in the west end, 25-year-old hairstylist raya phillips is all hustle and no distractions-until kairo jenkins, a right hand man for a drug dealer, walks into her life and becomes obsessed. she's unimpressed by his money and power, and that only draws him in deeper. raya tries to resist, but his world is creeping into hers fast, their connection could either be real or destroy them both.

Taniya Parker is gifted, young, and beautiful, but she's also incredibly independent and can come off a little hardcore sometimes. She graduated high school at the age of fifteen and attended the HBCU, Hampton University the following year. Now, starting her residency at Berry-View Hospital, she meets her longtime academic Rival, Christian Young. Christian Young is the male version of her, except a more conceited and arrogant version. Just as she graduated high school at the age of fifteen so did he, It was uncanny really. They'd met in college when his school, Virginia State, visited a local Medical fair. The fair was an opportunity for all Pre-Med students to learn from actual doctors who worked in the field. That was when Taniya accidentally bumped into Christian after staring at her notes and walking at the same time. "Oh, I'm sorry." She said, clearly distracted. "You good, just watch your step next time princess." He gave her a smug smile, then she just rolled her eyes and walked away. Little did she know, that's where it would all begin.

Saint was Salem... But Salem, wasn't Saint.

hurtin' deeply inside.

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

'𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑..

"She never asked to be chosen second. He never asked to love soft." Ka'Lani Simone Harris spent her whole life watching boys pick her brownskin twin, Imani, first. Every text, every glance, every "you cute but..." - it all ended the same. But when Juelz Amir Thompson steps into her world - quiet, tattooed, hood-smart, and realer than any man she's known - he flips her entire mindset. Only... Ka'Lani ain't sure if he really sees her, or just another shadow of her sister. Juelz got demons. A past that moves quiet but dangerous. And love? That shit was never part of the plan. But Ka'Lani pulls something out of him nobody's ever touched - not his exes, not his block, not even his blood. Now the city watching. Girls throwing shade. Secrets resurfacing. And his enemies? They don't like seeing him soft. But love like this? Ain't soft. It's bold. It's bruised. And it refuses to be background. This ain't no fairytale. This is hood love

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in which a deranged street figure develops a fatal, unhealthy obsession for a younger, sheltered girl.

Two lovers meet in jail, and became boyfriend and girlfriend they even got matching tattoos but what will happen when they finally meet outside of the jail doors---- JAIL BIRDS