When loud-mouthed tattoo artist Zariah Brooks crashes into the life of soft-but-dangerous club owner Milan Reed, sparks fly instantly. Zariah's used to being overlooked because of her size until Milan looks at her like she's the only woman in the room. What starts as teasing conversations, late-night drives, and tension-filled touches turns into obsession, passion, and a love neither of them can control. But Milan's past relationships left scars she hides behind attitude and money, while Zariah struggles to believe someone like Milan could truly want her. The chemistry between them is intense, addictive, and impossible to ignore - especially once they finally stop fighting what they feel.

After two years of being controlled, manipulated, and constantly second-guessed in a toxic relationship, Amari swears off love for good. She moves across the city to start over, keeping everyone at arm's length and pretending she's finally okay. Then she meets Kairo. Kairo is the type of stud that loves hard, too hard maybe. Protective, touch-starved, obsessed with being needed, and willing to do whatever it takes to make Amari smile again. Where Amari pulls away, Kairo chases. Where Amari hides her pain, Kairo wants to carry it for her. But healing somebody and loving somebody are two different things. As Amari learns how to trust again, Kairo's intense way of loving starts blurring lines between devotion and obsession. And when Amari's toxic ex refuses to let go, both of them are forced to decide how far they're willing to go for love. Sometimes the people who love the hardest can hurt the hardest too.

In a city where loyalty is rare and danger is currency, two women live on opposite sides of survival. A soft-spoken tattoo artist with a steady hand and a guarded heart spends her nights turning pain into art. Her shop is her sanctuary no drama, no trouble, no attachments. Then there's the other woman a feared drug dealer with a reputation that makes people cross the street. She moves fast, thinks faster, and trusts no one. Their worlds collide over something small... a tattoo appointment that wasn't supposed to mean anything. But nothing stays simple when secrets run deep, enemies get closer, and feelings start to blur the lines between survival and surrender. Because in a city like this, love isn't just risky... it's dangerous.

College freshman DJ, new to Atlanta decided to go out in attempts to meet new people before they new year starts. She then meets a woman, Keysha who she becomes familiar with very quickly, before Keysha goes ghost and the two expect to never see each other again until..

"No, you ain't perfect but you worth it."

Shes the hardest rapper on the block. Shes the sweetest little baddie in the city. And somehow, Kane is totally whipped. Drama, teasing, rival crews, stolen kisses. One hood queen. One soft baddie. And chaos everywhere in between. #1 wxw (1/27/26) #1 loveinthestreets (12/2/25) #2 studxfem (12/2/25) #1 ganglife (12/5/25) #5 ganglife (12/2/25) #38 streetromance (12/2/25) #58 drillrap (12/2/25) #220 slowburn (12/2/25) #449 hoodlove (12/2/25) (REWRITE COMING APRIL 11, TAKING THE BOOK DOWN SO YALL CAN STFU ABT CHAPTER 18.)

- the powerful impact of unspoken emotions and thoughts. Despite one's selective mutism, their presence and actions resonate strongly with those around them, like echoes that persist even in silence.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐥𝐰 , 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 , 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 . 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 .

ᥫ᭡ 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝟸1, 𝚂𝚊𝚍𝚎́'𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎𝚜 . 𝚂𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝙹𝚎𝚗𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚘𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍.

Niyleigh wants to be a photographer, and live a perfect life with her girlfriend Amiyah. That's until Amiyah invited her to a family reunion. Taylor caught Niyleigh's eye... what happeneds to her future plans now?