by Rebecca Wrights.

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Kolbi Vesey was at the top of his game. He had everything he needed: three best friends he was fiercely loyal to, a security company that was rapidly growing, and a beautiful historic home in downtown Charleston. As a Black man who started with nothing, he worked hard to earn his billionaire CEO status and gain the love and trust of Charleston’s most influential people.

When he gets the call from one of the city's oldest and wealthiest families with an offer to lead security for the patriarch's state Senate campaign, saying yes seemed like a no-brainer. What he didn’t expect to happen when he took the job was to fall for his totally off limits daughter.

Magnolia Sinclair grew up in the one hundred year old plantation home that's been in her family for generations. As a Sinclair, her parents had set high expectations for her since the day she was born and she did everything she could to keep them happy. But every time she tried to make them proud, she was met with not-so-subtle reminders that her parents wished for a boy but ended up with her instead.

After a run in with a handsome stranger riding a skateboard, her sense of the world begins to shift. When they meet again, this time with him wearing a custom fitted suit, she realizes that living life for herself is far better than living in the box her parents forced her into. Together they begin to discover that the right people will love you for who you truly are and it’s never too late to become the person you’ve always wanted to be.