When loud-mouthed tattoo artist Zariah Brooks crashes into the life of soft-but-dangerous club owner Milan Reed, sparks fly instantly. Zariah's used to being overlooked because of her size until Milan looks at her like she's the only woman in the room. What starts as teasing conversations, late-night drives, and tension-filled touches turns into obsession, passion, and a love neither of them can control. But Milan's past relationships left scars she hides behind attitude and money, while Zariah struggles to believe someone like Milan could truly want her. The chemistry between them is intense, addictive, and impossible to ignore - especially once they finally stop fighting what they feel.

In a city where loyalty is rare and danger is currency, two women live on opposite sides of survival. A soft-spoken tattoo artist with a steady hand and a guarded heart spends her nights turning pain into art. Her shop is her sanctuary no drama, no trouble, no attachments. Then there's the other woman a feared drug dealer with a reputation that makes people cross the street. She moves fast, thinks faster, and trusts no one. Their worlds collide over something small... a tattoo appointment that wasn't supposed to mean anything. But nothing stays simple when secrets run deep, enemies get closer, and feelings start to blur the lines between survival and surrender. Because in a city like this, love isn't just risky... it's dangerous.

" here I am again , with the same person... same situation but will it turn out the same as before or will we get our happy ending " and if I don't get it will I find that with someone else ?

Halo, a 18 year old coming from a tough home, has moved from her country setting to the city allowing her to make a new home and new friends at a new bigger school. When she meets October, a respectful and talented girl, she starts to find attraction to her and October feels the same. With Octobers past and Halo's options will it work if for them? I do not own the rights to the images used in this book!!!

"𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 dat 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚋 , 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗... 𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 ꨄ . - 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚢𝚗 "𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚒𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚔𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚞" 𝚋𝚛𝚢𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 - 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 Started: November 3rd, 2025 . Ended: December 22nd, 2025 . please read ! ⇣ i do not own these pictures they r from pinterest ! Lightskn'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 .

Faded; The state of being intoxicated by the result of smoking or drinking. June 25'-

𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒍𝒘

Adalia Cross is the kind of girl mothers warn their daughters about. Reckless. Funny. Beautiful. Completely unpredictable. Fresh out of county jail with probation hanging over her head, she's determined to keep doing what she does best-pushing everyone away before they get the chance to leave. Love has only ever looked like manipulation, broken promises, and abandonment. So she's convinced she was never meant to have it. Then she meets Aleacia "Ace" Brooks. Quiet where Adalia is chaos. Patient where Adalia is impulsive. Steady where Adalia is falling apart. Ace refuses to fear her, refuses to change her, and refuses to walk away. But loving someone who's spent her whole life believing she's impossible to love might be the hardest fight either of them has ever faced. Everybody leaves eventually... right?

After two years of being controlled, manipulated, and constantly second-guessed in a toxic relationship, Amari swears off love for good. She moves across the city to start over, keeping everyone at arm's length and pretending she's finally okay. Then she meets Kairo. Kairo is the type of stud that loves hard, too hard maybe. Protective, touch-starved, obsessed with being needed, and willing to do whatever it takes to make Amari smile again. Where Amari pulls away, Kairo chases. Where Amari hides her pain, Kairo wants to carry it for her. But healing somebody and loving somebody are two different things. As Amari learns how to trust again, Kairo's intense way of loving starts blurring lines between devotion and obsession. And when Amari's toxic ex refuses to let go, both of them are forced to decide how far they're willing to go for love. Sometimes the people who love the hardest can hurt the hardest too.

Kairo "Kai" Bennett doesn't believe in being chosen anymore. She's the one girls talk to when they're bored. The one they like in secret but never in public. The one they say "you're different" to-right before they leave. She's tired of being the almost. Then Talia Monroe walks into her life - not loud, not flashy, not playing games. Just steady. Soft in places Kai never got to be soft. Strong in places she's still learning to stand. They both carry heavy minds. Overthinking. Old wounds. Nights where everything feels too loud inside their heads. But instead of running from the hard conversations, they sit in them. Sometimes they argue. Sometimes they cry. Sometimes they go quiet. But they always come back and say: "Talk to me. Don't shut me out." This isn't a love that avoids the storm. It's the kind that holds hands in the rain. For the first time, Kai isn't chasing. She's chosen.