Esme Presley always despised her clumsiness, it was inconvenient and an embarrassing trait to have as an adult. Little did she know her burden may have been a blessing in disguise... bwbm urbanromance agegap

"𝐈 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆"

- baby, oh, i'm not much of a talker baby, oh, can i drink from your water? baby, oh, meet me down by the river we can dance to the rhythm 'til the sun is high and the water runs dry

Many people don't know me, but I don't know who me is either. I can't tell you if I'm the loud or rude stereotypical black girl because Mom would say I need to speak up. I'm using my library voice with strangers. I can't tell you I'm the introvert because I like good company. I was born into a world that judges me before they get to know me. And try to attack the concept of happiness. I need it most in this filthy world we live in. I need you. Because you listened and didn't say a word. Just you being there was enough to make me believe you understood the troubles in my sentences and words spoken in a foreign language. I want myself back but I can't remember who I was. || Ebonee desires life to the fullest content as a brown skin but is constantly faced with life's realities that can never turn into her sudden dreams. As she is constantly faced with comparisons of her beauty, cruel judgment, and love she didn't expect it to turn out so unplanned in her premeditated life. || || Then there's Beau, who lives such a different world outside of the way Ebonee sees it as he tries to determine who is his out to kill him. Living two different worlds in hope to find a middle ground, somewhere, between light and dark, in the novel of BROWN SKIN. ||

The Price of Fame follows Andre Ellis, a rising basketball star, and Kaddi Clark, a freelance photographer, as they fall in love under the glare of public scrutiny. As Dre's fame grows, pressure from the league and his PR team threatens their relationship, forcing them to confront the harsh reality of love in the spotlight.

She's misunderstood but brilliant. He's dangerous but drawn to her mind. When their worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same.

love is giving someone the power to destroy you and trusting they won't use it.

"You can't see the future. I might have a chance. You don't know for sure." He mumbled, making her expression soften. "M-my mom used to tell me t-that birds still sing even after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free t-to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" Samir stopped talking for a moment to regather himself so that he didn't stutter, but Nina froze completely. "You don't have to settle with him Nina. It's been five years an-and you're not a-as happy as you should be. You smile differently with me.. and you cry a lot with him. I just think that you deserve to enjoy your time with someone other than h-him for a minute because there's still sunlight out there for you too, even if you can't see it yet." How did he become her source of 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 so 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲? A short story.

♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ౨ৎ ‧₊ .ᐟ ↳ ❝ {𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐜𝐜} ☙✔︎ '𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. ' ... '𝐍𝐚𝐡, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥'

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇, heartbroken ahmya thinks she's found the perfect match-until she realizes jeffery is not who he claims to be.