"We're going to get caught." I feel his lips trace the curve of my neck.
"Try being less gorgeous," is his breathy response before sealing my lips with his, stealing any response I might make. I hear a moan, realizing the sound is coming from me.
I'm not used to this. Indulging, feeling irresistible.
Cover design in progress
In Legacy in Bloom, the second-chance RomDram vibes of Seven Days in June meet the runaway bride-to-be of Ana María and the Fox and the complicated family dynamics of Succession.
Thirty-three-year-old Leela Carter escaped her hometown eight years ago to pursue her own ambitions — and avoid an inheritance clause that would force her to marry her parents' business partner's son, James. When a work conference takes her back to Laurel Glen, she plans to rekindle the future she almost had with Braxton Hall. Unfortunately, a trip home also comes with an ex who feels entitled to her and parents eager to give her directly to him — no matter what it costs her in happiness.
Braxton Hall is not the bartender from the wrong side of the tracks Leela left behind anymore. He's transformed into a restaurant empire owner, earning the respect of Laurel Glen's elites. In the wake of tragedy, he became an instant father to his late friend Sean's son, Diego. Fatherhood buries his need for love under survivor's guilt and responsibility — then Leela returns and so does his desire for her, though he tries to fight it.
Leela and Braxton's rekindled romance slowly builds steam while they rebuild trust — and then it's all-consuming. Between anonymous threats, a mysterious kitchen fire, and a custody battle designed to destroy Braxton, both are faced with the same question: is their love strong enough to stand up against the puppeteering of Leela's family?
Black people with old money. A professional gossip mill. A community formed by need, preserved despite external resistance, and power makers with shadow influence across the globe.
Laurel Glen is the kind of town where everyone's legacy was decided before they were born. Leela was born into it. Braxton had to earn his way in. And now, eight years later, the town is going to make both of them prove it all over again.








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"brb gonna CRY." "PERIOD BRAXTON! Wow, I love them."
"I'm going to combust."
"It's 7:16 am and I'm hot. I need a cold shower before work."
"i really hope you let me fight this mama before the end of the book. please, I'm begging!"
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