Tell Me It's Real

Nimah Logan-Jackson is no stranger to being blinded by love at the expense of her mental and physical well-being. Brave enough to escape her abusive marriage, a newly divorced Nimah decides to leave Detroit in search of a new beginning, leading to her to Malloryville, a small town located in Virginia. It is there that Nimah meets Karsyn Miller, a Malloryville native with a quiet demeanor despite the vivid stories his tatted exterior tells. Nimah is instantly drawn to him but keeps her distance after discovering what the Miller name really stands for. It has nothing to do with Karsyn—who has shown her on more occasion than one that his name doesn’t make him—but everything to do with her real reason for leaving Detroit. Nimah’s husband has been taunting her, threatening her with letters since their divorce. And the last one was enough to send her running.



Karsyn Miller is proof that the same way you shouldn’t judge a book by the cover, you should never disregard the human behind their ink. The great-grandson of Malloryville’s founder, Karter Miller, Karsyn has done everything the right way in life and still has to live with the stain of his family’s history every time their names are mentioned. After discovering that his parents embezzled money from his trust fund, Karsyn is legally emancipated at the age of seventeen. He goes off to college and returns to Malloryvville after graduating. After opening his tattoo shop, he feels like his life is on the right track, until a phone call reveals another betrayal from his parents. This time the victim is his fifteen-year-old sister Kaylyn, who is pregnant and has been abandoned by their parents. In the midst of readying Kaylyn for motherhood, he meets Nimah, who appears to be starting over herself. Despite her hard exterior, Karsyn craves Nimah and pursues her with vigor, hoping to break down that wall, and when he discovers her real reason for showing up to Malloryville, he promises to be the protector she never knew she needed.