Ardent Currents - Book 1 An artist who's trauma has driven an important part of his past from his mind meets a loan shark scion who remembers every stolen glance. If you like dark mafia daddies, snarky AIs, heated eye contact, ridiculous levels of "down so bad" longing, spicy tension, and scenes that will leave you checking to make sure no one's reading over your shoulder or in the reflection of your glasses... this one's for you! Jamar Devereaux All I ever wanted was my mother's company, not the dream he stole, not even the time before the accident that took my memories. But now, Mother's crossed the Union's most notorious loan sharks... and what they want as payment might be the end of my life as I know it. Alaric Mako I've hunted him for so long, and at last, I'll finally make him mine. Summary: When his mother defaults on a deadly loan with powerful loan sharks, Jamar Devereaux is forced into an arranged engagement with the son of the most notorious loan shark in the Union, even though he's sure he's not into men. Jamar's fiancé? Alaric Mako: the devastatingly handsome, cold and calculating heir who's spent years watching Jamar from afar. Jamar can't remember their brief past before his accident, but Alaric Mako has never forgotten. To save his mother and himself, Jamar agrees to the proposal. But as he fights to ignore the magnetic pull toward Alaric, he discovers feelings his accident suppressed. Thrilled to have found him again, Alaric Mako woos Jamar the only way a loan shark can-with dogged obsession. In this far off, technology-driven future of corporate dynasties, news-fluencers, and ruthless debt law, will Jamar and Alaric cut through the tension to a happily ever after despite being bound by debt, or will the way they started be too powerful a force to overcome, and bring their end again? Can Jamar and Alaric overcome the suffocating weight of debt and an arranged engagement to find something stronger: chosen love? Read to find out!

Kenna and Olivia Burns have had curveballs thrown at them from before they were even born. Now that they're in their last years of college, they just want to start their lives how they want: free. Free of the expectations from their douchebag father. Free of the burdens and traumas from their past. Free to help their mothers after all the sacrifices they gave for them. When an ancient evil awakens, and the girls are chosen to vanquish it, they realize the normal life that they want is far from the destiny that is planned for them.

The System made an oops! After accidentally killing Lucy due to a system malfunction, the only solution was to plop her into a new life to make up for the mistake. Suddenly waking up as Rachel, an abusive wife to five husbands in a world of monsters, primaries, man-beast hybrids, and technology unlike anything she's ever seen - Lucy has to navigate how to survive until she can figure out how to get home. -- All of my stories feature LGBTQ+ characters: in this novel the MCs are pansexual and polyamorous, several of the MCs are intersex, and much of the supporting cast is also LGBTQ+. TW: This book contains discussions of abuse and trauma, sexual content, and other adult themes. Awards/Recognitions: * The Starfish Awards 2025 (Best Ensemble) - 2nd Place * Wattpad Gem Awards 2025 - 1st Place * Unification 2026: An Awards Show (Novel) - Winner * Hidden Gems Reader's Choice Awards (Fantasy) - 3rd Place Contests/competitions this story is participating in: * The Freedom Awards 2025 (Sci-Fi) * Love Yourself Award Show 2026 (Soft Romance) * The Best of Wattpad: A Writing Contest 2026 (Best Overall Story) * Wattpad Award Contest 2026 (Sci-Fi) * Wattpad Book Writers 2026 (Romance) * The Spellcaster Awards 2026 (Sci-Fi) Note: Cover from Canva and/or Ai generated/assisted.

This is an older piece I wrote back in my master's program. It was during a painful time, during the BLM movement. It's not for the faint of heart and different from my usual repertoire. A Black man in an alternate world similar to our own is on the run from the sirens. But in a world where law and justice runs crooked, the sirens always get their man.

Noah Rhodes had it all. He had a successful writing career, his book was being turned into a major motion picture, and he was married to one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Avery Jane was everything he ever dreamed of. She was beautiful, talented, had her own successful career. He was ready to live out his happily ever after with the love of his life. But life had other things in store. After tragedy strikes, Noah is forced to look at their story and where they come from. Told in two time lines, and in dual POVs, Falling Stars will explore Noah's life after loss, and Avery's life leading up to when they met.

Getting a second chance after death, Olivia is on a mission to make her new life matter. Once human, she now inhabits the teenage body of a wolf shifter in a world she'd have once considered a fantasy, but her new life comes with new dangers she isn't sure how to fight. Racing against the clock, Olivia tries to make up for the past of the shifter she now embodies while fighting to prevent a horrible future only she knows faces her pack. Can she navigate her new life and prevent the massacre from her premonition, or will she die along with them... again? -- All of my stories feature LGBTQ+ characters: in this novel, the MC is bisexual and there are many bisexual/gay/lesbian characters throughout the supporting cast! TW: This story contains mention of assault, both physical and sexual in nature, as well as the mental/emotional healing journey that results from that assault. Awards/Recognitions: * Ambys Award 2025 (Original Novel) - Grand Favorite (ie, winner) * The Starfish Awards 2025 (Best Traumatic Arc) - 3rd Place * The Triquetra Awards 2026 (Horror & Supernatural) - 3rd Place * The Best of Wattpad: A Writing Contest 2026 (Best Dialogue) - 3rd Place Contests/competitions this story is participating in: * Love Yourself Award Show 2026 (Fantasy) * The Booker Awards 2026 (Werewolf) * Wattpad Book Writers 2026 (Werewolf) * The Spellcaster Awards 2026 (Fantasy) Note: Cover from Canva and/or Ai generated/assisted.

Salacious Scoundrels - Book 1 2026 First Place winner of the Triquerta Awards in Horror & Supernatural! An omega with a powerful but abusive alpha. A rogue alpha who has lost his pack to unspeakable violence. When a promise brings wounded alpha, Zion Maelstrom to Fleet Wolf Pack for protection, he meets Leo Braithwater. Almost on sight, the defeated alpha wants to shield the alluring, irresistible, battered omega, but Zion's already failed at being a protector, and shifter laws forbid mate theft. But when the determined omega is caught in an escape attempt that lands him in a world of cruel punishment, the alpha abandons his law-abiding status-and breaks all the rules. Will Leo and Zion find safety and comfort with each other, or will the pasts that haunt them both destroy all hope for a brighter future? Read to find out! 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐭: "Chapter 1: Zion" By the time the alarm rang, it was already too late. I just didn't know it yet. "Zion?" Nia's frantic call rouses me from my dream of my mother, Kecia Maelstrom, our Luna emeritus. The alarm blares again and that's all it takes to have me vaulting from the bed, Nia's hand in mine. "Get to the bunker." "No! We discussed this," Nia shouts. "I'm your Luna. I fight by your side, Zi. Together." We have no time to argue, I grit my teeth as Nia arms up with her crossbow and blade, strapping the bow on her back and securing her sword at her hip. "You stay on my ass," I whisper urgently as another peal cuts through the night followed by a crash. "You hear me, Nia? On my ass." "I'm not leaving you for anything," Nia replies, amber eyes meeting my own as I arm up with my own blades and storm out of the door of our little home into chaos. My eyes widen. There's fire everywhere. Our peaceful village has been transformed into a hellscape. My heart launches into my chest as Nia stares around at my side, stunned by the carnage. It looks like a bomb has gone off. One very well may have...

After aliens invade and society collapses, the mutated humans have been forced to adapt to a world of violence and survival. Grace has lived in the outlands, far from where civilization is trying to rebuild, but wanders upon a human city after years alone - and what she finds is very unlike the world she remembers. -- All of my stories feature LGBTQ+ characters: in this novel one MC is ace and much of the supporting cast is also LGBTQ+. TW: This book contains discussions of violence, death, and trauma, along with other adult themes. Note: The cover is ai and/or Canva

After discovering his husband's very public, very painful betrayal, Ryder Kingsley crawls home for the Thanksgiving holiday with his eight-month-old daughter in tow, an overdue manuscript, and his heart in pieces. But when he arrives, he's met with a face he loathes. A hated rival has infiltrated his family. Sparks fly as the two clash and discover that, sometimes love is found with the most unexpected person. *Beta Read, Draft Content & Trigger warnings: cheating, light bondage, discussions of DV (not romanticized), brief panic attack Tropes: Hurt/comfort, found family, enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, slow-burn (At least, I'll try for that! 😅), forced proximity New chapters every Wednesday and Saturday! Cover designed by vibewithviv using license free images and elements on Canva.

When Rosalie gets everything she's schemed and plotted for, she's devastated to discover happiness doesn't come like she expected. So, she does the only thing she can think of - she decides to change her path entirely, and drags her brother along for the ride. "Have you lost your mind?!" "I think I have," she admitted quietly, "Or perhaps, finally, I've found it." -- #Shortys2026 #TheShortys2026