Who needs love?Not Anna Prescott . . . she says. A smart, successful woman of substance, she is willing to be a friend to Gavin Mathis, who plays pro football for the Detroit Lions and is the finest specimen of the African-American male she's ever laid eyes on. Gavin's been tight with her brother Wesley for so long he's almost family.So Anna's happy when she can help Gavin out of a personal jam -- and the fact that he's setting fires inside her has nothing to do with it.Gavin feels the heat too, but he can't trust himself to love Anna. Her folks, who've always been good to him, would be enraged. Besides, if he marries, he's afraid he'll become an irresponsible deadbeat like his dad, who just dumped Gavin's little brother on the ballplayer's doorstep. But sparks are definitely flying and this sexy lady's got his heart pumping like mad -- and it's telling him to go for it . . . and to hell with the consequences.

Unforgettable

Literature & Fiction

Ford, Bette

United States

HarperTorch

A sexy NFL star reunites with his lost love and finds a family he never knew existed in this exciting new contemporary African American romance.
Brynne Armstrong, a counsellor at a Detroit women's centre, returned to Detroit after an abrupt break-up with her boyfriend Devin Prescott, star NFL quarterback. For the past four years her life has revolved around work and her 3-year-old daughter Shanna, but that changes when Devin suddenly reappears.
Devin is shocked to run into Brynne at a party. His old pain returns as he remembers how Brynne left him without any explanation. But he finally gets his explanation, or at least part of it, when Brynne tells him she left because she was pregnant. What she doesn't tell him is that she became pregnant after being raped, and doesn't know if the baby is Devin's or her attacker's. She has never tried to find out Shanna's father's identity out of fear that it would be the attacker, but now she must know the truth and asks Devin to take a paternity test. They discover that he is the father. Not knowing about her attack, he's furious and hurt that she was cheating on him, and that he missed the first years of his daughter's life. As he spends time with Shanna he feels confused about Brynne. He still loves her but thinks he can't trust her. Brynne also still loves him, but she's never told anyone about her attack. She is afraid of what he will think, or if he'll even believe her. But they know they want to be a family, and that will mean taking risks and learning to trust each other again.

Everlasting Love, An

Funny, sexy, and hot, ex-NBA star Ralph Prescott is Vanessa Grant's dream lover. He's also a notorious, no-good player—the wrong kind of man for a woman with big responsibilities. But at a mutual friend's lavish wedding, passion and curiosity get the best of maid of honor Vanessa, and Ralph reveals himself to be the best man in more ways than one.
Ralph has had more than his share of women, but none has captivated him like Vanessa. To convince her that his player days are behind him, he'll have to show her what kind of man he truly is. He'll have to fight every inch of the way to break through her defenses and claim the blazing ecstasy they both want . . . and show her why she can't—and shouldn't—say no.

Can't Say No

AVON.

“Truly the mistress of romance. Ms. Ford knows how to turn up the heat.”
—Romantic Times
In Can’t Get Enough of You, perennial favorite Bette Ford revisits the group of friends she introduced in Unforgettable, and enthralls readers once more with a tale about the chances we take for love, and what we’re willing to risk for a second shot at happiness. Can’t Get Enough of You is a sizzling hot love story about a brilliant and beautiful professor who’s life is turned upside-down when the ex-love of her life, who once chose an NBA career over her, re-enters her world—and it reestablishes Bette Ford as a major force in African American romance fiction.

Can't Get Enough of You (Mrs. Green's Girls Series, 1)

“Ms. Ford knows how to turn up the heat.”—Romantic Times BOOKclubBette Ford writes the kind of passionate, emotionally-charged romance novels that readers come back to again and again. In Can’t Stop Loving You, she once again explores the risks we take for love and how far we’re willing to go for a chance at happiness. Can’t Stop Loving You is the unforgettable story of a young, confident Detroit social worker who keeps her wary heart tightly closed, until she meets a remarkable man while vacationing in the Virgin Islands—a talented artist who tempts her to shed her armor and truly commit to love for the very first time. Bette Ford is one of the elite storytellers in African-American romance fiction, along with acclaimed authors like Brenda Jackson, Beverly Jenkins, and Donna Hill. With Can’t Stop Loving You, she proves once more that she belongs there at the top.

Can't Stop Loving You (Mrs. Green's Girls Series, 2)

When dedicated high-school counselor Heather Gregory clashes with high-powered Detroit attorney Quinn Montgomery over his troubled teenage daughter, she never expects to find true love with the handsome widower. Original.

For Always (Arabesque)

Pinnacle Books

Successful career woman Diane Rivers and privileged Detroit executive Charles Alexander Randol III find a second chance a love with each other when their business dealings place them on the same romantic Caribbean cruise. Original.

Forever After (Arabesque)

Falling in love with photojournalist Ray Coleman, her brother's best friend, Amber follows his travels and prays for his safety, until he returns home injured, but their budding romance is tested by a shocking crime. Original.

All the Love (Arabesque)

Ford, Betty

How could young Amber not fall in love with her big brother's best friend, Ray? Audacious, bold and exhale-worthy handsome, Ray Coleman was everything a teenage girl could hope for. And when he left town to become one of the world's most daring photojournalists, Amber followed his every photo...spending her nights dreaming of his adventures and praying for his safety. Now grown up and the director of a nursery school in Vermont, Amber is happy with her stable, if not slightly boring, life...until Ray comes home to recover from an injury he received from covering a potentially huge story in the Middle East. Not the gangly girl he knew when he left town, Amber has filled out and blossomed into a beautiful woman...Ray can't help but notice...and appreciate. As both of their hearts gently awaken to the possibility of love, it seems certain that they have both found the greatest passion of their lives. But suddenly, a violent crime causes Amber's world to come crashing down, and threatens to destroy what she cherishes most...

All the Love

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

One of a Kind (Malcolm X Community Center)

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