Melusine doesn't have many aspirations; she lives by the three s's. Sex, smoking, and sleeping. That is until her dealer has more in store for her. From drug harbor to murder suspect in a matter of hours, her father takes things into his own hands. A secluded boarding school upstate, where the kids don't dare to speak too loudly, and the teachers teach more than algebra. She develops a singular aspiration: get the hell out of this school. Cover by: Tiktok: allmyburiedlove

Khalil is a country man. He's the town's very own slacker, party goer, and womanizer. Gabrielle is a city girl who doesn't take his shit. **** Once a lively ring, Khalil's family equestrian rink called, "The Bowl", now sits quiet. The crowds are leaving, the money's drying up, and the legacy that his great grandfather built is slipping through their fingers. When his father's health takes a sudden turn, Khalil is forced to step up and take the reins; literally and figuratively. Across the street, Gabrielle is spending the summer with her grandparents, camera in hand and dreams of NYU in her back pocket. She doesn't expect to get involved, but something about The Bowl and Khalil pulls her in. What begins as a small effort to help becomes a full-blown mission to save the struggling rink. But rebuilding isn't easy. Especially with a wealthy, white-owned rival rink circling like vultures, waiting to bury them. As tensions mount, long-buried family secrets surface, and Khalil and Gabrielle's bond is tested by jealousy, grief, and growing expectations. In a county divided by class and race, they'll have to decide what-and who-is worth fighting for. ****

"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. ❀ 🝳 ❀