Sneak Peek "I watched her from across the room as she laughed with her friends, completely unaware of the attention she had stolen. There was something different about her-something real. Her smile carried a warmth I hadn't seen in years, and her confidence made it impossible to look away. For the first time in a long while, I found myself wanting someone. Not because she was beautiful, though she was. Not because I could have her, but because I couldn't stop thinking about her. And I hated it. I'd spent years convincing myself that I didn't need anyone. Trust was a weakness, and love was a lie I refused to believe in. So I told myself what I always did. One night. Just one night. But deep down, I already knew she was going to be my biggest mistake-or the one thing that would change everything."

Nadika is just a college girl with big dreams, small paychecks, and a pen she hopes will save her one day. Between late shifts at Starbucks and deadlines that never wait, she keeps her life simple-and safe. Devonte is anything but. Quiet. Feared. Untouchable. A man built by Chicago streets and rules she doesn't understand. Their worlds collide on a rainy night, and what starts as a harmless ride home turns into something neither of them planned. Because Devonte doesn't chase. He claims. And once he decides Nadika is his... walking away is no longer an option. In a city where love is dangerous and loyalty is everything, Nadika must decide if protecting her heart is worth losing him-or if being claimed by the hustler is the only place she was ever meant to be.

Sanshanai Iverson is a struggling third year student at the University of the West Indies with a bright future drowning in student loans since the passing of her mother during her first year. With no back up plan, piling debts and the determination to finish her degree Shanai takes to the darker side of life to finish what she started, no matter the cost. Jordan Michaelson is a fresh deportee turned Don as he takes the reins of his Uncle's underground arms and drugs business in a country he'd only visited four times in his life. He carries around with him the weight of confusion and anger after six out of his ten year prison sentence for crimes he didn't commit, and he's bitter and resentful for it. But fate has something more in store when Shanai's and Jordan's paths cross once again after their very short tryst as teenagers that neither could forget. Now both their worlds are spinning on their axis and Shanai just might've bitten off more than she can chew dancing with the devil at night.

"Age is just a number" the words come from his mouth with nothing but confidence and that damn smirk on his lips says he means nothing but business. "You're just a 18 year old bowy you and I will never date get that in your head Cashmere" I said to him before taking up my stuff and made my way out side.

And I just look at her. "Ain't no n***a alive deserve to be with a woman as pretty as you," I say, pulling a spliff from my pocket, lighting it then taking a puff. She keeps her chin steady, but I see it, the way her eyes keep drifting to me and then away again. Like she's trying not to get caught up in the tension of the moment. Our eyes lock in this intense stare, neither of us willing to be the first person to break it. I drink her in, inhale everything that has me hooked around her finger, and more. We're mere inches apart, our faces hovering together, trapped in the intimacy. "Yuh think yuh deserve mi?" she replies, cocking her head to the side, the corners of her lips twitching with something between mischief and what I pray is lust. I get ready to exhale, eager to release the smoke from my spliff. Before I can, her fingers find my face, pulling it even closer to hers. My next exhale becomes her next inhale, our lips exchanging the sinful scent. "Hell nah..." I drawl, grinning at her slowly. "But me already know me aguh spend di rest a mi life trying to. Yuh know seh ah only when yuh deh beside me, me breath easy?"

Kiella Chasity Whyte, 26, survived a horrific tragedy as an infant when her parents were killed by unknown attackers while she remained in the vehicle, escaping unharmed. She was taken in and raised by her father's wife, who provided care, support, and guidance through her education. Motivated by her past and her passion for truth, Kiella grew into a driven investigative journalist. Aizen Valentino Kestrel, a notorious 22-year-old drug dealer, grew up with as normal a life as his mother, a former surgeon, and his father, a retired contract killer, could provide. Yet despite their efforts, he gravitated into the very life his father once led, and tried to shield him from. Unlike his father, who was led astray by friends, Aizen chose this path himself, and there's no way in hell he's leaving it. When their worlds unexpectedly collide, neither Kiella nor Aizen anticipates the impact they will have on each other. A single encounter draws them into a connection that defies logic, blurs lines, and challenges everything they believe in, forcing them to decide whether what's growing between them will become their greatest strength or ultimately lead to their undoing.

Here in the army lies a light skinned menace. The cheater who always has another girl, "as one born, a next one born." Men in uniform is a wicked piece of crap, they said. But Asia had to learn that the hard way, or did she?

𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘪, 𝘈 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘶𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘪 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺? 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒏 𝑨 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒎 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈!

Family is meant to build you up. Be the safety net you need in this cruel world, but sometimes the poison that started from the ancestors carries throughout generations. For Ebony Keys, being part of such a dynasty forces you to segregate for sanity. Not that you can find much of it anyway, especially when your supervisor is a micromanaging monitoring spirit. A girl just has too much on her left. But then to her right there's him. Kazmir. The man she seems to be bonded to - a connection held by an invisible thread. The Red String. They are destined to meet and profoundly impact each other's lives, finding each other regardless of time, place, or circumstance. This thread may stretch but it never breaks. It remains intact forever. The only downside to forever is... "You were never mine. Not back then and definitely not now." I half expected him to be throwing questions, weh mi mean? or why mi say dat?- but this time it was pin drop silent. His eyes spared me only a quick glance before he had to refocus, his breath remaining steady even with my declaration. "Ebony..." his voice was slightly elevated. "Kazmir?" Mines shook a bit afraid of what his comeback would be. "First is forever."

💥 Di Don & Di Doll A Jamaican Urban Romance Zariah Myles wasn't looking for trouble when she stepped into Taboo that night. But trouble found her in the form of Kingston's most feared Don, Malik "Ruckus" Hylton. He's dangerous, rich, and cold-blooded. She's bold, sharp-tongued, and not easily impressed. What starts as a game quickly turns into obsession. From luxury getaways to deadly shootouts, Zariah gets pulled into Malik's violent world-but somehow, she feels safer with him than she ever did without him. Enemies are watching. Family is betraying. And Malik's own brother wants what's his. This isn't a fairytale. It's gun smoke, gold chains, heartbreak... and real love. 🔥 Drama. 💔 Betrayal. 🖤 Obsession. This is Di Don & Di Doll. And once you start, you won't stop.