2 inseparable best friends turn into 1 power couple that is envied by everyone near them But their love comes with a cost.

IN WICH: Kennesey Jordan is new to Chicago. She spends her first few days there helping her brother pull off his annual Christmas event. But then she met Justice Bennett - the venue owner with the kind of calm that made noise feel safe. He didn't talk much, didn't smile often, and definitely didn't plan on catching feelings for his homeboy's little sister. Between long nights setting up lights, missed calls, and moments that lingered too long - they both started feeling something neither of them were ready for. The city's cold, the holidays are loud, and love's the last thing either of them was looking for. But sometimes, the quietest things hit the hardest.

Ariana never thought her heart would lead her straight into the fire. Beautiful, sharp, and fiercely independent, she's been building a life of her own-working hard to rise above the chaos of her neighborhood. But when she crosses paths with Roman "Saint" Sinclair, the city's most powerful drug dealer, everything changes. Saint is a man who commands fear with a look, respect with his name, and loyalty with his reputation. To the streets, he's untouchable. But behind closed doors, Ariana sees the man underneath-the one who's tired of bloodshed, who craves something real, something pure. With her, he lets his guard down. With him, she feels alive in a way she never imagined. Still, love in Saint's world comes with a price. His enemies are watching, waiting to use Ariana as leverage. Friends become snakes, money breeds betrayal, and the line between loyalty and survival grows thinner every day. Now Ariana must face the truth: being with Saint means stepping fully into his world. And in a game where love is both a weapon and a weakness, Ariana has to decide-can she survive being the queen to the city's most dangerous kingpin, or will her love story end in ashes? Bare with me this my first book.

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸

Asmara My'yanni Dawson has always wanted to help people. Majoring in Social Work, she's almost finished with her senior year of college. She kept her mind in her books and her heart away from love. She didn't swear it off, she just took a break from it after she experienced a major heartbreak her freshman year of college. The guy she thought she was in love with ghosted her, and it was later revealed that her best friend from high school not only slept with him, but had his child as well. She then realized that not every one deserved your trust and your heart, so she kept it on lock, until she met him... Esai Zamier Lewis always felt like the world was against him. Being diagnosed with a mental disorder, surviving poverty, and having to grow up fast, turned him into an emotionally unavailable person. Recently released from prison, Esai is learning to live in a world where his mother and brother aren't in it with him. Coping with promethazine to sleep through the pain, he doesn't realize it's doing more harm than good. Trying to uphold the promise to his mom, he opens his own tattoo shop, Esai's Ink. With the help of his friends and recent love interest, he realizes he's not alone as much as he thought. Follow Asmara and Esai as they both go through life with each other by each other's side. Relationships and friendships will be tested, secrets will be revealed, loved ones will be grieved. Can they survive it all? First book! Enjoy!

𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 ..

Zion, a confident college football player, is ready to start fresh in his new dorm. But everything changes when he realises he's sharing the space with Asani. The gentle, soft spoken best friend of his sister. Asani has always lived in the background, but after getting to know Zion he begins to feel more seen. © 2024 All Rights Reserved To The Original Author ᯽𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚n

"ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴍʏ ʙɪɢɢᴇꜱᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴀᴄʜᴇ... ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ. ꜱɪɴᴄᴇʀᴇʟʏ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ, ᴋᴇɴɴᴇᴅɪɪ." #2 Atlanta 08 | 07 | 25 🏆

Janeisha "Neisha" Bambi has always survived by keeping a low profile. She don't get caught up in the kind of business that comes with bodies, secrets, and street names that echo. But all it takes is one night-one favor for her best friend-to slide her straight into the orbit of Seven "Saint" Carter. Saint is discipline wrapped in menace. A man the streets don't just respect,they fear. The type Neisha promised herself she'd never look at twice. He doesn't chase, beg, or explain. Yet somehow, he does all of this for her. And when that calm, unreadable gaze settles on Neisha, her careful world starts to crack. Now Saint's patience is running out, Neisha's defenses are falling apart and the pull between them is starting to feel less like a choice and more like fate. He's trying to shield her from the life he lives. She's trying to decide if loving him is salvation or self-destruction.

"I'm broken baby you gotta fix me"