"She never asked to be chosen second. He never asked to love soft." Ka'Lani Simone Harris spent her whole life watching boys pick her brownskin twin, Imani, first. Every text, every glance, every "you cute but..." - it all ended the same. But when Juelz Amir Thompson steps into her world - quiet, tattooed, hood-smart, and realer than any man she's known - he flips her entire mindset. Only... Ka'Lani ain't sure if he really sees her, or just another shadow of her sister. Juelz got demons. A past that moves quiet but dangerous. And love? That shit was never part of the plan. But Ka'Lani pulls something out of him nobody's ever touched - not his exes, not his block, not even his blood. Now the city watching. Girls throwing shade. Secrets resurfacing. And his enemies? They don't like seeing him soft. But love like this? Ain't soft. It's bold. It's bruised. And it refuses to be background. This ain't no fairytale. This is hood love

"You really think I'm out here giving this dick to anybody else, beautiful?" She swallowed, watching my hands go to my zipper. I smirked, leaning down, dragging my fingers up her thigh, over her soaked panties. "Look at yourself in the mirror, Jade."

NOT PROOFREAD YET !! 𝑿𝒂𝒊'𝒍𝒆𝒂 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁-𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲｡ 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻｡ 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲｡ 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿｡ 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀｡ 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒚 '𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆... 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆｡ 𝗘𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻｡

At Texas Southern University, everyone knows Kyana Reed, Jordan Miles, and Amir Lawson. Kyana is the girl who does everything in student government and the community. Jordan, her longtime boyfriend, leads a major campus organization and always looks the part. Together, they are the couple everyone expects to last. But things are starting to fall apart. Jordan's priorities have changed, and Kyana realizes she has been carrying the relationship alone. Then Amir Lawson enters the picture. He is calm, grounded, and their professional connection turns into late-night conversations that make Kyana question what real love feels like. When Jordan's betrayal finally comes to light, Kyana must choose between keeping up the image everyone believes in or choosing her own peace, even if it hurts.

ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴏᴋꜱ !

all young love isn't puppy love.

"Changed who I was , and that's just because think i'm in-love but i'm still a thug....."

a duke dennis production. BOOK 1 & 2 May 2022 - APRIL 2023

" 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞..."