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"I don't wish pain on that girl. But I don't wish success on her either. I guess I wish what I'd call, a happy adversity."----New girl Maitreyi Ramakrishnan at a private school is really succeeding. But whilst others wish the best for her, not everybody does. Some people would rather just bring her down instead. Some people hide their jealousy pretty well. Others show it way too explicitly. Her biggest enemy yet, Natalia Delores is doing everything she can to make sure Maitreyi goes down with her friends. And Natalia's surely not doing it alone.But karma has a way of turning things around... just maybe not for the better.…

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What happens when your mum and brother only have approximately 27 days or less to live? And what happens when you have 27 days to join an elite group? Will Brandy's mother and brother live to see Christmas? And will Kodaviah (Nas) get into the most elite yet (unknowingly) dangerous music industry of all time?So many unanswered questions. (27 days in this story starts from December 9th- January 5th)…

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* Yeah I know Dave East ain't white but just pretend he is for the sake of this book*"You a special thug, you know that right? You don't go round messing with other criminals. It's like you're on an island of your own.""Mess with a thug, thug messes wit' you. I keep sayin' that. And all criminals here are similar to be honest. Criminal, thug. Same difference."xxxxxxxxxxDestiny (Ryan Destiny) is one of the shyest people ever. She can't start a conversation with anyone to save her life. She's studious, she's resilient & she never gives up. She doesn't cause trouble with anyone. This doesn't last very long though. Soon, she finds herself in more trouble than ever. One of her troubles includes Kazenosuke (Dave East). And not just once, and awful amount of times. Will their troubles make them & will they make them a better person?Or will they break them, and make their lives worse than it already is?There's only one answer...(Sequel = Unspoken Truths)…

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🎶 Most of these girls be confusing me. I don't know if they really love me or they using me.🎶 - I Need A Girl, Part 1DeVante is 27 but he hasn't gotten married yet, unlike everybody else in Jodeci, so he feels like he's really missing out. He really needs a girl. Or even better, wife. Most especially how a lot of people have been pressuring him to get one, but at the same time DeVante really feels as though he needs one himself. He's had numerous bad dates, the word love to him just brings him bad luck. Every girl he's dated seems to only like him for his money, to get something from Jodeci, or they send him mixed signals knowingly or unknowingly. And then some. But what happens when he accidentally ends up at a couple's retreat in Paris, with two other couples, and a single girl? Will this single girl end up being his girl?Or not?…

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Aaliyah & Rihanna are in the same book together, but they're not in any kinda relationship with each other. If that makes sense. That's why I put their names together. xxxxxxxxxxxxx"Now listen up, Ashanti. We're like sugar 'n' spice, baby." Rihanna stated, coming up close to a mortified Ashanti. "We're the sugar," she pointed to herself, before pointing to Ashanti again. "And you're the spice.""Are you sure it's not the other way around?""If you know what's best for you babe," Rihanna trailed off, staring at Ashanti deep in the eyes. "Then don't correct me. Capeesh?""Ca-ca-capeesh." Ashanti stammered, literally wanting to be anywhere else but here right now. xxxxxxxxxxxxxWhat happens when a quiet, studious and hardworking girl called Ashanti Reynolds (played by Aaliyah) unexpectedly gets herself into a gang, without knowing that she's joining a gang?Bad things happen, that's what. She had been seeing gangs everywhere on the TV, they seemed cool. But what Ashanti doesn't realise is that looks. Are. Totally. Deceiving. The gang she wants to join seems cool, but are they really? Ashanti finds herself in deep trouble, and there's no way out.Her best friend Kehlani has tried to warn her about everything, but she doesn't seem to be paying attention. Will Ashanti's friends save her before it's too late, or will the girl be screwed for life?There's only one answer. And it's...…

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Completed December 2017. Highest ranking #9 in Mystery/Thriller!Mature topics: suicide & self harm. •••••••••••••••••••••••Kieran and Lauriel are two opposite people that basically end up living the same life. Kieran is a fifteen year old teenager that has three siblings named Cameron, Jessica and Susannah, lives with his father as well as another unwanted person. Lauriel in the meantime has an older brother named Aaron, who is her only sibling, and truly truly hates life. She hates her family, her parents and everything in general.When she does something that she hopes her family never finds out about, she ends up going somewhere that she's never been before as well as meeting someone she doesn't remember ever meeting, but knows. All of a sudden, her life has changed (can't say for better or for worse) and she realises she's in a life or death situation. Same with Kieran. How he ends up being in the same place as Lauriel is the same (kinda) and he meets the same person as well. His life also changes. Long story short, these two totally different people, that only know each other because they go to the same school, might as well be twins because it's like they're living the same life, as mentioned earlier. Although for one person, this new life is better than the other person's....But either way?They both end up being spies.…

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high-maintenanceadjectiveneeding a lot of work to keep in good condition.INFORMAL(of a person) demanding a lot of attention.Six street savvy kids: Savannah, Reminisce, Josiah, Kaiden, Khalifa and Tatiana (an unwanted guest) get accepted into the best creative arts school in Greece - but there is more than meets the eye. Savannah finds out dirt on one of her teachers, and she wants revenge for something terrible he did to the family. Not just that but Khalifa is keeping a secret from the group. A secret that could ultimately destroy them. "You know what the problem is?""What?""You're so high maintenance. That's what it is."⚠️ Chapter 22 is a mature chapter. And there might be some references to that chapter after it. ⚠️…

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A series of daily bible verses as well as analyses of what they might mean Not an actual book…

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fastidious definition- very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.- very concerned about matters of cleanliness. "Dang girl, didn't know you could get so fastidious. You've changed.""I didn't change, baby. You just didn't meet the real me."**********Adonis Akita is an adopted Caribbean 20 year old kid in university. When his mother reluctantly forces him to take a trip to Nigeria for a second year university project? Adonis doesn't like the idea of that. Yes, this project would benefit him but he still doesn't want to go to Nigeria. It turned out he was wrong though, as Nigeria is a lot better than what he initially seemed. Even better, he ends up meeting a Nigerian famous social media influencer called Zainah Reyanna and Adonis end up developing feelings for her after some time. Zainah seems like the perfect one for Adonis but she isn't. She's fastidious, carefully noting down his flaws to use them against him for something. Even worse? Adonis might never figure this out. Can she hide her fastidious behaviour, or will Adonis eventually see through her cracks?(It's called #Fastidious & not just Fastidious because Adonis is doing a project and Zainah Reyanna is a social media influencer)…

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"What? We're merging with them? No disrespect, but that's the worst thing I've ever heard."xxxxxxxxOne good university. One bad university. What happens when they mix? What happens when one girl mysteriously dies as well, after they've mixed? There are seven suspects, some from the good university and some from the bad. Tia, Tamera and Peyton are from the bad. Lauretta, Kazaynah and Tunmise are from the good. Lauretta and Tunmise's cousin Rashani doesn't go to either, but they were all responsible for a girl's death regardless. Could this unexpected death test their friendship? Or could it be ultimately destroyed instead?…

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*This book is set in Cyprus :)*Raina Riele (Riele Downs) and Leilani (Jace Norman) have been best friends since forever. But then suddenly?Raina Riele decides to leave Leilani for what she thinks will be better- hanging out with the cheerleaders. They're insanely popular and they can get away with anything. She doesn't realise that this whole thing is just a facade though, and being popular isn't all that. But by the time she realises her mistake, Leilani has already formed a new group with five other people that go to their school called Unsuspected Love... They call themselves that because they had never really thought that they would have all ever become friends. Raina Riele tries to get into said group because she misses Leilani- which only causes even more drama than before as not everybody wants her. Unsuspected Love also has a member whose father is a spy, so what happens when they have to undergo a secret mission?…

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Highest Ranking: #6 in Aaliyah, #3 in Tupac In loving memory of majority of the 90s music artists that have died, plus some 21st century ones too."Don't worry, man. At least they're in a better place now. It's like they always used to say. Legends never die."xxxxxThe Notorious BIG is an international sensation. He has a concert to go to with Tupac & Nate Dogg. Many people love them but just because they're famous doesn't mean that they've got it easy, because they don't. Tupac here is an ex criminal. He told Nate Dogg & Notorious that he's reformed but he hasn't, and soon after he has to pay the consequences for it. Unfortunately for them, two of them end up losing their lives & it goes viral across the news. While all of that is happening, Aaliyah & Lisa Lopes (they're sisters in this) in the meantime also hate their lives too. Tupac's tired of the way life is so he does a runner with one of his brothers aka JuiceWrld. Tupac has three brothers in this story: Eazy E, JuiceWrld & XXXTentacion & Michael Jackson is their father. Tupac and JuiceWrld end up meeting Aaliyah & Lisa in another country, but their friends' deaths might not have been an accident like the news says they were. Could it have been on purpose?Could it have been sabotage?They work collectively to find this out.…

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"Give me one good reason why I should forgive you. I've been mad at you twice in one day, Riele. I'm never like that with anyone."Then she had told him why she had deserved to have him forgive her. But she didn't have just one reason, she had millions. When she told him all of those reasons, Jhacari had felt a lot better about himself. "You really feel that way about me?""Yeah, you're my superstar." xxxxxxxxxxJhacari is an Instagram sensation. He has millions of followers, and on Instagram, he seems to have the perfect life. Perfect relationship, perfect house, perfect friends. Perfect everything. Jhacari is basically Gianna's superstar, and she longs for his life. But behind all those perfectly curated photos?Yeah. Jhacari's life absolutely sucks. Everything is going downhill. Nothing is going his way. Everything is not as it seems.Even worse?Some people are out to get him (due to jealousy), and he doesn't know what to do. So he calls to Gianna & her friends for help. Will she save him in time?…

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Keke Palmer (Sonya Sophia) is a young teenage actress & Aaliyah (Karalana) is her best friend. When they go on holiday together to Casablanca for Sonya Sophia to audition for this street smart TV show called 'Love Don't Cost A Thing', everything seems perfect... but is it really?Love Don't Cost A Thing is going to be an urban TV show about a rich black teenage girl & a poor black teenage boy. Despite their differences, the two of them become close after having many fallouts and disagreements with each other. As aforementioned, the acting school in which Sonya Sophia & August Alsina (Khalfani) goes to audition for this looks perfect.But things aren't always as they seem. Funny how some people seem nice superficially but they may be up to something evil behind the scenes.…

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Sequel to Same Difference!What happens when really close boyfriend and girlfriend Kazenosuke (Dave East) & Destiny (Ryan Destiny) suddenly stop speaking to each other?It's now been three years since the first book, therefore making both Destiny & Kazenosuke 21. Their relationship has been pretty steady with each other since but as soon as Kazenosuke turns twenty one?He starts keeping important secrets away from Destiny, and it's not good. These secrets ultimately destroy their relationship, and it's even worse when Kazenosuke lands himself into more trouble than before & Destiny has to save him..But will she do it even though Kazenosuke's been treating her quite badly lately?Or will she ignore him?And let him suffer in silence?There's only one answer, and it's...…