Scared Straight: African American Romance

Asha pours everything she has into her students. Teaching at a rough high school feels less like a classroom and more like a battlefield fights in the halls, endless suspensions, and the quiet question of whether she’s really making a difference. The weight never leaves her, not even when she goes home at night.

Darrius knows a different kind of fight. The streets have been his world since he was a kid, every move about survival and money. He’s sharp, reckless, and always one wrong step fro...