A thirty-seven-year-old woman who never breaks the rules finds herself facing unexpected consequences after a one night stand with a younger man. * * * ☆ FEATURED ON @WattpadStars reading list (stars did NaNo), @Romance (Romance spotlight: Featured stories), @AmbassadorsNG reading list, @Wattpad reading lists (escape through stories) (strong female leads), @WattpadExplorer reading lists (#CelebrateBlackStories), (Black girl magic) (April, Editor's pick) and @ContemporaryLit reading lists (Hot picks) (contemporary romance) (celebrate women's history month)☆ Genevieve Ukaji is a successful banker still single at thirty-seven-years-old. Her mother continues to remind her to find a husband. Her colleagues gossip about her behind her back, and to make matters worse, she wakes up one morning in a stranger's bed. Regardless, she decided to push the experience to the back of her mind until the stranger unexpectedly walks into her parents' home, and she realises the big age difference between them. Genevieve is too ashamed and embarrassed of herself. She wants nothing to do with him, but it's not the same for the cute stranger. He tries his hardest to bring her out of her shell. Amidst all this, Genevieve finds out she's expecting. For the first time in her life, she would have to decide if this glimmer of happiness is enough to face the fear of what others might say about her. THIS WAS A NaNoWriMo2020 PROJECT. THIS BOOK IS COMPLETE Started: 06/11/20 Completed: 29/11/20 Edited with the help of @SabaUmmeSalma

****My brothers' best friend.**** Raina Jackson's been through and overcame so much. Despite all the trauma in her life, she never gave up on love. Even if that means falling for her brothers best friend... Adrian Adams Jr. has already started his life as an adult. Everything is everything in his life except one thing, his feelings for his best friends sister. He knows how protective his best friend Mike is over his baby sister. He knew the risk... The squad is all they have and know. Friendships aren't just friendships, it's family. A story of a unique family.

"𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄, 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩.." - 𝘾𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙖

Her hands shook violently as she dialed the 7 digits to call her big brother. Her heart was beating so loud, and fast in her mind. She was shaking nervously as she put the phone to her ear. She did a silent prayer hoping he would pick up. She was lucky he even picked up at 2 in the morning. "Hello?" his deep voice flowed through the phone. "Kianna?" he asked a little worried. "I-I killed him." she forced out as she cried out loud. "I killed him, Leon. I-I d-didn't mean t-to!" she cried louder. That night changed her life forever. Written when I was 16... so... ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️: Might trigger some. If you don't like it please STOP READING!!!! DAMN!!! Published: February. 13. 2020 Finished: November. 2. 2020 1k reads 5/3/20 5k reads 5/6/20 10k reads 5/19/20 15k reads 5/30/20 20k reads 6/9/20 30k reads 6/27/20 40k reads 7/17/20 50k reads 8/10/20 60k reads 9/22/20 70k reads 10/20/20 80k reads 11/6/20 90k reads 12/9/20 100k reads 01/12/21 130k reads 06/29/21 140k reads 09/16/21 150k reads 12/10/21 160k reads 2/2/22 170k reads 06/1/22 180k reads 10/12/22 190k reads 06/20/23 200k reads 03/12/24

Symone is a 22 year old girl living in Harlem, New York. Her life changes when she meets a brownskinned guy with braids at her job who is apart of a mafia. *the photos in the chapters are from Instagram, Pinterest, & Tumblr*

guard /gärd/: verb. watch over in order to protect Jordyn Hughes is a senior in high school who is perceived as your normal high school girl. She's never been that popular, but she's not at the bottom of the tier either. One thing no one notices about Jordyn is what she truly is going through. Every day is a new battle against her own mind, and it's getting harder and harder for her to win, causing trusting someone to become nearly impossible. Well, at least... for now. Miles West is also a senior in high school and he was also perceived as normal. That was until he became a beast on the court and started getting offers from all over the country. All he wants to do is play basketball and take care of his mother and baby sister. But another want comes along when a beautiful girl catches his eye. Miles immediately knows he wants her to be his, but will she let him?

"Lana take off your hoodie" I stared at him through hooded eyes while I raised an eyebrow which he could barely notice. "Sure, I'll take my hood off" I said. I could see the excitement and shock on his face but that soon disappeared. "I'll take my hood off when pigs can fucking fly" I simply said before picking up my school bag and heading into school a ghost of a smile on my face. - Published: 12/08/2015 August 12th 2015 First instalment in Her/His Series Completed: To be confirmed © 2015 RiotArrow aka Rennie All Rights Reserved Copyright Highest Rank:#64 Teen Fiction 25/03/17 #60 Teen Fiction 06/05/17 #56 Teen Fiction 12/05/17 #28 Teen Fiction 06/07/17 Cover by: RiotArrow (Under Major Construction)

"He fell into despair and lost all hope... For who could ever love a beast?" -Beauty and The Beast ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• When Elle stumbled upon an ad for a stay in chef, she thought the universe had finally tipped in her favor. After graduating from culinary school, she wasn't sure what direction her life would go in... Until she met Stefan DeGramont. At first, he seemed like a cold hearted, presumptuous, egotistical asshole. As she grew to know him... Well... I guess you could add Mafia boss to the list. Now tangled in his crazy Mafia business, will something fragile like her heart, be on the line? Or maybe something more risky, like her life? Could all this be avoided If she can learn to love the man behind the beast... Before it's too late. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• "A thorn defends the Rose. Harming only those that will steal the blossom." **PLEASE Beware: I wrote this a few years ago so the spelling errors are there, and some cringe moments are present. I'll accept all health invoices for any emotional and mental damage inflicted during this read xoxo

Black Lives Matter activist Asami Walker has been taught one thing above all by her daddy her whole 20 years of life. All white people are racists. America is set up for the Caucasian race to succeed, and African Americans to fail. So when she falls- hard- for sexy, white, bad bad boy, Asher Black, she is taken aback. Race aside, he isn't good for her anyhow. Hell, some may go as far to say he's bad for her. Can Asami drain the hatred from her heart for potential love? CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE AND CONTENT .