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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
After last summer's failed attempt at romance, Gina is absolutely done with men. And especially with millionaires. She has a good job as a fashion editor and amazing friends, and she's decided she needs nothing else. All she really misses is the sex. But that rush just isn't worth the risk of being ensnared in another relationship. When the hot bartender at her best friend's Sonoma wedding suggests some harmless stress relief, she takes him up on...
Author
Publisher
Mike Wells
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This is Book 4 of the 5 book series - series description below.One spectacular financial scheme. One woman alone against the world. Young, beautiful, and yearning for love, Heather Bancroft meets the "perfect" man...and is lured into a game in which she begins to make more money than she ever imagined. Betrayed by her own innocence, she loses all that is dear to her and discovers that she has been mercilessly used. Defeated and broken, but surviving...
3) Mama Ruby
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe presents an unforgettable tale featuring the rebellious early years of Mama Ruby, the indomitable heroine of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room. Growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, Ruby Jean Upshaw is the kind of girl who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. By the time she's fifteen, Ruby has a taste for fast men and cheap liquor, and not even her preacher daddy can set her straight. Only Othella...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Real love is in a class all its own. . .Born into wealth, Erica Stanford has followed in her family's successful footsteps and now runs her own upscale boutique in an affluent Washington, D.C., neighborhood. But despite her good fortune, she's still missing someone special to share her life with--until a chance encounter changes everything. . . Handsome, rugged Jerome Kimbrough is hard to miss among the fellow citizens serving jury duty with Erica....
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"In this poignant, evocative novel, bestselling author Holly Chamberlin sweeps you into the picturesque town of Ogunquit, Maine, where a family in flux explores their ties to a beautiful beach house, and to each other. Some houses have a personality of their own. Larchmere is that kind of place--a splendid, sprawling home with breathtaking views that open to briny Atlantic air and seabirds' calls. It's the place where Tilda McQueen O'Connell grew...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
I'm just the messenger. Please, don't kill me. . . Don't hate me because I'm psychic. . .everybody else already does. My name's Clair Ivers and these days my "gift" seems more like a booby prize. It all started when this crazy woman tried to bribe me into skewing a reading to warm her future sister-in-law's cold feet. Then the prospective sister-in-law threatened to kill herself at the altar if I didn't give her a phony reading saying she should...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"A super storyteller. . .she creates magic." --Publishers Weekly Award-winning author Felicia Mason introduces us to a respectable Southern family turned upside-down by grief. . .and a hilarious and sometimes undignified search for a huge inheritance. . .After a lifetime spent scrubbing and mending for others, Ana Mae Futrell has passed away. Her siblings have reluctantly returned to their North Carolina hometown to bury the older sister they never...
Author
Publisher
Braveship Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In the world of fighter pilots, the most alpha of the alpha, competition is everything and the stakes are impossibly high. A Top Gun for the new millennium, Lions of the Sky propels us into a realm in which friendship, loyalty, and skill are tested, battles won and lost in an instant, and lives irrevocably changed in the time it takes to plug in your afterburners. Sam Richardson is a fighter pilot’s pilot, a reluctant legend with a gut-eating secret....
9) Kate & Ruby
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kate's retirement plans are put on hold when her old nemesis, Ruby, reappears and both their lives are turned upside down. Two stubborn, independent women discover that the lines between love and hate, and between past and future, are muddled and transitory.
Author
Publisher
SAME ink Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The only thing more annoying than being stuck in traffic, the blinding blitzkrieg of paps, or a chain-smoking vegetarian's health rant, is having everything you ever wanted in the palm of your hand, and the rug swiftly pulled out from under you. El Patterson's dreams were on the verge of coming true when a tragic twist of fate took it all away. Facing the official end of her early thirties, with not much to show for it, El has to find her footing,...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"The road to romance can be filled with second thoughts and second guesses, and in Essence* bestselling author Grace Octavia's captivating new novel, one woman can't quite make peace with her choices...Atlanta celebrity wedding planner Rachel Winslow has it all--except what she wants most: true love. Her friends are convinced that her college ex-turned-best friend, Ian, is her Mr. Right--even though he's in a relationship. And when Ian confides to...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
At thirty-six, Petra Fields gets a shock that causes her to take a look at her life, and she's not proud of what she sees. Her past is a catalog of secrets and lies that she's never had the courage to own up to, and Petra knows she won't find peace of mind until she's made amends. But the task is far more difficult than she expected. The first and hardest step is admitting to Krista, her teenage daughter, that the father Krista believed was dead...
13) Bella Toscana
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
An explosive yearning that can’t be denied. Disturbing visions from an ancient past. A mysterious stranger that somehow feels familiar. On the night of her fiftieth birthday, the comfortable ride of Toscana’s life takes an alarming plunge. Haunted by seductive visions, she tries to push aside the desire and focus on the husband who adores her. Then she falls for Flynn, a younger man with an eye for adventure and a heart full of romance, who leaves...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"An immensely talented writer. --Cydney RaxIt's business as usual for the infamous gold digging Gibbons women of Chesterton, Virginia. But this time, middle sister, Stephanie, may be the one getting played. . .Stephanie Gibbons has finally hit the jackpot. Her new sugar daddy, Isaac, is loaded and treating her in high style. When he proposes, Stephanie is sure she's set for life--until she finds her bank account empty, Isaac gone, and a strange--but...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes a poignant and passionate new novel featuring lifelong friends Annette Goode Davis and Rhoda O'Toole-two women whose best intentions don't always yield the best results. This time around, Annette is devastated when one of her greatest fears comes true--and there may be nothing she can do about it. . .Even though her life has its ups and downs, Annette Goode Davis feels lucky to have a family...
16) Just You
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Divorced, single parent, Juliette Sanders desperately needs to find a match for her ailing daughter, Halle. Juliette's mission is to find the man who gave her a beautiful baby a dozen years ago, whether he wants to be found or not. Alexander Neale is recovering from losing his wife and twins to a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. The last thing he needs is a stranger popping into his life, claiming he fathered her child. Can he turn his back on...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Amid the glitz and glam of Washington, D.C.'s elite circle of movers and shakers are three ambitious ladies reaching for the top--and ready to face any obstacle in their way. . .Switching from life on the White House fast track to stay-at-home mom doesn't quite suit Sherise--especially once she suspects her husband is having an affair. And when she receives a threatening note, it's clear someone wants revenge--but who, and for what?. . ..When successful...
18) Real Temptation
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Rae Tyson is way over her head in credit card debt. Her personal assistant’s salary isn’t covering the bills. Kael Whittingham’s ex wife turned him into the IRS. Now the IRS wants big bucks. Can shopaholic, Rae and no-nonsense, Kael share the same living space? $100,000 is the deal maker. But is the reality television show's reward more tempting than their sensual encounters? Encounters that leave them wanting more... much more.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"From the Essence* bestselling author of Take Her Man comes a chic page-turner starring the 3Ts--Tamia, Troy, and Tasha--three New York City "It Girls" whose lives are about to be turned upside down. . . Gorgeous, sophisticated, and successful, Tamia is a sister that can't be stopped. With her career as an attorney on the rise, and her millionaire boyfriend about to propose--Tamia has it all. But then she meets Malik, a sexy Harlem brother who pushes...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"In this thrilling new novel from national bestselling author Niobia Bryant, four friends are reunited, but the occasion is bittersweet--and filled with secrets and scandal. . ..Monica, a CEO with celebrity clients, loves her life. But when her man loses his high-powered corporate job and pressures her to start a family, Monica finds herself involved with a client who wants to mix business with pleasure--or else. . .Successful author Keesha is blowing...
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