Calculated Risk

Calculated RiskContemporary Black Romance | Friends to Lovers | Workplace RomanceDesmond Taylor is too busy keeping Atlanta’s at-risk teens off the streets to entertain distractions. When Imani Thatcher steps into his youth center, she brings a temptation he can’t ignore.

Imani’s high-powered financial career used to be her anchor. Now, after betrayal shatters the life she worked so hard for, she’s restless, reckless, and more than a little intrigued by the man with a dark past.

Soon, Desmond and Imani are caught in a pull neither expected. Desire this dangerous could bring consequences… love is always a calculated risk.

Content Warningsillness and death, betrayal, substance use, police encounters, criminal justice system, sexual content

Heat LevelSteamy (on-page sex, moderate detail)

Tropes
- Opposites attract
- Love after loss
- Community-centered hero
- Redemption arc
- Big city / grassroots clash
- Instant attraction