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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 ...

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 ...

****Standalone Novel**** Nicole is twenty-seven years old and works as a financial adviser for a small bank. When a banking client she's had a crush on continues to pursue her, Nicole decides to throw caution to the wind and jump back in the dating game. The two discover they have magical chemistry and they soon become the it couple among their family and friends, but once they take their vows things take a drastic change for the worse. Tony is the man most women dream of walking into their lives and never leaving. He's young handsome and financially stable. After withdrawing from the world...

*These characters from the Virgin Kisses series.* Zaria has always watched the Grind Gang movement from the sidelines, living vicariously through her big sister, and Detroit’s hottest female rapper, Zenta Blanco. Fame was never the plan, but when one of the crew sets his sights on her, Zaria is pulled straight into a world she’s only ever observed. As a gorgeous plus-size woman, she’s suddenly catching attention from some of the city’s most sought-after artists, and the timing couldn’t be more complicated. What starts as excitement quickly turns dangerous. The Grind Gang lifestyle...

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 ...

Music is their passion. Love is the art form. Sosa and Zenta were made for each other, but it takes life-altering circumstances to bring them together. When Zenta is forced to make a choice that goes against everything she stands for, it’s Sosa who’s there to catch her fall. Now an independent artist on the verge of major success, Sosa finds himself facing a familiar crossroads—just as the woman of his dreams and the man who wants to destroy him both reappear. His collaboration with Zenta ignites something far deeper than music. Their connection is undeniable, but so are the obstacles...

Jerry and Monique are your average working couple from the hood just trying to make a living. What happens when they wake up one morning to a shocking news flashed that sets off complete pandemonium that will not be forgotten for decades to come. The city infrastructure has collapsed leaving citizens with no law enforcement, fire fighters, or electric power for at least 24 hours. To make matter worse, it's devils night!

It was all good until it wasn’t. Balla and Kati met and fell madly in love but maybe a little too soon. They soon realize they have some trust issue in relationships. Meanwhile, Balla has a much bigger problem on his hands that could cost them both more than their relationship. Shell and Ruga decide to give it a try despite her initial hesitance. Ruga is definitely rough around the edges but she believes she can work with him until his savage ways start to get in the way of her pursuit of a better life. Kati finds herself knee deep into a double life that seems hard to let go but when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

*****Standalone Novel***** Twenty-six-year-old Kymani can’t seem to catch a break lately. Over the past few years, his life has gone from unlimited potential to feeling stuck and uncertain about the future. His dead-end job offers no comfort or hope of change and his love life is nonexistent, making everything twice as hard to cope with. One day a chance meeting sets Kymani on a new path and breathes newfound motivation into his life that could turn things around once and for all. Twenty-four-year-old Chareese has been living check to check, barely surviving since she has to settle for a ...

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 ...

Locked in doesn’t begin to describe these two. Love and war are simultaneously suspended in the air as a rap battle and real-life drama spill in and out of the booth. As Zenta and Sosa develop an even deeper connection, the lines are blurred between entertainment and reality. Sosa has put Zenta in her happy place, and she wants to stay there, but in the competitive nature of hip hop, she knows there can only be one queen of the D. Rain's buzz is spreading like wildfire, and she's almost ready to release her debut album. With no one to thank more than Choppa for her success, she's ready to...

****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, ...

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”.

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 ...

American Dreaming is a standalone series with completely unrelated characters in each book centered around the same premise of chasing dreams. * * * Marion (Black Magic) Cross is a man with a dream and the tunnel vision to see it through. His girlfriend Candice has been holding him down while he was away, and he can’t wait to give her the world. But almost from the start, when he steps out on his path to become the best professional boxing great of his generation, his past life is leaning on his present days. Soon he is faced with two more harsh realities; his girl isn’t who he thinks ...

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. ...