Josiah Ellis has spent his whole life being good. The good son. The good church boy. The dependable little brother who never causes his family any shame. Nobody knows what he prays for after everyone else leaves the sanctuary, and nobody knows about the part of himself he keeps buried beneath pressed Sunday clothes and perfect manners. Then Malachi Grant looks at him. Khi is everything Siah was taught to fear-a street king with blood on his hands, money buried across the city, and enough power to ruin lives with one phone call. He does not ask for permission, does not accept rejection, and does not understand why the pretty church boy who saved his niece refuses to be impressed by him. What begins as curiosity becomes secret dinners, midnight visits, dangerous touches, and a love neither man can safely claim. But Khi has hidden this part of himself before, and the man he left in the shadows has returned with revenge on his mind. With a street war closing in and both families demanding they become men neither of them wants to be, Khi must decide whether protecting Siah means hiding him-or finally standing beside him where everyone can see. Because Siah may have prayed for love. He just never expected God to send him a sinner.

"I don't know how to do this." He was almost embarrassed to admit it. "I ain't been right with you in a long time, but I'm gon' ask anyway. Please don't take her from me." His plea cracked something open inside of his chest. "I know I ain't a good man. I done did some shit that I can't take back and I can't make it right. But she is, she's good. She's the light in so many places I didn't know were dark." "So if there's a price that needs to be paid for all the pain that I have caused in this word and done onto others put it on me. I'll pay it. I swear I will. I'll protect her with my last breath. I'll listen and heed her warnings. I'll slow down and come home more and stop thinking that I'm alone in this world." "Just please let my baby wake up. I love her, I'm in love with her and I can't do this without her. If waking her up means I got to sacrifice letting her go so she can be safe. I'll do that. Just don't take her from this earth." "In Jesus name I pray. Amen."

Kay never planned to fall in love. She's a bartender who minds her business, keeps her head down, and understands that some men come with silence instead of promises. Rome Brewster is one of those men. He's charming, romantic, and dangerous in a way that doesn't need explaining. He shows up. He stays late. He learns her routines without asking permission. He doesn't offer forever-just consistency, protection, and a presence that feels too rare to ignore. What starts as quiet attraction turns into something deeper. Something chosen. Something neither of them names out loud. This isn't a story about being saved. It's about loving someone as they are. About wanting without ownership. About choosing the moment even when you know it won't last forever. Some loves don't come to stay. They come to change you.

"We'a fuck you better than yo' fu ass boyfriend can!" - - LANEYAÀ MONROE KYLE is a self established, go gettin' hustler born and raised from the streets of chicago. Rising up and making more money than she ever has, her "gig" is club hostings and famous party appearances- what happens when she bumps into 3 lovers AND highly attractive and active criminals while navigating her new young-adult life? Could it just so happen to be crew love? .. or is this just trouble mixed with fate and death all together? KV.|NW.|LD.

fuck around & find out.

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