B. Love

When obsession meets revenge, no one is safe in this gripping new sequel to The Loyal Wife by national bestselling author B. Love. A dangerous obsession. Simmering tensions. Twisted vendettas . . . Detective Jones is back on the scene, obsessed with bringing down Sade for multiple murders. But his relentless pursuit masks a shocking personal connection that drives his thirst for catching her far beyond the bounds of justice. Meanwhile, Sade is carrying Dante's baby and is entangled with Atlas--the man responsible for Dante's accident and amnesia. As Atlas's behavior grows increasingly erratic and threatening, Sade must decide whether to run or fight. As Sade finds her way back to Dante, their newfound happiness is threatened as Jones closes in with evidence that could tear their world apart. Now, they must decide how far they'll go to protect their love and each other. But no one's hands stay clean for long in this deadly game of cat and mouse. It is now Dante's time to prove that his devotion knows no limits . . . even if it means adding to the body count. "B. Love blurs the line between devotion and destruction in this heart-pounding sequel. Every time I thought I had it figured out, another twist sent me spiraling. If you love gripping thrillers with high stakes and unforgettable characters, this one is a must-read " --K.C. Mills, USA Today bestselling author of Innocent Intent

"An emotionally charged psychological thriller that will leave fans breathless as they bear witness to the lengths a wife will go to honor her vows. An addictive page turner for fans of twisty plots in the same vein of Colleen Hoover's Verity. Perfect wife... Perfect life... until you can't remember either. The moment Dante Williams wakes up on the side of the road, unsure of where he is or who he is, his life changes for the worse. After a brief stay in the hospital, Dante is released to the care of his loving wife, Sade. Sade is beautiful, successful, and loyal. So loyal, she devotes herself to Dante indefinitely, hoping this will help him appreciate what he has--his life and his wife. While seemingly having it all, their perfect marriage isn't enough to keep Dante from digging up the past in hopes of recovering his memory. It isn't long before he begins questioning Sade's behavior and intentions. Once secrets start to unravel, Dante is left more confused than the day following the accident. When Dante discovers evidence of something more sinister at play, he prepares to end his marriage but learns quickly that Sade meant every word in her vows and plans to honor them, until death."

An emotionally charged psychological thriller that will leave fans breathless as they bear witness to the lengths a wife will go to honor her vows. An addictive page turner for fans of twisty plots in the same vein of Colleen Hoover's Verity. Perfect wife... Perfect life... until you can't remember either. The moment Dante Williams wakes up on the side of the road, unsure of where he is or who he is, his life changes for the worse. After a brief stay in the hospital, Dante is released to the care of his loving wife, Sade. Sade is beautiful, successful, and loyal. So loyal, she devotes herself to Dante indefinitely, hoping this will help him appreciate what he has--his life and his wife. While seemingly having it all, their perfect marriage isn't enough to keep Dante from digging up the past in hopes of recovering his memory. It isn't long before he begins questioning Sade's behavior and intentions. Once secrets start to unravel, Dante is left more confused than the day following the accident. When Dante discovers evidence of something more sinister at play, he prepares to end his marriage but learns quickly that Sade meant every word in her vows and plans to honor them, until death.

Kai's goal has always been to protect and preserve his best friend's heart. When Roux decides she's ready for love, Kai takes it upon himself to find the perfect man for her. Never did he imagine he'd face that man when he looked in the mirror.

*Please note: This is a 56,000 word standalone novel in a three part series. Each book has a happy ending. There are no continuations. Each book features a different couple and can be read in any order.* "People die or leave when you need them most. Nothing is ever certain. Nothing is ever sure." - Kailor Smith When Kailor Smith's mother dies, her life crumbles. Completely. Still looking out for her in death, Asia sends Kailor on a journey of self-discovery. The journey, meant to be a six-month path of fun and finding purpose, leads Kailor to Finley Trails where she temporarily lives with her brother Kai... and his best friend and bandmate Zion Johnson. Zion Johnson is convinced that he has only two things to offer the world - his music and his manhood. Nothing more, like love, but definitely nothing less. After losing his parents at a young age, he's convinced it's his job to protect every damsel that comes his way. Even his best friend's sister. No matter how much his best friend wants him to stay away. As Kailor and Zion's paths collide, they find themselves on a journey of healing and love together. There's just one problem; their union is forbidden. Not only could their relationship destroy Zion and Kai's friendship, but it also has the potential to ruin their band and all of the success they've built. The odds are stacked against them, and for a while they are even at war with their own feelings, but Kailor and Zion must choose between love or the numbing pain they have both accepted as their truths.

In the preface of "No Love in his Heart" seeds of love bloomed. In part one, those seeds became flowers that were nurtured. In part two, those flowers... may wilt. For Messiah and Blue, it seems as if they can never catch a break. When Messiah finally decides to permanently and legally tie his life to Blue, his life is put on the line. Will he be found and saved, or will the future he had in store for Blue die right along with him? For Indie and Kiylee, the past has a way of constantly resurfacing in their present, threatening their future. A lack of communication between these two leads Kiylee into the arms of another man. Will she come to her senses in time, or will Indie end their relationship before it can truly begin? For Alante and Tamara, their ten-year toxic marriage has turned them both into people they don't even recognize. When Tamara asks for a divorce, Alante agrees, surprising everyone that knows him. Attorney Rockmore has made it his mission to help Tamara with her divorce proceedings, and her heart if she will allow him. There's just one problem - Alante's medication turns him into the man Tamara has always wanted him to be. Will she continue on with the divorce, or give love with her husband a second chance?

*Please note: This is an eight-thousand word short story. If you are looking for a full length novel with a beginning, middle, and end, please choose another B. Love title for your reading pleasure.*Three nights.Two lovers.One weekend that will change their lives forever.For Latimore Hart, nothing is more important than his singleness and money. When he decides to spend the weekend at Decadence, an exclusive twenty-one and up hotel in Memphis, the last thing he expects is to find a woman capable of keeping his interest. In his mind, three days is more than enough time for him to share himself with any woman, but when he meets Dana... everything changes.Dana Green lost a bet with her best friend. Her punishment? To spend the weekend at Decadence. Her original plan was to spend her entire trip in her room, but a late check in leads to Latimore sliding into her vision, arms, and maybe even her heart.At the start of their weekend together, Latimore and Dana both agree that they will part ways and never see each other again when it's over. Will that be the case, or will they break the only rule at Decadence and continue their affair long after Sunday morning arrives?

Every time I asked my father why he stayed with my mother he would say, "Love isn't for the weak." Because of Cory, I was learning that to be true. He'd given me my first taste of love, and he helped me to see just how stupid our hearts could be. Because of Cory, I learned that love was the only thing we couldn't see in the physical that could completely screw up the physical - mainly our hearts. Love had the ability to break your heart into small pieces and feed it to the idiot you loved just to make him stronger while you grew weak. If love wasn't for the weak, may I never be strong. - Nola Williams For Nola Williams, until she achieves every dream and goal on her to-do list, love was to be avoided at all costs. That had been an easy task... until she met Logan Hart. Not only is Logan devilishly handsome, wealthy, and charming, but he also has the power to help Nola achieve her dreams in a fraction of the time it would take for her to do it on her own. In exchange for her dreams, Logan is asking for Nola's hand, heart, and commitment, and they all seem to be an easy trade in the beginning. As their exchange unfolds, Nola finds herself wondering if her dreams were worth the risk of tying herself to a man like Logan. A man who has an effortless ability to seep into the crevices of her cracked heart. The problem? Their union is only to last for a year, and though the world thinks it's real, Nola and Logan know it's fake. Will she be able to leave Logan with her dreams and her heart unscathed, or will she learn firsthand how love has the power to destroy just as her father did?

"You and these lies. I've never known you to be a liar until you started fighting your feelings for me. You'll be mine in due time, Mackenzie. In due time." - Rahim Frank They met ten years earlier, and she was approached by someone else. Out of a need to keep her close, Rahim settled for friendship with Mackenzie even though he's always wanted more. After a New Year's Eve kiss takes things to a deeper level, Rahim is determined to claim Mackenzie... even if she's his biggest obstacle to overcome.

"Connecting and falling for each other was easy; separating from each other was hard." When Nayeli Campbell returns to her hometown love isn't on her list of priorities. In fact, even though she craves the all-consuming empty fullness only love can bring, her plan is to stay clear of it and men. She has one goal - to work and gamble her way into her dream business by any mean's necessary - and love will simply get in the way. As an empath, Joaquin Wallace is forced on a daily basis to feel the emotions and energies of others. Because of his ability to feel deeply, understand greatly and fall in love quickly, Joaquin has closed himself off to love and committed to a life of singleness. He has one goal - to help his city heal as much as he can then leave for a life of solitude. Neither Joaquin or Nayeli want anything to do with love, but it seems to be magnetically pulling them towards each other from the day she steps foot in Memphis. Drawing them together and binding them like the invisible strings of a soul tie. Will they surrender to become one, or spend the rest of their days ignoring their bond and trying to unravel a tie that refuses to become undone?

There was no denying their love for each other - no matter how hard they tried. Joaquin and Nayeli grew so close that one without the other began to feel like a disability. Not in the sense of being incomplete separately, but in the sense of being so for each other in oneness that distance feels like a severing of their combined hearts and souls. At first, love was a distraction. One that they both fought to keep away. Now, it's the only thing they're fighting to have remain. There's just one problem - their lack of being completely honest with each other becomes the sever that may separate them completely and permanently. Will that be the case? Or will love find a way to reconnect their tattered souls and tie them to each other for eternity?

'If he loves me... it will have to be unconditionally. Even those unlovable parts of me that the newness of us has made him too blind to see.' - Cassie Cassie Armstrong is beautiful, creative and one of the most free-spirited people you'd ever meet. With dreams of becoming an internationally known fashion designer, Cassie is able to see the beauty in everything and everyone... except herself. Matteo Tate has been a fighter all of his life. A protector all of his life. When he meets Cassie, the warrior instinct that he was born with goes into overdrive. He realizes with time that Cassie is a princess who is unaware of her need to be saved. Matteo is stuck with two choices - remove himself from her life to avoid watching her spiral out of control, or risk hurting his own heart to save hers. Two men. Two vastly different displays of love. One of which isn't love at all. But which one? Cassie is unsure. All she can do is pray that she chooses correctly because both her heart and her life will depend on it. *Please note: This is a spinoff from 'Coffee with a side of You'.

Nyx Fifer went half on everything with a man that hadn't committed to giving her all of him, so when Glenn left... Nyx was stuck carrying all of the financial weight he neglected to take with him - as if she wasn't having a hard-enough time keeping her coffee shop up and running.Rocco Tate was in the business of giving and taking. As a real estate developer, he gave to potential business owners that he believed he could profit from, and took the businesses of those that he believed he couldn't. When Rocco decided to invest in a few blocks and turn the space into an entertainment district he didn't expect Nyx to stubbornly hold up his plan. Her business was clearly suffering because of the competition of a major coffee chain on the same street, and Rocco was sure Nyx would immediately jump on the opportunity to work with him. She didn't. Her persistence to keep her business matched his persistence to buy it from her. And as he pursued her business... Rocco also found himself pursuing Nyx's heart. Tired of men withdrawing more than they deposited into her, Nyx refused to allow Rocco access to either... but will that consistently be the case? Or will she end up like the other hundreds of business owners that fell for Rocco's devastating charm and hand over the keys to both her business and her heart?

Lucas Berry has never been the type to take the traditional route with anything in his life. Even when he considers it, life throws him a curveball that causes him to take an entirely different path. The last curveball, a pregnant friend with benefits, caused Lucas to make an illegal move that led to his sister, Luana, being bound to Jaxon Jeffries. At first meeting Jaxon, Lucas considers him to be a man that will never be worthy of his respect and admiration, but there is one thing that Jaxon shares with Lucas that changes his life forever - the importance of choosing a wife instead of letting something as reckless and irrational as love choose one for you.Hali Davison has never been the type to step out of the traditional route with anything in her life. Even when she considers it, life throws her a curveball that causes her to return to the safe, predictable path she grew up on. The last curveball, finding out the man she's loved all of her life practically was getting married to a woman that wasn't her, has Hali reconsidering her safe and predictable lifestyle. If her last chance at letting Lucas know how she really feels for him is at his wedding... so be it.Lucas is stuck between doing the right thing and following his heart. His childhood has made it difficult for him to believe that true love exists, which is a great deal of the reason why he's fought his feelings for Hali over the years. With his natural hair product line reaching heights he never thought were possible, Lucas is determined to secure his life mate now before his money, power and status make it impossible to choose a woman who wants him for him and not who he is and what he has. There's just one question he's faced with on the day of his wedding; is that woman Shanice, the woman responsible for giving him his first child, or Hali, the woman responsible for giving him his first taste of love - no matter how much he thought he didn't want it.*Please note, Lucas and Hali first appear in "Just Say You Love Me". While their story can be read on its own, it is suggested that you read about their backgrounds in "Just Say You Love Me" first.

"You said your womb was the workshop of God. A sacred space. What does that make you? That makes you holy. Consecrated. Set apart. For me." - Canon Woods He was everything. A reformed drug dealer turned bodyguard who was more than capable of providing and protecting. The perfect mix of holy and hoodlum. With the body of a Greek god, swag that easily left those around him captivated, a way with words that could stimulate the deepest of minds, and a power that commanded fear and respect... Canon Woods was everything.There were just two problems. One - he didn't want commitment. Two - Dynasty Cage wasn't the only woman with her eyes on him. After havoc breaks loose at Qwazi's initiation party, he and Sunshine Cage are out of La Familia, forcing Dynasty to take her place. Dynasty agrees because she sees this as her only chance to get to Amsterdam. The rest of La Familia agrees to let her go. On one condition. That Canon accompanies her as her bodyguard. Dynasty's mind is on La Familia and her current task at hand. The last thing she wants to do is fall for a man who has absolutely no desire to commit to her or anyone else. But that's exactly what happens. She falls. Hard. And while in Amsterdam... Canon catches her.When they return home to Memphis they are met with a common enemy that neither of them were expecting. That, on top of La Familia's disapproval of their union and Canon's ex girl, have them thinking what happened in Amsterdam should've stayed in Amsterdam.Will that be the case? Will their love fizzle out before it truly has a chance to flourish? Or will they throw all caution to the wind and choose love over loyalty? Read part two of Caged Love to find out

"When I'm with you... sex ain't a factor. I love and respect and care about you too much. But when I'm with a female like her... that's all she has to offer me. So I take what I can't get from you from someone else. I don't care about them, but I love you." - Roman Cage With over ten years of friendship between them, Jaelah Benson has had the biggest crush on Roman Cage for as long as she can remember. Everything about him turns her into mush. His perfect mix of hood, goofy, and gentle makes her pine. And the way that he protects her and provides for her has tremendously strained her relationship with Dru.After the death of her mother, Jaelah returns home to Memphis, and her rightful place in Roman's life... but things are different now. She's older. More alert to her feelings and desires. And Roman's wild and carefree promiscuous lifestyle.As those around them seal their love for eternity, Roman and Jaelah continue to fight how they feel, until it becomes too much for either of them to handle. Tired of wanting a man who obviously doesn't feel the same for her, Jaelah prepares to cut all ties with Roman... but when he's forced to be without her he realizes just how much he loves her.Will his revelation have perfect timing... allowing them to step into a new level of love? Or will his loyalty to his past ways end their relationship before it begins? Read part 4 of Caged Love to find out