𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝.. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐱. ⇱ 𝖬𝖴𝖲𝖤 - PARTYNEXTDOOR Once a rising star, she was discarded by her label for being "unmarketable," a blow that left her drowning in cheap liquor and late-night diner shifts. She keeps her head down, her voice quiet-until one night she forgets to mute her shine.
When she sings while closing up, a stranger lingers in the shadows, listening like her voice is oxygen. She doesn't know he's been watching her long before that night. 
She doesn't know he's the producer whose name used to sit on her dream board. 
She doesn't know he's the reason opportunity suddenly knocks again. Because he's not a stranger.
He's her next chance at fame-
and the stalker who's been rewriting her destiny from the dark. 🥇in #books.

*Slow burn* A trained, humble chef from Nashville who lives in Dallas full time has her restaurant got blown up and burned down by a local kingpin after she witnesses a crime she wasn't supposed to see. Dallas's most infamous and wealthy family hires her as their private chef after she is recommended by a family member of the family. They pay her generously, offer to help rebuild her restaurant, provide full-time security for her protection, and even assign her a personal driver. See what happens when she meets the oldest son. Will sparks fly? Or Will they hate each other?

When Ayanna is forced into a job working for her parents' trusted college friend, she expects structure-not the quiet pull of a man who sees her more clearly than anyone ever has. Langston, a forty-three-year-old record label owner and divorcé, lives by rules that don't allow desire, especially not for his employee or the daughter of people he respects. As long hours and industry chaos draw them closer, attraction turns into something dangerous neither of them is willing to name. With her parents tightening their grip and her dreams of an artistic life slipping further away, Ayanna must choose between approval and authenticity. For Langston, loving her could cost him his reputation, his principles, and the one line he's sworn never to cross.

In the East Side Gang, Amir just so happens to be King's favorite.

Megan has fully embraced the influencer lifestyle. A upcoming popular YouTuber She got poppin being a cool ass chick always ready for a good time. She is raw and uncut people either love her or hate her. She believes she living her dream life until another lifestyle and person disrupts her hot girl lifestyle. Will her differences sabotage it or is it a case of what glitters isn't always gold

Melody "Lil Bit" Moore is trying to hold her family together while her husband Smoke is locked up... still running his mouth like he runs the house and a temper that don't know how to be gentle when he scared. They love each other bad. The kind of love that don't always sound pretty. Their kids? Raised in it. Their twin sons, Malachi and Messiah, are straight-A students with gang ties, street reputations, and tempers that don't come with warnings. They're rich, feared, and still acting like they don't got sense. Their little sister Eliana "Peach" is caught between being the baby and having a sharp mouth, too grown for her age, trying to protect her mama while she still figuring out who she is. Everybody got something they hiding. And the Moores don't do "calm conversations." They do slammed doors, blocked numbers, busted lips, and "say it again" energy. They do family... like war. ♛ ─── ♛ ─── ♛ ─── ♛ ─── ♛

❝ It's just that he know what I want. ❞ ©𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.

Nari is the backbone of her block. A hairstylist with a "don't talk to me" attitude, she carries the weight of her world on her shoulders without asking for a hand out or a shoulder to cry on. Between braiding heads until her fingers bleed and raising her little sister, Layla, Nari doesn't have time for feelings-only for the math of survival. She's the provider, the protector, and the one everyone runs to when the lights go out. When her best friend Vee discovers her boyfriend, Marcus, sneaking a woman into her apartment, the two "slide" to handle the disrespect. But the confrontation takes a deadly turn. Against Nari's warnings, a heart-broken Vee does the unmistakable, not realizing the aftermath will affect J.R., a name that carries a death sentence in the streets. Caught in the crosshairs of a street war they didn't start, Nari's life of calculated hustle is traded for a game of survival. Dragged into the shadows of the streets, she comes face-to-face with a man whose silence is louder than any gunshot. He's cold, calculated, and holds Nari's life in the palm of his hand. Now, Nari is juggling more than just bills and braids. She's navigating a world of high-stakes debts and a dangerous attraction to a man who represents everything she should be running from. But in a world built on power and pride, love is a liability. When the wall finally crumbles and the "Provider" has nothing left to give, the roles reverse. _________________________________

"to gutta to play with a ngga"

Two guarded souls who recognize the ache in each other, trying not to fall too hard but drawn together anyway. Their love simmers beneath the surface-fierce, quiet, and complicated. He's her storm in silence; she's his peace in chaos *Unedited 𝑷𝑼𝑹𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑨𝑰𝑵 _® Started: 12/13/22 Published: 12/23/22 End: 12/29/23