Aurora Fletcher thought she had seen it all. As a psychiatric nurse, she's spent years helping people navigate trauma, addiction, grief, and the darkest moments of their lives. Then David Blackwell is admitted to her unit under a fake name. A man haunted by nightmares he refuses to talk about and a past he can't escape. Aurora knows he's hiding something. What she doesn't know is that David Blackwell is one of the most powerful and feared men in the city-and four years ago, he lost everything when his three-year-old daughter, Dove, was killed. Now he's left carrying a grief that never healed, memories that won't let him sleep, and a guilt he can't outrun. The closer Aurora gets to him, the harder it becomes to ignore the man beneath the reputation. But David has enemies. Aurora has boundaries. And some secrets are dangerous enough to destroy them both. He was supposed to be her patient. She was never supposed to become his reason to keep living.

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She thought she understood love-until it destroyed her once and taught her never to trust easily again. After an eight-year relationship built on lies, she promised herself she would never ignore the signs, never ignore her instincts, and never let someone get close enough to break her the same way twice. Then he came into her life. A friend first. Familiar. Safe. The kind of connection that didn't feel like danger... until it did. When things between them begin to shift, feelings grow faster than she's ready for, and suddenly she's standing in unfamiliar territory-choosing between what her heart wants and what her past has taught her to fear. But when betrayal surfaces again-wrapped in confusion, alcohol, and accusations she doesn't fully believe-everything she thought was real starts to fracture. He says he was set up. She doesn't know what to believe. Now she's stuck between holding on to the only person who made her feel seen... or walking away before history repeats itself for the second time. Because this time, love doesn't feel like healing. It feels like something she should've never let herself fall into again. Gently Ruined is a story of trust, trauma, and the painful line between intuition and fear-where love feels real, but nothing feels safe enough to stay

"Don't wanna be a player no more, I think I found someone I can live my life for." DessDiorxDaveEast

"fallin' fast in love, it's never been a safe thing are you fallin' fast enough?" -rod wave

"I told you about looking down when you being talked to mama." Kaiser spoke more softly than before. In the small time he been around Serenity, he noticed how shy she was. She was so avoidant but alluring. He was interested in her. Seeing how well she was with the kids was just a plus. "Why?" She sighed in frustration before signing. She knew if she started talking she would make a fool of herself. "Why what?" He signed back. "Why do you care? You don't know me." "Not everyone has it out for you. I just wanna know you," Kaiser frowned. He didn't understand why she was so isolated but he wanted to know. She was worth knowing.

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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!