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Desire Blackstone enjoys two things in life, cooking and doing whatever or whomever she wants. After a run-in with her ex-girlfriend, she starts to see her love life through a new lens. Her no-sex diet was designed to help her build real connections, but she hadn’t counted on meeting a hot photographer.

Melanie Hoskins, an experienced firefighter-paramedic, has been recruited by a very selective and secret organisation known as The Division. Their mission is to protect the populace and secure the continuation of the United States. The Division is only activated at times of dire need. This just so happens to be one of those times. Based in New York City, Hoskins is forced to leave her civilian life and those she loves behind, and join the front line to try to control the 'dollar flu' virus that has been spreading throughout the city.

Autumn Noble is a 27-year-old mother who focuses all her time on working and being there for her daughter, Sydney. She has no time for relationships, going out, or partying. After the rocky relationship with her ex, she believes that maybe relationships just aren’t for her. That is until she meets Winter. She’s a fun-loving, spontaneous person who is attracted to Autumn from the first time they meet.

You cannot escape the reality of tomorrow by evading it today… Whitney Dahl only wanted one thing—freedom. Freedom to explore, to travel, to live a life outside the confines of her family's elite inner circle of billionaire business moguls and upper East Coast socialites. Freedom especially from a relationship that was dragging her closer and closer to the life her parents desperately wanted for her—barefoot and pregnant in some billionaire's kitchen. Whitney did everything she could to keep them off her back.

A retired nurse, a mother of two, and a loving husband Suzanne has it all. All except a sex life. With the nest about to empty, Suzanne's attentions are on her husband and those well-earned autumn years, but suspicion is forming. Are things where they should be? Is he happy with their life? And, if not, what can they do to work on a problem that has gone undiagnosed for years?

Janet and Jacob have had a forty-nine-year affair—Trion High School sweethearts, a young married couple, a divorced couple who can’t stay out of each other’s bed, even when Jacob was remarried with twin girls. The glue of their tumultuous relationship is a mutual passion for each other and for the written word. Jacob, the writer, full of early success, has lost his nerve and requires the approval of Janet, his ideal reader, before he can submit his work for publication. Janet awaits his daily call, usually after midnight when both are tipsy.

Forced to flee the city in their homeland - along with abandoning their dream of building a better world from the ashes of the old - the Mall Rats embark upon a perilous journey of discovery into the unknown. Cast adrift, few could have foreseen the dangers that lay in store. What is the secret surrounding the Jzhao Li? Will they unravel the mysteries of The Collective? Let alone overcome the many challenges and obstacles they encounter as they battle the forces of mother nature, unexpected adversaries, and at times, even themselves?

Journalist Isabelle Gaden is looking for her big break. As she pursues a lead to one of the biggest stories of her career, she finds herself amid life-threatening danger! But luckily, a handsome man saves her before it’s too late! Billionaire Kim Jin-Woon is enamored by the voluptuous woman he finds bleeding on the street. He feels the need to protect her and to get his revenge and see the people who had had hurt her behind bars.

My name is Jax. Well, officially it’s Jacqualina Weaver, but I hate that name. My bestie nicknamed me Jax, so that’s what I go by. Veronica (Roni) Vaughn has been my best friend and sister for the last six years, through thick and thin. She's the only one I can count on. So, when she needs me, I'm not letting her down. I'll give up everything just to make her final wishes come true.

Renee McPherson’s parents died when she was only six years old. The size 22, six-foot-tall African American has seen more tragedies than most people and is now running the very orphanage where she had spent her formative years, determined to make a difference! When two of her charges are sick with pneumonia, she knows she needs to get the best care possible...The dark and ruggedly handsome Martin Eldridge was born into a multi-billionaire-dollar pharmaceutical empire...But his passion is driven by helping the poor and the needy!

When Pearl Aster takes a receptionist job at Wolf Motor’s, all she is hoping for is enough money to get out of her parents’ smoothing hold, and away from their rule dominated life. Her upper-class status and its expectations are nothing that she wants now that she’s seen the ugliness it conceals. Yet these rough and rowdy men aren’t like anything she’s ever experienced. Brash, bold, dirty, and completely honest, but still more respectful than the man that she’s expected to marry.

Amy has never really gotten along with Arthur, the multi-billionaire businessman among her group of friends. They always bicker, tease, and throw sarcastic comments at each other.... But after one night of unexpected passion, that was all about to change! For Arthur, love and commitment were never in his vocabulary.... Until he finds out that Amy is now pregnant with triplets after their one-night stand!

After finding out that his fiancée and father had been having a secret affair behind his back, Elijah runs off to the country to lick his wounds. There he meets - or rather saves - the beautiful Samantha Francis after a harrowing car accident! Samantha is running away from a former abusive relationship...and although there is instant attraction with her and Elijah, she has deep emotional wounds to heal.

Black women are now one of the most educated groups in the United States. However, our educational achievements haven't translated into representation in higher-level, higher-paying roles within organizations. In Leading on Purpose, Dr. Julianna Hynes shares her story of going from being aimless in her career to having crystal clear focus after clarifying her vision, identifying her goals, and mapping out a strategy to attain them.

The book the world has been waiting for since the death of the “King of Pop!" Author and music producer Gary Revel reveals never-before-told facts about Michael Jackson. The book takes an investigative approach toward uncovering what Revel calls the “secrets of the life, music and career of a man considered to be one of the greatest entertainers in music history.”

Lauren realizes she does not have enough money to buy a stuffed unicorn. She does chores and saves her allowance to get the stuffed animal of her dreams.

Harbor Wilson is home again; this time, she ain't mad about it. But she is feeling some kind of way that her mother, Elizabeth, is considering selling their family's home. She is also stuck somewhere between the friend zone and happily ever after with her ex-fiancé, Ahmad Ferebee.

Your first love. Your first heartbreak. Your first time behind the wheel of a car. But my first time in Emerald Ridge is by chance. I was running from a mistake when I ran smack dab into River Stallone, a rugged, foul-mouthed, mountain man who wants all of me. My sister-in-law says he's got a reputation, but it's high time I have a first time.

Five years ago, Harbor Wilson walked away from 137 Briarfield Lane, the place she'd once called home, with no intention of ever returning. Oh, how plans change. A phone call. A bit of pleading. And a promise to return home for just one week. Just one. That's all it took for Harbor to return to a place that harbored, every pun intended, all her emotional baggage. If she can get through this week of surprises without breaking down in a torrent of tears when the past demands to have its say, that will be a miracle. Harbor only hopes God is still in the miracle-working business.

Facing the prospect of an empty nest, feisty widow Priscilla Clark determines to stay busy by turning her beloved, old Victorian into a one-of-a-kind bed and breakfast. But when circumstances beyond her control bring a halt to her new business idea, she’s forced to accept help from an unlikely source.