"Just don't tell anyone ok? it would only make trouble" he said, a serious set on his brow. "For who me or you?" I asked looking straight at him. His jaw clinched and his face reddened with anger again. He's always had a short temper. Was I taking my new found confidence too far too quickly? "Listen here SERVENT GIRL! I not losing my throne to this! don't pretend you didn't like.." I cut him off. "Oooh PLEASE you think that grape between your legs had any effect on me?" I lied "Grape? " He said walking up to me Oh no He grabbed my forearm and pulled me in. His hand around my waist. "Be a good girl and hold still" Before I could respond he has turned me around and had one hand around my waist and one inching up my thigh.

Alexis was born into a abusive family home until one day her mother got the courage to leave her abusive boyfriend. They then moved to New York where Alexis life begins. Some years later she meets a boy named Danny who (was or is) a player. Alexis will gain a few things from Danny and she will also lose a few. Maybe her reputation the way she is looked at and maybe even friends and family but most importantly her mental health. . Alexis's journey will not be easy more over to trial and error. Where she faces Danny's exes and girls he used to talk to and do the unthinkable with. She even faces discrimination from her own step sister. Will Danny Santiago be the typical boyfriend that comes and goes or will he be so much more

Nadia Washington spent majority of her life in an overly strict household, being the last child, her parents wanted to protect her from the world and keep her home as long as possible. One day, Nadia decides that she no longer wants to live that life. She wants to be free, experience the world, and make her own choices. So, she packs her bags and moves to New York to live with her sister, Celine. Nadia hopes in doing so, she'll be able to discover herself and experience things in life that she has missed out on. Hunter Reece is the starting Quarterback for the New York Giants, chasing a Super Bowl ring. After a tough Super Bowl loss which resulted in what he calls a "failed rookie season", he decided that he needs to block out distractions as they are what's keeping him from his goal. From that moment on, he lived and breathed football. Hunter has made it clear he wasn't looking for romance. However, love can come at you at the most unexpected of times and he's about to find out just that. ⚠️ Mature Audiences Only ⚠️ -------- Highest ranking: #2 Romance Highest ranking: #1 General Fiction (09/13/18) ----------------- © 2018 Summerdreamin / N.A. Mills All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, except as provided by U.S.A. copyright law.

When all it takes is seven days... Nia Winston, a young high school principal, stands in a fan line at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, hoping to get Justin Ray, the hottest R&B singer, to donate to her non-profit. When they meet sparks fly, or maybe it was just Nia's imagination. Until Nia has a surprise meeting with Justin, a month later while she is in Atlanta and Justin asks her to spend one week with him no strings attached. Wanting to escape her own problems back at home, she agrees and has the most passionate time of her life. As real love develops inexplicably between Nia and Justin, she can no longer hide the truth. And when her truth threatens to harm Justin's white-hot career, she leaves him one night with only a goodbye text. Two years later, Justin unexpectedly comes back in her life, demanding answers. All of her emotions come rushing back, but is she ready to give up everything she cherishes for a man she knew for only one week and a world she never wanted? Excerpt: As soon as the pilot announced that we were safe to move around, Justin softly demanded, "Come here." My nerves really were frayed because I felt like he could tell me anything to do and I would do it. I have never felt that way about a man. I could easily be submissive to him and that scared the hell out of me. I didn't know it was possible to be so willing to do what a man asked of me without thought. I undid my belt and unsteadily walked to stand in front of him. "Take your jacket off and put your hands on my shoulders." As soon as I did, he tugged my dress down...

"Shit happens everyday, bro. Might as well forget about it." - 12tH.S. God gives you a second chance for a reason. Either you acknowledge that chance or just let it go to waste. Only those who really want the second chance will take it and acknowledge it. Will a felon and a teenager, who was almost knocking at her death's door, take their second chance or will they let it go to waste? Published 2017. ©

São Tomé and Príncipe native, Tallulah Narcassie, doesn't know life beyond the confines of her island. She is an artist, healer and soothsayer; a free spirit unwilling to accept a lucrative business deal from an art manager, Ben, in Manchester. During a crisis in her village, Ben visits her for the last time with his cousin, a professional boxer. Tallulah is instantly smitten by the man with a dangerous demeanour and a peculiar accent. They offer to help and she agrees to move to the city to save her people. But life in a new city, with a man persistent on having her, becomes a little too much for her to handle.

What happens when you meet the one person you relate with the most? 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. For permission requests, message the writer for confirmation of the above. This is a work of fiction. Any names or characters, businesses or places, events or incidents, are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Copyright © 2016 by oliviia.natorii

Have you every thought that you weren't pretty enough? Violet Wilmingon has and every single day of her life. Her friends are drop dead gorgeous and then there's just her. She has been constantly told that she's ugly and soon she started to believe it. It's kind of hard not to believe something you here everyday. Violet can barely look in the mirror and when she does, she doesn't like what she sees. Will Violet ever gain enough confidence and realize that she's beautiful? You won't know unless you read this book.

There's so many positive 4 letter words: Love Like Hope Care Life Then there's negative: Hate Evil Dead For once in her life Desdemona wanted to hear negative. The word in itself: Negative. Instead she heard positive. Her whole world came tumbling down when she found out she was positive for HIV/AIDS. She just wants to experience that four letter word, that thing called: L O V E

"we fell in love the way you fall in leaves." Juwan "Rocky" Rockwell has had a pretty hard life. Between trying to find a way to fend for himself and dealing with the normal hardships of teenage angst, he had nowhere to turn as an adolescent and no time for anything other than taking care of himself. Having been set on survival rather than love itself, Juwan, now twenty-four years old, is ready for a change. He just hasn't realized it yet. Quinn Campbell, a woman accustomed to the moderately luxurious lifestyle that her parents immersed her in, has been passive all of her life. Having been torn between parents who are both demanding and have been divorced since she was nine years old, trying to find her way in the world as an adult has proven to be challenging especially since her overbearing parents have been making decisions for her since birth. One morning, on a whim, she finally decides that it's time to take control of her life. The first step is finding a change in scenery. Who ever would've thought that the second step would be becoming smitten with a man who claimed to never have had a heart? [based on "falling in leaves" from my book of one shots.]