𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

"𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖺' 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗒𝖾𝗌"

JOVAN COLLARD. As Head of Security, Jovan is expected to maintain the government within the wall. When a resistance group threatens to ruin the structure of their society, he ventures to find a way to take them over from the inside out. But things slowly turn to shambles when he finds himself falling in love with the woman who jeopardizes everything he's worked hard for. EILA KAHN. In a society with walls around the city and a one child policy, Eila is forced to figure out how to keep her brother alive. By joining a resistance group, she hopes to escape the walls and find a safe home for her and her brother. But her plans are disrupted when she's blackmailed by the one man who could get her and her brother killed. • Interracial @choxolate.doll

" You know that I love you right?" River breathed, his hands around my neck, eyes filled with want. "Of course, why do you ask?" I pouted, "Because I'm about to fuck you like I hate you." ☾☾ ☽☽ Lips of honey and eyes of fire. Armani Nnandi was always the good girl. She was always the girl with the perfect grades, the one who never broke the rules and almost never went out. Her parents expected nothing less of perfection from her and she'd always known it, what kind of daughter would she be if she were to ever let them down? But what happens when she gets cast away to one of the most prestigious art academies in France all on her own, no parents, no rules and all the freedom she could've ever asked for. Armani made herself and her parents one simple promise, no boys until after college. But that was until she found herself entangled in the beautiful chaos that was River Kennedy. It was clear that River Kennedy was one of God's favorites, with silvery blue eyes and looks that could kill- he was art. But every masterpiece has a story behind it, and River's happened to be crashing into him and drowning him all at once.

A spontaneous Friday night outing led Nova to a surprise destination: Ramiro's bed, the one person her brother can't stand- and the one who ignited a fire she can't seem to ignore. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛, 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪?" 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙖𝙧. "𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?" 𝘼 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩. 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜. "𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙤," 𝙄 𝙢𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨. "𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙤?" 𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙. "𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙤, 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧?"

JACK MORETTI. With more enemies than friends, he makes ruthless decisions in the name of protecting his wife. After being apart from her, he realizes one thing-he'd follow her to the end of the Earth and that's exactly what he did to get her back. Having already an unhealthy obsession for her, it grows when people threaten her safety. SELYSE MORETTI. Faced with the realities of her forced marriage, she attempts to make things work with her unideal husband. He has a cruel hold on his territory and his name is feared by many. His cold nature begins to fade away and she sees the man he is behind closed doors-passionate, protective and most of all, nurturing. As love blossoms in their relationship, his enemies quickly become hers. • Interracial @dojahenshaw SEQUEL TO DEBT

JACK MORETTI. Cynical, short-tempered and powerful. After signing a contract that gained a woman as collateral, he collects an irritable woman motivated on escaping him. Even with this woman insistent on hating him, he still manages to have his heart become hers in unideal circumstances. But just as a routine begins to form, she pushes him over the edge, resulting in irreversible damage. SELYSE HARRISON. The life she never wanted was signed and sealed due to a contract her father signed before his death. To clear her father's debt, she's forced into life with a man who is feared by many. As Selyse adapts to her new home, her feelings for him begin to progress overwhelmingly. • Interracial @dojahenshaw

#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

JAXON VAN KIRK. The mystery man recently released from prison for murder has the entire town in flux. While struggling to catch up after years of being locked away, he meets an individual who threatens the conditions of his probation. But in the name of love, he questions whether the consequences of prison are entirely that bad in comparison to the heavy emotions he feels for her. NYAH HAWKINS. Cheer, graduation, Harvard. All three were the mean girl's motivations in life. That was until the inexplicable man entered her small town and miraculously swayed her head. With her parents being people of the law who could easily get him sent back to prison, she indulges in a cryptic, secret love affair that comes with repercussions for both. • Interracial @sol.she

Summer and Dragon have a complicated past. The first time Summer walked into Clover Springs with her best friend, Dragon was captivated by her. But when two hesitant souls collide, it's easy to miss what's right in front of them. When Summer left town, Dragon spiraled into despair, haunted by the knowledge that he had driven away the one girl who made life worth living. Now, two years later, Summer returns, believing Dragon is long gone-just as her best friend told her. But fate has other plans. The connection between them is magnetic, and as soon as Summer is back, so is Dragon, determined to make things right this time around. CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE