After moving in with her father, his new wife, and her four children, Monica Reed quickly realizes that nothing about her new life will be easy. Treated like an outsider in a house that's supposed to feel like home, she learns to stay quiet, work hard, and make the best of every situation. Across the city, Quentin Price is a name everyone knows. Whether it's because of his family's power, their money, or the reputation they've built in the streets, the Price name carries weight. Some respect it. Others fear it. Either way, no one ignores it. When Monica and Quentin unexpectedly cross paths, two completely different worlds collide. Neither of them is looking for love, but fate has a way of changing plans. As their connection grows, they'll soon learn that in a city ruled by loyalty, family, and secrets, love can be the most dangerous risk of all.

Jayde believes this is the beginning of her love story but she couldn't be more wrong. This story is Jayde's journey of heartbreak, pain and hopefully a new beginning. Daveeast x arianafletcher

Aujani Mitchell has never believed motherhood should depend on whether a man chooses to marry her. At twenty-seven, she has built a life she is proud of-a successful career as a pediatric nurse, financial stability, a close family, and enough love to give the child she has always wanted. After months of researching sperm banks and anonymous donors, Aujani realizes she cannot bring herself to choose a stranger. She wants to know her child's medical history, their family, and the kind of man responsible for half of who they will become. There is only one person she trusts that deeply. Her best friend, Cartier Moore. Cartier has been beside Aujani since fifth grade. They have grown up together, shared clothes, secrets, arguments, firsts, heartbreaks, and every version of themselves in between. He is also a devoted father, a successful businessman, and the one man Aujani knows would never abandon his child. But when she asks Cartier to help her have a baby, he makes one thing clear-he is not interested in being a donor. If they create a child together, he will be the daddy. Five months later, an appointment is booked, their plan is in motion, and the friendship that has survived almost everything begins changing in ways neither of them expected. Morning sickness brings Cartier closer. Late-night cravings become routine. Baby names, tiny clothes, doctor appointments, and quiet moments start feeling far more intimate than friendship should. Cartier falls first. Aujani does not realize she is falling until the man she has known nearly her entire life starts looking at her differently-and she begins looking back.

Aurora Fletcher thought she had seen it all. As a psychiatric nurse, she's spent years helping people navigate trauma, addiction, grief, and the darkest moments of their lives. Then David Blackwell is admitted to her unit under a fake name. A man haunted by nightmares he refuses to talk about and a past he can't escape. Aurora knows he's hiding something. What she doesn't know is that David Blackwell is one of the most powerful and feared men in the city-and four years ago, he lost everything when his three-year-old daughter, Dove, was killed. Now he's left carrying a grief that never healed, memories that won't let him sleep, and a guilt he can't outrun. The closer Aurora gets to him, the harder it becomes to ignore the man beneath the reputation. But David has enemies. Aurora has boundaries. And some secrets are dangerous enough to destroy them both. He was supposed to be her patient. She was never supposed to become his reason to keep living.

Nia is a strong, resilient teenage girl growing up in Harlem, forced to take on adult responsibilities early by caring for her siblings while her mother struggles to provide stability. She balances school, home life, and the emotional weight of a difficult decision after facing a teen pregnancy, choosing survival over everything else. Despite the pressure, she keeps pushing forward, putting her family first and ignoring her own needs. One day, during her usual rush through life, she unexpectedly meets Malik-a calm, observant young man who sees her in a way no one else has. Their brief encounter leaves a lasting impression, hinting that he may be the turning point that changes her life forever.

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Separately together all while raising a 12 year old. more love, more life

BOOK 2: The Family We Built is an emotional story about trauma, healing, and chosen family. After growing up in a broken home filled with chaos and emotional pain, Ava Brewster struggles to find her place in the world while protecting the people she loves most. As relationships fall apart and painful truths come to light, Ava discovers that family isn't always defined by blood - but by the people who choose to stay. Through heartbreak, healing, and self-discovery, Ava finally learns how to love herself... and finds the kind of real love she once believed she'd never deserve.

Sin and Sage were an inferno. Now, they are ashes-two souls irrevocably bound, yet violently kept apart by the very world they inhabit. Can they be saved?

Asyian "Ivy" Moore lives a life measured by the impeccable standards of her family and the congregation that reveres her father. By day, she is the dutiful daughter, her every move a testament to grace and high expectation in the polished world of her urban, upper-middle-class community. But when the city lights blaze, so does a secret fire within her. Under the guise of night, Asyian sheds her saintly facade and steps onto a different kind of stage: the pulsing, neon-lit floor of an exclusive downtown club. Here, she is known only as "Ivy", an exotic dancer whose magnetic performance is a daring, defiant whisper against the silence of her perfect life. When her two worlds violently collide-a chance encounter with a charismatic stranger who is both a successful entrepreneur and a man deeply connected to her church-Asyian must navigate a treacherous dance between loyalty and lust, salvation and self-discovery. Can she hold the two halves of her identity together before the truth shatters her family and her heart? Or will she be forced to choose between the life she was given and the love she never dared to ask for?