Monaí Leon was raised to be perfect-the governor's daughter, the face of grace and discipline. Every smile rehearsed, every word approved. But one night at a gala changes everything. When one of her father's trusted men crosses a line, Monaí's world shatters. Her pain is buried to protect her family's image, and she's left feeling invisible in her own life. Until she meets him-the one person who sees her for more than her last name. With him, she finds courage. With him, she becomes Mona Leo-a woman ready to stop living for everyone else and start living for herself.

"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. ❀ 🝳 ❀

Sasha Swedenburg is nothing like the 'other girls' and is constantly reminded of that by everyone in her life. With a boyish style and sick skills on the court, Sasha is the opposite of what her strict religious parents wanted in their only daughter of five children. However that doesn't deter her when it comes to being true to who she is, even if that means breaking a few rules. Sasha is used to being a goody goody, but with one year left and a new school in a new city, Sasha's life is turned upside down. First, when she meets Lux Connelly. A sweet, pretty girl that latches on her from the first day of school. Everyone wants a piece of Lux, and is willing to bargain for her love; But she has her eye on one person, Sasha. Sasha is too caught up in her own world to notice, however cupid isn't stupid when it strikes her with not only puppy love, but confusion about a sexuality she never knew she had. Follow Sasha on her journey, as for once she's not allowing her toxic family to ruin her last year of high school. She's determined to have it her way - will she find love that is meant for her, or continue to be the girl that everyone wants her to be.

venus /vee-nuhs/ ; the planet of partnership, love, and beauty.

Follow Sasha Swedenburg & friends along on the second novel 'Tomboy 2'. With five more months left of her senior year, things take a major turn in Sasha's life - and she's not the only one. Time is running out, but the drama is just beginning in her world. Will her and Lux make it through, or is this truly the end. Is Quan's fate sealed, or will he get a second chance to change that around?

"Know it's hard to trust but we've been through to much shit, we can't give up." Risk It All On Love.

𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 .. 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦.

𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦.

all those times you weren't chosen, i'll make it up to you show my love for you.

𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 & 𝐈 .. (2 books in 1)