A Sinners-Modern!AU Melody came back to Houston with a plan-stay low and stack her. Fresh out of nursing school and back from Mexico, she's ready to reconnect with family, find herself, and finally exhale in the thick heat of the city she used to call home during the summer. But Houston's changed-and so has she. But nothing threw her off balance more than him-Smoke. Quiet. Tattooed. Dangerous in the way a match is before it touches fire. A friend of her brother's, with a stare that says more than he ever will. What starts as late-night texts and car conversations quickly turns into something deeper, something riskier. Melody finds herself toeing the line between danger and desire-and Smoke's not the type to let go easy.

"She not like the others, Ma. She real." Phoenyx spoke with conviction. "She makes me feel-" "Like a bitch." Persephone cut in, raising off of the couch. "You lettin' her soften you up. I ain't raise you to be no simp." "Forreal, Ma?" Phoenyx felt the heat rising to his face, a mixture of embarrassment and anger. "Why can't you just let me have this?" "Have what?" Persephone scoffed. "This shit ain't you. You gon' start actin' like somebody's fuckin' husband now? You think love gon' save you in these streets?" • • • • • • 𝙰 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚎. ❤️‍🔥👻 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝟹 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 (𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗-𝚘𝚏𝚏)

" ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴜʟ " 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 , 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚

*COMPLETED* CURRENTLY EDITING "I'll go to war with God behind you." Desmond King grew up a product of his environment. With street smarts and a little book smarts on his side, he found a way to survive and feed everyone around him. He's been able to keep his head down and stay out the way quietly building his empire, but once he has his first taste of Honey, he soon realizes his life will never be the same. Warning: This story does include mature content including adult scenes and situations. Please be advised.

"Please Jesus, free me of the spirit of lust." "I know that relationships built under your word can last forever. So free me of the thought, free me of the feeling and free me from my flesh trying to cloud my judgement." "I don't worship lust, sex or desire. I worship you Jesus, please don't allow me to lose sight of that." "In Jesus name, I pray." "Amen." I spoke desperately as I stood up from my knees.

Scarlett Rockwell had been through more than any she-wolf had ever dared to imagine. And she lived to tell the tale. Her fierce will to survive refused to let her give up. But that's all she'd been doing. Surviving. A ward of The Council, she found her fate no longer lay in her own hands to decide. It seemed her fate had found her arranged to be mated - and married - in just a month to man she didn't even know. **Please don't judge the book based on the preview I suck at these lol**

Definitely wouldnt read, buttttttt .... Together they navigate through the treacherous shadows of love. -Liloandrice

Ennessey Brown is tired of putting up with the same kind of guys who don't want the same things in life as her. After many failed relationships, she finds security with her on-again/off-again boyfriend who treats her well. Until she meets a man that is different from the usual guys she messed with. A man who is all about his business and knows what he wants. And he has every intention of making Ennessey his Queen of Hartz.... RoyalBree Production ©️ JUNE 2023 #1 SelfDiecovey #4 BlackRomance

"I'm not ready to forget you, Lavender."

Soriyah and Derek's story. 18+