Mistress (Bryant)

Nationally best-selling author Niobia Bryant lays down smooth and sexy fiction for her adoring fans. Here four friends must deal with a shocking betrayal from within their group. Jaime, Renee, Aria, and Jessa have stuck together through it all. But the group is stunned when Jessa texts the other three a confession regarding an affair with someone's husband-and she won't reveal whose man she's been sleeping with. Now with rumors flying and innuendo rampant, the three remaining friends must pull together or risk losing their bond forever.

This sizzling tale by national best-selling author Niobia Bryant is the sequel to her Message from a Mistress. Since receiving a text saying their husbands may have cheated on them, Jaime, Aria, and Renee have been trying to move past the heartbreaking situation. But regardless of whether the text was a lie, the three can't deny that the way they see their husbands-and themselves-has changed.

From the author of Mistress No More comes a sexy, exciting novel that's sure to thrill fans everywhere. Niobia Bryant's Mistress, Inc. follows Jessa Bell, an ex-mistress who decides to turn over a new leaf when an affair with her best friend's husband ends in his death and Jessa lying in a hospital bed. After landing a book deal and time on national talk shows, Jessa appears to be a changed woman. But leaving the past behind is harder than she thought, and when her darkest secrets are exposed, events take a decidedly nasty turn.

Pleasure is his name, one that women whisper-and scream-with desire. As a popular exotic dancer and escort, he fulfills his clients' every sexy fantasy. His climb has taken him from the streets' most lethal ride-or-die ladies to the even more dangerous world of wealthy, powerful women. All along, he believed leveraging his chiseled body for a life of luxury would help him outrun his tormented childhood. But now a mysterious woman has him at her mercy, determined to punish him for reasons he doesn't understand. Saving his own life means Pleasure must figure out which of the women from his past has a deadly obsession. And when a long-buried secret arises, will he be able to survive? Or will facing it completely destroy him?

National bestselling author Niobia Bryant detonates an explosive, relentlessly shocking tale of betrayal, desire, and revenge as a dish best never served . . . She cheated with one of her best friends' husbands-and turned scathing publicity into cash-money celebrity. But Jessa Bell has reformed. She's trying to make amends to those she did wrong, and she's started a successful business catching rich unfaithful spouses. Her agents are beautiful lost girls who get a shot at the good life. And when Jessa's sizzling affair with private detective Hammer turns into love and marriage, she's sure she's finally doing things right . . . Until she catches Hammer sleeping with one of her agents just months after their wedding. His betrayal, plus the return of someone from her past who is being used by her deadliest enemy, makes Jessa go back to her old ways with a vengeance . . . Now Jessa's leaving no secret buried as she pursues every forbidden passion-and shatters the lives of those who cross her. But it's the enemies Jessa doesn't see coming who have her dead in their sights. And she'll need to up her game past the limit to face a devastating truth-and survive.

After surviving a shattering betrayal by a former friend, Jaime Pine has every reason to celebrate. Stronger and savvier after her "perfect" marriage crashed-and-burned, Jaime now has Luc, a billionaire music mogul willing to give her everything, including a dazzling career, and what looks like a forever happily-ever-after. Until a no-limits island vacation with her best friends turns up the last person Jaime ever expected to see again... Unforgettable Graham Walker, aka "Pleasure," is an ex-escort skilled at mind-blowing sex. But now, after coming to terms with his own troubled past, Graham is a changed man. And Jaime finds him more irresistible than ever. Yet after one last no-holds-barred night together and a connection that can't be denied, Jaime decides to finally put Graham in the past and move on with her new life as planned. She accepts Luc's proposal of marriage-and then discovers she's pregnant. Torn and confused, Jaime spins a desperate web of half-truths and lies-of-omission to protect both men-and herself-as she struggles to choose her path. But when her secrets explode in public, the choice is made for her. Can she deal with her mistakes honestly and do what's best for everyone involved?