Romeo learned early that love and loyalty don't survive in the same room. Respected. Feared. Emotionally unavailable. Romeo moves through the city like nothing can touch him-money steady, name ringing, heart locked behind years of damage. But one thing he can't escape is Eboni-his baby mama, his past, and the most toxic chapter he can't seem to close. Their relationship is a battlefield of manipulation, unfinished feelings, and wounds neither of them will admit still bleed. Arguments turn explosive. Love turns ugly. And every time Romeo tries to walk away, something pulls him back into the chaos. Because in his world, love isn't soft. It's control. It's survival. It's war. And when another woman enters his life-one who sees past the armor and doesn't beg for his attention-Romeo is forced to choose between the pain he knows and the peace he's never had. But where he comes from, choosing wrong doesn't just break hearts. It gets people hurt. This isn't a love story - it's a warning.

𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. © 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨， 𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐘𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝖱𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖱𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝖽．

SEQUEL TO LIES YOU TELL After Graces world comes crashing down around her, she struggles to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and mend her shattered perception of life upon learning that the man she grew to love more than life itself was a cold and remorseless murderer. Landing the position as a criminologist on the NYPD homicide squad, she works hard to rebuild a new life for herself and leave the past in the past. After waiting four long years, Joseph finally gets put on a highly publicized trial and with the help of a well known criminal defense lawyer, the jury reaches a verdict that rocks the city of New York. During those four years being incarcerated, Joseph is forced to let go of the love of his life but upon his release their paths inevitably cross and now he has to fight for and work to earn her love and trust back. To do so, Joseph finally opens up to Grace about his dark past but opens up a can of worms in the process. Grace learns about history of her own family and uncovers dark secrets not even her mother knows which puts her in danger. In a dark twist of faith, Joseph learns who the true enemy is. Will Grace and Joseph finally get their happily ever after? Smoke and mirrors- the obscuring of the truth of a situation with misleading information. DISCLAIMER: This story is a work of pure fiction. Story has no association to photos in the story used to depict the characters in real life. Dec 2021

"𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙'𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧."

❝𝖠𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾❞ ©𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒𝐁𝐘𝐊𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖽𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾, 𝖢𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆; 𝖲𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝖺 notorious 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗆. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗅𝗒'𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗈𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀... 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺s sweet 𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾. completed sept 2024.

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆" 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔. "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕" "𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚'𝒔" 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚. "𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚" 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🥇 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🥈 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞🥉

Kaylani has the perfect life everyone else wants-fiancée, career, parents approval. Azariah has the freedom Kaylani secretly craves. When a night at Club Mirage forces their worlds to collide, desire sparks, lies unravel, and Kaylani must choose: the life she was given... or the life she actually wants.

Moving to the rough streets of Harlem is a step back for Lorena after running from her supposedly good life in the suburbs of Miami. She searches for freedom in the most unlikely of places yet in meeting Cross, she couldn't find herself more trapped in the hands of a ruthless thug who is also her brother's best friend. ❝𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁?❞ 𝐍𝐎. 𝟏 - #𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓, 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

"Why won't you just leave me alone?" "Because I don't want nobody else but you." DavexAri