The Urban Fairytale Series by Porscha Sterling

There is just something about a good girl with a mind of her own that makes a bad boy want to change his ways…. After watching her parents be gunned down right in front of her, Princess decided that she wanted absolutely nothing to do with the streets or the men who ran in them. Now, a prestigious doctor in Atlanta, she’s changed her name from Princess to Aliyah and has left her past life of being a kingpin’s daughter far behind her... moreThere is just something about a good girl with a mind of her own that makes a bad boy want to change his ways…. After watching her parents be gunned down right in front of her, Princess decided that she wanted absolutely nothing to do with the streets or the men who ran in them. Now, a prestigious doctor in Atlanta, she’s changed her name from Princess to Aliyah and has left her past life of being a kingpin’s daughter far behind her. However, her plans of never falling for the type of man her father was are shattered when, through a twist of fate, she is kidnapped by Killian King who needs her to save his brother who’s been shot when a deal goes wrong.Killian King, known as ‘Kill’ for his ruthless and merciless ways, is the oldest of the King brothers, the heirs to an illegal weapon empire, started by their late father. Known as the ‘plug’ for his ability to obtain anything and supply it to his high-paying customers, no matter how hard it is to get or how illegal, Killian is the connection between the customer and their desires.As the oldest of the King boys, Killian is extremely protective of his brothers, and shows this when the youngest is nearly killed, by kidnapping a doctor to save him. Once Aliyah completes the life-saving surgery, Killian then finds himself indebted to a woman who hates everything about him, especially the life he leads.Unfortunately, the magnetic attraction between them makes it hard for him to forget her. And, even though, Killian wants to move on and put her in the past, for some reason, he’s unable to let go.**This is a complete, standalone novel** less

In the glamorous world of L.A.’s elite, love stories rarely happen without strings attached. I envisioned my own fairy tale love story to be full of starry-eyed romance. But what I got instead? A cautionary tale.Landing Apollo DuPont as a client? A career highlight. But becoming his fiancée overnight? That was the beginning of a challenge I didn’t see coming… until I was in too deep.The sole heir of one of the city’s few Black billionaire families, Apollo is L.A... moreIn the glamorous world of L.A.’s elite, love stories rarely happen without strings attached. I envisioned my own fairy tale love story to be full of starry-eyed romance. But what I got instead? A cautionary tale.Landing Apollo DuPont as a client? A career highlight. But becoming his fiancée overnight? That was the beginning of a challenge I didn’t see coming… until I was in too deep.The sole heir of one of the city’s few Black billionaire families, Apollo is L.A.’s most coveted bachelor and a notorious heartbreaker, always arm-in-arm with the latest ‘it girl’ of the moment.His sex appeal is irresistible, and his charm is magnetic, but his intentions? Fleeting. They say he leaves a trail of broken hearts in his wake, and no matter what, I vowed never to be one of them.And now, his mother wants me to marry him to change his reputation. The agreement is for three years, and though she has a list of rules on how it should go, I’ve only given myself DON’T FALL FOR APOLLO.It’s only one rule. It shouldn’t be that hard not to break.Author’s Beauty & the Billionaire is a standalone tale of reluctant love and high-stakes compromise. Dive into this insane romance between a billionaire who has everything, yet nothing at all, and a woman determined to keep her heart off the bidding table. Welcome to the fairytale series, where love is anything but ordinary. less

“Love gets you hurt. Being real gets you hated. But trust… that can get you killed.” For Mikhail, love was a distraction. But after losing so many friends during a gang war, he comes out as the official king of the streets, but the victory is bittersweet because he’s also the loneliest he’s ever been.For the first time, he realizes that what he needs more than ever, is a woman to come home to at night. The moment he sees Alice, he knows that the woman he needs… is her... more“Love gets you hurt. Being real gets you hated. But trust… that can get you killed.” For Mikhail, love was a distraction. But after losing so many friends during a gang war, he comes out as the official king of the streets, but the victory is bittersweet because he’s also the loneliest he’s ever been.For the first time, he realizes that what he needs more than ever, is a woman to come home to at night. The moment he sees Alice, he knows that the woman he needs… is her.For Alice, aka Ali, her only focus is on being great. Since the time that she could remember, she felt the need to prove that she was so much more than her past. More than a drug dealing father and a coke-addicted mother. More than the child they had but didn’t want.It’s her thirst for recognition that lands her right in the middle of what many call Gangland, working undercover at the neighborhood barbershop. Placed there to investigate a gang leader suspected of ordering dozens of homicides that rocked the city, Alice was prepared to encounter nearly everything. But she never expected to find the one man on Earth capable of showing her real love.Although she tries to resist him, the one thing Mikhail is an expert at is applying pressure. What he wants, he gets, and she’s no different. When Ali throws caution to the wind to follow her heart, it’s a decision that sends her entire world spinning.Loving Mikhail is like a drug and like a hopeless addict, she’s addicted.So, down the rabbit hole she goes… less