Beginner's Love — Alexus Dominique

Love seems to be foreign in nineteen-year-old Zhane Taylor's life. Growing up with only her mother and younger sister after her father walked out on them, Zhane looked for love in the arms of boys and when her striking good looks and open heart appeals to the handsome Kareem Whitfield, she thinks she's found it. Kareem is very mature and seemingly understanding of Zhane causing her to fall for him instantly. When her mother doesn't agree with her dating him, Zhane chooses her love for Kareem over her mother and sister. After months of dating, Zhane is subjected to verbal and physical abuse at the hands of her love. Things soon turn deadly and secrets of Kareem's life comes out causing Zhane to become the target of a drug Kingpin, who wants money and revenge. Just as she thinks she'll never love or trust a man again, here comes Nasir Jordan a twenty-one-year-old college football star. Nasir treats Zhane like a princess and reminds her of her forgotten worth. The two are written in the stars. Will the two create a love story for the history books or will Zhane's past ruin her future with her new found love? This is Beginner's Love.