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In year 2272, a technologically advanced African civilization has formed and the west has fallen due to global warming and political tension. In this year East Africa is tearing apart and tensions are brewing due to a major earthquake caused by the splitting of the Great Rift. As more and more people suffer, large numbers have turned to crime and violence. In these sad times the area has become ripe with fear and darkness.

Most women would have been satisfied - growing up poor, only to end up snagging one of the finest and wealthiest men in Chicago. But not Rose! She doesn’t want to destroy, but she can’t seem to do anything else! And it doesn’t help matters that her man is an ex-thug turned multimillionaire named Boston St. Rock. Maybe, someone should have told her that street guys aren’t to be played with. Even if they have turned their life around! You can take the man out the streets, but you can’t take the streets out the man.

As a journalist, Jessica Ryder knew how to deal with all kinds of situations, but when her editor assigned her a last-minute interview, she realized she wasn’t prepared at all for the number one tennis player Hayden Connors. She imagined him as some spoiled, rich kid, but found a bad boy billionaire, instead.

It’s easy to take him with me, but again that is a problem too. “What are you, Sapphira? No who are you? I don’t even know what to ask you. What did I see today? It doesn’t make sense. I need to process this; I don’t understand any of this.” He said all in one breathe. I am the princess of the mermaid world and also the future queen. I arrive in the human world along with my best friend and protector Armanian, to prove that I am worthy to be the princess.

He won’t leave me alone for my life. I have to get rid of him, before he gets into my head. I don’t know how I will face her if I ever come in contact with her. My past will come to haunt me. Then I have to take care of this girl at school named Lucinda, oh how I despise her! I will drag her ass down the floor, that’s a promise. I am a street fighter, without parents, without anyone to look after me. I am my own guardian. It’s been like this for many years, and I am happy for it. I have no boys in my life; boys are only my contenders and nothing else.

Civil war sliced through the Spring Court, leaving the royal family assassinated and General Ashton imprisoned. Torturous years later, Ash finally escapes and embarks on a mission to complete the last order he was given by the late King—to locate his lost princess. In a small flower shop, living a rather mundane existence, he finds a rare beauty named Hayley—who happens to be the rightful heir to the throne.

When a curse threatens Nora, a wolf shifter and bodyguard, she’ll need Julian’s help if she’s going to survive. He’s a healer, a witch, and a former client. Which means Nora needs to keep her hands to herself. She doesn’t mix business with pleasure. But as danger dances ever closer, she can’t resist the captivating man. Lifting the curse that’s killing her should be the end of things, but as magic and peril swirl around, they’ll need to rely on each other to survive.

Isha Saene has perfected the act of balancing her life - a celebrated corporate negotiator spearheading an international trade deal that could catapult her country to one of the fastest growing mid-sized economies in Africa, and a loyal First Princess of Bagumi Kingdom set to seal ties with a neighbouring nation through marriage. Until one careless moment knocks her carefully choreographed life into chaos.

The Hood Needs Love Too! delves into the struggles and triumphs of marginalized communities, shedding light on the systemic issues we face and offering a message of hope and empowerment. With a keen focus on the vital pillars of Collective Strength, Spiritual Resilience, and Economic Empowerment, it aims to challenge stereotypes, dismantle prejudices, and ignite a sense of unity and compassion among listeners. Brooks equips listeners with the tools for liberation.

Fate or choice? What does a handsome roughneck do when he meets a beautiful young damsel in distress, who was recently acquitted of murdering her stockbroker? The enraged citizens of New Orleans thought she was guilty, and set her whole neighborhood ablaze, including the Fire Department. Broke, with nothing but the clothes on her back and the shoes on her feet, she watched her house burn to the ground. With the smell of burning wood and bricks lingering in the cool morning breeze, Johnnie left New Orleans while her home was still smoldering.

Expect another wild ride form the mind of Keith Lee Johnson with his original smash hits, Little Black Girl Lost Book 1: The Innocent and Little Black Girl Lost Book 2: The Forbidden. Written as only Keith Lee Johnson can, Little Black Girl Lost Book 3: Legal Tender takes you back into New Orleans' seedy underbelly, into a world where no one can be trusted; especially with $250,000 at stake. Will the past catch up with this beautiful, vivacious teenager? Or will her wise and nimble intellect preserve her young life in this edge of the seat roller coaster?

On Christmas Eve, 1951 in New Orleans, fifteen-year-old Johnnie Wise is sold into prostitution by her domineering mother, and her dreams of being an Evangelist or nightclub singer like Billie Holiday vanish like the notes of an old song. In her new life, surrounded by powerful men with even more powerful secrets, Johnnie finds that she can use romance with the men that pay to sleep with her to her advantage, and the teenage girl finds herself thrown into a world of wealth, bribery, and cold-blooded gangsters. But, the underbelly of New Orleans in the fifties isn’t without its dangers.

Little Black Girl Lost Book 4: Captive is the latest episode from the fertile imagination of Keith Lee Johnson's original epic tale. Captive introduces drop-dead gorgeous Lauren Renee Bouvier, a youthful teenager, the African Root of Johnnie and Marguerite Wise. Its survival of the fittest on the mean streets of 18th Century New Orleans. With her life and virtue constantly in danger, how does she survive the ruthless Monarch of Bouvier Hill?

Keith Lee Johnson continues the epic tale of Ibo Atikah Mustafa, a master of subversion, who loves it when her powerful competitors underestimate her skill. Little Black Girl Lost Book 5: Queens of New Orleans is the fast-paced rip-roaring sequel to Book 4: Captive. Lauren Renee Bouvier is on a mission and has a plan to destroy every Queen threatening her right to exist and thrive in New Orleans. Will she succeed? Or will her enemies discover her plans and turn victory into defeat?

The sequel to the first book, titled The Forbidden, is a captivating and intense story that dives into irresistible TEMPTATION, delicious OBSESSION, and fiery VENGEANCE, making it a truly explosive and unyielding continuation. In The Forbidden, NAPOLEON BENTLEY emerges as a formidable character, reigning over the perilous French Quarter of New Orleans and establishing himself as a dominant force in organized crime. NAPOLEON’s reputation precedes him as someone who has no qualms about taking whatever he desires. He’s set his sights on stunning and curvaceous JOHNNIE WISE.

With the last battle fast approaching, the time to gather allies for an army is running out. As are the number of days left in Nadine’s life. Despite Micah’s insistence that they find a way to stop Nadine’s impeding death, she chooses to focus all her attention on strategies to win the war instead. With a new hero, a new god, and new abilities, she starts to believe they might actually have a chance to lift the never-ending veil of darkness. Until a betrayal throws a wrench into their carefully made plans, setting them back to square one.

He will live forever, but his existence will mean nothing without her. Not even a god can break a soul oath. Refusing to accept Nadine’s imminent death, Micah goes on a perilous journey to discover a way to change her terrible fate. A legend about a cup holds the key, but the price to get it may be more than he is willing to pay.

Prince Redlen isn’t called the rebel prince for nothing. Since a youngling, he would rather spend time with the soldiers on the outskirts of the Autumn Court, or train with neighboring kingdoms, than visit his own family at the Oren Palace. But when their worst enemy shows up at their shores and threatens his kingdom, he has no choice but to go back.

Human Liza has no idea aliens exist—or that she's been talking to an alien dating agency for months, pouring her heart out about her abusive home life. When she finally begs for help, Flint's right there... but she has no idea why. And when he teleports her away from home she's sure she's being abducted. In her desperate bid to escape, Liza sends them hurtling down to a dangerous watery planet full of monsters eager to eat her... or worse. Liza refuses to rely on any man, even if her accidental kidnapper is a better option than a wild water dragon.

Asher knows what he wants and a mate isn't part of the bargain. But when his boss turns her marriage-minded meddling his way, he's forced to take a meeting with the Intergalactic Dating Agency. There's no way the matchmaker can find a lady who will meet his exacting standards. Then Zoe Gershwin crashes into his life and chaos ensues.