βNightmare in Paradiseβ 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 thingβa sizzling night of pleasure with a sexy strangerβmight cost her more than she ever imaginedβ¦
βBad Luck Shadowβ by Victor McGlothin Bad luckβs been shadowing handsome Baltimore Floyd ever since he hopped a train out of New York City. On the run from some of Harlemβs baddest hitmen, Baltimoreβs 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, Baltimoreβs got only one shot to get out aliveβthe biggest heist in KCβs history. Lucky for him, Henry Taylorβs got his back, and heβll have to use every trick he knows to save Baltimore from going down for goodβ¦