It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Vulcan in the grip of Pon Farr must be in want of a mate.

---A Star Trek meets Pride and Prejudice Story---

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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. 

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Ares, The Greek God of War meets Irene Hart a woman who brings fire and her own brand of peace to his life. Can he win this battle and convince Irene that he's more than a fighter and a lover but a man to keep for all eternity?

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

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Amaris Manning was a woman that was over six feet tall.  Julian Arrington was just a little over five six.  They were attracted to one another from the beginning, but would it be a good fit?  She was sexually repressed.  He was sexually promiscuous. She was looking for a relationship and he was avoiding one at all costs. She was black and he was white.  They were totally opposite in every way, yet their hearts didn't seem to hear their heads talking!

Good Things in A Small Package is an original work of fiction. Please do not copy or post this story to any other websites. Copyright 2011 BRAnderson

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Lorilei Riley is a large black girl who was uprooted at age five when her mother marries and relocates to the small mostly white mining town of Appalachia.  She is the object of ridicule and scorn.  She immediately bonds with Micah Hamilton a young classmate who is also an outsider because of a large growth on his face.

Micah gets a chance at a normal life by having a surgery to remove the growth and Lorilei wonders as they both reach adulthood if Micah has remained with her out of friendship and loyalty or if a guy like him, could really come to  love a plus size girl like her.

In The Eyes of the Beholder is an original work of fiction. Please do not copy or post this story to any other websites. Copyright 2011 BRAnderson

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Maximillian Peterson was a man who appeared to have everything...looks, money and good health.  There was just one little problem...he was lacking where he thought it mattered most.  Selma Bloomfield was a widow who hadn't had sex in five years. She and Maxie had hit it off, but he was hesitant in taking their relationship to consummation.  How would Selma take it when she discovers Maxie's "little" secret?

A Perfect Fit is an original work of fiction. Please do not copy or post this story to any other websites. Copyright 2011 BRAnderson

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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.  

Christmas is a time of giving and Henrietta Young is about to give the perfect gift to someone who doesn't deserve it.

The Gift  is an original work of fiction. Please do not copy or post this story to any other websites. Copyright 2011 BRAnderson

Taught to see the worst in people so he lived life semi- emotionless, that is until he met her.

He loved to see them suffer. The pitiful humans that they desperately need to survive. Oh how she would suffer the girl who was nothing but a twinkling star, and he knew just as good as anyone that stars were never meant to stay. They were destined to fall and look beautiful as there innocence fades away.

When recent college grad, Lily Taylor became the personal paralegal to the notorious lawyer of the stars, Aiden Hawkins, she never knew that she would have her hands tied with him...literally.

Mallory Ruskin lost her sight in an unfortunate accident five years ago. Can she push aside the fear of the assumed and the unknown to trust the one man who had her heart?

Love, loss and redemption are found in the most unlikely places.