Books like Luxe by Ashley

In Flint, Michigan, drug kingpin Benjamin Atkins keeps his daughter Raven safe from the city’s dangers until love for street kid Mizan pulls her into a low‑cost world of loyalty and longing.

Six, a street-smart woman, is forced into a deadly game when she falls for an enemy she should hate. Caught between love and loyalty, she must decide where her true allegiance lies.

In 1899 Manhattan, sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule New York's high society, until scandal, betrayal, and a life‑changing accident threaten their elite status and family legacy.

James Salter's 'All that is' is a captivating and sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition. A deeply intimate portrait of the emotional and physical experiences of being alive. Set during the golden decades following World War II, the book captures Salter's lifelong obsession with capturing the intimate, ephemeral spaces that all of us hold and leave behind on paper. After serving as a young officer in Okinawa during the war, Philip Bowman returns home to a small publishing house in New York. The frenetic social scene of New York in the post-war era is a backdrop for the story, where Bowman feels at home. However, his enduring love seems to elude him. When he meets a woman who captivates him, Bowman embarks on a journey that he never intended to take. The book is celebrated for its lyrical evocation of a post-war world imaginatively rendered and beautifully written.

Nautica, raised on the streets, rises through a world of schemes and hustling, only to discover that a new life on the East Coast is a nightmare.

Tayshawn, nicknamed “Animal,” must navigate a harsh urban jungle after the only kind older brother is taken away.

Two sharp‑cut tales of hustlers, crime, and urban survival—players racing against time in an African‑American cityscape.

Three interwoven urban short stories follow African-American young women confronting love, secrecy, and reputation in the streets.

Diamonds and Pearl each try to claw their way to the top of the New York street scene, and back to each other. The New York street scene is full of treachery and alliances, and Diamonds knows he has to push away his past if he's to grab hold of a future with Pearl. But there's about to be an all-out war, and Diamonds is in exile, planning his next move. Meanwhile Pearl faces a threat that could topple the Stone empire; and Vita has discovered a sinister plan that threatens to destroy everything she had fought so hard to build.

Three friends escape London in a fourth‑hand Ford, suitcase of stolen money, facing tangled loyalties and the pull of the city that lives in them.

Persia has cleared her drug habit and rebuilt her life, while Chucky vows to win her back, setting a tense urban drama in motion.