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Freak Show by JasmineNacolexcx
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Noe'Lani Skye was supposed to be teaching little girls pliés and pirouettes - not rebuilding her life in a Miami penthouse with a broken heart, a drained bank account, and a daughter she's no longer allowed to see. After a brutal divorce to wealthy businessman Vaughn Mason, Noe'Lani finds herself emotionally destroyed, financially cornered, and one step away from losing everything. With the clock ticking and custody lawyers waiting for her to fail, Miami becomes her last chance at survival. Then she finds Freak Show. Miami's most elite gentlemen's club isn't just full of dancers - it's a world of money, obsession, luxury, power, and dangerous men who ruin beautiful women for sport. But when Noe'Lani walks through those neon-lit doors, her ballet background, soft beauty, and quiet sadness immediately make her stand out. Especially to Nasir Kane. Record label owner. Emotionally unavailable. Possessive. Dangerous. Nasir doesn't believe in love - only control. And the moment he sees Noe'Lani on stage, he decides she belongs to him long before she's ready to admit it herself. But in a city built on temptation, survival has a price. And the deeper Noe'Lani falls into the world of Freak Show, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between being desired... and being destroyed.
The Lotus Flower  by thatdarkskinpretty
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At twenty-seven, Janai is drowning in the reality of survival. Balancing the demanding workload of sonography school with the non-stop energy of her two-year-old son, Jonah, leaves her with no room for error and no money to spare. When regular jobs fail to cover the rising stack of past-due bills, she makes a choice she never thought she'd have to: dancing for cash. It's supposed to be temporary. A means to an end. Just a way to keep a roof over her son's head until she can trade the flashing club lights for the sterile halls of a clinic.Then walks in Micah. To the world, he goes by Fazo. At twenty-nine, he is a man forged by the pavement, a shadow over the city whose name carries a lethal weight. The streets and the drug trade are the only life he has ever known, and his ruthless reputation precedes him. In his world, respect is bought with fear, and people know exactly what happens to anyone foolish enough to cross him. He is dangerous, detached, and completely off-limits. But when their two different worlds collide, the friction is undeniable. Janai is trying to build a clean future from the ground up, while Fazo is deeply rooted in a dark past he can't escape. As an intense connection sparks between the hustler and the student, Janai must decide if falling for a man from the streets will lift her out of the mud or drag her and her son straight into the crossfire.
Reese Money (A Lil Reese Story) by Bxuties
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19 year old Lelani (Lee) Young, is a hustler. All she's wanted ever since she was a little girl was to own her own business and travel the world and boss up on everyone who's ever looked down at her. The only obstacle that stopped her from doing that was the fact that she was still at home living with her mama and trying to come out of the slums on her own. All this is about to change when she meets Chicago's very own Grim Reaper, Lil Reese.
𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒕 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔  by cocoa-storm
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𝖢𝖺𝗂𝗓𝖾𝗇-𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀-𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱, 𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝖠𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺, 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆'𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀, 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲-𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹. 𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺-𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.
𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 & 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇  by cocoblickk
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Oaklyn Summers is focused. A full-time dental student by day, a no-nonsense stripper by night-she's got dreams bigger than the poles she dances on. Cold-hearted in the club and allergic to distractions, the only thing she's chasing is her degree... and a way out. Milo Henderson is feared. A kingpin since the age of nineteen, he runs Miami's streets with quiet precision and ruthless power. He doesn't trust, doesn't love, and definitely doesn't get caught up with dancers. Until her. When Milo walks into Scarlet Night, he doesn't come for a show-he comes for her. And from the moment their eyes meet, Oaklyn's rules start to unravel. She's beauty and brains. He's bullets and blood money. They're fire and ice-opposites in every way, but somehow, drawn to each other like fate got involved. In a city full of temptation, betrayal, and secrets... Can love survive where loyalty barely does? Or will their worlds collide and burn everything in the crossfire?
𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘿𝙀𝙑𝙄𝙇𝙎 𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙎𝙊𝙈 by baurbie
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Blossom lives a double life-by day, she's just another woman trying to survive; by night, she's the star of one of the city's hottest clubs. What no one knows is that she's the daughter of a powerful mafia boss. When Kyrie, a famous rapper with dangerous street ties, spots her, he sees more than beauty-he sees leverage. Kidnapped and forced into his deadly game, Blossom becomes the perfect weapon in Kyrie's plan to bring her father's empire to its knees. But as the lines between captor and captive blur, secrets spill, loyalties shift, and Blossom is forced to choose between the family she thought she knew and the man who might destroy it all.
The storm between us| kdg by ghettostoriess_
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When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans, it didn't just destroy homes-it destroyed lives, families... and the unbreakable bond between two best friends. Dejahnae and Kentrell were inseparable, the kind of connection that felt destined, unshakable. Until the storm came and ripped them apart without warning. In the chaos, they lost everything-including each other. Left with nothing but grief and unanswered questions, both were forced to survive in a world that no longer felt like home. Ten years later, survival looks different. Kentrell is now a chart-topping rapper, known for his raw lyrics and haunted sound-but behind the fame is a man still drowning in the past. The storm never really left him. Nightmares, guilt, and a pain he can't outrun follow him everywhere he goes. And no matter how far he's come, he never stopped searching for the one person he lost that night. Dejahnae, now a trauma therapist, has dedicated her life to helping others heal... even though she never truly healed herself. She's learned how to carry pain, how to bury it, how to smile through it-but not how to let it go. When fate unexpectedly brings them face-to-face again, the reunion isn't what either of them imagined. Because love didn't disappear that night... but trust did. Old wounds reopen, buried truths rise to the surface, and the question they've both avoided for years finally demands an answer- Did you leave me... or did I lose you? As past and present collide, Dejahnae and Kentrell must confront the storm that still lives inside them. Because this time, it's not just about finding each other again... It's about deciding if they can survive each other.