Harlan & Julep by ChaShiree M.

Harlan
I was minding my own business when my life started with a little thief in my store. She stole from my shelves and then stole my heart. I convinced her to come home with me while my plan centered around how to keep her. Is torture having the thing you want the most within your grasp, but being unable to touch it or perish in prison,
The minute that clock strikes midnight she is mine in all ways and there is nothing anyone can do to stop me. Now I need all of her secrets and fears so I can slay them and bring her peace.

Julep
My life has been one letdown and one fight after another. I have had no one I can count on or depend on since before I can remember. But I have Lili, my little sister that I love more than anything in the world and I am going to give us both something better. The problem is to do that, I have to leave her and go on an adventure.
When the solution to our problem doesn’t go as planned, everything changes. A man I don’t know gives me hope but is it misplaced? Can i trust him? My heart sure thinks so.