All Hell Arise (Rɪʜᴀɴɴᴀ ᴀɴᴅ Cʜʀɪs Bʀᴏᴡɴ)
Chris Brown is 18, restless, and carrying more weight than any teenager should. His dream of making it to the NBA isn't just about fame-it's about proving everyone wrong. The dirty looks from everyone including the coaches. The streets that tried to claim him. His mother who chose a complete stranger over him. Most of all, it's about keeping his little sister safe in a world that hasn't been kind to either of them. But the more he fights to hold things together, the more he feels himself slipping.
Until her.
Star Fenty is 18, sharp-tongued, soft-eyed, and so far out of his reach it makes his head spin, yet he's never felt so alive in her presence. She's got secrets she doesn't tell anyone. And yet, when their worlds collide-something shifts. Something burns.
But falling for her could cost him everything. Especially when his own life is still balancing on the edge of survival.
Star is chasing a dream that's slipping through her fingers. Music used to be her escape, until her mother was nearly taken from her, and she had to grow up too fast for the spotlight to matter. Now, she's just trying to keep the house from falling apart, keep her siblings safe, and keep herself from drowning in everything unspoken. Then Chris appears-full of heat and haunted eyes. He's bold. He's beautiful. And he's dangerous to everything she thought she wanted.
He's trouble wrapped in tenderness. She's fire held together by silence.
And they both know one wrong move could ruin everything.
But sometimes, when hell rises around you-
love is the only thing that burns hotter.