Beauty & The Streets
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Urban Romance | Dallas, TX | Black Love
Kai Karter wasn't looking for love - just peace.
A 24-year-old single mom, esthetician, and LPN working her way through nursing school, she's finally building a quiet life in Dallas for her and her four-year-old daughter, Regin. After escaping the grip of her abusive, drug-dealing ex, she's focused on healing skin by day and studying late into the night. Soft, sweet, and self-made - but don't get it twisted. She's not the one to play with.
Crew "Ace" Princeton has never believed in love.
Kingpin of the South, owner of a buzzing barbershop and tattoo lounge, Crew only trusts his money, his Glock, and his day-one, Dice. Loyalty to the streets is the only code he lives by. Women are for pleasure, never peace - and his favorite side piece, Keisha , knows the drill. Emotions? Off-limits.
But everything changes when a random grocery store run puts him face-to-face with Kai - and her wide-eyed little girl calling him "Mister with the tattoos ."
He's never chased a woman.
She's not impressed by his charm .
When Crews mom books him an appointment where Kai works unknowingly , Crew walks into the spa for a "facial"... and walks out with something he never expected: interest. Real, inconvenient, soul-tugging interest.
Now two guarded hearts from two different worlds are on a slow collision course.
But the streets don't let go easy.
And neither do exes who still want control.
Can a woman who just wants peace love a man born in chaos?
Or will their worlds burn before they ever blend?
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