Eliza is a young, black jazz singer in 1920s New York City. Despite growing up sheltered, she begins to work at at Speakeasy during the prohibition era. Her life changes when she meets an Irish gangster by the name of William McGill. When they begin a heated affair, Eliza questions if she will ever become accustomed to his lifestyle. When * appears, it means that there are sexual themes in that chapter. Warning: Sexual content, alcohol, other adult themes

In 1925 Europe, a young French black woman known as Vanessa escapes her stormy past by suddenly leaving the only life she knows back in France. Catching trains with currency she earns through newly becoming a prostitute, she travels north-west through the United Kingdom searching for a new beginning. A train stop in Birmingham, England temporarily pauses her travels as a customer takes a high-paying interest in her. Thomas Shelby is the leader of a notoriously criminal gang, the Peaky Blinders. Although he is known for practically owning this area of England and being a gun-toting gangster along with the rest of the Shelby family, he is also wealthy, powerful, a family man, and a cunning businessman. Needing a fresh outlook on life after the gut-wrenching murder of his wife, Tommy finds joy and amusement in Vanessa, the new twenty-five year old minx who has just arrived in town. Slowly becoming enamored by her, Tommy pays for her services daily to keep her from being touched by any other customer. Heart still broken from his wife's death, Tommy refuses to ever love or marry again... But suddenly feeling possessive over Vanessa, he has made sure for the last six months that she would only be paid to whore for him. Vanessa feels lucky to find daily pay within a single customer. Not only is Tommy handsome and his sex makes her dizzy with lust, but because of this agreement her body doesn't have to be used and worn down by multiple men each day. The two can simply enjoy each other's company, benefiting from it with their own reasons. Each day spent with Tommy is money being added to her pocketbook, money that she plans to save and use to create her own business in the near future. As trouble with the Italian mafia finds its way into the Peaky Blinders, Tommy offers Vanessa a pay raise for a change in her job description. Instead of his whore, she'd become his trusted companion... Vanessa soon finds out that the new position isn't nearly as easy as it sounds.

A family of three women living in the small (fictional) town of Jenepsi, Kansas struggle with life daily, being that they are African American in an extremely racist southern county, pre Civil Rights era. But the struggle doesn't end there. Josephine Davis is the mother of two young women, Dolly and Tessa Davis. Tessa, although sweet and adorable as can be, was born with a mental disability that keeps her extremely child like. She has been in trouble four times with the law for consistently stealing candy from the town's local bakery. Tessa's older sister Dolly is a true hero, she is strong, brave, and Tessa's main care giver. Instead of the court system taking Tessa from her family due to her fourth misdemeanor, Dolly signs the dotted line, offering voluntary housing to wounded soldiers from battle to keep her sister from being sent to an insane asylum. Although the plan seemed nice in the beginning, being that it would keep the family together. When Bill Skarsgard, an injured soldier moves into the house sooner than expected, things begin to get much more complex.

Copyrights © 2018 by itslovely23 All rights reserved Many believed he was a gift to mankind. No one could defeat him. No one could challenge him, and those who did crumble at his feet. He has defeated many nations that dared to take his. He had the strength of Zeus, the heart of Aphrodite, and the wrath of Ares. He was unlike anything that a man has seen. Like he was one of the gods. Many believed he was, he was Achilleus. The son of a mortal Greek hero, Peleus and the goddess of water, Thetis. The great warrior who's favored by the gods in times of wars to bring them glory. He was destined to become the greatest of all times and many will remember him for that. Will his good fortune and path to destiny be put at a halt when he sets his eyes upon a woman of Ivorian descent in the land of his enemies drifts him of his ways? In which his desire to fight for her becomes greater than for his country.

when ponyboy curtis is pushed into being the colored girls tutor the barriers of race break

The year is 1941 in central Boston, Massachusetts. Infamous American mobster Vincent Madden "Lion" has a run in with street dealing negroes. Things get messy when business, love, and lies intertwine. Especially when Madden sets his eyes on the little negro wife of one of the dealers.

Lucy, a 17-year old slave girl, was born on the plantation, works on the plantation, and will most likely die on the plantation. She knows little of the world past the plantation, but that doesn't keep her from wondering about it. With the rare abilities to read and write, she knows there's a better life out there for her; it's just a matter of where. Deciding to find her better life, she runs away to the north, hoping to make a living for herself. But, on her way to freedom, Lucy encounters Koi, the 21-year old son of an Indian tribe's chief. He welcomes her into his tribe, showing her the ways of the world and the heart. At Koi's side, Lucy ventures beyond the cotton fields.

Jacqueline Marie Johnson is an African American 16 year old girl living in the 1960's. She keeps up with the latest fashion trends and the hot new music and culture. She usually obeys all of the rules until it comes to civil rights, she's a straightforward activist who will do anything to ensure her rights as a human. Her heart beats for marches, protests and anything else that will bring the "white man" down a size. Tyler James Monroe on the otherhand is the complete opposite. Being born of White and African American decendent makes him different from all of his peers. Oddly, he's popular amongst both races, and no one says a word. When it comes to Civil Rights he would rather stay out of it, considering his father is one of the most known members of the Klu Klux Klan. Two completely different teenagers, one horrible society. These two spell nothing but trouble when together, but sometimes change comes with a little trouble.

Louise is a captivating novel that follows the story of Louise, a young girl who finds herself caught between her love for an aristocrat and the expectations of society. "You swore we would always be together, that you would protect me," Louise wept, her slender frame trembling. "How could you do this to me?" Lucy tossed her lustrous brown hair over one shoulder and scoffed. "I am your superior now in every way. We may share blood, but that slave woman who birthed us was never a mother to me." But when fate flings Louise into unexpected romance with Sebastian, can their star-crossed love shatter rules denying whites and blacks alike? He cupped her face in his hands, his thumbs gently wiping away her tears. "I understand, my love," he said, his voice tender. "I will give you time, as much as you need, to come to terms with our feelings. But know this: my love for you is not something I can simply turn off or ignore. It has become the very beat of my heart, the air that I breathe."

Marlon Brando asks a favor of Rose Taylor, a woman of color, to participate in a staged arranged marriage with him. Scandal arises from Marlon's drastic decision. Things get heated as they realize that things aren't so artificial at all. #2 in #brando #20 in #1950s Warning: 18+ sexual themes