Two childhood friends, separated by life, find their way back to each other years later. What's starts as something familiar quickly turns into something deeper-but growing up changes everything, and love isn't always easy the second time around.

Malachi gently tucked Khylen against his side, their foreheads resting together as she smiled. "You're staring," she whispered, trying not to laugh. "Can't help it," he murmured, squeezing her hand.

Nakiya Charles has mastered the art of holding everything together: her grades, her future, her family, her friends. Asaan Bennett has always believed that the right people find you when you're not looking for them. When a chance meeting during their senior year of college keeps turning into another... and then another, an unexpected friendship begins to bloom between two people who have spent most of their lives being everything for everyone else. But as they grow closer, so do the fears they've carefully kept hidden. Because sometimes the scariest thing isn't falling in love. It's trusting someone enough to catch you. Can two people who are used to being everyone else's safety net be brave enough to become each other's? "Boy, you got me tripping, falling with no safety net." (Safety Net by Ariana Grande & Ty Dolla $ign) Disclaimer: All images featured in this book belong to their respective owners. I do not claim ownership of any photographs unless explicitly stated. They are used for aesthetic and storytelling purposes only.

[SAMPLE] "You're aware I'm 34." "Yes.." 11 years older than her.. "Mmm... come here A'Niyah."

Book One in the "Meet The Castillos'" Series Joji never met a smart mouth she couldn't outtalk or an attitude she couldn't out do-until she met Judge Castillo...

Averi Watts is an introverted third year law school student. Becoming a lawyer is her dream and her education is her pride and joy. She rarely opens up to anyone besides her family and best-friend. After a long week, she's dragged to a bar where she meets...him Jace Moore is a high school music teacher. His love language has always been music. Prevailing through his troubled past, he is now thriving with his new life. While at the bar with his friends, he can't stop staring at...her

Two souls from the same city. Both hustlers in their own way. Soulè Peters just wanted to make enough money to go to culinary school. Juggling doing hair, selling plates, a new graphic design side hustle, and a job at White Castle she only wants to pay for her necessities and save the rest. The only thing she knew how to do was hustle. Setback after setback Soulè bounced back every time. Nothing was going to stop her from reaching her dream. She barely has time for her friends let alone a relationship. Eastland "East" Fellows does whatever he can to make money. His whole purpose is to survive and take care of his siblings after they lost their parents. East believed that as long as he kept a smile on his face for them they'd never know the darkness he hid from them. While trying to keep one sibling thriving in school and the other from following the same path as him, he felt like he was being pulled every which way. With no help he's almost at his breaking point. He had no time or desire for anything or anyone else until her. A last minute order brings the two hustlers just tryna survive with the cards they were dealt. Will they be able to heal those suppressed wounds and find their way into each other's hearts?

Can your perspective on love change, or is it something that should stay the same? "Fuck all you niggas, all men are cheaters!" "Fuck all you hoes, everybody ani't shit!" "I love LOVE, an I'm waiting on my soulmate," "I believe in Love, but just not for me," Every one's perspective on love is different, but this story is about... Two people with opposite perspectives on love, come together, and complete change the way they perceive what love is...

They met by accident-in chaos. At twenty-five, Brielle Price has learned what it feels like to pour years into something that was never meant to last. Fresh out of physical therapy school, she's focused on healing, rebuilding, and climbing forward in her career. Love is no longer a priority. Stability is. Perseverance is. And for the first time, she's choosing herself. Andre Carter, also twenty-five, is fresh off his rookie contract in the NFL and stepping into a new chapter of his life. Focused, disciplined, and painfully aware of how quickly everything can be taken away, he moves with caution. Labeled a golden boy by the world around him, Andre knows better than to believe the hype-or tempt fate. One drunken night in Houston brings their paths together in the middle of chaos, neither aware of the impact that fleeting moment will have on their carefully laid plans. Some encounters are brief. Others linger... Waiting for the right time to return.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄....