Ain't nothin' soft about love in the hood. Sixteen-year-old Amari, a wild-hearted, street-smart intersex boy from Eastside, keeps his truth close. Ain't nobody got time to understand him-not his mama, not the streets, not even himself sometimes. But then comes Dre, a quiet, observant boy fresh from ATL, trying to keep his own demons in check. They ain't supposed to fall for each other. Not here, where survival means keeping your head down and heart cold. But what happens when love starts speakin' louder than fear? When truth gets louder than whispers? This ain't no fairytale. This real life. And real love-yeah, that sh*t hit different.

Nadia Washington spent majority of her life in an overly strict household, being the last child, her parents wanted to protect her from the world and keep her home as long as possible. One day, Nadia decides that she no longer wants to live that life. She wants to be free, experience the world, and make her own choices. So, she packs her bags and moves to New York to live with her sister, Celine. Nadia hopes in doing so, she'll be able to discover herself and experience things in life that she has missed out on. Hunter Reece is the starting Quarterback for the New York Giants, chasing a Super Bowl ring. After a tough Super Bowl loss which resulted in what he calls a "failed rookie season", he decided that he needs to block out distractions as they are what's keeping him from his goal. From that moment on, he lived and breathed football. Hunter has made it clear he wasn't looking for romance. However, love can come at you at the most unexpected of times and he's about to find out just that. ⚠️ Mature Audiences Only ⚠️ -------- Highest ranking: #2 Romance Highest ranking: #1 General Fiction (09/13/18) ----------------- © 2018 Summerdreamin / N.A. Mills All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author, except as provided by U.S.A. copyright law.

"I got myself thru all of this at the end of the day."

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

made it out the hood, way more than blessed. (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎)

She started off as just his therapist someone who he didn't want to open up to let along see. Meet August and Monah, August one who is going through so much and only wants to better himself for his daughter his mother suggested a therapist in which he thinks is a bad idea he feels like he can better himself on his own he don't need no stranger in his business. Monah on the other hand looks at August as a hard nut that she's willing to crack, she sees his pain and wants nothing better than to help him out. What may seems like pointless therapy sessions to August ends up being a steamy situation for the both of them.

"Jada Gianna .. that's cute."

[COMPLETED] "Theodore?" He snaps his head back to me and gives me a small smile. "Where have you come from?" I repeat myself. "Bad people." He mumbles and shuffles closer to me. "Safe here?" I pursed my lips and then nodded my head. "You're safe here." Eden Rose, a successful business owner, finds a strange man in front of her house in the middle of the night. Theodore Thomas was taken as a baby and used as an experiment his whole life. He finally escapes and stumbles across Eden Rose, who he happens to take quite a liking too. #1 in cute on 5th of March #15 in romance on 5th of May #1 in bwwm on 26th of May