Right Energy, Wrong Timing

What if choosing the man who feels like home could cost you the family that became your own? Orphaned at nineteen and forced to start over, Desiree Richardson built her life from the ground up. Now the COO of a booming Black-owned wellness brand, she has a thriving career, sacred friendships, and a heart finally ready for a grown, lasting love.Xavier Thomas is a respected college football coach, a devoted father, and everything she wants. The problem is he is her best friend's brother. And still married.His marriage is built on responsibility, not love. Xavier believes sacrificing his own happiness is the price of giving his daughter a stable home, but Desiree knows she deserves more than a man who cannot fully choose her.Their attraction simmers in silence until a devastating betrayal puts Xavier's daughter in danger and exposes the lies holding his marriage together. Desiree becomes his safest place.Then one vulnerable night changes the rules.As Xavier fights to keep the daughter he raised, Desiree finds herself carrying a truth that could reshape all their lives. She refuses to be loved out of obligation. He refuses to lose his daughter.With custody hanging in the balance and buried secrets threatening the family they both love, Desiree and Xavier must decide whether the right love is worth choosing at the worst possible time.The energy is right but wrong timing could cost them everything.