Charmaine Wilson seems to have it all together: a good job, good friends, and an active social life. But for all the good in her life, she can’t seem to get her relationship status in order. Finding the right man is impossible in her world. With late night parties, people to see, and a penchant for men with money, how is Charmaine ever going to find the man of her dreams? Jayla loves her friend, but she knows Charmaine’s partying ways aren’t doing her any favors. When she tries to convince her to think about settling down and getting herself right for a relationship, Charmaine runs into a whole new set of problems! Find out what happens in part one of His Dirty Secrets: Charmaine’s story!
When Jayla finds out the truth behind Darius, she finds herself between a rock and a hard place. Leaving a man is one thing, but it's easier said than done... especially when you are in love with him and everything he has to offer. Get Part Two Of His Dirty Secret Here: http://bit.ly/1nGGQzg keywords: side chick, side chick romance,african american romance, urban books, urban books free, urban, urban fiction, urban street fiction, urban african american, free book, freebie, free book, free ebook, free, urban books black authors free, african american books free
A fascinating look at compulsive hoarding by a woman whose mother suffers from the disease. To be the child of a compulsive hoarder is to live in a permanent state of unease. Because if my mother is one of those crazy junk-house people, then what does that make me? When her divorced mother was diagnosed with cancer, New York City writer Jessie Sholl returned to her hometown of Minneapolis to help her prepare for her upcoming surgery and get her affairs in order. While a daunting task for any adult dealing with an aging parent, it’s compounded for Sholl by one lifelong, complex, and confounding truth: her mother is a compulsive hoarder. Dirty Secret is a daughter’s powerful memoir of confronting her mother’s disorder, of searching for the normalcy that was never hers as a child, and, finally, cleaning out the clutter of her mother’s home in the hopes of salvaging the true heart of their relationship—before it’s too late. Growing up, young Jessie knew her mother wasn’t like other mothers: chronically disorganized, she might forgo picking Jessie up from kindergarten to spend the afternoon thrift store shopping. Now, tracing the downward spiral in her mother’s hoarding behavior to the death of a long-time boyfriend, she bravely wades into a pathological sea of stuff: broken appliances, moldy cowboy boots, twenty identical pairs of graying bargain-bin sneakers, abandoned arts and crafts, newspapers, magazines, a dresser drawer crammed with discarded eyeglasses, shovelfuls of junk mail . . . the things that become a hoarder’s “treasures.” With candor, wit, and not a drop of sentimentality, Jessie Sholl explores the many personal and psychological ramifications of hoarding while telling an unforgettable mother-daughter tale.
The difference between victory and defeat in the Electoral College comes down to 259 votes in West Virginia. A state senator desperately fights back against a lawsuit that is pushing his family's company toward bankruptcy. A vice presidential candidate's adulterous affair threatens to explode in his face and burst into the world's headlines with devastating consequences. A ruthless billionaire will stop at nothing to avoid facing justice for his crimes. A small town prosecutor stumbles upon a plot to win the election by any means necessary: High-tech manipulation of electronic voting machines, creative interpretation of arcane election laws, bribery, blackmail and even murder. And Rikki Gudivada and Dave Anderson - two star-crossed former lovers from opposite sides of the political fence - are drawn back together as the battle rages for West Virginia's 5 electoral votes, racing to solve a crime that imperils the very heart of America's constitutional system while each struggles over the same question: Is anything more important than winning the White House?
Growing up on the mean streets of Chicago, life wasn’t easy for Jayla Simmons. She worked hard for everything she attained in life, but always wanted more. Especially when it came to love. Yet everything changes when she runs into the sexy Darius Black who provides her with the finer things in life. Jayla is getting everything she could ever dream of, but everything is not what it seems when she finds out Darius has a dirty secret. Get Part Two Of His Dirty Secret Here: http://bit.ly/1OpODXR keywords: side chick, side chick romance,african american romance, urban books, urban books free, urban, urban fiction, urban street fiction, urban african american, free book, freebie, free book, free ebook, free, urban books black authors free, african american books free
ANTHONY I never thought I was the guy who loses his head when someone tall, dark and dangerous looks my way. Who'd risk everything for a taste of something that's never as good as it seems. It only takes one night with my best friend's brother to change that. The secrecy is what drew me in, not the way my skin tingled from the moment I lay eyes on him. No, it was intrigue that led me to seek out the eldest Roscoe prince, the mysterious black sheep of the family. Where had he been until now? Why did scandalized whispers follow him into every room? What sins in his past had even my best friend wanting nothing to do with him? I don't know if he's as dangerous as everyone claims. I don't know why I'm the only one who thinks there might be more to him than this darkness everyone else sees. All I know is I can't stop looking for proof I'm right...because I'm already in way too deep. RYAN I thought prison had prepared me for this. The stares, the cold shoulders, the contempt...but it doesn't matter. I can't take back what I've done. I'm not sure I would, even if I could. There's only one shining light in the darkness, a brightness I can't look away from, no matter how many people warn me I should. Anthony, my little brother's best friend. They say I'll only hurt him too, and they're not wrong. Yet every time he shows up at my door, I can't help but let him in. I don't know why he believes I'm worth it, what he sees that nobody else does. I just know that I need it. Crave it. Crave him. And when a one-night stand leads to unexpected consequences, when he finally starts to listen to them and pull away...all I know is I'll do anything to stop it. I don't know how he convinced me I could be the man he deserves, but he did. I can. And I'll do anything to prove it. This book is 55,000 words of American royalty and their dirty family secrets, mpreg and a brooding ex-con's love child, not to mention blackmail, bar brawls and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Come for the sex and scandal, stay for the sweetness....but only if you're over eighteen!
Drawing on his extensive experience evaluating applicants for his marketing agency, and featuring stories based on real-life situations, sample cover letters, resumes, and straightforward advice, Don Raskin's The Dirty Little Secrets of Getting Your Dream Job offers all the necessary tools for navigating the tough job market and securing your dream job. Based on his remarkable expertise, Raskin's book provides exclusive insight into the job search process and lets readers in on all of the dirty little secrets to finding career success.
I've had my share of puck bunnies, but this one was different. Allie. The girl with the sexy, shy smile and the sweetest, wettest mouth I ever tasted. She blew my mind and then slid out of my bed without giving me her number. I knew I should forget the woman who ghosted me, yet for months, I searched the crowds, the streets...everywhere looking for her face. Then, I got traded. This new team hates me. Something about my chronic case of resting prick face and that fight with the captain when the season started. My left hook, his jaw. Yeah, we go back and not in a good way. Coach says no more "confrontational BS" or I won't play. That's a hit my NHL career can't take. So the plan is simple. Keep my head down and my fists checked. There's just one problem. I found Allie. She's the captain's little sister and even though my career depends on keeping the peace between myself and my teammates... I can't stay away from the one woman I can't have. As it turns out, neither can she. **All books in this series are interconnected but can be read as standalones
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Game series, a sizzling and steamy romance about second chances. Conner Burke never expected Sofie Callahan to come back. Where she’s been for the last two and half years is a mystery, and so is the reason she left in the first place. Now, though, she’s back in their hometown of Shelton Bay, South Carolina, at the same time Conner’s band Dirty B. is home on a tour break. Sofie Callahan has spent the months since her father’s death avoiding anything to do with her hometown. But with her brother in Afghanistan, she has no choice but to return and sort out her father’s house, even if it means facing the boy she fell in love with and revealing the reason she left. Conner has questions, and when his broken heart and her guilty one collide, Sofie has to start answering them. Their present is rocky, their future unknown. Only one thing is certain: Sofie’s daughter will change everything.
J.J. Graves has seen a lot of dead bodies in her line of work... She's not only in the mortuary business, but she's also the coroner for King George County, Virginia. When a grisly murder is discovered in the small town of Bloody Mary, it's up to J.J. and her best friend, Detective Jack Lawson, to bring the victim justice. The murders are piling up... The residents of Bloody Mary are dropping like flies, and when a popular mystery writer shows up on J.J.'s doorstep with plans of writing his new book about the Bloody Mary Serial Killer, J.J. has to decide if he might be going above and beyond the call of duty to create the spine tinglers he's so well known for. It only clouds the issue and puts her reputation on the line when the attraction between them spirals out of control. And passions are rising... J.J and Jack are in a race against time. They discover each victim had a shocking secret, and the very foundation of J.J.'s life is in danger of crumbling when it turns out she's harboring secrets of her own -- secrets that make her the perfect victim in a deadly game.
