Summa ‘23

You ever met a soul so beautiful that your trauma wanted a taste? It’s summer ’23 and the city is lit with the same old mess, just a different crew. This time trauma resides among them pulling the strings and keeping the toxicity at an all-time high. The leader of the Infamous Ace Boys, Cartrek Givens, is a man so callous and cold that plenty watch his throat to see if he has a pulse. He wasn’t always that way, but something about betrayal had the ability to turn a person cold and have them swearing off all things...

Summa ‘23

You ever met a soul so beautiful that your trauma wanted a taste? It’s summer ’23 and the city is lit with the same old mess, just a different crew. This time trauma resides among them pulling the strings and keeping the toxicity at an all-time high. The leader of the Infamous Ace Boys, Cartrek Givens, is a man so callous and cold that plenty watch his throat to see if he has a pulse. He wasn’t always that way, but something about betrayal had the ability to turn a person cold and have them swearing off all things related. His heart didn’t do the crime, but it was sure to do the time that he barely escaped. His heart was away in solitary confinement, awaiting a fair trial until he laid eyes on her… Virtue. A young mother whose sole purpose is to give her daughter the world, no matter the cost. She hasn’t completely sworn off love, but she’s pretty close. With dysfunctional family, and a battered heart the last thing she’s looking for is another complication in this life that she’s barely living. Like magnets the two meet, worlds colliding but are too blind to see what’s right before them. With rival gangs, and past demons refusing to stay in the past things can get a bit hectic, but what’s meant will prevail right? Only if it’s meant. With his heart on trial for his crimes, can Cartrek see past his past, or will his callous nature leave him too scorned for repair?

Cartier lives life as he sees fit, running the Ace Boys alongside his blood and clinging to a freedom that he never saw himself giving up. Something is missing, well not something, but a someone. One night with Jovie changed his whole perspective, but not before he broke the cardinal rule. For Jovie that one night in Miami has haunted her ever since it happened. From the way he touched her to the spell she found herself under any time she and Cartier were in the same space. Can similar souls find love within one another or will rash decisions threaten a future they didn’t know they had?

Trauma, drama, toxicity, jealousy, and plain old street mess… all a recipe for the best kind of disaster there is. Are you down to take a ride with a crew you didn’t see coming? Don’t forget to put your seatbelt on, because this fast-paced stand-alone is bound to get bumpy, and you never know what might be hiding in these Chicago potholes.

*Rerelease.*
*Originally released November 9th*
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