From the outside looking in she seems impossible to love, but through the eyes of Niam Browning she’s the only thing that matters. Her smile exudes confidence. Her words demand respect. Everything about her only makes him love her more. Even with the strong feelings that Niam has for her, the status of their relationship has yet to change. He wants more, but Naomi’s less than favorable track record with men, keeps him from taking the next step. In the blink of an eye, Niam’s life begins to spiral out of control and Naomi is the only one that he can count on to be there when he needs it most. Without warning, everything changes and neither of them can escape the bond that’s present between them. But even their bond isn’t prepared for the deceitful ways of the mind. Will Naomi and Niam overcome their own illusive thoughts and love each other beyond their flaws? Or will everything prove to be too much for them to handle?

    Their parents expected them to have outstanding careers, a good man that leads the family, and lots of babies. However, life steps right on in and does its job by throwing curve balls that sends the sisters in many directions. Follow the Holiday sisters to see what lies ahead for them. Andrea Holiday is still living in Mississippi, working as a family attorney at law. She is very proud of the career she has always wanted, but she is very unhappy living a mundane life. At every turn, love is finding her sisters and friends, but seems to escape finding Andrea. While attending a conference in NYC, Andrea steps out of her comfort zone and gives a handsome thug the time of the day, and he gives her more than she bargains for. Will love finally find Andrea? To the outside eye, Anastasia Holiday is living the life. She has her own business, along with a great marriage. However, everything is not what it seems. Anastasia is tired of the façade and set out to do things her own way by finding solace in the arms and bed of another man. Will Anastasia find a way to combat the ill-feelings of her life and find a way to make her marriage work? Or will she succumb to finding love and a happy life with the thug she has fallen for? Alyssa Holiday has finally graduated college and was excited about finding a career in the communication field. However, she discovered those jobs are not what she thought they would be. So, Alyssa decided to change course and joined the FBI without informing her family of her new life choices. She has set a goal to become the best agent she can be. But when her first big case hits close to home, how will she balance the personal from the professional? Will she compromise her new career for family? Alexis Holiday moved to Georgia to attend Clark-Atlanta University. While there, she finds herself slipping into the fast life, so she ends up doing something that she had vowed to never to do. However, she must keep her family from finding out about her new gig. In the midst of this, she finds herself intrigued by two different people that she is very much attracted to, but she is confused about what to do. Will the chemistry Alexis experiences pull her towards the thuggish man that she craves, or in the opposite direction? Award-winning authors, Twyla T, Patrice Balark, Dani Littlepage, and J. Dominique, tagged teamed to bring the first book of their hot new, high octane urban fiction series, Thug Holiday. This story is filled with unlimited drama wrapped in luscious lies, undisclosed lust, secret rendezvous, and titillating secrets. Find out what happens when the sisters all meet up for the first time in years in the Thanksgiving Edition of Thug Holiday. Warning: This book contains a cliffhanger.

    What was supposed to be a summer fling turned into a toxic love affair. With Trayon away, how will she be able to cope? Does she wait for him or run into the arms of another man? Set on a path of revenge, Trayon wants nothing more than to get what he is owed and that's the throne. On his journey of revenge, he discovers some shocking secrets; family secrets that will cause him to lose sight of his original plan. Will he reach a point where not even, Asayi's love can save him? Stacy is stuck trying to balance his time between two women. When he finds himself giving one woman more time than the other, he might just regret that choice. Will he risk everything him and Tuchie built over a childhood love? This is the second installment to a heart-wrenching, tear-filled and an emotional journey. Secrets, lies, deceit and murder. Everyone has experienced damages in their love life. Will they overcome it or will they remain damaged? Get ready for a gritty and urban hood love novel.

    From their desirable looks to their undeniable charm to their hefty cashflow all the way down to their charisma and their reputation, the Jewellz Brothers had women falling at their feet. A lot of women thought they had what it took to date a Jewellz, but they had no clue. Xion, Siyon and Sa’Kory Jewellz came with a lot of problems that an average woman couldn’t handle. Xion being the oldest brother, he paved the way for his younger brothers to follow in his reckless footsteps making them a reckless trio. But luckily for these three, they meet their match. In this story you’ll meet the women of the Jewellz brothers. They were all so different, but they had one thing in common and that was their love for the brothers. Ny’Kya, Jurnei and Hershae were best friends who had been through a lot and made it out on top. Unbeknownst to them they have something in common. They were all gone off a Jewellz thug Lovin. Little did they know it came with a lot of heartache and pain. When lives are threatened, and haywire erupts, it leaves some wanting to throw in the towel. Do they have what it takes to get through the tough times of being with a Jewellz? Or will they be begging to unhook themselves from the Jewellz spell and all the chaos that comes with it?

    Brooklyn has finally left her abusive relationship and is ready to live and enjoy the single life! She moves in with her mom who has never grown up along with her two little sisters Bronx, Queen, and Queen’s baby Jamaica. Brooklyn’s mom was obsessed with New York even though she had never been there. Keena is a beautiful plus size mother of two precious little boys Nasir and Truth, whom she loves dearly. Although her relationship with her own mother has been less than wonderful, she wanted to give her boys the motherly love that she never received growing up. Neither of the boy’s fathers are active in their lives. Nasir’s father hasn’t been seen since she was six months pregnant and Truth’s father is Chris. Chris is not the ideal father. He only claims Truth behind closed doors and he’s verbally abusive towards Keena. Chris is constantly putting Keena down about her weight as well as her looks. Chris is always quick to let Keena know that no one will ever fuck with her but him. Then there’s Zara who is the simplest of the three but has the worst temper of them all that gets even worse when she drinks. Zara lives the simple life, her parents died in a car accident a few years back and she was left a hefty life insurance policy, although she claims it wasn’t much. She doesn’t have to work, but she does spending most of her money at the thrift stores that she’s addicted to. Zara had it pretty good growing up besides the fact that she was confused about her sexuality. She likes both women and men not really have a preference of one over another. She meets a sexy young lady but is quickly left heartbroken. In steps Moe, a very successful business owner, Seunda an entertainment manager, and Rab, one of Seunda’s clients and very good friend that’s an upcoming rapper. They stepped into the lives of these women when they needed them the most not even knowing it. By no means are they perfect, but they know what they want and that happens to be Brooklyn, Keena and Zara. When tragedy strike’s they stay right by their side in their time of need, showing them that real men do still exist.

    When an injury ended his police career, Kyle set up shop as a private investigator, spending his days spying on cheating spouses and dishonest delivery men. His life didn't leave much time for relationships. 
The last time Esme Lejeune saw Kyle Richards, she was a young cocktail waitress with big plans. Though she had major chemistry with the handsome Airman, she wasn’t about to let a relationship interfere with achieving her dreams. Before things could even get off the ground, he was transferred to another duty station and their casual relationship ended. Esme moved on with her life, raising her daughter as a single mom. 
Sixteen years later, a law enforcement conference brings Kyle back to San Antonio and puts him right in the path of his old flame. With everything finally out on the table, will Kyle be able overcome his shock, or will the secrets from Esme’s past threaten the chance to become the family they should have been all along?

    That is until one night they both confess their feelings for the other, which changes the course of their relationship. The two are excited about what's to come, until a heinous crime committed, rips them apart for seemingly forever. Both feeling like their love can never be rekindled, the two go on with their lives. But what happens when they both get the chance to be together again? Will they abruptly leave the lives they've built separate from one another? Or will they realize that too much time has passed, too much damage is done, and that they were always better off as friends?Yikayla, along with bougie Dree, ride-or-die Rori, and promiscuous Jonaya make up the beautiful Goode sisters, all with completely different outlooks on life. The one thing they do have in common though, outside of their blood, is their deep yearning for love. The sisters believe they have a tight grip on life, until past and present loves come to shake things up a bit. In this tale of love lost and love gained, these beauties will have to decide which love is the realest; the one they've chosen themselves, or the one that seemed to barge it's way into their lives.

    The men in her life have repeatedly hurt and disappointed her, including her current boyfriend, Chauncey, who can’t seem to keep his hands to himself. The pain of the past and the hurt that she continues to endure has hardened Madonna’s heart to love, and she doesn’t believe that she is capable of giving or receiving love. But one night at the club changed all that. Enter Wale. Wale is fresh off a devastating betrayal by the woman he thought he would marry. Although women are his last priority, when he meets Madonna in the strip club, she makes a lasting impression. When Wale later finds himself in a position of having to save Madonna from harm, he becomes determined to protect her. The two wounded souls find comfort in each other, and soon, their friendship blossoms into something more. Dreka is the mother of Wale’s twin girls, and she is determined to be with Wale whether he likes it or not. She will do or say anything to keep Wale from moving on, and she isn’t above using her children as pawns in her games against him. Dreka goes to shocking lengths to control the man who she walked out on, and she refuses to stop until she gets what she wants. This ain’t your typical baby mama drama with Madonna, Wale, and Dreka. This story will have you believing that the only way to love, is to have The Coldest Love Ever.

    She is loyal to her family, her friends, and definitely her man. When her loyalty to the wrong man leaves her with a broken heart and an arrest record, she swears off men and vows to focus on herself. Her new attitude is short lived once she finds herself in a forced business relationship with the rude, arrogant, and oh so sexy Chy’Rique West. Chy was well known on the streets of Washington, DC. Some might call him a legend. The aura of power that he exudes along with his bad boy good looks make him irresistible to women, and he takes full advantage, leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake. He would love to change his cheating ways and make his family work with Julisha, the mother of his two-year-old daughter, but the dog in him just won’t stop barking. Although he loves her, it isn’t enough to make him fully commit. Chy is convinced that no woman alive can completely capture his heart, that is until the woman he intended to kill becomes everything he ever wanted.

    Planning and strategizing has always kept her sane, but now that her twenty-ninth birthday’s here, she starts to see the flaws in her perfectly thought out life. She has never had time for love or relationships. That’s never bothered her before, but now, she wants a family and she knows she has some changes to make before life passes her by. Tahir’s twenty-four and lives his life wild and free. When he finds himself in trouble with the law, he calls the attorney his aunt has on retainer. Sparks fly when they meet, and he’s determined to make her his, but he soon learns those sparks are only one sided. She turns him down, not knowing that only makes him more determined to have her. Tahir does everything he can to make himself a part of her life, but will the tactics he’s using backfire? One way, or another, he’s determined to be a permanent part of O’Niya’s life. He has no limit to the things he’ll do to win her heart, but even if she lets this ‘Young Savage,’ in, if his secrets are revealed, she may run away!

    After getting a call for Jen that Luna’s missing, Ramsey’s world begins to crumble, after hearing Jen story thing just don’t seem to add up, someone has Luna and the people who suppose to protect her has little to no answers. What will Zoo do when he finds out his daughter missing? Rory felt like something is missing from her life, coming home from the military she made a vow to herself, out on a mission Rory doesn’t care who she has to cross or hurt to get what she wants. Zay main focus is to raise his son and mind his own business until one night he comes around a girl sleeping in the park. The man he is wouldn’t allow him to let her sleep outside so he open his home up. What he didn’t expect when he open his door to his home was for her to come in and change his life forever.

    Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy as they thought it would be. They relocated in hopes of a better life but little did they know the past was sure to follow. Taysia can't seem to catch a break. She's pregnant and home is where she is most of the time. While Mega is out running the streets to secure a lavish life for his family. Follow your favorite couple to find out if their love was meant to be or is it too much for them to handle.

    Some would even call her stupid. Feeling as if she's constantly on a rollercoaster ride of love and abuse, Mirror finally wants off. She's losing herself and her future is starting to look bleak. Until he steps into the picture. Now that Trust is a free man, he's focused and determined to be the King of New York. While hustling day and night, the only thing he wants is money, respect and those to fear him. But when he spots a beautiful girl sitting on a stoop, will he continue to be as focused as he once was?

    Blood couldn't make these women more of a family. When they are taken in by the infamous Big Red, she provides them with the skills needed in order to survive the streets. But only Gia can see Big Red for who she really is. Will the other two continue to be blinded by Big Red's thirst for money, or will they soon see what Gia's been saying from the beginning? Bilal, Zohran, and Waseem are three powerful brothers who filled their father's big shoes, making them the kings of the streets. But real men know when it's time to bow out gracefully and hang their guns up. The only problem is that Bilal doesn't have the same vision that his brothers have. Could they convince him that the best way to survive the streets is to get in and get out, or will the streets teach Bilal a lesson he'll never forget? Find out what happens when three brothers cross paths with three beautiful sisters. Will they collide head on, or will these lil mamas fall in love with some hittas?

    Now she's sitting on a cold steel bench in jail wondering where her life went wrong. Wanting nothing more than to save her family, she is left with a heavy heart and revenge on her mind. Jasheem had to make a choice, allow the woman he loves to die, or let her sit in a jail cell. Choosing the latter of the two, Jasheem does all he can to get back at the one who destroyed his relationship. He is racing against the clock to handle Biggz, but to some he doesn't seem to be doing enough. When it comes to riding for a bad boy you, sometimes have to ride for the wrong one before you find the right one. Both Jasheem and Zion are going to be put to the test. The only question is who comes out on top?