When 18-year-old Aaliyah "Liyah" Carter collapses during track practice, her world-and her future-shatters overnight. Diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening heart condition, she's forced into strict isolation under the watch of her overprotective parents, who refuse to let anyone get too close... especially not her girlfriend. But Kendra "KJ" James isn't going anywhere. Shut out, doubted, and constantly told she's just a "phase," KJ fights to prove that her love for Liyah is real-strong enough to stand in hospital rooms, silent nights, and the fear of losing her. As Liyah's condition worsens and hope begins to fade, KJ takes matters into her own hands, risking everything to find a way to save the girl she loves. Because love isn't just words-it's what you do when time is running out.

Kay and Lay were never the soft, easy kind of love. They were slammed doors, late-night apologies, smoke-filled rooms, and hands that always found their way back to each other. From reckless nights in California to fights that should've ended everything, they've broken each other more times than they can count. But somehow... they never stay broken apart. Because no matter how toxic it gets, how loud the arguments are, or how many times they say "we're done" they always come back. And this time? It might either save them... or finally destroy them for good.

In a city that never slows down, respect is earned, not given. Two studs both used to being in control, both used to getting what they want keep crossing paths in all the wrong (or right) places. What starts as tension, ego, and side-eyes slowly turns into something neither of them planned for. Late nights, loud parties, smoke-filled rooms, and feelings they don't know how to handle... every oneshot dives into a different moment of their story before, during, and after they fall.

Four years ago, they burned everything-love, trust, promises... and each other. Now fate throws them back into the same college, same campus, same air they once shared like it was oxygen. What was supposed to stay buried comes back loud, messy, and unfinished. They were toxic. Addictive. The kind of love that felt like fire in your lungs. And the worst part? It still does.

In a city where loyalty is rare and danger is currency, two women live on opposite sides of survival. A soft-spoken tattoo artist with a steady hand and a guarded heart spends her nights turning pain into art. Her shop is her sanctuary no drama, no trouble, no attachments. Then there's the other woman a feared drug dealer with a reputation that makes people cross the street. She moves fast, thinks faster, and trusts no one. Their worlds collide over something small... a tattoo appointment that wasn't supposed to mean anything. But nothing stays simple when secrets run deep, enemies get closer, and feelings start to blur the lines between survival and surrender. Because in a city like this, love isn't just risky... it's dangerous.

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Ace Is A Laid Back Stud Who Stay On Her Grind But Never Stayed W. One Girl Until She Think She Met The Right One, Will She End Up Going Back To Her Old Ways Or What? She Never See Her Self Settling Down But That Just Might Change . Ace Is In College But Got Her Own Apartment By Campus &d Her Own Car She Paid For But How Do She Make That Much Money In College? Read To Find Out....This My First Time So Bare W. Me.Much Love

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Sfs🏳️‍🌈 I'm currently editing this book so my apologies for any inconsistencies in the quality of the writing. (Started Jan. 24th, 2020, "finished" May 4th, 2020)

17 year old Key loves her best friend but she doesn't think that she loves her back, but little does she know she wants her also.