As a white business man, sucessful in his work and serious about deals and trade, Nick Marx had not time for love or dating. Well, that was until he met a charming black woman named Samantha Knightly. They fall for eachother rather quickly but in Nick's line of work he is always busy and rarely has time for anyone. But what will happen when their love is put to the test? When old exes try to block them from eachother? will they make it out together of will someone walk away? Find out in 'The Business Man' By Penelope Aspen.

WATTYS 2016 WINNER Untouchable. Stone. Jewel - these are some of the names used for people who are born with a gemstone at the centre of their forehead. This unfortunate phenomenon cannot be detected before birth, it cannot be prevented, if a family has a Jewelled child, there is only one outcome: Before they're sixteen, they will have to leave human society forever and serve "the Zephyr". Among the Jewels there are those who have it worse. Those who sport clear diamonds on their foreheads, the Undefined. The downtrodden, the unlucky - the doomed. Cello Riles and Syianne Locke are both Undefined. On their sixteenth birthday, they each leave their homes and travel across the country to the Zephyr, attempting to go into service. Though aside from the place, or thing, that will take them from human society forever - what IS the Zephyr? There are only questions promised, only shadowy riddles guaranteed. Yet faced with no other choice they must venture forth and plunge into the unknown - the Zephyr. [A big thanks to @stpolishook for being a wonderful friend and helping me figure out how to write a better synopsis] COVER BY Abyss-of-Crazy

"I've come to discuss your side of the deal we made earlier." He sat on the bench, his towel wrapped tightly around his waist. "Okay, what you got for me?" Here goes. If I didn't get it out now, I never will. "I want you to teach me how to be sexy." Allison (Ally) is tired of being overlooked by the opposite sex. Every guy she knows goes for the overly sexy girl who wears revealing clothes, and tons of makeup, and is ready to drop it low at a moment's notice. So where did that leave girls like her with standards? Lonely and frustrated. But not anymore. Ally is prepared to do something drastic to increase her chances of snagging the man of her dreams, Brandon. The sexy jock has been on her radar since the moment she met him. And when a golden opportunity presents itself for her to try something crazy, she decides to throw caution to the wind. Drew, Brandon's best friend, needs her help for the millionth time and Ally decides it's time to stop doing his work for free, he has to earn it, but is he willing to pay the price she asks and help her with her plan to snag Brandon? Or does Drew have something more devious in mind like snagging her for himself?

"Why are you doing this?" "Simple. Political gratification." In a world where politics translate into lies, greed, and power, can love really make it? Can there be love?

Klaus has spent his life being known as the "bastard child" of the whole Mikaelson family. He never thought he would have the chance to experience love or keeping a relationship, until he meets a brown skinned beauty named Tatiyana,who moves to mystic falls from the big easy New Orleans to find her "destined future". Will Klaus finally have a chance at love or will this be a one night fling?

A blacksmith's apprentice who would be a knight. The heir to the throne, at death's door. One woman who would save them both, if she could... Charlotte was number sixty-four in the second group of young, hopeful maidens intended to meet the Prince at a grand ball in his honor. That introduction was not to be. She returned home to her tiny village- and her visions of a future limited by it- without any warning of the drastic turn her life was about to take. Soon she would be fighting against the odds to help keep a gravely wounded stranger alive; and waging war with her own heart, as he stirred feelings in her she'd never known. When the stranger's royal identity is revealed, Charlotte is faced with an entirely different battle: one to keep her family, village, and the injured Prince in her care all safe from a madman set on taking the throne by any means necessary.

Everything was going good for Cecilia Evers. That is, until another pack ambushes her own and slaughters them. Only Cecilia and a little girl, Malorie, are alive, and they head towards a pack that gives sanctuary, Sea Cliff. After being temporarily granted into Sea Cliff, Cecilia and Malorie become known with the community as the single mother wolf and her adopted child. When the time comes that the Alpha of Sea Cliff has to formally accept Cecilia and Malorie into the pack, Cecilia goes with a confident stature. But when she meets the Alpha, something changes, sparks ignite, and she runs. Pierce Harvey was blown away when the ferocious and lively new member of his pack turns out to be his mate. He doesn't understand why she runs, or why she won't accept him as her mate either. But he is determined to change her mind. As the girls integrate themselves more into the community, and Pierce consistently tries to win Cecilia, a threat shows up, one that could potentially harm everything that Cecilia has come to care for, including Pierce. What she doesn't know is why, but what she does know is she would sacrifice herself for them any day. As they say, family before yourself.

Donovan Moore is the Alpha of the Sirius Pack. He's dark, reserved, rather blunt and dangerous-looking, even for the members of his own pack, who demand a Luna to soothe his iron fist. The problem is he hadn't found his mate yet, and he is forced into a marriage he doesn't want, until he goes to a club for his Stag party. Jade Davies works in a club as a stripper. Although she doesn't have her family with her anymore, she's content with her life and adoptive family- But everything changes when Fate puts Don in her path and he awakens the beast Jade had desperately put into a deep sleep within her, and turns her life upside down. Just so you know: No BDSM or very explicit sexual scenes; strong language; considerable age difference between the main characters; violence.

Phillip and Jacqueline's love story takes place in Louisiana during the 1700s but their love is forbidden. What will young Phillip do to be able to love Jacqueline freely?