American Contemporary

Darnell is in hot water. All his past crimes have surfaced, causing him to lose it. He has kidnapped his sister and kids to hide his past from his wife. He's facing financial ruin, his reputation is tarnished, and he’s at risk to lose it all. He's got nothing left to lose, and he’ll drag his family down with him if he must. Cherish is about to face her most difficult struggle yet. After a failed suicide attempt, she must face the fact that she has been married to a sexual predator for years. Her entire life has been a lie, and it’s all she can do to not lose it for real. When another ...

IThe Road Beasts: Panther – A Gritty, High-Stakes MC Romance 💀 He’s never wanted more than a night. She’s never had the freedom to choose. Now, danger is closing in, and their only chance is each other. 💀 Panther has always been a player—a smooth talker who takes what he wants and walks away before things get complicated. But when he meets Haimari Bhatt, a stunning woman with fire in her eyes and secrets in her heart, something shifts. For the first time, one night won’t be enough. Haimari has spent her life under the control of her powerful family, expected to obey without ...

Erica wants it all. The house. The career. And most of all…the husband. She meets Andre, and she hopes that he is the one. He is. Just not the one for her. Andre is full of lies and deceit, and once they all come to surface, Erica finds herself in a sticky situation that she’s not sure how to get out of. Men come with baggage. Men come with lies. Some come with empty boxes. They always have something to hide.

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.

My first trip to Doctor Hannigan's office turned out very different than expected. What I thought would be a routine check up with my new white doctor, turned out to be much more fun when he wanted to take me hard and without protection. How can I resist when the sexy white man wants to fill me up and put a beautiful mixed race baby inside me? Warning: This is a naughty interracial story with some hot baby making action. Adult readers only.

Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers and seeresses, liars and assassins, the inhabitants of a fully realized Black world.

You ever wonder what events led up to an individual’s inability to trust in love? Rayna Brimm survives a series of betrayals and loss, only to forge ahead into self-preservation. After receiving her degree, she finds herself in California and tries to build a self-contained life. Enter Azmir Jacobs. A tall, dark, handsome, and very wealthy man, whose street credibility and executive power in the corporate world has beautiful women at his beck and call. However, only one woman has caught his eye: the resilient Rayna Brimm, who turns out to be more than he bargained for.

Moriah is finally ready to move on, but she has a few things to get off her chest.

Syre Reign has always been seen as the family screw-up. Wherever he goes, his reputation as a hothead with repeated run-ins with the law precedes him. From a young age, Delilah Gold has groomed her sons and nephews to take over her online empire. Everyone has a place in the family business, even Syre as the head of security. Now that Delilah is retiring soon, she sets a plan in motion to merge her family dynasty with the infamous Black family through a marriage of convenience.

True love knows no color. In these four stories, the lovely black heroines fall hard and fast for their white lovers - whether they are billionaires, professors, or shape shifters. When black and white collide, passion burns hot. The stories: 1. My Body Is His 2. My White Professor 3. My White Knight 4. My Billionaire Bear Warning: These are very naughty interracial stories filled with hot black on white action. Adult readers only.

Through the darkest tunnel comes the light, but for Caesar King, there is nothing but more darkness on the other side. After the failed attempt on his life, he is afraid that the Pact of the Five Families is no more. He can trust nobody. Whoever murdered Barry is now aiming for Caesar's crown, and the only way to flush them out and figure out who's responsible is to go to war...with everybody.

From a murderous Bonnie and Clyde stirring up a hornet’s nest to a drug war and the rise of heroin overdoses, Detectives Michael Acosta and Chris Emerson are tasked with investigating the rash of robberies and brutal murders happening in the borough. Queens is bubbling with heated violence, as rival kingpins vie for power in Erick S. Gray’s intense addition to the bestselling Kingpins Series.

The Supreme Court has never simply evaluated laws and arguments in light of permanent and immutable constitutional meanings, and social, moral, and yes, political ideas have always played into Supreme Court justices' impressions of how they think a case should be decided. Mark Tushnet traces the ways constitutional thought has evolved from the liberalism of the New Deal and Great Society to the Reagan conservatism that has been dominant since the 1980s.

Ayesha Shetty lost her brother seven years ago, the same time she lost everything else important to her: her dreams, her fierce independence, and the man she loved. Not wanting to see her mother hurt anymore, she put her wild self away and became the dutiful daughter her mother needed and took on her brother’s role in the family business. Now her best friend’s big, fat Indian wedding is a chance to get away from her endless duties at the restaurant and maybe even have some fun (if she remembers how).

Life at the Houston Report for investigative journalist Desiree Stevens is no longer a fulfilling one. She's contemplating moving back to Chicago where her family resides, but Desiree can't deny that returning to her hometown for the sake of employment isn't her only reason. Just a few weeks prior, Desiree had the pleasure of meeting philanthropist Julian Alexander Rose, awkwardly enough, at the hospital. And since the strange encounter, getting Julian off her mind has been Desiree's biggest failure.

Most people wouldn't accuse me of being a good person, but most people don't understand me. Hell, I'm not sure I understand myself sometimes. All I know is that my life has been a challenge, and the day-to-day grind of all wears me down. I graduated college with a degree in marketing, and have just been brought on to be an intern at an ad agency. Contrary to the chaos in my home life, things are looking up . . . until I learn that Kendrick Kennedy will also intern for the same agency.

Past relationships have left Nova scarred. Finishing up school and opening her boutique were her main focus until she ran into Grayson. Grayson was worried about being a great father and his photography career when Nova ran into him, in the most literal sense. While Nova tries to run from Grayson, afraid he'll turn out like the rest of the men who broke her heart, Grayson is determined to show her different. Not one to let go without a fight, he's determined to show her the beauty he sees behind the lens.

Phate (/fāt/) - a strong feeling of resentment toward a member of the opposite sex, which eventually compels both parties to be drawn to one another in love. Ray Ray never got over what happened to her on the night of her high school prom. Ten years later, she’s grown, successful, and single… sort of. She’s playing the field, talking to two guys at once, but failing to make a move toward either of them. Insert De’Veon, the blast from her past. De’Veon is also grown, successful, and somewhat single. Naija is vying for his attention and desires for more between them. Right before ...

Cherish A Short Story of Love, Intimacy, and Finding Home Dana never lets anyone touch her hair—or her heart. Fiercely independent and guarded, the mechanic spends her days under the hoods of broken cars, hiding behind a crown of long, meticulously cared-for locs. But everything changes when she steps into Crown & Glory Natural Hair Studio and meets Abike, a skilled stylist with a warm smile, gentle hands, and a spark that ignites something Dana thought she’d lost forever. What begins as a routine hair appointment becomes a journey of trust, intimacy, and self-discovery. As their ...

La historia de la huida desesperada de una madre y su hijo desde Acapulco rumbo a Estados Unidos, perseguidos por un cartel de narcos. Lydia Quijano Pérez vive en Acapulco, México, donde regenta una librería. Tiene un hijo de ocho años, Luca, el amor de su vida, y un maravilloso esposo que es periodista. Y aunque la situación en Acapulco comienza a agrietarse debido a los cárteles de la droga, Lydia lleva una vida confortable.