When Alias steps onto the court, he carries every early morning workout, every overlooked recruiting email, and every mile he ran just to prove he belonged. Basketball was never given to him. It was earned through rigorous training and an unshakable refusal to quit. As the heart of his team, Eli plays with something deeper than skill, he plays with passion. Across the country, Kauri arrives like a storm no one saw coming. An international transfer with a fluid game and an instinct that can't be taught, Kauri makes basketball look effortless thanks to him being naturally gifted. Raised in packed European gyms where the game was treated like art, he moves with a confidence that unsettles defenders and electrifies crowds. To many, he feels destined for the NBA. Their worlds meet the night their schools finally face off. What begins as a high stakes matchup turns into something far more dangerous ending with a result that neither of them can let go of. From that moment on, every stat line, every headline, and every draft projection ties their names together. Each meeting sharpens the rivalry. Each game feels like a challenge thrown directly at the other's pride. But rivalry has a way of blurring lines. As the season continues and the pressure of scouts, media, and expectations intensifies as Alias and Kauri find themselves orbiting each other in ways they never anticipated.

When Jayden Walker gets caught smoking with ' that ghetto ass' Keyshawn and gets sent away to live with his daddy, everything he knew changes. Meeting a hood rat boy named Tayvon, Jayden immediately becomes entangled in his life. Constantly running into and pissing off Tayvon, they eventually end up fighting, which strangely leads to them getting closer and closer.

Jeremiah has built his life on discipline and routine-long hours at the garage, loyalty to the one friend who never left, and a careful distance from anything that could disrupt his peace. In his world, survival means staying grounded... and staying uninvolved. Until one encounter changes everything. Treyvon doesn't just operate in the shadows-he owns them. A man of power and precision, he's built an empire while raising his son with unwavering devotion. Control is his greatest strength... until it begins to slip. Because of a stranger. An interest. A pull. Something neither of them can quite walk away from.

*slow updates* Some people spend their whole lives looking for love. They found it in the same place they found home. What started as a friendship turned into stolen glances, secret feelings, and a love neither of them expected. Then one chaotic, loud-mouthed best friend somehow became part of the picture, too. Now they're building a life together, proving that sometimes love doesn't come in twos. Sometimes it comes in threes. Three hearts. One home..

Kameron Carter spent three years turning himself into a name the industry couldn't ignore - magazine covers, high fashion campaigns, viral moments, all of it. Fame kept him busy, kept him numb, kept him far away from the one person he could never get over. Saint. He wasn't supposed to see him again. But grief drags Kam back to Chicago, and suddenly the past he buried is standing right in front of him, looking better, looking worse, looking like trouble he still wants. And just like that, everything Kam built starts slipping - the discipline, the distance, the version of himself the world thinks they know. The city is louder, the spotlight harsher, and the internet is watching every move he makes... especially the ones he swears he isn't making with Saint. Between paparazzi flash, industry politics, secret reunions, online chaos, and the kind of chemistry that never learned how to die, Kam finds himself right back where he started: wanting the one man he promised himself he'd never love again. Fame made him shine. Saint makes him unravel. And the line between passion and disaster? Yeah... they're way too good at crossing it.

When Cyril Duvall is cast out by the only family he's ever known, he's forced into a world far removed from the life he once had. Koda Maddox never expected a privileged outsider to cross his path. Two lives. Two worlds. One encounter that changes everything. I'm not the best at writing blurbs, so read on to find out what happens.

Kyari is a straight , 20 year old male. He still lives at home with his verbally abusive, alcoholic father that he tries to just ignore. Since he lost his mother he went from the loud, fun, lit friend to the quiet, laid back, more in his shell friend. He went from dating and being a ladies man to really only being around his friend group. Hes about to turn 21 and his friends are tired of him being a shell of himself. Cairo is a straight, 24 year old gang leader. He's finally made it to the top, but he's had a lonely life making getting to the top his priority. After his last breakup, he was left with trust issues and a fucked up heart only adding to his tough demeanor and his attitude problems. His circle is air sealed tight. Cairos best friend since diapers is opening his first club. What happens when Kyari's friends don't listen and plan a celebration anyway at the newest spot in town and the two cross paths.. yet again? Will opinions weigh too heavy? ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ It's about to get crazy. Let's Read 🍄

"My other half. My Twin."

Kyroth is just a high school basketball player trying to stay focused on his future-until he crosses paths with Arius, a gang member. They come from two different worlds, but somehow they fall in love. As drama, violence, and painful choices begin tearing their lives apart, they'll have to fight to see if their love can survive or if it'll be destroyed before it ever gets the chance.

The real world skins you alive. It's a hazard of growing up in rural Suffolk... or possibly, it's a hazard of growing up. Either way, the Dorian Andrade and Isaiah Matalon who reunite at a party in Oxford have become equally disenchanted imitations of the boys who used to spend summers eating apples on the riverbank. A lot has changed in the six years since they saw each other. One thing is still the same: the longing for each other's company. But aren't the objects of our yearning so much easier to encounter in the imagination than when they're standing in front of us? GENRE: literary fiction, queer romance TROPES: second chance romance, friends to lovers, mutual pining COMP TITLES: A Little Life, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Call Me By Your Name, basically Wolfstar Muggle AU featured in Ambassador Reads featured in Ambassador Recommendations: Living Beyond Labels Dec 24 featured in Ambassadors: Slice of life featured in ContemporaryLit: Ambassadors' Picks featured in ContemporaryLit: LGBTQ+ Contemporary featured in ContemporaryLit: Literary Fiction featured in Chicklit: Ambassadors' Picks featured in lgbtq: ManxMan (NA/Adult Fiction) featured in FreeTheLGBT: Diverse Literature featured in WattpadLitFic: Novels featured in WattpadMulticultural: September 2023 Reads of the Month