Church Girl by Naima Simone
Every time I see this cover, I immediately continue the line “Don’t hurt nobody” and start bouncing to my internal Beyoncé record. And honestly, it totally fits.
Aaliyah skips out on her wedding, along with her family and the life she was going to have. Running off to Chicago to complete her degree, she needs a job that will fit with her schedule. Enter Von Howard, a tattoo artist looking for a live-in nanny. The two don’t always see eye to eye, and goodness knows Aaliyah has no clue what she’s doing half the time, but they support each other and Von’s daughter loves her. But what happens when both of their pasts come back to bite them?