The Dirty Crown Trilogy Dirty Crown, Book 1, (Paperback)

<p>Kezia Monroe doesn't ask for help. Raised on the East Side of Cleveland, she spent her whole life holding everything together - her sister, her family, her dignity - while building toward something that was truly hers: a salon with her grandmother's name on the door.</p><p>She doesn't have room for complications.</p><p>Then Maddox Carter steps into her world. He runs the East Side. She knows exactly who he is. And when he finally stands beside her and talks to her like she's the only person in the city, she makes a choice - for herself, for the first time in her life.</p><p>What follows is a love story built inside a world that doesn't forgive softness. As Kezia gets closer to Maddox, she's pulled deeper into a life she swore she'd never touch. Old enemies resurface. Loyalty gets tested. And the closer she gets to everything she wants, the more she risks losing everything she's already built.</p><p><i>Some crowns are built from blood. The question is whether you're strong enough to wear one.</i></p><p><b>Dirty Crown</b> is a raw, emotional story about a woman who refuses to be anyone's weakness - and the man who makes her want to be someone's everything.</p><p>Kezia Monroe doesn't ask for help. Raised on the East Side of Cleveland, she spent her whole life holding everything together - her sister, her family, her dignity - while building toward something that was truly hers: a salon with her grandmother's name on the door.</p><p>She doesn't have room for complications.</p><p>Then Maddox Carter steps into her world. He runs the East Side. She knows exactly who he is. And when he finally stands beside her and talks to her like she's the only person in the city, she makes a choice - for herself, for the first time in her life.</p><p>What follows is a love story built inside a world that doesn't forgive softness. As Kezia gets closer to Maddox, she's pulled deeper into a life she swore she'd never touch. Old enemies resurface. Loyalty gets tested. And the closer she gets to everything she wants, the more she risks losing everything she's already built.</p><p><i>Some crowns are built from blood. The question is whether you're strong enough to wear one.</i></p><p><b>Dirty Crown</b> is a raw, emotional story about a woman who refuses to be anyone's weakness - and the man who makes her want to be someone's everything.</p>

• The Dirty Crown Trilogy Dirty Crown, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798257050381
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-04-12
• Page Count: 490