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****Standalone Novel**** Remember Lashay Dawson was born with the kind of ambition you can’t teach. She never needed anyone to tell her the importance of focus, drive or execution. No one is surprised when she becomes successful at a young age running multiple businesses all the while staying true to the people she loves the most. But there are others lurking in the shadows that aren’t so happy for her. They want what she has and some that just want her all for themselves. Although she is very capable of navigating through all the down talk, hidden agendas and plots to destroy her, ...

Caltin AKA Loon is a boss in his neighborhood but when he meets a woman he feels is out of his league it leaves him questioning his very identity. Determined to have her, he sets out on a quest to become more than just another street hustler. In the meantime, his real life comes with tough decisions and a sense of urgency that stacks the odds against him. Madonna comes from a sheltered life and a top tier bloodline. She has zero interest in dating a man that's living a dangerous street life but when a chain of events leave her shattered and confused she realizes life is too short and she ...

It's the beginning of the summer and Bianca and her cousin Regina are ready to make it one for the history books. When Bianca introduces Regina to her new boyfriend's best friend things grow interesting really quick. These guys aren't like the usual schoolboy types they've dated in the past. As Bianca and Regina explore these new found love interest things blossom but they soon find out these bad boys live up to their names in more ways than one. As trust is broken things get even more complicated and the girls find themselves taken on a hood journey that grows wilder than they could ever ...

Donna and Loon are close to finding the peace and happiness they’ve been desperately seeking since they met and fell in love. Donna is back doing what she loves, and Loon has laid the foundation for his success as a serial entrepreneur. He’s finally found a way to love and communicate properly, but once again, outside forces threaten to wreak havoc on their lives. With Bandman on the run, Loon is the closest thing to a lead for Detroit’s top homicide Detective Joseph Seabury. The deeper Donna falls for Loon she can feel the walls closing in. His rival Kane seems to be unstoppable, and...

After meeting and falling for Caltin Malone, Madonna tried to meet him where he was in life without stooping down to his level, but somehow, he managed to drag her into the trenches with him. After a shootout and police raid, she’d seen enough. No matter how grateful she was for having him in her life, she had to walk away for her peace and livelihood. But walking away and staying away would be a much harder mountain to climb than she ever predicted. Caltin AKA Loon has pressure mounting on him from all angles. All of his heroic efforts have landed him in hot water with an obsessed ...

Can men and women just be friends? Farrah is twenty-three years old in a happy and committed relationship. When she befriends her new co-worker she suddenly begins to notice the flaws in her relationship and the shortcoming of her boyfriend Raheem. Soon she becomes too close for comfort with her newfound friend and as her feelings begin to change she does the unthinkable. Marco is twenty-five and fresh home from a three year prison stretch for dealing drugs. When he decides to go straight, he lands a job where he meets a beautiful woman that shakes him to the core. He tries to work on his ...

Stink, JT and Toya are from the very bottom, the Black Bottom to be exact. All three just happen to be trapped inside the same impoverished, unforgiving neighborhood as kids. Growing up deprived of even the simple necessities creates not just a want, but a need for better. With no parents, no guidance, and no love it's not long before the trio takes to fearless desperation when gambling with their lives and freedom. They embody the pioneer spirit of the legendary Detroit hustlers invading foreign lands. Their boldness pays off in a big way but no amount of money is more important than the ...

Apollo Harris is a well-off stock investor, part-time dating coach, and full-time savage with the ladies. He is completely content with his life just the way it is until he meets a woman who shakes up everything he thought he knew about the opposite sex. For once, Apollo can’t just have his way with a woman and he sets out on a mission to break her will, but in the process; she might break his. Lyric Adesina is a kind-hearted soul fresh on the dating scene looking to connect with someone who shares her beliefs and values. Instead, she meets Apollo and quickly realizes that though they are...

After graduating from Arizona State with a degree in broadcast journalism, Michelle Mitchell lands a job as a reporter on the mean streets of Detroit. The job has its challenges but Michelle loves being a reporter. Jason Burks, AKA , Mercedes Jay is back on easy street, after beating a murder charge and getting a new connect. When he meets the girl of his dreams life just couldn't get any better. Little does he know that the brother of the man he murdered was just released from an Ohio State prison with two things etched in his brain: money and murder. Jay tries to hide his criminal ties to...

After getting engaged and learning she was pregnant, Lyric and Apollo take their relationship to the obvious next step by deciding to live together. That decision causes them to learn more about each other as Lyric navigates her pregnancy journey. What they find raises questions as to where they stand with one another and how strong their relationship really is. As Lyric learns what life may be like as Apollo’s wife, she starts to wonder if she is losing herself in the process. Apollo is still finding his way regarding being in a committed relationship. Although he only has eyes for Lyric...

When Blaze’s boyfriend comes home after beating a murder wrap, the deadly power couple decides that it’s time for Blaze to play a less risky role in their wealth building operations. She strikes out on a new chapter in her life that doesn’t allow her much regret on leaving the old one in the past, but her lover Montana is not so fond of this new career choice. When he puts his foot down Blaze tries to tag his toe, literally. Soon it becomes obvious that these two have a love like no other. Bianca and Cheddar have settled into life after the streets and they seem to be adapting better ...

In December of 2019, most people had no idea just what was waiting for them right around the corner. Donna and Loon had set up their lives to live happily ever after. With several flourishing businesses and a strong real estate portfolio, it seemed they would coast off into the sunset. But the year 2020 would change everything. A public health crisis and unprecedented social injustice would push people to their breaking point. Although Kane is dead, new enemies are lurking that want revenge. When the stress level reaches an all-time high it turns friends and lovers against each other. ...

In this final book of lies, no one is to be trusted. Blaze has just barely escaped being executed by the only man she’s ever loved. She’s out for war and revenge but Montana has now realized he’s made a huge mistake and moves to try and fix things. His paranoia is heightened by the reality that he still doesn’t know exactly who set him up and the only possible suspect claims to be pregnant with his child. In dire need of some attention and tired of begging her man for it, Bianca steps out on Cheddar for the first time ever. It was supposed to be a one-time thing, but she ends up ...

Safari Brewster has never lived by anyone’s rules; not her parent’s, not a man’s, and damn sure not the state of Michigan’s. When her Jamaican parents came to the US, they bounced around from the east to the west coast, but Safari, being the rule breaker she was, left her parent’s house before the age of seventeen. When she landed in Flint, Michigan, she met Bambi and Charmaine and felt that they needed a role model to help them maneuver through the grimy streets of the north side where anything goes. When Bambi and Charmaine are given the option to roll with Safari’s crazy ...

Markwon has had things come to him easily most of his young life. His parents gave him whatever he wanted and so did the girls at his high school. One day a sixty-second altercation leads to a decision that would alter his young life forever. But Kwon’s decision doesn’t just affect his life, it affects the lives of everyone around him, and lives he didn’t even know existed. Faced with immeasurable odds, he will have to grow up quickly and find something to believe in if he wants to stay alive and sane. Destiny seemingly has a bright future ahead of her. She’s young, smart, and ...

Rodney Allen AKA Balla, as most know him, is a man that’s considered a thinker, a strategist. He’s worked hard for his reputation and financial status and sees no limits for his future. Living his best life, Balla has no idea something is missing from it until he meets a young feisty girl from his side of town through circumstances so strange it had to be fate. What starts off as a sprint to put another notch on his bedpost turns out to be a marathon run after a girl’s heart. Nakati Reed is not looking to be saved. If anything, she’s looking to save herself. After seemingly going ...

Crybaby Chris is a boy on a journey to become a man. His biggest problem is he doesn’t handle his emotions well. As a kid he is bullied and teased. As a teen he has his heartbroken by Charlotta the only girl that ever had any real interest in him. Being exposed to the elements of the streets one day he decides to bottle up all his emotions as best he can and reinvented himself as a cold hearted gansta named Capone. As Capone he deals harshly with anyone who crosses him earning respect and position in the streets. But no matter how hard he tries he can’t escape who he really is. ...

At the tender age of seventeen, Chris aka Capone was snatched off the streets away from everything he loved and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The reputation he’d worked so hard for on the streets meant nothing behind the walls. His manhood would be tested all over again shaping his mentality as an adult along the way. But thanks to some loyal friends and a million prayers Capone would be given another chance at life almost ten years later. This time he has plans to move differently and make everyone rooting for him proud, but those same friends that helped...

Caltin AKA Loon is a boss in his neighborhood but when he meets a woman he feels is out of his league it leaves him questioning his very identity. Determined to have her, he sets out on a quest to become more than just another street hustler. In the meantime, his real life comes with tough decisions and a sense of urgency that stacks the odds against him. Madonna comes from a sheltered life and a top tier bloodline. She has zero interest in dating a man that's living a dangerous street life but when a chain of events leave her shattered and confused she realizes life is too short and she ...

This series is a short story collection aimed at the reader on the go. Each standalone takes you into the lives of the men and women that play in the streets risking life and limb for the almighty dollar. Some handle the heat of the life while others fold under the pressure of it all. So, take a few minutes on your lunch break or right before bed and see who is and who isn’t about that life. This story is book 1 and is titled “Hot Girls in the D”.