In this eight-chapter short story that takes place in one week, the Jones are faced with trials and tribulations as they struggle with racism in their lives. This book is completely my work, and I made references to the research sites I used. *** A short story for RISE 2022 Project.

Sequel of Not So Fast, Mr. Billionaire. Recap included. Book 2 of the Billionaire Series. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hadley and Xavier finally have a great life after going through so much. The perfect family, amazing friends, great success, was really all they could have ever asked for. After finally going through so much, Hadley finally thought that she was able to take make it. So she thought. Everything takes a whole new path when Hadley suddenly comes across her ex-best friend, April. Weird occurrences take place and none of them ever seem to stop. Hadley's fear gets doubled when it finally comes to protecting her children from the terrible happenings. But what happens when Hadley gets shot and ends up in the hospital? When it seems as if family wasn't the one she should have relied on? Her trust gets betrayed and she loses someone she thought meant more than family to her. How would Hadley manage to ever survive?

"You are mine," He murmured across my skin. He inhaled my scent deeply and kissed the mark he gave me. I shuddered as he lightly nipped it. "Danny, you are mine and only mine, you understand?" Daniella Saunders had a pretty rough life. After being heartbroken and betrayed by both her father and her boyfriend, Danny moves to a small town to find the comfort of her mother. Everything is not what it seems and soon, Danny finds herself in the middle of a world she didn't even knew existed outside of fiction novels and movies. Not only does the town seem bizarre, but her senses heighten, her temper is out of control, and her hunger amplify. Throw in an arrogant, selfish, sexy, possessive player who didn't even want her in the first place, her life just seamlessly attract madness. Especially with those creepy threats coming from a "Silver Bullet", she can't keep still.

I was 18 when my father arranged a marriage with a young multibillionaire man to make peace between our families, I didn't want this. Isaac Miller is a multimillionaire, he owns thousands of companies across the world and I'm just Claudia Richardson; 18 years old, kind, innocent and caring. ~~ This is it, the moment everyone's been waiting for. Everyone but me. "Do you Isaac Stone Miller, take Claudia Rose Richardson to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold in sickness and in health. To love and to care?" The priest asks. "I do," he responds. "Now, do you Claudia Rose Richardson take Isaac Stone Miller to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold in sickness and in health. To love and to care?" So many thoughts are swarming around in my head, I want to shout NO! But I can't, I look out at the crowd. Everyone is looking at me, mother is smiling, father is leaning forward in his seat. The ones you love the most hurt you the most. I will always question why I made this choice, why I said yes, it was my fathers fault. But my own heart stopped as I softly said to the man that I don't and will never love; "Yes." Highest rank: #28 in Romance 6/2/17 *completed *NOT A WEREWOLF BOOK

An introverted mage. An isolated warrior. Their adventures are epic. Their friendship is legendary.

One comes from royalty, and one comes from poverty. Yet the same shadows follow them everywhere, leading them right to each other and their destiny. ***** Princess Elouise and Eldon are complete opposites who come from different areas of Aristol. Elouise's biggest worry is ensuring she lives up to her kingdom's expectations of a Queen. Eldon's biggest worry is how much food will be hunted for the week. So when Elouise awakens a magical ability and Eldon is beckoned to the capital by a disembodied voice, they realize there might be more to themselves than they believed. They are both the only two living souls with brown eyes, and they understand they were brought together for a reason. Unfortunately, there are people who know more about them than they do. These people are a cult who despise the royal family. They lurk in every corner, getting closer and closer. To make matters worse, the Kingdom of Aristol seems to hold more secrets than Elouise and Eldon can handle. (Book One of The Secrets of Aristol series.) Content warning: this story contains themes of violence, blood, and death.

Even a Diamond can be shattered... After the owner of a security company is murdered, his sharp-edged wife goes on the run. Forced to abandon everything she holds dear - her home, her friends, her job in special ops - she builds a new life for herself in England. As Ashlyn Hale, she meets Luke, a handsome local who makes her realise just how lonely she is. Yet, even in the sleepy village of Lower Foxford, the dark side of life dogs Diamond's trail when the unthinkable strikes. Forced out of hiding, she races against time to save those she cares about. But is it too little, too late? **WARNING** If you want sweetness and light and all things bright, Diamond's not the girl for you. She's got sass, she's got snark, and she's moody and dark, As she does what a girl's got to do. Thanks to my awesome readers for taking Pitch Black to #1 on the Mystery/Thriller Hotlist!

Sara also know as Sarafina De Luca was born in the family in the Mafia world. What will happen if the parents give her up at the age of 2 for her own safety? Will she survive? What happens when she finds out she has five older brothers after 14 years of her life? Will she be the cute, innocent girl they once knew? What will happen when secrets will reveal and mystery will be solved!?

Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a run in with Death himself and is offered the chance to go back in time to stop Archer from ending his life. The catch? She only has twenty-seven days to do it. And if Hadley doesn't succeed? Well, she doesn't want to think about that.

Rosita Altansarnai Donahue is the daughter to the leader of the most feared assassin empire. It has been for years in the business, from generation to generation. Though all offspring had been male, she is the only female ever bore to the Donahue history as the heir. Rosita proves to be worthy than any male ever recorded, proved to be more than just the assassin leader. The deadly killer known as Altansarnai, wanted and fear allover the world but respected as the unidentified CEO of a massive business empire. In all her power and fame, in all glory, one thing haunts the young lady. Her hate for the mother who abandoned her at birth grows each day. The moment she became queen, she sent men to investigate and find her mother so she could finally satisfy that hate. Her mother is found living in Japan with her three children, ones Rosita grew to despise until she finally decides to go down to Japan and wipe them one after the other. However, Rosita is quick to realize that the woman she thought her mother was wasn't what her father painted her to be; she was the opposite and learns that she was never abandoned. She decides to play a game of hide and seek to get to know her new family well. But Rosita soon gets caught up in a situation she never dreamed she would encounter in her stay. Will she be able to handle it without exposing her identity? Would she accept the reality of the drastic change? What will happen when her father, the most dangerous being she knows find out where she is and who she is with? This story mostly takes place in Japan, so you will see a lot of dramatic and cheesy stuffs. I can't write the book in Japanese, so it will be in English. And if you do see Japanese later and I happen to write it wrong or translate it wrong. Don't blame me, I'm not Japanese, just trying to write a book. Thank you.