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Nia Johnson came to Chicago for college not love. Nineteen, pretty, sheltered, and sweet enough to believe there’s still good in everybody, Nia has no idea what she’s walking into when she meets Kareem “Reem” Wallace. Reem isn’t the type of man her mama warned her about. He’s worse. Chicago raised him hard. The streets made him colder. And his name carries weight in a city where reputation can mean everything. Nia should’ve stayed away. But Reem likes her too much to let her go. What starts with a few late night conversations quickly turns into something neither of them can control. She brings out a softness in him nobody else gets to see, while he introduces her to a side of Chicago she never knew existed. She’s his pretty girl. He’s her biggest mistake. And when the streets start noticing just how much Reem loves her, Nia learns that being loved by a dangerous man comes with a price. Because falling for him was easy. Surviving his world is the hard part.