What Is Love?

She had the mansion, the diamonds, and a wedding worth over six million dollars—what she didn’t have was freedom.

To the outside world, Heaven was living a fairytale: engaged to Marcus Stanfield, tech mogul and media darling. But behind closed doors, she was surviving daily abuse, isolation, and control. On the day of her wedding, battered and broken beneath designer lace, she makes a run for it—barefoot in red bottoms and a custom gown she didn’t choose.

Enter Justice Banks, a tattooed stranger with nothing to gain and no reason to help. But when he picks up a woman running from something unspoken, everything changes—for both of them.

As Marcus’s obsession deepens and the danger escalates, Heaven must decide: does she run again, or does she finally stand and fight for the life—and love—she deserves?

What Is Love? is a gripping tale of survival, emotional resilience, and the slow, powerful journey of reclaiming your voice after trauma. Gritty, poetic, and heartbreakingly real, this urban drama challenges everything you thought you knew about love.

Book cover by: Quardeay Julien