Roland Rouse

Twenty-eight years ago, at age sixteen, this cocky, hardheaded Negro first set eyes on his forever. The day I married Princess, a lifetime is what I carried her off to. No one could have told me her demise would leave me carrying the weight of the world while our children were still school age. Nearly three decades were not long enough. Now, this chasm of despair swallows me, and I'm not sure I'll ever climb out to see the other side. Nor do I want to see a world without Princess in it.

Neeraja Townsend

I'm the last woman standing. All my childhood friends are married now, and being the sole single friend is... not exactly boring. Okay, so hot girl summers are a damn snore. I grew up globe-hopping and jet-setting, so am I truly hyped about another trip? I don't need a man. But a good one would make for damn yummy Sunday mornings. So I'll just accept Farhad's proposal to get married. Besides, the man who lights me up with just one look will never want me too.

This grieving husband, single dad romance is the fifth and final book of Lula White's Explore Men of the Hamptons Black romance series.

**Trigger warnings: death, depression & mental health, explicit language, intense sex depictions, alcohol