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THE KING'S REDEMPTION | DAVE EAST  by Dedra_Tarese
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It's been some time since Xander King was arrested in the middle of Greater New Hope Church. One minute, everybody was sitting in service, watching Bishop King preach like everything was normal. The next minute, the feds came walking through the doors and snatched Xander right in front of the whole church. After that day, nothing was ever the same. Charity King has been trying to pick up the pieces ever since. With Xander gone, she's been forced to be the sole provider for their daughter, Xylah. The life she thought she was building with him got flipped upside down, and now she's trying to be strong for her baby while still dealing with the hurt, the questions, and the love she still has for a man who put her through more than enough. And the King family? They are nowhere near the perfect family people thought they were. Bishop King's secrets have shaken the church, Victoria is trying to hold her family together, Genesis is growing up with the King name hanging over her head, and everyone is trying to figure out how to move forward when the person who held so much power in the family is sitting behind bars. But Xander King's story is not over. With his release possibly coming, everybody is wondering what comes next. Has prison really changed him? Is he ready to do right by Charity, Xylah, and his family? Or is the old Xander still there, waiting to come back stronger than before? The Kings all want redemption in some way. Xander wants to fix what he broke. Charity wants peace and stability. Victoria wants her family whole again. Malachi wants to outrun the secrets that keep catching up to him. Genesis just wants to breathe without the weight of the King name on her back. But wanting redemption and actually earning it are two different things. In The King's Redemption, the drama is deeper, the secrets are messier, and the love is more complicated than ever. Because when Xander finally comes home, everybody will have to decide if forgiveness
DANGEROUS TEMPTATION by wifeeflockaaa
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Love, danger, and temptation collide in this forbidden age-gap romance where every glance could cost them everything.
𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐍  by cocoblickk
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honey is a stripper working her way through school to become a teacher. salem is a powerful kingpin who isn't looking for love, but honey's uninterested attitude quickly catches his attention. what starts as attraction turns into something deeper when honey unexpectedly falls for the one man she knows could change everything.
wildflower ♡ by missgossipgurl
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ʟᴀɴɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇᴅ. ɴᴏᴛ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ꜱʜᴇ ʟᴇꜰᴛ. ɴᴏᴡ ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ, ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʀɪᴘ, ᴏɴᴇ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴏɴ... ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱʜᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ꜱᴏ ꜰᴀʀ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢꜱ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ꜰᴀᴅᴇ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʟɪɴᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄʀᴏꜱꜱᴇᴅ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ... ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ'ꜱ ɴᴏ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ.
THE UNHOLY | Dave East by Dedra_Tarese
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Xander King is the ultimate "holy" deception. As the son of the city's most famous Bishop, he's royalty in a three-piece suit. On Sunday mornings, he's the perfect heir to the pulpit. But when the sun goes down, the suit comes off, and the King of the streets comes out to play. Xander doesn't just run the city's underground-he owns it. He's got the money, the power, and a line of women who know better than to ask for his heart. Then there's Charity. She's the girl who just traded her old life for a Bible and a fresh start. She's trying to be "good," and when she looks at Xander, she sees a man who's just as lost as she used to be. She thinks she can save him. She thinks his cold stares are just a shield for a broken soul. But Xander isn't looking to be saved. He's fighting a war on every front: his father's impossible expectations, a past that won't stay buried, and the dangerous pull he feels toward a girl who's too pure for his world. When a body drops and a murder investigation hits too close to the church, the polished mask starts to slip. Charity is about to find out that the man she's falling for isn't a misunderstood saint-he's the devil in the front row. In this city, the only thing more dangerous than a sinner is someone Unholy.
𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 by Corionaa
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Kade never thought he would find himself falling as deep as he did. One lonely intimate night with Rae aka Candy left him ready to risk it all. She made him feel ways his fiancé couldn't. He wanted her, he needed her bad. All it took is for him to have a dose of Candy Coated Kisses. How did Rae find herself falling for the man she just wanted to make feel good temporarily? It was never supposed to get this far.. now she's left stuck in a love cycle she never wanted to end.
Unexpected Love : She Loved Him Better | D.E. by mymywrotethat
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To the elite clients of his corporate empire, Xavier Lucas is a ruthless, brilliant businessman. To the criminal underworld, he is an untouchable assassin who never misses a mark. But at home, his marriage to Raquel- a woman with some fire behind her , a hairstylist who doesn't care for her family anymore. When they hire Karmen Simmons, a brilliant nursing student, to care for their daughter, the thin line that Xavier was trying to save shatters . Karmen knows how the human body works, how it breaks, and exactly how to mend Xavier's fractured soul. What starts as late-night temptation quickly spirals into a lethal obsession. When Xavier pushes Raquel with a divorce to openly claim Karmen, he thinks he can control the fallout. But Raquel didn't build her life up just for him to take it all away. As a vicious custody battle begins, a dangerous collision course is set: a hitman who wants out, a nursing student with her own survival instincts, and a wife who would rather see him dead than replaced.
Mississippi Summer  by mymywrotethat
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In the deep sticks of a small town in Mississippi , two teenagers meet and fall in love over the summer . But One day he leaves no "bye" no "see you later" just gone vanishing within the night , Leaving Sevyn heartbroken . Seven summers later , they meet again . He's older now and so is she . She's a Registered nurse and he's a music producer whose lives were about to change within an instant .
Soft For You by SoleMonet
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They call him Kairo in rooms she'll never step into - a name that ends conversations, a name people don't say twice. To Amara, he's just Zephir. Quiet. Careful. A man who tips too well and watches too closely. She doesn't know what he's capable of. She doesn't know what he's hiding behind a gym membership and a good haircut. He knows exactly what he is. He's just never had a reason to be soft until now. Because some men build empires out of fear. Some women build peace out of chaos. And some love is the most dangerous secret either of them will ever keep.