The first book in the SCU series! This is a reverse-harem book. ~ Love. Money. Success. Gabrielle Johansson has just attained all three as one of Los Angeles' most hard-working and successful young, black professionals who has just gotten her residential, is on her way to becoming one of LA's best surgeons, and is engaged to world-renowned artist Damian DuPont. All that seems to change when she gets a phone call that Steve Richardson, beloved friend of the family and father of her childhood best friends, Chris and Charlie, passed away. She takes time off from her job to help the Richardson's prepare the funeral arrangements. Upon her return back to rural Pennsylvania she is overwhelmed with memories of her childhood, family and friends. In an attempt to rekindle old friendships, Gabrielle is forced to face old buried feelings for the Richardson brothers and finds herself constantly succumbing to repressed desires. But what are her childhood best friends really hiding? She soon finds herself in the cross-hairs of a toxic feud involving intense violence, dishonesty, love, and unthinkable betrayal.
6 parts