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Asher’s dream job: Interior design: check. His dream boyfriend, Park Bo Gum: not check (sadly). Straight as a board, childhood bff Zar: check. Zar becoming his boyfriend: che—wait, what?!

She survived the bond. She survived hell. But now she's been turned. The witch who spent a decade killing vampires for a living is now one of them, and the demon responsible for her suffering will give no quarter. To find her own path to redemption, Mel must face her greatest nightmare… The...

Binding her soul to three vampires was supposed to save them. Nobody warned Mel it would also destroy every wall she'd spent a decade building. Hudson wants his second chance, patient and relentless in equal measure. Jax is pulling away after she shattered the fragile attraction between them...

Aubree Royal is an adventurous, care free spirit that loves fast cars and adrenaline rushes. Her life is filled with creating social media content, being a part of a car club, playing football on a girls' team, and trying to forgive herself for a mistake she made years ago. Trying to let go of...

Miami's still hot, but the streets have gone cold. With El Blanca's blood still fresh, Dominic Royal and his empire tighten their grip on the city. Every move is watched, and every secret is guarded like their life depends on it, while every loss cuts deeper. Carmen stands beside him, holding...

Jackson Dreams collapse in the blink of an eye, I know that better than anyone after losing my career as an athlete. Now I spend my days giving people pleasure for pay and playing with stocks. Most of my friends have settled in Clay Springs, Florida. A sleepy little town that moves slower than...

She swore to destroy vampires. Fate bound her to them instead. Mel Plata has become the city's most feared vampire hunter—a lethal, lightning-wielding witch who makes bloodsuckers pay for her mother's murder. She works alone. She trusts no one. Then a mission she cannot refuse changes...

Black love. A love built on something true. A love so pure. A godsent love is what Kaivon Lewis and Harlee Rivers found within one another. Something worth fighting for. Something that could be built on a trauma bond. After two extremely beautiful years, the duo's past starts to interlock with...

Dominic Royal is done playing by the rules. With enemies lurking and El Blanca making bold moves, Carmen isn’t just his legal shield or the face of his empire anymore. She’s the calm in his storm, and the fire that burned through his darkness. For the first time, he’s ready to fight for...

His pockets were stuffed, and his accounts were limitless, affording him luxuries that not everyone had when it came to me. He didn't flinch at the notion that he had to pay to play. It enticed him. That was my type. He was my type. But he knew no boundaries. His quest commenced the second our eyes met, my body hypnotizing him and everyone else in the room around us. He was as confident as he was persistent, tireless in his efforts to retrieve the one part of me that I'd buried for safekeeping. And, once he had it in his grasp, like every other man I'd shamefully given it to, he crushed it.

Beautiful disaster. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of her. Who hurt you? The first question comes to mind when I open my mouth to greet her. Although it wasn't the easiest to reach, I knew her heart was pure. Gentle to the touch yet stubborn as a bull, she made it hard to resist her. Unintentionally, she sank her hooks in me. She was the calm before my storm. A thunderous, darkening storm with lightning that graciously exposed the paternity of my brother and me. Though the gloom of it all lingered above both our heads.

TV news personality Amelia Chess has made her career by being an unapologetic Black conservative who is relentless in her attacks on the liberal left, pro-choice supporters, and the LGBTQ community...and scathing in her criticism of her own race. But when two Black cops shoot an unarmed white teen, Amelia’s scorched earth editorial gets her canceled—and she starts receiving death threats.

All Dag Gates wants is a place to call home. (And to practice magic freely.) All Stefan Bjorne wants is peace in his adoptive country. (And less paperwork.) All Mikkel Vinters wants is both of them. (No, really, he could do wedding bells.) So why, pray tell, is half the magical community set on denying them all their wishes?

With Yves carrying not one but two blessings, she wants to be the mother that she couldn’t be for her late daughter. Coming home from rehab, there are a lot of feelings that Yves can’t shake. Roddy is the love of her life, but why does everything in their relationship seem so hard? With their past, she wonders if they’ll be able to restore what they used to have. Or is it best to call it quits and focus on their kids?

Mama Vee finally feels like she has met her soulmate, and he doesn’t belong to another woman. When she thinks she has finally found happiness and is ready to pursue this new and fresh love, her past comes knocking at her door. With Owen being the man she had always prayed for, Vee isn’t willing to let this relationship go. Will she be honest and tell him about her past? Or will she and her ‘past’ decide to take this secret to the grave? After all, Mama Vee is known to keep a secret or two.

Yves worked so hard to build a better life and rid herself of her ex-husband. When she sees him in Vee’s kitchen, her entire world feels like it went back to the day her daughter died. With her ex-husband back in her life, she has to deal with all the past traumas that their marriage has caused. If Khalif re-entering her life isn’t enough, a blast from the past comes back into her life proving to still have the keys to her heart.

After losing his wife to the streets, Roddy decides to move him and his family to Atlanta, Georgia. Swearing off love, he eventually falls for the beautiful socialite of Atlanta, Jia Love. With a combined three million followers across all her social media accounts, she’s that girl. Falling in love with her, he just wants to make her his wife, and a mother figure to his son and daughter. Except, Jia isn’t ready for all of that. 

Growing up with parents that expect nothing but the best from her meant that life hasn’t always been the easiest for Ava Murphy. Fortunately, she’s learned to cope with the cards she’s been dealt. The intelligent beauty is now at a crossroads, torn between pursuing her passion or pursuing the life that has been carved out for her. As a way to distract herself from thinking about her impending future, Ava keeps herself busy with her temporary job at one of Miami’s finest bars.

This program is read by a full cast. Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope In Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed...

Head honcho, man in charge, THAT dude. All of these encapsulate Eason Storm. For those who don't know him, he could be considered unhinged. For those who do know, Eason will do whatever’s necessary to protect those around him. Starting off with a rough beginning, Eason is determined to rewrite the story of his legacy, but his chapter may be rewritten anyway when he meets Xalori.