ATARAXIA (n.) the state of blissful and serene calmness If you want to experience the divinity within you, the divinity in others, you must be calm internally. You must be still. Contains mature content 🔞 NOT EDITED

Justin Cameron is a good kid, when he lands in detention he meets Jacob (Jay) Harris. Jay is the opposite of him, he's rebellious and is known as the school's resident bad boy troublemaker. In any other universe they wouldn't even think about interacting with one another, but here they were. Jay is dating Justin's friend Craig. As Justin starts to get closer to Jay, everyone warns him to stay away from Jay. But does he listen and stay away, or does he not? Justin doesn't know why he is told to stay away from him. What is the reason, is there more to Jay than meets the eye? Is he more than just a troublemaker? What is hiding behind Jay's angst and attitude? As Justin tries to answer these questions, he realizes he might not be able to fight temptation and might have just done the one thing he swore he wouldn't: fall in love with Jay Harris.

What does one do when left with nothing? No home, no pack, nothing except the sharp tongue of a new friend and dangers around every corner. That's exactly what Swift had to ask herself the night she lost it all. With perils around every corner, is an unbreakable will and loyalty enough?

"I am so sorry I'm late." My red woolly hair flopped onto my face and I huff, throwing my bag on the chair to put it up. I haven't noticed the prisoner yet as I pull down my black pencil skirt that stuck to my hips a little too tight due to the shrinkage in the washing machine. "This. . . is my therapist?" A deep mocking voice came and I cleared my throat, finally meeting the seemingly Black eyes of Prisoner 409. My breath catches in my throat as a slow smirk grazes his face. The handcuffs remained stuck to his hand as he slowly rubbed his bare chin. "Behave 4-0-9" The prison guard slapped the table before leaving and I was still frozen. "Why wouldn't I? Chocolate just happens to be my favorite flavor."

• This book contains SEXUAL CONTENT and VULGAR LANGUAGE, so in order for you to see ALL parts of the book, you have to FOLLOW me, some chapters may be PRIVATE• I have nothing, but I'll still give you my all. "You're my end and my beginning, even when I lose, I'm winning. 'Cause I give you all of me, and you give me all of you." -J. Legend Cover by me

A story about a group of black boys trying to figure stuff out.✨

Bad boy, good girl, cliche happily ever after ending right? Well, not with Melissa and Jionni. One boy is free to do whatever he wants, while the other is sheltered and has her every move watched by her parents. At Baton Rouge High School, "hood boy" Jionni and his friends aren't too fond of the only girl in school who has money, referring to her as a "silver spoon child." But after Jionni has a change of heart, he and the rich girl decides to keep it a secret that they hang out on a regular. After hanging out for some time, the two starts to find interests in things that they never bothered with before. Once their friends and family start to wonder why they're changing and acting out of character, they start to do their own secret investigation to find out what's REALLY happening with the two. It all goes down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ;)

Six years after her abusive husband's life-scarring offense, Sky Cordero becomes the MPD's first female chief, ever repressing her bleeding heart. Yet, towards her elite entourage she appears outwardly dauntless. Sky is after the most wanted criminal in Chicago; her foster brother. Years after both escaping a sadistic orphanage-project, "El Noblesse", Sky and her brother lead contrasting lives; Police vs Criminal. However, Fifteen-year-old Malachi, Sky's only son struggles to keep up with his mother's high policing standards. Escaped convict, Hunter, would use anything against Sky, especially her 11-year-abusive-marriage to make her turn sides, but Sky must choose whether to pursue the political interests of destroying Hunter, or exposing the government-buried adgenda involving their heinous foster home treatment... WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LOOK AWAY...?

Ever tried flying with one wing?