New to the small southern town, brown-skinned Evalyn Brown answers an ad for domestic help. Enter her new employer, the disagreeable and decidedly white William Davis, who works for the town's police department. As time progresses, their relationship to each other, their small town, and the people who inhabit it changes. In the mid-1900s in a place so easily described as backwards, change can very rapidly become a dangerous friend. x He said nothing but continued to approach, and I started backing up, my hands in front of me to create space. He advanced until I had nowhere to go, and the stories of southern Negro women being lynched, beaten, raped, and on swirled in my mind. There were some battles to fight, and this was not one of them. I just wanted to appease whatever angry beast I had stirred within him and go back to my role as his quiet housekeeper. "William, I - ." Idiot! His whispered name slipped from my mouth before I could stop it. Today was the worst possible day to mistakenly call him by his first name. I closed my eyes as tears escaped out their corners. I didn't want to watch whatever was going to happen next. "Look. At. Me." His words were a constrictor that wound around my neck and tightened. His heady, hot breath fanned over my face. I opened my eyes and peered through my tear-blurred vision. His orbs were almost black as onyx, but tumultuous and frightening. He studied me and my pulse thudded deafeningly in my ears. "I want you to stop." His voice was low and threatening.

"Cole," I breathe, touching his cheek. He shuts his eyes, refusing to look at me but leans into my palm. "It's now or never," I hopelessly cry. He sucks his bottom lip between his teeth as he reveals those sparkly blue eyes underneath those long eyelashes of his. I lean into him, "Kiss me," I ask as I nudge my nose against his. "I..." ---------------------------------------------------------- Inspired by the song Marry Me by Thomas Rhett Scarlett Davis and Colson Young have been friends since childhood but the lost of Scarlett's best friend and Cole's sister Alex and his father made them as close as you can be. Scarlett is about to marry her boyfriend but a revelation by her own sister, sends her into a tail spin of confusion. A little kiss that ended badly shut all doors on her feelings for Cole when they were teenagers. Now adults, Scarlett is starting to think those feelings aren't as buried as she once thought. Intending to be the one to give her away, Scarlett isn't so sure she wants Cole to ever let go. Losing his father and sister in a blink changed Cole. He holds those dear to him close and Scarlett, who glued him back together, he holds the closest. He can never lose her, which has stopped him from ever taking the next step with her. Now, she's asking all the right questions and he keeps coming up with all the wrong answers. Soon she'll be in a white dress, but who will she marry?

FULL STORY AVAILABLE ON AMAZON! Regency debutante Lottie Atwell must silence a blackmailing killer before her secrets are exposed and her family is ruined. She's killed before, but can she do it again? *** One year ago, Lottie Atwell killed a man to defend her honor. Now, a blackmailing killer claims to have proof of the incident and will reveal her secrets unless she agrees to his demands. Lottie must silence the killer by any means necessary, even if she must give up her love for Thomas, the gentle Scottish stablehand. To protect the woman he loves from afar, Thomas Hawthorne hides his position as a Lord and poses as a stablehand. He's been hiding from the world and avoiding his duties since returning from war a broken man, but when Lottie's life is threatened, he must make a choice. Continue hiding or rise to his birthright and save the only woman who inspires him to live again. How far would you go to protect the ones you love? Updated every weekend!

Immigrating from Scotland, her husband passing away suddenly on their crossing to America, a pregnant Claire Birrell and her daughter Aggie try to carve out a life for themselves in New York during the Great Depression. Can Claire find courage, hope and happiness on the other side of fear and despair?

Jess is the young mother of a special needs baby, but has no where to go. She's supposed to be taking her baby home from the hospital soon, but doesn't know where home is. Nick is the new nurse on the block, slugged with the worst shifts. He has no time to search for a roommate, so he lets his sister deal with it for him. Neither expected the other. Life eventually settles down, seemingly perfect- for a short while. When Jess is faced with the possibility of losing her baby, to the father who abandoned his child, she needs Nick more than ever. Warning: Sexual Content

***THIS STORY WILL BE PUBLISHED IN MAY 2025 ON AMAZON AND FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED!!*** [FREE BONUS CHAPTERS INCLUDED!] Eric Bolton, the CIO playboy of Bolt Investments, get more than he bargained for when he helps his nerdy assistant, Violet Harper's, nonexistent dating life with the help of his three special rules. Violet Harper is a very much single 24 year old hard working woman, who abides by the rules. She gets the personal assistant position for none other than the CIO of Bolt Investment Inc, Eric Bolton. Eric Bolton is a charming womanizer, who only dates women beyond description, is forced to take an assistant he is not attracted to, to his dissatisfaction. Enter Violet into his life. Eric's love life is colorful to say the least but lives by distinct rules when it comes to relationships, unlike his assistant, Violet. An agreement is made between the two that changes both lives. Violet has excellent organizational skills. Will she be able to organize Eric's chaotic love life or create more chaos to it?

[Letters to Inmate 29901 by Liezl Joy. THIS STORY IS PUBLISHED ON AMAZON! FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITED! AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND EBOOK] Lillie's letters are Dimitri's lifeline in prison, but when he gets out and his violent past tries to pull him back in, he might have to let her go. ***** Lillie Clarke had everything figured out, until she didn't. Nursing a broken heart, she starts writing to an incarcerated man. It's strictly platonic, but the letters from Dimitri make her feel things she hasn't felt in years: Appreciated. Interesting. Seen. When Dimitri gets out on parole, she agrees to see him, and things don't stay platonic for long. But getting out of prison is only the first step in Dimitri's second chance. His violent past keeps trying to pull him back in, and he'll do anything to keep Lillie safe. Even if that means staying away from her--or trying to.

"I'd give it all up for you, Avery," Finn urges. His hands are gripping onto my cheeks and I don't know why I'm letting him get so close to me when I told myself I wouldn't let this happen. All I know is that I could cry at his touch. I miss him so much. "The job, the team, everything," he continues. I swallow the lump in my throat as my eyes dart between his. He seems so desperate and I want to sock myself in the jaw when I'm tempted to wipe the single tear that fell to his cheek. "Because I've seen what it's like to live without you. I know what it's like to see you with someone else, and nothing is worth that. Not even the NHL." The sequel to Ice.

{The Wattys Awards Shortlist} The Saint's Brotherhood motorcycle club was known all over town, they were ruthless. They were feared, they got their reputation from one member in particular, one member that was so unbelievably intriguing and mysterious, people made legends and stories about him. They didn't know his name, didn't know who he was, where he came from, and they didn't know what he looked like for he wore a mask. The man himself struck fear into everyone he meant, he was the club's personal Devil. But she was okay with him.

Logan Myers and her four year old daughter Rori have drawn the short end of the stick. Again. Four years after locking away the man that attacked both of them two short weeks after Rori was born, he's finally set free with Rori in his sights all over again. Logan isn't exactly sure what to do, but she refuses to let him get her daughter and that's where Stanford Williams comes in. Stanford Williams, professional MMA fighter and badass on the side, knows he should have said no when Landon Reece showed him Logan's case file and told him what was going on. He has a fight coming up in just a few months and doesn't need the distraction, but the second he meets Rori she worms her way into his heart with her mom following right behind her. Now all he has to do is make sure that the creep after the two of them doesn't get his hands on them, and he should probably convince Logan to return the feelings he has for her. 🚨MATURE CONTENT🚨 CHECK OUT "Character Reference" TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE LOOKS LIKE AND GET AN IDEA ABOUT THEM IN YOUR HEAD cover by @nophotoshop ❤️