Smoke

Book Synopsis: Fast money, fast cars and fast girls, that's normally the life in the hood and the men that dominate it. Most men coming out of the ghetto are bred to live and die for their block. But most men aren’t Sincere “Smoke” Scott, who plans to make enough money to live peacefully off the grid. Smoke didn’t get his nickname from just rolling up. Cross him and you’ll find yourself at the pearly gates.Lauren “Lo-Lo” Speaks was born and raised in a suburban neighborhood. As the daughter of straight laced parents witnessing the everyday actions of the hood are a turn off to her. While Lauren has no kids, a college degree and a promising career at a great Fortune 500 company, her sister Brianna craves everything about being in the hood and gets caught up. Lauren wants no parts of it until dropping off her nephew causes her to come face to face with the sexiest man she’s ever seen.Smoke and Lauren’s chemistry is so pure that it’s almost overwhelming to both of them. How in the hell is something so new, so perfect? Things can’t stay perfect forever because the enemy is always lurking. What will happen when Smoke’s past shows up to haunt them? Can their love survive or will it go up in a cloud of smoke?