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Most women would have been satisfied - growing up poor, only to end up snagging one of the finest and wealthiest men in Chicago. But not Rose! She doesn’t want to destroy, but she can’t seem to do anything else! And it doesn’t help matters that her man is an ex-thug turned multimillionaire named Boston St. Rock. Maybe, someone should have told her that street guys aren’t to be played with. Even if they have turned their life around! You can take the man out the streets, but you can’t take the streets out the man.

As a journalist, Jessica Ryder knew how to deal with all kinds of situations, but when her editor assigned her a last-minute interview, she realized she wasn’t prepared at all for the number one tennis player Hayden Connors. She imagined him as some spoiled, rich kid, but found a bad boy billionaire, instead.

It’s easy to take him with me, but again that is a problem too. “What are you, Sapphira? No who are you? I don’t even know what to ask you. What did I see today? It doesn’t make sense. I need to process this; I don’t understand any of this.” He said all in one breathe. I am the princess of the mermaid world and also the future queen. I arrive in the human world along with my best friend and protector Armanian, to prove that I am worthy to be the princess.

He won’t leave me alone for my life. I have to get rid of him, before he gets into my head. I don’t know how I will face her if I ever come in contact with her. My past will come to haunt me. Then I have to take care of this girl at school named Lucinda, oh how I despise her! I will drag her ass down the floor, that’s a promise. I am a street fighter, without parents, without anyone to look after me. I am my own guardian. It’s been like this for many years, and I am happy for it. I have no boys in my life; boys are only my contenders and nothing else.

When a troubled virologist flees Russia with a manufactured virus, he hopes to bring his cure to the world. But terrorists hijack his flight and fake his death in a jetliner explosion over the Black Sea. Now, his captors want the bioweapon from his blood. Enter Ethan Pierce, a sharp-eyed but overconfident targeting officer for the CIA. He investigates the hijackers.

The sequel to the first book, titled The Forbidden, is a captivating and intense story that dives into irresistible TEMPTATION, delicious OBSESSION, and fiery VENGEANCE, making it a truly explosive and unyielding continuation. In The Forbidden, NAPOLEON BENTLEY emerges as a formidable character, reigning over the perilous French Quarter of New Orleans and establishing himself as a dominant force in organized crime. NAPOLEON’s reputation precedes him as someone who has no qualms about taking whatever he desires. He’s set his sights on stunning and curvaceous JOHNNIE WISE.

A sassy parochial schoolteacher must enlist the help of a self-righteous jingle writer to avoid life in prison.

On Christmas Eve, 1951 in New Orleans, fifteen-year-old Johnnie Wise is sold into prostitution by her domineering mother, and her dreams of being an Evangelist or nightclub singer like Billie Holiday vanish like the notes of an old song. In her new life, surrounded by powerful men with even more powerful secrets, Johnnie finds that she can use romance with the men that pay to sleep with her to her advantage, and the teenage girl finds herself thrown into a world of wealth, bribery, and cold-blooded gangsters. But, the underbelly of New Orleans in the fifties isn’t without its dangers.

Expect another wild ride form the mind of Keith Lee Johnson with his original smash hits, Little Black Girl Lost Book 1: The Innocent and Little Black Girl Lost Book 2: The Forbidden. Written as only Keith Lee Johnson can, Little Black Girl Lost Book 3: Legal Tender takes you back into New Orleans' seedy underbelly, into a world where no one can be trusted; especially with $250,000 at stake. Will the past catch up with this beautiful, vivacious teenager? Or will her wise and nimble intellect preserve her young life in this edge of the seat roller coaster?

Little Black Girl Lost Book 4: Captive is the latest episode from the fertile imagination of Keith Lee Johnson's original epic tale. Captive introduces drop-dead gorgeous Lauren Renee Bouvier, a youthful teenager, the African Root of Johnnie and Marguerite Wise. Its survival of the fittest on the mean streets of 18th Century New Orleans. With her life and virtue constantly in danger, how does she survive the ruthless Monarch of Bouvier Hill?

Keith Lee Johnson continues the epic tale of Ibo Atikah Mustafa, a master of subversion, who loves it when her powerful competitors underestimate her skill. Little Black Girl Lost Book 5: Queens of New Orleans is the fast-paced rip-roaring sequel to Book 4: Captive. Lauren Renee Bouvier is on a mission and has a plan to destroy every Queen threatening her right to exist and thrive in New Orleans. Will she succeed? Or will her enemies discover her plans and turn victory into defeat?

Civil war sliced through the Spring Court, leaving the royal family assassinated and General Ashton imprisoned. Torturous years later, Ash finally escapes and embarks on a mission to complete the last order he was given by the late King—to locate his lost princess. In a small flower shop, living a rather mundane existence, he finds a rare beauty named Hayley—who happens to be the rightful heir to the throne.

Monsters of the Tywyll Forest have poisoned the Winter Court, unleashing a prophecy that demands a human sacrifice to save the withering land. Willing to do whatever it takes to save his people, King Cadewyn of the Winter Court ventures into the human world in search of one insignificant life to claim. Amber was used to her life being in shambles, but getting kidnapped and whisked off to a magical fae realm was a new low, even for her. While feeling drawn to the fae king by a sizzling attraction, her apprehension builds to a panic over why he brought her there.

When a curse threatens Nora, a wolf shifter and bodyguard, she’ll need Julian’s help if she’s going to survive. He’s a healer, a witch, and a former client. Which means Nora needs to keep her hands to herself. She doesn’t mix business with pleasure. But as danger dances ever closer, she can’t resist the captivating man. Lifting the curse that’s killing her should be the end of things, but as magic and peril swirl around, they’ll need to rely on each other to survive.

When an ultimatum sets Cipher on a path to find his bride, his first stop is the Royal Matchmaker. But Cipher doesn’t want just any woman. He needs a perfect lady dragon who can handle all that society has to throw at her. A human with a checkered past will never do. Not even when he’s certain that she’s his fated mate.

Set backstage during the out-of-town chaos of Lerner and Loewe’s now-classic 1960 musical, One More Seat at the Round Table portrays the struggles of feisty drama school grad Jane Conroy, who lands a plum Gal Friday job, and Bryce Christmas, a gifted, if insecure, actor on the verge of his big break. When Jane and Bryce fall helplessly in love during Toronto tryouts, their relationship is tested by mistakes they make and endless work woes: Camelot’s four-hour length, poor reviews, the illness of librettist Alan Jay Lerner, and the near-fatal coronary of director Moss Hart who quits.

With the last battle fast approaching, the time to gather allies for an army is running out. As are the number of days left in Nadine’s life. Despite Micah’s insistence that they find a way to stop Nadine’s impeding death, she chooses to focus all her attention on strategies to win the war instead. With a new hero, a new god, and new abilities, she starts to believe they might actually have a chance to lift the never-ending veil of darkness. Until a betrayal throws a wrench into their carefully made plans, setting them back to square one.

He will live forever, but his existence will mean nothing without her. Not even a god can break a soul oath. Refusing to accept Nadine’s imminent death, Micah goes on a perilous journey to discover a way to change her terrible fate. A legend about a cup holds the key, but the price to get it may be more than he is willing to pay.

Human Liza has no idea aliens exist—or that she's been talking to an alien dating agency for months, pouring her heart out about her abusive home life. When she finally begs for help, Flint's right there... but she has no idea why. And when he teleports her away from home she's sure she's being abducted. In her desperate bid to escape, Liza sends them hurtling down to a dangerous watery planet full of monsters eager to eat her... or worse. Liza refuses to rely on any man, even if her accidental kidnapper is a better option than a wild water dragon.

After witnessing the skills of the Intergalactic Dating Agency at finding mates, Knox enlists their services to find a woman of his own. He's collected a hoard of precious stones from across the galaxy, a mate will be his crown jewel. But is he looking for love, or another treasure for his collection?