Angela’s life has been flipped around and turned upside down. She never expected to be pitted against her sister competing against her own flesh and blood for a man’s affection. Her relationship with her brother in law had grown increasingly inappropriate. Angela and Eric had crossed the line and created a complicated energy that left her off balance and unable to control her feelings for him. Eric was a Cincinnati bad boy who learned the hard way that neither his money nor his intellect made him exempt from the cold realities of the world that he lived in. Love could get you killed and...

One of the best storytellers in urban fiction has returned.... Eric is a Cincinnati bad boy and legendary drug lord wise beyond his years and in charge of one of the most infamous crews that ever ran the streets of Avondale. He wants out of the game before it’s too late. He’s married to Tori, and together they have two beautiful children and the kind of life that the two of them dreamed up as young teenagers destined to escape the poverty of the hood. At the height of his reign, Eric finds himself trapped between mutiny and jealousy. A traffic stop after a funeral changes his life ...

No longer a scared little girl, Nia has become a survivor and matured into a beautiful person despite the traumatic abuse she endured at the hands of her aunt. Nia has been given an opportunity to live a rockstar lifestyle through her superstar boyfriend, the sensational drill rapper Jelani. Nia has everything that she ever wanted at her fingertips, including love, security, and a man who has her back against all odds. The past resurfaces and threatens to tear apart her happily ever after piece by piece.

There is a saying that Nicole should have taken heed to... If it's too good to be true, then it probably is! But Derrick was more than too good. He was dashing. Wealthy. Charismatic. And he was fire between the sheets! She didn't need anyone to point out his red flags. He had posted them everywhere. And when they break up and move on, married to other people and happy, a chance encounter ten years later brings them back together. Only this time.... One of them won't live to tell their tale!

Life was never meant to be easy. She understood all too well the painful contradictions of being ordinary people. Mothers loved and protected their children. They were supposed to be there assisting the transformation from girlhood to womanhood. Mothers taught their daughters everything they knew about life. That wasn't Nia's reality; she had been orphaned at birth and left in her aunt's custody. Nia was mistreated for no reason at all. She had inherited her aunt's hatred for her mother. Who does that? What kind of person stares into the eyes of a small newborn baby and makes a promise to ...

Bad boys do it better, and nothing else can compare to a thug's love; sweet, ruthlessly unforgiving, and as psychotically insane as it appears, the love feels undeniably real.Ryleigh is a good girl who unwittingly fell in love with a married man. By the time she realized her dilemma it was too late she had been swept up into his magnetism and thug appeal. Ryleigh had invested so much time and love into Aiden that she felt just as much entitlement to him as his wife did. She wasn't a delusional side chick who overstepped her boundaries. She was more than that in all intents and purposes she ...

In a matter of days, Bay-Bay had stolen Semeya’s heart and sent her life spiraling out of control. He was a coldhearted womanizer who had been hurt one too many times to ever take a woman seriously. He was hard on women, determined to protect his heart at all costs. He was afraid to feel pain and let a woman play him for a fool. He knew everything there was to know about a woman, except her ability to rehabilitate a broken heart. Semeya was the cure to his past injuries. She came into his life healing old wounds, reawakening his belief in love, and stirring a passion so strong within him ...

A Harlem Kingpin meets a Struggling, Single Mother. Hood Love is in the Air. Growing up in the projects of East Harlem, life has never been easy for Tatiana “Taytay” Watkins. Having two kids before graduating high school didn't make things any easier. Life wouldn't be so bad if she had a loving man to come home to after her long shifts. But her baby daddy is anything but loving. For years, she's felt neglected and unloved. She needs a change. She wants freedom and independence. And above all, she wants to be the great, loving, nurturing mother that she never had. Just when she thinks ...

After the death of her father at age eight, Marvelous “Marvel” Stephens, was uprooted from her home to be raised by her father’s parents. As much as she adored her grandparents, her own need for companionship developed as the only child in the household. That all changed when troubled ten-year-old, D'usse “Duce” Phelps, and his uncle moved down the street. From the first point of contact, their friendship took off, causing the two to be inseparable. What seemed like an odd pairing to everyone was a match made for them. Marvel has always been aware of D'usse’s troubled upbringing...

Life in the ghetto produces some of the most provocative character types known to man. A young kid afflicted from birth, misguided, beaten, and drugged through life on his face. Nobody ever loved him. Not in this life did he expect to get a break. Born into the wrong family and situated around negative circumstances. He had two options: Survive or perish