A heartbroken baker and a widowed billionaire strike a deal: a two-month relationship that either ends in marriage or separation. But as their practical arrangement begins to feel all too real, buried secrets and past trauma resurface, forcing them to decide if love is worth the risk. Season 1 of Love Contractually *** Melanie Lane, a struggling bakery owner disillusioned by love, finds an unexpected ally in Christian Dugray, a charismatic COO facing familial pressure to marry. Their practical marriage agreement, designed to satisfy their families and solve personal dilemmas, soon blurs into deeper. As Melanie settles into Christian's world, she starts to question her growing feelings for him and his unresolved past. Will their fake romance withstand the test of real feelings, and can they find a way to turn their agreement into something truly lasting?

Sasha Kelly is 17 year old African American girl who just moved to California from Philadelphia. Sasha comes from a family that works and travels a lot. She's in for a surprise when she meets Michael. Michael croffey is a 17 year old Italian guy who attends William Penn high school. Let's just say he's well known for being a player and having ever girl he wants and he was never the type to catch feelings. That changed once he met Sasha. Little do they know their lives are just starting. BOOK 1*** NOT EDITED!!!!!!!!!

"Because where there's roses, they'll always be thorns, right?" - Aurora Valentina Marino was adopted by the Italian mafia family, the Marinos, at a young age. With her life in danger she's forced to marry Elias Moore, head of the American mafia. Neither of them are particularly fond of each other. They say there's a thin line between love and hate; Aurora and Elias seem to be balancing on that line. Which side will they fall on? - BWWM

Take a military father and a carefree mother...you get Zena Weston; a beautiful, don't back down, around the way girl with a heart of gold. Then her heart is put to the test when she falls for Julien Laurent...genius and borderline psycho.

When a high profile CEO, Zeke Ingram, clashes with the new boss in town, Naomi Cartier, it's clear that it's more than business and in the end, it gets very personal. Flaws are a given, but can they be looked over? Copyright © 2017 by Kourtney All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Set into their adult lives, Khari and Malia's marriage has its twist and turns. Can their love handle the test of time?

The spinoff to Malia & Khari. The kids are all grown up, and ain't no drama like kid drama.

Khari Valentine is a basketball player from New Orleans, Louisiana who seems to be very rough around the edges. His move to Washington, DC to play college ball for Georgetown University is less than smooth. He meets a very well rounded young lady in Malia King. She's smart, beautiful, spiritual, and patient. Can they build a friendship or would the two think that they have nothing in common?

As Natosha and Matteo "Four" Wittstock steps into adulthood and their new lives as a married couple, they are both struggling to make time for one another and themselves. Natosha is busy running a new restaurant for the community while Matteo's football career has launched him much further in the limelight than he would've liked. With this new fame came much more responsibility, and a new publicist has seemed to take his attention away from his duties as a husband to focus more on football and...her? All the while, Natosha's spending more hours at her restaurant and with a new private chef instructor helping her to perfect recipes, the two may be getting closer than one another wanted to admit. Natosha and Matteo are overwhelmed by the bulk of their new careers, the media's involvement in their relationship but that isn't the only hiccup that they are facing, because there is a new addition to their growing family...their first baby. Southeastern University #3/#4 [ can be read as a standalone but is a part of the SEU collection ]

#1 Southeastern University Series Natosha Jackson is from the south-side slums of Ridgeport. She's your average bookworm and mathematic fanatic. To pay her dues to the dean of students, she is hand-picked to tutor one of the most notorious football players at Southeastern University, Matteo Four Wittstock. In the town of Ridgeport, the Wittstocks are well-known wealthy people from the north side. Although Natosha wants nothing to do with Four's lifestyle and womanizing tendencies, she finds herself falling into the temptations of lust. While she wrestles with this new fiery excitement in her life, Four becomes enamored deeper than he ever imagined. No one expects the rocky twists and turns that bring these two people together but Four loves a good challenge. And when a game is this good, he's more than ready to play. ***The Southeastern University Collection shows the lives of young adults as they enter, survive and finish off their university experience. The students attending this university are not only dealing with keeping up their GPAs and attending student union meetings. These students are battling ties with addiction, exploring their sexuality, and embarking on past and present family burdens. *** *** These works cannot be read as a standalone. *** WARNING: THIS STORY IS 18+ AND CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE AND MATURE CONTENT. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. STARTED: 7/10/2020 Completed. 2022