**Currently Undergoing Major Editing** If stubbornness had a name, it would be Diem Reynolds. The high school senior's perspective on life and love is tainted by all of the failed relationships surrounding her. When Diem's father gets called on a work trip, Diem is forced to stay with an old family friend who happens to be her new AP Biology teacher. Caden Livingston has his hands full with his new job and his old trauma. He didn't expect the smart ass sitting in the front row of his classroom and sharing his apartment to be the person he needed most. The only question is will his persistence be a match for the girl set on pushing everyone away?

Everything in her life was perfect until her parents decided to get a divorce. That's when her life changed for the worse. Her dad moved to Miami with his new wife, leaving her in Atlanta with her mom who's decided to turn to coke and heroin to deal with her problems. Her mom abuses her, and has even tried to sell her daughter's body for a quick high. Not being able to take it anymore, she runs away and runs into the city's most famous kingpin, Blaze, who she's had a crush on for years. He helps her get back on her feet, but by him doing so, it only makes her fall for him more and more. What happens when she completely falls for him? Will he catch her, or will he walk away?

kis·met /ˈkizmit,ˈkizˌmet/ noun destiny; fate. how do you know when you've met your soulmate?

"You could tell me you love me a million times over, but them words don't hold no weight in my heart till you show me. Show me you love me, and you can have all of me." cover by: @britxcvi

Kelei has been brought and sold her whole life by her father, he has no problem letting men borrow her for the night for their benefit and to keep their family a float after multiple suicide attempts and fights through her trials and tribulation she meets East, the man that will change her life forever.

My Works #16 //. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but in this case it just may kill you." Kielce is ready to seal the door to his past closed while Amos is ready to open the door to his future. Coming from the same place, they're both striving to prove against being statistics, but parts of the hood continues to weigh them down figuratively like a ball and chain. DIAMONDNOVELS©2017-22 all copyrights reserved

Your typical story...with a twist.

Whenever you hear the name Kimani Sumner in the streets of the.Bronx, her older brother, KJ's, name is spoken shortly after. Ever since she was a child she was put on to a pedestal by her father and brother and anyone who crosses her always regretted it. Her fathers status and her brothers short temper has made her a social outcast as a kid. Girls wanted to use her to get closer to KJ Guys were too afraid to talk to her After an unfortunate event that happened when she was 16 that caused her to move in with her Aunt, Toya in Delaware. 4 years later she's back in the Bronx and everyone is shocked by the girl she has became and she's even more shocked to find out about her brothers newly found status. Her brother followed in her father's footsteps and Kimani is repulsed by this news but she shortly realizes that she's not too different from her brother and father and battles with the idea of giving in to this life or branching off and becoming her own person. All events and characters in this story are fictional while all rights to this story are reserved to @baabiiee_doll (Lorraine)

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