Riley has had a crush on Rory for a while. After being assigned a project together, Rory can't help but wonder if Riley actually has a thing for him or it's just speculation. In the midst of navigating their new found relationship, Riley has to deal with a bitter ex girlfriend, grief and parts of his life he'd shoved down in the depths of his brain. Through it all he asks himself, "Will Rory stick around?" "I've been liked you for a while now. I don't know if you'll have me..." "Yeah, let me have you. All of you."

Kaizen likes Trent. He's known that for a while but he knows he can't pursue him At least...not yet. Drowning himself in lust filled flings with a plethora of women he knows he'll never care for is his form of distraction That is until he ends up in hospital. Once he wakes up again, he realises life is too short and he might as well live it out with the one person he's always wanted, His brothers bestfriend.

He was never meant to survive the bond-let alone fall in love. Nineteen-year-old Kasani never imagined that being chosen by the most feared of the Ten Lords would unravel his entire world. Alo is not just a ruler-he is death incarnate, dominant, ruthless, and wholly incapable of softness. And yet, fate has bound them together in a soul-deep connection neither can escape. Thrown into a palace of shadows and cruelty, Kasani is expected to submit, to obey, and to bear Alo's heirs. But he's not the weak, fragile thing Alo assumes. With fire in his heart and defiance in his blood, Kasani resists-until resistance turns into obsession, and obsession turns into a love that terrifies them both. As secrets unfold, as war simmers in the corners of their world, and as Kasani's body begins to carry the impossible-new life-he and Alo must face what it means to truly belong to someone. Through brutal arguments, twisted desires, raw vulnerability, and heartbreaking tenderness, they learn that love isn't always soft... sometimes, it's sharp enough to bleed. Dark. Addictive. Sensual. A fantasy romance for readers who crave intense power dynamics, queer love stories, and the kind of bond that bends but never breaks.

Zay is a 21-yo barber working with his uncle - Davi, in his new shop. Quickly, his life, personality, actions, are all changed, taking a heavy turn when he meets Lorenzo after a haircut that damn near gave him hope for life again. Lorenzo is the adopted son of a gang leader, making moves in his place, authority's unmatched, even sometimes against his father. He usually gets what he needs, have what he wants, but Zay-he's different. So different in fact, that he's willing to go as far as giving Zay anything he may want, need, desire, dream of - even for a second. All Zay has to do is 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖍𝖎𝖒 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖘.

He was hired to clean up the place, not get swept up in drama.

Mal and B - A Toxic Love Story Kamal "Mal" is 25 years old and he still doesn't want to settle down. The drug money is rolling in faster than ever and the new club is thriving. He lives a fast life on and off the street. He's in a better space right now than he's been in for awhile until he meets B. Brandon is 21 and his newest office distraction. But he has a whole lot going on. He's trying to fix his family and has a baby on the way. But he's far from happy. He's fighting for something bigger than himself but everything is lacking and curiosity is drawing him in. What happens when their lives collide. When one can't slow down enough and the other is hurt and still in denial? Can the possessiveness be put to an end? Will curiosity and lies ruin the relationship? How lost can they get? Or does the family come first? How much toxic is too much? Well it can never be too much. Can it? Mal loves Danger and Danger is what B is to him.

*title and cover change!* Not everyone believes a man can be abused by a woman because men are stronger right? Wrong. Karter Harres is proof. Abused, belittled, and assaulted by Chanel Smith into having 2 children. Charlie "Chino" Evans a well known drug dealer noticed the young man taking interest in him and his private life. . . . . "Nigga you is a grown ass man letting a woman hit on you bitch ass nigga!" . . . . "I gotchu' baby you safe hea"

Honest and Javon have been inseparable since they were kids. Through every fight, heartbreak, and bad decision, they've always had each other's backs. To everyone around them, they're just best friends-nothing more. But behind closed doors, loyalty begins to blur into something neither of them is prepared to face until they begin to question everything they thought they knew about themselves...and each other.

Karis is a cold blooded killer and didn't give a fuck what anyone has to say about it. Karis and his crew want to be the last ones standing in a crew war that's going on in their hood. Don is a king pin that rules with an iron fist and just like Karis he's a cold blooded killer and didn't give a damn who he had to put down. What happens when Don needs a new crew to run his drugs and is introduced to a hardheaded trigger happy Karis?