When Kiki visits Chicago for her cousin's wedding, she never expects to get piped down by a man who talks with his hands and growls her name like he own it. Messiah ain't like these New York dudes she's used to-he move different. Ain't loud, ain't flashy, but got that hood alpha energy that make her melt. She was supposed to be there for five days max... not fall in love with a Chi-Town gangsta who flips bricks and lifts her like she weightless. But when her past follows her to Chicago and his street life bleeds into their sex-fueled situationship, the line between love and lust starts to blur. He never chased women-especially not loud, sex-crazy, no-nonsense New York ones. But Kiki? She got him talkin' about "what we is" and pressin' her spot like he tryna build a future. But love between two people who been hurt don't come easy. And in a city full of secrets, money, and murder? Somebody always gotta pay.

Urban Romantic Thriller || Plus Size Fiction 18+ Zero & Gorgeous ******************** He hated everyone and everything, includin himself.. until he met a woman who quite literally took his breath away. She was the only person who had the courage to fight back and now she was stuck with a psycho who can't seem to leave her alone..

She was supposed to escape him. Instead, she fell for him. When 16-year-old A'Sanyi was kidnapped after being kicked out of her mother's house, survival was her only plan. But Rico-17, inked up, ruthless, and at the top of the drug game-wasn't just her captor. He became her obsession. A story of survival, betrayal, and the kind of love that never lets go-even when it should.

Octavius Martinez, a ruthless, smart, arrogant, demanding, and controlling. Secretly ruling an Italian mafia and every girl's dream man, he's known by the name shadow, he's the leader of a very powerful mafia ( FANGS), his empire across the world, owning the world's biggest chain of branded hotels and fueling companies. Josephine Miller is a sweetheart in the making, a college girl who has dreams to become a pediatrician when everything goes into shambles as she's sold to a man she never thought of meeting. She is naive and innocent and could be super bossy. Josephine's beauty and innocence captivate Octavius and it seems our sweetheart Josephine is either playing hard to get or rather has an ugly past, what does destiny have for both parties? And is there any twisted story to what both parties know from the beginning?

She's married to the law. He rules the streets. One glance was all it took to ignite a fire Zuria couldn't put out. Now every choice pulls her deeper into a world of power, passion, and secrets... and into the arms of the one man she should never want. Dangerously Yours - when desire is the most dangerous crime of all.

Chicago raised wolves, not boys. Devon and Ahmari learned that early. Foster care taught them scraps and bruises, so they ran - two kids in the dead of winter with nothing but a busted lighter and a knife too small to matter. Wayne found them half feral. He didn't save them. He claimed them. Broke them with hunger and fists, then spoiled them with cash and gold. Torture, then reward. Burn, then spoil. Devon grew sharp and silent. Ahmari reckless, loyal to the bone. What kept them alive wasn't Wayne - it was each other. And Wayne knew it. That's why he kept breaking them. To remind them who owned them.

Asyian "Ivy" Moore lives a life measured by the impeccable standards of her family and the congregation that reveres her father. By day, she is the dutiful daughter, her every move a testament to grace and high expectation in the polished world of her urban, upper-middle-class community. But when the city lights blaze, so does a secret fire within her. Under the guise of night, Asyian sheds her saintly facade and steps onto a different kind of stage: the pulsing, neon-lit floor of an exclusive downtown club. Here, she is known only as "Ivy", an exotic dancer whose magnetic performance is a daring, defiant whisper against the silence of her perfect life. When her two worlds violently collide-a chance encounter with a charismatic stranger who is both a successful entrepreneur and a man deeply connected to her church-Asyian must navigate a treacherous dance between loyalty and lust, salvation and self-discovery. Can she hold the two halves of her identity together before the truth shatters her family and her heart? Or will she be forced to choose between the life she was given and the love she never dared to ask for?

"I can't choose I'm sorry" iyana cried wiping her eyes look at both men infront of here "Whatchu mean you can't pick Iyana it ain't that hard" Jaheem sighed dragging his hand down his face, he hated seeing her like this "So Iyana whatchu wanna do" Dontrell asked grabbing her hands " I want you both" Iyana said lifting her head up to look at the both of them. Both Jaheem and Dontrell looked at each other

Nova didn't plan on doing her building's "12 Days of Christmas Challenge," but somehow she ends up participating and partnered with David, the quiet man who barely talks but notices everything. What starts as a simple holiday event turns into something neither of them expected. As they help their neighbors and finish the project their late landlord left behind, Nova and Luca slowly start finding comfort in each other, without even meaning to.

Makayla whole life takes a humongous turn when she is kidnapped by a fine thing of thugs.. read to see her adventure with them!