𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 ⌖ 𝙨𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙚 𝙭 𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣. ❦ | 𝐔𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 . ᶜʰʳⁱᵃᵐᵒⁿᵗᵉ ʳᵉᵃˡ ᵍʰᵉᵗᵗᵒ 𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍 is a haunting, slow burn descent into the kind of love that feels more like a loaded gun than a safe place to land. Set in the shadows of Los Angeles, where palm trees line the blocks but can't cover up the sirens, body bags & trauma, it follows the twisted, all consuming bond between two souls, two victims of life's circumstances, too damaged to love right, but too addicted to let go. This ain't ALL fiction. It's the unfiltered truth of what happens when love turns toxic, when passion is laced with pain, & when walking away could save your life, but staying feels like the only way to breathe. It's about being hooked on someone who breaks you in pieces, slowly, until you don't even recognize your own reflection. What makes it worse for them? The violence didn't just live outside their door. Both were born into a family war where colors, street names, & grudges were damn near inherited. Their love was always a risk, always a target. They tried to escape it, to build something that didn't echo their past with one other, but still, the pain followed. Loss piled up. Friends, family, pieces of themselves, until even love felt like another battlefield. The streets never really let go of their past. Not when last names are triggers. Not when loyalty is life or death. In this story, heartbreak isn't some poetic lifetime script, it's violent & real. Mental peace is a luxury, & the heart's pull feels more like a curse than a blessing. 𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍 is for the ones who loved past the red flags, stayed through the damage, & bled for a connection that was never safe to begin with.

love, obsession & deceit. saint, psalm & kataya

In the small town of Mason, there's not much to do but get high and get into trouble. After the murder of a childhood friend, Sage, an aspiring musician, prefers to get money and get the hell out of town. Alongside his best friend, he devises a plan that'll earn him a one-way ticket to a city that can put his dreams in flight. That is, until he meets Darcy. As another native of Mason, Darcy is attempting to get out from under her own grief after the passing of her sister. With the help of her friend, she finds her footing and solace in the town they all love, where community is king and love is abundant. Everything she thought about life, love- and even Mason- is beginning to be put back into perspective. That is, until she meets Sage.

[SEQUEL to ME, YOU, AND MASON] As the autumn season chills the heat of a Southern summer in Mason, Darcy-Ann and Sage are learning how to navigate the single life. As they both embark on journeys of self-love and growth, their new relationship status challenges them to rise above jealousy, drama, and their own insecurities. Will our lovers-turned-friends find their way back into each other's hearts? Or will they get in their own way? Will their fiery romance catch wind again or will the cool weather snuff their flame?

❛ life is a rhythm and we hold the drum. ❜ ( janet jackson x male oc ) ( janet. era - velvet rope era. ) - book 2 of the drum beat series.