Böcker av Cheryl Barton

Tellum Blackstone was entranced the moment his eyes landed on Cheyenne Reddick and her magnetic beauty. In her eyes, arms, and heart, he thought he'd found forever. A rift between their fathers had him questioning what kind of real love could be torn apart with a line drawn in the sand. Cheyenne never thought that she would meet the perfect man until she did in Tellum. He exuded the kind of charm, kindness, and simmering heat that had her mind, body, and soul sizzling like no man had ever done before. To her dismay, a ticking time bomb of epic proportion, in the form of her father, brought about an ultimatum for her to choose a man she loves from a family he detests or lose his love and support forever. At Secret Whisper, a romantic island resort owned by Tellum, Cheyenne finds that his passion-infused hunger for her easily penetrated her paper-thin resistance. Their desire for each other reignited an insatiable appetite that no woman in her right mind could fight. Tellum put his all into their red-hot kisses and explosive days and nights of seduction. He needed to find a way to overshadow the risk they were taking in discovering if their love was worth fighting for.

It's Christmas in July! Who says a Christmas romance novel can only be released during the winter months? No one, that's for sure. Everyone has a past, some good some bad, perhaps even pretty awful. That doesn't mean they don't deserve a second chance at love. I believe in love especially when hearts and spirits connect before mind and body. That's exactly what happened between investigative journalist, Danica Green and self-made millionaire and powerhouse stock market trader, Edrick Stone. Danica is picked to go on an assignment to dive into Edrick's life to see if his business savvy is on the up-and-up or if he's running a Ponzi scheme. She made a mistake in her past when it came to boosting her own career. She knows that this story could thrust her into the perfect job that she's always dreamed of. Five years after the death of his wife and son, Edrick instantly falls for a woman he feels connected to on a level he had not experienced since he met his wife, the woman he thought he would have forever with. A chance meeting and a flight layover could provide him with the opportunity to find out if he believes in love a second time around.

In this follow-up to "Bachelor Not for Sale", Loren Knight has been engaging in a secret love affair with her brother Duron's best friend and business partner, Michael Bailey. He is everything she could want and more in a man, but she believes the risk is too great for any type of relationship with him beyond their steamy encounters behind closed doors. Michael Bailey has been fighting his attraction to Loren for years. He has stayed away from her out of respect for his best friend and business partner. Now that he and Loren have finally given into the passion they have been craving, can Michael convince Loren that what they share is worth the risk of even Duron finding out?

Timothy Cornish isn't a big fan of the Christmas holiday season and to him, it's the worst time of year. When Mr. Bah Humbug meets Holly Day, sparks fly and it has nothing to do with celebrating. Holly never thought she'd find love in the form of someone who hates the one holiday that she loves more than any. This year, Christmas proves that love conquers all, even the hard heart of a sexy realtor.

Brandon and Dakota King's love was like a fairytale from the start and then a level of comfort set in and Brandon's priority became his ambition for bigger, more and greater when it came to business. Dakota began losing patience when it appears love was no longer a priority to him. When Brandon realized he had been taking love for granted, he puts a plan in place to prove to his wife that he values "Love on Top" over everything else. His dilemma? Is it too late?

Michelle Hitchens, a prima ballerina couldn't deny the instant attraction she felt for the detective who was trying to solve the case of who attacked her and other women around New York. Detective Kevin Garner never mixed work with pleasure, but he found himself in a dilemma when he couldn't resist the pleasure he found in Michelle's arms night after night while trying to stay focused on stopping a menace who is preying on women around New York City. Will Kevin be able to separate his longing for unbridled nights of passion from his job as lead detective before any more women turn up dead, especially Michelle?

In this second follow-up to "Bachelor Not for Sale", Tyrone Davis is the king of one-night stands. The nickname, Mr. Love'em and Leave'em, given to him in his college days, still follows him as a top executive in the corporate world. He never believed in karma until it paid him a visit in the form of a very sexy and uninhibited one-night stand. Victoria Alston couldn't forget the incredible night she spent with Tyrone Davis, someone connected to her best friends. In just one night, he stirred feelings in her she never thought she would ever experience. The next day, she disappeared, returning to reality and the fiancé she left back in Boston. Tyrone and Victoria both soon discover that it wasn't just a one-night stand, but a perfect combination for the kind of love most people only dream about.

Can you imagine one moment you're living a perfect life with a perfect love and the next, an accident snatches perfection from you?Brody Grey never thought he'd find life and love again, but years after a tragic loss and a trip to an exotic island, a woman he spotted on the beach reminded him that love was possible again. Kimara Banks thought she and her husband had a forever kind of love, but a train accident changed her life forever. Never in her wildest dreams could she have imagined new life and new love after one chance meeting.Brody nor Kimara were ready for the destiny that awaited them as they struggled with believing in love at first sight.

Ethan Bennett has what everyone wished they had, money, power and respect. When his first love, Valencia, walks back into his life, the love they shared as teenagers resurfaces and reminds him that there is no love like that first love. Valencia Ramos never forgot the first person who loved her unconditionally. Now all grown up, Ethan is still everything she ever wanted and the love she still feels for him is a love she's never been able to forget. Discover their path to finding out if first love is truly real love.

They had the perfect love...That's what Brian Knight thought of his relationship with Sherry Braxton until he looked up one day and she was gone and never wanted to see him again. Two years later, he discovered that there is the possibility that Sherry may have been pregnant with his child. Hurt and angry at her deceit, he takes a flight to Baltimore to fight for his rights as a father and realizes that the love and passion they once shared had never died. Is it possible he could still have the kind of love he thought would last a lifetime? Can Brian have his love at last?

Phoenix Graham is living her best life with the best man, her fiancé, Carson Stone, heir to the Stone Tower Hotel Empire. Her perfect life is shaken up when a handsome, rugged and extremely sexy mysterious man moves in across the hall and she begins to see that the rose colored glasses she had been seeing life through were blinders. She soon discovers that Carson was the best man for her until she takes notice of a better man and his name is Gavin Black. What's a girl to do when the best doesn't get better and better is what she craves?

Cade Weston, Hollywood's most eligible bachelor and named the world's sexiest man of the year, lives life at the top with a bevy of beauties at his beck and call, people providing his every desire and more money than any one person should have. Callie Hurston struggles to make it as a stylist to the stars in a world where women are intimidated by her beauty and men are interested in her body and not her talent. Cade thought he had it all until he has a chance meeting with Callie and decides to take a chance on her talent and ends up taking an even bigger chance with his heart. Can the playboy turn in his player's card and give in to love?

About It Should Have Been You Karma: Dr. Clayton Myers was never a believer inkarma, but he did believe in fate. Both would soon collide and expose a secretthat would impact the perfect life and relationship with the only woman he everloved, but not the only woman he took to his bed. That revelation would put hislife on a path he accepted while never forgetting what could have been. Disappointment: Dr. Donna Spencer had experienced one ofthe darkest days of her life at the hands of the man who made a promise offorever. She took the hit to her heart and realized nothing good lasts forever. Fate: After years of no contact, Clayton andDonna's paths would cross again, forcing them to face the past where their loveresided, while wondering what should have been and if they could find their wayback to love again.

Sexy, debonair, Delvin "DJ" "Black" Michaels, left Chicago as a man in search of a better life than the one he had where everyone knew him as "Black". He met a woman, fell in love, and then she turned out to be someone he didn't really know when her scandalous life ruined his career. Avalon Hart had lived her life on the edge, making do the best way she knew how even if it meant scheming men out of their hard-earned money. She learned how to survive from the streets and she was a woman who had a way with men that got her whatever she wanted, that was until she encountered DJ Michaels in Chicago, a man from her past whom she had once easily swayed to her desires. She realized early that the man she encountered in New York had grown immune to her tricks, even the ones she learned how to do in bed that he loved so much. DJ and Avalon are on a roller coaster ride to love and neither knew it. He had a lot to lose if he let Avalon get too close to him again. This time, whatever she was plotting, he was ready to take her down, even if it meant losing his heart in the process. He was betting on "Black" for the win, but so was Avalon, in her own way. There was no telling who would end up on top, but one thing was for sure - the road to getting there was going to be filled with hot, sexy fun, a pair of handcuffs, and a whole lot of sensuality that neither could resist!