He watched her in quiet admiration, flour dusting her apron and clinging to her skin like she belonged to the bakery itself. His chérie. "Do you know what mon amour, chérie means?" he asked softly. She glanced up at him, curious, smiling without knowing why. "No," she said. "Are you going to tell me?" 𓂃۶ৎ Jada Sellis is a Harlem girl whose only real passion is making something of herself-and never letting down the people she loves. Seven days a week, she shows up to the same bakery, finding comfort in routine and joy in the small things: familiar faces, warm pastries, and the happiness she helps create. Happiness has never come easy for Jada. But when life gives you cherries, you make cherry pie. Everything shifts when she meets Milan Louvre-a man chasing a culinary dream at a quieter pace. Where Jada's life has always been loud, Milan speaks in stillness, in patience, in a silence that feels unexpectedly safe. When their worlds collide, Jada discovers softness she never allowed herself to claim. Milan learns that love doesn't come from what he can offer-but from who he is when he has nothing left to prove. And in a world driven by greed and self-interest, love like theirs asks only one question: Are you willing to risk everything for something this real?

Soleil's life is full-school, work, church-but everything shifts the moment she meets Santiago, a calm, steady man caring for his younger siblings. Through late-night messages, Sunday mornings, and small everyday moments, they slowly connect, learning trust, laughter, and maybe something more, all against the backdrop of family, faith, and the life they're trying to figure out.

"Am I too close?" I whispered, referring to our first conversation. Times were different now, we were different now. I watched as she fluttered her eyes closed, the sound of the music officially become background noise to the tension. It was giving in just as we did. Just as she did. "Maybe I want you to be..." - Blaine's love life is turned upside when she comes across a relentless Delta. Tatted like a notorious gangster, Niy'Asia makes all the effort to show Blaine how much she actually cares, despite constantly having to put her own feelings aside.

Ivy League doesn't do heartbreak twice. The 25-year-old NICU nurse learned her lesson the hard way with her politician ex, and she's not about to fall for another smooth talker in designer sneakers. Enter Kario Kingston - 30, tatted, flashy, and fine as hell. He owns a luxury car wash, a barbershop, and a tattoo lounge. And he knows exactly what he wants... until Ivy gives him her number one night - then blocks him the next. Now he can't get her out of his head. She's guarded, elegant, and lowkey about her glow. He's the center of every room he steps in. But when family cookouts, rooftop lounges, and not-so-accidental run-ins keep putting them in the same space... tension builds. And when Ivy gives him the cold shoulder, Kario decides to chase the one thing he's never had to earn before: a real woman's trust. This isn't just lust. It's a slow burn in the middle of a fast city.

Solei came to college to get her degree, not lose herself in a man she couldn't have. Books, grades, and minding her business - that was the plan. Until she started slipping in her hardest class and ended up needing extra help from one person she should've stayed far away from. Basim Hart is everything she should avoid - intelligent, composed, and carrying an energy that makes people pay attention without him saying a word. One tutoring session turns into something neither of them can ignore, and suddenly Solei is caught between what's right and what feels too real to walk away from. But there's more to Professor Hart than the campus knows... and Solei starts to feel it long before she understands it. His past. His power. His secrets. All of it shadows the connection growing between them. As lines blur and temptation rises, Solei realizes she might be stepping into something deeper than a forbidden love and lesson - something that could change everything she thought she knew about him... and herself. A quiet girl. A complicated man. A love neither one of them saw coming. Secrets, tension, and danger - but you won't know how deep it goes until you turn the page. 🥇In literature 1/1/26 🥈 In Double Life 12/30/25 🥉Urban Novel 12/30/25

After catching her boyfriend in the ultimate betrayal, Yomi leaves Chicago behind and starts over in Atlanta. New city, new apartment, same guarded heart. Between work, therapy, and rebuilding herself, love is the last thing on her mind. Then Pierre shows up patient, steady, and not intimidated by her walls. Yomi makes him work for every smile, every conversation, every inch closer. But some connections don't rush , they wait. Sometimes love doesn't force its way in it just asks, will you let me take you there?

When famous boxer, Khalil James suffers a scandal after being exposed on social media. He is forced into a fake marriage to fix his reputation with a woman whose father is a famous boxer from back in the day. Montana Frost is forced at her hand, with trying to save her families family gym that is on the verge of being sold and trying to spend her last moments with her dying father. Two broken people are forced to be together and survive together. But what happens when through all the hate they have for each other, they find comfort in one another? Follow Khalil and Montana as they navigate through what is real and fake. What happens when people try to tear down what they built?

After a long, draining week as the CEO's assistant, Sinceré treated himself to a night at a jazz and R&B bar. On his way back from the bathroom, he found a young man with freeforms and a sharp black suit sitting in his seat. When Sinceré asked him to move, the stranger brushed him off with arrogance. Frustrated, Sinceré cursed him out and left. But come Monday morning, that same face appeared at his job-only this time, things were very different... © 2024 All Rights Reserved To The Original Author ᯽𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚n

Josiah had been sold by his drug-addicted mother more times than he could count. She promised it was "the last time," but this time, she sold him to Tavon-a young, feared gangster. Josiah refused. He stood his ground. But Tavon wasn't used to being denied. The harder Josiah resisted, the more Tavon wanted him. Josiah swore he wouldn't fall... but Tavon didn't plan on letting him win.

"Explain to me why this not right baby, please." "Nyzir I'm not suppose to feel this way about you."