A year and a half ago, Mercedes Holmes and Raul Santiago shared an explosive encounter that ended abruptly. Since then, Mercedes has gone out of her way to keep both her emotional and physical distance from the sexy and charming Brazilian. Now, however, the full-time assistant principal and part-time burlesque dancer finds herself in need of Raul’s security services. Raul Santiago is the consummate ladies’ man. He’s wealthy, sexy-as-sin, and just dangerous enough to put himself between the woman he’s had his eye on for more than a year and the stranger stalking her. When Raul finds himself not only offering Mercedes his professional services, but opening up his home to her, the undeniable chemistry between the two becomes irresistible. Over the course of one busy, burlesque performance-filled summer, Raul fights to break down Mercedes’ emotional walls, and stop whoever it is that is threatening Mercedes’ life.

Each book in the Black Burlesque Series are STANDALONE novels. Book 1: Black Pearl Book 2: Black Dahlia Andre Collins is not looking for love. In fact, love is the last thing on his mind as he continues to run one of the country’s most successful financial services firms alongside his brother. Andre is steadfast in the belief that love and marriage just aren’t for him. Or are they? Life for Stacey Coleman hasn’t turned out the way she dreamed as a young girl. After a devastating injury ended her ballet career, she is finally finding happiness performing as a burlesque dancer while finishing school to become a social worker. Stacey’s not looking for love, but sometimes life has other ideas. When she meets the charismatic Andre Collins, the chemistry between them will not be denied, least of all by Andre. Andre will find that the one woman that is meant for him will challenge all of his previously held notions about love and marriage. Just as the couple’s relationship deepens, an intruder from Andre’s world emerges and threatens to tear them apart.