Playing for Keeps - Bk 5

Playing for Keeps - Bk 5

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WpMetadataNoticeLast published Mon, Sep 21, 2026
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Fiction
LGBTQIA+
Coming Out and Self-Acceptance
Queer
Gay
A rollercoaster third year at Mombasa High shoves Malik and Thayu into several sticky situations, from clearing an abandoned rusty shack at the far end of the school compound to starting a debate club, coming out, dating, fighting, and eventually ending up at the sour point of a breakup. In their final year of high school, the stakes are pretty high. With RCA, talk of scholarships, and a possible move from the country, they're navigating a shift in their relationship none of them anticipated. Who knows what life will throw at them next, and whether years of experience have finally taught them to play for keeps.
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Alessandra has never believed in safety. Life never gave her a reason to. Pain carved her childhood, silence became her armor, and trust? That was a luxury she could never afford. So when she runs -- bloody, broken, and barely breathing, she doesn't expect saving. She certainly doesn't expect to be taken in by a family dripping in wealth and power and. . . warmth? A mother who refuses to give up on her. A father who watches like he's waiting for her to let him in. And six brothers. Rough. Protective. Complicated. Brothers, who don't know what to do with a sister who won't speak. She doesn't know how to trust. How to believe that maybe not everyone wants to hurt her. Every instinct tells her to run. To shut down. But they don't let her go. Not when she flinches. Not when she hides. Not even when she breaks. Happiness is for other people, or that's what she believes. But when love comes wrapped in gentle patience and fierce protection, when hands reach for her without demand, when hearts break themselves wide open just to hold her... she starts to wonder. Can a girl stitched together with silence and fear ever belong in a family built on love? Can she stand tall when the ghosts of her past refuse to let go? And when danger claws its way back into her life, threatening everything she's come to know... will she find her voice, or will she shatter all over again? Trigger Warnings: Child abuse. Violence. Addiction. Panic attacks. SA. Self-harm. Death, and more.

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