Two teens rival love and basketball in the buzzing city of Akron, Ohio, where the love of the game is the greatest source of pride for two enemy high schools.

Hendrichs is an egotistical man hiring a skilled mechanic for his automotive shop, more specifically a male mechanic. Shane finds herself going for the interview, with a hundred percent confidence she will get the job. Pride meets Fierce when he does not think she can do the job, nor does he want her to be a part of the business. Wanting to prove the man wrong, and in desperate need for the job, she asks him to allow her to prove her skills and if she does not measure up, she'd resign with immediate effect. With no pay for the work she had done. This is an offer he cannot resist, and thus finds himself taking the offer. What he did not know was that, he had finally met his match. #1 Urban Drama - 07.30.22 #2 poc - 03.23.23 cover by: @xoroyaltywrites

After staring at me for what felt like forever, he asked, "Are you always like this whenever you're drunk?" I chuckled, "Maybe." "And how often do you drink, Jadesola?" "More often than you think." Jonathan cursed under his breath and lowly, he grumbled, "What have I gotten myself into?" Smiling, I placed my hand on his chest, "Happy married life to us." I managed to say before collapsing on his body. ** Jadesola has had her share of life, the good, the bad and the ugly. So when it came to surviving, she was always up for any challenge. Well, that was what she thought until her boss's boss, Jonathan Phillips, the CEO of the country's top hotel chain, proposed marriage to her out of the blue. They hadn't even crossed paths until a few days ago. But his deal was great, and it was going to break her off from the shackles of a man, she dreaded so much. She wanted freedom from the devil, so she took his offer but what happened when her heart was against her will, rewriting the terms? Jonathan Phillips had finally taken his life seriously. Making his job as the CEO of Phillips Hotels and his love life a top priority. But when the love of his life rejected his proposal, and it managed to go viral with people creating negative assumptions about him, it took some things away from him. In all of this, he couldn't tell his mother who was happy about her son granting her last wish; Which was seeing him get married. He couldn't tell her about the humiliating life moment that barged into his life, not when she was in a critical condition herself. His only priority was still to make her only wish come true and if that meant renting a heart, and living with a stranger for a year or two, Jonathan Phillips was up for the task. But when desires clashed and unexpected feelings threatened to rewrite the rules they had set. How would they handle the events unfolding before them? This is book 2 of THE PHILLIPS BROTHERS SERIES. Each book is a standalone. Rated 🔞

Everything Book One A brainy wallflower and a playboy athlete share a lifelong friendship and possibly more. Can the chemistry between these total opposites attract?

Sage has worked hard to separate herself from the life she was born into. She tries to keep things as normal as possible. As normal as they can be in the life that she leads. However, all of her hard work gets undone when she falls for the infamous Wes Hartley. Widely loved and feared and part of the scariest family in London. He becomes a door leading back into the life she's trying to escape.

They say love is patient ... but what happens when time is against you? Desiree Love Sanders has been waiting her whole 18 years to find the special one, it's senior year and all of her friends are either in serious relationships or far more experienced than she could compare to. For years she believed in the fairy tale of waiting for her prince charming and being patient, not chasing anyone down. Desiree wanted the love she saw in the movies and read in books growing up. However, she is given life changing news and realizes, she doesn't have as much time as she truly thought she did. Follow her as she embarks on her journey to finding love... on borrowed time.

Odell and Kenya have been best friends throughout college. As graduation approaches and both their lives are set to change, they evaluate whether they should be more than friends.

The only thing Mia Hope has in common with Jake Carpenter, Artwood High's most popular quarterback, is a love for the coffee served at The Coffee Pod. He wants her to tutor him - and if she can do it without a single cup of coffee, he'll pay her triple. Easy. Nothing could go wrong, right? ***** When Jake learns he's failing English, he knows he needs to pull his grades up or he'll risk being kicked off the football team. He strikes a deal with the elusive Mia - the quiet girl with secrets. If she can't go without a single cup of coffee, she has to tutor him for free. If she can, he'll pay her triple, and with Christmas around the corner, there's nothing Mia needs more than money. But as the pair grow closer, Jake learns the real reason for Mia's bad habit, and what starts as an innocent bet between enemies grows into something more serious. Can the pair survive the next two months with their hearts - and secrets - still intact? Content/trigger warning: This story contains themes of assault and abuse. [[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]] Cover designed by Jenna Conrad The Coffee Pact now has a sequel: The Kissing Pact

Old friends turn to enemies when a girl returns to her hometown and clashes with the king of her new high school, who might also be the king of her heart

They say her voice was once bewitching to all who heard it. She was like a siren luring sailors to their deaths on quiet nights... Those are just rumours that once were, truth be told the youngest daughter of the Count was a mute. Her voice had long been lost in her childhood years, disappearing like a whisper in the wind soon to be forgotten. She too disappeared with it, fading into the background, outshined by her talented siblings. The harder she tried to regain her worth, the more she was ignored. Until a chance encounter with a stranger changes everything... Word count: [100,000 - 150,000] |COMPLETE|