Averi Watts is an introverted third year law school student. Becoming a lawyer is her dream and her education is her pride and joy. She rarely opens up to anyone besides her family and best-friend. After a long week, she's dragged to a bar where she meets...him Jace Moore is a high school music teacher. His love language has always been music. Prevailing through his troubled past, he is now thriving with his new life. While at the bar with his friends, he can't stop staring at...her

Zavi Noelle is comfortable living quietly, spending most of her time alone with a piano and the melodies she is too afraid to share. DeAndre Harper lives beneath the opposite kind of pressure-a celebrated track star surrounded by people who have no idea how difficult it has become for him to breathe. When anxiety leads them both to the same campus support group, an empty chair brings together two people who never expected to understand each other. What begins with saved seats, early-morning conversations, and a friendship neither of them knew they needed slowly becomes something deeper. But with Zavi learning to use her voice and DeAndre fighting to reclaim a future that demands everything from him, they must discover whether love can grow without either of them losing their own tempo.

He's the shy one. She's the quiet one. A late night grocery run turns into a awkward moment. And a stare that says, "Relax. I got you."

Javier Solis knows how to leave a mark, both on skin and on the heart. The oldest of six, he grew up surrounded by love, laughter, and art, and now he pours all of himself into the tattoo shop he owns. Navy Jones has spent her life holding everyone else together. The middle child of a big family, dependable and quiet, she became a teacher not just to guide children, but to give the care she's always given others, even when no one gave it back. On New Year's Eve, Navy walks into Javier's shop for her first tattoo: a lotus placed close to her heart. One night, one tattoo, one choice, and suddenly two lives collide in ways neither expected.

𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 | SLOW BURNED ASF. " 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 '𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯' 𝘰𝘳 '𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦'. " " 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺... 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺... 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥... 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯-𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥... " 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐃 © 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐄. (not edited).

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Jahaira Maddox is a quiet librarian who prefers a life free of drama, but her world is turned upside down when she learns that her father took out a shark loan from the infamous mafia family, the Sinclairs. Landon Sinclair is dangerous, and the only way she can get him off her back is to... accept his invitation to dinner?

"I will get you back, Sinclair." He grabbed my hand and put the ring on my palm, then closed my hand tight. "And that's a promise." I froze as he kissed my hand and slowly reached for my forehead. ─────── ○ ─────── After two years since her divorce with her NBA player ex-husband, Sinclair Leighton is ready to start fresh and swear that she was done playing the game. Until she met Essien Boateng, a former basketball player now billionaire. And when he saw her from across the court, she's the only game he wants to win.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬..𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫𝐢 ! 𝖮𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒. The main character Sayori developes her personality due to growing up with one uncle her whole life after her parents death at such a young age her parents will always be a sensitive topic to her sayori dad was a drug lord long before settling down to protect his family the drug life wouldn't interfere with sayori life since her identity of being the drug lords daughter now being the niece of the drug lord daughter unknown. Sayori being a loner she graduated school early and had a early start of her career along with owning her own clothing brand with her uncle's support of her decisions eventually she will meet a man who will fulfill her worthy who she continuously denies throughout the story there will be dramatics, sensitive sentiments and sexual tensions . this is my first book read it at your own risk lol

"Please Jesus, free me of the spirit of lust." "I know that relationships built under your word can last forever. So free me of the thought, free me of the feeling and free me from my flesh trying to cloud my judgement." "I don't worship lust, sex or desire. I worship you Jesus, please don't allow me to lose sight of that." "In Jesus name, I pray." "Amen." I spoke desperately as I stood up from my knees.