Found My Smile Again
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Last published Mon, Apr 13, 2026
NFL superstar Carson "Midnight" Mayers has it all; the promising career, supportive family and friends and more money than he could've ever imagined. He's on top of the world until a scandal threatens to derail everything that he's worked so hard for.
Acacia Thornton is a newly appointed third-year associate at one of New York's top black owned law firms. She's regarded as a shark defense lawyer in the making, but beneath the fierce career woman façade lies a bed of ugly secrets.
Find out what happens when the two cross paths in the unlikeliest of ways.
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