Sixteen-year-old Yasmine Emori Sanders was getting ready to start at a new high school. She recently moved in with her sister Charlie after her mother's death. The death ultimately took a toll on her. She didn't eat or sleep for weeks. Her mother was her best friend. The death changed her. Her mind, her appearance, and her spirit, but little did she know somebody special was coming in her life to change all of that around....

"ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴍʏ ʙɪɢɢᴇꜱᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴀᴄʜᴇ... ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ. ꜱɪɴᴄᴇʀᴇʟʏ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ, ᴋᴇɴɴᴇᴅɪɪ." #2 Atlanta 08 | 07 | 25 🏆

Book 1. - ❝THINGS AIN'T ALWAYS SET IN STONE, THAT BE KNOWN LET ME KNOW.❞

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦.

"Why? You already broke my heart once.. I'd be a fool to let you do it again." "We not in college or kids anymore. It's different this time around." ★⁂✫彡 𝐀 𝐉𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐂

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She paints to escape. The world is too loud, too broken, and too cruel to Black girls like her. Each canvas is where she breathes again. Her studio is sacred. Her past? Locked away behind smears of oil and shades of blue. But one random afternoon at a local art gallery, she meets him-a kind-eyed, calm-voiced man who sees her for who she really is... not just as an artist, but as a woman worth loving. He doesn't flinch at her walls. He paints beside them. Slowly, she lets him in. They fall hard, fast, and tender. What she doesn't know is... He's dying. Stage 4 cancer. He's known for months. But with her, life finally feels worth living again-even if it's slipping through his fingers.

Sometimes love finds you in the places you least expect-right when you need it most. Tilen has learned to live behind walls-strong, silent, and untouchable. After surviving a trauma that shattered his sense of control, trust doesn't come easy. But when he meets Adjrena, everything begins to shift. She sees through his guarded edges, offering him comfort without asking for anything in return. What he doesn't know is-she's healing too. Adjrena carries her own scars, hidden behind the calm exterior and quiet strength she offers everyone else. Love hasn't been kind to her. And opening up again? That's a risk she swore she wouldn't take. But in Tilen, she finds someone who doesn't expect her to be perfect-just real. During a sun-drenched vacation with close friends in Turks and Caicos, the spark between them flares into something undeniable. Between golden beaches, shared secrets, and stolen moments in the dark, two guarded souls slowly begin to trust again-not just each other, but themselves. But healing isn't a straight line. And love isn't always easy. Heartfelt, deeply sensual, and emotionally raw-this is a story about letting go of past pain, embracing vulnerability, and discovering the kind of love that transforms everything it touches. Can two broken souls truly heal in each other's arms? Or will the damage they've endured be too much to overcome?

"It was always you, nobody else could ever fit your shoes, you'll always be the one I hold on too, Guess it's not the time for me and you" - Natasha Mosley

Two teens brought together due to a forensics project