Third Ward Nights by Missy Creeks.

Maya Brooks has a communications degree, a best friend with no filter, and zero job prospects. What she doesn't have? A plan.

Two weeks after graduation, adulting feels like a VIP section nobody told her how to get into—so Friday night in Third Ward will have to do.

She wasn't expecting Jordan.

Tall. Calm. Dangerously handsome in a black button-down. The engineering student she spent four years pretending not to notice at campus mixers and volunteer events—the one whose hands found her waist at a party she still thinks about.

One glance across a crowded lounge brings four years of almost-moments rushing back.

Jordan remembers everything too. This time, he's not letting her walk away.

But Houston summers are short, job offers don't wait, and falling for the man who's always made her nervous might be the worst—and best—decision Maya has ever made.

A slow-burn Black romance set against the heat, music, and culture of Houston's Third Ward.