"So, what, you think I wanted to fall in love with you?" he asked with his gaze super glued to hers. With a thoughtful look in her eyes, Denise shrugged. Mark lets a scoff, "have you met you? You are loud, outspoken, a smart ass, a hot-head, you do before you think, you're attitude stinks, you -" "I'm all these things," she took his facts like a champ. "Yet, you've fallen in love with me." "Yeah," Mark nods, unremorseful "Yeah, I have. I love that smart mouth of yours. I love it when you're pissed; I love that you don't take shit from anyone else or even me. That attitude can be a real pain in my ass but," he shrugged, "you wouldn't be you without it." Denise was so flattered, she looked away, fighting the urge to smile and feel. Lately, his compliments gave her butterflies. Yet, at the same time, it made her feel like she was getting punched in the gut. She knew this was going to happen - it was inevitable. You spend so much time with someone you're bound to fall. The problem isn't that Mark had fallen in love with her. Or that she had feelings for him too. The issue was that Denise had never loved anyone before, let alone a guy. She had to like guys to deal with them, but love? Selfless, sincere, real love was something she wasn't even sure she possessed. What if she couldn't give to Mark what he was evidently willing to give her. It would be different if she didn't care about him. Mark was different than the other guys; he mattered to her. If there was any guy she didn't want to ruin things with, it was him.

Samara comes closer to me, now studying my face. Her eyes are wandering all over my facial features. I contort my face in confusion at her weird stares, "Umm, hey-" "Listen, can you wear my wedding dress and be a bride at my place?" She questions. Ec-excuse me? I give her a long stare. I think she is joking and would burst into laughter any minute...but she doesn't. Her face has no trace of humour. "What?" I quirk up my brow. "You've to be a bride at my place." She repeats with no hesitation. Cold shiver trickles through me. .... An Accidental Bride. A Mistaken Groom. A Marriage Neither Saw Coming. 18-year-old Sanaya Frances was finding a way to pay for college. Becoming a cook in the grand Hobsons estate seemed like the perfect opportunity-until a twist of fate lands her in a wedding dress, hidden behind a veil, taking vows meant for someone else. Ashar Hobsons, 25, a powerful businessman, thinks he's marrying his childhood fiancée. But his world turns upside down-he's been tricked into marrying a stranger. Two strangers. One unplanned marriage. No easy way out. And definitely... no room for love. Or is there? ... Copyright © 2019 Book cover credit: @wasphoria

Detective Leslie Anakin has always followed by the book, kept her eyes focused on the case and nothing else. However, the latest case hasn't kept her all that focus considering the suspect could be her current lover. D'Angelo Ricci runs the Devil's Nest, a new club downtown. Not only he was a club owner, but also the dangerous man in New York with a thick record, one hell of a temper and a clueless mind when it comes to Leslie Anakin.

Illegal booze + Jazz + A gangster = Dangerous Love Affair Ginger Muhammad has left her small town in North Carolina to pursue her father footsteps of being a successful African American doctor in the big state of New York. However, little did she know her father was more than a big shot doctor, but also an underground surgeon for the biggest and only mafia family in Queens. There she met Bill "Billy Goat" Sawyer, the prodigal son and next in line for the throne. No matter how many people warn her nor how much she resists, Ginger could not help but feel attracted to the dangerous being.

"You couldn't handle this pussy if I just gave it to you...you gotta work for it" Germany is a beautiful black stripper who is willing to do anything to get her mom out the hood. Suddenly she is given an offer by this billionaire that she just met that could possibly change her life. Will she take the offer and fall in love or is she in it to win it. Well you'll just have to read and see Previously "𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕚𝕣𝕝 𝕀 𝕎𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕄𝕖𝕥"

Jorja Rey M'baku is a gorgeous African goddess who is innocent, introverted and intellectual. She is a strong woman too, having withstood abuse all her life from her own father and raising her little brother on her own after their mother took off. Her life has made her cynical, short tempered, paranoid and way too independent. A scholarship lands her in the USA and five years later she's doing very well, working in New York where she's about to meet a dark angel through a change of jobs. Lucian Antonio D'Amario is a tall, brooding Italian sex god. He is wealthy and owns Amario Co. The man is intelligent and painfully attractive but he is a dark man with anger issues and so much more darkness beneath the physically, and emotionally, hard exterior. He is a strong man who has had to go through what no human should go through. His heart is cold and so are his eyes, yet women still swoon for him. They love his dominance and he loves the control. Their coming together will be an interesting affair. How will they react to each other?

What happens when a young college student catches the attention of a rich, alpha male lawyer? Dominance vs Dominance is a interesting dynamic between two people who start to grow attraction towards each other. Amelia is smart beyond her years and holds a natural beauty. She understands how men are and is always a step ahead of them. Take a look into Amelia's journey as she gets to know the man that will keep her on her toes.

An amused ghost of a smirk etched itself onto the Don's lips. How could this brute still be laughing in prison, facing the death penalty? "I have been running the mafia for nine years, little girl. Don't you find it odd how your oh-so-mighty police force just now apprehended me?" His words were very low in pitch, and stained with an Italian accent. She narrowed her eyes, masking her fear and uncertainty with a hateful glare. "You RAN the mafia. And here you will get your retribution for your sins." Mia spat, clenching her hands into tight fists. How could one man be so arrogant? She almost jumped out of her skin when a guttural chuckle left the back of his throat. "Tesoro, I am sin." - HER, a police woman, with a soul of sugar and a strong sense of justice and equality. HIM, The Don, with a cold black hole for a heart and leaves death and destruction in his wake. Thing seem to be looking up when the infamous Mob boss Ambrogino De Benventi is apprehended, but things quickly run south as he seems to know a little too much about the young officer Mia Lawrence. He claims her father owes him, and she is forced to work with the murderous made man himself. But something tells her he won't stay in jail for long... An Italian-Russian war is coming. Bonds will be broken. Relationships tested and built. Who will Mia choose? After all. Blood is thicker than water. UPDATES EVERY FRIDAY!

Dating a celebrity was investigative journalist Eve Brock's worst nightmare until daytime TV heart-throb Gray Damon became a part of her latest story. ***** Eve Brock is an investigative reporter who has no time for celebrities. She thinks they're all overpaid, too-pretty and self-obsessed and when she meets Gray Damon he doesn't change her mind. But Gray becomes fascinated with Eve. He's never met someone like her and starts pursuing her with all the charm he can muster. However at the same party where she meets Gray Eve meets the muscular security contractor Trevor. Eve's chasing down a story of her own but both of these men start chasing after her. Will she choose the safety and strength of Trevor or will Eve risk her heart and give the handsome alluring Gray a chance to prove he's more than just a pretty face? [[word count: 100 000-150 000 words]] THIS STORY IS A PART OF THE WATTPAD ORIGINALS

{DISCLAIMER: 18+. Explicit Content. Private Chapters. Guaranteed To Make You Fan Yourself} It's not enough that Shakira Dalton's no-good ex-boyfriend cheated on her. Oh, no! The bastard had to go and get himself murdered. Guess who the first suspect is! When Shakira is found innocent despite all the evidence pointing to her being the killer, she realizes that being a good girl isn't all it's cracked out to be. One night of sin couldn't possibly hurt, could it? Nathan Hollis has bad boy and 'no commitment here' written all over his gorgeous tattooed body. Which makes him perfect for Shakira's plans. One night! Strictly sex! No follow-up! However her wickedly sexy one-night stand has a hidden agenda of his own - that starts with sticking around. A woman suspected of murder! A man on a revenge mission! What could go wrong? *This sexy romantic thriller is the first book in the Hollis Brothers' series but it can be read as a standalone. *I'll be posting one chapter a week but you can get the whole book for only $0.99 on Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords. More details on my website (lindaverji.com)