Penname: Agape Realms [Contact]

Real name: Joellen Soriano

Member Since: January 18 2014

Membership status: Member

Bio:

Voracious reader and great fan of inter-racial and multicultural romance.




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[Reviews - 629]
Summary:

At some point, you'll have to eventually let your guard down.



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: General
Genre: Romance
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations, Original Characters, Sexual Content
Series: None
Chapters: 31
Completed:No
Word count: 192818
Read Count: 288964
Published: May 08 2013
Updated: October 03 2015


Title: Chapter 23: QUESTION

Instead of Jason POV, make it a third party POV, to lend an unbiased and abject development of Jason's story.  No judgment but mere rendition of his story.  Quite frankly jason has been a dizzying ride, and I really need an independent viewpoint, why would he could not have a decency to acknowledge a simple text or phone call.  

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: January 26 2014

Rated: 17 and older
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[Reviews - 417]
Summary:

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Benjamin Cunningham III decided to finally open the box that his adopted parents had given him which would reveal his past.  Little did he know that its contents would change his life forever.



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: None
Genre: Romance
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Rape
Challenges: Through His Eyes
Series: None
Chapters: 16
Completed:No
Word count: 82948
Read Count: 53961
Published: May 15 2013
Updated: September 05 2014


Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Facing Facts

I honestly thought this story has died with Ophelia's death...great twist, a bit macabre and far-fetched, but probable!  Carry on.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: August 21 2014

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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?

 



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: General
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Story Status: Completed
Pairings: None
Warnings: Extreme Language, Original Characters, Strong Sexual Content , Un-betaed , Work in Progress
Challenges: December's Wrap-up!
Series: None
Chapters: 40
Completed:Yes
Word count: 120
Read Count: 91991
Published: December 13 2013
Updated: May 02 2015


Title: Chapter 39: Chapter 39 - No More Maybes

Awwwwwwww!  Brilliant, just simply brilliant story, finally a light after a long, lonely, arduous tunnel.  Yep, finally a real vindication.  

 

Awesome writing, JJ, for all the times I want to give up on this story, this chapter made it truly worth sticking till the end.



Author's Response:

Thanks Agape Realms!

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: April 13 2015

Rated: 17 and older
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[Reviews - 301]
Summary:

She got the guy, the fairytale. But when complications of his new life come to light will she be strong enough to keep him?

 

***Please do not post this story to other sites. I post all my stories here with the intention of publication. I thank you all for your attention :)***



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: None
Genre: Romance
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations, Original Characters, Sexual Content , Un-betaed , Work in Progress
Series: None
Chapters: 2
Completed:No
Word count: 129
Read Count: 34242
Published: January 18 2014
Updated: March 31 2015


Title: Chapter 1: Taken down for publication!

Where was the Roxie who plotted a blackmail revenge in the past?  When she lost weight she lost her gumption.  Griffin, where is the balls man?  

Love must conquer all, Roxie in her convoluted thinking due to food deprivation is not thinking clearly, she needs a kick to wake her up from this stupor.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: February 12 2015

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[Reviews - 542]
Summary:

How far will you go when you're lonely?



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: None
Genre: Erotica
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations, BDSM, Dark Fic, Dubcon, Extreme Language, Homosexuality, Original Characters, Racism, Sexual Content , Strong Sexual Content , Un-betaed , Work in Progress
Series: None
Chapters: 75
Completed:No
Word count: 151713
Read Count: 143289
Published: March 13 2014
Updated: July 17 2015


Title: Chapter 43: Chapter 43

Inconsistencies are becoming glaring, she has taken out her panty and gave it to Craig upon entering threshold yet she is rubbing her panty clad clit???  Crouch should have been crotch.  But alas finally somebody verbalized "there is something wrong" with Jodi.



Author's Response:

Thanks for help with the errors. I don't know if they are glaring, but thanks all the same - to have  3 or 4 errors within 43 chapters is good in my opinion...

Anyway I do appreciate your help.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: June 01 2014

Title: Chapter 18: Chapter 18

Carry on, no judgment is necessary, this is a welcome respite from goody two shoes character.  Jodi is 45 for crying out loud, late bloomer, anti-social and lonely, of course propensity to be desperate is a foregone conclusion.  Loved the story, my only comment is it has become a series of cliffhangers making me anxious to read the next chapter.  You really know how to build it up and leave me hanging, which like Jodi makes me desperate for the next update.  Also looking forward to unraveling the Boston mystery.



Author's Response:

Thanks for your encouraging words. To have so few reviews and then to have several bad ones in a row can be quite disheartening. Although this is fiction I feel that there are many women out there that think like Jodi.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: April 03 2014

Title: Chapter 19: Chapter 19

I really enjoy this, I continue to RE-read previous chapters.

For the "haters" who refuse to believe that a woman like Jodi couldn't possibly have 3 hot men pursuing her, apparently do not know about the power of pheromones.  This was unleashed with Steve's initial onslaught.  While this maybe fiction, this is very probable...I know as I speak from experience that is why I can really connect with Jodi's plight who's so preoccupied with career that love got sidelined.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: April 03 2014

Title: Chapter 19: Chapter 19

Whew....hawt (fanning myself), who knew Jodi is a 45 yr old virgin.  Great culmination and consummation narrative.   More...I hope she continues to be feisty.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: April 03 2014

Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Better stick to the chamber even with lotsa literotica Laugh out loud, you really know how yo build tension and leave us hanging every chapter, this should be titled cliffhanger.   Love the story, carry on, requested jacci to feature this.



Author's Response:

I am so very humbled by your comment. Thank you so much for your review as well as the recommendation.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: March 26 2014

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Summary:

Madison DuMont, English by birth but raised in New York, has returned to England to pursue her dream of being a top ballerina with her best friend and fellow dancer, Dante Palmer. After encountering the same racial issues with being a black ballerina in a predominantly white field she experienced in NY, Madison invests her inheritance in opening her own ballet company. A chance meeting with Matthew Bradley one night leads her down an unexpected path where she battles her personal perceptions of interracial relationships and whether they are worth it.



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: General
Genre: Romance
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 1
Completed:Yes
Word count: 26
Read Count: 118382
Published: May 11 2014
Updated: September 05 2014


Title: Lovers' Dance

yay K Carr, thanks for the update, been missing my ballerina and gazillionaire.  Rarely do I come across a story that makes me laugh out loud startling person beside me.

loved louisa's comeuppance (the subtle beatdown by Madi)

  i love reading the inner working of Madi's mind, hilarious.   As for Matt, loved his poignant revelations.    i can sense softening in grumps.  but this is a cliffie, could the aunt from new jersey be awaiting inside Madi's apartment?  Can't wait for the next update.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: June 15 2014

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In a world built on blood and violence, where the merciless thrive, falling in love carries with it its own special set of risks.  Never was that truer than for Carter Gerring, an electronics expert with a unique skill-set.  Carter is hired by Larry Hooks, a ruthless underworld kingpin with a number of potential legal problems he wants to disappear.  While eliminating the various forms of incrimination Hooks and his men create, Carter finds himself falling for the boss’s daughter.

 Tamryn Hooks is the much-loved daughter Larry Hooks would gladly kill to protect.  For most of her life, she’s been shielded from many of the harsh realities of her father’s business.  Then, a seemingly innocent favor for her doting father places her in the middle of an impossible situation she sees no way out of.  As Tamryn searches for a solution and an escape, her dilemma is further complicated by an ongoing feud with her sister and her deepening feelings for Carter, the unassuming intellectual with a dark reputation.   

 When Carter and Tamryn find themselves entrenched in the mire of her father’s criminal enterprise, the secrets they and others keep, and their need for one another, will their forbidden love be their saving grace?  Or will it be the Achilles’ heel that ultimately leads to their demise? 

 



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: None
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Suspense
Story Status: On hiatus indefinitely
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations, Character Death, Dark Fic, Drugs/Drug Use, Dubcon, Extreme Language, Graphic Violence, Original Characters, Sexual Content , Strong Sexual Content , Un-betaed , Work in Progress
Series: None
Chapters: 9
Completed:No
Word count: 70686
Read Count: 14883
Published: June 06 2014
Updated: February 01 2015


Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Door 2, mystery.

 

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: June 07 2014

Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

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Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: June 19 2014

Rated: Mature Content
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[Reviews - 63]
Summary:

Felicia Adams doesn't have a regular life. She's a single mother working two jobs trying to keep a roof over her and her son's heads. One of those jobs includes being a webcam girl. She does it all for guys who are too shy to meet girls in reality, from harmless flirting to sexual acts. She then meets Andrew Harper, the sexy mysterious billionaire. Andrew just can't keep a girlfriend. His dates are selfish gold diggers, and all they want is to shine in the spotlight. All he wants is a girl to one day marry, he can't possibly find a wife on Virtualdates.com, right?




Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: None
Genre: Drama, Erotica, Romance
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations, Original Characters, Racism, Sexual Content , Strong Sexual Content
Series: None
Chapters: 5
Completed:No
Word count: 9176
Read Count: 25337
Published: December 21 2014
Updated: April 08 2015


Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Love how the story is unfolding....just like to point out inconsistency of sitter's name, it was the Franklins in Chapter 1 and became the Smiths in Chapter 2.  Uppity Robert deserves be immersed with water for putting Fe down, kudos to Knight Andy.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: January 10 2015

Title: Chapter 4: Chapter 4

Love the story development but there's timeline inconsistencies.  Felicia got reunited with her son's father 2 years in college, yet she said to Andrew she had her son in the middle of her senior year in college.  Then when would she have time to go to Italy?  Before she got preggers?  It is quite vague reference just to emphasize her linguistic skills.  Hope you will shed more light on this and correct the timeline.  Also how can she be allowed to leave her shift just to go on a date with a patron, seems like her boss is pimping her.

 

But aside from these inconsistencies, I like how it is developing.



Author's Response:

Sorry about that, I'll get to that. Thanks for enjoying!

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: March 07 2015

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Rated: Teen or Above
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[Reviews - 151]
Summary:

Sometimes hurting the person you love is easier than showing them love, especially when you're hurting inside.

Saint-Luc and Naomi Adebayo-Roux aren't any different.

This is their story.



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: General
Genre: Friendship, Inspirational, Romance
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Original Characters, Work in Progress
Series: None
Chapters: 28
Completed:No
Word count: 46514
Read Count: 376165
Published: October 14 2015
Updated: July 15 2017


Title: Beignet

Downloaded the app, user name is jojoiellen



Author's Response:

Check your email inbox or junk!

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: September 16 2016

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[Reviews - 316]
Summary:

It's gonna be a bumpy road!



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: None
Genre: Romance
Story Status: Active
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 20
Completed:No
Word count: 31436
Read Count: 43009
Published: February 08 2016
Updated: March 05 2016


Title: Chapter 6: Chapter 6

Sass with capital S, love the story am tracking this now.  Fast update makes my heart sing with the joy you bring, every time there is a new update.  Holy Moses, keep writing Dion, this story not just captured my attention, made me want to write reviews too, but the characters are so alive and interesting! Please keep going and may your muse continue e to light your fire.

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: February 10 2016

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Summary:

Daphne Gregory is on the run. She's looking for a place to lay low until things calm down back home. When she lands in Oklahoma, the last thing she expects to find is a friend in resident playboy Landon Phelps.



Table of Contents
Categories: Original Fiction
Characters: None
Classification: General
Genre: Drama, Friendship, Romance
Story Status: Completed
Pairings: None
Warnings: Adult Situations, Original Characters, Racism, Sexual Content , Un-betaed , Work in Progress
Series: Outlander
Chapters: 27
Completed:Yes
Word count: 53311
Read Count: 22109
Published: November 15 2017
Updated: October 03 2019


Title: Chapter 8: December 2009: Coming Home

Just a reality check, after 911, only ticketed passengers can go inside the airport, for Landon to stay with Daphne until her flight boards seems implausible. 

Reviewer: Agape Realms Signed
Date: December 24 2017

Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.