What would you endure for the ones you love the most?

NiNi Alexander has a secret.

One she has to keep, to protect those she loves most.

Her mother is blindly in love with a monster and terribly sick, and NiNi can’t bear the thought of heaping more pain on her already suffering parent, who she loves more than anything. Her only support is Onyae, her beautiful and wild cousin, until she meets Rayshon—a man who could be her salvation, or her heartbreak.

Rayshon is the kind of man who can make a woman fall in love just by looking at him—a five-foot-ten honey bear who makes NiNi start to wonder if there’s more to life than just enduring it. He’s the kind of man she never expected to look at her once, let alone twice, yet here he is. But is he the kind of man to stay if he finds out the truth?

When family secrets are exposed and NiNi is faced with a choice, will love come to her rescue? Or will she be unable to escape the cycle of abuse that keeps her trapped?

A gripping story of love, struggle, family abuse, and the bonds that hold us together even when they shouldn’t, book one in the Gangsta Luvin’ series will have you crying, cheering, and praying along with the main characters. If you love African American urban fiction, urban books by Black authors, fiction featuring family drama and urban settings like Philly, this book focused around family secrets and urban struggles will be one that you won’t be able to put down!

*This novel focuses on themes of abuse that may be triggering to some readers. If it does, please proceed with caution.