Bøger af Darlene Cunningham

She's Tik Tok Famous. He's a hockey star. What happens when their worlds collide?

Alonda was a part-time artist and full-time office manager. She was okay with her life until her best friend, Brandi, found the love of her life and moved to Tennessee. Alonda was lost without her. She was stuck in a rut and didn't know how to get out. Charles offered to whisk her away to become a full-time painter off the grid. If her anxiety didn't ruin everything.Charles met Alonda when his best friend Terrence dated her roommate. He was an artist, but he wasn't starving. Charles came from a wealthy family and could afford to do whatever he wanted. What he really wanted was Alonda. He fell in love with her, but she didn't know it. He invited her to live off grid with him to focus on her painting full time. She agreed. Now to have her fall in love with him.

Brandi was looking forward to her winter baecation. She was traveling to a resort in Tennessee with her boyfriend of five years. She and Terrence were going to dispel the myth that Black people don't ski. A few days before the trip, Terrence proposed.Her best friend Alonda urged her to travel alone and clear her head. Now Brandi was heading to Gatlinburg, TN for a winter vacation for one. "I guess I'll find out if Black people really don't ski alone."Jerome recently moved back to Tennessee from New York. Covid change his priorities in life and running the rat race was no longer one of them. He developed a ski app to encourage Black people to consider skiing as a vacation option. Life was good! The only thing missing was someone to share it with.

Growing up, Diane was always in control of her life. A non-emotional mother and a sometimes father forced her into adulthood at an early age. Determined to leave home and never return, she got accepted into "Thee Illustrious Howard University''. Diane understood working hard and making the right connections would guarantee she'd have the life she wanted.Being the great, great-grandson of one of the most prominent men in the Washington, DC area, Jared wanted to have one accomplishment of his own. He felt everything he'd accomplished up to this point was because of his family's influence or name. As an undergraduate pre-med student, Jared was looking forward to becoming completely self-sufficient. Being a doctor was first on that list, and second, finding his forever woman to share it with.They both had control of their lives and thought nothing would prevent them from having a successful journey in college and beyond. That is until the first attack...Trigger Warning: Oedipus Complex, Drug Use, Dubcon, Campus Violence & Abandonment by a ParentIf you have experienced any type of trauma, proceed with caution