in which a girl gets judged by the color of her skin [bwwm]

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐨. Rankings: #1 in teacher #1 in bwwm #1 in wmbw #1 in military #1 in french #1 in psychological #2 in nigerian #5 in obsession #7 in possessive #9 in dark romance

"She got my name, my kids, my heart - and a bucket in the basement 'cause she don't know how to stop." - Malik Mitchell Still His Wife A Toxic Black Romance Novel Malik Mitchell never touched another woman. Never needed to. Jade Carter was his first, his only, and the only one reckless enough to keep breaking him just to see if he'll crack. She cusses out his mama, leaves her kids to go cheat, and comes home smelling like another man. She got a salon he paid for, a Bentley in the driveway, and a bedroom with a mirror on the ceiling and a stripper pole in the middle - and still she says he's not enough. His sisters want to fight her. His mother calls her a curse. But Malik? Malik cries over her. Worships her. Checks her panties for lies. And when she finally runs one time too many? He locks the door behind her and brings her dinner like nothing happened. Because she's still his wife. And he don't care what she say - she ain't never leaving.

• 𝐑𝐈𝐇𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 • Two heiresses from rival global empires collide over a high-stakes duty-free concession deal at one of the world's busiest international airports. What begins as calculated competition turns into a dangerous attraction but ambition, legacy and betrayal threaten to destroy everything between them.

How did we get like this, I thought I gave him my all and it all came crashing down on me. I lost everything and I can't do anything about it, I'm all on my own. Whenever I needed him he was always there and now that I need him he's gone. Where did I go wrong, I thought I was The Real One? August Alsina being one the most famous and richest man. Owns the most exotic girls around the world, until he spots beyonce . Beyonce born and raised from Houston put out at 16, loses her job as a waitress and is offered a new job by August to work for him. As she works for august she catches feelings for him thinking that she was the one to change him. Through heartbreak, dangerous events, and other people coming between them. Will august have a change at heart or will he continue to be the same old cold-hearted August? *EDITING*

If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans. Genesis Serena Hale Reeves is the picture of a perfect First Lady-beautiful, graceful, and married to one of Atlanta's most admired pastors, Omari Silas Reeves. To the congregation, their life looks blessed. But behind the church doors and Sunday smiles lives a truth no one wants to see. Genesis has spent her whole life being taught that suffering is love. Raised inside the Family of Christ, a secluded cult in Texas, she grew up watching men beat their wives in the name of God. When a federal raid tore her away from the only world she knew, she thought the worst was over. She was wrong. Years later, the boy who once protected her from being mocked as the strange "cult girl" became the man she married-the man who now controls her life with fear, scripture, and violence. Now a mother to a quiet, autistic daughter who the church whispers cruelly about, Genesis begins to question everything she was ever taught about love, faith, and obedience. But leaving the man the world calls a holy leader may cost her everything. Some nightmares refuse to let their victims go without a fight. Because the most dangerous prisons aren't built with walls. They're built with love. And Genesis is about to discover just how far she's willing to go to break free.

When love, lies, and revenge share the same room, somebody's not making it out clean. old feelings don't die easy, and Lyrica is caught between the man who owns her future and the one who knows her past. One swears he is protecting her. The other swears he never would hurt her.

At the absolute height of her career, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is the most discreet and effective private detective in the country-the woman law firms, politicians, and federal task forces quietly call when they need proof without fingerprints. Fresh off a career-defining case that exposed a powerful syndicate and made her name whisper-famous in elite circles, Beyoncé is handed her most dangerous assignment yet: Infiltrate the world of Clifford "King" Smith-a respected, elusive businessman with charitable fronts, clean public records, and rumored ties to a growing RICO investigation involving money laundering, embezzlement, fraud, and high-level robberies. The job is simple on paper: Get close. Gain his trust. Document everything. Deliver him. But nothing about King is simple.

Chris & Naomi are each other's first everything. But time has a way of asking questions that love alone can't always answer.

Lexi Anders, a thirty-eight year old Executive Assistant and mother of one, meets Marshall Mathers, a 50 year-old rapper and father of three. Lexi and Marshall share a lot in common, and thrive off of each other's presence. It's a perfect situation, the two were practically made for each other. The only problem is, Lexi's situation is a lot more complex than Marshall's is.