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Love was supposed to be their shelter. Now it's the one thing that could get them killed. Kenya "YaYa" King thought marrying Zayden meant stepping into a new life, one built on healing, passion, and finally letting her guard down. But the past has a long memory, and Crestwood doesn't forget what...

Sade Morgan’s world is built on soil, sacrifice, and the unwavering love she has for her son, Eli. As the owner of a beloved pumpkin farm in Statesville, North Carolina, she’s long since traded in dreams of romance for harvest seasons and hayrides. But when Lorenzo Tate, her childhood best friend and first love, returns to town after a failed marriage, his quiet strength stirs everything she thought she had buried.

She was the good girl raised to follow the rules. He was the street king who made his own. Twenty years later, fate is ready to play dirty. Chanel "Channy" Davis had plans. Graduate, leave Crestwood behind, and never look back. But the night her first love, Xavier, is ripped away in a blur of...

Three months. One unforgettable love. A lifetime of what-ifs. When Aliza Monroe steps off the plane in Accra, she’s ready for an adventure—but nothing prepares her for Kofi. He’s grounded, magnetic, and everything her heart didn’t know it needed. As they fall in love under Accra’s...

Ten years ago, Ayva Lenox did something she never does: she stopped planning and said yes. A Bentley arrived. A stranger waited. And for two days, she remembered what it meant to feel alive. Now, success surrounds her, but satisfaction does not. Between company launches and late-night loneliness...

She was chasing funding. He was chasing freedom. Neither expected the storm to reroute everything. Sanaa Jordan is one pitch away from saving her wellness tech startup. After a whirlwind trip to Antigua for her cousin's wedding, she boards a flight back to Philly, ready to return to structure...

L. B. Gaines presents Book 2 in the Room 214 series...

When Kylah Harris drives to her Memaw's cabin in the Poconos for Thanksgiving, she's hoping for peace, three quiet days of family, food, and pretending to be fine. But a sudden snowstorm traps everyone inside: her sharp-tongued cousin Sharelle, her nosy teenage niece, her ex-husband who still...

Five years after their whirlwind love story in Accra, Kofi and Aliza Mensah are building the life they dreamed of—careers thriving, a marriage full of passion, and hopes for a family that sometimes feel just out of reach. When Aliza’s best friend Tasha joins them for the holidays and...