"𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘, 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄? 𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐄 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄." Dejah Champagne has always believed sweetness solves everything until the Santiago name walks through the doors of her bakery. Tony Santiago isn't just any customer. He's a mechanic with oil on his hands, a kingpin with weight on his shoulders, and the last man she should ever let close. Their families' blood runs thick with betrayal, and everyone in their world knows the two names don't mix. But Tony keeps coming back. For cupcakes, for chai... for her. His quiet persistence chips away at Dejah's resolve until one yes changes everything. What begins as a dangerous flirtation soon unravels into something deeper, something Dejah never thought she could feel. Yet love is never simple when loyalty is a battlefield. When Dejah's family discovers the truth and Tony's fear of commitment collides with the weight of his empire, they'll both have to decide: is their bond strong enough to survive the sins of their families, or will history tear them apart for good? Sweet meets street, sugar meets steel, and nothing will ever taste the same.

𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑; 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑂ℎ𝑘𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑆𝑚𝑖𝑡ℎ; 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑚𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑦𝑛- 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘'𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠, 𝑎 𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑀𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 17-

it just keeps going and going...