The Summer Before September

Everyone in South Shore knows the Bennett name.

Some associate it with money.

Others associate it with power.

Most associate it with rumors.

Twenty-three-year-old Zuri Monroe has no interest in any of it.

Raised by two parents whose twenty-seven-year marriage set the standard for everything she believes love should be, Zuri isn't looking for attention, situationships, or a man she has to fix. Between dental assistant school, family, and plans for her future, she's focused on building a life she can be proud of.

Then she meets Vaughn Bennett.

Brown-skinned, sharp-minded, and carrying himself with a confidence far beyond his years, Vaughn is nothing like the stories people tell about him. At only twenty -one years old, he's already inherited a legacy generations in the making-a legacy tied to money, influence, and secrets that run deeper than most people realize.

Zuri knows better than to get involved.

Vaughn knows she wants nothing to do with him.

Unfortunately for both of them, one chance meeting at a South Shore block party turns into a connection neither expected.

As attraction grows, so do the questions.

Can a man outrun a name that's been attached to him since birth?

Can a woman raised on real love learn to trust someone whose life is built on uncertainty?

And when family loyalty, old secrets, and dangerous expectations collide, will what they have be enough?

Set against the backdrop of Chicago's South Shore, GOOD GIRLS DON'T LOVE KINGS is a slow-burn urban romance about family, legacy, first impressions, and discovering that sometimes the people we're warned about aren't the ones we should fear.

Sometimes the biggest risk is letting them in.