When Love Isn’t Enough by Timara Williams

D.C. didn't just raise Camille Aurora Clark—it carved her. It taught her how to be hard, how to survive, and how to love with a fierceness born from unforgiving streets. But it was a lesson she learned the hard way with Nasir, a man whose love was as electric as it was dangerous. Their toxic romance was a cycle she couldn't break, a whirlwind of late nights and chaotic on-again, off-again meetings.When a surprise pregnancy changes everything, Camille decides to build the family she's always wanted, convinced that her love can fix the broken parts of him. But while she is in labor, Nasir’s ultimate betrayal shatters her world. She loses everything but her daughter and the will to rebuild.Rising from the ashes, Camille builds her empire, Doll Trap Beauty, a sanctuary of self-love and fierce loyalty. Just as her life begins to glow with success and a new, quiet love enters her world, Nasir reappears. He can’t stand to see the woman he abused become the woman he can no longer control. Now, Camille must fight for the peace she’s built, facing the man who swore he loved her with every weapon in her arsenal—her success, her freedom, and the kind of love he could never understand.Can she outrun the ghosts of her past, or will the love that wasn’t enough come back to take everything?