"𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩. 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭. 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲. "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭" 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩. •𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 #𝟏•

Logan Wright has spent years helping other people become families. After her last surrogacy left her feeling too attached, she promised herself she was done carrying. But when Dominic and Elias come to her hoping for one last chance at fatherhood, Logan agrees to help. Just not to get attached. But contracts can only protect so much when love starts changing the terms.

-𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 ²⁰⁰⁰ˢ "Look at me when I'm talkin', ma," Kyron whispered to her, lifting the tip of her chin so she could look him in the eyes. She felt her cheeks flush from the proximity between them. Being this close to him always did something to her, and she hated how much she liked it. "What?" she asked. "I thought you like me bein' bad?" A smirk crept across her lips. He chuckled softly, his two fingers still holding onto her chin while maintaining eye contact with her. Neither of them looked away. The chemistry between them was obvious, sitting heavy in the space between their bodies. "Oh, I love it, ma." He smiled in a way that led to no good. "I just don't like bein' played with." "I ain't nobody playin' witchu," she told him. "Remember that you told me... we're not together." "And to keep shi P." Then she held up her fingers, forming a 'P'. He looked her up and down before looking back into her eyes, and she held his gaze. She was the only girl who could do that and make him feel nervous. There was just something about her. The way she held eye contact without backing down always threw him off a little, even if he'd never admit it. For a few seconds, neither of them spoke. They just stood there looking at each other. "Bet." That's all he said.

Amoura Genesis Scott is known as "Miss Perfect" a pageant queen raised under strict beauty standards and her mother's constant pressure to always look flawless, act flawless, and be flawless. To the world, she has it all: crowns, confidence, and attention. But behind the image, she's exhausted, insecure, and never feels like she's enough no matter how many titles she wins.

"...𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬." 𝙖 𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮.

He prayed for her in the dark. She begged to God for him to let her go. Ky'leigh Ace thought loving a man like Julian "Toro" Cortez was just part of growing up in the Southside. But when he got locked up, she found out the truth: being in love with a gang member was one thing-raising his daughter alone was another. Six years later, he's back. Fresh out. Full of pain, pride, and poison. But Ky has changed. She's colder now. Stronger. Smarter. And she's been keeping Jurnee away from the streets. But Julian doesn't play when it comes to his daughter. Or Ky. In the world they come from, love ain't sweet-it's war. And every night, somebody's out there whispering a Lover's Prayer just to survive it.

After moving to Chicago to start a new life, Sveya isn't looking for nothing beyond a fresh start. Between church, school, and learning how to exist without losing herself, her life feels limited...until she meets Solomon.

𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 2 𝐨𝐟 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤" 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲.

𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. © 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨， 𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐘𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝖱𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖱𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝖽．