When it comes to you I play for keeps..

Elijah Taylor, better known as Bishop, has spent his life surviving bullets, betrayal, and the kind of violence that turns men into ghosts. Quiet never meant peaceful. It meant he was listening, waiting, and deciding who needed to disappear next. Now that Saint has stepped down, Bishop sits at the head of the Johnson Mafia with power in one hand and war in the other. New enemies are testing his name. Old ones are crawling out the dirt. Everybody wants a piece of the throne. But Bishop has never been the type to share. A sit-down at a strip club is supposed to be business-money, weight, and warnings. Instead, Bishop runs into the woman he hasn't been able to forget since the day he bumped into her at the hospital. Jream Ellis has been fighting her whole life, too. Raised in a broken home with a mother who never let her breathe, forced into motherhood young, and left with nothing but her body, her hustle, and her son to protect, Jream dances because survival doesn't care about pride. Her plan was simple: stack enough money to run. Until the father of her son dragged her right back under his control. Cold, abusive, and dangerous, he uses their child as a leash, keeps eyes on her every move, and forces her to work for the same man she hates. Jream knows what happens to women who try to leave men like him. Then Bishop sees her again. And Bishop doesn't bow to wannabe kingpins. He buries them. Jream is trapped in a world built to break her, but the most dangerous man in the city just made her his business. And once Bishop chooses violence in her name, nobody watching her will be safe.

[ 𝟏𝟐:𝟑𝟑𝐩𝐦 ] 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. [ 𝟏:𝟑𝟑𝐩𝐦 ] ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ? [ 𝟖:𝟓𝟓𝐩𝐦 ] 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘱. 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. [ 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 ] 𝟗:𝟎𝟓𝐩𝐦. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 the only one who got me like this" His familiar drawl pierced the barrier of a door. The only thing that was hindering him from reaching her physically. Emotionally, she built a strong wall of defense based on a foundation of lies told by friends, media, family, you name it. She believed lore instead of the 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 23 year old male who thought the world of her. "Swear. Open the door before I act a 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 outside this bitch and wake the whole neighborhood up"

A Don with no concept of what love entails stubbles upon a Nurse who sets his heart straight.

Heaven Carter is 23, brilliant, beautiful, and bred for business. As the only heir to Carter Global Enterprises, she's next in line to take the CEO seat-but there's a catch. Her father's terms? She has to get married first. Not just to anyone, but to Dominic "Dom" Grey-a 32-year-old Black mogul with a reputation soaked in secrets and power. Dom isn't just her father's closest ally-he's a king in his own right, ruling over a shadow empire that operates behind the scenes of luxury and crime. Cold, calculated, and always in control, he agrees to the arrangement to protect Carter's legacy-and because he owes her father a favor. But Heaven? She's not some pawn in a game of kings. She's fire with a voice, ambition in heels, and a temper Dom wasn't ready for. What starts as a paper marriage for power quickly turns into a war of wills. Dom wants obedience. Heaven wants freedom. But neither of them expected the sparks. And in a world where loyalty is deadly and love is a liability, they'll either rise together, or destroy each other.

Trust the timing of everything. Just because it's not happening right now doesn't mean it never will.. Everything will come to you at the.. perfect time when timing is perfect.. | based on some true events | 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 | 𝐦𝐞, @brisbookcase ᝰ.ᐟ

Noelle Sinclair thought leaving him was the hardest thing she'd ever do. She was wrong. Still hurt from betrayal and trying to protect her peace, Noelle made a selfish decision... that she never told him. Now seven months later, the truth lands on his lap. And Mario Brown is the last man she wanted showing up at her door angry, heartbroken, and demanding answers. What happens when the man you still love finds out you kept his child a secret? Some betrayals don't come back from...and some love stories are never really over.

Aya Sinclair comes from a family full of law enforcements...aka blue bloods. With a father who is a cop first and a weakling of a mother. She has no guidance...she doesn't know if she should stay within the job that she was "born to be in." Her father's words. When an incident at work brings her to the harsh reality of being black. She began to question if this is what she really wants. Will she stand up to her father or will she succumb to his demise. Onyx Brown is outgoing, loud and a breath of fresh air. When he bumps into Aya...he's intrigued and wants to offer his hand and his heart. But will Aya choose him or her father's path.

When broke ER nurse Evelyn Santos stumbles upon a brutal mafia murder in the alley behind her hospital, she thinks her life is over-until the killer spares her life on one condition: she becomes his personal medic. Now caught between her ailing daughter, her cold-hearted family, and a world of crime she never wanted to enter, Evelyn must learn to survive. But the more time she spends with cold, calculating mafia boss Nicolas Moretti, the more the lines blur between captive and protector... and the less she wants to leave. 🥇#Italian 10/22/25 🥉#bwwm 10/22/25 🥉#nurse 10/27/25 🥈#babymama 10/30/25 🥇#evelyn 11/6/25 🥇#nurse 11/15/25 🥇#singleparent 12/5/25