Calculated Risk
Contemporary Black Romance | Friends to Lovers | Workplace Romance
Desmond Taylor is too busy keeping Atlanta's at-risk teens off the streets to entertain distractions. When Imani Thatcher steps into his youth center, she brings a temptation he can't ignore.
Imani's high-powered financial career used to be her anchor. Now, after betrayal shatters the life she worked so hard for, she's restless, reckless, and more than a little intrigued by the man with a dark past.
Soon, Desmond and Imani are caught in a pull neither expected. Desire this dangerous could bring consequences... love is always a calculated risk.
Content Warnings
illness and death, betrayal, substance use, police encounters, criminal justice system, sexual content
Heat Level
Steamy (on-page sex, moderate detail)
Tropes
- Opposites attract
- Love after loss
- Community-centered hero
- Redemption arc
- Big city / grassroots clash
- Instant attraction
