Malik

Detective Jessie O'Brien is used to cases about illegal items docking at the local marine port, some easy to handle and others life threatening. She is however always ready for anything except this one time. This time she receives something different. Something that comes with much intrigue and wonder. And for the first time during her service in the local police department, she is clueless of what action to take because right there in front of her eyes is a woman. A woman beaten by the harsh conditions of the sea, a woman coiled up in a corner scared to death. How did she get there all alone? And in a container supposed to be holding illegal drugs she was supposed to bust? And most importantly, what is she supposed to do with her? Two women from entirely different worlds unite to fight against a common crime which affects them in different ways, yet so similar. Family should be the backbone of every person's happiness but to them, it is the source of their very tribulations. They must fight to make sure that they bring this evil to an end and on their road towards that, they realize that they share a connection deeper than either of them can fight. They both have to find a way to stay alive if only to save this one perfect cheese piece even though fate might just have other plans for them.

Bette is a closeted lesbian romance writer and she has no plans to come out anytime soon or ever despite being twenty nine years old. That however lasts up until the moment she meets Crissy Reynolds and immediately feels like she had been waiting for her to live her true self. Crissy Reynolds is thirty three years old and having gone through rough past love experiences decides the only way to find true love is by hiding her identity just so she can have a genuine shot at happiness. She does experience what she had desperately wanted, with Bette Richards. What happens when she takes too long to tell her who she really is? That she is not just a waitress at a luxurious hotel in town but the daughter of the Senator who owns the hotel?

**WARNING: This is one of my first books when I started writing so it might not be so glamorous.** BLURB: Seven years after leaving her home country to get married against her parents' wish, Carly McAdams finds herself bringing up her seven-year-old son alone after the marriage failed. The urge to go back home especially because of her son, to finally find happiness is more than her will to go back especially since everything she did in her past is suddenly rushing back into her life, things she is not proud of. She however can't keep the memory of her first love, Dylan Lewis, whose heart she broke at bay, and realizing that she might actually encounter her upon her return home, she is dreading what lies before her but at the same time, determined to give her son the life he deserves and to do that, she has to go back home. What happens when she comes face to face with Dylan, now ten years after she broke her heart? Will the same spark they had at sixteen ignite or fade now completely? And as she tries to make everything right, will Dylan want to see her let alone give her a second chance to prove herself? Second Chances follows the past and present lives of these two souls who at sixteen, thought they had everything figured out only that fate had other plans for them. Now years after their last break up, they meet again. Will the love they had as teenagers prevail or will theirs be just another teenage love story?

She looked on as Jamie's eyes slowly clouded, her green irises taken over by tears. She had tried to be the stronger one but at this point, it was clear that she had failed. The words that came out of her mouth next were even more hurtful than anything else she had said. "I'm not worth it Tiffany." Her pain now merged with anger. How dare she say something like that? Why did she still think of herself as a useless person unworthy of love? "Don't you dare say that, not now, not ever! Do you think I would be so crazily in love with you if you were not worth it?" She paused to let the question settle in and then went on but her voice ended up breaking. "You have a beautiful heart, Jamie. I don't care what baggage you come along with. Even I have a lot of that, maybe even more than you so please, tell me something else but not that." "I can't give you what you want Tiff," Jamie replied solemnly. "At least not now." SYNOPSIS Being stuck on an island in charge of private flights is the last thing the fun-loving Captain Jamie Norris would have signed up for but what's challenging even more is having to be around the famous actress, Tiffany Leighton. Their first meeting was embarrassing enough after Tiffany walked in on her having s*x in a public restroom and none of them knew that fate would throw them together. What she can't resist however is the fact that Tiffany is a very attractive woman and that might just be the thing to complicate their relationship. What she doesn't know is that that isn't what she should be afraid of. What happens when the two women realize that they can't resist each other? Will Jamie Norris, the masculine woman who has never allowed anyone to get close to her and never shared her heart's secrets with anyone manage to resist this woman who captures her like a charm? And will Tiffany Leighton, who had sworn off women to focus on her career admit that she wants this woman regardless of her reputation to pick and drop women as she pleased?

Love is a beautiful thing, a battlefield of souls wanting, needing and conquering all odds to get to where they are at peace most, home. It's a series of puzzle pieces scattered all over with only one goal, to be found and united to be complete. Love is a journey, beautiful, adventurous, fulfilling and worthy. But like all journeys, it is not always smooth all the way. There are challenges, pitfalls, wanting but not reaching, needing but not getting, disappointments... But, is it all worth trying? Love is a bad idea, but we let it happen because it is then we really begin to live. This journey is about a group of friends, united by the result of love. A wedding, the first same s*x wedding in the country after a very brutal series of events. Isabelle Turner together with her wife Shay Johnson join her highschool best friend Crissy James to celebrate her wedding with the first famous LGBTQ author, Bette Richards. Two couples driven by a common goal and a friendship going beyond barriers. Together they act as a guide for a young love between two young and lost souls, brought together by fate. One running from herself, the other one not but unsure if this love is the right thing for her family. It is as captivating as it is emotional. Will the love conquer? Regardless, it's a journey worth taking.