A'roya, a black woman trapped in an abusive marriage controlled by both her mother and husband, discovers that she has a mate who happens to be a vampire. Initially disregarding this revelation, A'roya eventually realizes that she deserves a life free from abuse and unhappiness. She embarks on a journey to find happiness, even if it means being with a temperamental and verbally abusive vampire who is willing to do anything for her. A'roya yearns to escape the clutches of her husband and mother, but numerous obstacles stand in her way. As she navigates her path to freedom, she faces the daunting challenge of protecting her minor siblings and ensuring her father's safety from her mother's wrath. Will A'roya overcome these obstacles and break free from her abusive circumstances? What lies ahead for her as she embraces her vampire mate and strives for a better life?" ---/--- "You're distracting me-ah, Vincent!" He put his hands on my waist, pulling me closer to him. I'm not used to being so close to a man without being hit. The last time I was safe in a man's arms was when I was a kid with my dad. "A'roya," he whispers, admiring my face. "Vincent," I whispered back, playing with the wet hairs on the nape of his neck. "I love you." I must've smiled so damn wide. I put my forehead on his, trying to reel in tears. God, I'm such a crybaby. "I love you too." Vincent sighed confidently. "Oh, I know." I sighed and rolled my eyes. At this point, I'm used to this man. (EDITED TO A READABLE STATE.) Word count: 52,464 😈 are the mature chapters 🤭 started: July 14th, 2022 ended: November 25th, 2022 30k reads on 11/21/22 40k reads on 11/27/22 50k reads on 12/3/22 70k reads on 12/15/22 80k reads on 12/23/22 90k reads on 1/2/23 100k reads on 1/15/23 🥇151 in Vampire 12/30/22

Diana is looking forward to finally finishing high school. Stay out of trouble. Focus only on art. This is Diana's grand plan - until she is assigned to paint the portraits of a girl she can't stand to be around: the school's obnoxious soccer team captain, Alex Perez. ***** It's senior year. Diana just wants to keep her head low while dealing with a family that is slowly but steadily falling apart and a best-friend-turned-enemy that she could certainly do without. The last thing Diana wants to do is spend her last year of high school painting the portraits of Alex Perez. Everyone loves Alex - she's the town's prodigy and the school's golden girl. But Diana and Alex couldn't be more opposite; put them in an art room together and a disaster is bound to happen. [[word count: 70,000 - 80,000]] Cover designed by Ilafi Nastiti [WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST]

Ryan is a no nonsense type of guy and isn't one to do the relationship thing, it's not his style. He's more of a hit it and quit it type of guy; some label him as a bad boy, but he's just living life the way he wants to.... That is, until one day, he sees a girl by the name of Valerie that blows his mind, he wants her, he gots to have her. But there's one thing that's holding him back, will she ever go for a guy like him? A guy who's affiliated with the wrong people, and does she even go for white guys?! Will Ryan get his girl or will the roadblocks ahead stop him? Is he able to handle the pressure that comes along with being with this girl; such as, 1. An overprotective psychotic older brother. 2. Manipulative mother who's a former drug addict. 3. Another man who will stop at nothing to claim Valerie as his. 4. And all the other haters that want to see this relationship fail.

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Brienna Carter. The girl who made one mistake that changed her life. All she wants to do is finish high school and live in a normal life but that all changes when she fall pregnant. Doing the best she can with her best friends help, Brie raises her child alone. That is until someone visits and ruins everything Brie has been desperately trying to hide. *PLEASE NOTE THAT THE STORY IS BEING REVISED, ALL CHAPTERS WILL CAPITALIZED TITLES ARE REVISED!

Aivilo had been dreaming to go to Europe since she was 10 years old, finally at the age of 26 she is happy to do what she had always wanted...even if she had to do it alone. Gordon Is a famous restaurateur, while filing in for a longtime employee and friend Dina he crosses paths with the beautiful American woman. Unfortunately so does his best friend Jasper, who finds her just a attractive as him. Will there long friendship be destroyed over the love of one woman? Will Aivilo learn to trust?