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Climb and Fall
When a career-driven Art Director falls for the model she’s managing, forbidden romance threatens both their futures.
Tinashe Gono has mastered the art of ambition. As the sleek and sharp Art Director at Lustrous—one of Michigan’s hottest fashion magazines—she’s spent years crafting images that dazzle on covers and burn through social feeds. But she’s not done climbing yet. When the coveted Managing Editor role opens up, she’s handpicked as one of six internal contenders. If she lands it, she won’t just be winning a title—she’ll be securing the life she’s always dreamed of: polished, powerful, and finally, permanent.
Then Chase Hudson walks in.
The newly hired male model is a walking headline—gorgeous, magnetic, and dripping with the kind of effortless charm that makes editors, readers, and interns fall over themselves to get near him. He’s got the face of a campaign and the body of a scandal. And unfortunately for Tinashe, he’s her next major assignment.
She’s tasked with sculpting his image into the magazine’s next superstar. But every moment spent beside him ignites a chemistry too potent to ignore. And it’s not just flirting—it’s forbidden. Their contracts are ironclad: no dating, no hooking up, no crossing that very thin, very tempting line between coworkers. Violating that clause could destroy everything.
For Tinashe, it means losing the role she’s worked her whole life for.
For Chase, it means losing the job he’s counting on to pay for his mother’s cancer treatment.
Falling in love was never part of the brief. But the heart doesn’t care about clauses. And when sparks turn into wildfire, someone’s bound to get burned.
Forbidden love never looked this good.
Tinashe Gono has mastered the art of ambition. As the sleek and sharp Art Director at Lustrous—one of Michigan’s hottest fashion magazines—she’s spent years crafting images that dazzle on covers and burn through social feeds. But she’s not done climbing yet. When the coveted Managing Editor role opens up, she’s handpicked as one of six internal contenders. If she lands it, she won’t just be winning a title—she’ll be securing the life she’s always dreamed of: polished, powerful, and finally, permanent.
Then Chase Hudson walks in.
The newly hired male model is a walking headline—gorgeous, magnetic, and dripping with the kind of effortless charm that makes editors, readers, and interns fall over themselves to get near him. He’s got the face of a campaign and the body of a scandal. And unfortunately for Tinashe, he’s her next major assignment.
She’s tasked with sculpting his image into the magazine’s next superstar. But every moment spent beside him ignites a chemistry too potent to ignore. And it’s not just flirting—it’s forbidden. Their contracts are ironclad: no dating, no hooking up, no crossing that very thin, very tempting line between coworkers. Violating that clause could destroy everything.
For Tinashe, it means losing the role she’s worked her whole life for.
For Chase, it means losing the job he’s counting on to pay for his mother’s cancer treatment.
Falling in love was never part of the brief. But the heart doesn’t care about clauses. And when sparks turn into wildfire, someone’s bound to get burned.
Forbidden love never looked this good.
471 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2025
About the author
S.M. Moyo
5 books1 followerS.M. Moyo writes from a place of deep love for stories and the magic they bring. The journey began with a childhood spent devouring books and soon blossomed into a lifelong commitment to writing fiction. Having explored many storytelling landscapes, Moyo’s creative focus now rests primarily on romance, with occasional touches of fantasy and science fiction adding unexpected depth to each love story.
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September 23, 2025
I have definitely enjoyed this story between Tinashe Gono who is Art Director for this influential magazine and Chase Hudson who is a gorgeous white man who could have any woman he wants but has decided that he wants the black woman named Tinashe who is his boss and is strictly forbidden by company policy from having an relationship with unless such said relationship was established before joining this company called Luscious Media Group. They meet at a company party for the employer's fiftieth birthday. Everyone was talking about this model who was so gorgeous it was a sin that he was so good looking. He homed in on Tinashe and because she knew that she could not date anyone from work she played it off for her part. They eventually break down and decide that they can't fight the chemistry between them and they were just going to go for it. It is impossible to understand why people can't understand that sometimes that chemistry is real and it turns into the real thing, no matter if it is at first site for if one does not acknowledge their feeling at first or not. I just loved this book but I hate that it is a cliffhanger but I bought the rest of the books so I can keep reading. I am so glad that they are available for me to read now. This is a good read, and I am sure that the other two books in this trilogy will be just as exciting at this. If you love a good romantic story, you will love this series.
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