"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 is a flawed, emotionally distant detective who has convinced himself that he's beyond redemption. Rough around the edges and determined to remain alone, he keeps everyone at arm's length, leaving broken relationships in his wake. But his solitude is disrupted when he's assigned a new partner, BLU SYLVESTER-a man who refuses to be intimidated by Yanis or pushed away by his walls. As the two are forced to work together, Yanis finds himself confronting more than the case in front of him. For the first time, he must decide whether letting someone in is worth risking everything he's built to keep them out.

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 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 heck 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]

"𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨." -/- Josiah Mere was mentally ill. He knew and understood that and he wanted to fix it. He wanted to be better and he also wanted a change so that was one of the reasons why he agreed to go on a two week trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco with sixteen other kids he never met, a trip planned by his therapist. He just didn't expect to find love in the midst of that. Elijah Tripley was depressed. It was obvious and apparent but regardless, he didn't want to stay like that so that's why he decided to do something out of his comfort zone and intended to go on a trip filled with people he didn't know and wouldn't necessarily want to know. But Josiah came into his life and uprooted that plan instantly, even if they did get on the wrong foot in the beginning. - this is ILL LOVERS and I hope you all enjoy <3 - (𝑴𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺) #10 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 #197 𝒊𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 #84 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒚