love changing people without controlling them.

In a world where loyalty means everything, Brielle Banks must choose between the family she's always known and the man who could destroy it all. Caught between revenge and unexpected attraction, sparks fly behind bars. Will she fall into Sincere's dangerous world-or will their violent past rip them apart?

Lena thought she was doing the right thing when she broke up with Que, the love of her life, just days before heading off to college. After all, they were headed in two different directions-she was focused on building a future, and he was tied to the streets, living a dangerous but lucrative life. But everything changes when Lena finds out she's pregnant with Que's baby, and he's nowhere to be found. Despite her efforts to reach out, Que refuses to respond, still hurt by the breakup. Now, Lena is starting a new life in a new state, carrying a secret that will change both of their lives forever. As Lena tries to move forward and focus on her future, she can't shake the past-or the love she still feels for Que. But when Que finally learns about the baby, he shows up ready to claim what's his. Will their unresolved feelings pull them back together, or is the damage too deep for them to ever find their way back to each other?

Kason "Khotic" Brewster never planned on living long. At seventeen, he buried both of his parents in the same week. His mother died instantly in a car crash. His father held on just long enough to make Kason promise one thing before he passed. Take care of your brother and sister. So that's exactly what he did. Twelve years later Khotic is the man the streets call when things get ugly. Feared. Respected. Untouchable. Everything he does is for the two people depending on him to make it out of the life he's stuck in. He's content with that. Until Beauty Cardwell crashes into his world. Bee is nothing like the women Khotic usually deals with. She's a twenty-five-year-old brain surgeon, a child prodigy who finished school before most people finished learning who they were. She's blunt, literal, and socially awkward in ways people don't always understand. Diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Bee doesn't believe in pretending to be something she's not. She says exactly what she means. And for some reason... Khotic likes that. What starts as a chance meeting turns into something neither of them expected. Bee sees the man behind Khotic's reputation. The older brother trying to keep his promise. The boy who never got the chance to grieve. And Khotic sees something in Bee that the world keeps missing. But loving a man like Khotic means stepping into a life Bee was never meant to be part of. Enemies. Loyalty. Violence. The kind of danger that doesn't care how smart you are. And Khotic knows one thing for sure. Good girls like Beauty Cardwell aren't supposed to fall for men like him.

𝟑𝟎.𝟎𝟖.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓-𝟎𝟖.𝟎𝟗.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Kentrell and Von taking care of their girl Sam. July 2023

Milan, a successful lash tech in Atlanta, meets Saint, a man serving time in prison, through a random TikTok Live.

"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."

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒖𝒈𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏? 𝑶𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏? 𝒀/𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒈𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒖𝒑.