Sugar Baby

"Brown sugar baby, dark eyes spark bright with glee...Pie of my eye, stay right here with me." This lyrical first book in the Brown Sugar Baby series is a celebration of the powerful love and protective, comforting instincts of a mother for her child. Its soothing rhythm and tender rhymes are highlighted by whimsical and charming illustrations that are perfect for story time. Relatable, lyrical story for parents and their little girls and boys to read together time and time again Beautiful illustrations, featuring African American family, will keep kids engaged throughout the story Sturdy board book pages are easy to grasp, great for children practicing fine motor skills Poetic rhythm and rhymes encourage language patterns and development amongst toddlers Perfect for baby showers, birthday gifts, Mother's Day, and more! At Cottage Door Press, we believe in creating stories that reflect the boundless possibilities of all children. We hope to create books that inspire little ones to connect, encourage them to dream, give them cause to celebrate, and allow them to see themselves beautiful reflected in the stories they read.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe babies in terms of different sweet and tasty brown treats.

Vickie and her best friend fear that their six-grade project will make them look ridiculous in the eyes of the seventh-grade boy they both love.

Alison's ordinary teenage problems suddenly become overshadowed by the discovery that she has diabetes. Grades 5-8.

A rhythmic picture book describes a mother's affection for her child, from jumping together in the grass to rocking together before bedtime.

From the author of the bestselling Ruthless People series, a contemporary story about the transcendent power of love... When twenty-four-year-old Felicity Harper is dragged to a sugar party, an event where wealthy men and women seek “companionship,” she never expects this one simple decision to drastically change her whole life. Her past is nothing but broken dreams and heartache. Her present is detached and dull. And her future? Well, before meeting Theodore Darcy, the famed film director, writer, producer and CEO of Darcy Entertainment, she would have expected more of the same. Love is just a fantasy and she wants no part of it—even if she can’t deny the magnetic attraction between the two of them. So their arrangement is simple: sex with no strings attracted. But as their intimacy becomes more powerful, so do Felicity’s demons. Can Theo really shoulder her past and his own? And could Felicity even let him?

When what's expected to be a one-night stand is followed by an offer to visit a lakeside cabin in Tahoe, Brad postpones his flight back home to Hawaii. After all, what's waiting for him back there except the vague prospect of life after the Marine Corps? Besides, he is curious about Ron, the wealthy older man making the offer, who seems to be both intelligent and competent-but also dangerously reckless. And so it is that Brad finds himself mingling with the very, very elite while bit by bit discovering more of Ron's unsettled past-and all the while pondering his own unsettled future. UPDATED VERSION

When a little girl has doubts about the color of her skin, her mother shows her all the wonderful, beautiful things brown can be! This message of self-love and acceptance uses rich, dreamy illustrations to celebrate the color using all the senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. "I don't want to be brown!" says a little girl about her skin. But so many beautiful things in the world are brown -- calming beaches, cute animals, elegant violins, and more. Brown is musical. Brown is athletic. Brown is poetic. Brown is powerful! Through lyrical words and stunning illustrations, it soon becomes clear that this brown sugar babe should be proud of the skin she's in.