Simone Dandridge will fight anyone who threatens East Harbor Community Center. She never expected the man standing across from her to be Jamal Renwick, the first love who left Baltimore without explaining why.Jamal is home to steady the Baltimore Crowns after a leaked relocation plan puts the team and its neighborhood ties at risk. Simone has ninety days to prove the community partnership works. Jamal has one chance to keep the franchise rooted without letting the owners use her as cover. Every meeting pulls them closer to the truth about their past, and every public crisis makes trusting each other more dangerous.When a staged disruption gives the team an excuse to blame Simone, Jamal must choose between the job he came home to save and the woman he once failed to choose out loud.An emotional, open-door Black contemporary romance featuring a confident plus-size heroine, a retired basketball star, hard-won repair, community stakes, and a hopeful happily-ever-after.
