Black Ink, White Paper (Hearts and Skin series Book 1)

She came to London for a fresh start—what she found was a storm she couldn’t escape.

After countless rejections, Kambili Simpson, a driven Nigerian, finally lands an interview at the elite publishing house, Nobel Feathers. But fate seems hell-bent on ruining her big break.
At the interview, she meets Taylor Cooper, the brooding CEO who leaves her both breathless and bruised with his cold disdain. To Kambili, it’s clear: he’s arrogant, powerful, and definitely racist. To Taylor, she’s trouble. Unqualified. Unnecessary.

But neither of them is prepared for what comes next.

When Kambili unexpectedly finds herself in Taylor’s orbit again, she’s torn between burning resentment and a magnetic pull she can’t explain—especially since she’s now dating his younger brother, the picture-perfect man Taylor could never be.
As her identity begins to fracture under the weight of microaggressions, alienation, and forbidden desire, Kambili must choose: protect her heart and play it safe, or risk everything for the fire she feels—and the truth of who she is becoming.

Taylor has everything—wealth, status, and a stunning fiancée. But Kambili shatters his carefully constructed world. She’s not his type and wasn’t supposed to matter. So why can’t he stop yearning for her? Why does the woman he was meant to avoid become the one he can’t forget?

Raw, powerful, and unapologetically honest, Black Ink, White Paper is a bold, slow-burn interracial romance about a woman’s search for belonging in a world that’s determined to write her out—and the man who was never meant to love her.