Defending My Mobster (BWWM Romance) (40 page)

He didn't even have the decency to tell her he was leaving in person, but wrote her a letter saying that he wasn't ready for a child and he had to leave. The scars from this incident would haunt Jasmine for many years, and as she would read the letter almost daily.

While she loved her son Bradley, working many shifts as a waitress while trying to better herself through online courses was taking a toll on her. She was so thankful her wealthy friend, Gwen, was always up for babysitting and lending a caring ear.

Jasmine longed for the day that love would come back into her life, until one day she met the most handsome cowboy who she was serving at one of her tables. His green eyes pierced her soul, and his chiseled jaw reminded her of a greek god.  She came to know the cowboy as Dillon, a local ranch owner, who threw her aback one day when he left his number on a napkin with his always generous tip.

Jasmine, was weary of starting a new relationship, but after some support from her friend Gwen, she finally decided to give it a shot. The next few weeks were spectacular and Jasmine felt like she was walking on air. Everything was like a brave new world until she met Dillon's father Marsh.

Marsh was a very serious and powerful man, and one day after work she found him in the parking lot waiting for her. His warning was simple. Stay away from his son if she knew what was best for her.

Will Jasmine listen to Marsh and break things off with Dillon? Or will their love overcome all odds?

For The Love Of The Doctor

Being a single mother with a sick child was always tough on Violet.

While she had big plans growing up in the projects to go to law school and make things better for herself, like many young women in her situation she got pregnant, and ended up married at a very young age.

Her marriage was out of necessity rather than love, but Violet and her husband Alex always respected each other and grew closer over the years. After all, he was the reason that she had Tanya, her little girl who she loved more than anything in the world.

While Violet did try to make the most of her situation, luck was definitely not on her side. A few years prior she was in a terrible car accident where she barely escaped with her life. Her husband wasn't so lucky though and she watched as the last glimmer of life left his eyes.

To add to all of this, Violet's daughter had a congenital heart defect which caused her to constantly get sick, and many doctors told her that the chances of her living a long life were slim.

Until the day she met him. After seeing doctor after doctor, she was finally able to get a referral to Dr. Jeremy Waterhouse, one of the premier cardiologists available. Jeremy was intrigued by her daughter's case and was willing to take a chance on a surgery.

Through a few more chance encounters, and through both pre and post surgery prep Violet and Jeremy became very close. It definitely also helped that Tanya's procedure was a huge success and she was on her way to becoming a fully healthy young girl.

But as time passed they found they were so different, and just from two different worlds. Until one day Jeremy broke it off with Violet and didn't explain why.

Will Violet and Jeremy get back together, and be one big happy family with Tanya?

Doctor Of  My Dreams

Nadine Lewis never expected to meet a man like him.

As a single mother whose ex left her many years ago Nadine only had two priorities. Her five year old son Trevor, and making sure he had a good life. She never trusted a man after her ex left, and with working long hours at the salon and trying to take courses online so she could get her degree she didn't even have the time.

Her dream was always to open her own salon, but with money being so tight, she had been forced to work for someone else for many years.

But while working at the salon she received a frantic call from Trevor's babysitter who said Trevor was in the hospital. Panicked, Nadine dashed to the hospital to see what was wrong.

Little did she know that trip to the hospital would change her life forever...

Find out more in this touching romance story by bestselling romance author Tasha Jones.

Cowboy Love

Tamika Davis thought she left her old life behind.

When a last minute work assignment has Tamika back in the small Texas town that she grew up in her whole life ends up turning upside down.

While seven years had passed since she left and she had moved on to much bigger and better things in the city, she couldn't help but be recognized on her return by several town folk. For them it was almost like time stood still, while for her this town brought back nothing but bad memories.

While Tamika and her colleague Aaron were there to quickly settle the estate of a deceased client, things get much more complicated when Tamika realizes that Vanessa, the daughter of her deceased client, has been dating her first love for the last five years.

And there he was. Noah. The man who had taken her body, her heart, and shattered them into a million pieces. He was her first love and when she saw him with Vanessa she couldn't help but feel jealous even after all those years.

She knew him as a bad boy with a temper who was always fighting his own demons. Someone with no direction who could barely hold down a job. But something was different about him now. He owned a ranch and was a full time cowboy. But did this really change the past?

They were young and in love, and in one night of drunken passion they ended up getting pregnant. Tamika told Noah, and he wanted nothing to do with the baby. Young, pregnant and alone she decided to leave town for good. But a few weeks after she left, she lost the baby, even more heartbreaking is Noah thought she got rid of it.

With all their history and drama together will they be able to rekindle an old flame? Or should the past stay where it belongs?

Meet Me In Alaska

Malia was heartbroken and decided to run...

After finding the love of her life, our heroine Malia thought she would be set for life. But when she caught her love cheating on her, the world around her started crashing down.

Broken, and at a new low she decided she needed a change, planned to get away from everything she knew and made her way to the farthest part of the country possible. A small town in Alaska.

As a caring doctor, Malia was met with open arms in Alaska as the new physician in a small town of only a few thousand. She loved her new life as it was a big change to the city life and allowed her time to heal and get it together emotionally.

But when one day she is hit by a truck her life turns upside down all over again. She blacks out, but when she regains consciousness she realizes the person that hit her was a local rancher who's father she had been treating. He was rugged, handsome and one of the most sought after bachelors in town.

Something inside Malia told her that this encounter was fate, but had she healed enough to let another man back into her life?

Saving The Cowboy
A young, aspiring actress, Jasmine Turner had decided that moving to New York would be the best way for her to catch a big break and become a star. 

But after two years in the city, she found her savings completely depleted and she was working at a diner living paycheck to paycheck. On a night where she didn't even know how she was going to make rent, she got lucky as an extra shift came up at the diner, effectively keeping her off the street. 

But when she came home after her shift, her room was a mess and she realized her roommate had a party with a bunch of people over. Looking through her tip stash she realized someone had taken all the cash she had been saving to cover rent. 

With her back against the wall, she searched through the paper, looking for any acting gigs which could give her some quick cash. But a rather unusual ad catches her attention instead. The ad was looking for healthy females her age who would act as a surrogate to wealthy clients. With no other options she decides to contact the agency and see what they can offer her. 

After going through the proposals she finds one potential surrogacy match with a single male in Texas. Only this surrogate contract is a little different, in that the client is also looking for a "paper marriage" as well. She wonders why, but considering how much they were offering she agreed. 

A week later she finds herself on a flight to Texas headed towards a ranch to become the surrogate and wife to a wealthy Texas rodeo star. She arrives and the lady of the house fills her in on the current situation. It seems like the cowboy's father had passed away, and left him their family ranch on one condition, that he get married and have a child within the year. 
Jasmine finally meets Parker, her soon to be husband and client, and he lets her know this is strictly a business relationship. After the baby arrives and the ranch is transferred over to him they can dissolve the marriage and he would raise the child on his own. 

But what he wasn't expecting was that love had bigger plans for them. While at first they were very formal with each other, as the days went by their infatuation continued to grow. 
Their love grew stronger day by day, until a terrible accident threatened to keep them apart... 

Will the power of love overcome adversity and bring them back together?

African Attraction

Our Curvy heroine, Alyssa Taylor just got the opportunity of a lifetime. She had been given a new job working in South Africa, but to her, it is so far away from home in New York, and she is just missing home too much. She doesn't know a single person in this new land and can't help but feel vulnerable and alone.
 
Lost and wandering the street, a friendly handsome South African coworker helps her home one night, and although they couldn't be more different they form a connection.
 
Through sheer chance, they meet again, this time at a bar where Nathan, her new South African white knight rescues her from a drunken bar patron. Alyssa still feels so lonely, and one thing leads to another and they end up getting together. They keep their romance a secret from the office and Alyssa believes it's just to make everything simpler.
 
They have a wonderful time for the next few months and become infatuated with each other, and are both happier than they have ever been. Until it gets out that they are dating in the office and Nathan realizes his family will never accept Alyssa. While this was the new South Africa, there were still many people who had an old way of thinking, including his mother.
 
Nathan breaks it off with Alyssa and she is absolutely heartbroken. Her world is shattered into pieces, and it continues going down when she finds out that she is pregnant. Will their love overcome all odds and bring them back together? Is love truly blind?

My Caring Cowboy

Shermaine tries to make it in a man's world.

Our heroine Shermaine has it made. One of the top surgeons in a male dominated profession, Shermaine proves to herself and everyone else that she has what it takes to be the best. But at what cost?

While enjoying herself at a friend's engagement party at a local Dallas restaurant, her instincts kick into high gear when she sees an older woman collapse before her eyes. Quick on her feet, and so very skilled Shermaine saves the woman's life.

A young cowboy, grandson to the woman she just saved, is so very grateful and tries to get to know Shermaine better. Even with the encouragement of her best friend, Shermaine is having nothing of it and encourages the cowboy to be on his way. Little does she know that won't be the last time their paths cross.

Over the next several days, Shermaine keeps seeing the cowboy at her hospital and he is nothing but the sweetest gentlemen. While on the inside she wants to be with him, her tough exterior keeps pushing him away.

But the cowboy persists no matter how rude Shermaine is and ups his ante every time on the romantic gestures. Eventually even Shermaine's walls break down, and she realizes that being loved, and loving someone is just what she needed in her cold sterile surgeon's life.

Everything is going great until love costs Shermaine a life, and she concludes she would rather be alone and saving lives than smitten and losing them.

Will their love be able to overcome all odds and show Shermaine there is more to life? Will the cowboy keep persisting no matter how many roadblocks Shermaine puts in front of him?

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As the only daughter of the first African American president of the United States, Tiana Washington had far from a normal life. Being a curvy, headstrong and fiercely independent woman she grew tired of the constants shadows, or agents, that would follow her everywhere she went. While she loved her Dad and was so very proud of him, she couldn't help but think that she never signed up for this kind of life.