what's the price of pride? sometimes it doesn't matter.

"I failed time and time again. But I couldn't live with myself knowing I've failed to protect you." David Williams has vowed to never let anything happen to his five year old daughter, who he has raised by himself since birth. But when his life collides with Mia Johnson, who is trying to escape a life of betrayal, neglect, and violence, David must decide whether to build walls around love or being a father.

Sex. Lies. Betrayal. & Death. Cover courtesy of @lavishworld

no more second chances.

Competing for a man is one thing. But how about obeying his every command? Jackie is in need for money and an opportunity knocked on her door. To compete with other women to take the hand of Prince Hayden of Mandanovia. Meanwhile, the Prince is no ordinary guy. He has his own rules and his own regulations. Is he looking for the next queen or is he looking for his next victim?

Life and love are fluid like the elegant tides of the ocean

"You know I been gone like way too long Tell me where you been it's been way too long" When I met you ten years ago you were the man of my dreams. Even at the tender age of sixteen I knew that you were the one for me. When I got you there was nothing I wouldn't do to keep you. That high of you lasted a good eight years before it all crashed and burned. Now the only memories I have of you are these faded scars from the night our lives were forever changed.

She was the gift that kept on giving.

Career-minded Samira Taylor is set up on a blind date with Odell Beckham Jr, but backs out when she realizes that he is a Commissary Chef at Gramercy Tavern in New York. Impressed with his cooking at a friend's reception, Samira hires Odell to cook for her dinner party and he sweeps her off her feet. But, after her friend introduce her to executive Tremaine Neverson, Samira must choose between the type of man she always dreamed she wanted and giving in to life's little surprises. Who will take the place to be with her? Cover by: @kingsmaria

You can meet someone and not know where your relationship is going to go from there. You might go through trials and tribulations, but there will forever be hope. Read along as Aubrey and Karrueche face theirs.