India Taylor thought it'd be a fresh start. What she didn't expect was heat, danger, and a neighbor who watches too close from 109. Working late at the diner, juggling messy hookups and trying not to catch feelings, India swears she's done with drama. Then Rico - smooth, loyal, dangerous - shows up and makes her consider everything she said she wanted to avoid. Rico's protection feels good, but his world comes with rules... and consequences. There's Dre, a burned-out past she can't fully forget. There's Qway and Kadia, family she'd die for and chaos she can't live without. And there's the man next door - quiet, intense, always there - whose interest slides from curious to dangerous fast. When secrets spill and loyalties fracture, India must choose: play it safe in 108, go all-in with the man who says he'll protect her, or risk everything to find the truth behind the eyes in 109.

Allure lightly chuckled, "Cmon Moo, you know you don't like girls like me."

He's a boxer. Non-verbal. Silent but powerful. She's a woman of distrust. Introverted. Weary and nervous. Terrible circumstances brought them together. That same miserable occurrence joined them together for eternity. In holy matrimony of course. This is an ORIGINAL NUNU novel. A/N: SLOW BURN ROMANCE T/W: Mentions terms like MUTE, and MUTISM.

After being fired from her first job, she moves to another one in another city in hopes to start over. All things start off well, until she meets him, taking her for the ride of her life.

Beneath the surface of anger and resentment, a different kind of fire burned. A fire of passion, waiting to be ignited.

She never believed in love after her broken past, and he was the last person she thought she'd fall for. But when her path collides with his, their worlds of pain and passion intertwine-proving that sometimes the love you fear the most is the one you need the most.

Janeisha "Neisha" Bambi has always survived by keeping a low profile. She don't get caught up in the kind of business that comes with bodies, secrets, and street names that echo. But all it takes is one night-one favor for her best friend-to slide her straight into the orbit of Seven "Saint" Carter. Saint is discipline wrapped in menace. A man the streets don't just respect,they fear. The type Neisha promised herself she'd never look at twice. He doesn't chase, beg, or explain. Yet somehow, he does all of this for her. And when that calm, unreadable gaze settles on Neisha, her careful world starts to crack. Now Saint's patience is running out, Neisha's defenses are falling apart and the pull between them is starting to feel less like a choice and more like fate. He's trying to shield her from the life he lives. She's trying to decide if loving him is salvation or self-destruction.

"What are you thinking?" I asked before I could stop myself. He didn't reply immediately. His lips slowly curled into a smirk. "Are you sure you want to know?" He then asked. I bit my lip. Did I want to know? Come on, be brave. Just this once. I lifted my chin. "Yes." There was a hint of surprise in his eyes. It made me strangely proud to have impressed him with my daring. He leant forward and rested his elbows on his knees. "I was thinking about taking you over my knee." He spoke slowly, each word perfectly understandable. "I was imagining what it would feel like to hold your small body over my lap and give you a firm spanking. Just in the right way to make you feel owned and loved and cared for." Book TWO of the Westminster Academy series :) *the whole book is available as an ebook on Patreon* (it's not necessary to have read part one, but it's more fun that way!)

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound?" "Yes." "How?" She asked as she looked at him. "No one heard it." "Does sound require a listener to exist?" -------- A story about love, loss, and finding your person.