She has everything the world says she should want-money, freedom, a "healthy" relationship- but inside, she feels hollow. Somewhere between punches and pain, she wonders if she can ever find herself again.

𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝.. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐱. ⇱ 𝖬𝖴𝖲𝖤 - PARTYNEXTDOOR Once a rising star, she was discarded by her label for being "unmarketable," a blow that left her drowning in cheap liquor and late-night diner shifts. She keeps her head down, her voice quiet-until one night she forgets to mute her shine.
When she sings while closing up, a stranger lingers in the shadows, listening like her voice is oxygen. She doesn't know he's been watching her long before that night. 
She doesn't know he's the producer whose name used to sit on her dream board. 
She doesn't know he's the reason opportunity suddenly knocks again. Because he's not a stranger.
He's her next chance at fame-
and the stalker who's been rewriting her destiny from the dark. 🥇in #books.

Nia Washington never meant to fall for her anatomy professor. Jessie Russell never meant to notice the quiet girl in the third row. But one broken relationship and one failing marriage pull them into a connection neither of them can deny-or control. In a world full of expectations, secrets, and consequences, their hearts choose each other long before they should. And once the line is crossed... nothing about their lives will ever be the same.

At twenty-one years old, Cianni Ramirez left New York behind searching for a better life in Miami, Florida. But what started as freedom quickly turned into years of pain after she found herself trapped in an abusive relationship. Six years later, Cianni returns home unexpectedly with her daughter, Klover Ramirez, carrying emotional scars and secrets nobody knows about. Her sudden return shocks her family, reopening old wounds filled with anger, heartbreak, and unanswered questions after she disappeared without a word. Coming home also means facing Santana East - the man she left behind. Seven years older than Cianni, Santana has spent the last six years raising his seven-year-old daughter while trying to move on from the woman he never truly forgot. Now older and changed by life, both Cianni and Santana are forced to confront their past, their pain, and the feelings that never faded as love, healing, and second chances begin pulling them back together.

Y'all read Kane and Naomi's story... now it's time for Zari and Blaze. She's the fun, party loving best friend. He's the quiet, dangerous kingpin. The spark between them has been burning since day one Zari swore she'd never fall, and Blaze swore she was already his. But Blaze doesn't believe in one woman love. When Wynter a cool, ambitious beauty with her own hustle steps into the picture, Zari finds herself caught in a game she swore she'd never play. Three lives. One temptation too strong to resist. And a love triangle that might just break them... or bind them tighter than ever.

|| 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 ||

He's her brother's right hand. She's the peace he didn't know he needed. Jameria Cox stays out the way. Soft spoken and about her business, she co-owns one of the top salons in East Harlem and avoids the street life her twin brother Jamontae (aka JayMo) is deep in. Aycen "Ace" Monroe is JayMo's most trusted soldier. Quiet, loyal, and raised by the code, he keeps to himself until one night, he crosses paths with a girl too calm for a city this loud. She doesn't know who he really is. He doesn't realize she's off limits. What starts as a simple connection spirals into something deeper .