little does she realize how flat her life has become-until she meets Nixon Browning. The billionaire is expanding his chain of health stores along the west coast, but he doesn't appreciate her beautiful city, and she thinks his products are overpriced and worthless.
Athena sets out to teach Nixon about the city and its...
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Miriam Salisbury escapes to Oregon to avoid a boyfriend who won't take no for an answer, killing her beloved cat to prove it. When her father sends Clay Browning to protect her, she's certain he's lost his mind. As far as she's concerned, Clay's experience is limited to posing for the camera, charming women, and making fun of her. He's been teasing her since they were children, and she's never gotten over the way he threw crawdads at her at church...
15) Made to Love
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A year after a messy break-up with her stripper ex-boyfriend, seamstress, Trevia McCall, is still feeling the after–effects of his betrayal . . . and their mind–numbing sex life. She's done with him, but her subconscious mind and body haven't gotten the memo.
Spoken word artist, Nyles Adams, is the kind of man Trevia loves to love—handsome, talented, and cocky as hell. But as far as she's concerned, he's everything she wants...
Spoken word artist, Nyles Adams, is the kind of man Trevia loves to love—handsome, talented, and cocky as hell. But as far as she's concerned, he's everything she wants...
16) Real Love
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Outspoken and more than capable of backing up her words, loan officer, Denise Buhari, is finally back on her feet after years of rebuilding her life following a horrible marriage and divorce. But just when she is ready to head into a future she's sure will be bright, the rug is pulled out from under her again.
Tattoo artist, Hasaan Peterson, meets Denise through her job, and although their relationship is initially contentious, it soon blossoms...
Tattoo artist, Hasaan Peterson, meets Denise through her job, and although their relationship is initially contentious, it soon blossoms...
17) Let Me Free You
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Neil McClain is the screw-up, the one everyone hopes will win but expects to lose. He wants to live a better life, one that his late mother would be proud of, but his belief in himself is weak.
Sage Moniba is in need of a major miracle or she'll be forced to give up the only life she's known.
Neil is searching for freedom from the demons of his past.
Sage is in desperate need of help.
Could it be that what each one...
Sage Moniba is in need of a major miracle or she'll be forced to give up the only life she's known.
Neil is searching for freedom from the demons of his past.
Sage is in desperate need of help.
Could it be that what each one...
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Caden Madden is the epitome of a southern gentleman. Polite. Respectable. With an undeniable sexiness and country bred abs that could only be the result of a hard-working rancher. The only thing you can't rely on this cowboy for is relationship advice. No woman has ever come close to making him want to settle down . . . until her.
Cordelia Sugar Rose is as sweet as her name. Or at least she used to be. This southern belle is taking back control...
Cordelia Sugar Rose is as sweet as her name. Or at least she used to be. This southern belle is taking back control...
19) Let Me Show You
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Nolan McClain is the smart one, the driven one, the one who goes for what he wants, meticulously plans his steps, and thinks he has his life all mapped out . . . until he lays eyes on Bridgette Turner.
Bridgette Turner is just as driven and focused as Nolan, but when her past comes back to haunt her, she finds herself knocked off balance and all her hard work in jeopardy.
What Nolan feels for her is real, but Bridgette is skeptical....
Bridgette Turner is just as driven and focused as Nolan, but when her past comes back to haunt her, she finds herself knocked off balance and all her hard work in jeopardy.
What Nolan feels for her is real, but Bridgette is skeptical....
20) Technical
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Technically, they just met.
Technically, they shouldn't be in love.
But who cares about technicalities?
Drayveon Walker is touted as one of the most talented players in the history of the game, instrumental in the St. Louis Cyclones' two championship victories. Benevolent, focused, and driven, he has it all, lacking nothing he could ever want or need.
When Stevie October crashes into his life, Drayveon sees in her something
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