ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɪɪ "ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʟᴏsɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ғɪɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ"

❝ I wanted you to see what real courage was, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. ❞ Yanis Oden, a flawed detective, stands at the crossroads of his own making. Unfriendly and emotionally distant, he navigates life with a rough exterior and a jaded heart. Considering himself beyond redemption, he's the storm tearing through the lives of those who care about him, leaving them to pick up the pieces in his wake. Yanis has embraced this destructive lifestyle until his intention to wallow in solitude is disrupted by an unexpected assignment - a new partner thrust into his turbulent world.

❝ There are secrets in his smile, galaxies within his eyes, and sometimes when he laughs, you swear you can hear the chorus of the cherubim, ❞ An angel defies celestial rules, fleeing the confines of heaven in pursuit of freedom. Yet, in the vast expanse of earthly realms, the celestial renegade discovers a different kind of liberation - love.

Enter Jericho Tucker: a Nigerian, Brooklyn native with serious daddy issues, a killer afro, and has a whole lot of love to give. But toss picture-perfect Joseph Turner into the mixing bowl; quarterback, silver-tongued, white boy from the dirty south, and you'll have a real fucking disaster on your hands. It's their last year of high-school, and things are already getting hot; just add a pinch of fake friends, two cups of jealous exes, and a little too much southern lovin', and now you're really cooking! So, if you can't handle the heat, you better get the hell out of the kitchen. + 5th place Ace Awards Supreme LGBTQ batch 2 + #2 in talkthepoc + #2 wmbm + #3 in diverselit + #3 bmwm + #7 in weneeddiversebooks + #10 in diverse ***HIATUS***

Go to the party they said. It'll be fun they said. When shots break out at a high school party, Isaiah King finds himself alone and driving anywhere away from the house flashing red and blue. On his journey to nowhere, he runs into a curly-haired musician that might end up changing his life forever. -

Wynter Nox is just trying to get through high school without too much drama. With his best friends River, Tamir and Corrie, the quartet do their best to get through whatever it is senior year will throw at them-- clubs tryouts, the SAT, and the football team being assholes. But there's one thing that might mess up everything Wynter's worked for-- the Baby Project. Paired up with Declan Whitehead (the boy who's managed to buy his way through life and his problems with a simple call from his father), Wynter must take care of a doll that eats, sleeps and cries like a real baby would while still making sure Declan does his part as well. Will he manage to keep his 4.0 and get through the semester, or will Declan and his asshole friends start too much trouble?

Grayson can't seem to understand why he feels the need to shrink himself whenever the topic of sex is brought up, and he's trying his best to overcoming the unpleasant feeling but for some reason he just can't do it so he does something desperate. He decides to takes sex lessons from the schools most notorious delinquent.

A story of teenager Adonis, living with post traumatic stress disorder, as well as a world of other issues involving his family, his school, and his own thoughts. He eventually befriends the popular, Farrah, who at first...takes more interest in his popular older brother. All characters are 18 and older. (apparently I have to be followed for some privated chapters)

Daniel Simmons, better known by his clients as Dr. Diggy, makes his living as a sex therapist with high profile clientele. He works in Los Angeles, the city of angels and the city of stars. He takes his job very seriously, and he's very good at it. He hasn't met anyone whose sex life he couldn't fix. That is until Simon Minsk walked into his office. Simon Minsk is a 20 year old virgin who is looking to finally put his innocence behind him. Diggy is glad to take on a challenge, but it proves to be more difficult than Diggy thought to get Simon laid, especially when his own feelings start to get in the way. Follow these two as they go through a journey of ups and downs, self-exploration, and love. ««•mature content•»»

A modern, gay retelling of the star crossed lovers, Romeo & Juliet, about two boys falling in love despite the burden the world and their families put on their shoulders. [Extended synopsis inside]