When tragedy strikes Marley's family, the last thing she is looking for is love-until Elijah, her nephew's teacher, shows her it's worth fighting for. ***** 26-year-old Marley Wright's world is flipped upside down when her beloved brother is admitted into rehab and she becomes the primary caregiver for his two teenagers. Little does she know that her nephew's handsome high school teacher, Elijah, is the man who's going to fill her life with unbelievable passion. But when their exes come back with malicious intentions, Marley and Elijah's lives change beyond their wildest imaginations. And when tragedy strikes, will their love withstand the pressure? Content and/or Trigger Warning: mention of substance abuse. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

"'𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞?"

Isn't it strange How people can change From strangers to friends Friends into lovers And strangers again.

My parents are those boogie, stuck up black people who think they the shit. They've always brained washed me from young and told me not to go for the hood rats and thugs- to always find a good rich man to take care of me. Growing up in a rich neighborhood and private schools, money and success is all I know. In all my seventeen years of living I never thought I would go against my parents words and fall for a Thug.

When Lauren's mother died, her abusive father looks to her to play the role of house wife and bedmate. Lauren finds a way to escape it all when she meets local barbershop owner and Kingpin Rio.

Follow Satiah through her college life as she battles to tear herself away from the toilet cubicles and into the real world, stumbling through trying to find her sexuality and herself. **Mature content + mention of depression and self-harming.

Knox Bauer's life has unraveled to the point of no return. Fighting to fill the emptiness inside himself, he seeks solace in unfamiliar beds with unfamiliar women. As guardian to his three younger brothers, this can't go on...they look up to him in every way and all he's done lately is prove how messed up he really is. Needing a change, he attends a local Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting, where he finds himself tempted by the alluring instructor, McKenna.

Kara James is a librarian, who seems shy and reserved. She isn't all that shy as people thinks. At the age of twenty-seven she owns her own Escort service. Kara uses the alias, Beauty. As the owner she never is the actual Escort because she has beautiful and educated women on her roster to get the job done. On the spur of the moment she has to fill in for one of her girls and has to accompany business mogul, Draydon Maxwell. Kara is knocked off her feet when he wants her to be his personal and only his Escort. What will Kara do being that she is attracted to Draydon and his deadly good looks? MATURE CONTENT & SEXUAL CONTENT!

All Dyamon's Life She Had To Struggle . Her Father Left Her Family . Her Mother Is A Abusive Drug Addict & She Hates Her Big Sister & Her Boyfriend . So All She Has Is Her Little Brother Daniel . & Thats All She Needed To Make It In This World . Dyamon Wasn't Looking For Love She Was Looking For Hope Until She Met Devin . . All My Work Is Copyright © 2013 All Rights Reserved