"I told you about looking down when you being talked to mama." Kaiser spoke more softly than before. In the small time he been around Serenity, he noticed how shy she was. She was so avoidant but alluring. He was interested in her. Seeing how well she was with the kids was just a plus. "Why?" She sighed in frustration before signing. She knew if she started talking she would make a fool of herself. "Why what?" He signed back. "Why do you care? You don't know me." "Not everyone has it out for you. I just wanna know you," Kaiser frowned. He didn't understand why she was so isolated but he wanted to know. She was worth knowing.

Life couldn't get better for Dino Carter. Business is booming after opening his dream tattoo shop, his reputation is growing fast, and at home he has everything a man could ever want-an unbreakable bond with his beautiful wife, Ja'dore, and the loving family they built together. To Dino, life is perfect. Untouchable. Until Iysis walks through his doors. Hired as the new receptionist at Carter Ink, Iysis seems quiet, ambitious, and eager to prove herself. But behind her innocent smile lies a dangerous obsession. What begins as subtle attention soon spirals into her falling in life. As her fixation turns sinister, Dino's perfect world begins to crack. Secrets surface, trust is tested, and Ja'dore refuses to let another woman destroy the life she fought to build. Now caught in a twisted game of love, lies, and betrayal, Dino must make a choice. Because when desire turns deadly... all is fair when love is war.

After a traumatic event, Asia is saved by a woman who is a "dancer" at Suga. Desperate for a way off the dangerous streets of Atlanta and a place to sleep rather than her car, she goes to see if she could make money for her dormant dance talent, but is surprised by who the owner is. (𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 : 𝐒𝐡𝐮•𝐆𝐮𝐡) 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊-𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃.

After eight years of lies, betrayal, and heartbreak, Kyomi finally reaches her breaking point when her husband's mistress posts cozy Christmas pictures-complete with their baby. Humiliated and shattered, she packs her bags and walks away from the marriage that stole her joy. Desperate for a distraction, Kyomi lets her twin sister and friends drag her to a club for a night of reckless fun. But too many drinks and one blackout later, she wakes up in a stranger's house. A stranger who just so happens to be Kyomi-a man with a past of his own and a reputation that should make her run. But instead of running, she stays. What starts as an unexpected friendship quickly turns into something deeper. kylo becomes her safe place, her escape, the one person who doesn't judge her for her pain. Their bond is undeniable-until one night, the tension finally breaks, and one of them confesses what they've both been feeling all along. But with kylo past still haunting her and kylo world far from simple, can love really be enough? Or will fear and heartbreak push them apart before they even have a chance?

LETHAL /ˈlēTHəl/ adjective sufficient to cause death, harmful or destructive. "Damaged people are dangerous, they know they can survive." COVER BY: XOROYALTYWRITES

In a world where most believed toxicity was necessary to go through in order to find real love, she brought it to him in the purest way possible. His Angel, the Obsession.

Kason "Khotic" Brewster never planned on living long. At seventeen, he buried both of his parents in the same week. His mother died instantly in a car crash. His father held on just long enough to make Kason promise one thing before he passed. Take care of your brother and sister. So that's exactly what he did. Twelve years later Khotic is the man the streets call when things get ugly. Feared. Respected. Untouchable. Everything he does is for the two people depending on him to make it out of the life he's stuck in. He's content with that. Until Beauty Cardwell crashes into his world. Bee is nothing like the women Khotic usually deals with. She's a twenty-five-year-old brain surgeon, a child prodigy who finished school before most people finished learning who they were. She's blunt, literal, and socially awkward in ways people don't always understand. Diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Bee doesn't believe in pretending to be something she's not. She says exactly what she means. And for some reason... Khotic likes that. What starts as a chance meeting turns into something neither of them expected. Bee sees the man behind Khotic's reputation. The older brother trying to keep his promise. The boy who never got the chance to grieve. And Khotic sees something in Bee that the world keeps missing. But loving a man like Khotic means stepping into a life Bee was never meant to be part of. Enemies. Loyalty. Violence. The kind of danger that doesn't care how smart you are. And Khotic knows one thing for sure. Good girls like Beauty Cardwell aren't supposed to fall for men like him.

She arrives in the city, believing distance could keep her untouched. He arrived unconscious, his future already alternated. What connects them is never named, or felt formed in silence, restraint, and moments that were never supposed to happen. This is a story about loss, proximity, and what happens when feelings become unavoidable. © 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐋𝐈

Before Kelsey, before Paris. The Carter boys were following in the foot steps of their dad. Making a come up for themselves they planned to exceed their fathers reputation in the streets. Building an Empire from scratch.

Fresh out of prison, Dayvon has nothing-and no one to trust. Amani is the one person who might change that. The calm in the chaos of his life. But past mistakes, danger, and rising fame won't let him have peace easily. In a world that's always ready to break them, can they hold on to what really matters?