After everything they've survived and overcome, Solei and Basim knew that walking away from each other was never an option. In this second chapter of their love story, they step into their relationship with open hearts, leaving behind the shadows of their past and the forbidden nature of their relationship. They're learning to communicate, plan a future together, and to trust each other deeply. The chaos of their past is quieter now, but it's not completely gone. This time, it's not about hiding, sneaking around or being embarrassed. It's about waking up next to each other and still choosing each other, even if life gets complicated. Basim vowed to leave the streets behind, and Solei vowed to stop running from the consequences of loving him. Together, they're building a life that lasts, one step at a time. They wanted a happy ending. Now they had to earn it.

Suhari Aleí Jaxon never wanted the life that came with loving Hendrix. She married him before the money, before the fear, before Detroit learned his name and moved out the way when he stepped into it. To her, Hendrix was just a husband. To the city, he became a nightmare. As Hendrix became bigger in the streets, the man Suhari loved disappeared. What replaced him was ruthless, merciless, and addicted to power. No one was off limits ... Suhari tried to pull him back, build something clean so they could finally breathe. But the streets had him, and they weren't letting go. When whispers reach Khadim that his cousin Hendrix is moving sloppy and drowning the city in unnecessary blood, he comes back to fix what Hendrix always breaks but what Khadim uncovers changes everything. A secret he kept to make sure Suhari never left. When the truth finally reaches Suhari, love turns into something darker. Something violent. Teaming up with the one man capable of destroying Hendrix's empire, she sets out for revenge unaware that hate, grief, and desire don't mix cleanly. One mistake turns into passion. Passion turns into betrayal. And every choice spills more blood. Now Detroit is split down the middle. Two cousins. One throne. One woman caught between the man she married and the man who might ruin her just as badly. This isn't a love story. It's a war.

Solei came to college to get her degree, not lose herself in a man she couldn't have. Books, grades, and minding her business - that was the plan. Until she started slipping in her hardest class and ended up needing extra help from one person she should've stayed far away from. Basim Hart is everything she should avoid - intelligent, composed, and carrying an energy that makes people pay attention without him saying a word. One tutoring session turns into something neither of them can ignore, and suddenly Solei is caught between what's right and what feels too real to walk away from. But there's more to Professor Hart than the campus knows... and Solei starts to feel it long before she understands it. His past. His power. His secrets. All of it shadows the connection growing between them. As lines blur and temptation rises, Solei realizes she might be stepping into something deeper than a forbidden love and lesson - something that could change everything she thought she knew about him... and herself. A quiet girl. A complicated man. A love neither one of them saw coming. Secrets, tension, and danger - but you won't know how deep it goes until you turn the page. 🥇In literature 1/1/26 🥈 In Double Life 12/30/25 🥉Urban Novel 12/30/25

Milan Ren Vaughn and Kairo Benton have spent months turning their apartment hallway into a silent warzone. She's convinced he's loud, messy, and allergic to respecting her peace, while he swears she was born to complain about anything he does. Their neighbors know the tension. Management knows the tension. And Christmas is the only thing keeping the building from falling apart. So when the manager assigns them to co-run the annual Christmas charity event, neither of them takes it well. Still, the holidays won't wait, the toy drive needs saving, and someone has to hang the lights - even if it means working side by side with the one person they can't stand. But as the season settles in, something unexpected begins slipping through the cracks. Late nights of planning feel calmer than they should. Their banter softens. The glow of the holiday lights makes everything seem a little less harsh, and a little more... possible. Moments that should've meant nothing start to feel like something they can't explain. They promised their truce would end after Christmas. But the holidays have a funny way of revealing gifts you never knew you needed - especially when they're wrapped in the person living right next door.

Copyright © 2014 All Copy Rights Reserved Warning: Contains explicit sexual content for mature audiences only. A/N: THIS STORY IS CURRENTLY BEING EDITED. Milyon Carter's life has been nothing but hell for her. She witnessed both of her parents lives be taken, and practically lost her life in a burning house. But luckily, she and her brother, Maceon Carter, made it out of the flames, barely bruised. They'd survived, and were eventually separated from each other, being swallowed up by the foster care system. Maceon ran away from the first home he was placed in and never looked back, he life in the streets began at a very young age, with no one to guide him but the voice of his dead father. Maceon had no idea where his sister was, but he didn't know that she was closer than he thought. Milyon has grown into her own now, at the fresh age of seventeen, she was placed in a group home. She gained one friend, Shy'Andrea, who eventually became her right-hand, ace, and sister. They decided that they were going to run, fuck the foster care system, they were damn near grown. So, they ran with no intentions of returning, they roamed the streets, homeless and penniless, until they approached by someone offering them fast money, they realized that they had no other choice and excepted his offer. Did they make the right decision? Will Mily find her brother? Will someone be her savior?

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬 ╰┈➤ 𝐇𝐲𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 wasn't born into the Cullen family. She was found. Raised by Rosalie and Emmett after being left behind in the cold, Hyacinth grew up as the only heartbeat in a house that had none until Bella Swan arrived, and everything in her life began to unravel. Hyacinth was the Cullens' sliver of humanity in their life that was frozen in time. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬? ╭──────────.★..─╮ p. lahote x oc | slowburn! ╰─..★.──────────╯ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── Book 1 | Where the Light Ends - Twilight Started on 5/23/25 Completed on 11/19/25 (unedited) Approx Word Count: 140k ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──────

After a mixture of heartbreak, tragedy, overwhelming love, life changing events and choices, nothing is the same for Delre' or A'layah... and definitely not for the people caught in the middle of it all. A'layah fell hard for Delre', and his charm swallowed her whole, pulling her into a world she was never meant to survive. Seven months after the night that changed everything, she's trying to rebuild her life, her heart, and the family growing inside her... alone. But the past has a cruel habit of circling back and this time, it's heavier, louder, and harder to outrun. New enemies rise. Old wounds reopen. And love? Love was never a safe place: it was a battlefield she barely made it out of. As loyalty gets tested and long buried secrets come to light, A'layah is forced to face the truth about everything she once believed in... him, herself, and the life she thought she wanted. Because healing don't always come with closure... and love don't always get a second chance. Time was borrowed once, This time, it cost her everything,.. But it could still be all hers. - 𝑺 𝑬 𝑽 𝑬 𝑵 𝑺 𝑬 𝑵 𝑺 𝑶 𝑹 𝑰 𝑮 𝑰 𝑵 𝑨 𝑳.

Bianca learned how to survive by becoming smaller-quieter, easier, less demanding. The kind of woman who loved without asking for too much and apologized for things she didn't do. By day, she's a hairstylist with steady hands and sharp instincts, making women feel beautiful while quietly questioning her own worth. By night, she returns to a love that hurts more than it holds, convincing herself that silence is strength and pain is just part of the deal. Then there's Shawn. Grounded. Intentional. Unapologetic in the way she loves. Shawn doesn't rush Bianca or try to save her. She simply sees her-every flinch, every apology, every place Bianca learned to fold herself in half. And in that seeing, Bianca is forced to confront a terrifying truth: love doesn't bruise. Love doesn't demand disappearance. And real love feels nothing like what she's been surviving. Never Knew a Love Like This is a slow-burn story about unlearning silence, surviving softness, and discovering that the safest love is the one that lets you take up space.

Cybil Byrne, a twenty-one year old orphan, has had anything but a normal life. From sleeping within the bellies of Kincaid's desolate alleys, to taking gradient dips into nearby lakes; she thrives off of eerie energies. All her life, she's chosen to swim into the ravenous mouths of her problems and sink into their dark abysses. With her mind on survival, she's ready for anything. Even if that means reliving the fate of her inky past. What happens when Cybil meets a group of supernatural individuals whose desires and demands resemble her own? Will she join them in their hunt for longevity, or will it always be "every man for themselves?" R E V I E W S F R O M R E A D E R S ❝Simply captivating, The characters guide me through this tale of a thousand tales. Each character seems to have their own story and they come together so cohesively. I love it. ❞ - MoraMiAmor ❝Cybil's Song is different from the regular urban books, it opens your eyes though each character and what they went/going through. It's like a T.V. series and I'm waiting for the next episode. ❞ - RedSantana ❝I love the way you write, and how you go into descriptive statistics upon Cybil & the other's relationships. I also love the fact that she nearly acts like me. I love it because it's relatable. ❞ - weirdmami