"And your eyes will immediately recognise her and your heart will chase her from this lifetime to the next." He enforces the rules. She lives within their confines. The man is a powerful bureaucrat in South Africa's Apartheid government determined to uphold the system. But when he begins to feel a pull towards the girl, everything he thought he believed is thrown into question. As desire battles with duty, the man must confront the cost of feeling something he was never meant to. 🔞 Edit [05 June 2025]: I will be adding summarized historical notes where necessary for those readers interested in history. Although this book, the story and it's characters are fictional, it is still set in real historical context of South African history during one of its darkest periods. The edits will be a chapter at a time so do not be surprised if a chapter goes offline for a few minutes. Please note that this book contains 1. Violence; 2. Discrimination where derogatory terminology is used; 3. Explicit Sexual Content: And is therefore not suitable for anyone under the age of 18 years old or anyone who will be offended by the language used.

Jared Prince, the rich white, hotshot millionaire does not have Love in his plans. Here comes Bianca Ugoh with laughter in her ladle and warmth in every spoonful, unpending his best laid plans. Between spice-fueled banter in the kitchen an stolen glances over simmering pots, something tender-and delightfully unexpected-stirs beneath their clashes. Nothing attracts more than opposites and before they know it, they're falling for each other. But love is never simple.

A lot can happen in five months, but no one could have expected this. Cold, distant and sometimes shallow, Reign never thought she'd ever find a guy to meet her very high standards or her equally high Prada pumps. Per usual, life comes and knocks her right on her ass bringing with it the passionate, arrogant boxer Tobias. Tobias may seem cocky on the outside but once she cracks open his hard exterior piece by piece, she's able to see the real him. But what if it's too late? An interracial story about a private African American college student and a charmingly ignorant Caucasian boxer. Cover by me || Updates every other day.

ᴵ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ʸᵒᵘ, ʸᵒᵘ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵐᵉ, ʷᵉ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵘˢ ꧁ [ 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 ] ꧂ 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘: In a small town where everyone knows everyone's business, Ocean and Koa have been best friends since childhood. But there's something more between them-a quiet, simmering attraction neither of them dares to acknowledge. As they navigate the ups and downs of their teenage years, the lingering question of what if? follows them everywhere. Things get complicated when Koa starts dating Ocean's best friend, Bethany, in elementary school, and even years later, the past still lingers between them. Their friendship is tested when Ocean starts spending time with a new friend, Johyi, making Koa believe he's being replaced. An argument forces them to confront the growing distance between them, but when they finally reconcile at a party, jealousy flares as they're unknowingly put in a two-man situation, pushing them closer to the truth they've been avoiding. Through stolen glances, near-confessions, and an undeniable pull, Ocean and Koa continue their slow burn until one defining moment-.

"𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉...𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇." • • • Grace is a sports physiotherapist working for a hospital that hosts the elite athletes of West Hampton. A favor for a friend gets her on the path of being Isaiah King's physiotherapist - the tennis star who suffered a dire knee injury. At first, she's simply dedicated to healing both his body and mind - and perhaps getting him to believe in God- but things get complicated when hearts start to flutter, lines start to blur, and feelings get involved. Feelings that are especially not one-sided. [Clean Romance, Faith-based, Older Woman, BWWM]

Liora Coldwell's perfect, sheltered life shatters when she catches her father cheatin at a young age. Her mother divorces and remarries, but soon the family faces financial struggles- All of a sudden her mother and father gets this load of cash but what happens when this money needs to be paid back? Matteo Galletti, head of the Italian mafia after his father's death, lives a solitary life, keeping to himself and trusting no one. He gives second chances to no one and never tolerates broken promises- he needs the money back he was promised but instead of money he gets his obsession?

Four years ago, Selena Moreau gave her heart to a man she had no business loving. She was a seamstress-young, gifted, and far from home. He was a prince, caught between duty and desire, with promises that tasted like forever. In the quiet shadows of the palace, they shared something soft, something sacred... until the world outside tore it apart. Now, Selena lives a quiet life in the town no one of importance ever visits, raising her son with careful hands and a guarded heart. She asks for nothing. Expects even less. The boy she bore is hers alone, and she intends to keep it that way. But when the newly crowned king returns and their paths cross once more, old feelings begin to stir-and buried truths rise to the surface. Alexander is back... not just in her world, but dangerously close to the one secret that binds them forever. He wants to know his son. He wants to understand what he lost. But after everything he left behind... will she let him in? A story of first love, betrayal, and the slow, aching journey back to one another-where the cost of silence may be the only thing keeping them apart.

Sienna Carter has spent years building her reputation as one of the sharpest CFOs in the industry, keeping Dalton Enterprises profitable despite its reckless, womanizing CEO, Logan Dalton. She knows his type-charming, arrogant, and completely allergic to commitment. But when her overbearing family pressures her to settle down and Logan's mother demands he find a wife, an unexpected solution arises: a fake relationship. What starts as a strategic arrangement soon blurs the lines between business and desire. As staged dates turn into lingering touches, and feigned affection sparks something real, Sienna and Logan are forced to question everything they thought they knew about love. She vowed never to fall for a man like him. He swore he'd never want more. But when the fake engagement starts feeling too real, will they walk away-or risk everything for love?

I was drowning in her kiss. The intensity of it filled me with sensations I'd never felt before. I taste her and I realize I've been starving. I have loved before, but never quite like this. I have kissed before, but never did it consume me like this. It lasts for a second, maybe a minute or maybe even an hour, I'm not sure. I'm drowning and drowning and sinking to the bottom of the ocean in her kiss, in her soft embrace. I never thought I could feel wanted like this before and it's intoxicating and it's swallowing me whole. It started off passionate, but we got desperate. The kiss got deeper as we got hungrier, it feels like even my hands can't bring her close enough to me. - LEIGHTON VALAK .. and in which, emotionally unavailable Alea John gets paired up with the rich golden boy on campus, Leighton Valak for a tutoring opportunity- what could go wrong? Or, in simpler words.. An unloveable boy and a girl who cannot love. highest rankings #1 - sadromance #1 - bwwm #1 - banter #1 - badboygoodgirl #2 - bwwm #2 - drama #2 - maybesmut #3 - maybesmut #6 - opposites #10 - enemiestolovers #23 - banter

Zola Reed is almost out of time. At seventeen, she's one placement away from aging out of foster care and being on her own for good. But when she's sent to live with Miss Penelope on a quiet dirt road, everything changes. The house is warm, the food is real, and the animals aren't the only ones watching her closely. There's also Jace-Penelope's rugged, confident godson who works the land and isn't afraid to make a move. Zola's not here to fall in love. She's here to survive. But sometimes, the place you never wanted to be is where you were meant to belong.