Celeste O. Norfleet

"Set in the summer of 1968, a provocative and devastating novel of individual lives caught in the grips of violent history--a timely and poignant story that reverberates with the power of Alice Walker's Meridian and Ntozake Shange's Betsey Browne.At the end of a sweltering summer shaped by the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy, race riots, political protests, and the birth of Black power, three coeds from New York...

Every woman on Key West is swooning over newcomer Chase Buchanan. All except bakery owner Nikita Coles. Bad enough that he's bought the building next door, blocking Nikita's plans to expand her business. Worse, he works for a big oil company. She can't trust the man or his motivations, even if he does look good enough to eat....

Convincing Nikita to sell her property will be a challenge, but Chase is ready for it. The Coles family has...

He makes her feel like the most desirable woman in the world...

Sexy, magnetic Florida business owner and philanthropist Mikhail Coles is wrong for Cyanna Dupres in every way. And he's the one man who can give her what she wants. Seducing the commitment-wary bachelor is the easy part. But once Cyanna wants a lifetime connection, will she lose the lover who makes her feel like the world's most desirable woman?

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Nothing has stopped savvy psychologist Natalia Coles from having her own family. She doesn't know the anonymous donor of her two young sons and intends to keep it that way. Then she meets Hollywood triple threat David Montgomery. The sexy actor, director and producer awakens a passion in Natalia that's instant and explosive, tempting her to open her heart to him....

From the moment David walks into Natalia's office, he's at odds with...

Trey Evans has zero interest in becoming Mamma Lou's next matchmaking "victim." The single life suits him just fine, at least until he meets fashion designer Kenya Whitaker. She's talented, smart, savvy--everything he wants in a woman in one irresistibly sexy package.

All Kenya wants from Trey is payback for stealing her father's company. The charming, ambitious businessman is known for getting his way. But Kenya has some tricks...

Her bottom line:

Journalist Tatiana Coles is famous for doing anything for a story--including putting herself in harm's way. Now, on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, she faces her greatest challenge: getting an exclusive on reclusive media mogul Spencer Cage. Putting his words to her paper will fast-track her career. But it also means facing the man she loved and lost.

Their work stays on the page...

Spencer...

Special events planner Jacqueline Murphy's love life is a disaster. Her low point? Being dumped by her fiancé on Friday the thirteenth. So why should her luck change when she accidentally rear-ends the car of her next-door neighbor...who turns out to be her new boss! Tall, dark, irresistibly attractive Greg Armstrong oozes potent masculine charm. Is he just another romantic disaster waiting to happen?

Greg left his career as a...

A Complication She Didn't Need...

Dena Graham is not the kind of woman to give up, no matter what life throws her way. With legal bills mounting as she fights to retain custody of her only son, Dena needs a job--fast. The only option is working as an office manager in a construction company co-owned by sexy, charismatic Julian Hamilton.

And Couldn't Resist ...

Julian has had his fill of relationships and...

Diagnosis: Temptation

After years away from home, Shauna Banks has finally returned to Key West. But as a consultant hired to evaluate the local medical center, she immediately comes up against none other than the sensuous Dr. Dominik Coles. All through high school the compelling and intense heartthrob claimed her thoughts and her emotions. Now fate has brought them back together, and what's worse--he doesn't seem to remember...

How did Kenisha Lewis's life go from near perfect to sheer chaos in just a few months? Coping with family tragedy is tough enough without getting kicked out of private school and sent to the local public school, where she's forced to make some major adjustments. New friends (and enemies), new clothes, a hot new guy who might be mixed up in something serious... It's no surprise that those close to her think Kenisha's moving way too fast. One

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