Destiny Parker is a 31 year old African American woman stuck working a nine to five job and balancing the role of mother and the horrors of finding a good man. To make matters worse, she has a boss that she can't stand. Her new boss is evil... gorgeous but evil, and has a reputation around the office as a player. And unfortunately, she's stuck with him. Alex Hartford worked hard to succeed at his job, trying to branch away from his family's legacy. But something about his new secretary gets under his skin and makes his blood boil. Soon, his thoughts of work are replaced with using his desk in some very creative ways. Destiny may just be the person to tame Alex's wild ways. Having any sort of relationship with her boss other than a business one could get the both of them into a lot of trouble, especially since she could lose her job. But no one but them knows what happens AFTER HOURS...

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Coming from a long line of wealthy, important and successful people, Laila Jenkins has quite the reputation to keep up. Her life is clean. No scandals or anything from her personal life that could tarnish her name. And that's simply because she has no personal life. Not having a man or kids didn't bother her before but as she watches all of her friends create their own families, it starts to eat at her. That's why when she meets her perfect man at her friend's wedding - she wastes no time. Hakeem Morrison has had to work hard for every penny he has owned. Having to support his family of five, things have always been quite hard for the 27 year old. Especially when he gets his heart broken by his childhood sweetheart. Hakeem thinks he'll never be able to open his heart up again until he encounters a woman who piques his interest in every way at a friend's wedding. Although they have so much in common, little do they know they are from completely different sides of life. How will it turn out when they both experience a bit of the other side?

Sean and Vanessa have been best friends since they were born. Michael joined their group in their first year of high school and ever since they've been inseperable. It's only years later that Sean realises he's in love with Vanessa, but it's all too late... She's on the way to becoming Mrs Michael Hayes. Will Sean stick with the message behind the saying "Bros Before Ho's"? Or will he finally get the girl he loves?

The chain of hearts is longer than we can all imagine. Hearts that have been broken, hearts that belong together and hearts that simply need fixing. But they are always linked together somehow. This applies perfectly to Asia Henderson, whose life is turned upside down when she is introduced to her roommate's boyfriend, the last person she thought she would ever see. BW/WM INTERRACIAL PAIRING.

What happens when two people have a strictly sex arrangement but then begin to fall for each other? African American Romance Story.

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Emily sees her life go right round in circles fighting battles from the past and facing possible futures, but as she grabs them, it's not so easy to hang on.

Charlese Smith is the epitome of Queen B, her flawless brown skin, unnaturally perfect smile and endearing dark brown eyes worked together to create a what can only describe as a nubian queen. Charlese is blessed with beauty that makes her life a lot easier than others. Her beauty draws in other people, so she never struggles with making friends, she naturally took on the alpha female role within her sphere of friends. Charlese is head of her clique which consists of about several beautiful girls but Charlese stands out amongst them all, it is not only her beauty which draws people in - Charlese has a particular aura that be can be felt from across the room. But what happens when Charlese's beauty is taken away from her, her flawless brown skin has now been invaded by severe acne, her usual Peruvian weave has been taken out revealing her tightly coiled 4-inch afro and her slim frame has now changed..completely. Over 3 months Charlese has put on just over 4 stone and those who Charlese considered to be her true friends are starting to see her in a different light. All of a sudden the very thing Charlese depends on is taken away from her and she must learn how to live like 'normal' people.