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Nakinah Rowlands, an elementary school principal and the eldest of three sisters, is tired of her family taking advantage of her. When she overhears one of sisters planning to palm off hosting Christmas dinner on her, Nakinah decides enough is enough. Instead of catering to her family's whims, she books a solo holiday getaway to a luxurious resort in Trinidad, with plans to sip cocktails, and maybe enjoy a little island fling. Enter Ambrose Chapman, a charming bartender who usually keeps his distance from the guests.

The complete boxed set offers all 5 steamy stories + BONUS preview of a spicy bwwm romance book at the end. Each book in this boxed set collection of contemporary interracial romance books is a short and spicy romance story. If you enjoy smutty little romance books with a black woman/white man couple, enjoy this bit of dessert between longer romance releases.

How many times have you started a new Bible reading plan and started reading Genesis but stopped after just a few chapters? In the Beginning gives you straight forward and easy to understand insight to the key points in Genesis.

Zelda swore off men, trading romance for her six beloved cats. She never even allowed a man to get “over the finish line” before swearing off them for good. She wants real love and has never found it. When her favorite kitty gets stuck in a tree, hunky fireman Lance shows up to save the day, dripping in sweat and built like a corn-fed dream come true. His firm hands and smoldering stare make her question her vow of chastity... and soon, he’s rescuing her in ways she never imagined.

Chloe Larson is a historian obsessed with clearing the name of her grandfather, eight greats back. After his heroic exploits during the Prussian Wars his life slid into oblivion and madness, taking with him the location of a queen’s priceless emerald dowry. Finnegan Kane is a top-notch marine bounty hunter on the hunt for Emerald Fire, a 120-foot Sunseeker yacht stolen by ruthless pirates. It’s the kind of dirty work that keeps his antique ship restoration business afloat. With the fate of NorthStar on the line, he reluctantly teams up with a desperate stranger.

Two sisters, Jacqueline and Jeri, have rented a cabin in south Lake Tahoe. Emma Kelly, the daughter of a wealthy New York businessman has disappeared leaving no clues, leads, or suspects. On the first day of Jacqueline and Jeri’s vacation, they discover the gruesome remains of a woman in the closet of an old mansion.

When her Congolese village is destroyed by an invading militia group, eleven-year-old Therese is injured and outcast. Stranded with only her little brother's best friend in a war-torn jungle, she is forced to make a choice: lie down and become another victim of the war or stand up and survive.

Journey with children, fae creatures, and gods alike as they navigate the joy of friendship, the struggles of finding identity, and the unclear pathways of strange new worlds. From best sellers to rising voices, 11 terrifically talented authors explore the many faces of whimsy and wonder, mischief and misdoings.

The first ever drama series filled with more sex, drama, scandals, and shocking twists that will have you on the edge of your seat. Leading ladies Brianna and Natalie are the best of friends. Both deal with similar issues and they both desire a man who isn’t theirs. Fighting to win in and out of the court room, these rising lawyers are in it to win it.

Charlotte Slater is freshly divorced and starting over again in her hometown of St. Petersburg, FL. When a dog-sitting job in the nearby upscale neighborhood of Roser Park falls in her lap, Charlotte jumps at the chance to make some easy money and enjoy a little peace and quiet. But as usual, when things seem to be too good to be true, they often are.

This story follows Liz, a doctor who after reconnecting with a childhood friend knows she must help him, but his story cannot possibly be true. Is it possible to see the evil that is in someone? It would be easier to ignore if only she was not seeing the same visions. Rodney always had a crush on Liz; can she help him? Are their destinies linked?

This summer, escape to the Shores­--a Southern lake town full of elegance and glamour in a story about family traditions, friendship, and a love that can’t be denied. Chareese “Reese” Devlin spent every summer of her childhood in the lake town of Mount Dora, Florida, where her days were...

With her marriage failing, Isabelle meets a Nicaraguan man online. Silencing her own intuition, she falls into the arms of hope, weaving for herself a new reality, one that puts her life and that of her daughter’s at risk. Set primarily in New England, this is the story of a woman’s struggle to seek stability where none can be found. It is the story of a woman’s desperate need to surrender and escape, whatever the price.

A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation’s imagined descent into disorder. A new generation of Black...

The Animal Within is filled with poems that want to swim together, focusing on animal and human nature. Dive in and listeners find a world where horses speak their minds, crawdaddies sing, and mermaids find love. Wolves howl "ahwoo at the full strawberry harvest moon in June", and birds do more than flap their wings, but rather create a voice for the oppressed. Humans step in, personas based off the author, and consider loss, depression, and love- inner-self mixed with creature habits—scratching down a lover's back or crying in a zoo.

Beauty for Ashes: Life Lessons in Verse is a redemptive journey told in three parts; the pain of trauma, the struggle to heal, and the beauty of overcoming. With more than 50 captivating poems, you’re sure to find several that will inspire you to push past your pain and seek healing for yourself. Written with raw emotion and told with a biblical slant, these are poems about real-life women who found the courage to keep going. Get lost with them in their ashes, struggle with them through their in-between, and come out on the other side of their beauty.

Winner of the 2024 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Young Adults! "Skilled vocal performances from more than a dozen narrators immerse listeners in a schoolyard murder mystery involving race, wealth, and power."- AudioFile This audiobook features a full cast, musical...

Vampires had taken everything from Quinn Hogan during the war. She had spent her entire life hiding from them. The last thing Quinn wanted in life was to be matched to one. Each human was required by law to enter the draft. Her name was randomly picked for submitting her blood sample. Then Quinn matched with a vampire. Now she was being shipped off to some random vampire who would probably bleed her dry. As the warden of Northwest America, there was no time for Velika Riskel to take a mate. One look into Quinn's hazel eyes and all of that changed.

By 2025, an estimated 70 percent of the workforce will work remotely at least five days each month. In The Virtual Leader, Takako Hirata, an experienced leader of large international virtual teams, shares her proven methods for thriving in the remote workplace with the help of new leadership principles.

I’m at the pinnacle of my career, and I don't have time for games. Not even training matches between the MMA fighters at my family’s famous gym. But when my brother’s enemy wipes the floor with him, I want no part of it. It’s just a game. Until the muscular god, with intense dark eyes, makes me his enemy, too. I’m ashamed to admit, it’s gotten dirty between Jhang and I.