He was his daddy's son.Eli "Maestro" Lewis has prepared himself to run the kingdom of Smoke Enterprises. The plan was to allow his father time to rest and live out his golden years with his new love, but someone wanted his father back in the game, and his father, Smoke, was all too happy to show Pittsburgh how he earned his name. They said where there's Smoke, there's fire, and now the city was up in flames. Eli had major problems with that. For one, his pops shoul...

Talia Vaughn knows better than to confuse online chemistry with real-life intimacy.Micah Sutton is grounded, careful, intentional, and far too easy to want, but what starts in comments, mutual circles, and public familiarity quickly becomes something neither of them can keep casual.As private moments deepen and real feelings rise, timeline drama, old almosts, nosey family, and best-friend reads force Talia and Micah to face the difference between being desired and being lov...

**A Belletrist Book Club Pick“Riveting . . . Lightbreakers is a marvel. . . propulsive and unforgettable.”–Washington Post“You will love this genre-busting book. . . A beautiful meditation of grief, time, and love.” –Samin NosratWhat would you give to relive the past?**Maya, an artist, and Noah, a quantum physicist, share an insatiable curiosity about the world. But their happy marriage has a shadow over it: Serena, the child Noah had with ...

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The start of a soul-stirring experience...Podcast host Zola is smart, sexy, and opinionated. When wealthy app developer Khalil calls into her show to correct her, she won't let him off the hook without a fight. The more they talk, the bigger the sparks. Could it be love?The SOULMATES series features four enigmatic, intuitive, emotional & sexually independent women. The men that love them are strong, loving, ambitious, and have the wisdom to know the women they are diggin' a...

This book explores the reception experiences of post-1958 Afro-Cubans in South Florida in relation to their similarly situated “white” Cuban compatriots. Utilizing interviews, ethnographic observations, and applying Census data analyses, Aja begins not with the more socially diverse 1980 Mariel boatlift, but earlier, documenting that a small number of middle-class Afro-Cuban exiles defied predominant settlement patterns in the 1960 and 70s, attempting to immerse themselves in the newly for...

Florida Water is a collection of poems that, like the cleansing waters of spiritual baths, rinse, reflect, and reveal the raw truths that lie within.In this vulnerable meditation, aja monet reflects on her migration to South Florida in search of love, connection, and belonging, unearthing the delicate balance between the poet, lover, and community organizer. These poems lay bare the tender dance of relationships, entwining the personal wit...

They were always more than friends.Amaya Jameson never forgot the night Amir Barkley touched her like she was his. They were supposed to be just friends. They tried to be. But the spark between them has always burned too hot to ignore.Now, years later, they've crossed the line for real—and there's no going back.Sexy, emotional, and unforgettable . . . The Spark is a slow-burn friends-to-lovers romance where heat meets heart and love demands...

Asha Sinclair doesn't do relationships. Ezra Bishop has been waiting for her to change her mind. Their arrangement—casual, convenient, and complication-free—was supposed to be enough. But when Asha needs a date for her sister's wedding, lines blur, rules break, and suddenly, pretending feels a lot like something real.Contains mature themes.

Some women fall in love. Carmen learned how to survive it.She wanted the man with power, the life that came with him, the kind of love that looked like protection and felt like possession. And for a moment . . . she had it. But love doesn't always choose you back.Caught between the man she fought to keep and the one who reminds her of who she used to be, Carmen makes a choice that will cost her everything. Her heart. Her children. Herself.The worst part is ...

What happens when you meet a love that feels as though it existed long before this lifetime and will continue long after it?Twin Flames: The Journey of Perfect Love is Goddess Ajá’s intimate memoir of a love and connection that transformed the way she understood relationships, spirituality, healing, and herself.Before meeting her twin flame, Goddess Ajá was carrying the residual pain and wounds of previous relationships. She had learned to question whether the kind...

Project “Earth” by aja is an introduction – a metaphysical, or New Thought, primer - that will be equally valuable to those whose curiosity has just been raised, whose growth has just begun and those who are long-term students of cosmic awareness seeking a reminder. Transcribed from channeled messages received by three women - this book is intended for those who may be just opening to possibilities beyond what they've been taught and what main stream society believes. But the whole 'other'...