“Nightmare in Paradise” by Mary Monroe
Good-looking and as dutiful a wife as she is a devoted
friend, reserved and respectful Renee Webb always does the
right thing. So when she gets a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to let her hair down on a Caribbean vacation
with her uninhibited friend Inez, Renee is more than ready
to let go. But the sun-splashed isle of Paraiso is not what
it seems, and Renee finds out that doing the wrong thing—a
sizzling night of pleasure with a sexy stranger—might cost
her more than she ever imagined…
“Bad Luck Shadow” by Victor McGlothin
Bad luck’s been shadowing handsome Baltimore Floyd ever
since he hopped a train out of New York City. On the run
from some of Harlem’s baddest hitmen, Baltimore’s luck
takes a turn for the worse after he murders a big-time
white businessman and gets thrown off the train in Kansas
City. Alone and on the lam, Baltimore’s got only one shot
to get out alive—the biggest heist in KC’s history. Lucky
for him, Henry Taylor’s got his back, and he’ll have to use
every trick he knows to save Baltimore from going down for
good…