{ Book 1 of the Marino Series } "Don't ever walk alone." My mother once said. Well, about that... I might've walked alone & witnessed a brutal murder. If it isn't the consequences of my own actions... I witnessed a murder & now I've gained a stalker, a man who's dangerous & a psychopath. Well a sexy psychopath. Emilio Marino. READ!!👇🏾 !Warning! This story contains, violence, smut, A LOT OF NAMING CALLING, humor & death. If you cannot handle neither of these, do not read stink🧍🏽‍♀️. Started: 09/05/22 Finished: 03/09/23

Animals in the African Jungle are turning up dead day by day and not due to survival of the fittest. They have acquired a rare disease perplexing the most experienced zoologist. Jahne Roberts is tired of lives being lost due to rare diseases including the lives of animals. She decides to accept a position on a expedition as the lead zoologist to help figure out what's going on with the jungle animals in Cameroon. This isn't Jahnes first exhibition but it is far more interesting than any others thanks to one named King of the Jungle.

One wants to be good, One prefers a mess and horrid screams, The other has refined taste and prefers to savour all moments with any victim, And one sets his eyes on an unsuspecting pair of bamboo brown eyes. However, they all agree on one thing; She was theirs...all theirs. Her name could have been Ivy, but she was no poison Only sweet; their sweet, sweet Ivy

"What did you say darling? I can't understand you with my fingers in your mouth." -------------------------- Naomi Birmingham, Soft as a pillow, Innocent as a lamb, Submissive, Valentino Romero Cold as snow, Predator in the night, Dominant, One is a innocent artist One is a innocent artist and sadistic mafia leader. What could go wrong? EVERYTHING

~He remained in darkness, just to keep her in the light, She chose darkness to bring him to light~ A love story that fated to cross paths, but tragically faltered. "And if I do go against you? Wed to another man, carry his child in the upcoming years?" My nerves strike with fear at a lowly growl emanating in the room. An uneasy silence that turns the room cold. "Than little fox. You would have sealed his fate" a thick chuckle made me swallow, shifting to maintain the liquid in between my legs from rumbling baritone. "I will see to it his head is mounted on the wall outside of the stone, there You will be forced to look at it. While taking me inside you from behind."

🌹NARA🌹 At twenty-eight, Nara has gotten very good at pretending she's okay. She runs her father's bakery, raises her nine-year-old twin daughters, and spends most of her time worrying about hospital appointments, bills, and a surgery she can't afford yet. Her daughter Sara was born with serious heart and vision problems. Her other daughter, Zara, is perfectly healthy. At least physically. Because while Nara is busy trying to save one daughter, she's slowly losing the other. Zara is tired of being forgotten. Sara is tired of feeling like a burden. And Nara? She's tired of feeling like she's failing both of them. Then Sara is referred to a new hospital. That's where Nara meets Dr. E. Darlington. A pediatrician who seems strangely drawn to her daughter. A woman Nara has never met before. Or so she thinks. Because nine years ago, before the bakery, before motherhood, before everything went wrong, Nara spent one unforgettable night with a stranger. She never learned her name. She never expected to see her again. And she certainly never imagined that stranger would one day walk into her life wearing a doctor's coat... and look at her daughter like she's seen her before. Sometimes the past doesn't stay buried. Sometimes it grows up. And sometimes it comes looking for you.

Ayana Zuri does not lose. Not because she's lucky or untouchable. But because she learned a long time ago that if she worked harder than everyone else, if she thought faster, if she stayed colder, then nobody would ever get close enough to hurt her again. Five years ago, she decided she was done being the girl who trusted too easily. Done with distractions. Done with relationships. Done with confusing attention for love. So she rebuilt herself into someone unreachable. Law school. Discipline. Structure. No drinking. No dating. No unnecessary attachments. Success became the only thing she allowed herself to want. And it worked. Now she's exactly where she's supposed to be-top of her class, impossible to ignore, and now standing in a courtroom for the first case of her career. Her first chance to prove she belongs. It should've been a simple win. And yet... unbeknownst to her, she's walked into the circle of a man who has never once trusted chance to deliver what he could take for himself. _______ Some men are born powerful. Van Seo de Montclair was born inevitable. Raised between Monaco's old stone buildings, private terraces, and conversations held behind closed doors, Van grew up in a world where influence never announced itself-it simply reigned. From an early age, he learned that attention was expensive and mistakes were remembered. He grew into the kind of man who understood outcomes before conversations happened. A strategist by instinct. So why... No... how did this lawyer with a sharp mouth and an inability to leave things unfinished manage to force a result he never intended? To Van, people had always been pawns-pieces moved by desire, fear, ambition, and timing. And so was she. Until she wasn't. Until she looked at a finished game and chose not to play by his rules. And now... until he gets what he wants, he'll make sure she has no choice but to look back. Prosecutor X Predator. May the hunt begin.

At twenty one, Eirbella had already planned out the rest of her life. A respectable degree. Law school. A career that made sense. Then her mother died. Five months later, she's in New York City, living with her father, attending Juilliard on a scholarship she never got the chance to tell her mother about, and working nights at an upscale Manhattan lounge just to keep herself afloat. For the first time, Eirbella understands that time is never promised. So she decides to finally do what her mother always knew she truly wanted to do. Act. But wanting something and being ready for it are two completely different things. When her scholarship is suddenly placed at risk, Eirbella finds herself under the watch of a demanding acting professor who seems determined to understand why she keeps holding herself back. Ms. ReinHeart gives her structure. Pushes her harder. Sees through the parts of herself she works so carefully to hide. And slowly, the line between mentorship and dependence begins to blur. Because sometimes, the person who helps you find your way can become the person you're most terrified to lose. And Eirbella has already lost enough.

Heartbreak was never part of her plan, but neither was him." Solana Daxai Sweet, Stunning, Cheerful Woman After Getting cheated on by the "high school sweetheart" she thought was her forever, Solana doesn't dwell on the situation to much,pushing forward continuing to put her work before a relationship Lil did she know she'd find the exact man she's been waiting her whole life for, but he ended up being her professor. introducing .... Ezra Smith He's handsome, Smart, Wealthy and powerful in the classroom. it's been years since a woman was able to make him yearn the way he does for solana. I'll put together guy not worried about anything not even family. She's the last person he'd expect fallen for. I mean he's her college professor? How could she get with him,It's not right... But who determines that? this story contains [Black Woman Lead] , [Blasian man love interest]] [Slow/ Medium burn] [age gap] [college romance] [Lots of tension] [Sibling rivalry]

Velma has spent her entire life being overlooked. So she became someone else. With a new name and a carefully constructed identity, she steps into the office of Odette Lovell, the most influential tech CEO of her generation. Taking a position as Odette's secretary, Velma plans to get close, learn her secrets, and steal her plans. She tells herself it'll be easy. She tells herself that stealing Odette's plans is a price she'll have to pay to become the successful woman she always knew she could be. But Odette begins to see her. Not as a secretary. But as a woman worth wanting. And suddenly, the life Velma created for herself becomes the one thing she can't bear to lose.