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“Live in the moment with me.” That’s what he asked Dahlia to do, and she did, because after a near-death experience, her motto was to live life to the fullest. Then it all came to an abrupt end. She didn’t anticipate he wouldn’t trust her. She didn’t anticipate she couldn’t trust him. He wants his son. Three years later, Prince Kofi returns and he’s not the same man. He’s bitter and angry and knows he has a son. He’ll do whatever it takes to bring his heir back to Zamibia, even if it means marrying the woman he believes betrayed him.

An amateur online sleuth must enlist the help of a jaded PI to clear her name while taking down a shady tech start-up in this exhilarating romantic suspense novel. Fiona Addai is ready to set her plan in motion. To honor the anniversary of her brother’s death, she’s going to steal back his...

After watching her parents be gunned down right in front of her, Princess decided that she wanted absolutely nothing to do with the streets or the men who ran in them. Now, a prestigious doctor in Atlanta, she’s changed her name from Princess to Aliyah and has left her past life of being a kingpin’s daughter far behind her. However, her plans of never falling for the type of man her father was are shattered when, through a twist of fate, she is kidnapped by Killian King who needs her to save his brother who’s been shot when a deal goes wrong.

One year ago, a tragic car accident killed 22-year-old Laine’s parents and left her 18-year-old sister, Alyssa, paralyzed and nonverbal. Now Laine is struggling with predatory banks, unscrupulous health care organizations, and rude customers at the coffee shop where she works. That’s why when Lake Forest Adult Day Center offers to take care of Alyssa, free of charge, Laine is relieved. Alyssa isn't relieved, though. After all, in her mind, there was never a car accident. Instead, she and her parents—the king and queen of Mirendal—were attacked one year ago in the forest.

Chyna is on a murder-mission hunt for the crooked lawyer who double-crossed her uncle, and the latest addition to the family brings her one step closer to that sweet revenge. This ruthless queen-pin owns the day and the night. Mother Nature herself can't interrupt her cash flow. But when bad calls are made and her chief female "escort" goes missing, it's time to set things off.

Isha Saene has perfected the act of balancing her life - a celebrated corporate negotiator spearheading an international trade deal that could catapult her country to one of the fastest growing mid-sized economies in Africa, and a loyal First Princess of Bagumi Kingdom set to seal ties with a neighbouring nation through marriage. Until one careless moment knocks her carefully choreographed life into chaos.

As the Princess of the Black Mayhem Mafia, Dijon has been able to get every heart’s desire…except Rakim Mayhem. Not only is Rakim forbidden by her brothers but her mother too. After seeing the effect loving the wrong man had on her mother, Dijon is determined to not have the same fate. She’s forced to choose between what she thinks she wants and what her heart really needs. Rakim Mayhem lives by a code of honor, loyalty, and respect. Nothing has ever been worth breaking that code…except Dijon Black.

I watched my father take his last breath, and then I watched my mother get carried away in cuffs like she was an animal. I’m left all alone with no clear direction, but I have a plan to reclaim my father’s throne, and I’m going to do that by any means necessary. After witnessing her father’s life get taken at the hands of her mother, Aniyah’s life changes forever. With her father gone and her mother no longer in the picture, she had to grow up fast and learn to care for herself.

In her mind, Janae Collins is the sharpest person living in the Graveyard Projects. Not only is she smart and beautiful, but Janae is very selfish, cunning, calculating - shrewdness at its best. Even though she’s the youngest assistant director at Krusades Funeral Home, Janae is always on the hustle for her next come up. Bringing in her aunt and best friend, she runs a lucrative side hustle that excels for years until greed rips her team apart. However, the chase for more money definitely causes her more problems, landing Janae in a soul-searching and compromising position.

India Saene, Princess of Bagumi, must enter a marriage alliance to save her kingdom from an economic crisis. Tragedy strikes when her husband of a few hours is killed in an accident on the way to their honeymoon. She recovers from a coma two weeks later to discover she has been inherited by her husband's younger brother! Sheikh Omar El Dansuri has never wanted to be king, nor does he desire a wife. However, when his older brother dies, he not only becomes the future king of Sudar, but he also inherits his brother’s bride through an age-old tradition.

With Hope Johnson as connection to culture of privilege, David Taylor develops into top salesman at Fashion on Fremont family boutique replacing menswear manager she fired unbeknownst to father. After work one night drinking at the bar in Golden Nugget Casino, in conversation with Hope, he admits he writes poetry. She laughs it off teasing him about being a working class guy - aircraft mechanic, writing poetry. When the two of them are having dinner with dad, Rob, and Hopes play mom, Vanessa who lives in Long Beach, she jokingly brings it up.

Sixteen-year-old Nostalgia Richardson has lived all her life in the rural township of Spivey’s Grove, South Carolina, but that has not stopped her from dreaming of running away to Harlem to become a showgirl at the world famous Cotton Club. One night, when she comes home from work, she finds her father in the company of Noah Holdtstaff, the most notorious bootlegger in town. Later, Nostalgia’s 14-year-old sister, Lily, divulges their father’s plans to marry her off to the 49-year-old Noah.

The crew is back in this drama-filled novella, but now, it’s the kids turn to tear the streets up! When Noella and Amir’s son, AJ, finds himself in a sticky situation, he quickly realizes who his real friends are...or rather, who his true love is. Ryder and Kobra’s daughter, Kiah, is the spitting image of her mother, the fiery attitude included. She rides for AJ through the toughest moments in his life until one day, they look up and realize they’re more than best friends.

The only biological child of the King of the streets and his Queen, Journee was daddy's princess. Returning home after spending four years away at college, Journee was ready to take on the world and do it her way; without daddy's help. Stubborn and determined, Journee was determined to live her life according to her rules; especially when it came to love.

With Santi issuing an ultimatum, Journee is forced to choose between Kai, the love of her life and father of her child, and her father. The decision she makes causes a ripple effect throughout the family, and a course of events ensue including lies, murder, deceit, and an ultimate betrayal. When the family comes under attack, and lines are drawn in the sand, her hand is again forced, and she must choose.

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