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Forever Certified: A Love Story, Unhinged
From the world of Certified Pressure comes Forever Certified, a raw and unhinged love story centered on Kay’Lo Mensah and Toni Roc.
Toni Roc loves Kay’Lo Mensah with her whole soul, even when his love feels dangerous. Their marriage is wild, passionate, and protective to the point of violence. Kay’Lo is obsessed with her and everyone knows it. Their life together should have been simple, but nothing about Kay’Lo is ever simple.
After he killed her cousin and then her uncle for what he did to her, he believed he was giving his wife peace. Instead, he created a storm that both families can feel. Toni’s family fears him. His family judges her. His love shields her from the world, yet it also scares her because she knows exactly how far he will go for her.
Toni is not the problem. The real problem is the truth hiding underneath Kay’Lo’s confidence, wealth, and power. He isn’t just intense. He isn’t just dangerous. Something deeper is fighting for control inside him, something no one else has ever paid attention to. Toni sees the shifts in his moods. She feels the moments when he changes. She becomes the only person close enough to recognize that Kay’Lo is battling more than anger.
When he is finally diagnosed with a condition that explains his explosive temper and unpredictable reactions, Toni is forced to face a reality no one else knows. She is married to a man who would kill for her without a second thought. She is married to a man whose love can save her or ruin them both.
Now Toni must decide what kind of wife she is going to be. She can walk away from a man who loves her too hard, or she can stand beside him and help him manage the one thing that could destroy their future if no one pays attention. Kay’Lo would burn down the world for her, but Toni has to decide if she can save him without losing herself.
Forever Certified is a story about loyalty, obsession, and a marriage held together by a love powerful enough to heal or destroy. It is Toni and Kay’Lo against their families, their enemies, and the truth fighting inside him. It is dangerous and passionate. It is intimate and unhinged. It is two people fighting to protect the one thing they refuse to lose.
Each other…
Toni Roc loves Kay’Lo Mensah with her whole soul, even when his love feels dangerous. Their marriage is wild, passionate, and protective to the point of violence. Kay’Lo is obsessed with her and everyone knows it. Their life together should have been simple, but nothing about Kay’Lo is ever simple.
After he killed her cousin and then her uncle for what he did to her, he believed he was giving his wife peace. Instead, he created a storm that both families can feel. Toni’s family fears him. His family judges her. His love shields her from the world, yet it also scares her because she knows exactly how far he will go for her.
Toni is not the problem. The real problem is the truth hiding underneath Kay’Lo’s confidence, wealth, and power. He isn’t just intense. He isn’t just dangerous. Something deeper is fighting for control inside him, something no one else has ever paid attention to. Toni sees the shifts in his moods. She feels the moments when he changes. She becomes the only person close enough to recognize that Kay’Lo is battling more than anger.
When he is finally diagnosed with a condition that explains his explosive temper and unpredictable reactions, Toni is forced to face a reality no one else knows. She is married to a man who would kill for her without a second thought. She is married to a man whose love can save her or ruin them both.
Now Toni must decide what kind of wife she is going to be. She can walk away from a man who loves her too hard, or she can stand beside him and help him manage the one thing that could destroy their future if no one pays attention. Kay’Lo would burn down the world for her, but Toni has to decide if she can save him without losing herself.
Forever Certified is a story about loyalty, obsession, and a marriage held together by a love powerful enough to heal or destroy. It is Toni and Kay’Lo against their families, their enemies, and the truth fighting inside him. It is dangerous and passionate. It is intimate and unhinged. It is two people fighting to protect the one thing they refuse to lose.
Each other…
283 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 26, 2025
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December 29, 2025
its Kaylo for meeeeeee☺️☺️
This by far my favorite storyline I cant wait for the next book🫣☺️ them all married is so funny cuz they dont know wtf they doing but they trying 🥹🫶🏾😩
This by far my favorite storyline I cant wait for the next book🫣☺️ them all married is so funny cuz they dont know wtf they doing but they trying 🥹🫶🏾😩
December 28, 2025
This Love story is more than unhinged, it’s toxic but also tender
At first glance, this love story may look toxic.
The intensity.
The obsession.
The way these two orbit each other like gravity.
And yet… beneath the chaos is something deeply tender. Forever Certified is unhinged in the way real life often is—messy, impulsive, volatile—but beneath the chaos is something painfully tender: two people trying to survive the chaos while loving each other at the same time. The romance doesn’t pretend that love heals everything. Instead, it asks a harder question:
What happens when love exists alongside mental illness, trauma, and self-destruction?
My thoughts: Kay’Lo thinks if he pipes Toni down. That fixes all their problems and even know Toni knows it doesn’t. She still allows him to think that. Now his father was wrong for making that Therapist to change her diagnoses. He knows his son has a mental illness. But he is allowing his pride and fear of what people will think about him as a father. To hurt Kay’Lo not help him. His father is selfish and his selfishness is going to backfire. Now Toni was wrong for what she did. She had to know that Kay’Lo would find out her secret. This book was so good and I can’t for book 2. 10/10 highly recommend
At first glance, this love story may look toxic.
The intensity.
The obsession.
The way these two orbit each other like gravity.
And yet… beneath the chaos is something deeply tender. Forever Certified is unhinged in the way real life often is—messy, impulsive, volatile—but beneath the chaos is something painfully tender: two people trying to survive the chaos while loving each other at the same time. The romance doesn’t pretend that love heals everything. Instead, it asks a harder question:
What happens when love exists alongside mental illness, trauma, and self-destruction?
My thoughts: Kay’Lo thinks if he pipes Toni down. That fixes all their problems and even know Toni knows it doesn’t. She still allows him to think that. Now his father was wrong for making that Therapist to change her diagnoses. He knows his son has a mental illness. But he is allowing his pride and fear of what people will think about him as a father. To hurt Kay’Lo not help him. His father is selfish and his selfishness is going to backfire. Now Toni was wrong for what she did. She had to know that Kay’Lo would find out her secret. This book was so good and I can’t for book 2. 10/10 highly recommend
December 28, 2025
This was a good time… and although I didn’t read the Pressure series, because it’s not my type of storyline. I actually enjoyed being eased into Toni’s past and getting a sense of her character development without feeling lost. That part worked for me and made it easy to connect with her story. I understand for the most part how Pressure and Pluto came about but I’d rather read about them settling into their relationship. I also really appreciated the way the author brought Black mental health to the forefront. That was one of the strongest elements of the book, and of course it made sense that Kaylo’s dad would be the type of Black elder who brushes mental health off instead of addressing it properly. He’s a whole mess, miseducated, but you can still tell he loves his son in his own twisted way.
Pressure and Pluto were cute at first. Pressure is hard-headed as hell, but I respected that Pluto stood firm about not wanting more kids right now. She knows her husband, though, because let’s be real… Pressure would’ve made me fold too.
That said, Pluto started doing entirely too much. She forced an argument that didn’t really exist. Asking for space because your husband finished inside you is one of the weakest conflicts I’ve ever read in a marriage. Not cheating. Not betrayal. Not disrespect. But because he came in you. Go get a Plan B and stop all that negativity. If she wasn’t ready for what comes with marriage, she shouldn’t have gotten married.
Then she dragged this out for weeks, had him holding out, just to turn around and let him slide in raw again on her time, without even clearing up what happened the first time. It honestly felt like she was using sex as a form of control, and that dynamic was not cute. It made me question if she even wanted him, because this had to be one of the weakest excuses for conflict I’ve seen in any marriage storyline.
Now, Kaylo and Toni! Completely different story. They had nothing but sex at first, but at least it came with real chemistry and connection on page. Their scenes were spicy, especially that swing scene…baby, that was written well. I also cracked up when Toni was holding in her laugh when Kaylo went soft, because he was clearly in his feelings. Kaylo is unhinged, a little mental, and not somebody to play with. That man will crash out behind Toni and did!
I also suspected Toni was on birth control, because with all that fawking and no pregnancy.
My other issue outside the characters is with the author. There’s no indication this is a series. No “Part One.” No “To Be Continued.” Nothing. That feels misleading, especially for readers who don’t like starting unfinished stories. If this is meant to continue, say that up front. It will still get read.
Anyway, the Kaylo and Toni storyline carried the book for me. Pressure and Pluto’s conflict just wasn’t strong enough to justify all that drama, especially for a married couple with kids.
Pressure and Pluto were cute at first. Pressure is hard-headed as hell, but I respected that Pluto stood firm about not wanting more kids right now. She knows her husband, though, because let’s be real… Pressure would’ve made me fold too.
That said, Pluto started doing entirely too much. She forced an argument that didn’t really exist. Asking for space because your husband finished inside you is one of the weakest conflicts I’ve ever read in a marriage. Not cheating. Not betrayal. Not disrespect. But because he came in you. Go get a Plan B and stop all that negativity. If she wasn’t ready for what comes with marriage, she shouldn’t have gotten married.
Then she dragged this out for weeks, had him holding out, just to turn around and let him slide in raw again on her time, without even clearing up what happened the first time. It honestly felt like she was using sex as a form of control, and that dynamic was not cute. It made me question if she even wanted him, because this had to be one of the weakest excuses for conflict I’ve seen in any marriage storyline.
Now, Kaylo and Toni! Completely different story. They had nothing but sex at first, but at least it came with real chemistry and connection on page. Their scenes were spicy, especially that swing scene…baby, that was written well. I also cracked up when Toni was holding in her laugh when Kaylo went soft, because he was clearly in his feelings. Kaylo is unhinged, a little mental, and not somebody to play with. That man will crash out behind Toni and did!
I also suspected Toni was on birth control, because with all that fawking and no pregnancy.
My other issue outside the characters is with the author. There’s no indication this is a series. No “Part One.” No “To Be Continued.” Nothing. That feels misleading, especially for readers who don’t like starting unfinished stories. If this is meant to continue, say that up front. It will still get read.
Anyway, the Kaylo and Toni storyline carried the book for me. Pressure and Pluto’s conflict just wasn’t strong enough to justify all that drama, especially for a married couple with kids.
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December 27, 2025
Kay’Lo and Toni, Love with Secrets and Lies
I opened this book with no particular expectation, but I was not expecting what I got!!!…
This book was written to pull you into something deep, something that needs healing!!!…Showing you how you can easily love someone til it hurts you!!!…
A broken child who has grown into a beautiful woman, with a heart and desire to heal and help, all while trying to still pull herself back together!!!…
You can feel her pain through the pages, you feel the hope she keeps searching for, even when being let down!!!…
Kay’Lo is fighting more than the voices in the hall and his head!!!…He’s fighting the desire to help and deeply love a woman that he knows love and wants him totally!!!
He has a father that is more concerned about what ppl will think than to face the reality that his son is struggling!!!…This book brought to the forefront of the silent struggles we can have and live life with so many mask, that we forget about the damage or the scars!!!…
I can’t wait to see what is next!!!…Although what seems like a deal breaking secret has been revealed, this will be where care and understanding will come to play!!!…
I opened this book with no particular expectation, but I was not expecting what I got!!!…
This book was written to pull you into something deep, something that needs healing!!!…Showing you how you can easily love someone til it hurts you!!!…
A broken child who has grown into a beautiful woman, with a heart and desire to heal and help, all while trying to still pull herself back together!!!…
You can feel her pain through the pages, you feel the hope she keeps searching for, even when being let down!!!…
Kay’Lo is fighting more than the voices in the hall and his head!!!…He’s fighting the desire to help and deeply love a woman that he knows love and wants him totally!!!
He has a father that is more concerned about what ppl will think than to face the reality that his son is struggling!!!…This book brought to the forefront of the silent struggles we can have and live life with so many mask, that we forget about the damage or the scars!!!…
I can’t wait to see what is next!!!…Although what seems like a deal breaking secret has been revealed, this will be where care and understanding will come to play!!!…
December 31, 2025
Toni and Kaylo…
I get their unhinged love and mental healthy journey,but Kwame is really wrong for messing with his son because of being prideful.. I love Treasure and I understand Toni’s view from not ready to start a family to quickly.. She has mental baggage needing exploring before becoming a Mom.. It’s a lot without her understanding the emotions you have as a woman, a mother, a wife before making the decision to bring kids into her mental , physical abuse she went through and continue to struggle with even years after the abuse. It doesn’t disappear or magically heals itself. These Mensah men need more counseling too.
I get their unhinged love and mental healthy journey,but Kwame is really wrong for messing with his son because of being prideful.. I love Treasure and I understand Toni’s view from not ready to start a family to quickly.. She has mental baggage needing exploring before becoming a Mom.. It’s a lot without her understanding the emotions you have as a woman, a mother, a wife before making the decision to bring kids into her mental , physical abuse she went through and continue to struggle with even years after the abuse. It doesn’t disappear or magically heals itself. These Mensah men need more counseling too.
December 28, 2025
Unhinged is so on point
Toni has every right to be on birth control. Why would she want to bring a baby into that marriage. Yes they love each other but in this case love is not enough. The meds were helping him, why didn’t they get a second opinion they both saw how the doc changed up on them. If dad would have addressed his son’s mental health issue as a child he wouldn’t be going through this but no his ego and pride wouldn’t let him. I wonder how long they are going to hide that baby. I need that next book.
Toni has every right to be on birth control. Why would she want to bring a baby into that marriage. Yes they love each other but in this case love is not enough. The meds were helping him, why didn’t they get a second opinion they both saw how the doc changed up on them. If dad would have addressed his son’s mental health issue as a child he wouldn’t be going through this but no his ego and pride wouldn’t let him. I wonder how long they are going to hide that baby. I need that next book.
January 3, 2026
Loved It
I just love these couple, Pluto and Pressure, and then Toni and Kay'Lo!
These couples have been through so much, but communication is important to have. While I feel for Toni, in the end, she was wrong about doing what she's doing. Kay'Lo knows he's not right, but he was doing everything, " Toni asked of him. I really can't wait until til they find out what Kay'Lo daddy did to his therapist! Treasure kmow her son has issues and.had them from a little boy, her denial or staying aligned with her husband is annoying!
I can't wait for the next installment !
I just love these couple, Pluto and Pressure, and then Toni and Kay'Lo!
These couples have been through so much, but communication is important to have. While I feel for Toni, in the end, she was wrong about doing what she's doing. Kay'Lo knows he's not right, but he was doing everything, " Toni asked of him. I really can't wait until til they find out what Kay'Lo daddy did to his therapist! Treasure kmow her son has issues and.had them from a little boy, her denial or staying aligned with her husband is annoying!
I can't wait for the next installment !
December 31, 2025
This book was completely different than the other certified books. It was an emotional story dealing with Toni’s childhood trauma and Kay’Lo’s mental health struggles. It also gave an inside look into Pressure and Pluto’s marriage post 2 children. It’s a perfect illustration of what happens after the happily ever after and the book ends. The MC’s are married but there’s still a lot for them to overcome.
January 1, 2026
Toni and Lo. whew chile
A few things I enjoyed in this book: 1. It gave a real, authentic look into mental health and how it affects the person and everyone around them 2. I was so happy to read Pluto and Pressure’s perspectives 3. It gave the real when you first move in with your spouse and can’t stand them. That part was funny. 4. The married men didn’t play about their wives!!!
A few things I enjoyed in this book: 1. It gave a real, authentic look into mental health and how it affects the person and everyone around them 2. I was so happy to read Pluto and Pressure’s perspectives 3. It gave the real when you first move in with your spouse and can’t stand them. That part was funny. 4. The married men didn’t play about their wives!!!
December 27, 2025
This book was so emotional 😫 Toni’s childhood, Kay’lo trying to get help from his parents, that therapist lying to him because of his father, the many metal breakdowns from Kay’lo and Pressure’s apology to Pluto 😭😭 the birth control!!! Why Toni?? Kay’lo has so many people in his life who are lying to him …Lord I’ve cried so much!
December 28, 2025
Way to much intimacy instead of getting to the issues of the series, I do like the book, but there's a lot left unfinished and some of those sexapades could have been replaced with actually finishing what happens with Abeni, Kashmere's baby, does a war break out, but I digress, on to my next author!
December 27, 2025
Getting it on
The history down memory lane told alot about Toni 's past and Kay' lo being diagnosed with schizophrenia explains the impulsive behavior he always had no matter what those two made it work and love grew stronger
The history down memory lane told alot about Toni 's past and Kay' lo being diagnosed with schizophrenia explains the impulsive behavior he always had no matter what those two made it work and love grew stronger
December 27, 2025
I n red more
This book is just a continuing drama of the first four series a certified pressure cousins just as crazy and still makes me want more. Please continue as soon as possible and I’m looking forward to more storylines like this.
This book is just a continuing drama of the first four series a certified pressure cousins just as crazy and still makes me want more. Please continue as soon as possible and I’m looking forward to more storylines like this.
December 29, 2025
A must read !
Book was great. Slow and steady. When is book 2 coming out ? I hope they pull through this. They are so cute and good for each other. And Kwame is need a reality check !!
Book was great. Slow and steady. When is book 2 coming out ? I hope they pull through this. They are so cute and good for each other. And Kwame is need a reality check !!
December 31, 2025
Forever Certified; A Love Story, Unhinged
Wow I thought this would be a 1 part story but now I have to wait for part 2. Sha why you leave me hanging again. Hurry up with part 2. But I loved this story and can’t wait for part 2.
Thank you
Wow I thought this would be a 1 part story but now I have to wait for part 2. Sha why you leave me hanging again. Hurry up with part 2. But I loved this story and can’t wait for part 2.
Thank you
December 31, 2025
another cliff hanger
Sha did it again… the pressure is on. And real… if you read certified pressure 1-4, then this book dives in for Kay’lo and Toni Roc. I can’t wait to see the rest of this explosive interaction
Sha did it again… the pressure is on. And real… if you read certified pressure 1-4, then this book dives in for Kay’lo and Toni Roc. I can’t wait to see the rest of this explosive interaction
January 1, 2026
Is there an ending in sight?
Definitely a slow burn. Also a lot of storylines left unanswered and new ones opened. I guess we will have to wait and see how they develop, but right now it feels incomplete and that is without the cliffhanger ending.
Definitely a slow burn. Also a lot of storylines left unanswered and new ones opened. I guess we will have to wait and see how they develop, but right now it feels incomplete and that is without the cliffhanger ending.
January 3, 2026
You in for a wild ride
Whew chile. From cover to cover I was in for a wild ride. All the Mensah men pressure lol. Baby this has got to be love cause they going through it. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Whew chile. From cover to cover I was in for a wild ride. All the Mensah men pressure lol. Baby this has got to be love cause they going through it. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
January 4, 2026
Page Turner
This book was very good and I love that Pluto impression made an imperious in the book. Kaylo and Tony when through some testing times in this book.. it's about to hit the fan in part 2
This book was very good and I love that Pluto impression made an imperious in the book. Kaylo and Tony when through some testing times in this book.. it's about to hit the fan in part 2
January 5, 2026
tssssssss
Omg I really feel like these Mensah men just can’t catch a break… honestly I really feel for Kayla but I also feel for Tony too… like damnnnn that ending took me out but it also made some much sense smh. Cnt wait for book two
Omg I really feel like these Mensah men just can’t catch a break… honestly I really feel for Kayla but I also feel for Tony too… like damnnnn that ending took me out but it also made some much sense smh. Cnt wait for book two
January 5, 2026
Boom!!! 🔥🔥🔥
And the plot thickens… Once again well written, I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for book 3. I’m not going anything away. Just know that it’s just that good. You want to know more than read the book. I promise it won’t disappoint you. Every single chapter was 🔥🔥🔥
And the plot thickens… Once again well written, I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for book 3. I’m not going anything away. Just know that it’s just that good. You want to know more than read the book. I promise it won’t disappoint you. Every single chapter was 🔥🔥🔥
December 28, 2025
yes
So good I would 1000 percent recommend if you like good rat urban fiction series. Looking forward to more books.
So good I would 1000 percent recommend if you like good rat urban fiction series. Looking forward to more books.
December 29, 2025
Love this series. I like the switch up in this book, it was deeper. Cliff hanging Sha did it again, I'm already anticipating the next book
December 31, 2025
Wow
This was a good book like the others. Kay lo and Toni are dealing with a lot and I did not expect it to end like that.
This was a good book like the others. Kay lo and Toni are dealing with a lot and I did not expect it to end like that.
December 31, 2025
OMG 😱
This book didn't disappoint, and the build-up at the end was OMG!!! Ready for the next one!!!! I recommend this book!
This book didn't disappoint, and the build-up at the end was OMG!!! Ready for the next one!!!! I recommend this book!
January 2, 2026
I CANNOT WAIT FOR KWAME MENSAH’S DAY OF RECKONING!!!! HE WILL PAY FOR HIS CRIMES!!!
January 2, 2026
Sha takes you down through there with this one. I love that it touched on mental health in relationships and how important it is to seek professional help. Can't wait for part II
January 3, 2026
Damn damn damn this was a roller coaster ride of emotions, drama and betrayal 😮💨 part two where you at ?!
January 4, 2026
I feel like Kay’Lo’s character was very different in this story considering he’d been so prominent in the previous 4 it was kind of random. However still an interesting story. Toni Roc needs a happy ending!!!
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