When a tall, handsome, hunk in cutoff sweats gets in Marnie Davis's face for hijacking his Laundromat dryer, feathers fly. She calls him a barbarian. He calls her a hooligan. Imagine her chagrin then, to find the barbarian, Scott Langley, dressed like a GC model in her law offices the next day. It turns out Scott is the godson of one of the partners of the firm where Marnie works.Marnie is forced to take Scott under her wings so they decide to bury the hatchet. Despite their growin...

Amber Martin ran from a painful past and into a successful career as a real estate agent. When she closes the most lucrative sale of her career, she invites her boyfriend, Geoffrey Cole, to a celebratory dinner. Egotistical, self-absorbed Geoffrey ruins the dinner to take care of business, causing Amber to take a hard look at their relationship. Realizing she will always take a backseat to his wheeling and dealing, an angry and hurt Amber goes clubbing with the goal of getting laid. She ho...

Take a dive into the world of Candy Caine with this potpourri of stories, some being short and others novella length. There is a bonus section of ultra short stories that have never been in print before, as well. The stories in this collection have characters that come from all walks of life.Some are young, some are middle-aged. As for the plots, there are endings the reader might suspect, while several they may not see coming.

Claudia Brown is a successful English professor with the perfect life. One trap she swore to avoid was marriage. To her, a one-night stand was the preferred modus operandi. But when Claudia realizes she could grow old alone, she decides to have a baby—minus the attachment of the father. She picks the perfect specimen: Robert Sterling, a fellow professor. But she never factored in the one thing that could threaten her entire operation—falling in love with Robert.

The following short stories portray the inner strength of women when put to the test.I Kidnapped My Son: To save her child, a woman runs away with her son.Defenseless: When a police officer save's a woman's life, he becomes obsessed with her.Living a Lie: A young woman hiding the fact she had a child out of wedlock discovers that's not the only family secret.Abducted: A woman is abducted off a NYC street by a cab driver.Never Surrender: A married couple f...

When Shawna Washington finds the man she's been living with in bed with another woman, she scratches his name off her Christmas list and leaves him. After realizing that getting him out of her life is not as easy as she'd hoped, she takes a vacation to visit her grandmother thinking it will help her stay away from men and their tangling relationships. Only she quickly discovers that Grandma has her own agenda.

When Jade Green met successful trial lawyer, Charles Trotter, she found herself relaxing in the warmth of his smiles and his off-beat humor. Best of all, even though he was a blue-eyed hunk, she thought of him only as a great guy to hang with—no drama, no intimacy, no possibility of shattered dreams. And wonder of wonders, he seemed to feel exactly the same way!When Charles Totter met Jade Green, he thought she was a walking wet dream. As he got to know her better, he found he also...

Their love is the only thing that helps them survive the forces threatening to tear them apart.Evie Bennington faces a dilemma. She is attracted to Dillon, a blond, green-eyed hunk and he is attracted to her. They sizzle on the dance floor and between the sheets. But Evie promises her dying mother never to date a white man. So how can she even consider a future with Dillon?Then it seems as if Fate steps in to solve her problem when Dillon inexplicably disappears. Confused a...

In the wee hours, two days before Christmas, graphic artist Allie Benson-a young African-American living contently with her boyfriend-is awakened by a distress call from her boss. Knowing she possesses a pilot's license, he asks her to fly to Maine to pick up Roy Colby, a stranded potential client, and bring him back to Manhattan. She imagines Colby, the owner of a chain of stores, to be a middle-aged guy with a paunch, so she isn't prepared for the handsome, blond-haired man waiting at th...

This collection of red-hot interracial romances from popular author, Candy Caine, features brand new stories…Forever on My Mind—Feeling betrayed by her best friend and the love of her life, Tim, Brianna strives to overcome her heartbreak with nothing but casual sexual relationships. But when Tim comes back into her life years later, can she deny the heat, the passion, the tenderness she experiences at the sinfully skillful hands of the only man she's ever loved?Staying Focuse...

Max Turner tries to stop his father from beating his mother and accidentally kills his old man in self-defense. His mother refuses to let him confess to the police and forces him to leave indefinitely. Max makes his way from Arkansas to Texas and is hired by Angie Rawlings, a widow nearly the age of his mother, to help with her farm. Angie teaches him to be a man, but when Max meets a beautiful, black girl named Mallory Washington, he's smitten and soon realizes he must choose between work...

Ariel Jones: Sassy. Sexy. Swirling. A long-legged, sophisticated black woman who knows what she wants and goes for it. She is sexually adventurous and indulges her libido with whomever and wherever she likes. Okay. So sometimes this gets her into real trouble. Ariel just chalks it up to experience and moves on down the road to the next adventure.The only adventure she avoids like cheap shoes is marriage. Too much trouble. Too much heartache. Too little fre...