As the cruel, uncompromising, and terrifyingly brilliant CEO of Bloom Press, Roman Alvarez terrifies everyone-including her new assistant editor, Kaalia Amoretta. But on a work trip to the tropical coast of South Asia, under Kerala's storm-soaked skies, professional distance dissolves into something more dangerous. What should have stayed strictly business becomes intimate, charged, and impossible to forget. *** [LONGER VERSION] Roman Alvarez is infamous in the publishing world: cruel, uncompromising, and brilliant enough to get away with it. As the first Black and female CEO of Bloom Press, she has built her career on steel walls and impossible standards. Kaalia Amoretta, the new assistant editor hired to support her, expects a tyrant. What she doesn't expect is the quiet softness beneath Roman's sharp edges ... or the spark that flares every time their eyes meet. When Bloom's newest release hinges on securing a reclusive poet's anthology, Roman and Kaalia go on a "working vacation" to India. But what should have been a straightforward business trip unravels into something far more dangerous: monsoon-soaked nights, shared secrets, and a slow-burning tension neither woman can ignore. Under tropical skies and an old woman's poetry on love and colonialism, their professional boundaries blur, their walls crack, and a tender, terrifying love begins to take shape. But as they return to New York-with media storms rising, a billion-dollar lawsuit looming, and family expectations closing in-the real question emerges: Can a love born far from reality survive the world waiting for them? *** A sweeping, sapphic, slow-burn romance and the kind of love worth risking everything.

when a controversy threatens usc's season, juju watkins and uconn transfer vera kline are thrown into the spotlight together. what starts as damage control turns into something neither of them saw coming. 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐨𝐜𝐭 𝟎𝟓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

"The Ministress" tells the gripping tale of Reverend Daniela, a dedicated ministress who has devoted her life to spiritual guidance and her church community. She is known for her unwavering faith and commitment to helping her congregation. However, everything changes when a new member, Drew, a charismatic yet mysterious woman, comes back to town and joins the church. Unknown to Daniela, Drew is a drug dealer who uses the church as a front for her illegal activities. As Daniela guides Drew through her spiritual journey, she finds herself drawn to Drew's charm, resilience, and seemingly genuine desire to turn her life around. This unexpected bond leads to feelings Daniela struggles to reconcile with her faith and her commitment to her congregation. Unaware of Drew's illicit activities, Daniela falls deeper into a forbidden love, which becomes even more complicated when she discovers Drew's secret. Caught in the crossfire between her faith, duty, and love, Daniela must make a choice. As she grapples with her feelings for Drew, she also wrestles with the moral implications of her actions. Drew's charm and her promise of change are equally compelling and deceiving. Daniela finds herself questioning the very essence of her faith and her role as a spiritual leader.

Juliette Smith is aware that everything she does is on borrowed time. Her popularity, her relationship with her father, with her friends... all of it is on borrowed time. Her existence as she knows it is so fragile. With the revelation of one secret, all of it could go up in flames, but there's never been any reason for her to disclose it, and there has been every reason for her to hide it; it protects her image. Esme Panchak is, by definition, a poison to her image. She is everything that Juliette isn't. She's undermotivated, crass, and unapologetically her own person. She's everything that Juliette has trained herself to loathe, and everything she has successfully avoided for three years... but she's enchanting, enticing. Whenever they're together, she can feel her grip slipping bit by bit. So, when Juliette ends up stuck with Esme as her lab partner, she realizes just how quickly the secrets she's trying to outrun can catch up with her.

(This is another part of the series Temporary Love) This is Rachael and Yolanda story. Enjoy. Yolanda is a tall beautiful black woman no thanks to her childhood. Growing up she was always teased about her skin complexion. She was always too dark or too tall. No boys wanted to date her. not that she wanted to date boys. she's known for a long time that she was a lesbian so when boys said they didn't want to date her she was more then okay with that. Needing a new scenery had her moving to Florida. while there she taught herself how to be confident and accept herself for how she was. and she grew to love herself inside and out. over the years she's dated women but it always ended up being a fling. she's never really had a real relationship and she was ready for that. she was ready to fall in love but who would want to be in a serious relationship with her was her mindset. Racheal was a uptight free spirited woman all at once. she knew when to have fun and when to be serious but her love life was something she's never took seriously at all. she didn't believe there was a person out there who could "tame" her and she was more than okay with that. it wasn't until she met the most beautiful woman she's ever laid eyes on that had her second guessing her ways. but could the gorgeous Yolanda grab her heart and hold it captive? Reachal goal was to just have fun but as much as she tried to push the tall beauty away she found it hard as hell. her fear of loving her more then she loved herself had her running in the other direction but she always found herself turning back around. it's not until Yolanda brakes it off completely with her when she finally see what she truly had but by then it will be too late.

Investigative journalist Nia Ekal Apayo is on a mission to uncover corruption at one of Nairobi's top law firms. Sharp, relentless, and unafraid to dig deep, she's ready to take down anyone standing in her way-until she comes face-to-face with Sally Wangechi Gitau. Sally, a ruthless and calculating lawyer, isn't about to let some nosy journalist ruin her reputation. But when Nia's investigation forces her to spend more time in Sally's world, old memories resurface-memories of a tutor and a stubborn student, of rivalry that once burned hot, and a past they barely remember. Hatred turns into obsession, and obsession turns into something even more dangerous. Because in this game of power and desire, neither of them is willing to lose.

"Kiss?" I asked as I grabbed her neck pecking her lips multiple times before taking her bottom lip into my mouth lightly biting down. Her hands gripped my waist before slipping my top off leaving me in only my panties. "Stand up and turn around," she demanded placing my hands on the desk and lifting my ass in the air only to place light kisses down my spine, then deliver a heavy slap to my ass. "Novaaaa," I whined as she trailed kisses to the back of my thighs and anywhere and everywhere she could. I felt her blow on my pussy before sending slow kisses to clit as I arched my back. "Fuckinggggg hell." I moaned while gripping the edge of the table. The tip of her tongue slid from my opening to my clit circling her tongue around it then flicking it. She used both her hands to spread my ass cheeks to get a better angle. "Ohhh myyyy Godddd" I moaned dropping my head on the desk. She took her middle finger sliding it inside of me while sucking my clit. I felt my insides warming up causing my muscles to tense up. "Fuck brooo" I belt out as she ate me from the back.

amani, daughter of basketball royalty, has always played the game from the sidelines-studying sports medicine, streaming highlights, and living in her own loud, funny, unfiltered lane. but when a viral clip of UConn star paige bueckers steals her attention, amani finds herself tangled in a new world-one that's equal parts chemistry, competition, and the thrill of discovering a player who makes her see the game, and herself, in a whole new light. (fem oc x paige bueckers)

In late '90s New York, a poet and aspiring filmmaker with oil-streaked fingers and a photographic artist who sees the world in color fall into a love as raw and electric as the city around them. Between college classes and underground clubs, they build a universe of late-night laughter, rooftop dances, and whispered promises captured in Polaroids and paint. But when tragedy strikes without warning, the life they created shatters in an instant. What remains is a story of love and loss; to the beauty of fleeting things, and the ache of what lingers when the frame goes dark. 🏆 - #4 in 'victoriamonet'

Wren's life takes an unexpected turn when she joins a roller derby team led by the elusive Corinne Fontaine. ***** Moving to Connecticut had never been in former figure skater Wren Wu's plans, yet there she is. She's there for her brother's sake, against her will, and is feeling like her whole world is slipping out of her hands. When she's offered an opportunity to try out for the university roller derby team, captained by the infuriatingly beautiful Corinne Fontaine, everything inside her tells her it's a bad idea, but she's never been one to make good decisions anyway. [[4X WATTPAD FEATURED STORY]] [[THE AMBYS 2023 TOP PICK IN ROMANCE]] © 2020 caterina george // all rights reserved