Zaida Munro is used to making do with what she has. Canaan St. Crowne is used to getting what he wants. When the wealthy hotel owner takes an interest in her, a few generous favors and quiet conversations turn into an arrangement she never expected. The terms are simple. But keeping feelings their feelings out of it might not be.

Alexis falls in love with one of the most vicious kingpins in the country, but things don't end well when her secrets unravel.

Have you ever been homeless? Ever been without lights and water? Did you ever fear that the neighbors would catch you cutting the water on at the crack of dawn or fear that the water company would come around and remove the meter for having the water on illegally? No? Well, Renae has. Meet Renae Zuri Brown, your typical 19-year-old carefree girl living a not-so-glamorous life. She was born and raised in Virginia Beach; just trying to understand the harsh reality of 'struggling' She has a secret that only her little brother knows about and demons she's been trying to escape from. She doesn't smile the same anymore, but could things change? Kingston Stone, is a 22-year-old, aggressive yet ambitious, pretty boy from New Orleans with a similar past of his own. He had a style of his own, hustler and heartbreak mentality, that was until he stumbles onto "Library Girl's" path. Just 2 people from different hometowns with similar history fighting to make this complicated life work. She wants to keep him away but something keeps drawing him to her. She's never been in love and he normally hits and quits, can they beat the odds and fight through all of the darkness to see the light of their love? Will he be the one to save her, if it's from herself? Will they team up and create the dangerous Empire from the ground up or will he leave unable to handle the baggage that comes with her family? Let's find out.

Elias Stack Moore moves through the world like a ghost in plain sight-calm, composed, and far too old for the age written on his skin.His presence isn't just heavy-it's unnatural. There's a gravity to him, a silence. Hundred and eighteen years echo in his presence, and with them comes something no one dares to name. Haven Johnson, a young photographer with restless ambition, sees him-not just with her lens, but in the space between reality and something far stranger. She's chasing light, chasing truth, but Elias casts a shadow she can't quite outrun. We live like no one's watching-but what if someone is? What if love and danger wear the same face? In the stillness of night and the click of a shutter, truths will be exposed. But some truths are better left buried. Some shadows aren't just looking-they're waiting.

How do you continue on with life when your life line has been cut short ? Your reason and your purpose snatched away in an instance-how do you go on? Meet Ohaji, a man who's suffering from the tragic loss of his fiancé Shannon. Twelve years later Ohaji is still battling and mourning the loss of his lover, life hasn't been the same and he feels like it'll never be. That's until a particular person enters his life when he least expect it. Feeling like he's living in hell on Earth until he meets Heaven, Ohaji is soon met with another opportunity of love. What will he do?

"I am the monster you people created, now you will all suffer and burn.." ~ Megan Kingsley

🚨 DISCLAIMER 🚨 This book is a work of fiction. All characters, events, relationships, and situations are entirely imagined and created for entertainment purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental and unintentional. Nothing in this book is meant to represent real life. It is all for fun, storytelling, and creative expression. ⚠️ CAUTION ⚠️ : This book contains explicit language, violence, and sexual content. Reader discretion is advised. ⸻ Reign (Rain) Washington never planned to love a man like Bakari Jordan, but from the moment they met, her heart refused to let go. Their bond grew in the shadows of the city, strong enough to survive everything except the secrets that threaten to break them. Bakari built his life in the streets, ruthless to everyone but her. He protects his empire with iron fists but softens instantly when Reign looks at him. They have money, passion, and loyalty, but the game always comes with a price. When pressure rises and truth cuts deeper than any enemy, Reign begins to wonder if love is enough. Bakari will fight the whole world to keep her. Reign will fight herself trying to stay with him. One thing is certain. Some love stories burn too strong to walk away from.

Nia is now a grown woman. A cold one. While she's trying to protect her heart, one guy will attempt to eat away at the wall she has built. An ode to Black mental health and self care. Read Soft & Strength (in this order) first.

Zahir "Zah" Creed has always been the quietest and most calculated of his brothers-the one who watches longer, thinks deeper, and moves last because his moves end things. After surviving a gunshot wound that should've taken him out, Zah's mindset hardens into something darker, colder, and brutally precise. He now runs the Creed family's underground operations with an iron hand and zero tolerance for mistakes. Loyalty buys protection, money, power-everything a person could want. Betrayal buys a grave. Emotions are a liability he buried a long time ago... until the one woman capable of unraveling him resurfaces and reminds him exactly where his weakness lives. Celeste Jones is Atlanta's top defense attorney-polished, brilliant, and born into a family that planned her entire life before she ever got a say. From her education to her engagement, everything has been carefully curated to fit her parents' idea of success. She's engaged to Darrell Harris, a fellow lawyer who looks perfect on paper but hides who he really is beneath a well-crafted persona. Celeste knows something is wrong, but years of obligation and expectation have taught her how to swallow her instincts. That is, until a call pulls her back into a past she was never allowed to choose. At one point in her life, Zahir Creed was all she knew. Their bond was intense, consuming, and dangerous-so dangerous that her parents made sure to tear them apart before it could ruin everything they'd built for her. Now Zah is back, darker, more powerful, and no longer willing to stay in the shadows of her life. The man she once loved is now the man her world should fear, and he's making it clear he isn't leaving this time. As old feelings collide with present danger, Celeste is forced to choose between the life that was designed for her and the man who has always owned the parts of her she's never been able to control.

After being fired from her first job, she moves to another one in another city in hopes to start over. All things start off well, until she meets him, taking her for the ride of her life.