In the deep sticks of a small town in Mississippi , two teenagers meet and fall in love over the summer . But One day he leaves no "bye" no "see you later" just gone vanishing within the night , Leaving Sevyn heartbroken . Seven summers later , they meet again . He's older now and so is she . She's a Registered nurse and he's a music producer whose lives were about to change within an instant .

Five years ago, Sloane Monroe loved the wrong Sinclair. Young, loyal, and completely in love, she spent too many nights crying over a man who cheated on her like it was second nature. Leaving Jace Sinclair broke her, but staying would've destroyed her. Now twenty-eight, back in her hometown, and helping care for her mother after an Alzheimer's diagnosis, Sloane is focused on surviving-college during the day, work at an exclusive underground club at night, and helping her father hold their family together. Love was never part of the plan... until Malcolm Sinclair walks back into her life. Older, powerful, intentional, and completely off limits, Malcolm is the same man who once told her she deserved better than his son. What starts as quiet conversations turns into something neither of them expected, forcing Sloane to choose between fear and the kind of love she's only ever dreamed about. The problem? Falling for your ex-boyfriend's father was never supposed to feel this right.

People have spent years turning Zakai into some kind of monster. Scarred by a tragic apartment fire that took place when he was only eleven years old, Zakai has lived most of his life hiding from the world. With rumors surrounding his name and judgment following him everywhere he goes, isolation became safer than being seen. Meanwhile, Kinsley never expected a simple errand job to lead her to him. What starts as grocery store runs and brief interactions slowly becomes something neither of them saw coming. Because beneath Zakai's cold and distant exterior is a man struggling with years of guilt, grief, and loneliness. And the closer Kinsley gets, the harder it becomes to walk away. Some scars never fade, people just teach you how to live with them.

Azir Creed inherited more than power when his father, Azion Creed, took his last breath. He inherited a name built on blood, fear, and loyalty, along with one final demand: marry the woman chosen for him to secure the Creed legacy. But Azir lives by his own rules, never staying in the same bed twice and refusing to give up the bachelor life for a marriage he never asked for. Then he meets his supposed wife, and walking away stops feeling so simple. Roxanne St. James was never raised to be soft. After her older brother's death, she became the sole heir to her father's empire, trained to protect herself, run a business, and command men who thought power belonged only to them. When her father proposes a marriage alliance with the Creed family, Roxanne agrees out of obligation, expecting nothing more than a cold business arrangement. What she gets is Azir Creed. Their marriage is not love at first sight. It is war, temptation, pride, and power colliding under one roof. Azir refuses to be controlled, and Roxanne was born to make men kneel. But in a world where family names are protected with blood and loyalty is tested through violence, neither of them can afford to back down. Before the Creed brothers became legends, there was Azir and Roxanne: the toxic beginning of the dynasty, and the love story that built the Creed name. (This novella can be read before or after the Creed Family Ties series, but is best read first.)

Nyla Monroe Brooks was just a girl from Clayton County with a dream and a talent for hair. Nasir Vaughn was Harlem's biggest rap star. Their worlds were never supposed to collide. But when sparks fly between the soft-spoken salon owner and the dangerously protective rapper, love grows faster than either of them expected. Fame. Drama. Jealous enemies. And a baby girl that changes everything. Through it all, one thing becomes clear...

Solai was only supposed to be painting. One quiet building. One unfinished mural. One late-night job that should've ended with paint on her hands and money in her pocket. Instead, she witnesses Rome Easton murder a man in plain sight. Rome is the son of a mafia don, raised around blood, power, and silence. He knows what happens to witnesses. He knows what his father would do if he found out Solai saw too much. So he takes her. At first, Rome only needs time to decide what to do with her. Keep her quiet. Scare her straight. Make sure she never speaks his name. But Solai isn't easy to break, and Rome isn't as detached as he pretends to be. The longer she stays trapped in his world, the harder it becomes to tell if Rome is her captor, her protector, or the most dangerous thing she's ever wanted.

Halo Watters didn't know anything about the streets. He knew the stories people told in church. The prayer requests whispered after service. The names mentioned when someone asked the congregation to pray for a family that lost a son. But Halo had never stood in a room where guns were part of a conversation. Never watched men settle problems with fear instead of words. His world had always been built around faith, patience, and the belief that people could change if they wanted to. He believed in forgiveness. In grace...In second chances. Princess Midnight didn't know anything about that world. Not the way Halo did. Church to her was something people went to when they wanted to feel better about things they had already decided to do. Faith sounded nice in theory, but in the world she grew up in, survival mattered more than sermons. Kingston Midnight didn't raise her to believe someone else would save her. He raised her to protect herself. To control situations before they got out of hand. To make decisions quickly. To never show hesitation in a room full of men waiting for a sign of weakness. Halo believed people deserved mercy. Princess believed mercy could get you killed.

"I burn for you Dalancy"

✩࿐⋆*𝐢 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 ⋆｡ ☆⠀ ╲⠀⠀ ⊹ ⠀. ☆ ⊹ ⠀⠀ ★ . • . . . . • . ✧ . . ☆⠀ ╲⠀⠀ ⊹ ⠀. ☆ ⊹ ⠀⠀ ★ 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤.