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She Looked Like Me But Loved Like Him
By Krystian Simms
Naima was beauty and power in motion-a successful Jamaican salon owner who rebuilt her life from the ashes of addiction and street life. But when she falls for Knox, a Baltimore drug lord with charm and chaos in his blood, her world unravels. Caught between passion and survival, Naima gives birth to Jazara-a daughter who looks just like her, but carries the spirit of the man who almost destroyed her.
Jazara grows up obsessed with the street stories whispered about her mother's past, but instead of honoring Naima's transformation, she chases the thrill of rebellion. At 14, she begins down a dangerous path of fast money, fast men, and faster consequences. By the time Naima realizes her daughter is mirroring the very trauma she fought to escape, it might be too late.
Through betrayal, motherhood, prison visits, and buried dreams, She Looked Like Me But Loved Like Him tells the raw and emotional story of two women tethered by blood, broken by love, and tested by time. Naima dreams of peace. Jazara dreams of power. But survival demands a cost from them both.