The night of her twenty-fifth birthday forever altered the trajectory of her life.

Book One || Coast to Coast Kiana Brooks and Devontae Carter have two things in common. 1. Wanting to pursue their careers. 2.Romantic relationships are not worth risking it. As a part time waitress and full time psychology student. Kiana Brooks has her mind set on one thing. Graduating college. After being put in ICU due to nearly losing her life because of an abusive ex boyfriend, she has no interest in anything besides her academics. Devontae Carter knew from the moment he learned how to dunk an orange, Spalding basketball that is his destiny was to carry on the Carter family legacy. After suffering third-degree burns from his previous relationship, he knows better than to let anyone get too close for comfort. Needing to secure his spot into the 2021 NBA draft , Deondre can't afford to let himself get distracted. After his dream was so close to being taken away once before, he knows that no relationship is worth the trouble or the time. His only intention is to prove himself the best in the one thing he's ever known: basketball. However with their history and with the sexual tension building up, how can they stay true to their promises of not wanting a relationship after one drunken, passionate night together? After they both were unlucky in love, will they risk it all in hopes of having it all? [dual pov]

Egypt Mitchell is a Famous Singer/Songwriter, who is the mother of a 4 year old, named Saint. Saint is beginning to get more and more curious about his father, Fortune. He even believes that his dad will come and they will be one big happy family. But that's easier said than done. Fortune Kingston is a NBA player and has a life of his own with his "girlfriend" Aria. He begins to put everything in perspective when he finds out he has a son. Read to find out how this story unfolds.❤️ ~Impressive Rankings~ #1 songwriter 12/25/20 #1 melanin 12/29/20 #1 basketball 1/4/21 #1 nba 1/4/21 #1 famous 1/5/21 #1 african american 1/12/21 #1 urban romance 1/22/21 #1 black woman 1/28/29 #2 urban story 12/29/20 #2 fashion 1/7/21

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴-𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘯, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. "𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘯." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘶𝘮. "𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘛𝘎." (𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲😬)

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.

"The Prince may love her, and she may share the same name, but this girl is no Grace Kelly" ~~~ Working class, black, and insecure. The opposite of the British princess stereotype. But Grace Roberts might just change the rules when she meets a handsome classmate with a huge secret.

"Im a gangsta baby , tell me can you love a thug ." Nba Youngboy .⛓️

Work #1| Ryan was a photographer trying to perfect her craft and after landing a job at Kofi Siriboe's company, she could be taken seriously. That was until Kofi and Ryan started to think of each other in more ways than just work. Will they learn to communicate in order to overcome the challenges that could one day tear them apart? Credit to @crownedincurls for making my cover ❤️ *July 2019 - March 2020*