New Orleans isn't just a city-it's a pulse. A rhythm. A hunger. And nobody knows that better than Arielle Washington, a tired single mother grinding just to make rent in the Desire Projects. Love left her a long time ago, replaced with diaper bags, house keys, and survival. That is, until a new housekeeping job drops her into the home-and world-of ICE the most dangerous man in the streets. ICE doesn't do mess. Doesn't do feelings. But there's something about Ari-her fire, her silence, her scars-that draws him in. And when business gets bloody and loyalties are tested, the line between protector and predator blurs. Because in the Dirty South, nothing comes clean... not even love.

#1 Southeastern University Series Natosha Jackson is from the south-side slums of Ridgeport. She's your average bookworm and mathematic fanatic. To pay her dues to the dean of students, she is hand-picked to tutor one of the most notorious football players at Southeastern University, Matteo Four Wittstock. In the town of Ridgeport, the Wittstocks are well-known wealthy people from the north side. Although Natosha wants nothing to do with Four's lifestyle and womanizing tendencies, she finds herself falling into the temptations of lust. While she wrestles with this new fiery excitement in her life, Four becomes enamored deeper than he ever imagined. No one expects the rocky twists and turns that bring these two people together but Four loves a good challenge. And when a game is this good, he's more than ready to play. ***The Southeastern University Collection shows the lives of young adults as they enter, survive and finish off their university experience. The students attending this university are not only dealing with keeping up their GPAs and attending student union meetings. These students are battling ties with addiction, exploring their sexuality, and embarking on past and present family burdens. *** *** These works cannot be read as a standalone. *** WARNING: THIS STORY IS 18+ AND CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE AND MATURE CONTENT. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. STARTED: 7/10/2020 Completed. 2022

Ryan Chandler is a 22-year-old woman with the aspiration to be successful in her music career. With this goal being so intensely weighed on her, she believes anything else must come after it-including her romantic relationships. But when a special person, known as Quincy Prescott, who she knew long ago comes back to remind her of their history, she can't help but listen to her heart and her three accompanying friends, Nyla Leer, Summer Deeclan, and Nia Smith, and realize that her priorities could use some rearranging. Along discovering this, she'll meet new people and new experiences-some old and some new, and some good and some bad, and acknowledge that everything that comes to her is truly Unforeseen.

kis·met /ˈkizmit,ˈkizˌmet/ noun destiny; fate. how do you know when you've met your soulmate?

in which a woman tries to survive in the projects of south side. ➸ let me be your guardian so you won't have to struggle so much, shawty. --- I wrote this story using my imagination. If it is similar to another story then it is entirely by coincidence. © PhotoKit 2017

𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑰'𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅

-𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡. par·a·pher·na·lia /ˌperəfərˈnālyə/ •miscellaneous articles In a world of sin, 18 year old Bleu is faced with reality when she meets 21 year old Cory, a dope selling rich living hustler from the projects.

de·i·ty /ˈdēədē,ˈdāədē/ Learn to pronounce noun a god or goddess A rich girl from Beverly Hills.... A man born on the wrong side of town.... Will these to crossing paths change them for the better...... or worse.

•𝚂𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙿𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙴• •𝚂𝙴𝙿𝚃𝙴𝙼𝙱𝙴𝚁 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶•