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Gianna Bianchi reminded me of everything I am not—polite and poised. The perfect mafia princess according to old-school standards. She was the type of woman you stayed away from, the kind meant to wed the head of a family. I wanted her. I wanted to possess her. Control her. Most of all, I wanted to love her.

I fell in love with you at a wedding. There were days when I did not like you at all, but you were the man standing at the end of the aisle with the snow falling around us whenever I dared to dream. Now we are here, at our wedding in Connecticut, on Christmas Day. The setting is perfect, and I cannot wait to spend the rest of my life with you.

Bad boys have never been my thing. I’ve seen firsthand the kind of devastation they can cause. That’s why I go for safe. Predictable. Guys who will take whatever I’m willing to give. That way, I always have the upper hand, ensuring that my heart remains unscathed. There is only one problem. None of those men have ever made my heart beat faster, or made me feel out of control. That is, until him.

Brooke Kelly is newly single and not in a rush to replace her ex. Brooke is tired of being cheated on and disrespected. When she meets Alpha and finds out he's newly released from prison, she knows it wouldn't be wise to take him serious, but Brooke falls fast. And she doesn't just fall for him but for his kids, too. Moving too fast, stressors of the world and fatherhood along with financial responsibility have Alpha rethinking some of his actions and wishing he could do things differently.

Young love lost. Two hearts in limbo. An unbreakable bond. A love story for the ages.

Juleena always knew she wanted to go away to college; she just didn't know it would be in New York. That was until she met and fell in love with her boyfriend, Mooski, a few summers ago. Juleena knew she wanted to be close to him, so she applied to every college possible in the tri-state area just so she could be close to him. Ju's plan was to always attend NYU, so when she got accepted into Fordham University, she felt herself straying from her life's path. Juleena thought moving to New York would make her and Mooski closer. Instead, the two of them couldn't be further apart.

From the moment Adonis Grayon sees Corinne Bishop, he's smitten with her moves on and off the court. Much to his delight, she reciprocates his feelings. However, growing up in the limelight had made Cori leery of it. Although she's head over heels for Don, she has no desire to disrupt their groove or go public as a couple. Meanwhile, keeping secrets doesn't sit well with him due to his painful past.

Just when things seem to be going well, a curve ball is thrown at Tae causing Brenna to take a step back from their situation. Now becoming a father, Tae puts all his attention on his son, ignoring the yearning inside of him. Brenna thinks moving on is the key to her problems, but what she soon learns is the heart wants what the heart wants. The only question between them is can Brenna put aside her issues with Tae's newfound fatherhood to give them a real chance?

Skylar Addison is one of the best sports attorneys in the city, so when the firm she worked for “reallocated” her out of a job, she felt as if the rug had been snatched from up under her. Finding out that her ex had her terminated after she decided that she no longer wanted to be in a relationship, only made matters worse. After a pity party at a local bar and grill, Skylar found herself falling for the type of man she swore she would never think twice about.

Myles Burton was a former Army Rancher serving on the Columbia SWAT team. He had mastered the art of working under extreme pressure. Each day he fought alongside his brothers in blue to fight crime and had no time for distractions. No matter how sexy she looked handling a gun. Roxxy Sutton was sent to audit the SWAT team. Her company was hired due to the influx of accusations of police brutality across the nation. Pouring through procedure manuals just wasn't as exciting as the tall, dark, and handsome cop.

Loving hard doesn’t do anyone any good when the love isn’t reciprocated. If Rondo Simpson could have a do-over in his love life, he would jump at the opportunity. The woman he’s loved for over ten years has committed the ultimate betrayal and has convinced him that love just isn’t in the cards for him. Even attempts at love before her seemed to be one-sided and left him heartbroken. However, unexpectedly, the type of woman he’s been longing for walks into his life when everything is in disarray, stealing his attention from the word go.

Ojasvi "Sin" Sinclair. Fast-forwarding three years after it was finally revealed, what's in a name? Ashira now knows the man she once thought of as a felon laborer is far more than the task she'd bargained for. Yes, he's a convicted felon who works in home-building. He's also convicted in his spiritual walk, a savvy entrepreneur, laboriously supportive, a tad insane, and has possibly run out of patience for her. He's also the father of her three-year-old child.

After three years of living in secret bliss, the group is left standing in a pile of rubble that they have to figure out how to get out of. Can lust really turn into love, or can the decision made out of sin really be their fate? Demi, Sonia, Mariah, Greyson, Mac, and Rahja are on a path to find out what is lust and what is really love. Are you ready?

No commitments, no strings, no spending the night, no kissing on the mouth. Those are some of the rules Carter Black has in place to ensure he keeps his pleasure at the forefront and catching feelings no where in the picture.

Juleena doesn't know who she can trust anymore. She is truly in a battle of her heart over family. Who does she choose, and what does she do? Her brother has always been her right hand, someone she could trust with her life. When that changes, who can she truly depend on?

The "construction laborer" is really a wealthy felon with too many inexplicable circumstances to fathom for her narrow worldview. Will Jas share more of his complexities? Will Ashira be able to absorb them with understanding, leaving the judgment behind? Two souls, still galaxies apart, bound by love. The unanticipated UFO has collided with her world like a ferocious asteroid.

Princess Cadena Winthrope was well aware of the splintering heat that sizzled her flesh whenever Gemini was nearby. As her loyal guard, Gemini remained standing in the shadows, watching her every move—his gaze catching the dark corners of the room as well as her body's outline. Past ready to face their attraction head-on, Cadena is prepared to put her heart on the line, but a romance between the two could put his life at risk. How far would they be willing to go for love?

Secrets beget lies. Lies beget secrets. Four years after closing the gruesome murder of church Elder Dennis Gregg, Detective Joi Sommers and her partner Russell Wilkerson are summoned to a South Suburban commuter college where the body of a sexy coed is found garroted in the chemistry lab. From their first horrified glimpse at the corpse they recognize they have been tasked with an extraordinary case. The evidentiary trail leads them to similarly murdered victims. Is this a pattern, or a series of random coincidences?

Anissa Dent is experiencing heartbreak like none she’s ever felt. Her husband of nearly twenty years has fallen victim to crack cocaine after a devastating loss. All her efforts to help him have failed, and to protect herself and her sons, she divorces him and has him removed from their home. That doesn’t stop him from popping in and out of their lives with promises of getting clean. Anissa desperately wants to move on in her life, but her love for what once was is holding her back. However, attending a family barbeque with her son proves to be the restart she desperately needs.

In every game, some rules are made to be broken. For Lennox Black, never could he imagine that the effortlessly pretty, coy, yet mysterious new woman in town, Tia Alexander, would become his most formidable opponent to date.