Some secrets don't just disappear. They simply wait. Twenty-four-year-old Amara McMichael has spent years fighting for a better future. Between university, family struggles, and the pain of losing her mother, love was the last thing she expected to find. Then she meets Malik-a successful Jamaican-American businessman returning home after years abroad. He is everything she never thought she needed. Until she discovers the man who feels like her future may be connected to the past that destroyed her family. The Rush is a Jamaican contemporary fiction novel exploring love, ambition, migration, family, and the consequences of the choices we make.

In Jamaica, love is never innocent. It is inherited, traded, bought, buried, and sometimes-weaponized. From the zinc-fenced lanes where hunger sharpens ambition, to the hilltop mansions where legacies rot behind marble gates, power moves quietly. Money whispers. Bloodlines decide futures long before hearts get a say. And the people who rise fastest are rarely the ones who play fair. This is a country where uptown smiles are rehearsed, ghetto loyalty is lethal, and desire doesn't ask permission. Where women learn early that softness is a liability, and men confuse ownership with love. Where bodies are currencies, secrets are shields, and survival often looks like sin. At the center of it all is a love story that was never meant to be tender. Only consuming. Only dangerous. Only inevitable. Wicked Love is not about happily-ever-after. It is about what happens when ambition falls in love with hunger... when class collides with obsession... when two people mistake control for devotion and call it destiny. This is a story of wealth built on silence. Of women who refuse to stay small. Of men who learn too late that power does not equal possession. Welcome to the space between ghetto and uptown- where love is wicked, loyalty is costly, and everything beautiful comes with blood on it.

Kamiera's world is turned upside down when her wealthy parents cut her off, forcing her to face the harsh realities of life. But when she meets Kaleb, a kind-hearted and handsome businessman, she begins to see the world through different eyes. As they navigate their blossoming feelings, Kamiera must confront her deepest fears and learn to trust in God's plan. Will their love be the recipe for her salvation, or will the ghosts of her past tear them apart? * * * DO NOT ASK ME FOR UPDATES! I will update when I am ready♥

"Make we keep this professional then, yeah?" I nodded slowly, one hand in my pants pocket. "What?" Her brows creased. "I'll be your tutor and nothing else. Nuh need dis pan a personal level," I explained. Maybe it's for the best. And mi still a convince miself dat cause it still hurt me. Mi vex wid her... Wicked too. Cause she fuck up. She licked her lips and looked down at the desk before saying, "...but that isn't what I want. I have agreed to give you time." Time. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. "Yuh nuh get fi choose that still eno. This is what I want and those are my boundaries. Respect them or find someone else fi tutor yuh, simple." I sighed, scratching my head. Mi just nuh wah di drama and foolishness. Or the back and forth. Cya dweet right now... Or at all. "You...changed," She said, looking at me. "Would'a seh di same bout you too... But change nuh too faze me still..." I shrugged my shoulders. // Liam was once a bright, joyful child until something shattered his world at just nine years old. Whatever happened that year left scars too deep to see, turning smiles into silence and laughter into rage. By fifteen, he was behind bars. Now eighteen, he's out with one last shot: six months to finish high school and finally leave his past behind. He's focused. Detached. Determined to stay invisible - no fights, no friends, no drama. Then he sees her. Kazierah. His childhood crush. His first kiss. The girl he never forgot. ...the one he never stopped loving even when he wanted to. She's changed too. She had more friends and she was more social than he remembered. They never dated, never made it official, but the connection between them always ran deep... too deep to ignore now. And as old feelings resurface, so do old questions - about the past, about that day he was taken away, and about why their paths are crossing again now, after everything. Some stories never really end. They wait. And this one is just beginning.

After moving to Chicago to start a new life, Sveya isn't looking for nothing beyond a fresh start. Between church, school, and learning how to exist without losing herself, her life feels limited...until she meets Solomon.

"Why do you keep staring?" She shifted uncomfortably, tucking the loose strand of hair behind her ear. "Just observing." I smirked to myself. "There is not that much to see," She said, brushing her face with the back of her hand. Cute... So innocent and polite. If only she could read my mind, to have the slightest idea of the things I could do to her. The things I wanted to do to her. Jah know. All I could think about was how much I want to fuck her. It doesn't have to be permanent but I want to. To see what she's like when she's loose. Wah know if she have a sexy pleasure face...or sound as sexy as she looks. Mi wah know what it takes to push her to her limit. I want to know what turns her on. I want to break her...ruin her, even. ~ A chance encounter between Jardani, a 22-year-old Harvard student from Jamaica, and Gabriella, a 20-year-old Afro-Puerto Rican waitress, sets off a chain reaction of passion and self-discovery. Jardani, still reeling from a past love he let go, finds himself drawn to Gabriella's innocence and resilience. As they navigate their whirlwind romance, Jardani must confront his past mistakes and confront the uncertainty of their future together. Can Gabriella trust a man who has loved and lost before, or will his past lies, deception and betrayal define their relationship?

"Kassauni, there is more to life than continuous pain and suffering. I am sure you know that, and no one is asking you to go through it alone," She told me. I took a long drag from the blunt and held it in my lungs before releasing it. "Whatever yah talk 'bout sound like a fairy tale and mi nuh want yuh feel like me is a problem fi yuh fix," I stated, staring into her eyes. She frowned, deeply. "You need to talk to someone, or me. I am here for you if you need anything." Her voice came out softer than usual. "Rosalia, left that. It nuh concern yuh," I told her. She hissed her teeth and slapped the blunt out of my hand. "Mi try talk to yuh, but if yuh nah go at least try to get help then mi nuh need fi deh here. Stay by yuhself since a that yuh fucking want." She turned and started walking away. // He was abandoned by his parents. Time and time again they let him down, not realizing that each time it was draining him. He isn't the most sentimental guy, probably one of the most nonchalant and controlling people you've ever met. She was sweet and came from what people would call the perfect family. In a short time, she made him indecisive and question himself. Peeled away every armor he had shielding his insecurities. She broke him but stood by him while he rebuilt himself into a better man. The man he always wanted to be. The man he knew she deserved. _______________________________ - Mature Content (18+) - Violence

Juliana didn't move to Puerto Rico for love. She moved to survive. After escaping an abusive past and fighting for full custody of her daughter, she's determined to rebuild her life one careful step at a time. A new home. A new job. No more chaos. No more men. Then she meets her neighbor. Benito is patient, observant, and far more gentle than she expects. He speaks to her daughter in soft Spanish. He fixes broken things without asking questions. And little by little, he breaks down the walls Juliana swore she'd never let fall again. He isn't trying to save her. He's just waiting. And for the first time, she wonders if love can feel like sunlight instead of a storm.

Kymone McKenzie, a beautiful and fiery Jamaican woman, finds herself entangled in a forbidden love affair with Tyreek Grant "Ty", the notorious Don of the Montego bay biggest gang. Ty's just been released from prison after serving five years for gang-related crimes, and his return sets off a chain reaction of danger and desire. Their passion is undeniable, but their love is forbidden. As the other woman, Kymone knows she's taking a risk by being with Ty, she can't resist his charismatic charm and raw power. Their encounters are laced with intensity, secrecy, and a hint of danger. As they navigate their whirlwind romance, they must confront the secrets and lies that threaten to tear them apart. Will their love be strong enough to overcome the danger and deception that surrounds them, or will it succumb to the forces that seek to destroy it? Dive into this spicy and hot tale of passion, power, and the unbreakable bond between two lovers who refuse to be apart.

Malikai's world is turned upside down and Ana's come crashing down. They both have choices they have to make and the consequences of those choices will either give them everything...or leave them with nothing. Malikai's love for Ana is tested a lot in this period of his life. Will he break?