"Light up my darkness," he murmured against her bare flesh. His fingers trailed up her arm, leaving a blazing fire beneath them. His lips pressed softly against her shoulder and her eyes fluttered closed, accepting his touch. "Let go and I'll take away all of the pain." She desperately wanted to free herself from the torture of the heat, of the shift, of the sadness, but she pushed his firm chest away from her. She yearned to finally fulfill her place among the divine. She desired to guide and protect the species. She wished to eliminate the Challengers. The longer she endured the pain, the more power she would attain to help her fulfill her responsibilities. To the men who watched her ascend, it looked as if she was interacting with thin air, but she knew he was there with her. She smiled softly at him, caressing his cheek. "My Darkness, let the pain fester within me. I crave it." * The Betrayal is a part of The Marking Trilogy and cannot be read as a stand-alone book. The Marking must be read first.* Cover by @Finding_Bria

In a world where vampires feed from other vampires and males dominate females... there is but one precious thing left in their world which every vampire craves... A Mihr. Dohmenic is the Dralan - the King - of all vampires, and survives purely on clean blood; The blood of a Mihr, a virgin. Without a Dralaq, a Queen, he has to feed from Mihrs to ensure the continuation of his pure blood and the claim to the throne. But the times are dire; Mihrs are becoming rarer and rarer each day, and so the Dralan is slowly fading from bloodthirst. He desperately needs a Mihr to feed. Leyla is a Mihr. She is one of the few that is left in the world ruled by hungry, savage male vampires and she intends to stay that way. In hiding from the frenzied males, she ends up in the one place that should have been her only safe haven in the world; The Dralan's castle. Disguising herself as a Kischmir (a servant), she pretends she is but a mere commoner whose blood is not the purest kind in the kingdom. But when the Dralan nearly dies from cruel thirst, her blood is all that can save him. To be a Mihr means you can't be bedded by a male, otherwise your blood will be tainted. But as things grow heated between the Dralan and Leyla, will Dohmenic be able to keep his hands off her? After all, we always want what we can't have...

WARNING: Tereny will piss you off throughout this book. So if ya don't have patience, this ain't for you lmao! Read at ya own risk tho. Being a side chick comes with many holes and hurdles. For Tereny, she's been dealing with them ever since she's met her man. Although he is married, it doesn't stop her from being happy with what she has. But let's just say, when a wife finds out about a mistress, all hell breaks loose. But Tereny rather fight for her man, even if it takes losing herself. That is, until she's blindsided by the perfect young gentleman in disguise. Things just may take a turn for better. But we all know, nothing ends well when Karma rears her head.

Takashi and Toryn met each other when they were five. Became best friends at ten. Were inseparable by time they were fifteen. Built an indestructible bond at twenty. And now at the age of twenty five, after twenty years of friendship, due to the slowly deteriorating memory Toryn has had since she was a baby, she will one day forget everything. Including the one thing Takashi told her the first time they met. "Don't forget about me." -Takashi Maxwell Cover by: @lucida-

Winner of the Watty's 2017 Awards ✿ Destruction is a form of creation; buildings crumbled as he walked past. Khari Spence, trapped in a city steeped in hatred, longs to embrace his true self even if it means risking everything. He finds a fragile refuge in an old apartment with peeling wallpaper and blank journal pages -- and hopefully in a girl. Milo Locke, disillusioned with the hollow lure of materialism, seeks to rid the ideologies her parents forced onto her. When their worlds collide, will they help each other heal from past wounds, or will their secrets tear them apart?

Paris and Johan are the power couple that everyone adores from the outside but on the inside, the two are torn apart by infidelity and secrets that rise to the top and threaten their business. When a woman is fed up, she's usually done. But how do you leave something you've worked so hard for? Will Paris really leave him? Will Johan see what he has right in front of them? It's all in the matter of finding out when being married to a panty dropper. All Copyrights Reserved. © theurbanguru 2017

Works #1: Ahmad Hassan Sinclair, 25, was taught to always fight and work hard for what he wanted. In the life he was given nothing was ever handed to him. He grew up in the hoods of Houston, witnessing things no child should ever see in their life. His mom and pop worked hard just tryna make ends meet, to keep food on the table and clothes on their kids back. But it was far from easy .. Seeing his parents struggle the way they did for years, motivated him to work ten times harder. He made it a mission to not end up like his folks, he wanted more in life. He knew there was more to life than what he grew up seeing. But he also knew in order to be somebody in this world as a black man he had to fight and strive for it and also dodge the bullshit that came along with it. He set goals, he had dreams, he had a vision and nothing could stop him from achieving them. Now that he's at the top of his game, making money, living the live he always wanted, seeing the things he never seen and moving up the success path .. he figured life would eventually turn out to be great but sadly he still isn't happy or content with how things are.. there's this one missing piece in his life that will fully complete him. But let's see how determined Ahmad will be to find what that missing piece is or what he will do to get it.

(Book 1) All Rights Reserved © 2017 "The Neverlasting", Rosè Cartier is probably the best friend/sibling anyone could have; she's always there when you need her. But who's there when she needs them? Kaivar Bellazan is, under one condition; there's no strings. But we all know that never lasts. Rosè and Kaivar have a thing in their own world but their family and friends aren't appreciating the shoulder they cry on to be taken all time. With everyone against you, will anything last? Will they be the stereotypical Neverlasting couple everyone wants them to be? Or will they make the journey everlasting until the end of time?

(Book 2 of The Neverlasting Series) Kaivar Bellazan, the man that women had lust over since high school, college, and even since they first laid eyes on him out in public. Three years ago, Rosè wasn't excluded and through her journey of falling for him she had grown attached to the man she could never have in reality. After coming face to face with the truth of "tough love", the abortion being the real smack in the face, Kaivar had to go through the ins and outs of getting over Rosè. In the process, he finds himself overcoming more than just emotions but familiar deaths and even more dead career paths and relationships. Now, Kai is making a name for himself and life doesn't seem that hard until he finds himself in a predicament where his decision could decide the fate of someone's life. On the other hand, with a guilty conscience and side effects of the abortion, Rosè is trying to move forward so that she can focus on herself and the career but family issues, workplace drama, and the possibility of losing her closest friends seem to rob her of her joy. Down on their luck, Rosè and Kai can't recall a time where they were happy without seeing each other and after three years, the wounds are still fresh. Is it possible for them to get closure and really move on? Or is this truly the endless love that everyone seemed against?

He captured her beauty with his camera lens & captured her heart with his words & actions. The simple story of a New York boy & a Boston girl, sealing their memories & moments with a camera & falling in love in the process. But like a camera, love can be blurry & unclear as lies, deceit, & family play a major role in this story.