Elena Winston has spent her whole life in her father's Jamaican restaurant in Flatbush, Brooklyn. After his passing, she takes over, determined to protect the kitchen, the recipes, and the legacy he left behind. Then Adrian Hale walks in, a polished private equity analyst with plans to modernize everything. At first, they don't get along, but when another restaurant tries to take over the neighborhood, Elena and Adrian must join forces, mixing his business skills with her love of cooking, to save what matters most.

At Evergreen Academy, perfection is expected and power is inherited. A'noria arrives on a full scholarship, determined to prove that she belongs. Ezran has always ruled the top. Admired, untouchable, certain that no one could rival him. Until her. What starts as a competition turns into something sharper...older. Because their rivalry happened once before. It feels like history is repeating itself... -------- "You'll hate me." "I wish I would."

When 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 22, drops out of college after her father is sentenced to prison for a crime he swears he didn't commit, her life collapses fast...eviction notices, unpaid tuition, a mother barely holding it together. Then 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐧 appears. Late 40s. Private wealth. No digital footprint. He offers her a monthly allowance for companionship only. No sex. No exclusivity clause. No explanations. What unsettles Kailani isn't the money. It's how little she needs to explain herself because he already knows.

Letter Home follows Mariah James, a quiet, wealthy high school senior who's spent most of her life keeping to herself. Between, family expectations, and the pressure of senior year, she's learned how to blend into the background - until Giovanni Reyes starts noticing her. Giovanni is the school's star football player, carrying the weight of a difficult past while trying to provide for himself and his younger sister. Despite their completely different worlds, an unexpected connection begins to grow between them, forcing both of them to confront emotions. 📍Houston TX No Smut

Joelle Jordan is just trying to survive university and her life at home. Bryce Valentine is trying to survive everyone else. Projected first-round NFL draft pick. Campus celebrity. The most watched college athlete in the country. When the two strike a deal to trade study sessions for Bryce and personal training sessions for Joelle's little brother, everything seems simple enough. Then Bryce crosses the line. Now Joelle is trying to navigate a boy who is emotionally repressed, touch-starved, obsessively devoted, and surrounded by more pressure than any twenty-year-old should have to carry. Add the coaches, media attention, NIL deals, scouts, photo shoots, and Bryce's oppressive father. The pressure that comes with being attached to Bryce Valentine is something Joelle is not equipped for. Especially when she starts getting a little too comfortable with the fact that Bryce can't seem to leave her alone. [[Disclaimer: This story is comprised of drafts that have not been heavily edited]]

[On hold] A girl named arella vee Jameson, 20 years old, fresh out of college and just moved into a small apartment by herself and her dog riri. While her and her dog riri is on their daily walk every afternoon, riri gets out of her leash and runs and crashes straight into a person. kevin henders a 24 year old sweetheart who has a nice smile and green bright eyes and his own boss with money for days. they bump into each other not knowing they'll see each other very soon. What happens when they start to go on walks together bonding over a dog and family soon turning into something deeper. What happens next? read to find out. #3 ghetto.

Cassandra Clover has always existed in the quiet spaces between introversion and extroversion-soft-spoken, thoughtful, her rare beauty inherited from dark-skinned parents who raised her to lead with kindness. She's the friend everyone wants but few truly know, someone who overthinks every word yet still gives herself away too freely. She's learned to protect her vulnerabilities, building walls just high enough to feel safe. Then she meets Cardan Wilson. There's something about him that stops her cold. His eyes that he covers with a hood, which she never should have seen-deep and swirling, as if crafted with deliberate care-seem to hold secrets she desperately wants to uncover. He hides beneath hoods and silence, his voice a low, peculiar cadence that makes her want to confess things she's never told anyone. He's magnetic in his mystery, unsettling in his distance, and she can't look away. Cassie has never felt this pull before-this need to understand someone who seems determined to remain unknown. Cardan is a puzzle she didn't ask for but can't ignore, and the more she reaches for him, the more she realizes he might be reaching back. In a story about two people who see something in each other the world has overlooked, Cassie will learn that sometimes the most dangerous thing you can do is let someone in-and sometimes, it's the only way to truly live.

Lila is different. She's sweet, shy, and completely unimpressed by his fame - and Ethan can't get enough of it. What starts as playful flirting quickly turns into something deeper. But Ethan is only in town for two months before he has to return to his life playing football, and Lila's world is rooted in the small town she loves. Between protective brothers, curious preschoolers, rumors from Ethan's celebrity life, and the fear of falling for someone who might leave, their relationship is tested in ways neither of them expected. But sometimes the quietest girl can steal the biggest heart. And sometimes love is worth the risk.

When Sierra O'Neal arrives at the Love Island villa in Fiji, she's not there as a rich girl, just a girl searching for something real. But in this place, finding love is complicated. Enter Hayden: tattooed, moody, and definitely dangerous. He's not the sweet guy from a rom-com, and more like a walking red flag. But when Sierra's forced to couple up with him, everything changes.

A college bwwm supernatural love story featuring beyoncé & tom welling.