Read to find out :) disclaimer: before reading you might want to read Blessings & Our Blessings but you don't necessarily have to.

Some people are placed in your life for a reason. You just don't always recognize it the first time you meet them. Noa Elise Foster and Labaron Philon Jr. had crossed paths before. A few introductions. A few conversations. Nothing memorable. Until Philadelphia. At twenty, they're both rookies. Labaron has just been drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers. Noa, an Indianapolis native and sophomore at Alabama A&M majoring in Sports Management with a minor in Psychology, has earned a year-long opportunity through the HBCU × NBA Fellowship. Brilliant, organized, and autistic, Noa depends on structure and routine. Living with bilateral hearing loss, she's used to being misunderstood. Philadelphia is her chance to prove she belongs. Raised in Mobile, Alabama, Labaron is respectful, faithful, and rooted in Southern values. After failed relationships, he's determined that if he falls in love again, he'll do it with patience and intention. Romance is the last thing on his mind when Noa is assigned to him. Working together means sharing rookie season. Together, they learn life in the NBA. Their first impressions couldn't be more wrong. Labaron mistakes Noa's guarded nature for rudeness. Noa assumes he's just another athlete. Time begins proving them both wrong. As rookie season unfolds, long drives, road trips, quiet conversations, victories, disappointments, and a city that slowly feels like home remind them that life's greatest blessings are often the people who truly see you. Because sometimes understanding another person requires more than a first impression. Sometimes it requires listening before speaking. Sometimes it requires grace before judgment. Sometimes it requires seeing the person behind the assumptions. And sometimes... It simply requires patience. Welcome to Philadelphia. Welcome to rookie season. Welcome to The Assignment.

Prosper Klarity Athens was supposed to say I do to the man she loved-until the doors of her wedding burst open and a stranger with a devil's smile claimed her as his wife. Kapone Symeer St. James doesn't ask. He takes. And what he takes has already been promised to him in blood. Bound by a vow made before Prosper ever took her first breath, she's forced into a marriage she never agreed to with a man who rules California's streets by fear alone. Kapone is power, control, and calculated violence-everything Prosper swore she'd never bow to. But when lies, betrayal, and obsession start bleeding from inside her own family, Prosper is forced to confront the truth: The real danger isn't the man who claimed her... It's the ones who want to destroy what she's becoming. In a world where love is lethal, loyalty is bought in blood, and obsession is the purest form of devotion-Prosper must decide if she'll keep running from the darkness... Or sit beside it on the throne.

Til' death do us part; for better or for worse Cover by @K4SHMAYY

ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴ-ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ꜱʜᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪꜱᴋ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ʀᴜɪɴɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ. ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪꜱᴇ, ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟʟᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʟᴄᴜʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜰʀᴇᴇ, ᴡɪʟᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ. ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛꜱ ʙᴜʀɴ, ʟɪɴᴇꜱ ʙʟᴜʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴛᴏʟᴇɴ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ꜱɪɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴡɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ. ❝ɪꜰ ʟᴏᴠɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ ɪ'ᴅ ᴅᴏ ɪᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ.❞ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴇ𝒬ᴜᴇɴᴄᴇꜱ... ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴘʟᴀʏ ꜰᴀɪʀ

On hold. Can two ex lovers be friends ?

𝐀𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞: 𝐈𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡... 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝?

Nyeli Janae Carter lives quietly, focused on school and her peace. She loves deeply, sometimes too quickly. Tahaad Pettiford lives fast-basketball, pressure, expectations. Protective, jealous, and intense. What starts subtle turns complicated, and they must learn whether love means slowing down... or letting go.

"I don't know how to do this." He was almost embarrassed to admit it. "I ain't been right with you in a long time, but I'm gon' ask anyway. Please don't take her from me." His plea cracked something open inside of his chest. "I know I ain't a good man. I done did some shit that I can't take back and I can't make it right. But she is, she's good. She's the light in so many places I didn't know were dark." "So if there's a price that needs to be paid for all the pain that I have caused in this word and done onto others put it on me. I'll pay it. I swear I will. I'll protect her with my last breath. I'll listen and heed her warnings. I'll slow down and come home more and stop thinking that I'm alone in this world." "Just please let my baby wake up. I love her, I'm in love with her and I can't do this without her. If waking her up means I got to sacrifice letting her go so she can be safe. I'll do that. Just don't take her from this earth." "In Jesus name I pray. Amen."

Amaria Johnson has a voice that could change her life... if she ever found the courage to let the world hear it. Between college, expectations, and a toxic boyfriend who constantly reminds her she'll never be enough, chasing her dream feels impossible. Jamir Carter is the last distraction she needs. A rising college basketball star with a reputation for trouble, Jamir is supposed to stay focused on his future - not get involved with a girl whose life is already complicated. But when their paths cross, everything changes. Jamir becomes the only person who truly believes in Amaria. Amaria becomes the peace Jamir didn't know he needed. And the more they fall for each other, the more dangerous their connection becomes. Because sometimes the person who feels like your escape... can also become the biggest risk you'll ever take.