He holds her heels. She lets her guard down. And in the space between city lights and silence, two people who weren't looking for love start to feel something they can't explain. No drama. No rush. Just raw connection and a spark that won't quit.

"They say love is eternal and trumps all pain." - Kendrick Lamar ♾️ _________________________________________ Trevon and Tanner are trying to learn the ropes, the do's and don'ts in marriage. It's only been five years since they jumped the broom. This time the streets aren't their relationship's biggest enemy. It's the fight to win against their own personal egos to save their relationship from crumbling. They've faced worse than this together. So their love can survive again... right?

𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧.

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏: 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Jahaira Maddox is a quiet librarian who prefers a life free of drama, but her world is turned upside down when she learns that her father took out a shark loan from the infamous mafia family, the Sinclairs. Landon Sinclair is dangerous, and the only way she can get him off her back is to... accept his invitation to dinner?

❝SOMEONE TOLD ME LOVE WAS ONLY IN THE MOVIES IT DON'T EXIST IN REAL LIFE THESE DAYS NOW ❞ - duke dennis x black female oc ☆ - this book was heavily rewritten

❝𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 her meal and smiled at the handsome grown man that has come to be 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘❞ ❝𝐃𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 beautiful grown woman sitting across from him, knowing that this was 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘❞