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A soulful architect. A gospel-rooted musician. A love built to last. Rhythm & Design: A Platinum Chocolate Romance is a powerful story of purpose, passion, and divine timing. Claire Baldwin is used to building beauty from structure—dreaming in blueprints, raised among silver spoons and Ivy League expectations. Focused, brilliant, and untouchable, love was never part of the plan. Until one almost-mistake in her youth taught her the price of giving too much to someone who offered too little. Oliver Jamison Graham, the son of a revered pastor, walked away from the pulpit and into the chaos ...

Luxuries & Lies - A Platinum Chocolate Psychological Saga By LongTemple Power doesn’t always announce itself. Sometimes it erases you quietly—and waits to see if you object. Mercedes has mastered the art of professional calm. She knows how silence moves through rooms, how decisions are made without names attached, how labor disappears while outcomes remain. She has learned how to be indispensable without being seen—and how much that usefulness costs. When a quiet erasure forces her into visibility, Mercedes does not respond with confrontation or spectacle. Instead, she watches. She ...

Rhythm’s First Lady: A Platinum Chocolate Romance by LongTemple Power does not always arrive as cruelty. Sometimes it arrives as opportunity. Claire Graham is an architect whose talent is finally being seen—just as the church that shaped her husband begins to claim him. As invitations multiply and doors open, Claire and Oliver must decide what kind of success they are willing to accept, and what kind of faith they are willing to lose. Set against Newark’s rising cultural landscape and the quiet machinery of religious authority, Rhythm’s First Lady is a visionary, emotionally rich ...

Flip and Run: A Platinum Chocolate Sibling Saga Every silence has a song. Every goodbye finds its echo. From the fire escapes of the Lower East Side to the quiet hills of Wilkes-Barre, Flip and Run: A Platinum Chocolate Sibling Saga unfolds a powerful family saga about love, loss, and the unbreakable ties of a sibling bond that outlasts the streets, time, and tragedy. Raised just eleven months apart in the raw pulse of 1970s Manhattan, Runika “Run” Tamara Long and her older brother Flip learn early that family is not just love—it is survival. With an absent father and a mother whose ...

When Love Learns to Heal A Faith-Leaning Reflective Companion to the Rhythm Series by LongTemple Some love stories don’t end when the final page turns. They linger. When Love Learns to Heal is a faith-leaning reflective companion to Rhythm and Design and its sequel, Rhythm’s First Lady, created for readers who felt the quiet power of Oliver and Claire’s journey and wanted to sit with it longer. This is not a traditional novel. It is a contemplative companion that explores love shaped by calling, patience, faith, and healing. Through lyrical reflections and gentle prayers, this book ...

Searching for Platinum Chocolate: A Platinum Chocolate Romance They call us the Ebony M Elite—Marlie, Marsha, Mia, and Mary. We’re fearless, fabulous, and done playing by everyone else’s rules. What do we want? Platinum Chocolate. You know, those distinguished, smooth-talking silver foxes who make hearts race and leave you craving more. This isn’t about fairy tales or finding "The One." It’s about passion, laughter, and living life unapologetically. From swanky nights out to hilarious mishaps, our adventures are as bold as we are. We’re on a mission to find exactly what we want...

Caramel and Steel When Marlie meets Trunk, a charming and principled man with a voice as smooth as the jazz tunes he loves, sparks fly in ways she never expected. As they explore a love that feels like destiny. Marlie discovers that love isn’t just about passion, it’s about trust, patience, and understanding the weight of each other’s worlds. But Marlie’s journey is about more than romance. Enter the Ebony M. Elite a sisterhood of bold, brilliant women whose laughter, support, and camaraderie shine as brightly as the sequins on their jackets. Together, they navigate life’s ...

For years, Kianna has kept her heart locked away, content in her quiet routine—until Marcus walks into her life with a sultry smile and a voice that wraps around her like silk. A former jazz musician turned mysterious charmer, Marcus has a way of lighting up her senses and teasing her out of the shell she’s built. One touch, and Kianna’s world shifts, igniting a fire she thought had long been extinguished. Drawn into Marcus’s magnetic embrace, Kianna finds herself swept into a thrilling, sensual romance filled with late-night confessions, electric glances, and breathtaking nights ...

Between Grace & Fire A Platinum Chocolate Psychological Saga** Some lives are shaped by love. Others are forged by survival. And a few are tempered—slowly, painfully—between grace and fire. Between Grace & Fire is a psychologically layered, emotionally searing literary saga that traces one woman’s interior life from childhood into adulthood—not through spectacle, but through consequence. This is not a story about what happened. It is a story about what it cost. At its center is Aurie—a woman raised inside precision, performance, and expectation, groomed for appearance rather than ...

Just Run: A Platinum Chocolate Psychological Saga by LongTemple Just Run is a visionary work of modern women’s literature—part psychological saga, part historical reckoning, part interior survival map. Set against the shifting social landscapes of early-20th-century America, this novel follows Run, a woman shaped by systems designed to discipline, silence, and reframe her long before she understood the language for what was happening to her. Foster care. Institutions. Streets that raised children faster than families could. Rooms where survival demanded stillness. Corridors where ...

The Colors of Us Olivia Carter never imagined she’d be starting over at fifty-five. Two months before the pandemic, she walked away from a loveless marriage, seeking solace and rediscovery in her vibrant hobbies and quiet solitude. Alone for the first time in decades, Olivia finds comfort in sewing, cooking, and losing herself in intricate coloring books—small joys that fill her days and quiet her doubts. But when the world shuts down, Olivia forms an unexpected online connection with Victor Santiago—a charming Hispanic widower with a love for culinary adventures and shared prayers. ...

Cotton Sheets and Velvet Dreams A Platinum Chocolate Romance by LongTemple When life unravels, love can still bloom—soft as cotton, deep as velvet. Elena Velasquez was once a fashion icon adored by millions. Now, betrayal and a devastating diagnosis have driven her to a quiet coastal town to heal and rediscover her strength. But when a sudden collapse brings her face-to-face with Dr. Darren Philips—a dedicated ER physician with scars of his own—their worlds collide in a way neither expected. What begins as a medical emergency sparks an undeniable connection. Two wounded souls, bound ...

The High Holy Days are a time to reflect on the past year and to make resolutions for the year ahead. In this podcast, Cantor Cooper and Rabbi Fox of Temple Israel of Long Beach will discuss a theme for each week of the Hebrew month of Elul, leading up to the High Holy Days. They will explore the big questions surrounding how to return to our best selves, and how we can use these holidays to connect with our community and ourselves.