For six years, Kamala Harris had been Barack Obama's closest friend. For two of those years, she had been something more. Something hidden. Something complicated. Something that only existed in hotel rooms, late-night phone calls, and stolen moments between political campaigns and impossible choices. To him, she was Rani. To her, he was Rocky. No one else called them that. No one else knew. When Barack is elected Governor of California, the future he's always dreamed of finally arrives. Beside him stands Michelle, the woman he's chosen to build that future with. The woman carrying his child. The woman he's about to marry. For Kamala, the news shatters everything. Because while Barack may love her, he doesn't love her enough. Not enough to choose her. Not enough to stay. During a snowy Christmas in Toronto, Kamala spends one final night in his hotel suite, holding the pieces of a love she knows she can no longer survive. By morning, she walks away without looking back. She leaves behind the man she loves. And the secret she never tells him. Eight years later, Kamala has built a quiet life for herself and her son, Koa. A bright, curious little boy who asks too many questions and smiles with a familiarity she tries not to think about. Then a school field trip changes everything. When California Governor makes a surprise appearance at the California African American Museum, neither of them is prepared for the moment he meets one particular eight-year-old boy. A boy with his smile. His eyes. His laugh. The truth Kamala buried all those years ago suddenly stands between them. Now, with old wounds reopened and a lifetime of unanswered questions hanging in the balance, Kamala and Barack must confront the love they left behind. Because some heartbreaks fade with time. And some wait patiently for a second chance.

In the quiet suburbs of South Carolina, Kamala Harris is a woman hollowed out by tragedy. A devoted mother and wife, she lost her father to the horrors of 9/11, only for history to repeat itself in the most cruel way imaginable: a plane crash that stole her husband and one of her daughters. Now, what was once a life of faith has crumbled into two years of agonizing heartbreak. She works alongside her mother and sister at their family salon, a place that should offer comfort but often becomes a stage for conflict. Next door, Barack Obama has built a different kind of world around his own sorrow. A widower himself, he has been raising his two daughters alone since his wife, Joanna, died bringing their youngest, Chicago, into the world. Freed from the need to work by a substantial inheritance, he has dedicated himself entirely to being a hands-on father, creating a stable, loving home as a sanctuary against his pain. As Kamala enters a third year of sorrow, she is slowly, painstakingly, learning to love and trust God again for the sake of her two surviving children. In the house next door, Barack navigates the quiet landscape of single fatherhood. Both are learning to let the ashes of their loved ones settle. Or are they? In the warm Carolina air, hope is not lost, but it is fragile, tested by the ghosts of their pasts and the fragile possibility of a future neither thought they would have.

Two Howard Bison cross paths at a campus party and fall head over hills for each other. Barack is a Junior and Kamala is a Freshman but classified as Junior because of how many credits she had coming in.

The Final book in the three part series, travel along with them as they navigate marriage, their life in politics, and maybe something more ; )

The Redactor is back. But so is he. Two months after walking away from Barack Obama, Kamala Harris has rebuilt her life. She's engaged to Governor Gavin Newsom, the world knows about her pregnancy, and for the first time in a long time, the future feels steady. Secure. But safety is an illusion. A chilling message shatters her fragile peace-The Redactor has returned. The serial killer who haunted her case files has resurfaced, watching, waiting. But he isn't the only ghost from her past. Barack isn't done with her, either. As old wounds reopen and dangerous secrets unravel, Kamala is forced to face the truth: some shadows never fade. And some men never let go.

Another fake marriage story? Yes.

Set in 2004, Kamala Harris, San Francisco's new district attorney crosses paths with Barack Obama who is California's newly elected senator. Their paths cross when Barack inserts himself with her first case as DA, that just happens to be a high-profile case. The case brings the two together in ways they both would have never imagined. Kamala - 30 Barack - 33

Kamala Harris has spent her career commanding rooms, making tough decisions, and never backing down. But when Senator Barack Obama steps into her world, he challenges her in ways she never expected. Their professional clashes spark a tension that neither of them can ignore-one that shifts from political debates to something far more intimate. Barack is powerful, composed, and dangerously in control, and when he sets his sights on Kamala, he makes it clear-he will have her, but only on his terms. Now, caught in a battle of power and desire, Kamala must decide-can she surrender without losing herself? Or has she already given in more than she's willing to admit?

It is a sequel to Between Love and Duty!! Read it to see how the story continues!