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Light-skinned Selina Standish lives a life of emotional pain and torment. In 1906, at the age of eight, she is convinced by her mother, actress Lavinia Standish, the daughter of a slave, to pass as white. Although Selina yields to her mother's insistence to pass, she refuses to cut ties completely with her Negro relatives, including her twin brother, a child her mother deems too dark. However, at age 17, in the year 1915, Selina meets wealthy Southerner Jack Cosgrove, the man of her dreams. Keeping her ancestry a secret, Selina is conflicted by Jack's negative attitude toward her race.

According to Max Disher, an ambitious young black man in 1930s New York, someone of his race has only three alternatives: "Get out, get white, or get along." Incapable of getting out and unhappy with getting along, Max leaps at the remaining possibility. Thanks to a certain Dr. Junius Crookman and his mysterious process, Max and other eager clients develop bleached skin that permits them to enter previously forbidden territory. What they discover in white society, however, gives them second thoughts.

Pulitzer-winning journalist and best-selling author (Freeman) Leonard Pitts, Jr.'s new historical novel is a great American tale of race and war, following three characters from the Jim Crow South as they face the enormous changes World War II triggers in the United States. An affluent white marine survives Pearl Harbor at the cost of a black messman's life only to be sent, wracked with guilt, to the Pacific and taken prisoner by the Japanese.

Neil McClain is the screw-up, the one everyone hopes will win but expects to lose. He wants to live a better life, one that his late mother would be proud of, but his belief in himself is weak. Sage Moniba is in need of a major miracle, or she'll be forced to give up the only life she's known. Neil is searching for freedom from the demons of his past. Sage is in desperate need of help. Could it be that what each one needs resides in the other?

NBA player Leland McClain, the baby of the McClain family, is tall, handsome, talented...and spoiled. He's a man who gets what he wants, and what he wants is the lovely Kimberly Hampton. Kim Hampton is the director of a community center, a woman who lives to help others while trying to forget a troubling past. As far as she's concerned, a relationship with any man is a horrible idea. But a relationship with Leland McClain? That's just out of the question. He has to have her. She is undeniably attracted to him. But will she lower her guard and let him hold her?

Sebastien Bennett is a man that is focused on two things. His career and his family. He isn't configured to add any stumbling blocks into his already perfectly crafted routine. That is...until love comes unexpectedly. Imani Barasa doesn't care about the fanfare surrounding her work life. Her only concern is making sure that her clients stay out of trouble and out of the media for all the wrong reasons.

Benjamin Bennett leads a lifestyle that many could only dream of. He's a star quarterback, well educated, and he knows how to get what he wants. But what he stays clear from is love because his ambition and goals don't align with it. Riana is sassy and all about herself. Her world consists of her career as a musician and she doesn't see anything outside of it. Though her intentions are good, she battles issues from the past that hinders her from truly moving forward in life, especially in the love department.

Sean B. is an overly attractive man with a lot of pull, who's able to navigate well in life. He's an artist with several businesses under his belt; not to mention, he was once a professional football player. He has the money, fame, and Chelsea, who he considers as one of his best friends. Though they've been platonic friends for six years, there's something brewing in Sean that he can't seem to tame.

Having her own successful baking business literally fell into Harper Richardson's lap. She's strong, smart, independent, and well-rounded. Her life has already been figured out, and she is living it to the best of her abilities, along with her year-long boyfriend, Zaire. Harper is given some news that stuns her, leaving her angry with herself for being so naïve. Zaire isn't the man she thought he was. Still reeling from that news, she decides to go and have a great time at the Houston Livestock Show.

Luca Kareem and Riana Santee made an exchange a little over eight years ago - a heart for a heart. Riana had no problem relinquishing her heart to Luca, but Luca preferred spreading his love and his body thinly to almost every attractive woman he came in contact with. After a year of warring for a place in his heart, Riana finally gives up, but when Luca leaves her, he takes her heart with him. She becomes a heartless, emotionally detached hit-woman, stealing the hearts of men in her path just for fun.

Professional Quarterback Austin Riley is finally seeing his dreams come to fruition - he has a ring under his belt, he is one of the league's top contenders for future Hall of Fame recognition, he is building a family legacy, and just months away, he will be marrying the woman he's loved since before he understood what love truly meant: Sommer Hayes. But it is in times of invincibility that a man's true nature is tested. His past comes back to haunt him in a way he never expected.

Professional quarterback Austin Riley has always been smitten with his childhood "enemy," Sommer Hayes. Having known each other their entire lives, the majority of their relationship exchanges have been sneers, insults, smirks, and jeers. Now, 10 years have passed since he last stepped foot in his hometown. Austin and Sommer run into each other again only to discover that they both share the same secret: their hatred toward one another was merely a cover-up for the true feelings they'd kept hidden.

Former FBI agent Kenton Bailey traded in his badge when an assignment went horribly wrong. Now he provides personal security to high-end clients. But falling for Egypt Durand, the Queen of Supreme Security, wasn't part of the plan. She's smart, classy, and ignites a fire in him that only she can extinguish. Except she retreats from his advances...and she's shrouded in a veil of secrecy. Egypt has never met a man as sexy as Kenton. Funny and smart, he's hard to resist. But her past leaves no room for a happily ever after. Still, with him, she dreams of a future.

Detective Lazarus Dimas doesn't play by the rules. On the streets, he's a force to be reckoned with, a dangerous man with a badge and a gun. But he does have a soft spot - the sexy Assistant District Attorney Journey Ramsey. There is something about the woman he can't shake. She's irresistible and off-limits. At least that's what he keeps telling himself, but one kiss leads to others, and well...so much for limits.

Stuntwoman Dakota Sherrod is an adrenaline junkie. Leaping off buildings and running through fire is just another day at the job. Hence, when she sets her sights on Hamilton, she goes after him full-force. Their attraction is fierce, but he thwarts her advances at every turn. He's the strong, silent type who operates by a set of rules, but he'll soon realize she rarely follows rules.

Outspoken and more than capable of backing up her words, loan officer, Denise Buhari, is finally back on her feet after years of rebuilding her life following a horrible marriage and divorce. But just when she is ready to head into a future she's sure will be bright, the rug is pulled out from under her again.

A year after a messy break-up with her stripper ex-boyfriend, seamstress Trevia McCall is still feeling the after-effects of his betrayal...and their mind-numbing sex life. She's done with him, but her subconscious mind and body haven't gotten the memo. Spoken word artist Nyles Adams is the kind of man Trevia loves to love - handsome, talented, and cocky as hell. But as far as she's concerned, he's everything she wants and nothing that she needs. Could it be possible that Trevia and Nyles were made to love each other?

Popular travel blogger Greer Kennedy is living the good life with a successful career and equally as successful fiance until one phone call from a friend opens her eyes to the truth of her relationship. Tall, handsome, and successful in his own right, Derek Hill is dealing with some serious relationship problems as well. When their paths cross, they mutually but unofficially decide to share a night - or three or four - of anonymous pleasure.

Jayla Anthony had it all. At least, that's what it looked like from the outside. But from the inside looking out, she knew there was much more to life than her current situation. And when she decides to press the reset button on everything she thought she knew with her newly divorced status, her new occupation, and her move to a brand-new town, she hardly expects that to somehow end up including the young, handsome security guard from her company's building.

Chance Washington only has a few things on his mind when he embarks on a trip back to his hometown. Completing the assignment for work that's sending him there in the first place, helping his mom make progress on her fixer-upper home, and catching up with some of his best friends who he doesn't get to see often enough. What is not a part of those plans is hooking up with the little sister of one of his best friends.