Join Coia as she navigates her adult hood, trials and tribulations, successes and losses, learning and unlearning both people and habits.

Some people enter your life by chance. Others feel like fate. When Sade crosses paths with Kasaad, neither of them expects much to come from it. After all, timing has never been on their side, and life has a way of complicating even the simplest connections. But the more their paths continue to intertwine, the harder it becomes to ignore the feeling that maybe some people are meant to find each other. Whether that's a blessing or a lesson remains to be seen. One thing is certain: Some connections are impossible to forget.

Twenty-two-year-old 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐡 "𝐑𝐢𝐚𝐡" 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 spent her youth in the foster care system learning one golden rule: never get attached to anything you can't afford to lose. She keeps her circle microscopic, guards her heart, and focuses strictly on her own grind. That rigid defense system starts to crumble the night she crosses paths with 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐧 "𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐞" 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥  At twenty-four, kase moves with a quiet, undeniable authority. He isn't out here chasing clout on the block; he's sharp, disciplined, and hyper-focused on keeping his household standing. After losing his parents, Kai stepped up without hesitation to take full legal custody of his five-year-old daughter, Nomi. Watching how fiercely and gently kase protects the little girl breaks down every single boundary Kaya built to keep the world out. As riah and kase build a deep, unspoken bond, she naturally gets pulled into the warmth of the Sterling household. But the closer she gets to nino mo, the heavier her chest feels. Small, unsettling details begin to stack up-Amari's birthdate, the regional agency listed on her adoption paperwork, and a distinct physical mark Kaya thought she'd never see again. The truth hits like a head-on collision: nomi isn't just kase adopted daughter . She is the baby girl the state ripped from riah arms when she was only seventeen years old. Back then, as an unprotected minor in system care, Kaya had no voice and zero rights. The state sealed the file, placed the child with a stable family, and told Kaya to move on like a piece of her hadn't been stolen. She spent seven years believing her daughter was living a completely separate life in another city. Now, her child is sitting right across from her, calling the man riah falling for "her dad." THIS IS A TOXIC LOVE STORY !!!!

Urban. Mylachi moves from NJ to VA. Will being the New Girl count for something? Or will she fall for anything? cover by @triceynexttdoor

"I wonder if in every lifetime we'll be together...Forever mine. Forever yours."

When Ayanna is forced into a job working for her parents' trusted college friend, she expects structure-not the quiet pull of a man who sees her more clearly than anyone ever has. Langston, a forty-three-year-old record label owner and divorcé, lives by rules that don't allow desire, especially not for his employee or the daughter of people he respects. As long hours and industry chaos draw them closer, attraction turns into something dangerous neither of them is willing to name. With her parents tightening their grip and her dreams of an artistic life slipping further away, Ayanna must choose between approval and authenticity. For Langston, loving her could cost him his reputation, his principles, and the one line he's sworn never to cross.

"Mani, you really my peace." ❀*̥˚───❀*̥˚ Imani don't do rappers. Not when attention come before intention, and every smile hide a secret. But when a late night studio session her best friend forces her to go to, puts her in the path of Messiah James, a rising star with a quiet demeanor and a dangerous smile? She starts breakin' all her own rules. Cause sometimes, the one you run from is the one sent to heal you. And ain't nothin' louder than a man who love quiet and choose you soft. She swore she wouldn't fall. He say she ain't gotta, cause she already his.

Soul Maurielle is quiet, introverted and to herself. She's been spoiled her whole life and has had everything handed to her, whether it was from her father, a respected drug kingpin who passed when she was 18, or her twin brother Shilo who followed in the footsteps of his father. Soul isn't new to the 'street life' she hates it and all that it brings. That life did nothing but take from her family. Her brother on the other hand loved the fast life and the quick money that came with, so he followed in the footsteps of their father bringing drama to her door when and wherever. Trap has never been one for many words, he allowed his actions to speak through all that he did. And boy did his actions speak. Trap is a popular loner, so many have been around him but not many knows who he his. Even those closest to Trap barely get more than 5 words from him at a time. He handles his business and goes about his day. Trap is deep in the life, had been since he was 15. Virgil, the father figure Trap never had, was the man who took him in and introduced him to the life. His mom had been struggling with bills, his sister, who was on her school cheer team, had no way to get her gear and he had one option. Turn to the streets, one of his boys had been bragging about the fast money he was getting and Trap needed that, his boy introduced him to Virgil and it was off from there. The 2 are one and the same, both quiet, reserved and to themselves. But Soul isn't looking for love, let alone a man that's in the same life she lost her dad to. She hates the life and everything that comes with it, so why can't she just leave this man alone? Book 1 Started: February 12, 2026 Finished: August 11, 2026

"I told you about looking down when you being talked to mama." Kaiser spoke more softly than before. In the small time he been around Serenity, he noticed how shy she was. She was so avoidant but alluring. He was interested in her. Seeing how well she was with the kids was just a plus. "Why?" She sighed in frustration before signing. She knew if she started talking she would make a fool of herself. "Why what?" He signed back. "Why do you care? You don't know me." "Not everyone has it out for you. I just wanna know you," Kaiser frowned. He didn't understand why she was so isolated but he wanted to know. She was worth knowing.

selia⁠ is a brilliant future lawyer who keeps her life as immaculate as her luxury penthouse, using absolute perfection to shield the quiet depression and raw adhd her old-money parents weaponized against her. doing hair is the only thing that calms her mind-until ⁠saint⁠, a heavy street figure with an untouchable empire, sits in her chair. he reads people for a living and instantly sees through her flawless mask. saint resolves to give her the unfiltered princess treatment she's starved for, but as his dangerous reality bleeds into her spotless sanctuary, she's forced to choose between her pristine future and a street-connected love that finally makes her feel seen.