"I know you're tired of sorry's.." - an extended-clip original

In Detroit, first love feels like a dream - until the streets turn it into a nightmare. Sixteen-year-old Cassidy "Cassie" Capri never meant to fall for Nolan "Gino" Grant - the seventeen-year-old with a rep for fights, fast money, and a heart he swears only beats for her. To Cassie, he's not the danger everyone warns her about. He's her escape. Her peace. Her blue dream. But in a city where love can't protect you from bullets, every choice they make pulls them closer to an ending no one sees coming. _ "You so damn pretty," He muttered, and her dimples betrayed the grin she tried to hide.

"Love me like you love no other" -unknown

Two girls brought together by the thing that changed them the most. Abuse. Years, after the horrors that changed both Ziya and Denim's life they are closer than ever but have two completely different outlooks on love. For Ziya, using a man for his money is something she would never do. You could barely get her to talk to a man better yet use one. Soon, she meets Mecca a man in a league all of his own. Despite, her fears Ziya gives him a chance and she enters a world she never expected. Denim on the other hand, would love for a rich man to fall into her lap and sweep her completely off her feet. Denim wished for the life where she didn't work behind a desk at a call center. But instead she wanted the life of the chicks on Instagram, where every other picture was a new pair of shoes or bags. Although she has the looks Denim can't seem to find the one. Cue the hot headed, possibly insane Blaze. A man looking for everything but love. After a one nightstand between the two, Denim gets more than she ever bargained for.

noun: weakness. /ˈwēknəs/ -a person or thing that one is unable to resist or likes excessively.

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.

I finally found her after five long years... She thought she could disappear and I would let her go... I have yearned and craved for her touch again... This time I will not let her go.... Blood will be shed if anyone tries to stop me from being with her... The darkness has plagued my mind and she is the only one who can save me... The monster she once called me plays over and over again in my mind... But I am no monster... I am Eryx, the head of the Vallea Mafia

𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 | 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 I went silent just resting my thoughts on the idea of loving him. Sighing I lifted my head and decided to tell him how I felt. "I love you TreyVon I really do" I whispered to him putting my hands on his chest. I felt him squeeze my waist and move one hand under my chin. Moving to kiss me he moved down on the bed, mid kiss he pulled away both of us kinda out of breath from this passionate kiss, "I love you" he returned putting his lips back on mine before he flipped us over on the bed and this romantic shit wasn't a normal thing that occurred regularly in my life. And when it did I just prayed that this man would be the love of my life till the day I'm off this planet and he's what kept the peace and sanity running in my life everyday. ━━ ranks; #1 shortstory #1 teenromance #1 hoodlove #1 thuglife #1 teenlove #1 hood #1 unedited #1 blackpeople #1 thuglove #1 blacklove #1 clingy #2 urbanstory #2 urbanfiction #2 hoodlovestory #2 smutmaybe #4 newadult #4 teenlove #7 enemiestolovers #7 urbanfantasy # 8 highschool

"I love you for all that you are, all that can be and all that you will be."

"Sometimes the most beautiful people are beautifully broken" Kali "Candy" Barnes is 23 years old and considers herself damaged goods. Growing up with a mother who would do anything for a men's attention and a father who wasn't there Kali felt lost. Under the care of her big mama Kali learned to accept things no woman should ever take from a man. After a horrible relationship with her ex boyfriend, Candy is now reserved and very bitter. Only work and home. Occasionally hanging out with her friends. Deangelo "Kang" Santana is 25 years old and is at the top of his game. Never had to chase a woman because they all come flocking to him. That's until he's reacquainted with Kali. Come and join me on the love story of Kali and Kang. Will they fall in love or is Kali to damaged to love again? REVAMP OF MY BOOK DAMAGED GOODS. Some details will be the same but I will be changing a few things.