"Still reeling from a messy divorce, kindergarten teacher Venus Thibodeaux is on a self-proclaimed healing journey and adamant that she's done with love. She's determined to move on from her toxic past with a fresh start in a new city, but starting over isn't as easy as it sounds.
Anthony 'Nuney' Nunez is young. He's unpolished, unpredictable, and according to his daughter's kindergarten teacher—a lousy parent. In fact, the two can't see eye to eye on anything except the strange attraction they have for each other every time their paths cross.
After Anthony and Venus find themselves on a wild date that shouldn't have been, they become embroiled in a torrid affair that threatens her healing journey, exposes the secrets in his sketchy life, and makes her question if she's really done with love after all.
This is a slow-burn adult contemporary romance intended for mature listeners."
"Endings.
Everyone and everything has one. They’re inevitable, right?
At twenty-one, Ason ‘Ace’ Williams Jr. knows all about inevitable endings. He’s formerly famous, a popular rapper’s muse, the son of a three-time NBA champ, and a little… complicated. After a disturbing scandal and loss rocks his world, he’s left to deal with both in a city that doesn’t quite feel like home. It’s a place filled with old family friends he’s never met, reminders of all the endings he’s had to endure, and even worse—he’s stuck there after his dad takes a job no one ever imagined him taking.
Eighteen-year-old Lourdes ‘Phat’ Hines doesn’t think about endings because she’s too busy dealing with the now. She’s a part-time college student, full-time caretaker, and worst of all, a lowly freshman on a campus she doesn’t have time to get accustomed to. After a tense run-in with a boy she’s sure she’s supposed to hate, the endings she’s been running from catch up to her at full speed and she faces a question he seems to have the answer to: What happens at the end of it all?"
"After the introduction of a controversial criminal justice reform bill, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles grants Andre 'Dre' Owens clemency.
Suddenly, he's forced back into a world that's more complex than what he remembers…and full of tempting distractions. Most are skeptical that he deserves a second chance, and he is too, until a free-spirited dancer bounces into his life.
Much to her family's dismay, Natasha 'Tash' Breaux dances to her own confusing beat. She's used to existing in a world that refuses to understand her and carrying the weight of a past that still lingers in the present.
After a mutual friend thrusts them together, Natasha agrees to help Andre cope with his newfound freedom, but there's a problem—he makes her question everything she thought she knew about herself and the people around her.
She's the ultimate distraction. He's the ultimate enigma. And they're so focused on how different their worlds look that when they endure them together, neither of them realizes the trouble that lurks beneath their budding friendship."
"Desmond Simmons' life is at an impasse.
After a tragic near-death experience, he's left struggling to pick up the pieces of an existence that's grown monotonous. He's so sure he's stuck until an old neighbor reappears, turning his new, uneventful life upside down.
While reconnecting, the two embark on a journey that leaves them grappling with their new lives and falling back into a whimsical world full of secrets they created as children to escape reality. They soon learn that outrunning the truth isn't as easy as it once was, but that doesn't mean they won't give it a try."
"Josiah Joseph is trouble—at least that's what everyone says about him.
Jade Taylor can't help but to agree with their sentiments. He's a hotheaded football player and one of her most lackluster students. She's a young mother and a laser-focused teacher's assistant, counting the days until graduation.
After the two cross paths at a wild party, Jade makes a discovery about the volatile quarterback that sends her on a quest to understand who Josiah Joseph is and why he's suddenly become enamored with her."
"Dominic DeBlanc is a wayward street hustler and part-time rapper constantly running from a past that haunts him.
With a bleak outlook on life, he finds himself teetering between two worlds - a seedy one where he's not guaranteed to see his 22nd birthday, and a promising one that might bring him recognition for his talent.
After a chance encounter with a peculiar waitress, he finds himself engulfed in a friendship he never knew he needed. However, his complex life and reckless decisions challenge their already complicated bond...."
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