Decades: A Journey of African American Romance

He's great with a guitar, and even better with a knife… Golden Worth is a simple man. Good music, a peaceful life, and maybe the occasional night with a pretty woman will do him just fine. The violent past he left behind is nothing he ever wants to go back to. But he never counted on catching the eye of gorgeous society girl, Leonie Harper, who has never done anything simple in her life. Between roping him into knife fights in dark alleys and secret evenings making love on her silk sheets, Leonie challenges him to be better and worse than he's ever been. The things they do together are pulse-pounding. Wicked. Hot. And he can't get enough. Although this glittering society creature only wants Golden for a few nights, can he convince her that they can be for keeps?

Escaping an arranged marriage, Leigh Jones flees her southern hometown for Harlem's vibrant jazz scene to pursue her dream of becoming a singer. She finds more than she expected, namely Miles Cooper. The smooth-talking musician walked out on her three years ago, taking her music and her heart with him. Leigh has no intentions of falling for Miles or his charms again, until he tempts her with the one thing she can't resist: a recording contract. But when her past comes calling, she realizes Miles is the one person who can save her from a man who won't take no for an answer.Miles isn't one for putting down roots or staying in one place for longer than a season. Yet, memories of Leigh's sultry voice, beauty and sass make him long for the life and love he forfeited. Having walked away once, but never again, Miles sets out to prove he's a changed man willing to go to any lengths to protect his woman. He's determined to show Leigh, one passionate note at a time that the music they make together will last a lifetime.

*LOVE'S SWEET MELODY is part of the Decades: A Journey of African American Romance series. Each book explores a decade between the 1900s and the 2010s. This book covers the 1940s.*Autumn, 1946Warner Hughes returns home from war with the lingering effects of battle. Abandoned by his sweetheart and ostracized by his community, he feels he has no real home.Elizabeth "Betty" Daniels has one love: music. Betty's family wants to see her married, busy with affairs of the home, leaving no time to pursue her art. Warner's only solace is in the sweet melody of Betty's music. To Betty's mind, marriage means giving up the freedom to pursue her art. Can Warner let love in, and can Betty make room for love?

True love calls for bipartisan commitment... Gwendolyn Taylor has campaigned for President Barack Obama and is committed to working for his reelection. After that, the librarian and activist plans on taking an early retirement — or so she thinks. One of Gwen's volunteer organizations wants her to help unseat the incumbent state senator — by running for his office. Gwen has her doubts until she meets the senator's distractingly sexy — and socially unconscious — campaign manager. Noah Barrow sees his candidate as the best choice for their community. He believes in the senator's integrity, commitment and platform. Gwen is a very attractive woman — distractingly so — but she is also a policy novice with dreams of political grandeur — or so he thinks. Gwen's ideas are fresh and different enough that they just might work, but it takes more than promising proposals to run a successful campaign. With such conflicting ideologies, could Noah and Gwen find a way to merge their platforms for the sake of their community — and their hearts?