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Stephanie James

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Stephanie James is a creative soul with a serious soft spot for love—especially the kind that blooms in multicultural relationships. She writes stories featuring strong women of color, flawed-but-fine heroes, and couples who fight their way through past traumas to earn their happily ever afters.

Stephanie’s playground is contemporary and urban romance, where passion comes in many flavors. Whether you like falling for broody millionaires, irresistible male strippers, or heroes who bring just the right touch of danger, she’s got a story ready to sweep you away (and maybe keep you up past your bedtime).

When Stephanie isn’t holed up in her writing fortress of solitude, she’s braving blistering heat or icy winds on the sidelines of her daughters’ ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 1,495 ratings · 258 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Pieces 4.26 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Love Like This 4.15 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redemption 4.33 avg rating — 253 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Love Like This 2 3.95 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sins of the Past (Redemption #2) 4.35 avg rating — 132 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Russian Mutt: Jacopo's Story: A Redemption Spin-off (Mafia Mutts Book 1) 4.40 avg rating — 80 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kings of the Palace: Bowie's Story 4.44 avg rating — 54 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Audible: John's Story 4.34 avg rating — 44 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kings of the Palace: Justice' Story: A second chance romance 4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kings of the Palace: Mayson's Story 4.50 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Love Like This (2 books)
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Redemption (2 books)
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Resort to Romance (The Duttas #1)

by Kacey Sophia (Goodreads Author)

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Caught in You (The Token Black Friend #2)

by Nia Arthurs (Goodreads Author)

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Trapped in You (The Token Black Friend #1)

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Messy Love Shooter. As always its some mess but that's what makes it great. Lyric knew what she was doing but Ill chalk it up to youth. Nay and Shun may still be a problem and Griff...he wasn't in love just his ego. I hope they keep their ever after. ...more
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OMG! I've seen this book for over a year now and passed by it, but after a listening to Beautiful Venom with Corvin King it sent me down a rabbit hole and damn if I'm not happy I did. The audio book with the full cast is beyond AMAZING!!! Between the ...more
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Face!!! It’d been a while since I read one of Nicole’s books and man this was so refreshing and different from her earlier work. I absolutely adored Face. He played no games and was definitely on his grown man. I stayed up all night reading this with ...more
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