Cherish

Cherish: A Crown and Glory Lesbian Love Story (Paperback Edition)
Includes an Exclusive Bonus Chapter

Dana never lets anyone touch her hair—or her heart.

A fiercely independent mechanic, Dana has spent years hiding behind her long, meticulously cared-for locs and a life built on self-reliance. Trust doesn’t come easily, and love feels like a risk she can’t afford. But one visit to Crown & Glory Natural Hair Salon changes everything.

Abike is a gifted natural hair stylist with warm hands, quiet confidence, and a name that means born to be cherished. What begins as a simple retwist becomes an intimate unraveling—of defenses, fears, and long-buried desire. In the private space of the salon chair, attraction sparks, trust grows, and two women begin to see each other fully for the first time.

Set within the vibrant, affirming community of Crown & Glory Natural Hair Salon, Cherish is a slow-burn Black lesbian romance rich with sensuality, tenderness, and emotional depth. Dana and Abike’s connection unfolds through reverent touch, deep conversation, and a love that feels both healing and inevitable.

Exclusive to the paperback edition: the bonus chapter, “Legacy.”
Years after their happily-ever-after, Dana and Abike embark on a new journey: building a family together. The bonus chapter explores the realities many same-sex couples know too well: navigating fertility care, confronting medical bias, enduring invasive requirements, and holding onto hope in a system not built with them in mind. Through it all, their love remains steady, intimate, and fiercely devoted.

This extended chapter adds emotional weight and resonance, transforming Cherish from a love story into a story of legacy, of chosen family, resilience, and the radical act of creating a future on your own terms.

Cherish celebrates Black lesbian love in all its forms: sensual and soft, passionate and profound, grounded in community and rooted in care.

Intended for mature readers (18+). Contains explicit sexual content.

If you love emotionally rich LGBTQ+ romance, slow-burn intimacy, and stories where Black women are centered, cherished, and fully seen, this paperback edition belongs on your shelf.