<h1>Calculated Risk</h1><h2>Contemporary Black Romance | Friends to Lovers | Workplace Romance</h2>Desmond 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.
<h2>Content Warnings</h2>illness and death, betrayal, substance use, police encounters, criminal justice system, sexual content
<h2>Heat Level</h2>Steamy (on-page sex, moderate detail)
<h2>Tropes</h2><ul><li>Opposites attract</li><li>Love after loss</li><li>Community-centered hero</li><li>Redemption arc</li><li>Big city / grassroots clash</li><li>Instant attraction</li></ul>
