𝙎𝘼𝙆𝙐𝙍𝘼; 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳? -𝐌𝐒. 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐎 ྀི-

Recently moving to the west coast, Daniela Parker expected a shift when moving with her mother and brother to Los Angeles. Daniela didn't think she had anything to worry about since her brother is an A+ student, and she stayed out of people's business. But when a known gangster, Enrique González, put his eyes on her, she had trouble avoiding the charming brown-eyed man with a background of violence. *black female lead and latino male lead* #1 in the U.S 4/25/25

"Don't look at me like that..." I scoffed, licking my lips to hide my smile as I looked up at her. She was tempting. Very tempting. And it wasn't intentional, but I could tell she was falling for it anyway. Obliviously, "Like what?" Her lips curled, showing me what I tried my best to hide. She let out a small laugh, looking away so my eyes could no longer meet hers. And then, "Like you're going to make me regret my decision." _ After a traumatic event that truly exposed her to the reality that she'd been constantly warned about, Areli meets Savannah, a kind woman who brings all the best things around. But, of course, it's always too good to be true. - BOOK ONE

"Solè, why'd you stay?" "Because, Zaire... you the first thing that ever felt worth staying for." ❀ 🝳 ❀ Harlem held the noise. Solè gave Zaire the quiet. Zaire Knox, Harlem's quiet storm, known for his ties to the streets and a gaze that read people faster than they could lie to him. Respected. Feared. Loved. With scars buried deeper than his tattoos, he never planned to love soft. Until a Harlem vinyl shop left behind by his late grandfather forces him to slow down, to breathe, to find his real purpose in the world beyond the streets. Solè Sinclair, soft but unbreakable, raised by her father after loss. By day, she serves warmth behind the counter of a café. By night, she disappears into her art, trying to paint the parts of herself no one ever sees. When their worlds cross, the city shifts. What starts off tense and unexpected turns tender. Together, they learn love can hold you just as fierce as the streets ever did, and softer, too. But love in Harlem always asks one question: what are you willing to risk when the heart wants more than the streets ever offered? A Harlem story. A hood love. A soft place to land. ❀ 🝳 ❀