family-mystery
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78 books with family-mystery
Forbidden Love
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Forbidden Love

Aaliyah Smith, a 16-year-old high school junior, is the only daughter in a close-knit family of six. With two older brothers in college and a younger one in middle school, she is both the pride of her family and the darling of her school. Beautiful, admired, and talented, Aaliyah shines as the star cheerleader. Her charm and grace make her the girl everyone looks up to. She is in a relationship with Malik Daniels, the most talked-about boy in school. Tall, athletic, and effortlessly charismatic, Malik is the captain of the basketball team and a local legend on the court. His mysterious demeanor—marked by hidden tattoos and an aura of danger—both excites and worries those around him. While Aaliyah sees the good in him, adults see a boy destined for trouble. Malik’s life has been anything but easy. Abandoned by his father and left with a mother consumed by addiction, he grew up in a home marked by dysfunction. His brother is entrenched in gang life, his sister works as a stripper, and he often feels the weight of his broken family pressing down on him. Yet, Malik clings to hope. Basketball, along with his scholarship, is his way out—a chance at a brighter future. Despite Malik’s determination, Aaliyah’s parents see him as a threat to their daughter’s promising path. They openly disapprove of the relationship, constantly urging her to walk away. But Aaliyah is deeply in love and refuses to let go. Everything shifts when Aaliyah discovers she is pregnant. What once seemed like a perfect life shatters in an instant. Her parents, overcome with anger and disappointment, make the harshest decision of all: they disown her and send her away, leaving Aaliyah to face an uncertain future alone.