American Contemporary

Hearts are broken and healed. Scars, both physical and emotional, are formed. Happiness is found, then lost, then found again. Over the course of a year, these sisters face shattering blows and remarkable triumphs as they embark on a journey, figuring out that pesky little thing called love.

Ever felt like you had it all, and then in the blink of an eye, it’s all gone? What do you do when your whole family turns their back on you? Do you lay down or go get it? Moving all the way from California to Miami, Endia decided going and getting it was the best option for her if she wanted to maintain the lavish lifestyle she was used to living. Without her love, RahMeek, by her side or her wealthy parents, she had to learn how to make it on her own. Not being one to ask for handouts, she is hungry for success and feels that the life she was living now would all be worth it in the end,...

Alexis Marshall never meant to cause the accident that left Jon-Jon Robinson paralyzed—but though guilt plagues her, her husband hopes to put the past behind them. After all, he’s in the middle of selling a tech business—and if Alexis admits to texting while driving, the deal could collapse and cost them millions. Meanwhile, Alexis’s life is not as shiny and perfect as it may seem from the outside. She has secrets of her own. As she becomes consumed with thoughts of the young man she hit, can she reconcile her mistake with her husband’s expectations?

What do you do when you are torn between the one you love and the one you are with? This is one of the many issues Malaysia is forced to deal with in this sequel. From dealing with the failed suicide attempt by her sister to figuring out who fathered her child…. Malaysia’s life is far from peaceful. This is one woman who thrives in the face of danger and was born into chaos. Navigating through a broken heart and pending motherhood causes Malaysia to make life-altering mistakes. Add to the mix her intense desire of getting revenge against anyone who crosses her the wrong way. Will her ...

She watched him fight like a monster and kissed him like a man. But in a world of blood and shadows, even love can be a weapon. Nia never meant to fall for a Bratva enforcer, especially not one with fists like thunder and secrets sharp enough to slice her in two. She is a teacher, not a pawn, yet Roman pulls her deeper into a criminal world where trust is poison and desire feels like drowning. He is brutal, calculating, and obsessed. But when their kiss ignites in the middle of a bloodstained ring, the rules crumble. Roman never expected to want her. Protecting her means unraveling ...

The "construction laborer" is really a wealthy felon with too many inexplicable circumstances to fathom for her narrow worldview. Will Jas share more of his complexities? Will Ashira be able to absorb them with understanding, leaving the judgment behind? Two souls, still galaxies apart, bound by love. The unanticipated UFO has collided with her world like a ferocious asteroid.

What do you do when the person you love doesn’t love you back? Destiny is a strong woman of faith with a heart for the Lord, but she’d be the first to admit that she hasn’t always been that way. The thirtysomething wants a husband and a family of her own. The problem? The man she wants to spend her life with is engaged to be married to someone else. Almost as worse, he considers Destiny to be just a friend, and he has never loved Destiny romantically anyway. When a blast from her past shows up in her life, Destiny begins to think that she has a shot at love with someone besides the ...

The Road Beasts: Lion – A Gritty, Mature Romance 🔥 A Doctor with a Wild Side. A Surgeon with a Dark Past. An Attraction Too Powerful to Ignore. Monroe “Lion” Locke is a man who straddles two worlds—one as a skilled doctor, the other as a loyal member of the Road Beasts MC. He’s always kept his personal life separate from his work, but when Dr. Josephine "Josie" Bowman arrives in Dallas, everything changes. Josie isn’t just any surgeon—she’s running from a past she’d rather forget. Leaving behind a broken engagement and a dangerous mistake, she’s sworn off men who live...

Essence best-selling authors of Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, the husband/wife team of Chiles and Millner use a dramatic “he said, she said” approach in a novel that carries listeners right into the hearts of two lifelong friends. Aaron and Nina grew up on the same street and have been best buddies for 25 years. Now they wonder if they might ruin their relationship if they make room in it for passion and romance.

What Happens When a Person Compromises when it Comes to Faith? Nikki Walton has had a true love for Christ for as long as she can remember — since childhood really. But sometimes, she can’t help but think that her narrow walk with the Lord has prevented her from attaining some of the things she wants in life — mainly a soulmate. Things backfire in a major way for Nikki when she puts her faith on the back burner for a few minutes, thinking that doing so will help her snag a husband, the man of her dreams. The man she ends up with turns out to be a true devil in disguise. Realizing that...

Ash shook off the images swarming his head and tried to focus on her again; it wasn’t hard. She was so beautiful, those plump lips naturally lined by a darker stain of pink as they blossomed into a cherry in the center, those wide eyes so rich and opaque he could stare into them for hours and never separate pupil from iris. The lashes kissing the delicate smattering of freckles on her mahogany cheek—“I can’t begin to tell you how much your friendship means to me,” Ash said, still drinking in her face. She was so close. It would take nothing to just come a little closer, just there...

Charmaine Heaton is a young, beautiful, God-fearing photo journalist with a feisty attitude, but a heart of gold. When she involves her best friend's brother Devin—a victim of a troubled childhood—in her plans to travel on assignment to war-torn Afghanistan, she discovers that he's the love of her life. But, will she be able to convince him that he is worthy to be loved and that their love is worth fighting for.

Pregnant by a man she learned wasn't who she thought he was and starting a new career, she's forced to step up and show everyone around her she's more than the hothead, feisty, girl they believe her to be.

"I LOVE THE WEST, HORSES ETC SO BOBBI SMITH IS MY WRITER OF CHOICE. TEXAS SPLENDOR HAD ALL THE ELEMENTS AS ALWAYS. A SUPER READ. I COULD NOT READ IT FAST ENOUGH.”—Beverly Riedel, Amazon “I absolutely loved the descriptions of desire between Trista and Lance!”—Elicori Verified Purchase, Amazon From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Bobbi Smith comes the spellbinding story of a half-white Comanche warrior whose quest for vengeance becomes the ultimate lesson in fiery desire and true love... HE CLAIMED HER BODY. . . An Easterner born and bred, Trista Sinclair falls in ...

It’s the summer of 2019, and Professor Pi Suleman is a Black man from Memphis with a lot to endure - not only as a Black man in Trump’s America but in his hard-earned career as an adjunct professor. Pi is constantly forced to bite his tongue in the face of one of his tenured colleague’s prejudices and microaggressions. At the same time, he’s being blackmailed by a powerful professor who threatens to claim he has assaulted her, when in fact the truth is just the opposite, trapping him in a he-said-she-said with a white woman that, in this society, Pi knows he will never win.

For Cypher Hall, being the mother to twin boys is far from easy. She has to work two jobs just to keep her head above water, and she still often feels like she's drowning. She hasn't been in a relationship since her kids' father eight years ago, and she's started to realize that Prince Charming may never ride up on his white horse and save her. Cypher never imagined that getting a tattoo for her birthday would ultimately change the course of her life forever.

He's a seasoned cowboy on a delivery mission. She's a resilient hobby farm owner braving the winter storm. Can Keith and Lindsay forge a bond in the heart of a tempest and find love in the calm that follows? Keith Whettstein is no stranger to life's challenges - a seasoned cowboy from the renowned Hammond Family Farm, he's weathered his fair share of trials. Yet, as he finds himself caught in the thick of a snowstorm, delivering a horse to the remote Lewis farm just days before Christmas, life takes an unexpected turn. When an unfortunate slip leads to Keith's injury and the horse falls ...

Faith... She's got plenty of that! A Great Career... She's cinched it in the bag! Fiancée... She finally has one! Yep, that had definitely been Alicia’s story until her life’s narrative changed almost overnight. When this gorgeous engineer with a big heart loses it all, will her faith keep her grounded and get her back on track? Despite circumstances, will she end up living the charmed life she’s always dreamed of?

Tori’s afraid, but putting forth her toughest exterior to forge ahead with the mess she’s made. And Ashton? Well, he’s confused and angry. It’s his last semester, one that had been planned meticulously by himself and others well before she even knew what a Panther was. Will Tori can fight her way out of the quandary she’s created at BSU? Will Ashton’s well-planned future be derailed by the new underdog-turned-"banger" on campus?

The Road Beasts: Finale – Part One Of The Explosive Conclusion to the Series 💀 One last ride. One final betrayal. A love that refuses to die. 💀 Goose thought he knew everything about the woman he loved—until the day she vanished, leaving behind a letter that shattered his world. Cherie, the woman who stole his heart was an undercover cop named Cassidy Jones, sent to expose the Road Beasts MC. But instead of finding criminals, she found family, loyalty, and a love she never expected. Now, Cassidy is trying to solve the case that put The Road Beasts on the Police Chief’s enemies ...