The price of deception is about identical twins who are the only children of King Lerole, the king of a rural South African state called Dipororo. The twins, Naledi and Noko, went to Johannesburg to study medicine on the insistence of their mother, Queen Dudu, who conceived them at the age of forty-seven by artificial insemination without the king's knowledge and consent. A ritual was performed for them before they began with their medical studies, and they were given beads by a traditional healer, Lenaka, who instructed them not to take them off, but the twins took them off and lied about it. As a result, bad luck followed them, and the younger twin, Noko, failed her first year of medical studies, and her twin sister, Naledi, decided to commit fraud by assisting Noko to obtain a medical qualification by impersonating her during tests and examinations. Naledi was impregnated by a player, Wandi, who didn't love her, and she gave him money to marry her, but he did not turn up for their wedding, which led to the king's poor health to deteriorate further, and he eventually died at the hands of his brother, Monate, who blackmailed the twins to abdicate, and he crowned himself as the next king after his brother's funeral. Naledi was mugged by thugs in an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg and was raped and assaulted by one of the thugs. Naledi was found lying naked and unconscious by a homeless man by the side of the road, her face bruised and unrecognizable. The homeless man covered her with his filthy jacket and took out his worldly possessions from his trolley, carried Naledi in it, and pushed her to the hospital. Naledi was mismanaged by her twin sister during labor, resulting in a ruptured uterus and other complications, and she ended up in Intensive Care Unit. During her recovery, she was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis and was transferred to a mental institution.

My God Kidnapping Lord David, single father and reclusive architect, still couldn't quite believe he'd done it. He knew the moment he and his sister entered Laurel Andrews' home that he needed to hire her decorator. Imagine his surprise when the realtor informed him that Laurel, married for twenty years to Greg, was the decorator, the house had predominately been done in three weeks time, and that it was her "hobby." He should have known.

He had never seen anything like her home or felt anything like her home. Every room had a comfort that drew you in and made you feel at ease as if in slippered feet looking for your favorite chair. Her home emanated the feel one gets only from well worn furniture and yet everything was flawless and only marked if intended by design. Each room had touches of nature and as one turned from here to there a surprise just waited to delight the eye. No one would be able to recreate the combination of texture, color and warmth permeating his senses. He would have done anything to give his children the home he had always wanted for them.

Lord David might have turned the plane back to California if he had known the emotional pandemonium about to reign over Whitethorn Castle

This book is about the lives of three devoted college friends who loved, lost and magically found love again. These women stood by each other through physical and emotionally abusive relationships. Alease Avery almost lost her life at the hands of her abusive husband; Mavis Maxwell almost lost her freedom after she attempted to murder her husband and Bridgett found love across racial lines after she lost the man she loved. If you are a romantic, love reading about matters of the heart or perhaps searching for Mr. Right, Love Requited will capture and inspire you. You will find yourself spell bound and dreaming of finding Mr. Right as love finally comes at last.

Amanda Prescott is at a low point in her young life. Not only has her fiance succumbed to cancer, but her career as a concert pianist has evaporated, and her position with a prominent Senator has been derailed by government funding quirks.

Amanda has few choices. A simple fender bender with Sheila Cameron, owner of an elite real estate agency, however, changes everything. Crippled by financial need, Amanda accepts a temporary position as an agent. Though insecure about her ability to handle exclusive estates and wealthy clients, Amanda uses pluck and creativity to sell her first home-the oldest historic home in Loudoun County.

The home once belonged to the Davis family, who immigrated to Virginia in 1725 seeking religious freedom. When Amanda and her next client, Ali Ahmed, discover the injured owner of a horse farm clutching a cryptic poem, Amanda is both frightened and intrigued by the cascading, intertwined events that follow.

Seamlessly weaving a historical storyline with a contemporary plot, this enticing novel captures one family's struggles, their immigration from Wales, and their efforts to establish places of worship-and one woman's plunge into unforeseen romance and danger.

Reeling from the pain of being abandoned by her husband-the father of her son-Megan Richardson's world is closing in around her in a dark haze of depression. She feels lost, without hope or answers.

Worse, she must face the death of her beloved mother. She reaches for answers, wondering what really matters in life. Her mother's final letter to her may hold some of these answers, and Megan clings to hope once again. She reads the letter over and over, desperate to find the meaning of her mother's last words. Megan tries to understand the lesson the Lord is supposed to be teaching her, but she has pulled away from her faith of late.

Perhaps that lesson is hidden within her work as a nurse on a cancer ward. When a patient, a frail young girl, reaches out to save Megan from a panic attack, they make a connection. Sarah heals a bit of Megan's heart with that moment, and Megan's life begins to change. She starts searching for God's place in her life ... and for the man who will make her heart whole again.

Megan returns to her family farm in search of the solitude she needs. There she meets Darrin, the new hired man. Is he the answer to her prayers?

Successful writer Vashti Williams longs for romance. Unfortunately, she has given up on finding an honest man. Still heartbroken over the one man who betrayed her, Vashti has promised herself that there will be no more Nathaniels. But after she receives an assignment to travel to St. Croix to write an article on an up-and-coming male model, she suddenly realizes he is the man she had a brief affair with while vacationing in Spain five years earlier.

As her plane lands in St. Croix, Vashti has no idea that Ramon Perez is secretly still infatuated with her. Now engaged to a beautiful woman he does not love the way he should, Ramon panics when he discovers Vashti is the woman he has not been able to forget. Now he is torn between following his heart and following through with his promises to his fiancee. But the lure of passion and an unforgettable love sends Ramon straight back into Vashti's arms, leaving a path of anguish and devastation for his fiancee to reluctantly follow.

In this contemporary romance novel, tempers flare and hearts break all over again as Ramon and Vashti both discover the truth about family, home, and most importantly, surrendering their hearts.

Bitter Sweet by C. Brown Bitter Sweet is a plethora of vivid and explicit short stories that leave nothing to the imagination. From the first to the last story C. Brown will abduct you and hold you hostage to the drama. Lost Orgasm - Charlene, an overweight divorcee and mother of three sets out to find her orgasm. The no-holds barred, non-stop action will arouse the inner freak and let loose the beast. Black Love - Lisette, a Hispanic woman who has her first taste of black love, will also become familiar with her breaking point - revenge is a dish best served hot and steamy. Love Kills - Beth, an aspiring model, must decide how she wants to make it to the top, on the catwalk or on her back. She makes the mistake of choosing the cameras and the flashing lights over love and ends up regretting it with her last breath.Becareful what you ask for. Office Politics - Felicia, a woman trying to climb the ladder of success discovers just what the term "office politics" is all about, when she has to decide if she will continue her tryst with her supervisor or sleep with the one man who knows their secret in exchange for his silence. Sex on the front lines - Private Love, and her two bunkmates are stationed on the frontlines of Iraq and decide to live-out their fantasies before leaving for their final mission. C. Brown has tapped into his inner woman for these stories and many more. They are written to tantalize and delight men as well as women and they both will find them equally fulfilling. Brooklyn native, Clifford Brown, is the type of author who is not afraid to venture into realms of existence that most people dare not go. He is skilled in the intricacies of the contemporary human condition, and can incorporate an authenticity to his fictional stories that inspire the depth of reality in each of us. Readers will identify with one of his many works, if not all. - Hana Glinsky

Lacy lost everything the night her parent's were killed. She lost her home, her hopes and her dreams. She even lost her identity until she became an adult, and claimed it back. Now, the only thing she had room for in her heart was anger and bitterness for the men who destroyed her life, and the last thing she needed was to allow love to complicate that plan. After one woman's betrayal, Jeff swore he would never trust again. Then he met Lacy. All of a sudden, his thirteen year old niece had someone to turn too for things she needed a mother around for. Lacy wasn't afraid of his son, and actually understood his jokes. Even his dog liked her. Maybe he needed to find out why and he needed to do it before she leaves, and possibly lose the only opportunity for his heart to love again.

DELUXE EDITION--featuring beautiful golden sprayed edges and a bonus character interview!

The fourth book in the scorchingly hot mafia romance Queens and Monsters series by USA Today bestselling author J.T. Geissinger, where John Wick meets Romeo and Juliet.

An Irish mobster with a brutal grudge. An Italian mafia princess with a dark secret. Two enemy empires joined in sacred marriage vows. Let the hating games begin.

Reyna:
If this arrogant Irish mobster my brother sold my niece to thinks I’m going to play nice over this arranged marriage BS, he should think again. I don’t care if this match with the Mob will make my brother capo of the Five Families. I don’t care how much money, territory, or power it will gain us. I especially don’t care that the Irishman is the sexiest man I’ve ever seen. I won’t allow my innocent niece to suffer the same way I did. Even if I have to kill him.

Spider:
I’m supposed to marry sweet, beautiful Lili. So why can’t I stop thinking about her swamp witch of an aunt? Reyna who hates me. Reyna who challenges me. Reyna with the guts of a Viking, the body of a fertility goddess, and the attitude of a feral cat. Nothing good can come of what I’m feeling for a woman who’s not the one in the wedding contract I signed. A woman I want so much, I’ll have to burn the whole world down to get. If she doesn’t kill me first.

Olivia comes to live with her aunt to start a life; heading to a new town with a new name under protective custody. She comes to find herself falling in love all over again. Too scared to start another relationship after getting out of a very abusive one. Is it fate that puts them together? Their relationship is tested by jealousy and hate. Shattered when her ex-boyfriend finds her with the help of Matt's jealous ex-girlfriend. The strong love that has put Olivia and Matt together is tested by an old flame gone wrong.