Everybody wants a platinum record, but nobody tells you what it costs your heart. Mind over heart... or heart over mind? Because sometimes, no matter what you choose, someone gets hurt.

When veteran Bronx homicide detective Fatima Wilson receives a panicked 3:00 AM call from her Aunt Thelma, she learns that her cousin Naomi, a bright Georgia Tech engineering student, has vanished without a trace. Abandoning the asphalt of New York, Fatima boards the first flight to Atlanta, expecting standard police protocol. Instead, she steps into a nightmare: Naomi is the sixth female student to vanish from the Georgia Tech campus in the span of five months, leaving local law enforcement stymied. On the ground, Fatima partners with senior Atlanta detective Zach Taylor, a weary cop desperate for a breakthrough. Yet Zach's partner, Detective Maximous Clark, treats the investigation with a chilling, calculated apathy that immediately sets off Fatima's internal alarms. As Fatima digs deeper into campus security logs and local underground networks, she discovers that Maximous is not merely indifferent-he is actively burying evidence, harboring a dark web of corruption that ties directly to the disappearances. High in the secluded foothills of the Georgia mountains, deep inside a reinforced underground bunker engineered to bypass thermal imaging and police radar, the kidnapped students are held captive. Their captor is Zeus Craig, a methodical serial killer operating with terrifying precision. But Zeus is not working alone; an anonymous, high-ranking mastermind is bankrolling the operation, supplying inside campus schedules, and manipulating the Atlanta Police Department from the inside out. As the clock ticks down toward zero, Fatima and Zach race through a labyrinth of institutional cover-ups, betrayal, and psychological warfare. With every twist unraveling a deadlier layer of deceit, Fatima must outwit a corrupt detective, decode the madman's architectural trap, and unmask a secret partner whose true identity shatters everything she thought she knew about justice.

For ten years, the marriage of Atlanta insiders Zac and Fatima Taylor has stood as a monument to resilience, fortified by the shared grief of a devastating loss. Six years ago, Fatima suffered a heartbreaking stillbirth, a tragedy that nearly fractured their bond before they learned to heal in the quiet, leafy enclave of their upscale Atlanta neighborhood. When a charismatic new couple moves into the sprawling modern home directly next door, bringing with them a vibrant six-year-old daughter, an obligatory neighborhood welcome dinner seems like a simple neighborly duty. But as soon as Fatima steps across the threshold and locks eyes with the child, the room dissolves. Flashes of a sterile hospital room, a missing medical file, and an unexplainable maternal instinct pierce through a decade of repressed trauma. As the evening unfolds beneath the soft glow of an Atlanta twilight, polite conversation gives way to chilling revelations. The new neighbors harbor dangerous secrets, and the striking resemblance between the little girl and the other child begins to unlock a horrifying truth. Caught between the terrifying possibility that her child was stolen and the desperate hope that she isn't losing her mind, Fatima embarks on a relentless pursuit of the past-uncovering a web of deceit woven by the very people now living inches away.

Zatima ♥️🖤

Zatima ♥️

It was just a late night. An empty office. And a conversation that lasted twenty minutes too long. ⚠️ Disclaimer This book contains adult, smutty, explicit, erotic content, strong language, and sexually charged themes intended strictly for mature readers (18+).

"You had no right! To choose for me, to tell me who and what I'm willing to let go of." "You chose my happiness? And what in the world makes you think that was the best decision for me??" A tale of love, romance, heartbreak and betrayal. Zac and Fatima

This story is about two people who met in the midst of pain and fell in love without even trying. Fatima is going through a breakup with Ian and decided to move to find a better life. Also to start a new job and really put her focus on law school Zac is going through a breakup with Karen and he going through the areas of life trying to find Zac. He's working on becoming a better man and really get into what he love and that real estate. 

Their off to a heavy start until they found each other in the most unprecedented way. Time will tell how this one plays out considering neither of them know the true meaning of love.

Zachary Taylor is a Navy veteran married to Shelley, a traveling and well-renowned hairstylist. All Zac ever wanted was what his parents have but can't seem to find it in his current spouse. Fatima Wilson is a 1st grade teacher, who is married to Marco, a consistent unemployed abuser who wants nothing more than to keep her isolated for his own sick and twisted pleasure. Zac meets Fatima by chance and develops a relationship through a series of traumatic events. In doing so, they quickly discover that even if it's "written on the wall" they should be together. They have to find peace within themselves and heal from their past trauma, in order for them to have the relationship that they TRULY desire. Will Zac and Fatima be able to heal in order to find true love and happiness or will they forever be....CONTAGIOUS.