Mariah L. Stevens
I am a Black Autistic author who writes contemporary romance, trauma recovery, and paranormal romance novels and fanfiction.
I take the traumatic experiences I have had and channel them into my work in a way that seeks to help with recovery.
I like to write with compassion and diversity, and especially love to give Black characters their happy endings.​
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Everything seems simple when you’re a child...until it isn’t.
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After a childhood of trauma, betrayal, and pain, Jaeda has learned that the safest place to be is unseen. She told the truth, and no one believed her. So why bother trying anymore?
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Three years after everyone she loved took her abuser’s side, she returns to college, determined to move forward. But when she’s paired with her ex-best friend, Cassiel, for a term project, his cold hatred threatens to destroy the carefully built walls around her heart.
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Jaeda thinks Cass’s cruelty is as simple as truth and lies. But she’s about to learn that nothing is as it seems...and the secrets he’s hiding are more dangerous than she ever imagined. And when the truth finally comes to light, Jaeda learns too late that some betrayals aren’t just painful.
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They’re deadly.
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Naima Okeke is trapped, her heart surrounded by chains.
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Her boyfriend, Callan is a monster who maps her brown skin with bruises, holding hostage the key. His stepbrother, Jaden longs to free her heart and help it beat again. Her parents and brother, Amari are terrified; her friends suspicious. But Naima loves them all enough to hide from them, no matter what the cost—even if that cost is forcing them to watch her waste away.
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Can she balance surviving Callan on one hand and falling for Jaden on the other, or will her dangerous coping mechanisms destroy the fragile web of lies she's built to protect everyone who loves her?
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For adult fans of Sharing the Secret, No One Would Tell, and After who long for a book they can relate to, that makes them feel less alone.
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