The Man I Shouldn't Love

By Dr. Robbin Washington

Lynne Ellis thought she had finally escaped the past.

She left Harlem, built a successful life in Atlanta, earned the education her younger self could only dream about, and learned how to keep painful memories buried.

Then Darius King calls.

Her first love. The man she never stopped wondering about. The man she was certain she had left behind in the Lincoln Projects decades ago.

He tells her someone is looking for her.

And then Lynne receives a blue envelope from her dead mother.

Inside is a photograph from 1989, a message that changes everything she believed about her father, and a warning that forces her back to the streets she swore she would never need again.

Darius knows more than he's telling her. Lynne knows it.

But every answer brings another question-and every secret seems to lead back to the night her father disappeared.

When violence erupts and old enemies begin closing in, Lynne has to decide who she can trust. The man who broke her heart may be the only man willing to protect her.

But Darius isn't the only one keeping secrets.

And some truths are dangerous enough to get people killed.

In Harlem, love has a history.

So does betrayal.

And this time, Lynne isn't running.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMFQF6MW
• ISBN13: 9798161058886
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"