Set in the heart of late-1980s and early-90s Los Angeles, Next Level follows Imerie, a young mother rebuilding her life after loss, and Eric, a rising name from Compton with a dangerous charm and a past that's hard to shake. What starts as tension and sharp words in a crowded club turns into something neither of them saw coming a slow, unexpected pull that refuses to fade. From heated arguments to quiet apologies, from a sunlit trip to Barbados to late-night talks under fireworks, their worlds begin to tangle in ways that test both pride and vulnerability. But love in their world isn't simple. It's raw, complicated, and unpredictable. As Imerie learns to open her heart again, she has to face whether Eric's intentions are real or if history's about to repeat itself. A story about second chances, unspoken chemistry, and two people trying to heal in the middle of chaos, Next Level captures the heartbeat of Black love, the grit of Compton, and the tenderness that hides behind the toughest walls.

𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐇 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬-𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧... 𝐢 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐢 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞, already for a living...

One gangbanger. One silent shooter. And Zoey the foster girl from Baltimore with too much heart and too many scars. After moving in with her brothers, Zoey swore she wouldn't get caught up with anyone. Especially not someone like David bold, rude, and real enough to make her walls crack. But when loyalty and love start to clash, she learns that even the hardest hearts have something worth protecting.

"𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐆𝐎𝐍' 𝐅𝐈𝐗 𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐎 𝐈 𝐂𝐀' 𝐁𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐀' 𝐅𝐀' 𝐘𝐎𝐔?" this is a LOVE story, cus ima lover girl!

𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 (𝗂 𝖽𝗈) 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 (𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐) 𝐊𝐀𝐘𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. （𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐！ 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌）

Childhood best friends, separated by time and distance, find themselves face to face again after eight long years. Kenzie and Darrian once shared everything inside jokes, late-night talks, and a connection too deep for words. But life took them in different directions, and what was once unbreakable slowly faded into memory. Now, older and different, they cross paths again on a trip meant for fun, laughter, and making new memories. What neither expected was how familiar it would all feel the comfort, the teasing, the quiet glances that say everything they never did.

𝐎𝐀𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐘 + 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄?

A ddosama story In which a girl who lives a half normal life gets asked to be put in a video with drill rappers FOREVER14💔🕊

this not your average dd osama book. *contains mature content so read at your own risk*