A photographer who's lost her passion meets a graffiti artist who paints messages of love across the city. Together, they find beauty in broken spaces..

At twenty nine, Rue returns to her hometown of East Harlem New York to check on her family and honor the late birthday of her childhood best friend, Emari ". Now a famous makeup artist , Rue has built a life far from the city she once ran from but being back brings up memories she tried to bury. What she doesn't expect is to see Azriel, an old childhood friend she hasn't spoken to since he went to prison years ago. Struggling with the loss of Emari, Rue fled the city without thinking about how deeply her absence would hurt him. Left alone to face jail and life without anyone in his corner, Azriel accepted the consequences of the streets. Years later, he's no longer the boy she knew but a world known boxer. With unresolved pain, guilt, and feelings neither of them ever truly let go of, Rue and Azriel are forced to face the past.

Avery was raised on control. Taught to be poised, disciplined, have a routine, restraint. She was smart, Focused. Unshakeable. A patient in the psychiatric ward meant nothing to her personally. She was there to help. To follow protocol. To do her job. Cassian was a psychopath. Running the streets of Chicago ruthlessly. Cold-hearted. Clinically incapable of love. Until he saw Avery. The pretty nurse who kept her distance. Who never crossed lines. Who didn't realize she'd already been 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧. Are psychopaths really incapable of love?

𝑩𝑬𝑺𝑶𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑫 : 𝐛𝐞·𝐬𝐨𝐭·𝐭𝐞𝐝 / : 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 , 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 ? 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 😉 Dave East || Ari fletcher 🖤 Started: May 2nd, 2023

"Mama, I can't just leave Abir." I admitted, telling her exactly why I couldn't do this. Not only would she be snatching me away from my family and friends but she was taking me away from the person I'd loved for five going on six years. I couldn't just walk away from him. "Baby.." She trailed off, sighing deeply. "I know you love Abir." She stood to her feet to stop packing for a moment and pulled me into her. "But I promise you, there will be other boys. Right now you have to do what's best for you and that's coming with your daddy and I to give you a better life." "Better life for who? You?!" I screamed out, becoming even more angry at her choice of words. As if my feelings were robotic and I could just turn them on and off for any and every person. "My feelings just don't matter to y'all at all, huh?" I asked, crying harder than before now. "Speak to your mother with some respect, Giselle." My father spat to me and I shook my head, watching as they stood there looking at me like some dumb teenager. This wasn't puppy love for me. I didn't spend 5 years building something, just to walk away from it for their dreams. I couldn't do it. Sinner. Book #1

Ariana Fletcher & Dave East ....

When Iris Maicei Gray returns home in search of a luxury condo, she doesn't expect to find Silas Jamar Smith: the quiet boy from her childhood who grew into a self-made construction company owner with a past as solid as the buildings he restores. As unfinished spaces force them into close proximity, old assumptions begin to crack. Silas sees Iris beyond her polish, while Iris is forced to question the life she built to keep herself untouched. Torn between the comfort of status and the vulnerability of being truly seen, Iris must confront the belief that has shaped every relationship she's ever known: that she is easier to 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 than to 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. Because sometimes, the person who builds everything from the ground up is the only one who can see what's worth keeping.

When a self-made beauty boss tries to leave her toxic past behind, she crosses paths with New York's most feared kingpin who's already decided she'll be his, whether she's ready or not.

The Goal in life is to look better than you feel.. at least that was Giselle's motto. She had an aura that brighten any room she walked in, a soul so fulfilling, and a heart made of gold-so why was her love life hell? Why did it feel like her ending wasn't going to be happy? Why was things so complex with the one she loved the most? Love isn't supposed to hurt... You shouldn't have to question it.. You shouldn't have to feel trapped.. Giselle's days felt dark.. like her life had a dark cloud over it. That's until she met the light.. the light that would ignite something in her. Giselle would soon find herself Finding Light In Darkness

Sometimes forever isn't always.. Sequel to Ignited