By Love Released: Book One (ePub)

BWWM Billionaire Erotic Romance Novella With Mature Content for Readers 18+

"Rafe's first thought was that he wanted to paint her as a Nile River goddess, her shimmering dreadlocks fanned around her head like sunrays."

Shawna Franklin's life is challenging… taking care of her teenage brother and working hard in low paying, part-time jobs that barely covers the rent. It's worth it though. She's determined Jamie won't end up like their deadbeat, druggie mother, or worse.

Each month, she earns a few extra dollars posing nude for a SoMa art studio. A proud and stunningly beautiful African American woman, she doesn't like exposing herself to strangers like that. But it's legitimate work and she'd do anything for her kid brother.

Rafe Adams has it made. A former marketing executive, he's a handsome white male who cashed out early and will never have to work another day in his life. It's all about the finer things in life now, with plenty of money and time to pursue what he loves, including his passion for art. There's only one thing missing, and money can't buy it.

When she disrobes in Rafe's class that first time, Shawna's grace and mystery grabs him and shakes him to the core. He has to have her, has to know her. He doesn't know why. He just does.

She's overcome, too, by her own attraction to this striking man, but suspicious. What's his true motivation? Will he be just one more jerk who thinks she's a toy to possess, to play with until he's bored then tosses it away? Or… could he be the one?

Their worlds are as different as her black is to his white. Is it possible for such differences to come together and make something beautiful? Should she stay proud and independent, or take a risk on love and reach for her dreams?

Of course, choices are never that easy.