David is a man that grew up on the tough side of Harlem, He experienced the bad side of the streets at a very young age where he grew up to be in the biggest Mafia gang while maintaining helping raise his younger siblings with his older brother. Love hasn't been on David's mind since his daughters mother left them for the streets, so his priorities are keeping his siblings, his daughter and how he runs his operations safe.. Ari is a women who also grew up on the tough side of Harlem while basically raising her younger sister after her older brother King was killed. Ari isn't really looking for a relationship or love after ending things with her toxic ex. Ari is now only focusing on her blooming businesses and her sister.

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.

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Karin has had a rocky start being in one toxic situation ship after the next and she is ready for something pure and healthy something that gives her fireworks a breath a fresh air and it's right there she just have to put her faith in him and let the past go it's time for her to get her happy ending.

Found myself in bed with both, intimacy was strong and I couldn't let go.

Ivy League doesn't do heartbreak twice. The 25-year-old NICU nurse learned her lesson the hard way with her politician ex, and she's not about to fall for another smooth talker in designer sneakers. Enter Kario Kingston - 30, tatted, flashy, and fine as hell. He owns a luxury car wash, a barbershop, and a tattoo lounge. And he knows exactly what he wants... until Ivy gives him her number one night - then blocks him the next. Now he can't get her out of his head. She's guarded, elegant, and lowkey about her glow. He's the center of every room he steps in. But when family cookouts, rooftop lounges, and not-so-accidental run-ins keep putting them in the same space... tension builds. And when Ivy gives him the cold shoulder, Kario decides to chase the one thing he's never had to earn before: a real woman's trust. This isn't just lust. It's a slow burn in the middle of a fast city.

"If only you were mine.." "Baby I'm thuggin' I can't be yo' boyfriend." WARNING: this book is very fast paced, and very sexual. for my slow burners, check out Shiloh's Paramour🫶🏾.