Bonded through illegal money and force

Enya Hartwell is focused. School first, success always. With Spelman on the horizon and law school somewhere in the future, she's been doing everything right. But doing everything right doesn't always stop people from hurting you. After being pushed out by the two friends she trusted most, Enya's learning the hard way that not everyone who says "we" means it. She's not looking for comfort when she walks home in tears that day, but she finds it anyway in the boy next door she'd always overlook. Dawn Caceres keeps to himself. He's collected, observant, and just trying to make it through life without too much noise. With a new chapter of his life ahead of him at Morehouse, he's more concerned with staying grounded than chasing anything extra. But when Enya ends up on his porch, something clicks. And what starts as a few words turns into a summer of getting to know someone you never knew you needed. She wants to prove she's enough, and he just wants peace. They don't move fast, but they move real. And between quiet talks, new beginnings, and the slow unraveling of everything they thought they knew, they'll try to figure out how to love in a way that feels like them. a @diorlogy novel, 2025.

"Beautiful things don't ask for attention." In a world that thrives on conformity, August is an anomaly. Raised in a secretive overbearing family, she was chosen to leave its hidden grounds-not for freedom, but for duty. Sent to college to become the strategic mind for her generation behind the family's growing empire, she tries to move through the world like a ghost, draped in gothic shadows with secrets too heavy to share but her style is just too much to go unnoticed by judging eyes unscathed. Then she meets Kason through his older brother. A rising rapper with a reckless charm and a hunger for something real, dealing with battles of his own, he's instantly drawn to August's eerie demeanor and the quiet storm that lingers behind her dark mysterious eyes. She's nothing like the women he's used to-unbothered by trends, and untouched by the need for validation. The more she resists, the deeper he falls, his infatuation turning into an obsession he can't shake. One he cant let go of. As their worlds collide, the slow burn of their connection threatens to ignite everything August has been taught to suppress. With her past closing in and expectations pressing down, she must decide if she's willing to defy everything she's ever known for the chance at something dangerously real. In a society that demands she fit a mold, August stands in defiance. Unfortunately, love has a way of making even the strongest question their silence. STARTED; February 22nd , 2025 PUBLISHED; MARCH 18th, 2025 FINISHED; MAY 27th, 2025

She walks in like the epitome of black girl luxury, but pain follows her. She covers it with bust-down jewelry and white roses. He's quiet, but his presence is loud in itself. Everyone knows him, but she sees right past him. She's confident, but he's more confident. She's fierce, but he makes her cower. Passionate. SADITIFIED.

When Yasmin bumps into a mysterious guy at a car wash, she wonders what secrets the male has up his sleeve's. But when she finds out he's a serial killer, will she start to fear him? Or will she like him deep down?

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘢, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳." 𝖠𝖯𝖱𝖨𝖫 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥 － 𝖠𝖴𝖦𝖴𝖲𝖳 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 "𝐈 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮." 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐈, 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮.