"Was I good enough for you? Took a chance on loving you. You're asking what you can do to fix this problem between me and you; I'm just apart of the picture that shattered of me and you." Sequel to Different Playing Fields A BeautyAndTheBrain Original series

Love Pain

🏆🥇🏅Winner of the 2019 ANGIE THOMAS O.V.O.S AWARD🏆🥇🏅 A personal favorite by the judges and described as a story that "touches your soul and teaches you a lesson, makes you think." Follow 17 year old Nyla Baedee through her journey of self love, self confidence, and self discovery, as she finally learns to love the skin she's in. Book cover by me Copyright © 2016 Kira Melvin All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication. Started: 10/10/16 Ended: 11/09/17

Elora part two.... (Must read first book before reading the second)

My name, is Armani- meaning shy, unique, and for those I care about, relentless. I'm from downtown New Orleans, yeah that one; the one that no good backstabbing Alsina boy from. Matter fact I knew the real him. I loved the real him! Him and Mel. Melly B was my bestfriend. They helped me and my little sister out of a terrible situation, made us feel like family, took us into a loving home- something we never really had. But right when our happiness was finally falling into place, they left us, both of them left us. My happiness just up and burned away. One promised me that when he came up and could afford the life he thought we deserved he would return for me and my sister, but of course the good life took over his mind, the flashing lights blinded him to the lost souls that he'd left behind. So, in other words, he never did come back for us. In the end I realized I only have myself. I have to take care of myself- I'm the only person who's going to watch after me and my Kali. She's all I got and I'm all she's got, so either way it goes I'm going to take care of mines. But all in all I will never forgive him. Ever! He took away my happiness. He took away my heart. He took away a part of my world, when I had already lost so much. But he promised me .... he promised he would come back for me, for us. But I guess in the end he didn't really care about me just like everybody else in the world. So I held on to my happiness named Kali and swore on my life I would protect her with everything in me, I would die for her just like Mel would have. And that's what I did for years. I covered up all the things that made me vulnerable, put my past behind me- well I tried to at least- and became a model to provide for me and my Kali. That is until 'he' was right there in front of me, the one I begged to Don't Forget About Me. He-He was right there...the beloved man himself. The king of heart breakers himself. And they call him- "August."

A'leah and August getting married was supposed to be their happily ever after, but when August's health is in jeapordy, so is his career and his family. The Alsina family takes a major loss in their family and the road to recovery won't be an easy one! With August's career slowly coming to an end, A'leah's under pressure to step up and take care of herself and her family. Enemies are closer than the Alsina family thinks but can they come together to rise back to the top? Copyright 2021 ©

⚠THIS STORY IS CURRENTLY UNDER EDIT. I APOLOGIZE IF YOU COME ACROSS MISTAKES, BUT DO KNOW THEY ARE SLOWLY BEING FIXED. ENJOY READING⚠ Independent, hardworking, ambitious. Those three words describe Kyrie Taylor. A 23 year old UCLA grad with a Broadcast Journalism Bachelor's degree under her belt. With no job offers in that field swooning her way, she lands a job as Chris Brown's personal assistant. Determined to keep the job professional, considering Chris's controversial past and her own relationship, things start off a little rocky between the two after a miscommunication of word's. Soon a friendship is formed, but will something more grow between the two? In the spotlight of the media, paparazzi, Hollywood, and fame both Kyrie and Chris will get more than what they bargained for in the beginning of this work relationship. Copyright © 2015 Kira Melvin All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication. Cover by 21shortay_❤ Started: 9/3/15 Finished: 1/25/16

Meet Aminata, a 20 year old slave, who was taken from the only family she's ever known. Set in antebellum Louisiana, follow her along her journey of self discovery and self awareness. Under Ma Dear's ever watchful eye, what will happen once she meets Master Jean's newest prized possession, Marceil? *WARNING: THIS STORY WILL HAVE STRONG LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IF THAT BOTHERS YOU THIS WILL NOT BE FOR YOU*

Simone Smith is a 21 year old stripper. Never in her life did she think stripping would be her source of income. But since she was a kid in the system since the age of 16, she's been fighting her way through life with very few options. Until one day she reconnects with a her old friend and next door neighbor, who is currently a new singer- August Alsina.