Kennedy Taylor always closes the deal.

As a senior strategist for Wilburton Capital Group, Kennedy Taylor has made a career out of turning resistance into opportunity. Her latest assignment seems simple enough: enter Ebondale, sell the promise of revitalization, and secure the South Side land her company wants, no matter who stands in the way.

Then she meets Dominic Hudson.

Through Rooted Collective, Dominic has built more than an urban farm, produce market, and youth program. He has created proof that Black communities can thrive without being pushed aside. Ebondale is his home, its future is personal, and Kennedy represents everything he refuses to trust: corporate ambition, polished promises, and a dangerously beautiful smile.

The tension between them is immediate.

So is the attraction.

But when business becomes personal and desire begins to blur the lines, Kennedy and Dominic will have to decide what they are willing to fight for, and what they are willing to risk.

Preorder The Roots Between Us and find out what happens when the woman sent to claim a community falls for the man determined to protect it.