Tragedy brings all the Mercer brothers back home, even Bobby who left town and abandoned his family for mysterious reasons. His return will shake up everyones world, including his ex girlfriend who is hiding a secrete of her own. Lives are changed forever when the truth behind their loved ones death comes to a head. Will the four brothers that are bonded by choice not blood pull together as a family, or will revenge tear them apart? Bobby/OC

Rated NC-17 : For extreme violence, language, and strong sexual content.

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After being hired as the executive assistant to one of the youngest most influential and sexy corporate raiders of the 21st century Kenya Price comes face to face with her destiny.

Kenya is a mild mannered 22 year old thick sista with a beautiful soul and a caring spirit. Though her ultimate goal is to go back to university and earn a Degree in Childhood Education to become an Elementary school teacher, she takes the job working at the Roswell Corporation so she can save and finish off her schooling. Her motto is "Love can heal all wounds."

Grant Abraham Roswell III is a man that prides himself on a being a level headed, hardworking, no nonsense go getter. At the age of 24 he is a MIT graduate with more money than he could spend in a lifetime, he parties with rock stars, sleeps with models and feels that life cant get any better than that.His moto in life is "Who needs happiness when you have Money and Power?"

When Kenya enters his life and shows him there is more to life. Will he trust in Love or Will he let society take love away from him?

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Alicia meets Nick and they begin a Journey full of love, forgiveness and Passion. From two different worlds their love bridges the culture gap and emotional walls come crashing down. This is a Story of faith and love in its purest forms.

Alicia is in her third year of nursing school, at 23 she is more than ready to take on the real world after moving to New York far away from her overprotective family where she is learning to depend more on herself and taking big steps to her independance.

Nick is a first generation Chinese-American living in New York, at 25 he is done pleasing everyone but himself, he was to be a doctor like his father and for most of his life he spent his days and nights studying and working at that goal... In the last year before his graduation from medical school Nick decides to take a break and
somehow how ended up buying a club with his bestfriend Sean. one year later Nick is conflicted though he loves his life the one he made for himself he misses his family and he even misses medical school. After his little detour from the path his father wanted him to take his family relationships are strained at best. Alicia teaches him the meaning of forgiveness and shows him that its time to let go of the past to embrace the future. 

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 One night in Vegas changes the luck of two strangers.

Grace is a good girl to the bone, though she loves her job as a teacher she wants some excitement and for her twenty-fifth birthday she wants to shed that good girl image. Not be predictable Grace but a sexy wanton vixen,so her friends take her to Las Vegas, where her life is changed forever.

Kevin is an NFL all star and all around player. He is in Vegas because he was told to lay low after sleeping with the wife of one of his team mates, he has to figure out a way to change his image and quick.

 Sometimes what happens in Vegas shouldn't stay in Vegas and in Kevin and Grace's case it wont.

Always the odd woman out, Keisha Barrett, for once wanted to be the woman on the arm of the man of every woman's dreams.  Who knew a lunch date with her girlfriends could hold the answer to her dreams.

Ethan Carrington, British international businessman and confirmed bachelor, was tired of the lifestyle he had been living. Expensive cars, trendy night clubs, leggy models/actresses, and gold diggers were the norm until the day her meet her...

After a rough Summer Alisha Easterly believes that it can only get better with the beginning of her Junior Year of high school... unfortunately sometimes what you want and what you get don't always coincide...

Natasha Roberts is a paediatrician with a healing touch and warm smile at 30 years of age, she is a beautiful woman with a broken spirit which she keeps hidden. When with her group of friends she is the listner, understander and the one her friends depend on for all the answers. Her secret is she that is unable to have children which is the reason her ex-husband gave her for their divorce, she lives to heal children even if it reminds her of what she can never have.

Angelo Luciano Salvatore is a mob boss and the head of the Salvatore Crime Family. He likes to think of himself as a business man when most would call him a ruthless bastard. The day his wife died he become a heartless shell who begins to neglect his son turning to his business for comfort. Until his son is taken to the hospital for a simple check up and is found to have the very disease that killed his mother Polycystic kidney disease. which in time would have killed him if not for Natasha who falls in love with the Christopher’s loving soul and finds herself as a match to donate one of her own kidneys to save his life. When Angelo meets Natasha he is cold and hurtful , Natasha in turn gives him a piece of her mind. Hands on her hips her eyes spitting fire she tells him off then walks away leaving Angelo to reflect on her words and the beautiful woman that Saved his son and made him whole once again.

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When the lines are drawn, will you risk your life to cross them for love?

In the Summer of 1988, tragedy hits home for Charlene Jacobson and her father when her little brother is killed playing a game of basketball in their Detroit housing projects.  She soon finds herself living in the small rural town of Millersville, Georgia, with her estranged grandmother. Millersville is a place where time stands still and the racial divide is as prevalent as the 1950s.  Secrets, lies, and betrayal lurk in every corner. Yet, through it all she finds solace in the arms of Ryan Quinn, a white senior track star and the son of the town Sherriff.  

Will their love cross the finish line?  

EDIT:  Crossing the Finish line has been removed from this site and a revised version with added new content has been published on Amazon Kindle Vella (as of November 2022) under the penname, Shelly B Williams. To those of you who have left reviews, added me to your Favorite Authors and Story Alerts, and helped to make CTFL one of the Top Ten Most Favorited Stories on Valent Chamber, I trully appreciate all the support you have shown me over the years. I hope you will continue to support me as I begin the next phase of my journey as a published author. I couldn't  have done this without you. 

Much Love!

She didn't choose this Life. He chose It for her. And for that, he must pay the Ultimate Price.

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It happened one night. No biggie. Right?

Until Moliere Baker realizes her one night with Simon Ford has repercussions that affect not only them and those they care about, but a brand new life as well . . .

Now there's a wedding approaching and time to come clean is running out. Is there enough love between two friends to last a lifetime once the secret's out?

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