In which Harmony DeLuca has to fight for her title as Mrs. DeLuca. Harmony and Michael have been married for seven years, Michael has been in prison for five of those seven years. She's learned how to live life by herself. So when he's home she has to get used to him and the new contract his father has put in place.

baby goes to stay in texas with her brother for the summer. she meets new people along the way but what happens when she meets her brothers best friend?

"It doesn't matter where we are, I can feel you in a room full of people. Ain't that something baby?"

Like water, soil, and sun, can you nurture me? Nasrin "Rin" Rivers grows things for a living. She's a broke twenty-four-year-old gardener raising her sick younger brother in a cramped apartment overflowing with plants, the only thing in her life she can control. Not her addict mother, not her father's absence, and definitely not the stack of bills growing faster than her plants. So when she wakes up half naked and hungover in a mansion she could never afford to walk past, she knows she's hit a new low. What she doesn't expect is the owner: Emiliano Valderrama, a stunning and infuriating Colombian heir with a reputation for being untouchable...and a clear memory of the night she can't remember. She thinks their chaotic encounter is over-until the next morning, when she learns the mansion belongs to the same man behind the high-paying gardening job she just applied for. Their accidental collision spirals into a sharp, intoxicating push-and-pull as Rin discovers the world behind his gates is full of secrets, obsessions, and dangers that bloom like nightshade. Caught between survival, family loyalty, and a man who terrifies her almost as much as he draws her in, Rin must decide whether Emiliano is just another beautiful poison, or something worth risking everything for. Rin knows how to handle dangerous growth. She can prune it, shape it, survive it. But Emiliano Valderrama? He's something she's never learned to control. And in his world, nothing is planted by chance.

"Malone... you really think you could love me for the rest of your life?" His mouth pulled into that slow smile she knew too well. "Baby, Ah'm more worried 'bout whether one lifetime gon' be enough." 𓂃 ࣪˖ 𓆸 ♡ 𓆸 ˖ ࣪𓂃 A'neya Mercer knows cameras, Los Angeles, and the wealthy life she was raised in. What she doesn't know is Selah Cross, Louisiana, the small Black Southern town where she was born. When her work as a cinematographer sends her there for the summer to document its people and culture, she expects to capture their story. Not uncover pieces of her own. And she certainly doesn't expect Malone Selah. Tall, dark, handsome, loved, and Southern to his bones, Malone is an old soul cowboy with generations of Selah roots beneath his feet, a man devoted to his family, his land, his people, and the life he's built there. But as Selah Cross pulls A'neya deeper into its history, Malone becomes more than the handsome man who lives across the street from her. She's finding pieces of a life she never knew belonged to her while he faces losing pieces of the only one he's ever known. When the ground beneath both their lives begins to shift, will the love they've planted together in Selah Cross be strong enough to take root? or will they lose it before it ever gets the chance to grow? A Black Southern love story about what we inherit, what we fight to keep, and who we become when love finally gives us somewhere to belong. 𓂃 ࣪˖ ˖ ࣪𓂃 ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ꜱᴏᴜᴛʜᴇʀɴ. ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ʀᴏᴏᴛᴇᴅ. ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ. ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀᴇᴅ. ꜱᴏᴜʟᴀᴀɴ.

One night at a studio was all it took to flip Autumn's world upside down completely. She has a strict rule about letting people in, but Josh didn't just knock down her walls-he completely dismantled them. But when outside rumors, jealousy, and the weight of their own past begin to bleed into their world, they are forced to face a hard truth: catching feelings is easy, but what about the aftermath? Can they heal from the damage, or will they become just another bittersweet melody? This book is inspired by Summer Walker's EP, Life On Earth.

"Love can find you, where you least expect it"

Grace has just graduated and has no idea what comes next. While she's juggling job applications, long shifts, and the expectations of the eldest daughter, the last thing she needs is distraction. Especially not Nathan. When a New Year's Eve crossover service throws them into each other's orbit, what begins as coffee and polite conversation turns into something heavier. Nathan doesn't do anything half heartedly. And Grace doesn't want to be the girl who feels more than she should. But when life threatens to pull them apart, they're forced to confront the one thing neither of them planned for. Some people don't fall in love - they're pulled

23 yo Evangeline "Evan" Whitaker is a feisty but sweet New Orleans native who graduated high school early and immediately headed for culinary school. After hearing about the opportunities and advantages she'd have opening a restaurant in the Big Apple from her wealthy best friend Sasha, who was going there for college, Evan and her parents made the move. Eves Palace quickly became the talk of the city but three years later, the hype has faded, customers are disappearing and the bills are piling up. Sasha and her family gave an ultimatum either let them help or make a go fund me, Evangeline did neither and wanted to work for the money. Eventually the second option happened but that also failed, Evan was forced to prepare to close her restaurant for good until two anonymous donors exceeded the amount needed 25 yo Prince Asante Bregiles of Bellsmore has spent his entire life preparing to become king. Born into wealth and privilege alongside his twin sister Amelia, Asante has everything except for freedom. His parents expect him to marry Princess Poppy of neighboring Kniles, despite the fact that neither of them wants the marriage. Together, they fake their perfect relationship for the public while secretly living separate lives. Tired of royal expectations, Asante escapes to New York in disguise. One year he had stumbled upon Eves Palace and promised he'd return since it was the best food he'd ever tasted, his heart was broken hearing it was closing down, he had to do something about it..right? "Oh my gosh Evan he's a Prince."

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