𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses" - Lao Tzu"

All Eliza Lewis has ever been in her life is broken. She never learned to love herself, and everyone around her only brought her down. This is, until she met Kendrick. He gave her that boost of self confidence. He told her she was beautiful. He treated her better than anyone she knew of, and it changed everything. She began to smile, laugh, come out of her shell. But, best of all, she learned to love, not only herself, but others as well. Everything was perfect, until a few old friends popped up.

And you can love me or hate me. Baby, I swear it won't make me or break me. And I be goin' wherever the money take me 💰🤑💸

Winner of the Watty's 2017 Awards ✿ Destruction is a form of creation; buildings crumbled as he walked past. Khari Spence, trapped in a city steeped in hatred, longs to embrace his true self even if it means risking everything. He finds a fragile refuge in an old apartment with peeling wallpaper and blank journal pages -- and hopefully in a girl. Milo Locke, disillusioned with the hollow lure of materialism, seeks to rid the ideologies her parents forced onto her. When their worlds collide, will they help each other heal from past wounds, or will their secrets tear them apart?