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The Challenge

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Reads 14,840
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Parts 48
Time 6h 5m

Lexi Lynn is often overlooked working for famous social media influencer London, her older sister. But what happens when famous influencer Sebastian Martinez, London's gorgeous arch rival are now forced to work together for a length of time?

A forbidden budding romance.

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#2 in Black Woman 07/2021
#1 in Black Female Lead 08/2021
#1 in Interracial 09/2021

First Place in Chicklit "The Fall Awards 2021"

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Between Us (On Hold)

Jade and Ty have known each other for years - too long for her to think of him as anything but family. But in the digital world they escape to, they become different people - bolder, freer, strangers who somehow fit together perfectly. They tell each other everything... except the truth. And when their two worlds collide, they'll have to face the hardest reality of all: The person they've fallen for has been right in front of them the whole time.