With a dying mother and two brothers being exploited, 18-year-old Starr had her future mapped out. She had planned everything, from her graduation outfit to her college applications. Her life was painted exactly the way she imagined... until she met Solomon. In just eight months, he shattered that picture completely. Who would've thought Starr would fall into the unexpected with a drugged-out man she somehow learned to love?

Treasure Hart is a woman running on fumes. By day, she's a paralegal chasing stability; by night, she's drowning in debt left behind by her father's gambling addiction. When collectors come knocking, she's forced to take on dangerous side hustles just to keep her little sister safe. That's when she meets Kyaire Gaulden, a man the city knows as a ghost. He's the enforcer for a powerful crew, feared for his brutality and respected for his silence. Kyaire doesn't mix business with pleasure until Treasure is sent to deliver a "payment" to him. One look at her, and Kyaire makes a choice that changes both of their lives he claims her debt as his own to "protect" her. Except protection comes with chains. Now Treasure belongs to him, caught in a cage of luxury, violence, and control. The deeper she's pulled into Kyaire's world, the more she sees the cracks in his armor the haunted man beneath the monster. Against her better judgment, she's drawn to him, even as his darkness consumes everything around them. But love in Kyaire's world isn't tender it's obsession. And when rivals use Treasure as leverage, she has to face the truth Kyaire will burn the city to the ground for her

Psalm nodded towards the small stack of bills resting on the table. "Drop it in Malik's hand. Tell him you worked the block. Tell him some nigga paid you to talk. Say whatever you got to say." Dallas didn't touch them, didn't even look at them for real. Her fingers curled around her cup a little tighter though, "And what I'm supposed to tell him when he asks why I'm not roughed up or walking with a limp?" "You want me to leave a mark?" The way he said it, it wasn't cruel but it wasn't playful either. He was being serious and not because he wanted to hurt her but because he knew what she was asking for even though she wouldn't say it out loud. She needed proof. "Fuck you."

"Loving you ain't easy... but it's worth it" Wynter was done with her past.. but it always came back to haunt her.

FORBIDDEN LOVE

Seventeen. Innocent. Caught in a war she never asked for. Nova Hale thought she understood loss... until her twin brother, Zaylen, dragged her family deeper into the streets of the Eastside. She thought she knew danger... until she met him. Miykel Jones. Twenty. Westside born and raised, cold-hearted, loyal to the bone. The streets shaped him, survival hardened him, and nothing could reach the walls he built around himself - except her. He's the enemy. He's forbidden. And he's the only person who makes her feel alive. Eastside vs. Westside. Rival gangs. Family loyalty. Secrets that could destroy them all. And somewhere in the chaos, Nova and Miykel's worlds collide - dangerously, irresistibly, and completely. Because some loves are worth the fire. Some loves burn everything in their path.