Zadie wasn't built for the streets, she was built to escape them. At 19, she leaves Philly behind and moves to Baltimore with her father, enrolling at Morgan University and focusing on her books, her business, and her future. Known for her flawless lashes and growing TikTok fame, Zadie keeps her circle small and her life even smaller. Because she knows exactly what the streets can do..she's seen it through her own family. Dakota, better known as Koda, is everything she's been taught to avoid. Over East, his name carries weight. He moves how he wants, makes his money how he knows, and stays connected to a world Zadie refuses to be part of. School was never his path but Morgan is still his territory through the people he calls family. When Zadie and Koda cross paths, it was never supposed to be anything serious. But in a city like Baltimore, nothing stays simple for long. The more Zadie tries to stay in her lane, the deeper she gets pulled into Koda's world and the harder it becomes to tell the difference between love and danger. Because in the 410... love don't come without consequences.

"I'm not giving up cause without her..." "What" "Without her I am nothing... I know I did some fucked up shit but me and her ... we inseparable."

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 (𝘷.) /kreɪv/ feel a powerful desire for (something). . 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐉𝐀𝐇 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓 the soldier, who would tear the city down with his sword for his own. He has learned to lock his heart away at young age. Growing up in bad conditions made him strive to be something more. The boss with the heart of ice. The Machine. But then she walks into his office, and he finds himself crossing the lines for her. He starts to feel his heart de-frost, and he welcomes the forlorn feeling with a shark-grin. A problem arises in Elijah's picture-perfect-world with her in the middle when his brother starts taking a like in her and his world is turned upside down, as he makes the impossible decision, and sells his soul to save her. 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐑𝐄 is like any other girl she knows, except for the little fact that she broke the norm in her family and moved away to do what she strived to do. Josie has always yearned for freedom, has let the world be her outlet. But when her eyes lock with his, she feels her entire world coming down beneath her. She finds herself not being able to separate her brewing feelings for him, and the freedom she's always yearned for, and frankly she finds herself not caring. But when her life is put into danger by an unwelcome manic-like love, she finds herself in an impossible position where she has to choose a life, if she wants to be with him. She has to choose between the gold cage she escaped from, or the freedom she's always craved. Will their love survive this test? .

There's so many positive 4 letter words: Love Like Hope Care Life Then there's negative: Hate Evil Dead For once in her life Desdemona wanted to hear negative. The word in itself: Negative. Instead she heard positive. Her whole world came tumbling down when she found out she was positive for HIV/AIDS. She just wants to experience that four letter word, that thing called: L O V E

"𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭?" 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐱 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐚𝐰𝐤·𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 /ˈ𝐨̂𝐤𝐰ə𝐫𝐝/ 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

noun: weakness. /ˈwēknəs/ -a person or thing that one is unable to resist or likes excessively.

"𝖠 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗄 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗌𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝟣𝟪 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌." Latoya loved children and it was one of the main reasons she became a school teacher. It was a shame she couldn't have her own; atleast that's what doctors had told her. When dragged to a club, she drunkly sleeps with King Von, the infamous, and handsome rapper. What happens when she turns up pregnant? - never mind the fact the two DON'T get a long at ALL.

𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣, 𝙞'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣' 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮 - 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻

first book!

𝑴𝒓. 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈 -𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚, 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕! Toosii 𝑪𝒐𝒑𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 © 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟢 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟𝗦 ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ🚨: Age-gap, Sexual themes, Violence, Family, Censored Curses