When southern sweet tea mixes with northern Hennessy, straight. **** Ryan-Mae, use to be the sweetest girl until she fell into the hands of New York's finest Kadeem Cahir Gibson. Giving her something she'd never experienced before.

Moving to the rough streets of Harlem is a step back for Lorena after running from her supposedly good life in the suburbs of Miami. She searches for freedom in the most unlikely of places yet in meeting Cross, she couldn't find herself more trapped in the hands of a ruthless thug who is also her brother's best friend. ❝𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁?❞ 𝐍𝐎. 𝟏 - #𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓, 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Sentiment (noun) sen·​ti·​ment ˈsen-tə-mənt : an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling. "You just don't look....safe." Essence said while sipping her drink. "Naw, I only ain't safe for the niggas that hate me." "But for you, I'll be real cautious..."

After years of surviving under the roof and shadow of her adoptive mother, Audra is finally claiming her freedom with nothing but a beat-up Honda Civic and the weight of her past.

Savannah McCarter is a quiet, determined college student with perfect grades by day - and a secret night job she'll do anything to keep hidden. Stripping pays the bills, but it's the guilt that keeps her up at night. Professor Sincere "Sin" Holloway is respected, feared, and always in control. Known for his sharp mind and colder heart, he doesn't do distractions - until Savannah shows up after class needing help. Neither of them is looking for more. But the tension is thick. The chemistry? Dangerous. And secrets don't stay buried forever.

"If only you were mine.." "Baby I'm thuggin' I can't be yo' boyfriend." WARNING: this book is very fast paced, and very sexual. for my slow burners, check out Shiloh's Paramour🫶🏾.

"What if, you and I were 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 to part ways, only so that we could find each other again?" Ever had a memory that was so sentimental, and impossible to forget? For Shiloh, that was his reality. Coming from nothing, having achieved most of his dreams only one thing from his past mattered to him. Eliana, the beautiful, young girl that befriended him when the entire town was against him. Shiloh and Eliana end up crossing paths but Shiloh has secrets, and lots of them. cover by: @CTRLBRAT 🫶🏾

𝐢 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. read in dark mode for better aesthetic ACHIEVEMENTS #1 IN THE US #3 hoodfiction #1 contemporarylit #1 poohshiesty #3 rapper #3 thug #5 melanin #4 urban #3 hood #3 ghetto #1 urbanfiction