World famous fashion model, Hope Turner, decides to return to her hometown for the first time in five years to spend Christmas with her family. It's not that she hasn't wanted to go home and be around her family, she's just been busy with work. And juggling her new brand. And even more work. But also... she's been busy avoiding the woman she was once in love with. She's been busy avoiding Noelle Jennings. And even though she broke Hope's heart the summer after their senior year of high school, she's never once stopped loving her. That's the thing about first loves. Sometimes they're impossible to get over. And Noelle Jennings, she's not an easy woman to move on from. Started: 22 August 22

IN WHICH, she thinks the campus "it girl" is annoying. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ IN WHICH, she falls in ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎love with her, albeit ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ slowly, peeling back ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎‎ her layers. [𝗷𝘂𝗷𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗰]

Twenty-Six-year-old Serenity James is the governor's daughter. Her whole life she's always thought her father's job in politics was fairly uninteresting and monotonous, until one day, that all changed. The mundane life she's always known is ripped right out of her hands when the only home she's ever known is blown up, killing the only parent she has left. Suddenly, Serenity is thrown into this crazy action-packed life she never signed up for. But whether she signed up for it or not, she doesn't exactly have a choice anymore- because it's either kill or be killed. ********** Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. I do not own any media content in this book. Started on: March 30, 2024

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒚𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓.

As the cruel, uncompromising, and terrifyingly brilliant CEO of Bloom Press, Roman Alvarez terrifies everyone-including her new assistant editor, Kaalia Amoretta. But on a work trip to the tropical coast of South Asia, under Kerala's storm-soaked skies, professional distance dissolves into something more dangerous. What should have stayed strictly business becomes intimate, charged, and impossible to forget. *** [LONGER VERSION] Roman Alvarez is infamous in the publishing world: cruel, uncompromising, and brilliant enough to get away with it. As the first Black and female CEO of Bloom Press, she has built her career on steel walls and impossible standards. Kaalia Amoretta, the new assistant editor hired to support her, expects a tyrant. What she doesn't expect is the quiet softness beneath Roman's sharp edges ... or the spark that flares every time their eyes meet. When Bloom's newest release hinges on securing a reclusive poet's anthology, Roman and Kaalia go on a "working vacation" to India. But what should have been a straightforward business trip unravels into something far more dangerous: monsoon-soaked nights, shared secrets, and a slow-burning tension neither woman can ignore. Under tropical skies and an old woman's poetry on love and colonialism, their professional boundaries blur, their walls crack, and a tender, terrifying love begins to take shape. But as they return to New York-with media storms rising, a billion-dollar lawsuit looming, and family expectations closing in-the real question emerges: Can a love born far from reality survive the world waiting for them? *** A sweeping, sapphic, slow-burn romance and the kind of love worth risking everything.

IN WHICH, she was the one who got away. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎or ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ IN WHICH, she never ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎fully moved on ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎despite the years. [𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗶 𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗻 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗰]

Asianna has always had it all. Money, beauty, brains, and a sharp tongue that cuts deeper than any blade. But having everything handed to her comes with strings she's ready to cut. She vanishes from her family's and sets out to find something real. Enter Ryan cold, cunning, and the iron-fisted queen of the underground. She runs the mafia with ruthless precision and doesn't believe in asking twice. When she wants something, she takes it. And right now, what she wants is Asianna...whether she knows it or not. But Asianna isn't one to be tamed. What begins as a power play turns into a deadly dance of wills, secrets, and seduction. In a world ruled by shadows, can two queens reign without tearing each other apart?

Nadalia Saint An ambitious, outgoing, and level-heded girl attending her first years of university at UCLA. Despite her being what her friends would call an "influencer"(for now). Nadalia's goal is to use that to increase her following and putting her name out for when she becomes an Affiliating Marketer. Aside from school and her work towards a rising career, shes struggling with her inner self which is ironic since shes always so sure of any and everything.. Dakota Moore Known for being creative, straightforward, and playful, shes also attending her first year at UCLA. She uses her creativity and love for painting and customization as a way of self expression and income, spreading her passion by making and selling canvases and custom clothing designs. Her business is kind of small but she's sure it'll grow as time comes and as things become bigger than what she could've asked for. Other then the basics, she grew up to see her once so in love parents marriage turn toxic. Resulting into her own doubts about commitment and love.. <33 Two young women with obvious differences budding over their similarities. A story following first year college students road to prosperity and the unraveling of inner struggles that they contain towards the aspect of romance. And lastly a slow burn of friends to lovers..

Kiara King is the owner of the hottest and most respected club in all of Miami. Some people like to blame her success on her very well-known father, while some credit her hard work and dedication. But either way, Kiara King is the Queen of Miami nightlife, and that's not up for debate. It's simply a fact. Having just relocated from Chicago for very personal reasons, Monique "Monie" Heart is new to the city of Miami. She needs a job to support her, her daughter, and her younger brother- and quickly. So naturally, she auditions at Ethereal Miami to be a dancer. And on her first night there, she catches the attention of the one and only, Kiara King. Kiara King. Monie Heart. King of Hearts... Started: 22 February 2022

"Am I too close?" I whispered, referring to our first conversation. Times were different now, we were different now. I watched as she fluttered her eyes closed, the sound of the music officially become background noise to the tension. It was giving in just as we did. Just as she did. "Maybe I want you to be..." - Blaine's love life is turned upside when she comes across a relentless Delta. Tatted like a notorious gangster, Niy'Asia makes all the effort to show Blaine how much she actually cares, despite constantly having to put her own feelings aside.