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Third Time's A Charm
ShanayJones629
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ShanayJones629
Complete, First published Jul 07, 2023
Mature
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Esmeray was raised in a shitty orphanage and she didn't attend college. She started working at the age of eighteen. She rented the cheapest apartment she could afford but after a while, she start struggling with her rent because of her salary. 

She switched jobs a lot over the years being a bartender, a cashier, a dog-walker, and a babysitter. Since she didn't have the education for a good job she settled for a waitress job at a local burger shop. 

Her life changed once she was kidnapped by Velda and forced to marry Steele. Steele Perez, mob boss of a ruthless gang.

While the heartless Don falls for a broken woman? 


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The Weight of the Crown

15 parts Complete Mature

Saniyah is twenty-three and drowning. The only thing keeping her afloat is the desperate need to save her Grandma's house from foreclosure. To get the money, she takes a terrible risk. She agrees to become a secret informant on the most powerful, untouchable man in the city. His name is Kairo. They call him the street boss, the King of his territory. He's magnetic, dangerous, and the violence that follows him could get her killed. Saniyah goes undercover as a simple housekeeper in his high-security mansion, The Compound. She lives inside the walls of the man she is supposed to betray. Every look, every touch, every late-night conversation is a lie designed to steal his secrets. But Kairo is too smart. He sees the fire in her eyes, and he starts to suspect the pretty new help isn't just there to clean. The closer they get, the heavier the crown becomes. She needs to save her family. He needs to protect his empire. The only way out is betrayal. But what happens when the one man you're supposed to ruin is the one you start to want?

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