The Yard

Description

She came back to Howard for Homecoming carrying memories, questions, and a version of herself she thought she understood.

Shadé Springs has built the kind of life people admire. Success. Independence. Control. But returning to Washington, DC for Howard Homecoming brings her face to face with a past she has never completely escaped.

The Yard is still familiar. The music, the energy, the friendships, and the memories all feel like home. But some things have changed. So has Shadé.

Surrounded by the women who knew her before the titles and accomplishments, Shadé is forced to confront the choices that brought her here, the relationships she damaged along the way, and the uncomfortable truth that wanting someone does not mean you are entitled to access to them.

Over one unforgettable Homecoming weekend, old wounds reopen, desire stirs, and Shadé begins to understand that sometimes going back is not about reclaiming what you lost.

Sometimes it is about finding your way back to yourself.

The Yard is a contemporary Black romance about love, friendship, accountability, vulnerability, and the complicated pull of returning to the place where so much of who you are first began.