"I told you about looking down when you being talked to mama." Kaiser spoke more softly than before. In the small time he been around Serenity, he noticed how shy she was. She was so avoidant but alluring. He was interested in her. Seeing how well she was with the kids was just a plus. "Why?" She sighed in frustration before signing. She knew if she started talking she would make a fool of herself. "Why what?" He signed back. "Why do you care? You don't know me." "Not everyone has it out for you. I just wanna know you," Kaiser frowned. He didn't understand why she was so isolated but he wanted to know. She was worth knowing.

Sixteen-year-old Ahnesti Amorie McKellen is forced to start over when she leaves Chicago behind and moves to Harlem, New York. Thrown into a city she barely knows, Ahnesti must navigate unfamiliar streets, new faces, and a social world that doesn't make space easily for outsiders. With her protective older brother by her side, Ahnesti begins to find her footing-forming friendships that feel like family and learning the unspoken rules of her new environment. But not everyone welcomes her presence. One wrong look, one slick comment, and suddenly she finds herself clashing with someone who seems determined to push every button she has. Between growing tensions, unexpected betrayals, and emotions she never planned to feel, Ahnesti realizes that starting over doesn't mean starting clean. Some conflicts follow you, and others are born the moment you stop backing down. And in Harlem, every move has consequences.

"And, yeah, my type, I like 'em brown Just like my drink, the fuck you think?" soraya was a pretty girl trying to figure out her life and raise her siblings, moving them to a new state was a big step. ricardo ran the city, and there's only 2 things he never played about. 1. his money 2. la familia but as soon as he saw her, he knew there'd be one more thing. #1 in hispanicman #4 in blacklead #2 in hmbw #3 in hispanic #1 in interraciallovestory

"I don't know this man, I don't know his friends, I don't know his type." No amount of love could replace the past. And they had a lot of that for one another-love that is. The two child hood friends had bonded early on, especially over their love of music. Where one lacked, one had. Mariah was the writer, Kentrell the performer. It's only until a high school talent show that Kentrell performs a song written by his beloved best friend, Mariah...that his career takes off. But it happens to take off without Mariah. And he had promised to take her. Promises were meant to be broken I suppose.

Siri, play You Da One by Rihanna... Something about him feels like a warning- and a promise. A Chicago Love Story

𝖭𝖾𝗋𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗎𝗉 𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖻𝗈𝗒. 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉?

Same personality= toxic love?

"are we supposed to shine in this light? or is failure inevitable?..." Journi just wanted to keep her head down and in the books and get her family out the hood but her brother just can't seem to stop bringing trouble to her doorstep. So when her brother Raheem takes from the wrong one and goes into hiding, Journi is snatched by the one they call Joker as payback she then must navigate her way through college and the life she tried to escape. Once in his tower she can see he would ruin her in the worst way. She knows escaping is futile but she tries anyway. Yakhir aka Joker owns the streets of Atlanta there's nothing that slips past him so when a low level dopeboy takes something and thinks he can run off he has another thing coming. Joker snatches the one person he cares about, his baby sister to draw him out. Once he has Journi he instantly knows he's not giving her back. She's his to keep. After laying eyes on the sweet, smart and clever beauty he knows he'd paint his city red behind her. Will the inevitable keep them apart? Or will Journi and Yakhir fight for their love after the ruin? Cover Credit: @KYTHEWRITERR

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 a new teacher walks into a classroom she prayed for, a mother watches her family shift beneath her feet, and a man with blood on his hands tries to keep them clean. until feelings get tangled, truths unravel, and love starts showing up in places it shouldn't.