Twenty-year-old Kiersten Grey is done pretending. This BBW virgin has spent her life saving herself for real love—but all she got was Johnathan, a pretty face with a poisonous soul. Verbally abusive and a habitual cheater, he’s dragged her through emotional hell, leaving her questioning her worth and losing pieces of herself just to keep him happy. But that ends now. Kiersten is ready to break free, reclaim her power, and finally learn what it means to choose herself first. Only problem… Johnathan’s not the type to walk away quietly. While Kiersten fights for freedom, her older brother Saint Jefferson-Grey is caught in a different war. A self-made hood millionaire with deep ties to the streets, Saint's loyalty runs thick, but so does the pressure that comes with his name. In the midst of it all, he finds unexpected peace in Jream, Kiersten’s bold, beautiful best friend who’s tired of being overlooked. The chemistry between them is instant and dangerous. But with Melody, Saint’s unpredictable on-again/off-again ex still in the picture, love gets complicated fast. As love and betrayal collide, the streets get hot—and Kiersten finds herself pulled into a deadly game she didn’t ask to play. The bullets ain’t got no names, and when the smoke clears, nothing will be the same. Will she survive long enough to finally live for herself? Or will the war she didn’t start claim her before she ever gets the chance?