Bump!!!: And I Was on a roll…

Viola James has spent most of her adult life trying to stay afloat—juggling surrogacy contracts, overdue bills, and the weight of being everyone’s safety net. When a billionaire matriarch chooses her to carry a child created from Viola’s own egg, she sees a way out: financial freedom, stability for her daughter, and a chance to finally breathe. What she doesn’t expect is the emotional fallout—the secrecy, the strain on her friendships, and the unsettling feeling that she’s trading one kind of vulnerability for another.

Devante Carter wants nothing to do with love—not after his last relationship left him questioning every instinct he had about people. He’s focused on work, rebuilding his life, and avoiding any distractions. Then a chaotic collision in a coffee shop, followed by a charged encounter in a grocery store, puts Viola in his path. She’s beautiful, guarded, and far too complicated… exactly the type of woman he promised never to fall for again.

But fate keeps throwing them together.

As Viola settles into a new upscale neighborhood provided by her benefactor, Devante learns that the mysterious woman haunting his thoughts lives only a few doors away. What begins as curiosity deepens into something neither of them is prepared for—especially when their worlds are tangled in secrets, half-truths, and people who want different pieces of them.


In a story about choice, chance, and the unexpected ways love finds us, Viola and Devante must decide whether they will keep running from the things that scare them—or finally fight for the one thing that could heal them both.