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Under Oath | BWWM ✔️ by BlairsPen
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BLACK WOMEN MC DISCLAIMER: This book contains explicit content and mature themes intended for readers aged 18 and over. It is not a traditional romance, but rather a deeply complex and dark exploration of a toxic relationship. The characters' dynamics involve intense emotional manipulation, power struggles, and actions that may be triggering to some readers. Please be advised that this story delves into themes that are explicit, emotionally charged, and may not be suitable for all audiences. Proceed with caution. "Tell me again how you don't want me," he whispers, dragging his lips down her neck. "Say it under oath, and I might even believe you." Jasmine Taylor doesn't lose. Not in the courtroom, not in life. At just twenty-six, she's built an ironclad reputation: fierce, brilliant, and unshakably professional. But when she's assigned the biggest case of her career-defending Dimitri Alekseev, a dangerously alluring Russian immigrant accused of murder-her world begins to crack. Dimitri isn't just a suspect. He's a problem. Tall, tattooed, and terrifyingly unreadable, with ties to a powerful family the law doesn't dare touch. The evidence against him is overwhelming. The press wants him buried. And deep down, Jasmine suspects the whispers are true. But the more time she spends with him, the harder it becomes to separate fact from instinct. Because beneath his cold exterior is something intoxicating. Calculated charm. Raw heat. And secrets whispered in the dark. As the trial barrels forward, Jasmine finds herself pulled into his world-one filled with shadows, blood ties, and undeniable temptation. The closer she gets to the truth, the more she risks not just her career, but her safety... and her soul. What happens when the woman who always plays by the rules falls for the man who was born to break them?
A Theory of Permanent Things| ✓ by laurenageorge
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Cecelia "Cece" Johnson-Vance has crafted a perfect life: a respected librarian in the city's vibrant Bronzeville, she is married to Vincent Vance, a charismatic and rising journalist who represents everything secure and respectable in their Black community. Their world is one of hard-won dignity, cocktail parties, and carefully maintained lines. That world shatters the day Jack O'Rielly walks back into it. Presumed killed in the Pacific theater, Jack was Cecelia's first, secret love, a white boy from the other side of the tracks, a promise made in the shadows of a nation at war. His return is a ghost story made flesh, stirring a part of Cecelia she had buried with her grief. As Jack tries to reconnect with the girl he left behind, Cecelia is torn between the shock of recognition and her deep loyalty to the man she married. Vincent, initially sympathetic, soon reveals a steely determination to protect the life they've built. He warns that Jack's presence is a danger, not just to their marriage, but to their standing and safety in a segregated America. But the grief she endured, the lonely acceptance and the careful path that led her to Vincent's side, none of it was what it seemed.
Born Rich by VibesWithLex
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Taeyong Lee could buy almost anything he wanted. Imani was the one thing that refused to come with a price. ‧˚₊‧ ┈┈┈ ⟡ ┈┈┈ ‧₊˚⊹‧˚₊‧ ┈┈┈ ⟡ ┈┈┈ ‧₊˚⊹ Everything has a price. Even love. Billionaire heir Taeyong Lee built his empire on control-until his family threatens to take it all away. To protect everything he's built, he needs an heir. No love. No attachments. Just a deal. Imani Blake is brilliant, grounded, and nothing like the women in his world. But when she's drawn into his proposition, their arrangement blurs into something neither of them can contain. One offer. One secret. One temptation that could cost them everything. ✨ Highest Rankings:✨ #1 Drama | #1 Black Woman | #2 Asian | #5 Interracial ➡️ 18+ Recommended. Content warnings included where appropriate. Check out their journey in song or search VibesWithLex on Spotify ⬇️ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4nLnWmdrh1h0eIQPyMODGy?si=85rqigJaSuqdOjz0MllNmw&pi=K8pYiQsERoW0O Book trailer on my YT: https://youtube.com/shorts/veEQalXqX6o?feature=share
Lessons In The Cut by VibesWithLex
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She came looking for a fresh start. Koki Takeda was about to teach her a lesson she never saw coming. ‧˚₊‧ ┈┈┈ ⟡ ┈┈┈ ‧₊˚⊹‧˚₊‧ ┈┈┈ ⟡ ┈┈┈ ‧₊˚⊹ When Bianca relocates to Tacoma, she's determined to leave her past and her ex behind. But peace doesn't last long after she meets Koki, the tattooed owner of Neo Blade with a past as sharp as his name. A school mentorship brings them together. Chemistry keeps them there. But when Bianca's past circles back, Koki must decide: protect the woman he's falling for...or protect the man he's worked so hard to become. Because some lessons aren't written in books-they're carved deep enough to last. ⚠️Contains mature content, including depictions of domestic violence. Warnings placed where noted.⚠️ ✨ Highest Rankings:✨ #2 in Bad Boy Love Story | #3 in Black Writers | #1 in Black Female Lead _________________________________________________
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐒 | 𝐁𝐖𝐖𝐌 by steezbeans
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TW: MANIPULATION, GASLIGHTING, EMOTIONAL ABUSE, MANIPULATION THROUGH RELIGION Eden never believed in saints, but Father Callum Devereaux makes sin look holy. Fresh off a breakdown and back in her childhood home, she only wants quiet. Instead, she attracts the full attention of the parish's dangerously captivating new priest who seems far more interested in Eden than in saving souls. The collar says he's forbidden. The look in his eyes says she's already his.
My Valentine (18+) by xxgxtxoxx
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Joelle Jordan is just trying to survive university and her life at home. Bryce Valentine is trying to survive everyone else. Projected first-round NFL draft pick. Campus celebrity. The most watched college athlete in the country. When the two strike a deal to trade study sessions for Bryce and personal training sessions for Joelle's little brother, everything seems simple enough. Then Bryce crosses the line. Now Joelle is trying to navigate a boy who is emotionally repressed, touch-starved, obsessively devoted, and surrounded by more pressure than any twenty-year-old should have to carry. Add the coaches, media attention, NIL deals, scouts, photo shoots, and Bryce's oppressive father. The pressure that comes with being attached to Bryce Valentine is something Joelle is not equipped for. Especially when she starts getting a little too comfortable with the fact that Bryce can't seem to leave her alone. [[Disclaimer: This story has not been edited yet!]]
One Round With You by roch_posh
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"Stop apologising." So I did. Then I apologised for stopping. I'm the girl who eats lunch alone and tells herself she chose it. A girl who's never been kissed, who hides behind books and oversized jumpers and a smile that says please don't look at me. Malakai Vashko looks at me anyway. Six foot seven, Russian, with knuckles that never heal and eyes the colour of something cold and far away. He fights men twice his size for money and walks out of rooms without explaining himself to anyone, and his enemies have learned not to come for him. They come for the people standing next to him instead. He told me he didn't need a friend, and to stop looking at him like he might be one. I should have listened. But I'd already caught him trying to buy flowers for someone who couldn't receive them anymore, and something in me understood him before my brain caught up. He hides with silence and fists. I hide with silence and books. I didn't fix him and he didn't save me, but the night I grabbed an underground boxer by the hoodie outside a corner shop and told him to stop, something started that neither of us knew how to end. "I don't do this," he told me. "I don't let people in." He still doesn't smile. But he stayed. ------------------ ⚠️ Mature themes: violence, dark content. No explicit sexual content.
A Thread of Hope by beautiffultv
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Charity Matthews is set to marry. She should feel elated, right? After all, she's finally meeting society's expectations, even if it took longer than expected. But when Charity catches her fiancé, Evan, in the arms of another woman on their wedding day, she bolts from the church in a whirlwind of heartbreak and..relief? Before she knows it, she's on a train bound for anywhere but home-only to land at the door of her aunt, Ada and John Murray, the man she vowed to never see or speak of again. Now, Charity must reckon with old wounds, buried desires, and the kind of love that defies both memory and the rigid rules of the world she left behind.
Tallulah-Mae by LovelyMani28
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In 1966, Tallulah-Mae, finds herself attracted to a man she knew was far from her reach. When the attraction is reciprocated, she can only hope others don't catch on to their relationship knowing segregated Georgia was unkind to people like them. How far will she go for her safety and the unexpected surprise after a passionate night?
A FORBIDDEN DESIRE by beautiffultv
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When her mistress, Isabella, is tragically lost at sea in a shipwreck, Chasity Hemings is left with no choice but to seek out the man Isabella was meant to marry for help. Eric Donahue, is ready to settle down, hoping to raise his young daughter with the bride he has come to love through their letters. But when Chasity arrives on his doorstep with the devastating news of Isabella's death, his plans are shattered. As Chasity stays at the Donahue residence, sparks fly between her and Eric, but both are held back by a shared loyalty to the memory of Isabella as well as societal standards. Can they overcome the shadow of the past and embrace the future together?