Love had never been in the equation for Nora Sayafi. That is, until her sixteenth year, when she falls in love with the quiet boy on the piano, Elliot. Suddenly, Nora finds herself faced with emotions she can hardly comprehend, let alone act upon. After all, if there was one thing her crumbling family had taught her about love, it was to stay the hell away from it. She's safer that way, anyway. Love ran on the currency of trust, and she had very little of that to offer- what with a lifetime's worth of secrets on her shoulders. But secrets always come back to you. As she finds herself drawn to Elliot, Nora struggles to keep her painful past buried. Every day, a new relic comes to surface- with it, the risk of losing it all. And when a familiar stranger arrives on her doorstep- that's when the trouble, really, really begins.

***This story is on hold until further notice*** Vampires always seem to have complicated lives, and that's no different for any of the Blackbourne children. With the recent death of their father and word about hunters being in town, Malcolm, Samael, Asmodeus, and Zagan will all have to learn how to work together and get along as a family. Not only for their own survival but maybe for a little bit of their father's inheritance money too.

Enter Jericho Tucker: a Nigerian, Brooklyn native with serious daddy issues, a killer afro, and has a whole lot of love to give. But toss picture-perfect Joseph Turner into the mixing bowl; quarterback, silver-tongued, white boy from the dirty south, and you'll have a real fucking disaster on your hands. It's their last year of high-school, and things are already getting hot; just add a pinch of fake friends, two cups of jealous exes, and a little too much southern lovin', and now you're really cooking! So, if you can't handle the heat, you better get the hell out of the kitchen. + 5th place Ace Awards Supreme LGBTQ batch 2 + #2 in talkthepoc + #2 wmbm + #3 in diverselit + #3 bmwm + #7 in weneeddiversebooks + #10 in diverse ***HIATUS***