Essence #1 best-selling author Kiki Swinson holds nothing back in this sensational tale of a scheming lawyer without limits. Yoshi Lomax loves playing dirty. She'll do whatever it takes to win a case-including bribing cops, sleeping with her superiors, and convincing her DEA pals to make evidence disappear. But when Yoshi runs out of tricks while defending a Haitian mob boss, the gangster makes one thing clear: Yoshi either wins the case or loses her life.

Champaign and Zyair have been together for five years, and they're feeling the need to rekindle the erotic spark between them. When they decide to invite a third person into their bedroom, neither one of them realizes how much their lives will change. What starts out as one night of experimentation becomes an obsession for Champaign, who decides she wants to experience that kind of passion again and again. Meanwhile, her friend Alexis is tired of being used, abused, and treated as an after...

Essence best-selling authors Kiki Swinson and Noire have attracted huge audiences for their sexy, anything-goes fiction. Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless features a novella from each author. Swinson's electric "Shamelessly Rich" showcases a spoiled bad girl facing a life-changing choice. And in Noire's "Puttin' Shame in the Game," three gorgeous ladies set their sights on a wealthy cop. "Kiki captures the heat of the streets."-Wahida Clark "Noire is Dickens for the age of dojah, donuts...

Packed with "high suspense" and "memorable choices and consequences" (Booklist) Kiki Swinson's novels sizzle with brutally unpredictable characters, breakneck plotting-and a uniquely gritty portrait of Southern life. Now she breaks all the rules as a young woman with two targets on her back tries to keep those she loves-and herself-alive . . . Run for cover It was supposed to be easy money. A few exchanges for cash, one big payoff, and then life would be better than ever with bills all pai...

They're the housemates from Hell …When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O'Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find … working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders.Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer—all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou …And instead of finding some meaning an...

The grass is greener on the darker side …The grass is greener at Lush Meadows Golf and Country Club these days but that was not always the case. When Preston and Amy Meadows inherited the club, it was in shambles and so was their relationship. By happenstance, Amy discovers a solution that not only saved the club but her marriage as well. Under the guise of her foundation, Meadows Mission, Amy facilitated a program that lessened the homeless population, while simultaneously buildin...

For the wealthy Murdochs of Chesterton, Virginia, managing scandalous damage and killer drama is now their only chance at survival . . . For Evan Murdoch, the bad news just won't stop. As he battles an attempted murder charge, he's on the verge of getting forced out of the family corporation-and fears he can't trust his new wife, Lelia. Enter savvy family matriarch Ida, whose wild-card schemes might be the answer to his prayers-or lead to disaster like he's never seen. With Evan sidelined,...

New York Times bestselling author Zane presents a tantalizing short story collection, which is now the basis of the Cinemax series Zane's Sex Chronicles, calls for a sexual revolution and brings forth our favorite characters—Patience James, Maricruz, Lyric, Eboni, and Ana Marie—as they balance common day-to-day issues, a slew of hot sex, and the fine men in the big city.Anyone who thinks that men are by nature more sexual than women or that Africa...

In bestselling author Rochelle Alers' passionate, uplifting new series, four friends from very different backgrounds find new beginnings amid the sultry beauty of New Orleans. Corporate attorney Hannah DuPont-Lowell always pictured herself returning to New Orleans to retire-just not yet. But after her Manhattan company abruptly lays off its staff, there's no better place to figure out a next move than the porch of her plantation-style home. Nestled in the stunning Garden District, the DuPo...

New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber delivers down-and-dirty fiction about family and tumultuous relationships. In this sequel to Something on the Side, Weber pens the further exploits of curvy ladies who want it all—and get more than they bargained for.Sisters Isis and Egypt kiss the Big Apple goodbye and launch a new chapter of the Big Girls Book Club in Richmond, Virginia. You’ve got to be at least a size 14 to join, but this time, the former ladies-only club is welcomin...

Her "unrelenting" (Publishers Weekly) and "tension-packed" (Library Journal) novels have made Kiki Swinson a bestselling chronicler of the Virginia's most glittering, treacherous streets. In the explosive follow-up to her high-octane The Score, a master thief's ultimate payday delivers the deadliest game of all. Two for the money. Identity thief Lauren Kelly thought she was safe. The millions she stole from her double-crossing accomplice and ex-lover Matt Connors bought a quiet upscale lif...

Best-selling author Daaimah S. Poole cooks up a juicy page-turner with Somebody Else's Man. Nikki's life was a wreck-three years wasted with a deadbeat boyfriend, and then a huge fight with her best friend Tia. Now, with a promotion at work and a loving new man-who respects her-life is finally going as planned. Until one day, when Tia reveals a secret that will blow Nikki's new life apart.