lazzura
Cash rose from the dance floor to the throne of the south side. Once a club dancer who nearly died at the hands of a system designed to consume women, Cash rebuilt herself into something untouchable. She now owns the biggest nightclub on the south side-an empire that protects women, controls money, and quietly rules some illegal car races. Her power is enforced not by fear alone, but by loyalty. The Black Lotus - her crew, her chosen family, stand between her and a world that would gladly tear her apart.
Then Kai enters her orbit.
A respected illegal racer from the north, Kai is running races not for fame, but to pay off a violent debt to a man known only as the Broker. When Cash and Kai collide, their chemistry is immediate and dangerous, complicated by the truth that the Broker's power is tied directly to Cash's past. As feelings deepen, the Broker recognizes love as Cash's one true weakness. He forces Kai into an impossible choice.
But empires built on solidarity do not fall easily.
Black Lotus is a dark crime romance about chosen family, power reclaimed from pain, and the cost of loving in a world that demands blood.
[PT VERSION @idkmstiles]