Title: Pritty
On the verge of summer before his senior year, Jay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to beâtough, athletic, and in chargeâJay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy.
Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye of the boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isnât about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors over the murder of a young Black journalist and long-brewing territory tensions hang like a dark cloud over his neighborhood. And when Jay and Leroy find themselves caught in the crossfire, Leroy isnât willing to be the reason Jayâs life is at risk.
Dragged into the world of the Black Diamondsâwhose work to protect the Black neighborhoods of Savannah began with his father and now falls to his older brotherâLeroy knows that finding out who attacked his brother is not only the key to protecting everyone he loves but also the only way he can ever be with Jay. Wading through a murky history of family trauma and regret, Leroy soon discovers that thereâs no keeping Jay safe when Jayâs own family is in just as deep and fighting the undertow of danger just as hard.
Now Jay and Leroy must puzzle through secrets hiding in plain sight and scramble to uncover who is determined to eliminate the Black Diamonds before someone else gets hurtâeven if the cost might be their own electric connection.
After finally reuniting, Jay and Leroy have never been in more danger. Caught in the crosshairs of the affluent Bainbridge family, who theyâve learned is determined to reshape Savannah in their own image, the duo has only just survived a series of near-death experiences before reaching the safety of the Black Diamonds. But the BDsâ ability to protect the Black neighborhoods of their city is slippingâŠ.
Missing the key piece of evidence that could have broken the Bainbridgesâ hold over Savannah, everyone is scrambling for options. But when one of their own is kidnapped, Jay and Leroy realize they canât rely on anyone but themselves to save them. Recruiting old friends, former enemies, and their most risky ally, Jayâs once-upon-a-time crush, Will, they set out to do the impossible: find the evidence they lost in order to finally expose the Bainbridgesâ corruption to the world, by any means necessary.
But even as their plans bring them closer to revealing the Bainbridgesâ treacherous endgame, Jay and Leroyâs own secrets from each other threaten to pull their love apart, just as old feelings between Jay and Will begin to blossom again. And as the battle for a brighter future boils over into the streets, to save their homesâand everyone they loveâJay, Leroy, and Will must decide: When the cost of justice might be each of their happiness, will they be able to make the sacrifice togetha?
