Ebonie was just a young woman seeking companionship after failing at most of the important things in life. That had been her first mistake, not the failing part, but thinking she could successfully find a lover (husband hopeful). Now she was just young, maybe still a woman (depending on if one consider only human females to be women) , but she was diffidently something else now. But in pure Ebonie fashion, she was somehow even failing at being turned into a supernatural being. Great.

Bryce had been a good kid. A better than good kid actually, with his sense of justice and high morals. He wanted to be a police officer and do good things for his community and the world. But then he was kidnapped because of one of his many good deeds, and worse yet, he had dragged his girlfriend, Krissy, into the dangerous mess he had made for himself. Their kidnapper was a woman, a mother, who blamed him for her son's imprisonment and later death. The woman's goal was to torture him, break him, and turn a good kid bad. It wouldn't have worked if not for Krissy - the good kid's one weakness. The one thing he would do anything for, including becoming a Monster.

"Isabella-Rose wait! Rosie! Wait, please stop!" but I didn't listen I just kept going, the humiliation was just giving me enough motivation to get far away from him as fast as I can. But then then he eventually caught up and stepped in front of me and he held my big shoulders. But I refused to look at him in the eye so my eyes were glued to the ground. "Look at me." he said with such a demanding tone that I just gave in and looked up. "I wasn't trying to hurt your feelings, I told you that I love you and that I care about you, but just not the way you want me to. You're my best friend's niece Isabella-Rose. You're like my little sister. I deeply care about you, and I like our conversations, I don't want us to stop talking to each other. But I'm just way too old for you, I'm 24 you're 17 that's a 7 year age gap. That's way too old." as he said all this I couldn't stop thinking of how foolish I've been.

Ariane knows that being married to Gerald Barker isn't the easiest or most rewarding role. The business mogul has his flaws but he is all that she knows and the world that he occupies is now her own. When charming and friendly Beau Becker is hired to be their new chauffeur, he helps her discover herself and revive the old Ariane that had burnt in the marital fire. The last thing Beau wanted to do when he moved was to meet a woman like Ariane. Warm, funny and very much married. He tries his hardest to keep a professional relationship between the two but the task is easier said than done. He falls for her despite knowing who she is and knowing that he has a secret that if revealed could end things before they even begin...

"You're nothing, but a brat." "Yeah and guess whose brat I am?" "Mine." What could a promiscuous "internet personality" and a mysterious architect possibly talk about? Started: 2/14/21 Ended: 2/24/21 Rankings: 2/23/21: #1 in #matthewgraygubler 5/26/21: #2 in #ocstory 5/26/21: #4 in #internet 7/2/21: #1 in #imessage 8/27/21: #4 in #ocstory

Kayla Tamira wanted nothing more than to get away from a life of misery and abuse from her ex-husband. At the spur of the moment and with little thought to what she was doing, she moves away from her home into a mysterious suburb like town that is barely on the map. There she hopes to find a new, happier life for herself and recover from her past. However; her mysterious neighbor who happened to be her landlord, aggressively pushes himself in her life and begins to treat her as if she belongs to him. And what's worse, she's attracted to him in ways she shouldn't be and actually enjoys the attention. She'd promise herself she'd never fall for another man who wanted to play the hero in her life and yet, here was another man doing exactly that. There's something strange about Jacob and his friends, she just can't figure out what it is. Not only does she have to put up with his dominant personality and fight her attraction against him, and keep his friends from taking over her life as well, her body begins to change right before her eyes. Kayla has no idea what's happening to her but something strange is going on in the town of Moonlight, Tennessee. Jacob Marcs knew his time for finding a life mate was growing short. As the Alpha to his pack, he was very powerful and dangerous and would become even more dangerous to the point of destroying himself and his pack if he didn't find a life mate soon. He had almost given up hope and was prepared to let the darkness destroy him until she moved next door. Kayla was unlike any female he'd ever met. She seemed to have walked right out of his dreams into his life and he wanted her more than life itself, but something had happened to her that made her distrust him and put up walls he couldn't break through. Determined to make her his one day, Jacob patiently waits for her to accept him and his pack and become their queen, until one day after a terrible accident, he realizes that his future queen isn't all human.

She was his best kept secret, his most treasured possession, an African-American beauty who won his heart from the very beginning. But keeping what he did for a living a secret from her and trying to keep her a secret from his enemies was proving to be the hardest job he'd ever had as an assassin.

Mia Shannon struggles to adjust to her life in San Francisco after moving there from the south. It's hard being the only black girl at the company she works for and even harder when she's the personal assistant to two of the most wealthiest, gorgeous men white men she's ever seen. Mia finds herself having feelings for both her bosses and realizes nothing can ever become of them except to exist in her fantasies. Kale and Aidan fell in love with Mia the moment she walked into their office for an interview for the personal assistant position. It took them almost four years to get close enough to Mia where she was comfortable enough to be around them as best friends. Now they want more and they are determine to make Mia the only woman in their life.

Taylor found her at a hotel while he was on a business trip. She was in desperate need of help. He was in desperate need of an assistant. He thought he was doing a good deed by taking her in. He had no clue the woman who started out depending on him, would end up making him depend on her in more ways than one. Kaitlyn thought her life was finally over when he ex-boyfriend left her to defend for herself at a hotel. Completely out of money and nearly starving, she realizes she would end up on the streets. However, when a handsome man approaches her offering her a job and a new life, she finds herself "kept."

[COMPLETED] "One night." I whisper breathlessly as he begins to unbutton my blouse. "That's not going to be enough for me, baby. I need you longer than just one fucking night." He grunts. "Now let me please you." He says while taking his shirt off. Oh. ••• Twenty six year old Leona Goodwin is a stubborn, successful businesswoman, she has no time for men. That is until a hot businessman named Dario, 13 years her senior, lays eyes on her at a business party. Will she give into their instant connection or will her stubbornness push him away? #27 in romance / April 2021 #1 in bwwm / April 2021