Prologue Dr. Kiana James had stitched up broken bodies, restarted failing hearts, and held dying hands - but nothing had prepared her for surviving the slow, silent destruction of her own life. For three years, she hid bruises beneath her scrubs and fear beneath her smile. Her boyfriend, Marcus, a man who charmed everyone but her, had become a storm she lived inside. Every slammed door, every raised voice taught her to shrink - even though she was a woman who took up space beautifully. A brilliant, plus-size Black doctor with ambition, curves, and warmth that could light an entire hospital wing - she deserved more. And one night, she finally ran.

What happens when the quiet reserved cousin and outspoken cousin make a bet against the outspoken closed off girl , will their personalities clash ? How will their plan turn...Bitter or sweet ?

MORE THAN A CRUSH She wasn't looking for anything serious-until Zaire walked in. Now Novah's caught between guarding her heart and falling for the one person she never saw coming. READ TO FIND OUT.

After building the courage to escape her long-term abusive relationship Naomi Banks hits the road running and finds herself back in her hometown for a fresh start, in hopes of leaving the life she once had. However, sometimes no matter how hard one tries to forget their past traumas, those skeletons always seem to find a way to resurface, when people least expect it. The only question now is, will Naomi be able to escape what she's been running away from this time? Growing up, at a very young age, Cartier Williams was forced into a lifestyle of drugs, money, and murder. With the pressure of inheriting the family business on his back, Cartier was never given a choice as to what he wanted or had planned for his life. He focused on not being killed by his enemies, worked tirelessly Just to prove himself to his family, and juggled by love, all-at-once; he was ready to walk away from it all. The only dilemma was if he was walking away would be worth the he risk of losing everything.

"Solè, why'd you stay?" "Because, Zaire... you the first thing that ever felt worth staying for." ❀ 🝳 ❀ Harlem held the noise. Solè gave Zaire the quiet. Zaire Knox, Harlem's quiet storm, known for his ties to the streets and a gaze that read people faster than they could lie to him. Respected. Feared. Loved. With scars buried deeper than his tattoos, he never planned to love soft. Until a Harlem vinyl shop left behind by his late grandfather forces him to slow down, to breathe, to find his real purpose in the world beyond the streets. Solè Sinclair, soft but unbreakable, raised by her father after loss. By day, she serves warmth behind the counter of a café. By night, she disappears into her art, trying to paint the parts of herself no one ever sees. When their worlds cross, the city shifts. What starts off tense and unexpected turns tender. Together, they learn love can hold you just as fierce as the streets ever did, and softer, too. But love in Harlem always asks one question: what are you willing to risk when the heart wants more than the streets ever offered? A Harlem story. A hood love. A soft place to land. ❀ 🝳 ❀

Ameera has always kept to herself. Living life sickle cell means everyday comes with challenges most can't even see, she's learned it's easier that way. School is a place where she minds her business because everyone thinks she better than but they don't know what she battling. Bryan is the bad boy everyone talks about. He always into fights, he constantly getting suspended. People assume he doesn't care, but the truth is, nobody has cared enough to ask if he's okay. Misunderstood and unnoticed, he hides the soft side no one sees. Then Bryan notices Ameera. At first just curiosity, small conversations, and shared moments that feel impossible to ignore. Slowly, walls began to crack, secrets are shared, and a quiet friendship turns into something neither one expected. A slow burn of trust, laughter, and love unfolds proving that sometimes the people who are the most distant can become the ones who matter.

"You keep lookin' at me like that, I'm finna start thinkin' you forgot this was supposed to be professional," she muttered, fingers curling into the front of his hoodie when he stepped too close-eyes daring him to prove her wrong. He leaned down anyway, voice low and steady, thumb brushing the edge of her jaw like he already knew it belonged there. "You stopped believin' that shit way before I did."

It all started with a tattoo 🤭 This story is a little fast paced

Asmara My'yanni Dawson has always wanted to help people. Majoring in Social Work, she's almost finished with her senior year of college. She kept her mind in her books and her heart away from love. She didn't swear it off, she just took a break from it after she experienced a major heartbreak her freshman year of college. The guy she thought she was in love with ghosted her, and it was later revealed that her best friend from high school not only slept with him, but had his child as well. She then realized that not every one deserved your trust and your heart, so she kept it on lock, until she met him... Esai Zamier Lewis always felt like the world was against him. Being diagnosed with a mental disorder, surviving poverty, and having to grow up fast, turned him into an emotionally unavailable person. Recently released from prison, Esai is learning to live in a world where his mother and brother aren't in it with him. Coping with promethazine to sleep through the pain, he doesn't realize it's doing more harm than good. Trying to uphold the promise to his mom, he opens his own tattoo shop, Esai's Ink. With the help of his friends and recent love interest, he realizes he's not alone as much as he thought. Follow Asmara and Esai as they both go through life with each other by each other's side. Relationships and friendships will be tested, secrets will be revealed, loved ones will be grieved. Can they survive it all? First book! Enjoy!

Theia Celeste Lawson thought the hardest part of her life was over. Her daughter is off to college. The house is quiet. And for the first time in years, she finally has space to breathe. What she didn't expect... was him. Cairo Blackwell is twenty-one. Too young. Too smooth. Too tempting for a woman who knows better but feels lonely anyway. What starts as conversation turns into late nights. Late nights turn into feelings. And feelings turn into something Theia never planned to carry. She knows how it looks. She knows what people will say. She knows she's too grown to be caught slipping. But knowing don't always stop the heart. Now she's stuck between being the woman she raised herself to be and the woman learning how to live for herself again. Because starting over at thirty-two sounds easy... until love shows up where it doesn't belong. Warning this book will contain quite a bit of smut...