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...

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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!

Welcome to the city of Baltimore, MD and into the life of Devyn McKnight. Jewelry designer and entrepreneur, Devyn McKnight, thought she was secure in the shell she built around her life, made of family, friends and her jewelry business but an unexpected encounter challenges all that she is and all that she believes she wants to be.  

Kwon Jae Hwa had been prepared to succeed. He had worked hard for everything he had earned all of his life, and that resulted in getting him to great places in life.

One day, his life is interrupted by a vibrant, young, aspiring dancer. She's carefree, and the complete opposite of what he is used to, but something tells him that she is exactly what he wants.

He has no reason to doubt that she feels the same about him, until she is offered the opportunity of a lifetime that puts a halt on everything they have, and Jae Hwa is left with a great responsibility to handle on his own.

Jae Hwa must face the one hardship he never thought he would have to go through with his first love.

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Aaliyah Wyndham is a twenty-seven year old attorney working in the field of Entertainment Law. She has had a crush on her next-door neighbor, C.E.O. Gabriel Cortez, for over a year. Following a break-in, the two share a romantic interlude that seems quite promising, until Aaliyah realizes that Gabriel doesn‘t realize who she is! Aaliyah decides that for his oversight, she wants to make Gabriel pay, and make him pant.

There is only one problem with this plan: Lucas D'Alessandro, her best friend since childhood. He’s been Aaliyah‘s “Big Brother” for so long that she never notices when she begins to feel decidedly unlike his sister. Meanwhile, he is facing the same quandary, struggling to decide whether to pursue a more intimate connection with Aaliyah or to leave the field clear for someone else, namely Gabriel.

Shall Aaliyah rest her case with Gabriel, or shall she make a motion to Amend her Heart with Lucas?

This is a sweet romance story. It has been published, and so this is only an excerpt.

Lana and Lucas have an arrangement. Something that works for the both of them. At least Lana thought it did.

A virtual wallflower for most of her life, what will Sasha do when she encounters the first man to ever make her want to be noticed? Dmitri is a man used to being surrounded by the most beautiful things, including women. Will he accept Sasha, a woman who is usually overshadowed by the beauty of her friends? Is he capable of noticing that while her beauty may not be as blatant, it should still be treaured? This is the story of a wallflower and the man she loves.

Sasha: the Wallflower has been removed from this site and is available for purchase on Amazon Kindle. Thank you all for your support!

Paris finds herself on a deserted highway out of gas.  Little did she know that her life would be forever changed after that.

When Joss begins receiving anonymous letters, she has her suspicions as to who might be penning the ominous messages.  But as the list of suspects grows, will she uncover the author’s identity or stumble upon a greater truth?  *A response to the Random Letters prompt.*

In the wake of an ugly divorce, Natalia executes a scheme meant to move her beyond the hurt inflicted by her ex-husband, Richard.  The plan is to ease her suffering by increasing his, and her weapon, a younger man unwittingly drawn into the illicit plot. 

In the quest for revenge, will Natalia realize her goal of bringing Richard to his knees?  Or will vengeance and her weapon of choice become her undoing?

Welcome to the city of Baltimore, Maryland and into the life of Elise Roberts. Elise lives the life of a pampered princess. Designer clothes, expensive cars and fancy parties are the center of her world. She is a woman who has everything she ever wanted until she meets Lukas Weiss. Faced for the first time in her life with rejection, Elise hatches a plan designed to heal her wounded pride. A game of seduction and the ultimate rejection. Funny thing, though, about the game of love....it is always unpredictable.

In the small southern town of Perry, Mississippi, an unlikely pair get much more than they bargained for when they fall madly in love.

Zoey Vance woke up in the hospital with no memory of her life before that moment. She doesn't even know her own name. Now she has to try and put the pieces of her life back together with the help of the man who hit her with his car that fateful night. As her memories start to return she wonders if she is better off not knowing who she really is. 

Brian Preston is consumed with guilt, the woman just ran out into the street with no warning. He coudln't avoid hitting her. He feels it is his personal responsibility to care for her until she can care for herself and moves her in with him and his fiance, Macy. As time wears on he starts to wonder if he wants her around to ease his guilt or if there aren't bigger emotions at play.

Camille Jones accepted society's problem with her body long ago. Yet, she can't help the insecurity felt when approached by gym owner Ryan Kahuna, he was most women's wet dream. He could have any woman he wanted. 

Including her.

 Camille Jackson was rejected since birth over her dark skin complexion. She has grown a tough skin and doesn’t get attached to anyone because of how some people have viewed her without even getting to know her. However Camille opens her heart to a baby in need and for the first six months Camille has grown to love the baby as if she were her own. That is until the baby's biological father comes into the picture.

Hiram Whitfield Jr was brought up in one of the most well known Ku Klux Klan families in the south and as the only son he feels the pressure to carry on his family's tradition. After finishing his prison sentence all Hiram wants to do is change his life for the better and be a good father to his child. If that means being disowned by his bigoted family then so be it. Ironically enough Hiram would have never thought that Camille would be the one to be his rock and strength to do so.

SEQUEL to Sasha: the Wallflower. Adaline Lang is an up and coming photographer with more than her own set of problems. During her cousin's wedding she comes face-to-face with the man that she had fallen in love with as a child. Only to find out he was in love with someone else. What will she do to finally be heard and convince him that the perfect women he has been looking for is standing right in front of him?

Dominic Vikhrov is caught between a rock and a hard place. The woman he has fawned after for so many years has finally returned to the United States. But he isn't the only one who is fighting for her heart. Never one to lose, Dominic has his eye on the prize no matter the cost. But will his tunnel vision blind him to something even greater?

Elle always played it safe. She was used to being in control. Every accomplishment in her life was meticulously planned. The only thing she didn't have reign over was her stale love life. When an old flame from a past complicated relationship comes back into her life, she soon finds out everything doesn't go as planned---and that secrets will always come to light.