an urban story where church girl Jalaiah meets Bakari drug dealer and hit man for a well known drug dealer. The pair become inseparable and their friendship is undeniable. What happens when they start catching feelings for one another? #1 in #africanamericanfiction started: August 8, 2022 ended: September 4, 2022

Aliyah and her best friend onika decided to go on a month long vacation in Miami, they worked hard and had spent the whole of the prior year saving for it. They booked into the one of the most exclusive hotels on south beach draining their pockets of course but is making their holiday worth it! that is until aliyah with her clumsy self bumps into non other than FRIDAY a very popular music artist and business man spilling drinks on him in the hotel lobby. He tells her it's fine and to watch where she is going and just walks away, but Aliyah is getting her panties wet over him. However, little did she know that Friday also has his eyes on her. What will his ulterior motive be? Will aliyah be able to contain herself from the sexiest and most intriguing man she's ever met? Most of all is Aliyah ready for the biggest plot twist of her life? Mature content ahead! strong language and some violence

❝ I don't have time to waste thinking about a boy who will only destroy my future,❞ I say getting closer to him with every word, maybe a little too close. I feel his breath fanning my face. He licks his lip as a sneaky smirk slips onto them, his greenish-gray eyes shift between my lips and eyes, making my traitorous breath hitch. ❝ You saying you think about me, Torres? ❞ ~ Mariana Torres is the first in her family to go to college. Being the first in a Latinx family comes with more pressure and stress than usual, something Mariana is used to. She wants nothing but to make her family proud, even if it means pursuing something she's not interested in. Now heading off to UCLA on a full-ride with her best friend, she's finally getting the chance to get a strong education and become a successful doctor. But every perfect plan has bumps in the road, and this one just happens to be a beautiful one. Aiden Grey lives life like he's dying. He parties, drinks, smokes, burns through his money, and sleeps around with every girl at UCLA. He isn't attracting the ladies by being a brooding bad boy, but by being so carefree you feel your problems slip away when you're with him. Too bad Mariana can't afford for her problems to slip away. *** Warning: Book contains swearing and mature content. WARNING... PART 2: This story contains emotional rollercoasters, flawed characters, tears, sometimes a scary amount of anger and frustration, a really really strong 'has to be you' type of love. *This warning was apparently needed...* ENJOY ~ COMPLETE ~ #1 in Adult-content 6/27/2020 #1 in Romance 6/28/2020 #1 in University 7/4/2020 #5 in Drama 7/6/2020 #3 in College 7/10/2020 #1 in Collegeromance 7/10/2020 #4 in Slowburn 7/18/2020 #1 in Love 10/21/2020 #1 in Singing 11/29/2020