Maya Johnson is a bold, ambitious 24-year-old Black woman determined to make her mark in the elite graduate literature program at Marlowe University. Fiercely intelligent and unapologetically driven, she's used to being underestimated-but never outmatched. Dr. Charles Whitmore is a brilliant but emotionally guarded professor of modernist literature. At 47, he's twice her age, haunted by a failed marriage, and perfectly content with the predictable solitude of academia-until Maya walks into his lecture hall. Their connection begins with a spark-intellectual, intense, and charged with something deeper. Office hours become a ritual, debates turn personal, and the line between professional and private begins to blur. But in a world of strict rules, whispered gossip, and institutional power, a love like theirs could cost them everything. As desire simmers beneath the surface, both must confront their fears: Maya, about what it means to love someone who sees past her ambition to her vulnerability-and Charles, about the price of rediscovering passion in a woman half his age but twice his fire.

At work, she's untouchable. At home, she's unraveling. And in between? Two men she should've walked away from a long time ago. Victoria Blake has mastered the art of control. On the outside, everything looks flawless. But behind the curated calm is a storm of ambition, unresolved desire, and choices she can't unmake. Her heart is split, her past is messy, and the future she thought she wanted keeps shifting beneath her feet. Just when she starts to find her footing, a familiar storm blows back into town with something shiny on its finger, chaos in its wake, and a handful of titles she never asked for. Love, power, and loyalty don't play by the rules. And neither does she. Book Two of the Kissed by Wisdom series.

"Listen, baby. I don't wanna hear anything from you except my name. No fighting. No talking shit. You're gonna take my dick like a good girl because of the fucking hell you've been putting me through." "And if I don't want to?" "The door's locked, not barricaded," he scoffed smugly. "But you've had so many chances to tell me to give up on you and you never really did. I don't think you wanna leave, do you?" There was still a hint of doubt in his question, so he tightened his grip on my neck to compensate for his fear. This only made me hornier. He was about to ruin me. "No, Mr. Craft, I don't wanna leave." "Then give me your mouth." ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In which a young professor is hired by the enigmatic Chancellor and founder of Craft University, who looks suspiciously young for his age. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This is a romance book with supernatural elements following Veronica Greene-Pierre and Sebastian Craft. It is Book 1 in The Craft Trilogy. Happy reading! xoxo. - Sami

By Kiki .L She met him before she even knew his name. It was supposed to be just another night-scrubbing tables, dodging sleazy comments, and surviving the greasy hellhole she worked at to pay for law school. But when she approached the table of seven silent men, cloaked in wealth and something far colder, she felt it-that shift in the air, like a predator had just gone still. "We're closing in 34 minutes," she snapped, exhausted and done pretending. One of them stared. He didn't speak. He didn't blink. Just watched her like he could tear her apart and piece her back together in ways she'd never recover from. Mikhail Volkov hadn't spoken since he was a child. He didn't need to. His silence was legendary. His cruelty, worse. He ruled from the shadows-Pakhan of the Volkov Bratva, a ghost draped in blood and billions, with an empire stretching from Moscow to New York and Boston bowing at his feet. No one dared cross him. No one walked away after seeing him for who he really was. But she did. She saw something she wasn't meant to. A gun. A body. And him-eyes dead, jaw clenched, waiting. She ran. He followed. And from that night on, her life was no longer her own. PG16 | Dark Romance | Bratva Mafia | Billionaire x Law Student | Obsession | Possession | Violence | Power | Mystery | South African Heroine | Psychological Tension | Silent Alpha | Trigger Warnings Apply First BOOK OF THE : HIS SERIES

Paris teaches toddlers, she was orphaned at a young age and that has made her guarded and stole all the hope she has of having a happily ever after. Israel may seem like an ignorant playboy to the world but all he has ever longed for is someone who understood him. He feels unnoticed by the world and seeks its attention by being the bachelor they painted him out to be. When in Sandton, a young woman throws herself at him and they are both too drunk to think too much about it. It was supposed to be a one-night stand until Israel needed a wife to close a business deal. Paris may have slept with a stranger but marrying one is not something she will do. Israel needs this deal and the only way Paris is agreeing is if he can make her fall in love but will life hand her a cake and let her eat it too? ********************** "Israel, I am scared again." He holds me tighter. "I will never let anything happen to you, I would give my life for you." "Don't do that, life would not be the same without you." "Stop ruining my confessions of love. I love you Mimma and I will protect you as best as I can." "I love you." He looks at me, his face lights up, he places a kiss on my lips, soft and loving. **************************** Starting date: 28 Feb 2021 End Date: 08 May 2022 Word Count: [100 000 - 105 000] ***** Rankings: 1 - Black 2 - Blackwoman 3 - Swirl 3 - Blackfiction 5 - interracial 8 - Romance 11- Billionaire 16-diversity

"I'm a terrible dancer," I whisper. "And I guess the cowboy is much better than the city girl." My sarcasm is purely intended, and when he smiles heat courses through me. "The minute you start thinking is when you step on your partner's foot, Ms. Jones. Allow me to guide you, and show you what cowboys can do to city girls," he tells me softly, taking my hand about his shoulder, holding me securely. And damn, he's hot. __________________ When Kira Jones finally decides to take a six-week summer vacation, her best and only friend, Samantha, drags her to a trip out of California. What awaits on the way is something Kira has never fathomed at all, as her life gets a serious turn upon seeking the answer to her search. She meets a mysterious ranch owner whom her friend already has eyes for, and Kira finds herself drawn near him in a very strange way. Unrestrained attraction and something very intense will take Kira into a different dimension as far as her desire and principles are concerned. But what will win in the end between the power of love and friendship? Will Kira manage to make the right decision in the end in order to save her long life friendship with Samantha? Copyright ©2019 Grace Gervas

He walks up to me and stares at me. He then grabs my waist and slams his lips into mine. He pulls away slowly, he connects our foreheads, our nose touching. I could hear his heart beating, "I have an addiction too," he whispers to me. "What is it?" I ask him getting a little curious. "You." Christine DuBois gets more than a butler when she hires a new help, she gets the love of her life. Falling in love with her shy new butler is the least of what she was expecting, but God has a way of working that us humans have yet to understand.

Growing up people always compared Nyomi to her twin sister, navy. She was skinny, outgoing, and everything Nyomi wasn't while Nyomi was big, shy, short no confidence because no one every gave her the confidence to think she was worth something Until lrvin Irvin is the don of the American not ever having time for anything but his mafia and his company. He has never been in a serious relationship only ever sleeping around because he thought that relationship was too much work. But what happens when he meet the big and beautiful Shy women who he never knew worked for him? #3 Shy 7/25/23 #1 plussize 1/19/24 #3 plus-size #7 agegap 11/2/23 #1 American mafia 11/12/23 #9 bwwm #6 interracial

Give Me Courage is about a young African-American Woman finding out she has cancer? the shock almost leads her to death until she is rescued by her "Hero." well that's what he likes to call his self that is. Interracial story. Olivia Blessing just found out something horrible, she has cancer. Feeling like her life is over way before she even felt like it started. She wanted to end it, but it didn't go well as she jumped into it. Save by a strange man who begins to feel attached to her and for some reason. Olivia seems to be attached to him too. Is this what they call soul mates? What is this strange feeling and what happens when both of them have history??? Can they get through this together? lovers of series: Chasing Life would love this story. Kassandra Vivu wrote this story *RANKINGS* #44 Real Life #44/1.9k #184 Happiness #184/6K #19 Courage #19/564 #247 Tragedy #247/6K #84 Goals #84/1.7K #225 Beautiful #225/4.2K #264 True love #264/4.9K #325 Couple #325/4.9K #167 Happy Endings #167/2.4K #1000 Relationship #1000/11.6K #994 BWWM #994/7.5K

"Amari, you guys have been best friends for too long. There's no way you two haven't done something." "We're just friends. Some of us can manage keeping our hands to ourselves." ---- Amari and Tyler have been best friends since they were kids, but, as always, people grow and things change. Amari, once boyish, begins to change her style and wear clothes that accentuate her curves. Tyler begins to notice. After one dark encounter at a party, an agreement is put into place. Will things stay strictly friendly or will feelings be caught?