"Then what do you want me to tell you." King yelled causing me to jump a little. Never had he raised his voice at me or even spoke this way to me. But I guess there was a first for everything. I took a deep breath before closing my eyes. I was close. He was close. I was so close that my chest laid against his and I could feel the thuds of his heartbeat. Neither one of us moved because we knew we what we wanted. We knew it from the first day we met each other. Fighting back the tears that formed in the back of my eyes I spoke. "Tell me how we'll be lovers and friends." There was a long silence before I opened my eyes and let the tears fall. _____________ Melanie and King have been friends since the beginning of their freshman year in college. The two always found it weird how they met but thanked God everyday that they had. But the thing that made them different from friends were their feelings. Never had one of them dared to tell each other the feelings they had deep down for one another. Because at the end of the day they were friends. And only that. That's all they knew to be. But with their feelings growing deeper and being unable to control them. Will they finally become what they want. Or will their fantasy crumble to pieces? Will they ever be lovers and friends?

At age 12, Maliah's twin brother Malik drowned. Eight years later, she's still coping with the trauma of her loss. Though she visits their favorite beach for fond memories, she is yet to enter the water. When a familiar stranger offers to help combat her fear, Maliah's life takes a turn. Learning to live again might just be more than what she hoped for. *Copyright 2018 by Sheri Mello* No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without express written permission of the author. This book is for your enjoyment only. It may not be re-printed, sold or given away to other people. The story in this book is the property of the author. No one, except the owner of this property, may reproduce, copy or publish in any medium any individual story or part of this novel without the expressed permission of the author of this work.

When Maduka meets Nwanyieze, he is certain they are meant to be. He knows she is a woman with secrets, but he cannot stay away from her. He also has secrets of his own, of a past that he has been fearing and seeking to confront at the same time... Nwanyieze, distrustful of the world, can't help herself with Maduka. He seems too good to be true, but what will happen when the cat crawls out of the bag? Burning from rejection, Saheed has refused to back down from his goal. He is a man who always gets what he wants. And he wants Nwanyieze. Amid secrets and desire set in the Centre of Excellence, will love blossom, or will it die off? And is it lying when you deliberately omit something from someone you love? _______________________________________________ Highest ranking: No. 1 in #Africa Warning: Might make you grin from ear to ear and go "Awww" like a million times. Available on Okadabooks website and application if you'd like to own a revised copy. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

/ˈ(h)wərlˌwind/: an hasty yet passionate affair between two individuals that leaves both in an inebriated and sometimes toxic state. The story of two people who cross paths and form a union that seems almost unbreakable. It was so pure, so genuine yet misunderstood by many. Though their foundation was strong that didn't stop karma from working it's wonders and causing some kind of destruction. It caused a whirlwind.

Kelz was everything to Azure. Her first boyfriend, first lover, you name it. However after four years of young love, Azure wakes up to a text that shatters her world. Kelz was done with her, without so much as an explanation. Azure spends weeks searching for answers, but fate has a funny way of changing her heart's tune when she meets Nico Graham during spring break in Miami. Growing up a shy girl, spending most of her days painting away -Azure knows she is no match for the popular man, who has women falling over him wherever he goes. Nico Graham's world consists of two things: Boxing and Women. At the young age of 21, Nico is the undefeated knockout king in the boxing ring, taking on his career headstrong while battling school and the 'friends' he keeps. He wasn't the relationship type, that he knew. However his theory is challenged when he runs into the Golden Brown painter, Azure in Miami. Her shy demeanor and pretty face drawls him in, and he'll do anything to win her love. In a tale of pure fate, Azure and Nico find themselves falling in love in their crazy worlds. When temptation comes knocking at their house of love, will they stand strong or fall?

Trials and hardships are nothing new to Tiana, she's taken them on her entire life. Living in survival mode has taught her that life is what you make it, so with a leap of faith she jumps into the unknown. Without notion or reason she searches for something more than existence and finds the answers to all of her problems. This is the tale and testament of a young girl's journey.

A new life in a new city has its challenges but adding on a steamy relationship, strong friendships, and a newfound persona brews up a world wind of unexposed skeletons. The longevity of Tiana's story continues in the sequel of Epiphany.

Whenever you hear the name Kimani Sumner in the streets of the.Bronx, her older brother, KJ's, name is spoken shortly after. Ever since she was a child she was put on to a pedestal by her father and brother and anyone who crosses her always regretted it. Her fathers status and her brothers short temper has made her a social outcast as a kid. Girls wanted to use her to get closer to KJ Guys were too afraid to talk to her After an unfortunate event that happened when she was 16 that caused her to move in with her Aunt, Toya in Delaware. 4 years later she's back in the Bronx and everyone is shocked by the girl she has became and she's even more shocked to find out about her brothers newly found status. Her brother followed in her father's footsteps and Kimani is repulsed by this news but she shortly realizes that she's not too different from her brother and father and battles with the idea of giving in to this life or branching off and becoming her own person. All events and characters in this story are fictional while all rights to this story are reserved to @baabiiee_doll (Lorraine)

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