ᴍʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟᴀᴄᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ sᴀᴠᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇs ɴᴏ ʟɪᴍɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪᴍ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟᴀᴄᴇ. ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ʙʏ ᴍɪᴄʜᴇʟ'ʟᴇ

❝IF IAN KNOW NO BETTER I'D SAY YOU WAS STALKING A NIGGA.❞ 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 - 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

How you gone act? Ooh you fucking snack Fifth floor give your ass a duplicate fob, yeah Fifth floor devour that body like corn on a cob, yeah Fifth floor neighbors must be questioning my job, yeah I see that you torn, I see you adorn me You know what I want I see that your torn I see you adorn me I see you adorn (I see) Oh adorn Up late again - Ari Lennox Sorry for any misspelled words or grammatical issues, I will go back and edit eventually!!! Some chapters are graphic !!!!

Khysen Bennett grew up in the streets with a father who turned him into a soldier, not a son. Violence was all he knew, and loyalty to his dad, Kion Bennett, was the only way to survive. He never questioned orders, until his father told him to follow Saija Fletcher and take her out. She was supposed to be just another target, watching her, move, and pull the trigger, but the more Khysen watches her, the more he feels something he hadn't felt in forever, and that makes the job impossible. Now he's stuck between the only life he's ever known and the girl who makes him want better. With his anger always one call away from blowing up and his father watching his every move, Khysen has to figure out what's worth more - his loyalty or his heart, but in his world, turning your back on family can get you killed.

He was chaos in the shape of a man. And she was the only peace he ever wanted to keep. Kingston "Kash" Vaughn isn't just misunderstood-he's unmedicated, unhinged, and unforgiven. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia after witnessing his mother's murder, Kash walks the line between genius and madness, street legend and broken boy. He doesn't trust people. Doesn't believe in peace. And he damn sure doesn't believe in love. Until her. Rai'Lynn "Rai" Tate is used to saving everybody but herself. As a crisis center worker, she's been trained to handle the darkest minds-but nothing prepares her for Kash. Their connection is magnetic, twisted, and immediate. He sees her, obsesses over her, needs her like air. And the scariest part? She needs him right back. What starts as therapy turns into obsession. Passion turns into control. And love? Love becomes a war. Because when the voices in his head grow louder... She's the only one he'll listen to. But what happens when the thing you love most is the same thing that might destroy you? 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝- 05.23.25 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- 05.23.25 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- 06.28.25

Amaya Lewis knows the law better than she knows herself. At only twenty-seven, she's the rising Black star of civil litigation-sharp-mouthed in court, soft-hearted in life, and determined to protect the people the world forgets. But when she takes on Elijah Ward, a former Army sniper threatening to expose illegal missions and buried military casualties, Amaya steps into a battlefield she can't see. Within days, she becomes a high-value liability-and someone in the government signs her name on a quiet, classified order. Kairo Holt has followed orders his whole life. No hesitation. No questions. No guilt. He's the weapon they call when they don't want fingerprints on the outcome. Kairo is playing both sides. Amaya doesn't know she's sleeping next to the very man sent to end her. And the deeper he falls for her, the more impossible the mission becomes. Because he can't serve two masters forever. And when the crosshairs finally close in, Kairo has to decide: The job... or the woman who made him hesitate.

ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴ-ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ꜱʜᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪꜱᴋ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ʀᴜɪɴɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ. ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪꜱᴇ, ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟʟᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʟᴄᴜʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜰʀᴇᴇ, ᴡɪʟᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ. ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛꜱ ʙᴜʀɴ, ʟɪɴᴇꜱ ʙʟᴜʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴛᴏʟᴇɴ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ꜱɪɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ. ❝ɪꜰ ʟᴏᴠɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ɪ'ᴅ ᴅᴏ ɪᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ.❞ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴇ𝒬ᴜᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ... ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴘʟᴀʏ ꜰᴀɪʀ

First time we fucked, we ain't really plan it.. But now I'll be making love to you through him...

Kay never planned to fall in love. She's a bartender who minds her business, keeps her head down, and understands that some men come with silence instead of promises. Rome Brewster is one of those men. He's charming, romantic, and dangerous in a way that doesn't need explaining. He shows up. He stays late. He learns her routines without asking permission. He doesn't offer forever-just consistency, protection, and a presence that feels too rare to ignore. What starts as quiet attraction turns into something deeper. Something chosen. Something neither of them names out loud. This isn't a story about being saved. It's about loving someone as they are. About wanting without ownership. About choosing the moment even when you know it won't last forever. Some loves don't come to stay. They come to change you.

Dr. Aria Hamilton built her career believing every mind could be understood even the most dangerous ones. When she's assigned to evaluate Damien King, the infamous crime boss whose insanity plea has captivated the nation, she expects another patient. Instead, she finds a man who seems to know far more about her than he should. As months of court-ordered evaluations blur the line between doctor and patient, the country's most notorious trial turns her quiet life into a media spectacle. With cameras watching her every move and secrets surfacing faster than she can explain them, Aria must decide whether she's studying a monster... or becoming part of his story.