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His Secret  by pinkwrites
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Amira Hart was never meant to be part of the story. Not the public one, anyway. But behind every polished legacy is the girl no one talks about-the one who was loved in secret, then left in silence. For two years, Amira and Brooks Whitmore IV lived in that silence. He was the President's son, raised for cameras and campaign trails. She was the woman he chose when no one was watching. Their worlds were never meant to meet. The cards were stacked long before they kissed in the dark. Now, two years later, a wedding invitation arrives. His name is on it. So is hers. Told in fragments and flashbacks, His Secret is a quiet storm of a love story-about memory, erasure, and the women history tries to forget.
The FIRE in You by QuiliviaTheTreasure
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"Dark brown eyes, and brown hair combed neatly. A three-piece tailor-made suit with his initials on the sleeves. A teasing beard that tickled me every time he hugged me or rested his head in the crook of my neck." Dreamy right????? Keep reading 🧐🧐 "I hate him with passion. Not only did he use me to get ahead in his business but he also cheated on me a thousand times. Sadly, he is an angel to my sisters, the best father figure they could ever wish for." All I wanted was to be with someone who would love me and let me grow but I got him. Now I find myself struggling to choose between my career and love life. I don't know what the future holds but I'm ready to move past him.
My Brothers Shadow  by flowerr__child_
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18 year old Seven is the pride of 12th Street. With a 4.0 GPA, a clean record, and a future that stretches far beyond the projects, she's the "good girl" everyone points to. She lives her life by the book, tucked safely behind the protection of her brother, Serge, and the iron gate of her porch. She's a goldfish in a shark tank, and she knows it. But the walls Serge built are starting to feel thin. Ghost is the first crack in her foundation. He's Serge's right hand, a man who has known Seven since she was in pigtails. He's respectful, steady, and moves through their house with a silent, predatory grace. He knows the "don't touch" policy better than anyone, but the way he watches her from the kitchen door tells a different story. He's the familiar danger, the one who's always there, whispering that he sees the woman she's becoming. Then there is Lucky. If Ghost is the fire, Lucky is the cold, dark eclipse. As the man who runs the neighborhood, he doesn't come inside, and he doesn't play by anyone's rules, not even Serge's. He doesn't talk much. He doesn't have to, his presence is a loud enough statement. Seven is caught in the crosshairs of two different kinds of power. One man is her brother's best friend who respects the house, the other is the street legend who intends to own it. On 12th Street, loyalty is everything... but some temptations are worth the war.
Opposite Sides (Completed) by WrittenbyJanae
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Johanna and Jose are from two different sides of the track, during the time of a power war between the Blacks and the Latinx's the two cross paths in more ways than one. How far are you willing to go to defend who you are? How far are you willing to go for love? What do you do when the two pull you to opposite sides?
A Player's Prayer by thedonxo
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Thrown into the bustle of Atlanta after leaving New York, Britney "B" Williams is forced to adapt to a new normal. Not knowing what to expect she unintentionally befriends Atlanta's elite which leads her to uncovering deceit, secrets and love. (July 2021) Edited (March 2023) Formerly known as: "All this Love" #therealm 🌍 Cover by @seauxheaux
Between Us by ashhxwrites
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It began with a wrong address-and a letter that shouldn't have been read. Kamaria's curiosity sparks a chain of letters that draw her and Zahir into a secret world of vulnerability and trust. Yet when they finally meet, they'll have to discover if reality can live up to the intimacy of their words.
Fight 2 Finish by TellTales2You
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Cerise Laurent does not do messy. Not in her work. Not in her image. And definitely not in her love life. She is a creative director with too much ambition, too much pride, and too much to lose to become someone's headline. Every move she makes is intentional. Every room she walks into is calculated. Cerise knows how to control a frame, protect a reputation, and keep people at a safe distance. Then Malik Johnson happens. Heavyweight boxer. Nike athlete. Public obsession. A man with discipline in his bones, pressure on his back, and an entire world waiting for him to slip. Malik is used to being watched, studied, and turned into whatever story people want him to be. But Cerise sees him differently, and that might be the most dangerous thing about her. What starts as work turns into quiet conversations, almost touches, private jokes, and the kind of tension neither of them can explain without making it real. But privacy is fragile when everyone is looking. One blurry photo is all it takes for strangers to start guessing, brands to start circling, and people close enough to know better to start paying attention. Cerise and Malik both know what control costs. The problem is, they might want each other more. Started: February 25, 2026 Ended: July 28, 2026
VOW (BOOK 1.) by EZRAVISUALS
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Catalyna Jade has spent most of her life underneath her father's control. Being Damien Jade's daughter came with money and protection, but rarely the freedom to make her own choices. Especially when it came to marriage. At twenty-one, Catalyna learns she's expected to marry twenty-five-year-old Braxton Millien Kanu-a quiet, possessive, and dangerous man deeply involved in the same world her father tried to shelter her from. Neither of them chose the arrangement, and Catalyna has no intentions of making it easy. But somewhere between arguments, family secrets, dangerous business, and wedding plans, their arrangement slowly becomes something neither of them expected. They were told to get married. Nobody told them what would happen if they actually fell in love.
The Distance Between Us - The Surgeon's Wife  by roshniTaless
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They say we have the perfect life. A powerful surgeon. A respected doctor. A beautiful home. A child. And a marriage everyone admires. Our marriage was never built on love. It started with a mistake. However I wouldn't dare to call our son a mistake... We live together. We share a life. But we are not really together. He is cold, distant, and always in control. Everyone respects him. Everyone admires him. Even me. But he has never loved me. And sometimes... I wonder if he ever will.
Samir (Johnson Mafia)  by JAmariBooks
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Samir Johnson has seen it all, survived it all, and buried more than most men could carry. To the world, he is the polished face of a multimillion-dollar tech company, a quiet, cold-hearted visionary with money, power, and control wrapped neatly in a designer suit. But behind the scenes, Samir is known as Saint, and in the streets he rules alongside his best friend Elijah, better known as Bishop. Calculating, distant, and feared, Samir has built a life that looks solid from the outside while everything beneath it quietly rots. After losing his fiancée and unborn daughter in a tragic car crash, then losing his mother not long after, grief hollowed him out in ways no amount of money and power could fix. Love feels like something he no longer deserves, and with his mind caught in a constant war between living and letting go, Samir has been spiraling for longer than anyone knows. Stationed in Atlanta with his brothers, he makes one final attempt to find peace by turning toward the church, hoping maybe God can reach a place in him nobody else has. Then he meets her, and everything changes. Harmoni Sinclair has always belonged to the church. Raised by a devoted pastor, she grew up with faith woven into her bones and carried that strength with her into adulthood. She remained active in the church as a Sunday school teacher while also building a life as a preschool teacher, believing in kindness, purpose, and the kind of love that feels safe. It was there she met her husband, and what began as something beautiful ended in heartbreak when a robbery gone wrong stole him from her life. Four years later, Harmoni is still carrying grief that never fully loosened its grip, trying every day to find the light at the end of a tunnel that seems to stretch on forever. Then she meets Samir, a man burdened by ghosts, silence, and pain so heavy. What begins as two broken people standing in the wreckage of their separate losses unfolds into something unexpected, healing and beautiful.