Could've Been Me, Should've Been You!
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Zac, the charming, guarded owner of the city's hottest nightclub, and Fatima, a deeply empathetic, career-driven veterinarian-cross paths in a twist of fate. Both are carrying emotional scars from their past, and both are hiding parts of themselves behind the personas they present to the world.
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Always Us.
Zachary Taylor and Fatima Wilson were once inseparable-best friends turned college sweethearts, parents before they were ready, and engaged before it all fell apart. When Zac was drafted into the NFL, he chased the dream. Fatima stayed behind with their son and the pieces of a love that couldn't survive the distance. Now, six years later, they've mastered co-parenting-but neither has truly moved on. Fatima is in a new relationship. Zac never even tried. And when lingering feelings start to resurface, both are forced to ask: Was letting go a mistake...or the only way to find their way back?
Love Outweighs Deterrent Sequel
Zac and Fatima have weathered every storm life could throw at them - but what happens when the storm comes from within? With trust fading and temptation rising, they'll have to face the truth: love can't save you if you're not willing to fight for it.
HBCU+ME
Zac and Fatima are students at Clark Atlanta with their friends. They deal with the obstacles that come with life and being young at an HBCU. They know they belong together, but will they be able to hold it together long enough to build the life they want?Complete
Lovers and Friends
Will these two best friends take their relationship to the next level or let fear stand in the way? What happens when your so-called friends try to stop your growth? What happens when exes decide they don't want to let go? Will Zac and Fatima come out on top with a love that surpasses all understanding? Find out in this slow-burn urban fiction, rom-com drama where healing and true love wins over all the bullshit. This book will have mature content: explicit language, unfiltered passionate sex scenes, illegal acts, and talks of traumatic experiences, therapy sessions.Complete
Unplanned Encounters
Fatima Wilson, a driven investment banker in Manhattan, meticulously orchestrates her life with an unwavering focus on her career. Balancing her demanding job with a relationship with Dr. Marcus Scott, a committed general surgeon, proves challenging as their hectic schedules often collide. One fateful evening, while waiting for Marcus at an upscale restaurant, Fatima's plans falter when he fails to arrive. Instead, she crosses paths with Zac Taylor, a charismatic restaurateur whose charm and intriguing stories offer her a refreshing escape from her routine. This chance meeting sparks a series of events that compel Fatima to reevaluate her priorities, leading her on a journey that challenges her professional ambitions and opens her heart to unexpected possibilities.Complete
Bad For Me
Zac Taylor is known as Atlanta's infamous "City dick," never getting attached and leaving a trail of broken hearts behind. Fatima Wilson, a confident and career-driven paralegal at her friend Andi Barnes' law firm, has no time for men like him. When she first meets Zac, his bold charm doesn't impress her-especially with her friends, like Karen, warning her to steer clear of his toxic reputation. But after a series of unexpected run-ins and vulnerable late-night conversations, Fatima starts to fall for him. As her feelings deepen, she finds herself torn between her loyalty to her friends and her growing connection with the man who might just be bad for her... or exactly what she needs.Complete
The Shift
There's definitely a shift in their dynamic, but can Zac and Fatima let the past go and move forward together?Complete
The Exception.
Fatima Wilson is a high-powered CEO with a voice-activated penthouse, a spotless reputation, and an even icier wall around her heart. She built her empire brick by brick-and there's no room for distractions. Not love. Not vulnerability. Not anyone who dares to scratch beneath her surface. Zachary Taylor is a successful entrepreneur, devoted father to a two-year-old son, and too charming for his own good. When business puts him face-to-face with Atlanta's most infamous "ice queen," he's intrigued, then drawn in, and eventually-completely captivated. They're bound by business. But tension simmers in every stolen glance, every off-the-clock encounter, and every moment where the line between professional and personal starts to blur. She doesn't do emotions. He doesn't back down. And neither of them expected this. Between late-night texts, elevator malfunctions, quiet aquarium dates, and smoky confessions, Fatima and Zac are forced to confront the truth: some connections can't be ignored... even if they're inconvenient, intense, and feel like everything you swore you'd never need. But love? Love isn't supposed to be the exception. Unless it is.Complete
Every Kind Of Way.
Living life in the spotlight can be difficult. Fatima navigates the crazy industry, a crazy ex boyfriend and a new love interest.Complete
If You Want Me(Completed)
Story about Zac and Fatima as they reunite after Fatima returns after leaving to attend college. Zac let her go once but he is determined to not her slip through his fingers again.Complete
A Hearts Desire.
Zac is a single father to one year old Michael and ex drug dealer. While on his tech director job at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, he runs into Fatima Wilson, Atlantas highest paid attorney. In this life, they navigate cautiously given both of their father's past drug lives. How do both of their worlds change when they give love a chance despite the world around them?Complete
Zatima
Zac and Fatima navigate friendship, therapy, losses and love together.Complete
Product of Love
Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is genuine. But it's not perfect. Two healed hearts discovering the joys of what love can bring you. Sequel to Product of Pain
💠UPGRADE YOU💠
Fatima is a Brilliant, confident, and magnetic. She runs her family's global business but wants more than power - she wants love that equals her fire. When she's angry, sad, or speaking with family, she slips into Arabic or French, and Zac can only guess what her words mean.
Incisions Of The Heart
Fatima is a driven Chief Resident, known for her exceptional surgical skills and unwavering dedication to her work. She keeps a professional distance from the new group of residents she's training, channeling all her energy into the high stakes demands of saving lives. That is, until Zac arrives. He's a new resident whose quiet confidence and steady strength begins to break down the walls she's built around her heart. As they spend more time together, a connection forms that neither can ignore. But in a world where every choice could mean life or death, can love survive? Will Fatima and Zac's bond make it through the challenges of the operating room, or will it just add another scar to their complicated lives?
When Love Wasn't Looking
What happens when love catches you off guard. Fate doesn't wait until you're ready, and the past is fully healed. Find out in this urban fiction, romcom drama
Tennessee Whiskey
A forty-something real estate lawyer by day and secret club owner by night has mastered the art of control until a confident, high-profile realtor crosses her path. What begins as casual conversation turns into undeniable chemistry when their professional worlds unexpectedly collide. Torn between ambition and attraction, she finds herself questioning the balance she's built between power, passion, and peace.
U & I
Book Summary: U & I Fatima, a devoted single mother to four-year-old Chloe and proud owner of a charming local bakery, finds herself drawn to the ruggedly handsome construction worker she sees every morning across the street. His name is Zac-a quiet, seemingly distant man focused on his work, unaware of the gentle glances sent his way. Or so Fatima believes. What she doesn't know is that Zac has noticed her too. A single father to five-year-old Zayden, Zac has been quietly admiring the warm, determined woman who always seems to start her day with flour-dusted hands and a smile. Fate brings them together one afternoon at the park, where their children form an instant bond-and so do they. As friendship blossoms into something deeper, Fatima and Zac navigate the challenges of single parenthood, personal fears, and the scars of past heartbreak. You and I is a heartfelt story of second chances, the quiet power of connection, and the kind of love that grows slowly but roots deeply-between two people, and the families they bring with them.Complete
Zachary Taylor and Fatima Wilson were once inseparable-best friends turned college sweethearts, parents before they were ready, and engaged before it all fell apart. When Zac was drafted into the NFL, he chased the dream. Fatima stayed behind with their son and the pieces of a love that couldn't survive the distance. Now, six years later, they've mastered co-parenting-but neither has truly moved on. Fatima is in a new relationship. Zac never even tried. And when lingering feelings start to resurface, both are forced to ask: Was letting go a mistake...or the only way to find their way back?
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