A 22 year old woman starts to rethink her relationship After her high-school sweet heart begans to become more of a ick to her. On her journey she keeps on encountering a guy she thought she'd never have to meet again not aware that he may change her life.

• Short Story • 💋 This book is written in AAVE (African American Vernacular English) so PUH-LEASE do not come for me. Besides that, please excuse any grammatical errors❗️

Two teens brought together due to a forensics project

Kori swore off love after being cheated on by her College sweetheart. She didn't understand how someone like her could deserve that type of pain. She didn't want anything to do with men, she just wanted fun...but that fun quickly turns into something serious when she meets Rome Lewis.

A young mother rebuilding herself after postpartum changes and the death of her violent ex, she keeps her world small and controlled. Her daughter is her heart, her routine is her safety, and trust is something she no longer gives away freely. The past still echoes in her mind, every raised voice, every sudden sound reminding her of what she survived. He lives his life inside the ring. A rising boxer known for his focus and discipline, he fights with a quiet intensity, made sharper by being deaf in one ear, a truth the world knows but never fully understands. He's learned to read movement, energy, and silence better than sound, keeping his emotions guarded just like his stance. What happens when she comes and messes up his routine and she doesn't even know that.

Close Enough to Fall He's my older cousin's best friend-the one person I should never want. What starts as stolen glances and late-night conversations quickly turns into something neither of us can ignore. But with family, loyalty, and years of unspoken rules standing between us, falling for each other could cost us everything. Some lines aren't meant to be crossed... until love makes them impossible to see. *SHORT STORY*

Six years after an almost-kiss ended their friendship, Amora Renée and Maxwell Dent are reunited for the holidays. As old feelings resurface and their families become convinced they're finally together, the two best friends agree to fake a relationship. But pretending gets harder when the love they've hidden for years starts to feel all too real.

During Akari's healing journey he'll find himself revealing to Gwendolyn that he's always had a soft spot for her. As a young woman who's struggling to love herself and believe someone else could, would Gwendolyn finally welcome love with open arms?

He needed a fake fiancée to trap a criminal. He ended up bound to the only woman who could make him break.

......𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘵