"𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼." 𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐓𝟐𝟓

"I try not to show how I feel about you Thinking we should wait but we don't really want to I just wanna get away And sit right next to you.." A G Herbo & Dess Dior love story.

Fresh out of prison, Dayvon has nothing-and no one to trust. Amani is the one person who might change that. The calm in the chaos of his life. But past mistakes, danger, and rising fame won't let him have peace easily. In a world that's always ready to break them, can they hold on to what really matters?

𝘒𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 ༯ Apart of the FAMU & Heaven series. You don't have to read FAMU or Heaven is a Teenage Girl to read the book!!

Two years after losing his wife during childbirth, Officer Von Bennett is doing his best to raise his daughter, Alani, while keeping his emotions locked behind a badge and a broken heart. Then there's Kerria Love Banks-Alani's new teacher. Quiet, gentle, and a little different from everyone else. Her world runs on structure and understanding, not chaos and confrontation. Von's guarded, Kerria's patient, and neither expects their worlds to collide the way they do. But sometimes healing doesn't come how you expect-it comes in the form of someone who sees you, even when you don't recognize yourself anymore. He thought his heart died with Amani... until Kerria taught him how to feel again.

Growing up on the southside of Atlanta was not easy but Amariyè hood famous father Samuel Gaston made sure to make sure her and her younger sister Alice had what they needed while keeping them out of trouble Sam had a true passion for cars and often fixed cars for people even participating in Car shows taking along his two children Amariyè and Alice showing off his awesome low riders. Unfortunately one night at a Car show a argument took place.. Now Amariyè feels glued to a place she wants to leave,will she ever do such thing?

𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.. 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺.

"I'll play you." Kross challenged with a serious expression on his face, smoothly twirling the basketball on his pointer finger. "For what?" Amiko sighed heavily, a bored look on her face, crossing her arms over her chest, tapping her foot repeatedly on the ground. "𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭."

She was raised in a city that don't love nobody. Chicago taught her pain early. After losing her daddy, she and her brother L'A moved back from Atlanta to the South Side-where love came fast and death came faster. When L'A was murdered in 2013, everything shattered. Her boyfriend, Von-the only one who ever really saw her-was in and out of jail... and in and out of her life. So, she left. Packed up the grief, the guilt, the memories... and ran to Jersey. Five years later, she's back in the same city that stole everything from her. But nothing's the same. Von got a name now. O'Block different. She not that lost girl anymore. But love in the trenches don't die easy. And when the past pulls her back in, she's forced to face what she ran from: -Her first love. -Her brother's ghost. -And a city that never stopped bleeding. This is a Chicago hood love story. Real. Raw. Unforgettable.