An innocent gesture leads to an explosive family crisis when Aunt Ella's heartfelt apology letter accidentally brings Calvin's ex-fiancée, Laura, marching straight back into the Payne household. But Laura isn't looking for closure-she's looking for justice, and she didn't come alone. When she introduces a quiet four-year-old girl named Maya as Calvin's daughter, the living room turns into a psychological war zone. With Miranda's fury pushed to the absolute brink, Calvin frozen in shock, and Curtis scrambling to keep his household from self-destructing, the Paynes must face a game-changing secret that threatens to tear Calvin's world apart forever.

TYLER LEPLEY NEW BOOK/2025 On a dark night she meets a strange and secretive, strong and silent gangsta, who needs her love and her blood just to survive. The strongest love you'll ever read about. True love is a choice. copyright 2022 (completed edit 2025)

The opposite side of the game.

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Janeisha "Neisha" Bambi has always survived by keeping a low profile. She don't get caught up in the kind of business that comes with bodies, secrets, and street names that echo. But all it takes is one night-one favor for her best friend-to slide her straight into the orbit of Seven "Saint" Carter. Saint is discipline wrapped in menace. A man the streets don't just respect,they fear. The type Neisha promised herself she'd never look at twice. He doesn't chase, beg, or explain. Yet somehow, he does all of this for her. And when that calm, unreadable gaze settles on Neisha, her careful world starts to crack. Now Saint's patience is running out, Neisha's defenses are falling apart and the pull between them is starting to feel less like a choice and more like fate. He's trying to shield her from the life he lives. She's trying to decide if loving him is salvation or self-destruction.

The unraveling of secrets that ultimately destroy a family.

As Calvin prepares to tie the knot with Laura, his long-held feelings for his former flame, Miranda, resurface. His sons, Christian and Calvin Jr., secretly root for their parents to reunite, adding to the emotional turmoil. Torn between commitment and true love, Calvin must confront his heart's desires and decide whether to follow his duty or his passion. Will he choose the comfort of familiarity with Laura or take a chance on rekindling the flame with Miranda?

The Adulting Series is a contemporary collection of short stories exploring the lived realities of young Zimbabwean women navigating adulthood. Through themes of identity, societal pressure, relationships, silence, and becoming, each story captures the quiet complexities of growing up in a world that often tells women who they should be before they discover who they truly are.

im not good at these.... cover by me... im a beginner dont flame me...

from both my one shot books:) all the characters are black unless stated otherwise. not all chapters will have face claims always editing. enjoy💘