Maya Johnson is a bold, ambitious 24-year-old Black woman determined to make her mark in the elite graduate literature program at Marlowe University. Fiercely intelligent and unapologetically driven, she's used to being underestimated-but never outmatched. Dr. Charles Whitmore is a brilliant but emotionally guarded professor of modernist literature. At 47, he's twice her age, haunted by a failed marriage, and perfectly content with the predictable solitude of academia-until Maya walks into his lecture hall. Their connection begins with a spark-intellectual, intense, and charged with something deeper. Office hours become a ritual, debates turn personal, and the line between professional and private begins to blur. But in a world of strict rules, whispered gossip, and institutional power, a love like theirs could cost them everything. As desire simmers beneath the surface, both must confront their fears: Maya, about what it means to love someone who sees past her ambition to her vulnerability-and Charles, about the price of rediscovering passion in a woman half his age but twice his fire.

#1 in black 6/20/25 #1 in assassin 6/19/25 #3 in bwwm 6/15/25 They called her the Black Dahlia - a ghost, a myth, a merciless assassin raised by the Mexican cartel and vanished without a trace. But Eve'elynn Jones is no legend. She's flesh and blood. Vengeance and venom. And now that she's nineteen and free, she's back to burn every name that betrayed her - starting with her own family... and ending with the monster who made her. What she didn't plan for was him. Abel Jefferies Lanoun is thirty-two, ruthless, and born into the throne of the Italian mafia after his older brother was murdered in cold blood. Cold-hearted, sharp-eyed, and feared from New Orleans to Naples - he's a man who bends nations with a whisper. And right now, he's hunting the one person who could win his war against the Spanish - the elusive Black Dahlia. But when he finds out the killer he's chasing is a dark-skinned siren with silver eyes and fire in her blood... everything changes. She doesn't want him. He doesn't trust her. And neither of them realize that obsession is just another kind of war. When power meets beauty, and vengeance meets control - the line between love and hate will bleed

Graham's a 30-year-old socially awkward nerd - a virgin with a head full of fantasies and a heart full of nerves. He's got all the kinks he's scared to try, all the desires he's never dared to explore. Marley's 25, plus-size, quiet but confident - the kind of woman who sees the real him, the messy, shy, freaky parts he hides from the world. When Marley starts to peel back Graham's layers, she unlocks more than just his secrets - she awakens a fire neither of them expected. From stolen kisses in the bookstore aisles to nights filled with whispered praise and raw discovery, they're about to rewrite what love and pleasure look like.

"Do you really want me, all of me? I'm not like other werewolves or vampires. I can't mark you, I can't fully shift into wolf form, I have a beast inside of me, Genevieve. Is that what you really want?" *****Best Ranking: #1 Vampire 5/13/2015 **** ((ROUGH DRAFT))

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"You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell; what I mean is, that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I have resisted in vain, and which overmasters me." -Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friends

Between Us And Sin I broke my vows. He broke the rules. Now, there's no turning back. The night I caught my husband cheating should have destroyed me. Instead, it set me free. A reckless, impulsive decision to drown my pain in whiskey and bad choices led me straight into the arms of a stranger-dark-eyed, wickedly confident, and devastatingly off-limits. I should have walked away. But I didn't. Because the man who pulled me into his bed with rough hands and a sinful mouth? He's not just any man. He's my husband's uncle. Older. Untouchable. Everything I should fear. But when he looks at me like I'm his next mistake, I forget all about the life I built-the one that was never real to begin with. What started as one night spirals into something far more dangerous. He's temptation wrapped in leather and secrets, and the deeper I fall, the harder it is to remember why this is wrong. Because with him, I feel alive. Wanted. Worshipped. But secrets don't stay buried, and when the truth comes out, we'll have to face the one thing we never saw coming. Loving each other wasn't the biggest sin. Getting caught will be.

𝖡𝖤𝖳𝖱𝖠𝖸𝖠𝖫 𝖲𝖤𝖱𝖨𝖤𝖲 #1 She pressed the knife deeper to my throat. I could feel the sting and blood beginning to trickle down my neck. "I gave you a chance to leave and never come back, why didn't you take it?" I looked into those deep grey eyes that I fell for. "Because I wouldn't have my wife sitting right next to me on that train ride." I answered truthfully. ☔︎☔︎☔︎ He has never met someone as mean as her. The glare on her face almost seemed permanent. The only words that fall out of her mouth are ones that will leave you tarnished and torn, making you second guess where you went wrong. Even worse, she never spoke, more like she grunted responses. When he first laid eyes on her, he fell in love with her tattoos, her attitude, her charm. He didn't understand why he kept coming back? He was intrigued with her. No matter what she said or did to him, he kept coming back. He was impatient but would wait for her. . . . She never understood how someone could keep a smile on their face everyday. The way he always kept a positive look on life. He never frowned. He was the flavour bubblegum that everyone wanted. The go-to ice cream flavour that you always get on a sunny day. That one summer vacation that you'll never forget. She hated his smile, his laugh, his eyes. She hated that she wanted to see that smile everyday. She hated that she couldn't stay away from him. She would happily set the world on fire but never let a flame touch him. ☔︎☔︎☔︎ All Rights Reserved 2022Ⓒsyriacax

Chance is a red pill, misogynistic realist who's seen it all-lies, betrayal, manipulation. In his eyes, every woman is the same. So when his best friend starts falling for some wide-eyed, sweet-talking girl, Chance sees right through her. He's not just suspicious-he's on a mission. --To expose the truth-- --To protect his best friend-- To prove-once and for all-that love is just a trap... and EVERY female... EVERY single last one is a snake.