Avery Washington ain't your average billionaire. He built his IT empire from the ground up, but behind the clean suits, luxury cars, and million-dollar penthouse is a man with street ties, a cold heart, and a dangerous side nobody plays with. Amari Vaughn is a rich, spoiled pothead who's used to doing whatever the hell she wants. She's got money, attitude, and zero interest in Avery. As far as she's concerned, he's too cocky, too controlling, and definitely not her type. But when her comfortable life gets flipped upside down and danger comes knocking at her door, Avery becomes the only man standing between her and everything trying to destroy her. Being forced under Avery's protection means Amari has to live by his rules-and being around him every day slowly changes the way she sees him. His bossy ways start feeling protective, his cold stares start making her heart race, and before she knows it, the man she swore she'd never want has her completely sprung. Avery wanted to keep her safe, but somewhere along the way, he became addicted to loving her. Now they're deep in a love neither one of them planned for, but Avery wants more than her heart-he wants an heir to the Washington empire. The only question is, will Amari give her billionaire street king the baby he wants, or will the secrets surrounding her past destroy their crazy love before their legacy can begin?

She was always the overlooked daughter... until she became the price of her father's mistakes. As the oldest of Pastor Samuel Vaughn's three daughters, Sequoia Vaughn has spent her entire life fading into the background. While her younger sisters bask in their father's attention and the church's admiration, Sequoia has always been the forgotten one-the quiet, dependable black sheep who never seemed to fit the image of the perfect preacher's daughter. But when Pastor Samuel's reckless financial decisions leave him drowning in debt, the family's carefully crafted reputation comes crashing down. Desperate to save himself from the wrath of notorious street king Rahkim Shakur, Samuel makes an unthinkable offer-his daughters. To everyone's surprise, Rahkim doesn't choose the polished favorites. He chooses Sequoia. Forced into a marriage with a man whose name alone commands fear throughout the city, Sequoia is thrust into a dangerous world where loyalty is bought in blood, betrayal comes with deadly consequences, and love is the last thing either of them expects. Rahkim is younger, ruthless, and feared by everyone who crosses his path, yet behind the kingpin's hardened exterior lies a man carrying secrets that could destroy them both. As Sequoia struggles to reconcile the faith she was raised on with the violent reality she's been forced into, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about family, sacrifice, and the God she's always trusted. And when enemies close in, hidden truths come to light, and forbidden feelings begin to bloom, she'll have to decide whether she's merely paying for her father's sins... or finally stepping into the life she was always meant to claim. In this gripping urban romance filled with betrayal, passion, danger, and redemption, one overlooked preacher's daughter discovers that sometimes the greatest blessing can come wrapped in the darkest circumstances.

With his life dedicated to the streets, Fetti didn't have time nor the energy for anything else. Determined, cold, and calculated described him when it came to how he moved getting money. He had it all. That is until life took an unexpected turn leaving him to face the consequences. The only thing on Zaytona mind is taking care of his daughter and getting money. But with living in two different states and dealing with a baby mama from hell, it's hard for him to be the good father he's desperately trying to be. When the two worlds collide, things get a little bit messy and very hostile.

Azir Creed inherited more than power when his father, Azion Creed, took his last breath. He inherited a name built on blood, fear, and loyalty, along with one final demand: marry the woman chosen for him to secure the Creed legacy. But Azir lives by his own rules, never staying in the same bed twice and refusing to give up the bachelor life for a marriage he never asked for. Then he meets his supposed wife, and walking away stops feeling so simple. Roxanne St. James was never raised to be soft. After her older brother's death, she became the sole heir to her father's empire, trained to protect herself, run a business, and command men who thought power belonged only to them. When her father proposes a marriage alliance with the Creed family, Roxanne agrees out of obligation, expecting nothing more than a cold business arrangement. What she gets is Azir Creed. Their marriage is not love at first sight. It is war, temptation, pride, and power colliding under one roof. Azir refuses to be controlled, and Roxanne was born to make men kneel. But in a world where family names are protected with blood and loyalty is tested through violence, neither of them can afford to back down. Before the Creed brothers became legends, there was Azir and Roxanne: the toxic beginning of the dynasty, and the love story that built the Creed name. (This novella can be read before or after the Creed Family Ties series, but is best read first.)

Rumi "Rue" Monroe was a girl who grew up too quick and too soon. When her parents died, all she had left was herself, her overworked aunt, and bills they could never quite outrun. Fresh out of a relationship after catching her man in bed with another woman, Rue is exhausted working herself to the bone, drowning in responsibilities, and done with men altogether. She keeps her head down, minding her business, praying life gives her something better than struggle and disappointment. She isn't looking for love, danger, or anything that can break her again. Until she meets him. Nazir "Naz" Creed is the coldest man in the city a quiet storm with a reputation that speaks louder than he ever needs to. Running the streets with his brothers built him an empire people fear and respect in equal measure. Naz moves with precision, loyalty, and violence when necessary, and he's never cared about much outside money, power, and keeping his circle alive. But then he sees Rue. What starts as a chance encounter turns into a collision neither of them can walk away from. Rue's sweetness clashes with Naz's darkness, her broken hope meets his guarded heart, and suddenly the city's coldest man finds himself warming to the one girl who wasn't looking for him in the first place. And the streets? The streets don't like when the wrong people start caring about each other.

Samir Johnson has seen it all, survived it all, and buried more than most men could carry. To the world, he is the polished face of a multimillion-dollar tech company, a quiet, cold-hearted visionary with money, power, and control wrapped neatly in a designer suit. But behind the scenes, Samir is known as Saint, and in the streets he rules alongside his best friend Elijah, better known as Bishop. Calculating, distant, and feared, Samir has built a life that looks solid from the outside while everything beneath it quietly rots. After losing his fiancée and unborn daughter in a tragic car crash, then losing his mother not long after, grief hollowed him out in ways no amount of money and power could fix. Love feels like something he no longer deserves, and with his mind caught in a constant war between living and letting go, Samir has been spiraling for longer than anyone knows. Stationed in Atlanta with his brothers, he makes one final attempt to find peace by turning toward the church, hoping maybe God can reach a place in him nobody else has. Then he meets her, and everything changes. Harmoni Sinclair has always belonged to the church. Raised by a devoted pastor, she grew up with faith woven into her bones and carried that strength with her into adulthood. She remained active in the church as a Sunday school teacher while also building a life as a preschool teacher, believing in kindness, purpose, and the kind of love that feels safe. It was there she met her husband, and what began as something beautiful ended in heartbreak when a robbery gone wrong stole him from her life. Four years later, Harmoni is still carrying grief that never fully loosened its grip, trying every day to find the light at the end of a tunnel that seems to stretch on forever. Then she meets Samir, a man burdened by ghosts, silence, and pain so heavy. What begins as two broken people standing in the wreckage of their separate losses unfolds into something unexpected, healing and beautiful.

The beautiful and fearless Dr. Monique Lathan's love of animals is the reason for her choice in occupation. Her career is rewarding, but her love life is mundane...that's until Monique becomes the obsession of a different kind of animal she's never heard of nor can control.