[ONC Prompt #132] On the heels of a bad breakup and a disappointing yet unsurprising professional rejection, literary agent Evelyn Harper takes a much-needed vacation to tropical St. Lucia to relax and recharge. It would be two weeks of sandy beaches, stiff drinks, and maybe... if she were lucky... a little vacation boo to keep her bed warm at night. Evelyn never expected to leave her shower and find acquisitions editor Kennedy Collins, the man who callously rejected her writer, lying in her bed. Drama ensues as accusations and insults are hurled, and the situation becomes even more dire when his children enter the room. After a heated conversation with a representative from LuxStay, it was determined that the new booking company that promised luxury accommodations experienced a glitch, leading to several properties being double-booked. Since Evelyn was the first to book the rental, Kennedy and his family would have to seek alternate accommodations. Guilt tugs at Evelyn's heartstrings when she sees the dejected expressions on the kids' faces upon hearing they had to leave the luxury villa. Against her better judgment, Evelyn suggests they stay, ensuring there is plenty of room for everyone. She just had one rule... leave... her... alone. But what happens when the rules start to bend, and the man Evelyn swore she wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole puts in his application to become her vacation boo? **For Mature Readers, 18+**

Xenia N'Diaye is that girl, the one with the issues who majors in making the wrong decisions, especially those involving love. So she lives by a few rules: No man, No sex, No love and one goal of becoming a good mother but even at that she is failing miserably. The company she works for has a new team of ex-pat managers with which arrives the smart and directive Gregory Carlton. Xenia is a quick-mouthed extrovert, and Gregory is your modern-day workaholic. From the first encounter, sparks fly in the opposite direction between the two. If things couldn't get worse, Gregory moves into the same residence as Xenia. Yes, everything you are thinking of will happen for better or for worse. It's just another rom-com, a snack of entertainment. Highest ranking: #5 in diverselit 04/03/2021 Ranking chicklit: #408 03/01/2018 #520 12/03/2018 #383 21/04/2018 Awards: 1st place Chicklit Runaway Awards 2018 2nd place winner W.O.W Awards 2018 People's choice W.O.W Awards 2018 3rd place Chicklit winner Blossom Awards 2018

• Book Two in Love on Chesapeake Bay Series • Kayla Kavari begins her surgical internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital and quickly finds both her professional and personal relationships challenged when an old flame from Jack's past reemerges. ©Copyright 2017

Kelechi Obasi is a Nigerian rare mineral mining heiress. Maximilian Shaw is a tech CEO whose company is worth billions. What happens when the billionaire who doesn't get close to people, begins to? What will the man who gets everything he wants, do when he sets his sights on this seemingly untouchable Nigerian beauty?

At age 12, Maliah's twin brother Malik drowned. Eight years later, she's still coping with the trauma of her loss. Though she visits their favorite beach for fond memories, she is yet to enter the water. When a familiar stranger offers to help combat her fear, Maliah's life takes a turn. Learning to live again might just be more than what she hoped for. *Copyright 2018 by Sheri Mello* No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without express written permission of the author. This book is for your enjoyment only. It may not be re-printed, sold or given away to other people. The story in this book is the property of the author. No one, except the owner of this property, may reproduce, copy or publish in any medium any individual story or part of this novel without the expressed permission of the author of this work.

Kendra Wright is a journalist and single mother to a preteen son. Her high school sweetheart leaving her to raise her son alone, has left her with a caged heart, and a promise to never be with a man like that again. Eli Carter, a photographer, runs to Washington DC when faced with a choice. Does he fufill his father's dying wish or follow his own path? What happens when these two meet at Cooper Chronicle? Will love blossom? Or would old resolutions and details of a secret life burn it all to the ground? "Cupid doesn't lie, you won't know unless you give it a try" Cupid by 112 ~~~~~~~~~~ 27/06/2020 - 25k reads 27/07/2020 - 30k reads 17/09/2020 - 35k reads 15/11/2020 - 40k reads 25/12/2020 - 50k reads

Nadia Lewasi was a bunch of stereotypes; a goody-two-shoes, the ugly sister, the one who followed all the rules had none of the fun and now always-the-bridesmaid never-the-bride. Her baby sister Makenna broke all the rules, had all the fun, was somehow the golden child and now she was getting married. Nadia was the only family member invited to the hen night and the wedding, so she travels to Vienna looking to have the wild nights she'd been too busy being perfect and obedient to have. Mikulas Pappaianou was looking to put his wild days behind him, if he could survive them. He was at the end of an expiring marriage contract with no sign of hope and little chance of saving his law firm or his life. An unscheduled escape from his Mafia-boss wife crosses his path with a beautiful drunk stranger who accuses him of stealing from his own hotel's bar. All it takes is two nights of reckless abandon to turn their lives and those of their families completely upside down. ************************************************************************************************** "Don't you dare tie up Cy! That's not what I asked." She cries after him, but he's already at the bar, and Cy is leaned over, reverently even, by the time she gets to them. Why did everyone bow and nod respectfully at this arrogant man whose entire body seemed made for just that? "Cy, the lovely one here, who has accused me of theft, has asked me to tie you to a chair so you can watch us..." He is saying as she approaches the bar, his intense green gold gaze moving to her, the feel of his gaze catching her breath as he lifts an eyebrow at her "Would you say fuck like wild animals or make love like we're trying for a baby?" He wonders as Nadia shakes her head, trying to keep from imagining either scenario as best she could

After a tragedy, Amila Johnson abandons her life in New York and retreats back to her birthplace of Houston. She tries to start anew but she can't get far with the skills of being an almost classically trained ballerina. Deciding to take up her friend's offer to pick up a few shifts at a coffee shop, she becomes reacquainted with a person from her past. He wants to help her but values his privacy and she doesn't like handouts. So, they formulate a contractual agreement. An agreement that's pleasurable for them both but will feelings get in the way of this act of ink and lust or will things stay professional. Luxury and sex; what's more to want?