When the Pretenses Fall — Elizabeth Lashaun

Stripped away. Bare. When you are forced to see society, family circumstances, and yourself in your purest and most authentic form, can you handle it? That's what Tyre and Kari are trying to figure out.Tyre Edwards was a man of the streets, determined to provide a better life for his mother and daughter. Finding himself hopeless and useless behind bars, he's determined to turn his life around. With his debt to society paid after serving his time, he's done a 180-degree turn.Kari Sinclaire's identity is her last name. It has provided her with an Ivy League education, luxury, and wealth. But the expectations that come with that last name have been so suffocating she's struggled to carve out her own niche while trying to please her demanding, pompous parents.A chance meeting causes their worlds to collide. For a while, both do a stellar job of keeping the ground rules of their rendezvous intact. Slowly, life begins to attack every aspect of their lives.Accepting hard truths and gut-wrenching pain pushes them both towards the dark unknown. Adjusting to their new destiny, do they have the capacity to hold onto the evolved person in front of them, or will tomorrow simply bring business as usual?