Ka'oir DeLuca never expected her life to be bartered like a business transaction, but when her father, Alexander DeLuca, struck a deal to save his legacy, her hand became the price. Promised to a man she had never met, thrust into a world she did not choose, Ka'oir is ripped from the only life she's ever known and bound by blood and bargain to the cold, powerful, and enigmatic Christopher Alessandro Barrone. Christopher is not what she expected. He's not cruel. Not careless. He doesn't treat her like a debt paid or a possession gained-but as a wife. With patience and command, he teaches her what it means to be wanted, what it feels like to be chosen, and what it costs to love someone in a world like his. Because Christopher's world is dangerous. It bleeds. And it kills. Ka'oir quickly learns that this life is nothing like the one she left behind. Beneath the luxury and control lies a legacy of secrets-about her father, her family's ruin, and the truth of what she was born into. She is no longer the quiet girl from the DeLuca estate. She is a Barrone bride now. And in Christopher's world, love isn't soft. It's possessive. It's protective. And sometimes, it's brutal. By Blood and Bargain is a darkly seductive tale of sacrifice, secrecy, and survival. With searing chemistry, forbidden tenderness, and the weight of empire resting on vows exchanged, this story asks one question: Can a love born from duty survive in a world built on blood?

When single mother Zaina leans on her brother's best friend, Malachi, hidden feelings surface, and love, loyalty, and family collide.

She never believed in love after her broken past, and he was the last person she thought she'd fall for. But when her path collides with his, their worlds of pain and passion intertwine-proving that sometimes the love you fear the most is the one you need the most.

Amara thought leaving Chris was the only way to protect her heart. Back in L.A., she hides behind coffee shifts and quiet nights, pretending tour life was just a dream. But every song, every memory, every silence still carries his name. Chris isn't ready to let her go. He knows what they had wasn't just a fantasy and this time, he's willing to fight for it. But under the spotlight, love comes with a price. With the media circling, old fears resurfacing, and passion threatening to burn them alive, Amara and Chris must face the question neither can escape: Was their love just a dream, or the beginning of something real?

Forever isn't long enough... After heartbreak, after second chances, after finding their way back to each other, Amara and Chris are finally living the love they once only dreamed of. But love this big doesn't mean life gets easier, it only means there's more to fight for, more to protect, and more to lose. The final chapter of their story is here: a journey of passion, chaos, family and the kind of love that refuses to fade. Emotional, raw, and breathtaking, this is where everything they've been building toward comes together. Because some love stories don't just last a lifetime, they create a legacy.

Heartbroken and hiding from the world, Amara Noelle James (26) never expects her life to change at a Chris Brown concert. But when she's suddenly pulled on stage, the music takes over and so does Chris's attention. One night, one unexpected spotlight, and everything she thought she lost might just lead to the most thrilling beginning of her life.

When rising photographer Corrianne "Corey" Kennedy lands a career-changing opportunity working for rapper, Maurice "Reese" Brown a.k.a OHB Reese, she never expects to get caught in the undertow of his world - one pulsing with fame, secrets, and danger disguised as luxury. Reese's life looks golden from the outside - hit records, brand deals, and a famous girlfriend, Harper Woods, who's every headline's obsession. But behind the closed doors of RedWood Records, power runs dark, and loyalty comes at a price. When Corey enters his orbit, her honesty and vision shake something loose in him - something he thought he'd lost. What begins as a strictly professional collaboration quickly deepens into a connection neither of them can explain or resist. But fame is a cage with velvet walls, and both Corey and Reese will have to decide what's worth protecting - their careers, their reputations, or the kind of love that could ruin them both. Raw, emotional, and charged with unspoken desire, 'Shooter' peels back the curtain on artistry, ambition, and the thin line between creation and self-destruction.

When love, lies, and revenge share the same room, somebody's not making it out clean. old feelings don't die easy, and Lyrica is caught between the man who owns her future and the one who knows her past. One swears he is protecting her. The other swears he never would hurt her.

(read Is This Love first) Waves don't die Let me crash here for the moment I don't need to own it No lie Waves don't die, baby Let me crash here for a moment Baby I don't, I don't need to own you No lie No lie No lie You set the night on fire I'm still gon' be here in the morning No lie No lie Ooh baby, ooh baby You set the night on fire I'm still gon' be here in the morning No lie

"In a city built on fire and secrets, love might be the most dangerous game of all." Heat Check blends the sexy tension with the grittiness of urban Miami, where pride hits harder than bullets and love feels like war. It's about two people with fire in their veins who were never meant to fall for each other-but do anyway.