-quick slow burn- A single mother of two, worn but resilient, has sworn off love-until she meets him. A reformed hustler with a past and a heart too big for the streets, now saving lives as an anesthesiologist. Their worlds shouldn't mix, but fate has other plans. In a city where love is a risk, will she let him in, or will her scars keep her guarded?

"Be mine." I flinch, my mind being brought back to reality. When I hear him say such a thing it instantly made me nervous. "I can't-." "You think because you're a Beta and that you have a son...that you can't belong to me?" He questions me curiously. "I have a debt to handle and I need to take care of my son. Being someone else's is my last objection." I state to him, and I hear him chuckle in my ear. "Let me help you - leave this kind of job, leave all your hardships behind, leave everything; but your son. Come and be mine exclusively at the castle - my Beta of submission." He tells me, and I look at him in shock. "You be my submissive and I be your dominant - and if you are there I will pay your debt over time with interest." I see him grin at me, cradling my face. He eyes me fully - as if I already belonged to him...as if I've already said yes. Even though I haven't even said a word.

Everybody expected Jalen Carter to crash out after prison. Instead, he came home trying to be a father. Trying to stay free. Trying to move differently. Trying not to lose himself again. But Amir Johnson makes that shit difficult. His best friend has been attached to his side since they were kids, still loud, still reckless, still the only person who can get under Jalen's skin without trying. And the closer they get, the harder it becomes to ignore the tension building between them. Now with his baby mama wanting their family back, old street problems resurfacing, and feelings neither of them knows how to handle... everything they built together could either save them- or destroy them..

Zaiden was always the people pleaser, and why wouldn't he be? he was raised that way, growing up to be a whole ass mafia leader and seen what wicked people can and will do to this world took a turn on him. his dad taught him all that he knows and if you thought he was merciless Zaiden was beyond that. the fact he had no remorse about any decision in life made him even more ruthless. he was a angel in his parents eyes and a walking god to the outside world. Auria is a literal lone wolf, someone who has no background someone who was bullied by everyone around her even those who is supposed to be family, her mom died and she was left behind to what she knows, only to be a slave to her step dad and her step sister. she saw life as what it is, broken and left to dirt. She never asked for help and has always did as told because she feared if she didn't there would be consequences, as they're always are. What will happen when these two world cross?? Read to find out!!! RATINGS!😍 #1 in billionaire 13/10/2021 #1 in feeling 20/01/2022 #3 in firststory 29/01/2022 Started:: July 6th 2021 Finish:: october 1st 2021

"Your gun, Christian," I whispered breathlessly, the reality of who he was momentarily flashing in my mind. Even in bed, he was a dangerous man. He didn't stop. I felt the vibration of a low, dark smile against my skin before he spoke, his voice grazing my ear. "Gun's under the pillow," he whispered. ౨ৎ Lelani, 20 never asked for chaos. She wanted a quiet life, a clean future, and a chance to finally breathe. Christian, 24 was the kind of man she promised herself she would never get close to dangerous, secretive, and tied to a world she has no business stepping into. But fate doesn't care about warnings. And he's not good at letting go. Something about her pulls him in. Something about him keeps her from walking away. All she knows is this: The boy she shouldn't want is the only one who touches her right.

" I'm from the city, where you ain't gotta love to love." Running from his dark history of drugs and gang violence, Dakota and his young daughter seeks refuge with a family friend what will become of the two; love, happiness, or betrayal ..

She fought in courtrooms with precision. He ruled studios with pain turned platinum. Together, they were power - but love made them human. He loved her carefully, like a man who'd lost before. She loved him steadily, like a woman who refused to break. Their story wasn't loud. It was intentional - built in silence, sacrifice, and the kind of fire that doesn't explode... it glows.

"I know sometime I'm crazy, I was hopin' you could bear with me. Beauty and the beast, pretty girl with a gangster."

You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed forever.

"Girl why is your face all over the newspaper?" Karla asked picking up the recent paper I got this morning. "Huh? Lemme see," I asked in confusion. "CEO of Mathews Finance Corporations involved in one night stand with bigger woman," she read slowly. Shit - Sharlina Brooks was not insecure of her body although she was on the bigger side, she loved it. She gave anyone who deserved it a piece of her mind and couldnt stand rude, stuckup people. She definitely was not waiting for a prince charming thats for sure. All until she encounters the very description of what she didnt like. Sebastian Mathews. CEO of the bank she works at and the man with a body and face equivalent to a Greek God. From a one night stand, to a fake relationship, to maybe even love? Because everything is not always as it seems..