[Featured on #CelebrateBlackStories reading list by Wattpad] #1 ContemporaryLit 12/2/21 Damon Johnson's never been the guy to settle down, but when he lays eyes on Lenell Richards, he starts figuring out how to change his ways to win her heart. ***** Damon Johnson, an aspiring software engineer, and Lenell Richards, a pre-med student, are now sophomores in college. They have a mutual connection, Lenell's ex-boyfriend, but have never met or seen each other until they spot each other in the dorm lobby. During this time, Damon's friends make a bet to see which one of the guys can get a girl to fall in love with them the fastest. Damon and Lenell begin to fall in love unexpectedly and hard, and their relationship begins to flourish. Soon, things begin to get difficult when Damon has to figure out how to avoid his friends knowing about Lenell, work through his past and insecurities, and navigate her ex. If he doesn't get it right, he can lose her. A story of two star-crossed college lovers. Content can be mature at times. Cover designed by me! I do not own any of the pictures used in the book. (Editing)

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, and for these two, their lives have been planned down to a science. For Wylan Olson, being yourself can be very stressful. Since she was young, her emotions have always been backwards. The embodiment of 'tears of joy,' that laughs to keep from crying, not many people understand her struggle. Mostly because she barely understands it herself, but she's making it...barely. All she wants to do is make something out of herself, and she's willing to work for it. Kwame Okari has been raised to be perfect. His parents' strict expectations at son leave no room for friendships, which they regard as frivolous. Their only concern is for him to be Ivy League, and he cannot afford to disappoint. He is a boy on a mission, with a clear objective: be first. And there's only one person standing in his way-Wylan. As the two develop a better understanding of each other, competing agendas complicate their relationship forcing them to decide which is more important: attraction or ambition, satisfaction or success, friendship or fruition, and lead them to wonder if one has to be mitigated for the other.

Love not only entails passion. It is about endurance. After a devastating breakup to a woman she envisioned a permanent future with, Normani Kordei hopes that this love with Keith Ikande will pass the test of time. ♕ black love contemporary romance, extended synopsis inside. ♕ © dzangiewrites 2017. all rights reserved.

Riley Brown. The name sends chills down the spines of her classmates. But that doesn't mean she's evil, in fact, she's very fun and brave behind that mask of hers. She's one of the most popular people in her high-school, with a few of her guy-friends. Austin Miller. The name makes every girl sigh dreamily- but not Riley. He is the biggest player you could ever meet, and probably the hottest. So what will happen if the rebel and the player meet? Everyone else thought of World War III. But they were wrong. Sort of. P.S. this story originally started out as some sort of parody for the "nerd-dates-badboy" but it spiraled into something else at some point- look, honestly, it is something that cannot be explained.

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❝I like turtles. They breathe through their butts.❞ ❋❊❋❊❋❊ Imogen Reid is awkward. Plain and simple. She knows it, her mom knows it and everyone breathing knows it. So when she accidentally signs up for a month long school trip, she's not surprised but she also doesn't expect to be chosen to go... along with twenty other snobby teenagers she's never spoken to before. And the worst part about it? A certain, surprisingly sweet, bad boy starts to show an interest in her. Friendships blooming and relationships sparking, she experiences much more than she ever expected. Especially figuring out that completing a bucket list in many foreign countries is not so smart... welcome to the story of the life of a girl who's just Totally Awkward! cover by viciouscupcake © Eden Reed 2017. All rights reserved.

Disclaimer: This book is unedited. I'm not the best at descriptions and I'm trying to make this book not cliche, but a little cliche never hurt anyone. (Well, maybe just the characters) Iris wouldn't hurt a fly. This sweetheart got dumped on her birthday by her boyfriend of two years and now believes her world is crashing down. I guess she needs someone to save her. Or not. Alex is really not in the mood to deal with all her girly, heartbreak shit. Or so he says. He doesn't do breakups. I guess he would rather get high, loosen up and tell her his feelings instead. Maybe he will come around. Maybe not. Maybe she will change him. Maybe he won't let her. After all, no one plans on falling for their complete opposite.

In the era where swords rule, where women consider their modesty their greatest virtue. Where a man would kill to find his wife warming another mans bed, a time when women would consider it the greatest of adultery or fornication to warm a bed other than her husbands. A time when an honorable man guards his gaze, for his gaze is solely for his wife alone, as well as his heart. He's feared, ruthless, cold, heartless, manipulative, cunning, a rake. Or so they assume... She's beautiful yet silent, not by a defect, she simply dislikes to mingle with gossip.Yet she has emotional scars that no one sees behind her smile, but a few. Cover by @forcade

****Copyrighted**** 'Tell me you don't feel it.' He whispered against my lips, and the trembling that had ceased at the feel of his lips against mine began again with renewed vigor. 'Tell me it's not what you want, and I'll go. You'll never have to see me again.' Swallowing, I looked up at the eyes that had entranced me from the start. I took in his every feature, slowly and deliberately. I thrilled at the feeling of his arms enfolding me, and I inhaled his familiar scent with a trembling breath. And then, then I did the most foolish thing imaginable: I flung my arms about his neck and kissed him with all that I had, almost losing myself in the safety and security I felt. But more than that, I ran. I took his moment of shock, the slight loosing of his arms about me, and tore myself away from him, shoving out the door and into the rain. I suppose I'll never know why he didn't follow me. It was the thing I feared most. I knew that if he came for me a second time, I wouldn't be able to say 'no'. I wouldn't be able to run. But I had to. I had to go. I couldn't let him be hurt because of me. He would live on now, and I would marry another. I had leased my last bit of passion in that one moment in his arms, and as I made my way through the dark streets, I felt myself become dull and lost like the creatures bound in the menagerie. **Much of this was written when I was younger and then I came back later and finished it. There will likely be mistakes. Lots of them.

After a miserable seventh birthday party, Lola Loud makes a wish but gets way more than she bargained for.