Doing what 20 year old Nasiem deemed as right, put him in a tough situation. Quickly teaching him a little something about life.

Book 1 In Miami's heat, where bodies drop and secrets burn, Brycier finds himself tangled in the arms of the city's most dangerous man-the one who was never supposed to care. A slow-burn hood romance soaked in blood, fear, and first love.

sanai steps in as a substitute teacher for a professor, expecting a normal, quiet day. instead, she runs into dayvon bennett who immediately takes interest in her. dayvon pushes boundaries and sanai tries to maintain her professionalism while navigating his growing fascination with her.

"Tell me you don't feel it. Tell me I'm imagining this, and I'll never bring it up again." He looked at her for a long moment, and she could see him fighting himself. "I can't tell you that," he said finally. "Why not?" "Because it would be a lie." -- Naomi "Nay" Shields is a 24-year-old lifestyle YouTuber with over a million followers, known for her beauty, travel vlogs, and "perfect" relationship with longtime boyfriend Messiah "Si" Banks. On camera, they're couple goals. Off camera, she's just surviving him. Messiah is a flashy, manipulative drug dealer in Atlanta-respected in the streets, but emotionally abusive behind closed doors. After cheating multiple times, he traps Nay further with a viral public proposal in Tulum. Now, she feels stuck-scared to leave the brand they built and scared of him. But everything shifts when Messiah's older half-brother, Zyair "Zy" Banks, returns home from a four-year federal bid. He's the opposite of Messiah-quiet, gritty, observant. And he sees right through Nay's pain. When Messiah gets shot in a setup and ends up bedridden, Zy moves in to "keep things in order." As tension brews and the house grows quiet, stolen glances turn into whispers... into touches... into something neither of them planned. What happens when love grows in the shadow of abuse? When the one man who sees you is the one you should never want? And what happens when Messiah finds out? 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝- 06.28.25 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- 07.09.25 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝- 08.20.25

When Kiki visits Chicago for her cousin's wedding, she never expects to get piped down by a man who talks with his hands and growls her name like he own it. Messiah ain't like these New York dudes she's used to-he move different. Ain't loud, ain't flashy, but got that hood alpha energy that make her melt. She was supposed to be there for five days max... not fall in love with a Chi-Town gangsta who flips bricks and lifts her like she weightless. But when her past follows her to Chicago and his street life bleeds into their sex-fueled situationship, the line between love and lust starts to blur. He never chased women-especially not loud, sex-crazy, no-nonsense New York ones. But Kiki? She got him talkin' about "what we is" and pressin' her spot like he tryna build a future. But love between two people who been hurt don't come easy. And in a city full of secrets, money, and murder? Somebody always gotta pay.

𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒓𝒊'𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆. 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏 , 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐. 𝑩𝒓𝒊'𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊'𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓,𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍

Besties to lovers "I know it's scary but let's figure this out.. for us"

Fuck a slow burn , read this.

NOT DONE!!!! She knows exactly how to get under his skin. He acts annoyed, irritated, even tries to push her away... but he can't. The messages keep coming. The calls don't stop. Boundaries get tested, teasing turns into flirting, and suddenly neither of them can stay away. Fast, messy, and addictive - two people who shouldn't, but can't resist, all leading up to the moment they finally find out who the other really is.

He prayed for her in the dark. She begged to God for him to let her go. Ky'leigh Ace thought loving a man like Julian "Toro" Cortez was just part of growing up in the Southside. But when he got locked up, she found out the truth: being in love with a gang member was one thing-raising his daughter alone was another. Six years later, he's back. Fresh out. Full of pain, pride, and poison. But Ky has changed. She's colder now. Stronger. Smarter. And she's been keeping Jurnee away from the streets. But Julian doesn't play when it comes to his daughter. Or Ky. In the world they come from, love ain't sweet-it's war. And every night, somebody's out there whispering a Lover's Prayer just to survive it.