Halo Watters didn't know anything about the streets. He knew the stories people told in church. The prayer requests whispered after service. The names mentioned when someone asked the congregation to pray for a family that lost a son. But Halo had never stood in a room where guns were part of a conversation. Never watched men settle problems with fear instead of words. His world had always been built around faith, patience, and the belief that people could change if they wanted to. He believed in forgiveness. In grace...In second chances. Princess Midnight didn't know anything about that world. Not the way Halo did. Church to her was something people went to when they wanted to feel better about things they had already decided to do. Faith sounded nice in theory, but in the world she grew up in, survival mattered more than sermons. Kingston Midnight didn't raise her to believe someone else would save her. He raised her to protect herself. To control situations before they got out of hand. To make decisions quickly. To never show hesitation in a room full of men waiting for a sign of weakness. Halo believed people deserved mercy. Princess believed mercy could get you killed.

Malcolm Carter never imagined raising four daughters alone. Three years after losing his wife to a brain tumor, his life is loud, messy, and filled with ponytails, homework, ballet recitals, and late nights trying to make sure his girls are okay. He loves them more than anything, but some days it still feels like the heart of their home disappeared when Aaleah did. Celeste Moore lives the opposite kind of life. A disciplined ballet instructor who thrives on routine and quiet, Celeste spends her days teaching children grace, focus, and confidence before returning home to peaceful nights with her cat. Her world is calm, structured, and carefully balanced. For four years, Malcolm's daughters have danced in Celeste's class. She watched them grow. She watched them grieve. She watched Malcolm do his best to be everything his daughters needed. But Celeste has one strict rule she refuses to break: She does not date the parents of her students. Especially not a single father with four daughters and a life full of chaos. Yet somewhere between late pickups, quiet conversations, and watching Malcolm braid his daughters' hair before class, the line between professional and personal begins to blur. Malcolm never expected to love again. Celeste never expected to want the kind of life he lives. But sometimes healing comes in the form of loud houses, messy kitchens, and one unexpected seat at the table. sometimes love looks like The Sixth Chair.

Jamie Sinclair has always played by the rules-star quarterback, heir to a legacy, and the golden boy of football. But when he's drafted into the NFL, the pressure to live up to his name threatens to break him. Enter Nia Bennett-his coach's sharp-tongued, ambitious daughter and a rising sports agent determined to make her own mark. She's off-limits, but Jamie's never been great at boundaries. As tensions rise and sparks fly, the line between career and desire blurs. Some boundaries are meant to be respected... but others are meant to be broken.

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{ Valentino Series #5 } An idiotic love story. Friends to lovers. Leonardo Valentino & Neliyah ( Nellie) Wade. { comedy, VIOLENCE, & smut } "Please do not break my heart, I think it's had enough pain." Started: 07/04/22 Finished: 09/05/22

{ Book 2 of the Marino Series } Geovanni Marino & Eboni Darko. Two book lovers falling in love with one another. Reading books is an escape from reality to them. Imagining & fantasying about things they wish were real. The two meet at a library on a boring regular day, instantly becoming friends not knowing what's to come. An innocent & sweet friendship turned into a very sexual, intimate & sinful relationship. ___________________________________________ "I love you more than life itself Geo." Eboni. "I am yours." Geovanni. ••• • Book 2 of the Marino Series • { smut, abuse , depression & heart ache } Started: 04/15/23 Finished: ...

Luca Romano is a man of many mysteries. When he wants something he'll do anything to get it. That's why when it comes to Amara and her daughter Laila, he'll burn the world and everyone in it just to keep the safe. Amara a woman capable of many things tries to not give into the temptation of Luca and stay as far away from him as possible. But that all fails when her daughter takes a liking to Luca and Amara can't help giving into Luca's dream of them together as a family.

When Sierra O'Neal arrives at the Love Island villa in Fiji, she's not there as a rich girl, just a girl searching for something real. But in this place, finding love is complicated. Enter Hayden: tattooed, moody, and definitely dangerous. He's not the sweet guy from a rom-com, and more like a walking red flag. But when Sierra's forced to couple up with him, everything changes.

Ariel comes from a home where cruelty is normal-fat-shaming disguised as concern, neglect dressed as tough love. She's used to being invisible, both in class and in her family. The only place she feels peace is in books or when she sees him, the mysterious man who haunts her thoughts like a forbidden daydream. All she wants is to be chosen, just once, for who she really is. Lucien has never had something pure to protect. He's killed for pleasure, for power, for survival. But Ariel? She makes him feel again. He wants to shield her from every insult, every cruel word she's ever heard. And he'll burn the world down to keep her safe-even if it means becoming the monster she fears. To him, she is perfection in its most forbidden form. And once he's tasted her-emotionally or otherwise-he can never let go.

Abigail is determined to become student body president and uphold her family's legacy, but she needs a winning campaign idea. Her solution? Cut the college's hockey team that's currently on a losing streak. The plan ignites outrage, especially from Beck, the hockey coach's son. To save the team, Beck launches his own campaign against her, even though no one thinks he stands a chance. But as their rivalry heats up, so does an unexpected romance-one that starts as a strategy and turns into something real. Now they'll have to decide what matters more: winning or each other. #1 - Debate [11/7/2025] # 1 - Rivals to Lovers [1/21/26]