This story is about how a girl fell in love with her best friend who is very know in baltimore. Their circle is small and they can all trust each other no matter what. But this story also shows a perspective of what it's like living in Baltimore.

In order to love you must heal. Heal from the scars others gave you and cry as the wounds sting. Rachelle Mickelson, a 28 year old woman still trying to learn how to live life without the guilt she holds from her teenage hood. She navigates her life with her family after years of abandonment from them. She struggles with her emotions and trusting people with the vulnerability her tears emit. Rachelle has battled through life on her own since she was 16 and doesn't aim to change that now that she's older. But what happens when her favourite boss steps down making his younger brother take his place? A man who fills the void of loneliness. What happens when he comes into her life and breaks down the walls nobody has been able to rupture? How will she cope as she loses the strength to stop herself trusting for the first time in years? Sebastian Connors, a 33 year old man who has made success his middle name. Despite being left by his ex-fiancée and becoming a single dad he still loves effortlessly. After taking over for his brother he is subjected to his ruthless and stubborn assistant. Her attitude reels him into lovesick trances. He becomes weak from her presence and loves her like she's his lifeline. He navigates his grief, his heartbreak and his struggles but everything becomes easier when Rachelle is with him.

[FEATURED x5] When Lucy's estranged father dies suddenly, she knows she is not going to have the Senior Year of her dreams - it is definitely not starting out as her best year ever, that's for sure. Instead, she begins to question the point of it all. Refusing to act like the good girl she's always been, Lucy finds love, hurt and confusion, capturing her thoughts in an anonymous high school newspaper column that causes (big) problems of its own. Featured by @YA Featured by @TeenFiction Featured by @NewlyWrittenBooks Featured by @WattpadOutreach Hidden Gems Featured by @StoriesUndiscovered in July 2022 **Completed: July 2022

Taylor Prescott life isn't always quiet and a soft life. Most time it never actually is. There is always an inconvenience whether it was issues at home, school, or within herself but she's always made the best of it. That is until she gets the worse news of her life. She gets a call that her dad is in the hospital in critical condition from a car crash. This turns Taylor's life upside down as the weight of her life starts to get heavier. Old people resurface, the things she's always known change, and the tension in her house grows as Taylor tries to grapple life without the one person who made everything better always being there.

Layla Cherise Brooks has loved her man and husband Malik for years. After dealing with all his lies along with the love, Layla doesn't know if she can take it anymore. She's finally ready to woman up and move on from her disastrous marriage. Malik Kade Brooks knows he does Layla wrong but he can't seem to shake the other women and his constant lies. Love isn't easy and marriage most definitely isn't. What do you do when true love turns into nothing but a lie? Do you let it go? Do you fight? Or do you tell the truth? A "love and its lies" spinoff/sequel with new characters.

Maddie Wilson is a quiet, hard-working 17-year-old with strict parents and a talent for doing nails. She stays out of the spotlight, focused on her goals-until she catches the attention of Six, an 18-year-old drug lord known for his dangerous lifestyle, designer clothes, and undeniable charm. Six is trying to provide for his younger siblings while navigating the streets of Chicago, but something about Maddie makes him want more than the life he's always known. Despite coming from two different worlds, their connection is undeniable. What starts as a slow friendship quickly turns into a deep, passionate love. But with exes, street drama, and Six's dangerous past catching up to them, Maddie finds herself pulled into a world she never imagined.

"they got nothin on you baby"!

"Why does it always have to be about my weight?"

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱" Notti Osama x fem oc