In the city of Atlanta, a young black entrepreneur, Brielle Smith is living her dream life, balancing her business and raising her two-year-old daughter, Nyla. But their worlds come to a change, when Brielle and her daughter cross paths with a homeless man, Xavier despite the harsh criticism from her family and friends, Brielle opens her home to Xavier determined to help him rebuild his life.

She has everything the world says she should want-money, freedom, a "healthy" relationship- but inside, she feels hollow. Somewhere between punches and pain, she wonders if she can ever find herself again.

At twenty nine, Rue returns to her hometown of East Harlem New York to check on her family and honor the late birthday of her childhood best friend, Emari ". Now a famous makeup artist , Rue has built a life far from the city she once ran from but being back brings up memories she tried to bury. What she doesn't expect is to see Azriel, an old childhood friend she hasn't spoken to since he went to prison years ago. Struggling with the loss of Emari, Rue fled the city without thinking about how deeply her absence would hurt him. Left alone to face jail and life without anyone in his corner, Azriel accepted the consequences of the streets. Years later, he's no longer the boy she knew but a world known boxer. With unresolved pain, guilt, and feelings neither of them ever truly let go of, Rue and Azriel are forced to face the past.

Promise Walker was sheltered, sweet, and way too innocent for the world Dave East ruled. She heals kids for a living. He breaks men for a living. They were never meant to meet- But when soft meets savage, nothing stays the same.

He was her forbidden temptation. She was his hidden obsession. When secrets ignite, love turns into possession. Description: When sexy dancer Scarlet moves in with her charming yet dangerously magnetic roommate Jaxon, she thinks she can keep her double life under wraps. By day, he's her teasing best friend with a girlfriend he swears he loves. By night, he becomes her deepest craving. But everything changes when Jaxon discovers Scarlet's secret world-the club, the stage, the side of her she never wanted him to see. One private dance turns into a forbidden night of raw passion neither can forget. Now caught between loyalty and obsession, Jaxon can't stay away. His girlfriend is still in the next room, but Scarlet has already taken over his every thought, his every need... and soon, his future. When love becomes dangerous, and desire turns possessive, lines blur between devotion and control. Because Jaxon doesn't just want her-he wants to own her.

Amara thought she had the perfect family until one night at a restaurant when she saw her husband laughing with Vanessa Kingsley, his "friend." Following them to a hotel, her illusions shattered. What follows is a woman's descent into heartbreak, betrayal, and rediscovery? A story of a wife who loses everything but herself, and a husband who realizes too late that love built on lies cannot be rebuilt.

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 "don't know how i got here but baby here we are" 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 + 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐪 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐱 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐜 warnings: swearing, slight vuglar language, embarrassing situations, maybeee some smut later on

"It's me. I'm the thing that needs to be handled. I'm the scandal. The best way to deal with a scandal is to shut it down."