The Nat. 20 Series by Rebecca Wrights

When Hank Martínez landed back in Charleston after being gone for eleven years, there were only two things he wanted: to find a gym he could easily get to from his apartment and to hang out with his three best friends as much as possible. He hadn’t seen them since he enlisted in the Army at just eighteen to escape the hand of an abusive father and they were more of a family to him than his dad ever was. That was until he saw the blonde girl at the gym every morning, reading between her sets... moreWhen Hank Martínez landed back in Charleston after being gone for eleven years, there were only two things he wanted: to find a gym he could easily get to from his apartment and to hang out with his three best friends as much as possible. He hadn’t seen them since he enlisted in the Army at just eighteen to escape the hand of an abusive father and they were more of a family to him than his dad ever was. That was until he saw the blonde girl at the gym every morning, reading between her sets. Who reads at the gym? When she called out to him one morning, pretending he was her boyfriend to rescue her from some creep who couldn’t take a hint, it was game over. Bailey Brown had been living the life of her dreams until the night everything changed. Two years later, she was living with her best friend and trying to make do by working odd jobs around the city. The only real things that brought her joy were her books and her morning trips to the gym. But when she saw him walk in wearing his worn-out combat boots, everything started to change for her. Bailey has scars she hasn’t told many people about, but the more she gets to know the shy soldier from the gym, the more she realizes he has scars of his own. Together, they work to heal and discover what it means to not let your past define your future. That you aren’t broken forever and if you let them, the people you love can be the reason you start to mend. • content warnings •Please be aware that the following content warnings apply to Mending Me. While this story is an overall positive one, it does include sensitive topics such as domestic abuse between parent/child, sexual assault, and rape. Please keep this in mind before reading this story.Mending Me is a meet-cute, strangers-to-lovers story that packs the heat but will also make you swoon. This story represents an interracial couple who help one another heal from their past and will give you the happily ever after you’re looking for. It is an interconnected, stand-alone story and is the first book in The Nat. 20 Series! less

Kolbi Vesey was at the top of his game. He had everything he needed: three best friends he was fiercely loyal to, a security company that was rapidly growing, and a beautiful historic home in downtown Charleston. As a Black man who started with nothing, he worked hard to earn his billionaire CEO status and gain the love and trust of Charleston’s most influential people... moreKolbi Vesey was at the top of his game. He had everything he needed: three best friends he was fiercely loyal to, a security company that was rapidly growing, and a beautiful historic home in downtown Charleston. As a Black man who started with nothing, he worked hard to earn his billionaire CEO status and gain the love and trust of Charleston’s most influential people. When he gets the call from one of the city's oldest and wealthiest families with an offer to lead security for the patriarch's state Senate campaign, saying yes seemed like a no-brainer. What he didn’t expect to happen when he took the job was to fall for his totally off limits daughter. Magnolia Sinclair grew up in the one hundred year old plantation home that's been in her family for generations. As a Sinclair, her parents had set high expectations for her since the day she was born and she did everything she could to keep them happy. But every time she tried to make them proud, she was met with not-so-subtle reminders that her parents wished for a boy but ended up with her instead. After a run in with a handsome stranger riding a skateboard, her sense of the world begins to shift. When they meet again, this time with him wearing a custom fitted suit, she realizes that living life for herself is far better than living in the box her parents forced her into. Together they begin to discover that the right people will love you for who you truly are and it’s never too late to become the person you’ve always wanted to be.••Divine Sense is the second book in the interconnected, stand-alone Nat. 20 series. This book follows Kolbi, a billionaire CEO security firm owner and the city heiress he’s so NOT supposed to fall for. Their story is spicy and steamy but also tender and healing and has an unconventional HEA you’ll love. ••While Divine Sense is an overall positive story, the following content warning are important to note before reading this story. Sensitivity readers were used in the writing and development of this story. Content warnings include:Violence and physical aggression, parental abuse (verbal, emotional), sexual assault (reference to side character), race discrimination and arrest of a Black character, cheating (not between two MCs). Please keep these in mind before reading! less

Malcolm Kacee is Charleston’s biggest playboy. Known for his inked up skin and the fact that he would rather have a woman fall in love with him for only a weekend instead of forever, he’s perfectly content in his arrangement with the opposite gender. One and done, nothing more. That is, until the night of his best friend’s wedding when he finally gets the girl he’s been trying to bag for weeks—the bride’s best friend. After their hasty one night stand, he can’t seem to shake her from his mind... moreMalcolm Kacee is Charleston’s biggest playboy. Known for his inked up skin and the fact that he would rather have a woman fall in love with him for only a weekend instead of forever, he’s perfectly content in his arrangement with the opposite gender. One and done, nothing more. That is, until the night of his best friend’s wedding when he finally gets the girl he’s been trying to bag for weeks—the bride’s best friend. After their hasty one night stand, he can’t seem to shake her from his mind. For the first time in his life, he’s ready to call her his for good, even if it means burning his entire playboy image to the ground.Ophelia Sommers loves sex and isn’t afraid to own it. If men are allowed to take a different girl home each weekend and be seen as ‘the man’, then why can’t women? She loves who she is as a curvy, successful businesswoman and for reasons she rarely shares, refuses to let any man claim her as his own.Yet, why can’t she stop thinking about the tattooed bartender that took her home after her best friend’s wedding? And why does she find his thick-framed glasses and the fact that he reads the newspaper every day so annoyingly hot? And why, even in his darkest season, does she want to do anything she can to pull him back into the light?What starts out as a desperate haste to share just one night together becomes a love neither of them expected. Together they learn that you can always start over and find love no matter how hard you’ve fallen in the past.• content warnings •While Malcolm and Ophelia’s story is on overall positive one, there are some potentially sensitive topics & subjects covered within it. Please read the content warnings inside the book prior to reading.A detailed dicktionary is included inside the book should you want closed-door modifications!Desperate Haste is a reformed playboy x reformed playgirl, spicy and emotional romance story with a whole lotta found family, heart, and heat . It is an interconnected, stand-alone story and is the third book in The Nat. 20 Series! less