A white girl born into a black family in Houston,Texas meets a great obstacle when she finds out that they'll be relocating to Chicago, Illinois with even more blacks. She's heartbroken because she heard the news few days before her crush confesses his feelings for her but well, unexpected things happened. She soon comes across a really handsome but very rude boy who happens to be the son of her father's colleague and very good friend (still talking about the father). She slowly starts falling for him against her will and fate just seems to bring them together everytime. Will she end up dating him or will things take an unexpected turn?

a future where learning is downloaded, perfection is programmed, and emotions are considered glitches, one student's failure to connect may be humanity's last real spark. When Nova Arlen's mind rejects the SoulSync system, she becomes the first human in years to feel something real - and the system notices. Now she must navigate a world that fears what it cannot control, and a voice inside her that whispers truths the world forgot.

"Well, you didn't expect me to sleep on the floor, now did you?" she scoffed. His eyes darkened. Her throat went dry. .˳·˖✶𓆩𓁺𓆪✶˖·˳. Noticed by everyone. Trusted by no one. Loved by none. For Maria Carasso, being the first-born daughter of the ruthless Madre Beatrice is a deadly game of chess. In a high-society world where every smile hides a knife and loyalty is always borrowed, she is expected to either conquer or completely self-destruct. Then comes Marcello Salvatore. He is dangerous, magnetic, and deeply entwined with the American Mafia, a man whose silence is more threatening than most men's violence. What begins as a fragile, calculated alliance slowly spirals into a forbidden attraction Maria was never meant to feel. Then there's Matteo Salvatore. Where Marcello is winter, Matteo is wildfire. Charming, reckless, and impossible to ignore, he laughs too easily, says too much, and keeps appearing exactly when Maria needs someone in her corner. In a family where trust is a liability, he becomes the one person she never expected to lean on. But empires are not built on love. They're built on blood. When the first body drops, every finger points to Marcello. Worse yet, Maria knows exactly what he is capable of... and they could all be right. Now trapped between two Salvatore men, a mother who raised her to be a weapon, and a war that reaches far beyond New York, Maria must decide which is deadlier: betraying the family that owns her, or trusting the one that never will.

RJ thought transferring to Westbridge High would give her a fresh start. She was wrong. The moment she walked into that school, everyone noticed her - especially him. Steve was quiet, mysterious, and the one boy people warned her to stay away from. But the more RJ tries to avoid him, the deeper she gets pulled into secrets, jealousy, drama, and feelings she never expected. At Westbridge High, popularity is power, enemies smile in your face, and one wrong move can change everything.