When you have been deceived by love the first time around, it’s hard to love the same. Keisha Shaw puts a guard around her heart and do what she has to do to take care of her three year old son. The twenty-five year old goes to school by day and is an exotic dancer by night. When a club regular by the name of Rome Jackson catches her eye her heart skips a beat every time their eyes connects. Since Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching it wouldn’t hurt to have a date to go along with her chocolate candy. When the two finally get the chance to formally meet and greet will she still feel the same once she finds out his true intentions?

Rome Jackson is a cold hearted hitman whose heart filled with hatred the minute he witnessed his mother get slaughtered in cold blood by his own father. From that day to this one Rome has been a contract killer, sending souls to meet their maker for the right price. Taking on a job was never hard to accept until the night he laid eyes on her. Keisha Shaw. His hands have shed so much blood over the years, taking another life comes natural. It startles him when he becomes hesitant about his newest assignment. Why would anyone want someone who is breathtakingly beautiful as his new admiration Keisha Shaw six feet under? He never thought his cold heart could feel again but that all changed unknowingly when the two had a chance to connect on a deeper level. When two people who have been hurt in different ways take a chance with each other will it crash because odds are stacked against them? Or will they let true love decide and make this the best Valentine’s Day ever? Take a dive through this Valentine’s Novella and find out.

Meet Rayvenna Adams or as the world calls her Ray. A 19 year old tom boy at heart who is just trying to find her right path in life. With a father lost to the prison system and a mother who best friend is a crack pipe, her brother Tron Adams is the only family she has left. She always warned her brother that the streets didn’t love nobody and he needed to rethink his life choices before the streets swallowed him up whole. So when trouble starts brewing and bullets start flying landing Tron in the hospital, will she be able to keep a leveled head. Or will she have the courage to face the enemy by herself?

Kreyole Benz is a Haitian hood legend who’s motto is Neg di san fe. (People talk and don’t act.) That’s why when an uninvited visitor comes on his territory he let his deadly Beretta do the talking. Not expecting a female to bring war to his door in her brother’s defense, he is caught off guard by someone with so much heart and bravery. What started off as resentment and beef later turns into something way more, neither of them expected.

Will Ray put her pride and unforgiveness to the side to see what the future could produce. Or will she let what others may think of her life choices keep her from giving love an honest try. With unforeseen enemies lurking in the background will these two be able to stand the battle of test and trials. Or will real love crumble before it’s even built?