Special Agent Simone Nichols has spent her career hunting the worst of the worst, determined to carry on the legacy her father left behind. When a brutal assassination drops her into the path of an elusive hitman, she knows one thing for certain: catching him will be her biggest challenge yet.

Mateo has spent most of his life perfecting the craft of killing. His precise and untraceable hits have made him the best card in his handler’s hand. Until he makes one of the biggest mistakes a hitman can make: leaving behind a witness. Simone’s badge proves she’s no ordinary loose end, and she quickly becomes a liability he can’t ignore.

What begins as a relentless game of cat and mouse turns dangerously intimate as their paths collide again and again. But the more they circle each other, the harder it becomes to tell where the hunt ends and desire begins.

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Have you ever felt like you were being watched?

Mila feels that way every time she enters her apartment. She goes to bed each night with a chill down her spine and tingles throughout her body, dreaming of a shadowed man ravishing her in the night.

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Her first thought is that she's going crazy... there's no man standing in her closet, waiting until she's asleep to devour her.

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But when she wakes up one day with suggestive bruises all over her body with no memory of how they got there, she realizes that maybe her dreams aren't so farfetched.

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The distinguished Dudley Brothers, reigning from the bayous of Louisiana, have followed their family’s blueprint and created a fortune many would kill for…including them. Leading their own successful Talent Management Agency, the brothers bond together to protect secrets of their past and fight threats seeking to destroy everything they have built.

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Dykoyta “Psykoytic” Dudley was forced to step up as his family’s caretaker, a job he holds dear to his heart. He got it out the mud in the streets until his family got everything he thought they deserved…and he has no remorse for anyone that got in his way. He has always done any and everything to make sure his younger brothers never have to walk that same path, but now fate has other plans. He and his brothers, Dynisti, Dyneim and Dynver, are now sitting at the top of their world, but for how long…

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Unselfishly, he put his family and their blueprint before himself, denying himself the simple joys of life. Now his family is secretly determined that he gets everything they know he deserves…even if he thinks he doesn’t. His bipolar personality, street mentality, and his unwavering desire to protect himself has created a man that fears nothing and never folds…until he meets Tyarah.

Tyarah “Ty” Reid is a pint-sized beauty with big Leo energy. She knows who she is and what she wants; she is just catching hell trying to get it. Prioritizing her family over herself, years of parental neglect, and a broken heart has left her somewhat broken-but never bothered.

Forced to take a back-seat to her less qualified counterparts in the white-washed world of public relations, Ty’s career is just as stagnant as her love life. That is…until the day the Dudley brothers swaggered into a conference room looking for representation…and swaggered out with her heart.

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Now Dykoyta’s and Tyarah’s worlds collide as both struggle to resist the undeniable attraction of similar souls. As they work together closely to clear his brother’s name, neither of them consciously desires to cross the temptation of a forbidden workplace jump-off. Yet the intensity of their passion makes them question if they should risk it all…

One wishes to never love at all. One wishes to never love again.

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Those dynamic Dudley brothers are back, and they are here to reclaim everything that belongs to them.

Dykoyta “Psykoytic” Dudley is forever his brothers’ keeper. His love is relentless and unconditional. He’s with you when you’re right, and when you’re wrong…unless you’re Ty.

Tyarah Reid has eased her way into Koyta’s company, his family, and now his heart. She knows she needs to stay away, but his intensity and magnetism beckon her to fall deeper and want more. To the point she’s willing to risk it all…including her sanity.

Dynisti Dudley’s past has come back to haunt him. Bringing with it remnants of betrayal and regret; and time he can never get back. A lawyer and new father, Dy finds out his wife has done something so unthinkable that he can’t imagine moving forward in their union.

Amber, Dy’s wife, is not willing to relinquish her position in his life to any other woman, not even his mama.

Twins, Dyneim and Dynver Dudley ride hard for their brothers through their turmoil and entanglements; meanwhile their own lives are unraveling right before their eyes.

Dyneim, an up-and-coming NBA star received a multi-million-dollar contract and a rape allegation all in the same week. Now, he questions his faith in humanity…and in love.

NOLA, strip club hoppin,’ bottle poppin,’ player of the group. He has no responsibilities, no discipline, and no good intentions toward any woman in his life other than his mama. Then, in walks wifey. Except she already has a man…and he doesn’t want to be her man…but fate says something different. While his Baby's Moms beg to differ.

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