❝𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫❞ - Melanie is in her sophomore year of college. Everything about her is as normal as can be. Friendships, crushes, working, classes, and hopefully relationships in the future. Everything is fine. Until it was not. Who would've thought her car of many years and problems would finally break down on her? And who would've thought her car would introduce her to a tall, mysterious mechanic with a lot of secrets?

I looked down at my freshly painted acrylic nails. My heart was racing and my palms were sweating. Although I was having a good time. It was time for me to get out with it. I needed to just spit it out. It's a question that's been lingering in my mind all night. It may ruin the night, but for the sake of my sanity I needed to ask Barron. Here goes nothing. "Barron, can I ask you a question?" I said as I twiddled my fingers together nervously. He nodded his head giving me his full attention. "What are we doing?" I asked softly. Barron rested his elbow on the table and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, I guess we are hanging out." He answered with no emotion. "Hanging out? You taking me to all these places is just us hanging out?" I said a little taken back. I was not prepared for that reply. I should have known. Have I been reading into this all wrong? ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Farrah is single for the first time in her life and is maneuvering through life. She is finding out her likes and dislikes and shaping into her own person. With her group of friends, she is having fun, partying and having sex... a lot of it. For the first time she is truly happy. When she lands a job of a lifetime she cannot keep her eyes off of her hot boss Barron Lopez. Barron Lopez is a quiet man who is straddling the fence of being a workaholic. He has worked his company from the ground up and is now very successful. Everything is running smoothly until Farrah is hired as one of his employees. Barron struggles with crossing the line with Farrah but he cannot stop thinking about her. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ *Mature Audience Only* Published ~ August 15th 2022 Complete ~ February 4th 2023

❝ 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳. ❞ (𝐀𝐔) (𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧) 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟐 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃: 𝟐𝟗.𝟏𝟐.𝟐𝟑

Life never was going to be easy, I knew that. But even I couldn't anticipate teaming up with my ex-boyfriends mysterious wife, or the darkness she unintentionally walks us into. All bets are off when one of the Kings of the underworld requests an audience, and no fool, even a jester would deny him. Unless you want him off with your head. **** It's the simplest things that he makes seem so grand. The way he sits, blinks, hell even the way he picks up his glass of vodka. His tattooed hands wrapped around the glass, finding the right amount of grip so as to not break it. Glancing at him only one time I know he is the definition of beautiful chaos, perfection. One breath, two- "And that's your problem now." His deep voice whispers in my ear, the goosebumps that ripple my skin let me know this is very much real. "You don't realize that the promise of a man like me, is forever and binding."

"Fuck you." I mumbled but everyone could definitely hear me. "Already did." Atlas replied loudly with a smirked. "Ew" Apollo said covering his ears. "Gross" Hera scrunched up her face. "I'm going to be sick." Gaia faked gaged. I looked away in embarrassment while Atlas laughed.

"Yes, Mr. Khan?" She answers innocently. "Get your ass back to this truck, right now." "You can't handle it yourself?" She asks in her professional voice, clearly around other people. "A bit tied up at the moment." "Don't bullshit me, Deanna." "I understand you're overwhelmed, Mr. Khan, but I'm sure there's a more polite way we can go about this conversation." She's killing me. "Nothing about the way I'm going to fuck you is polite, Ms. Wilmington. I thought you would understand by now that I'm not the one to play these kinds of games with," I say into the phone ______________ Deanna Wilmington didn't expect to fall in love when she joined Khan Developments and Real Estate as the Vice President of Design and Development. After spending years perfecting her craft around the world, Deanna was ready to bring her talents home and settle down. But working alongside her new boss, Harrison Khan, changes her set morals; Don't Fraternize Within The Workplace. Harrison Khan, a celebrated CEO and single father, has built an empire with his creativity and drive, along side his brothers. He's also fiercely private, shielding his young daughter from the spotlight. When sparks fly between him and Deanna, their connection grows into a love neither of them saw coming. But their happiness comes at a price. As the past comes to the present, Harrison becomes the target of malicious rumors and false allegations that threaten not only his career but their burgeoning romance. The relentless scrutiny and a particularly convincing accusation shake Deanna's faith in Harrison, forcing her to make a heart-wrenching choice: to protect herself by walking away or to stand by the man she loves. As the truth unravels, Harrison and Deanna must navigate the fragile architecture of trust and forgiveness. Will they find a way to rebuild what they've lost, or will the weight of the scandals prove too much for love to bear?

Why can Love never be simple? Why does everyone have a crazy ex or strange love quarrels? Is there even a chance that Trauma doesn't exist? Being a black woman in corporate America is hard enough, Imagine if you married corporate America! Nia has worked her whole life, coming from successful parents to become even bigger than them, But what happens the most successful bachelor has his eye on you and you fall? So what ? You come from the richest family in the country and you work your ass off to make sure it stays that way, But what happens when you get an email and make it your duty to have that person in your life? Now what? Deklan has to keep his head on tight, while learning to love Nia the way his Grandfather loved his wife. Will history repeat itself and leave another Westbrook heartbroken or will the curse disappear? "You are a hell of a woman." he says. "Baby you bring hell out of me ." I say sliding into his lap.

[ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄 ] " Roxine," she whispered breathily. I grinned softly, " Yes?, Do you have something to say, Miss Rhoades." I traced my nose up her jaw jawline. " You're too close," her hands rested on my cold chest. " First rule of caregiving, you must be closer to your patients, correct me if I'm wrong, Miss Rhoades" Lana Rhoades chose to work as caregiver in other to save money for college. When she's assigned her first job, at the luxurious Campbello Mansion, she expected a wrinkled up sweet old man, only to be welcomed to care for Roxine Campbello, a fifty years man whose temper penetrates the roof. It's not like Lana's runny mouth was gonna keep shut about it.

"I'm pregnant with your child, Alex." Sophia was determined on convincing Alexander that besides her being pregnant, they couldn't work out. "And I know that. Now, stop think of all the bad things that could happen. Give me one reason why we could and we could run with that." Alexander was determined on making Sophia his. He wanted her to realize that even if she wasn't pregnant, he'd still want her. She'd still be his. - (Yes, this story includes black characters and Sophia Matthews happens to be one of them. If you have a problem, I'm going to kindly ask you to not read this book now. If you get into the book and have a problem with interracial dating, then I'm going to kindly ask you to get the fuck out and suck my dick. Enjoy! Vote and comment❤️) Rankings: #4 in bwwm - February 19, 2019 #1 in blackwoman - June 27, 2019 #12 in possessive - July 18, 2019 #29 in interracial - July 21, 2019

Axel is a man that values family over everything. He's ready to make sure his family has the best life at any cost but finds himself at a loss when he thought, he had the right to speak for someone else's heart. Angel has a heart that people considered to be a 'heart of gold'. She always believes that everyone deserves a piece of her heart but unfortunately, she had to face the truth when she gives too much of herself to a relationship that was only one-sided. Will any of it matter when the two cross paths? #4 - father-daughter (04/05/2023) #1 - strongwoman (01/06/2024)