BeLoved in the ATL: Out in the Light - Softcover

Heckstall, Dr. Shaun D.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798992796308

Publisher: Shau Heckstall, 2025

Synopsis

ATLANTA.
Not the Atlanta you fly into for the weekend.
The one you sweat for, cry for, bleed for.
The one you can’t let go of.
The one that won’t let go of you.
This isn’t just a story—it’s an experience.

When a series of murders targeting Black gay men sends shockwaves through Atlanta, whispers of “Wayne Williams 2.0” echo through barbershops, nail salons, and cafés. The city’s haunted past reawakens, and Detective Damien Kirkland is pulled from his shadows and called back into the light.

But this time, it’s personal.

Enter Sheena Colucci—his high school love, now a brilliant psychologist with her own scars to bear. As she returns to Atlanta, the case shifts from investigative to prophetic, unraveling secrets that bind their history to the soul of the city itself.

From Buckhead brunches to West End baptisms, from trap beats to gospel choirs, BeLoved in the ATL is a pulse-pounding, heart-aching, sweat-dripping, grown-folk love story with a body count.

It’s not just about who did it.
It’s about who dares to feel again—when Black love is tested by a city that never stops changing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shau Heckstall
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798992796308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358