The magic of Potter Lake strikes again when Evonne Girard— cosmetologist and obsessed podcast fan meets Taj Wright— Registered Nurse and musician following a nasty fall in the parking lot at the Curl & Dye. There are jokes, there is flirting, lingering stares abound… but neither thinks they’ll see the other again any time soon.
When Evonne finally moves from her parent’s home, she discovers that the cute house she’s renting belongs to the handsome, sexy nurse with the eyes she can’t forget. But she’s not in Potter Lake to meet a man. She’s on a mission to prove to her parents that she isn’t the failure that showed up on their doorstep ten years ago.
Taj is delighted to rent his guest house to the pretty, snappy former patient he can’t stop thinking about. Potter Lake was a place to run when his dream died, a haven to start over and give back what was given to him. When the opportunity to live that dream again rolls around, Taj isn’t sure that he wants it to come true.
Evonne and Taj are forced to live in close quarters during a severe storm and quickly become more than landlord and tenant. When the same storm drives them from Potter Lake to a beachside retreat, worlds collide.
One shared secret could change the trajectory of something beautiful. On a rainy night in Georgia, two hearts meet. They’re never the same again.
Falling in love in a small town is tricky.Falling in love with the man who's putting you out of business is trickier.Leslie Baker, owner of Potter Lake's original hometown beauty shop, the Curl & Dye, has a muscular, handsome, 6'4" problem. Her college sweetheart, former basketball superstar Kade "KC" Cavanaugh, is back in Potter Lake following his NBA retirement and the shop he's opened, a slick and shiny co-ed salon, directly competes with Curl & Dye.Despite the "friendly" competition, KC is all too eager to pick things up where they left off so many years ago, but Leslie can't forget how he pushed her away after an intimate encounter, then dropped out of college and left her behind for the bright lights of professional ball.When the two sides of Potter Lake ago to war, putting the town on the verge of destruction at the hands of a crook, Leslie and KC find themselves in the center of this city wide drama. Wth their livelihoods at stake, the two have to stop sniping at each other and start working together. But first, can they forgive and forget... then give in to each other?
What happens on Black Diamond doesn't have to stay there. Indulge in a steamy #beachyblackromance on Black Diamond.
Wade Marshall, super producer to one of hip hop's brightest stars, planned to spend the summer on Black Diamond away from the rush of Brooklyn and the distractions that had been plaguing his work so he can do what he does best - make beats. But he is immediately consumed by an entirely different and more attractive distraction - his bold, beautiful, sexy neighbor with the' glorious hips' and a penchant for ice cream.
Ameenah Porter, daughter of successful New York restauranteurs, moved to the man made island of Black Diamond to fulfill her dream of opening a beachside smoothie shop. She doesn't need the distraction of a new man but her new tall, dark and handsome neighbor is irresistible.
Ameenah's days at Tikis & Cream are spent cooling off her customers with her gourmet smoothie blends. Her nights on the shores of Black Diamond Bay are enchanting and romantic, and soon Wade and Ameenah find themselves in the middle of a Beach Thing... a meaningless tryst that will end when the summer is over. Or will it?
When summer ends, Wade will return to Brooklyn. Ameenah lives on Black Diamond. Neither want this Beach Thing to end, so is their fling really a fling or is it the beginning of something real?
Vanessa Jackson is just trying to get her life together, not pick up a new man... and certainly not her divorce attorney. Life would be so much easier if she could divorce her ex, but Warren Jackson isn't ready to let go of the dancer he 'rescued' from a previous life.
The youngest of four brothers at Kincaid Family law, Gibson is the rebel. He's never going to do what Sylvia 'The Silver Shark' wants him to do. His career might implode before he has the chance to open his dream law firm, but come hell or high water, he's going to get his newest client divorced so she can start a new life... with him.
