In Santa Maria, kindness comes with a price-and the Bianchi family always collects. Shanté didn't mean to get tangled in their world. She just needed a fresh start. A job. A place to breathe. But the moment she met Stefano Bianchi, she saw the storm behind the silence. And he saw a girl who made him question everything. In a town where loyalty kills, and love is a loaded weapon, they were never meant to collide. But now that they have... neither of them is walking away unscathed.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚n𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧. ❝𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤❞ ■𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤#1 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. (𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞) ■𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 #1 Bwwm #1 Black girl #1 Italian #2 Blackwoman #2 whiteman #2 interracial #4 Mafia

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝒽𝑒'𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 -𝐻𝐸𝑅✰

𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐓: A determined model who has lost her way in the world makes her way back home as she receives devastating news. Deciding that this town was just the direction she needed, she extends her stay home indefinitely and makes her way around her set new life. /solivagant/ (adj.) wandering alone

He was never supposed to stay. She was never supposed to fall. Nineteen-year-old Alani Mekka Adeyemi is finally free-free from her toxic high school relationship, free from expectations that tell Black girls they have to shrink to survive. She's building a soft life of gold chains, ambition, and boundaries-one that keeps her heart protected while she studies to become a diplomat. Then Mario James Luca walks in. He's everything she doesn't have time for: brooding, beautiful, and hiding something under that perfect jawline and billionaire bloodline. Alani can't stand guys like him-quiet, calculating, and always one step away from disappearing. But for some reason, he doesn't chase her. He just watches. And when he speaks, it's in Italian. What starts as annoyance turns into something dangerous: a slow-burn tension that threatens the very peace Alani fought to build. But Mario has secrets-ones that could ruin everything. He was only supposed to be in the U.S. for two years. He made a deal. He's not looking for love. But then again... neither was she. A story of guarded hearts, soft power, and the unexpected love that happens when two broken people stop running and finally choose each other

REVERSE HAREM W/ BLACK FEM LEAD! (PLS READ WARNING & DISCLAIMER BEFORE CONTINUING !) ────────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆──────── "...everything she knew disappeared in the red heat. It's blazing light and deadly scent tore apart everything that she once knew. Her family, her life, and her entire being flashed before her eyes and there was nothing that she could do to stop it..." ────────⋆⋅☆⋅⋆──────── •I suck at descriptions bear with me please😭• SLOW UPDATES

When Phaelyn Morgan pulls a bleeding man from the middle of a storm-slick road, she doesn't expect him to survive-let alone speak. She definitely doesn't expect him to be Silvano Moretti, the cold, enigmatic leader of one of Sicily's most feared mafia families. She's a hardworking woman just trying to survive her next shift. He's a man soaked in secrets, violence, and power. Their worlds should never have collided. But from the moment Silvano opens his eyes, he's drawn to the woman who saved him-a woman who isn't afraid of his darkness and doesn't flinch at his scars. Phaelyn is fire wrapped in softness. The more she pushes him away, the more he wants her. As debts are repaid and enemies close in, their connection turns into an obsession neither of them can resist. But loving Silvano means stepping into a world of blood and betrayal-and once you're bound to a man like him, there's no safe way out.