Family, loyalty, and ambition don’t always run in the same lane and when those lanes cross, sparks turn into fire.
Navi is the steady one, the protector, the woman who tries to keep her sister and her best friend close while building a life that makes sense. But Baltimore moves heavy, and being near him shakes every boundary she swore she had. His presence is power, and power always demands a price.
Chanel is louder, bolder, hungry for more than what home can offer. Nights out turn into opportunities, and opportunities turn into secrets. She tells her girls one story, but the truth is she’s stacking her own, moving faster than anyone realizes.
Harmoni just wants to feel free, to laugh, to love, to live without always looking over her shoulder. But with Kiser in her space, nothing stays simple. He’s gruff, quiet, unreadable, and yet every silence with him feels louder than a shout.
Together, the three women step into nights filled with money, men, and moves too big to ignore. But while they’re chasing their own thrills, something else is brewing, rivalries being stirred in the background, names resurfacing, and a tension heavy enough to crack.
Love is tempting, money is addictive, and trust is fragile. In this world, what looks like fun might just be the start of a storm.
I saw a mutual post about this book on one of my socials and decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, this was not a book I cared for. If I hadn’t convinced my book club to read it, I probably would have DNF’d it.
The story started off interesting. There was action and a little mystery of wanting to know what was going on. That quickly faded when the chapters that followed turned out to be long, drawn out, and nothing was happening. I do want to point out the author does a great job with description and word flow. My problem is that the bulk of the story was descriptions and nothing was happening. Being able to have a flow to the story is important. Making sure the story is flowing to keep the reader engaged is also important. Outside of the prologue, the story was just random actions of characters going on about their day.
There are multiple people that the story is supposed to be focusing on. They were very forgettable and (unless I missed it) I had no idea how old these characters were supposed to be. I do recall that two of the female characters were supposed to be sisters and the third female was a friend. Randomly, one of the characters just happens to fall into being a professional lady of the night and is convinced that’s her come up and ticket to hard work. One is a teacher (I think) and the other is a bartender. There’s a random chick that thinks she has claim on a man that she left but now decides she wants back. Her story was confusing and felt out of place. Then there were the two male characters that were connected to two of the female characters and then a repeat “client” of the newly turned professional lady of the night.
Again, nothing spectacular was happening in their story to make me want to turn the pages. I got to 80% of the book and decided to put it down and read other books…seven…I read seven other books. I thought that taking a break from it would spark my interest when I resumed. I finally picked it back up and was just as underwhelmed as when I started. I think the ending was supposed to be a cliffhanger because there are 3 more books after this one in the series.
I do want to say that just because it wasn’t my cup of tea doesn’t mean it won’t be someone else’s 5 star read. However, I definitely won’t be continuing with the other books in the series.
Navi running away from Baltimore only makes her want him more, while Chanel keeps secrets that will eventually catch up with her. Kiser was right to tell Harmony to keep Chanel's secrets from Navi. I can’t wait to see how these couples' stories unfold.
Way too many detailed descriptions that made this a hard read which I almost gave up on, but I powered through to see just where the characters went. Story line was hard to follow.