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Jaren "Jericho" Young is on top of the world. Both his career and personal life are finally aligned. His music is bigger than he ever dreamed it could be and he is engaged to a woman who he loves more than life itself, Fatima Ward. Fatima Ward is living her dream! Rather than pursue a career in medicine like her strict parents expected, she took a leap of faith on her real passion-writing. Her gamble paid off because her first book, "A Chosen Dream" was a literary and commercial success. On top of her professional success she is also newly engaged to Jaren Young, an extremely successful Hip Hop artist. From their unusual meeting up until their engagement. Jaren and Fatima have survived a year full of multiple trials and tribulations. Through it all one thing remained true, they both loved each other enough to fight for what they had. With all the scandals now behind them they are ready to focus on their growing careers and their future together, but things don't always go as planned. Will these two continue to fight for each other or will the pressures around them become too much? ***This book is the sequel to Unapologetically Me*** © 2017 D.S. Little All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. Copyright law. ************

"I've come to discuss your side of the deal we made earlier." He sat on the bench, his towel wrapped tightly around his waist. "Okay, what you got for me?" Here goes. If I didn't get it out now, I never will. "I want you to teach me how to be sexy." Allison (Ally) is tired of being overlooked by the opposite sex. Every guy she knows goes for the overly sexy girl who wears revealing clothes, and tons of makeup, and is ready to drop it low at a moment's notice. So where did that leave girls like her with standards? Lonely and frustrated. But not anymore. Ally is prepared to do something drastic to increase her chances of snagging the man of her dreams, Brandon. The sexy jock has been on her radar since the moment she met him. And when a golden opportunity presents itself for her to try something crazy, she decides to throw caution to the wind. Drew, Brandon's best friend, needs her help for the millionth time and Ally decides it's time to stop doing his work for free, he has to earn it, but is he willing to pay the price she asks and help her with her plan to snag Brandon? Or does Drew have something more devious in mind like snagging her for himself?

(Interracial) [bwwm] Quinn Black A French born, Texas raised woman, with big ambitions. She's got so many odds against her, yet she's president and CEO of multi-billion dollar Black and Co. Enterprise. She's seen as cocky and cold-blooded; ruthless and harsh. But that's what it takes in the business world to make it to the top; And she'll do whatever it takes. START: July 3, 2015 END: August 20, 2016

"Guns and sex... that's what you are." • • • Rya Wilkins is a top trained agent, working under the orders of the president of USA. Her job involves brutal interrogations, dangerous undercover CIA work, and killing people who pose a threat to their nation. - And a threat like that just so happens to come in the form of a lethal and dangerously handsome Italian agent, who managed to break into the CIA and steal confidential information. It is now Rya's job to retrieve that information and stop the goddamn mischievous, sexy, son of a-I'm-going-to-make-your-body-explode-in-more-ways-than-one agent and bring him into custody. But there's a thin line between hatred and love - and that line turns out to be Rya's thong.

"You want me to be a genius or do you want me to fuck you?" • • • The Alexandrettia is the finest school in the state, known for producing the smartest, and most talented kids in America. 21 year old keen painter Mia Hanson managed to get a spot. She worked her whole life to get inside, to see the hallowed halls her biggest idols once walked through. But those very same halls gets vandalized one wild night, and the person responsible gets sentenced to do community service, working as a janitor to clean up his mess. With his brooding eyes, filthy mouth and body covered up in ink, Eli the type of guy you run away from; The type who only lives for the trouble; The type you just know packs a brain the size of a peanut. But when one of Fermat's biggest unsolved mathematical problems gets solved by an unknown source, rumors start as to who and where this genius might be... Well: Three guesses who?

"What are you?" "Lethal." • • • Humans and Creatures. That's what mankind has come to. Some humans were locked up as infants and genetically altered for the purpose of making a stronger specie, and now their offspring have to be tested to see if they are safe to put out into the real world. Having been locked up in secure facility all of his life, Charlie is to be the first Creature to step outside into the real world. New to the world and to humans who aren't trying to poke a needle in him, he's scared as to what it has to offer. But also curious. Assigned to watch the first Creature and introduce him into modern world, Carly has gotten quite the job. He is like a giant 6'7 baby, and she has to teach him everything from eating with cutlery, to learning natural human behavior, to understanding such a difficult thing as love. He was just supposed to be an assignment, but the more time her and Charlie spend together, the more Carly had to admit he was so much more than just a Creature. Charlie is a brilliant, fast learning, curious specie with a big appetite, so what do you think will happen when such a creature is introduced to a thing like sex? One can only imagine...

Sage Whitehead has danced for as long as she could remember--it's always been a passion for her. And when she was given a scholarship to dance at Howard University, she jumps at the chance right away. Besides, it's always been her dream. However, Sage has never experienced the desperate competition that arrives when the title of captain is at stake, nor has she experienced the desperate feeling of what some may call love, only for it to be forbidden. Join Sage on her journey through trials and tribulations as a Bisonette. [Book One of the Bisonette Series]

Ruby Jean Baskerville is a twenty-two year old hot head that takes no bullshit from anyone. Especially those with a white face. She's mean, she's rude, and no one can tame that sassy mouth of hers. Or can they? Grant Augustus feels he's up to the task when his younger brother begs him to ask her out on a double date so that he can get to Ruby Jean's younger sister. Will the two remain civil? Or will Grant finally be able to tame the infamous Sapphire. Start: Feb 17 2017 End: April 25 2018

(Part two of the Bisonette series) After a long first semester, Sage, finally captain of the Howard Bisonette has to deal with the trials and tribulations that come along with the harsh task, the new competition (and of course, Carmen), along with the newfound fame that comes with dating the Colby Towers--point guard for the New York Kings.