Sin and Sage were an inferno. Now, they are ashes-two souls irrevocably bound, yet violently kept apart by the very world they inhabit. Can they be saved?

She built an empire to protect everyone else. He might be the only one strong enough to protect her.

A story about a single mother leaving a domestic relationship, and finding someone who wants her.

Keisha has always come from hard times. She moved into a three-bedroom penthouse apartment and looked for a job. Her cousin Isis has connected her to a job at Chocolate City Nightclub. Chocolate City is the popping club in New York, and nothing goes to Chocolate City but drug dealers, scammers, and big-time businessmen. At 5OO dollars per dance, she ends up meeting the deadliest drug dealer in the city named Saint. Saint was raised in a foster home and has been a hustler since 17. Now he is one of the leaders in the Onyx Empire, and he is powerful, and he will lay eyes on Keisha when he gets a dance from her in VIP. She has never been with a niggah like Saint before, and it will get crazy. Let's see the journey they will take.

THE PHONE CALL THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING Arianna Fletcher's iPhone buzzed violently against the marble nightstand. Bleary-eyed, she grabbed it, expecting another business email. Instead, an unknown number flashed with a Harlem area code. *"Answer it,"* a voice in her head whispered. She swiped right. *"Ari, it's me."* Dave's voice was ragged, like he'd been running. *"Listen-I fucked up. They're coming. You gotta get out."* Arianna sat up, heart pounding. *"Who's coming? Dave, what the hell did you do?"* A gunshot exploded through the phone. Then silence.

"In his world, silence is law." Ari Walker built her career on justice. As a sharp, principled criminal defense lawyer, she's sworn to never let another killer walk free-not after the man who murdered her brother escaped without consequence. Ari doesn't bend the rules. She doesn't take shortcuts. And she definitely doesn't get involved with criminals. Until he walks into her life. They call him The Midnight. A ghost in the streets. A myth whispered in fear. Ruthless, calculating, and untouchable, Dave rules an empire hidden beneath the city's surface-one built on power, loyalty, and blood. No one sees him. No one speaks his name. And when he wants something, he gets it. And now, he wants Ari. Drawn into a world she's spent her life fighting against, Ari must decide where her loyalties lie-between the law she's sworn to uphold, and the man who makes her question everything she believes. But secrets have consequences, and the deeper she falls for Dave, the closer she gets to a truth that could destroy them both. Because in his world... There are no second chances. No forgiveness. And absolutely- No Witnesses.

Ariana Valentino is the daughter of a famous billionaire businessman and also the most dangerous kingpin in Chicago, atlanta, and Miami. She 18 years old she's also the only child. Dave East is a 25 years old billionaire businessman and also the most dangerous kingpin of New York and a dangerous drug lord.

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