Play By My Rules Michelle Karise Publication date: February 28th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance All I wanted was a cup of tea, but I got early morning shenanigans. Stolen beverage order? Furious confrontation? Asked out by a thieving, sexy, tall drink of . . . It wasn’t the best start to my day, but it had to go up from there. Right? Wrong. It was my first day at my new job, and I wanted to make the best impression. I arrived at the office with minutes to spare, and who did I bump into again? The gorgeous thief. Harrison Cooper was the president of my company and my boss. It was fine. Really. Resisting the heated flirtations and stormy kisses designed to bring me to my knees would be no problem. Office romance? My past exposed? Shattered world? Now how do I pick up the pieces? Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo Author Bio : Michelle Karise is a type-A romance author of stories featuring black female leads and the men who...

Don’t You Forget About Me Naima Simone (Love on the Radio, #2) Publication date: November 1st 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance Whoever said be careful what you wish for had a serious gift for understatement. As one of the world’s hugest musicians I’d seen and had it all. Sold out tours. Awards. Fame. Money. Women… And I’d almost lost it all. Epically. Now I’m back home. A broken, burned out, desperate rock star…and a single father. I returned to give my son a family, stability. To figure out my life. But coming home meant seeing her. The woman who was once my everything. Who made life in this too small town bearable. Who I loved with my whole heart…my whole body. But long held secrets forced me to leave nine years ago. Forced me to abandon her. And she’s never forgiven me. Still… I’ve never forgotten her or the heat between us that burned so hot we damn near went up in flames with it. And I want it again. And again. Even knowing the past will only tear us apart o...

Screwdriver Kiru Taye (A Royal House of Saene Spinoff) Publication date: September 30th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance For most of her adult life, boss-lady Oumou has wanted to leave her hometown in pursuit of big-city fame. All her closest friends are doing bigger and brighter things elsewhere; one is even dating a prince. However, her plans to leave small-town Bali are put on hold when the pandemic hits. At least there are some positives. She’s enduring lockdown with her friend, Yahya, who is her exact opposite in personality. But he’s sexy, easy on the eyes, and cleans up his messes. Opposites attract, right? Mechanic Yahya has two obsessions—fixing damaged cars and his hometown of Bali. He has no desire for fame or fortune. Nevertheless, since flamboyant Oumou set up shop right across the road from his auto garage, he’s developed a new obsession with her. Each day at work, he glimpses her glorious smile and the temptation for her spirals. But why bother? She wo...

"Prepare to laugh-out-loud while reading The Singles Table."—POPSUGAR The Singles Table, an all-new hilarious, opposites attract romantic comedy from Sara Desai, is now available! Opposites attract in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about a free-spirited lawyer who is determined to find the perfect match for the grumpy bachelor at her cousin's wedding. After a devastating break-up, celebrity-obsessed lawyer Zara Patel is determined never to open her heart again. She puts her energy into building her career and helping her friends find their happily-ever-afters. She's never faced a guest at the singles table she couldn’t match, until she crosses paths with the sinfully sexy Jay Dayal. Former military security specialist Jay has no time for love. His life is about working hard, staying focused, and winning at all costs. When charismatic Zara crashes into his life, he's thrown into close contact with exactly the kind of chaos he wants to...

Preying on the Church Kimberley B. Jones Publication date: August 26th 2021 Genres: Adult, Christian, Contemporary Preying On The Church, is an inspiring novel about an African American middle-age woman Margie, who is well-known in her community through her job as a Realtor, serving as a representative on the Rockford Town Council, and giving her portion of life at Rockford Baptist Church. A tragic accident happens that no one could ever believe. After a church shooting, Margie loses faith as her life is shattered into pieces losing someone close to her that causes her to journey through the five stages of grief. It takes her to the lowest possible point of survival: isolating herself from friends and family, losing faith, drinking alcohol, almost getting arrested, and losing her job to realize she is on a path of destruction. Add to Goodreads / Pre-order Author Bio: Kimberley B. Jones is a small country girl from St. George, SC. She followed her heart in colle...

A scandal-averse Maharaja. A free-spirited actress. What do you get when you throw them together and add a fake engagement to the mix?  Either a match made-in-heaven or a royal disaster... Nivy Sharma knows exactly what she needs - the freedom to be herself and follow her passion. Guess what she doesn’t need? A tailor-made husband. When her meddlesome mother tries to throw her into the arms of a mom-approved suitor, Nivy runs the other way.  Right into the arms of the man who shattered her heart. His Highness Veerendra Singh can recognise a pain-in-the-ass when he sees it. Especially when it falls into his arms. Even if said pain-in-the-ass has legs that go on forever and lush lips that just beg to be kissed, Veer vows to run the other way. As he did once before... But, when the marriage-minded princess of Tejpur sets her sights on him, Veer runs back into Nivy’s arms to propose a fake engagement. When 'fake' starts to feel very real, Nivy and Veer have to decide what is impo...

Review: Blitzed - Book #3 Playbook Series - Alexa Martin - December 2019 After reading some dark reads/ mystery, I was in the mood for a chick-lit novel and the cover of Blitzed by Alexa Martin had captured my attention at work. I also loved that it was a football / WAGS book.  Brynn is finally achieving her dream with the opening of her bar aka HERS and ever since then she has also made a great group of friends who are part of the WAGS of the local football team - these females call themselves the Lady Mustangs. One of the single players, Maxwell - a hunky piece of dark chocolate has caught Brynn's eye. Maxwell has always been quiet and the one who doesn't cause trouble and she is gearing herself to ask him out, that is until she sees another side of him which breaks her heart. Maxwell received a phone call and then chucked his phone at the shelf behind Brynn and ended up wrecking her bar shelf - something she worked hard at creating as he smashed some pretty expensive and irr...

Review: The Three Mrs. Greys - Shelly Ellis - March 2021 After reading and enjoying Taryn Fisher's book The Wives, I started to enjoy reading books about husbands that had multiple families as it got me thinking how skilled the guy must be to keep everything in order and making sure that his family never know about one another. More often than not, people like this have jobs where they are constantly "traveling" so a business trip is spending time with their other wives. In the Three Mrs. Greys by Shelly Ellis, we meet our husband Cyrus Grey and his first wife - Vanessa whom he has been married to for 11 years and they have three children. Vanessa has recently been having an affair with her son's sports coach as she has been craving attention her husband no longer gives her. His second wife Noelle he has been married to for four years and is a little unstable but dreams of being a mother however Cyrus keeps changing the subject on her and then we have Diamond - a form...

  Is Blood Thicker by Kruze     GENRE :    Urban Fiction   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Have you ever looked at your circle and wonder if the people in it are really down for you? That’s the question Ceasar constantly asks himself. In his eyes betrayal is a worse crime than murder, so think twice before crossing him. Daquans’s was life was filled with what he considered to be normalcy. He is completely devoted to his wife, Aviana, and their son. But how deep does his loyalty run? Can he stay with Aviana when her past catches up with her, attempting to collect an unpaid debt? Nolan is a prominent member of his family, but he’s also the only one who managed to make it out of the hood. His family looks to him for all type of assistance, including money, because he doesn’t have the heart to tell them enough is enough. Maybe it’s the guilt he feels from his secret that keeps him digging in his pocket for his loved ones. ...