fer·vor ˈfərvər want, longing "ι'м proтecтιɴɢ yoυ ғroм нιм." Were the words he told me. At first, I didn't believe his crazy banter, the way he went on and on about some mysterious man- whose name he won't tell me. I believed he was crazy; the one who's been stalking me the whole time, but he has the scars to prove it.. Aaliyah Turner has found herself in a ditch, that she's trying to dig herself out of. She's had the strong sense that someone has been following her around, watching her every move. She constantly looking over her shoulder, and is always in a state of paranoia. One night, she's kidnapped, and is added to the list of missing person's cases at the police department. But her kidnapper has a reason for doing what he's done.. "ｓｏｍｅｏｎｅ'ｓ ｔｒｙｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｋｉｌｌ ｙｏｕ．" © THEAZUREFILES, all rights reserved.

Jessica is a 12 year old girl who's managed a horrible lifestyle. The government had granted all year round schools a full 400 days off. She has no friends there, and her mom pays the bills in the house by selling her body from inside of her home. But one day, her mother picks up a man who lives a double life, and has children already. He appears sweet on the outside, and violent on the inside. When Jessica kills the man, Jessica is forced to live with the man's family for a whole year to do community service in the area where he lived. This family is rich and wealthy, but she has to figure out a way to manage with his 17, 15, 14, and 13 year old children. And his children, are not interested in making her feel welcome.

"ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴʏ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪsᴀᴘᴘᴇʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴍᴏɴᴀᴇ ᴀᴜɢᴜsᴛ, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴇɴᴏᴠɪᴀ ᴘᴏʟɪᴄᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ.." Each time the August family hears that on the news, their hearts turn more and more stone cold. From his mother's sobbing, to his father's rage, Ramiro's caught in the middle of it all. It makes his stomach churn, knowing that his little sister could be out there, all alone, without him by her side. He's been protecting her ever since she was born, and he wasn't going to let this stop him. Someone had answers as to where she was. And Ramiro was going to find those answers, even if it means tracking down long lost relatives and healing old family wounds. He wasn't going to stop until he saw his sister's smile again. © THEAZUREFILES, all rights reserved.

ONLY CHAPTERS 1-5 ARE AVAILABLE! Seventeen-year-old Diamond Carter has a lot on her plate with a crack headed mother, having to raise her brother, and also going to school. But all that changes when she meets a local thug. Can this thug make everything right in Diamond's life? Read this hood love story to find out. © 2012 Ebony Goddess