She offered everything he never knew he needed. . .Ivy Johnson is stunned when Lucas Baylor makes an appearance at her family's event in Seattle. She hasn't seen him in nine years and never expected to again. Avoiding him is a must. She can't let him uncover her secret, but Lucas won't be denied. When her deception is revealed, it throws his life into a tailspin and forces them to face the truth of their feelings for each other-feelings they've both...

"NOTE: This short story is a previously published work. Danica Parker is attracted to a man at her firm: Marco Reyes-someone on her staff. When it comes to her career, she's always made the right decisions. Rather than risk her heart and her career with a sexual harassment complaint, she plays it cool whenever the sexy Director of Finance is nearby. Marco Reyes has been attracted to Danica from day one, but she's never given an inkling she can tolerate...

Now that their brother Debonair is serving five years in prison, three sisters—Tanqueray, Unique, and Sinclair—will have to learn to fend for themselves.
The oldest sister, Tanqueray, is a functioning addict bent on satisfying her selfish needs and desires. A mother of four children by the age of 23, middle sister Unique is in denial about what her latest man is up to in her own home. Sheltered baby sister Sinclair is trying to spread...

After having an affair with a married preacher and then having a child by an unemployed ex-boyfriend, Margie Milner is tired of playing with God's good graces and wants to live right. So when she meets the charismatic and very gorgeous, Pastor Lamont Stevens, Margie isn't sure if he is her God ordained destiny or if the devil is trying to tempt her to return to her old ways, but she is determined to find out. Pastor Lamont Stevens of Overcomers Ministries...

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.

"A gang leader's son finds his effort to go straight for the sake of his child challenged by a loved one's brutal murder, in a poignant exploration of Black coming-of-age set seventeen years before the events of the award-winning 'The Hate U Give'"--

Fifteen year old LaVontae Bryant has a wall up. He doesn't let anyone get close to him for fear they'll read what's written on his soul. He can't communicate with his father, and he resents his mother because she deserted him. Clayton Anderson has been deemed the class comedian. His home life isn't anything to laugh about. He daydreams about the day he'll turn sixteen because he plans to change things. He struggles to forgive his alcoholic mother...

Wendell Warner is freezing, half-starved and desperate. When he spots the elderly woman struggling through the snow with her bags, he mistakenly thinks she's an easy target. Unfortunately, he slips on the ice when he tries to snatch her purse. Velma Stevenson's life is changed when a teenager tries to steal her purse one harsh winter day. When Fate sends the would-be thief to her again, she sums it up as divine intervention. --Provided by publisher....

This is a boxed set that includes two juvenile fiction novels: Sequoia Denise, Just a Kid and Janell Has an Attitude. Sequoia Denise, Just a Kid SUMMARY: School is out and thirteen year old Sequoia Denise Washington is bored already. She thinks it's going to be another uneventful summer; one that consists of battling with her mother or being in the shadows of her oldest sisters, Desiree and La Toria. Then she meets the coolest person ever- Brandon....

A young teen tries to honor his mother's dying request and get to know his absentee father. Can he forgive a man who was never there, whose absence made him feel insignificant for most of his life?. --Provided by publisher.