In Another Life...In Another Place

In Another Life...In Another Place

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Fiction
Romance
Slow Burn
Dark Romance
Love Triangle
Khalil was an honest man. A detective for the City of Atlanta who worked hard, loved his wife and took care of his family. But when his wife fell sick and spent a month in the hospital, the financial damage set them back years. Then an investigation put an opportunity in front of him at the worst possible time. Deck was young and already making a name for himself in the streets. What started as getting money had grown into something much bigger, and he had no plans of slowing down. The streets were good to him, and as long as he moved smart, Deck believed they would stay that way. Then there was Nyara. Khalil's seventeen-year-old daughter and Deck's little sister's best friend. She had her own plans for her life, and falling for a man like Deck was never one of them. None of them knew how close their worlds already were. Or what would happen when they finally collided. Perhaps in another life, their love could have been beautiful. Perhaps in another place, it could have survived. But this is their time. This is their place.
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