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Romance, resilience, and the salon family who refuses to let you fall.

Lyric has spent years surviving on her own, but the sisterhood at Crown and Glory salon gives her more than safety—it gives her a chance at love. Mouse, the quiet caregiver with a tender heart, becomes her anchor, her laughter, and her unexpected passion. Together they discover that home is not a place but the woman who holds you.

This is a Black, lesbian, grown-woman love story. Expect richly drawn characters, heart-squeezing emotional tension, supportive sisterhood, and sensual, explicit intimacy between women who know what they want, or are learning how to ask for it.

Desire is a sultry, emotionally resonant romance set in the heart of Charlotte’s vibrant Black queer community. When soft-spoken daycare director Jabari crosses paths with bold hair stylist Celeste, their slow-burning connection threatens to upend everything they thought they knew about love, sexuality, and trust.

What if you loved two people… and refused to lose either?

When a woman returns carrying secrets that could unravel everything, three lovers must decide whether love can stretch far enough to hold truth, trauma, and family. Secrets is a raw, tender story about chosen family, resilience, and the courage to love without limits.

Sometimes justice requires breaking the rules.

Marshal Jordan Reynolds excels at deep cover assignments—even playing married to protect dangerous witnesses. But this time, her “husband” is hiding secrets that put vulnerable kids at risk.

Sometimes the best journey is the one that brings you home.

Cynical graphic designer Emma fled her Bavarian hometown years ago—she’s only back until Christmas. Restless travel blogger Sofia has wandered Europe for years, documenting everything but living nothing. When Sofia hires Emma as her local guide, their collision of running away and searching for home ignites something neither expected: a reason to stay.

A sweet college student has a crush on one of the more wild baristas who works at the local cafe Hail Victory.

Since she is shy and prone to quietly spying on her attractive coffee acquaintance, Wallace finds that it is impossible to grab the girl’s attention. But then fate steps in and Alexis all but lands in Wallace’s lap during a breakup with her ex. Things become complicated fast and a close friend becomes the new onlooker.

A magic-wielding Freak, a broke lawyer, and a sentient skeleton with plans to change the world, one case at a time.

With a pair of serial killers terrorizing New Boston, the agency has its hands full. Never mind that the lease is up, and they’ve lost their down payment for a new property to a Crypt Coin scam.

Things are not looking good – and then, they get personal.

Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.

The Union is engaged in a bitter war on multiple fronts. Old enmities are resurfacing daily, threatening further cracks in the already fragile planetary alliance. But there are some who are willing to pay the price, whatever it is, to keep the Union intact. When the Black Flag is ambushed en route to a rendezvous, privateers Katherine Ellis and Captain Magdalene Landon find themselves fighting a losing battle against a superior force.

Bestselling author Linn Laurent has been grappling with writer’s block to the extent she imagines it as a distinct entity that crawls into bed after her some nights—with its sour, rotting breath.

Then she starts seeing and hearing a boy and girl who claim they’re ghosts. The children beg Linn to make contact with their parents, and Linn develops a bond with the mother that may go beyond friendship. Just when the women think their world is back to normal, everything changes.