Brenda Jackson

It's less than a week before Sonya Morrison's wedding when she decides to pass her legendary little black book on to her cousin Courtney Andrews along with all of her best wishes. Courtney, who's fast approaching thirty, thinks every woman she knows has somehow met a man who is" husband" material except for her. So Sonya's little black book seems to be just what she needs. That's until Courtney discovers she and her cousin have completely different tastes when it comes to men. But just when she is about to give up and toss the infamous little black book into the garbage, she meets Lake Masters. Nearly ten years her senior, he's a lot older than the men she's normally attracted to, but he's handsome, intelligent, wealthy, and a man who is determined to sweep her off her feet. But the road to love is never easy and Courtney may find that her little black book is more a curse than a blessing.

Following the suicide of a close friend, Faith, Monique, and Shannon head for a Hilton Head beach house, where they are determined to spend the summer making the most of their lives, enjoying new adventures, finding new men, and strengthening their own friendship with one another. Reader's Guide included. Original. 50,000 first printing.

This title features four sexy stories from four of today's hottest African-American writers. In Brenda Jackson's "Extreme Satisfaction", successful financial adviser Cathleen McAlister has everything she wants - except the one man she let get away while climbing the ladder of success. Delilah Dawson's "Satisfy Me" sees Shauna Williams finding out that Max Jackson, her childhood crush, is back in town for their friends' wedding. Shauna's all grown up now and she has no intention of letting him slip through her fingers again... Joy King's "Ice Princess" follows the life and loves of Madison - beautiful, successful, deadly in the board room and always catching any man she wants. But, when she moves into her fabulous new loft and meets the building's owner, Marcus, she realises she has finally met her match. And, in Maryann Reid's "The Morning After", Alexis, tired of the pampered, well-to-do men of her social set and looking to take a walk on the wild side, gets just that when she hooks up with dangerous Rasheen.

In the sequel to The Playa's Handbook, noted relationship expert Lance Montgomery, a best-selling author who has achieved fame with his celebration of the swinging single lifestyle, suddenly finds himself falling for Dr. Asia Fowler, a colleague whose ideas on love and romance are diametrically opposed to his own. Original.

When three divorced men--Marcus Lowery, Samuel Gunn, and Phillip McKenna--decide to practice the principles and rules espoused in relationship expert Lance Montgomery's guide to being single, they find their lives turned upside down, forever. By the author of Ties That Bind. Original. 30,000 first printing.

A huge family reunion bringing together three generations of the Bennett family means dramatic changes and challenges for four cousins--Taye, a hair stylist with a penchant for the wrong men; Michael, a divorced pilot with a rebellious teenage daughter; Alexia, a superstar entertainer; and Rae'jean, a young doctor searching for the truth about her past. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

Amber Stuart escaped an abusive marriage to find peace running a small bookstore. But when a cute customer passes out after eating one of her cookies, she finds herself nursing him back to health. After a divorce settlement, Brandy Bennett has become sole owner of the St. Laurent Hotel. But when a stalker becomes obsessed with her, in walks FBI agent Gary Masters to turn her life around. A single mother and business-owner, Carla Osborne doesn't have a lot of free time. But when the father of her child threatens to take over her business, things get a lot more hectic!

Chronicles the joys and sorrows, trials and challenges, that transform the lives and relationship of four friends, Jenna and Randolph, Leigh and Noah, from their first romantic involvement in college in 1965 through all the changes that occur in their lives. Reader's Guide included. Original. 25,000 first printing.