Broken Vows & Street Oaths

She was trying to escape the streets. He was the streets.

Twenty-three-year-old Ariyah Johnson has spent her entire life fighting to prove she's more than the poverty, violence, and heartbreak that raised her on the south side of Fort Worth. Working two jobs while helping her mother keep the lights on, Ariyah refuses to let another street dude ruin her future.

Then she meets Khalil "King" Carter.

Feared by rivals and respected by hustlers, King built an empire from nothing. Money, power, loyalty, and danger follow him everywhere. Falling in love was never part of the plan-until Ariyah.

What starts as an undeniable attraction quickly turns into a passionate love affair neither of them can control.

But when betrayal comes from inside King's circle, old enemies resurface, and deadly secrets threaten everything they've built, Ariyah must decide:

Can she trust a man whose hands are stained by the streets?

And can King leave the only life he's ever known before it destroys the woman he loves?

In a city where loyalty is currency and betrayal comes with a body count, love might be the most dangerous gamble of all.