After Closing (Paperback)

Imani Price knows how to keep The Velvet Room alive. She has spent fifteen years managing its staff, calming its regulars, and solving problems long after everyone else has gone home. When the owner decides to sell, she has six weeks to find a way to buy the bar before someone else takes it.

Solomon Mercer is supposed to be restoring the apartment upstairs, then leaving for a job in Nashville. But the more time he spends with Imani after closing, the harder it is for either of them to keep their attraction casual.

With her best friend Patrice beside her, Imani is determined to build a future she owns. Sol has plans of his own—and a departure date neither of them can ignore. As the pressure on the purchase grows, they’ll have to decide whether there’s room in their lives for the love neither expected.

After Closing is a standalone Black contemporary romance about desire, friendship, second chances at life, and finding someone who feels like home.