She was also the ultimate backstabbing bitch and didn’t apologize for it. She will do whatever it takes to come up in the game, even if it means hurting those closest to her. Despite having the gold digging game on lock, Sonnet’s selfish ways soon get the best of her. Find out what happens when this ghetto princess goes from hood rich to a lowly street urchin fighting to survive on Skid Row. The question is does she deserve a come up? You decide.

    The Porters. Honing their robbery skills since their youth, were introduced to the intricate world of armed bank robbery, diamond heist and murder by their mentor and confidant Smtty, to perfection. Fearless and daring, the Porter family pulled off dozens of licks, reaping them millions over the years. But, on the eve of their retirement, ready to leave the dirty life behind them, the unthinkable happens, changing Rain and her once close knit family forever, as every federal agency submerge and arrest all her siblings. Alone, Rain wages an all out war against the City of Baltimore in order to free her family, but a sudden turn of events will soon make her suicide-like mission to free them even harder than she ever imagined

    Weird things have been happening to her for the past few weeks, and no one can help her, not even her cool, calm and collective defense attorney husband, Michael Moore. The stranger things become, the more Tiffany finds herself falling into depression. She confides in her friends, hoping that they can give her the answers that she needs. With each horrific experience after another, Tiffany finally puts all the clues together and come to a shocking revelation. Not only is something wrong, but something is disturbingly wrong with her husband. She then comes to the conclusion that something might not be right in her circle as well. When everything is revealed, the game is now over, and Tiffany realizes that she is in serious danger, and her life is at risk. The only two options that she is faced with is losing her freedom or losing her life. Part II-Colder After spending two months behind bars, Tiffany is finally free. She’s happy to be back in Darius’ arms and spend time with her girl Draya after being confined. Things were starting to change, but her luck soon changes when she realizes that Carl isn’t through with her. Bodies start turning up dead and not only is Tiffany in danger again, but so is Darius and anybody that comes in contact with her. Carl is beyond the point of stalking and won’t stop until Tiffany is dead. He is now out for blood and Tiffany soon finds out how sick and twisted her ex best friend truly is. Carl is so wicked that Tiffany wishes that she was back in jail or worse, dead. Part III-Even Colder The Cold series seems to get crazier as each chapter unfolds. A whole year has passed, and there has been no sight of Carl. Tiffany is enjoying her new husband, Darius, and their one-year-old son, Jordan. Life is finally starting to take a turn for the best…so they think. All of the drama starts when Tiffany can’t find her son, Jordan. Carl comes back harder than before, and the body count is getting higher. Every day, there is a tragedy, and it’s happening right in the middle of Tiffany’s neighborhood. She continues to try and seek help from the police, but throwing Carl in jail isn’t the problem…finding him is.

    After all, she'd been groomed for this moment from the day she was born.The money and power are hers by default, but Money will have to earn the respect of the streets, especially the men that feel they should be in her place. Her father made it look easy, yet it's anything but. Power struggles and betrayal are par for the course as Imani transforms into one of the most impulsive and ruthless queen pens the streets have ever seen. Determined to stay on top, nothing and no one will stand in her way, not even the man that steals her heart. Join Imani on her dangerous journey and you'll discover that sometimes it's not the people who change, it's the mask that falls off.

     Freestyle rap artist, Lyric, is at the height of her career. But when, her boyfriend is gunned down in cold blood after a drug deal gone bad, Lyric's life takes a turn for the worse. Trying something new in Chicago only brings about more tragedy for the once-famous rap star. When she finally gives up and moves back home, Lyric tries to get back on her feet again. How can this strong black woman take back the life that was so quickly taken from her? Things start falling into place once she encounters the ambitious and charismatic Nas. His appearance throws her through a loop--he looks exactly like her dead boyfriend. As she and Nas get closer, they realize that they have the same goal: take down the local drug lord--the same man who killed her first love.

    And even now that they’re all grown up, things haven’t changed much. But when Mandy sprains her ankle and is unable to attend an all-important work event, Carrie agrees, after much nettling, to go in her sister’s place. Pretending to be Mandy isn’t as easy as it sounds though, despite the fact that they’re identical twins—if she screws up, Mandy will certainly lose her job. Carrie doesn’t expect much to come of the evening, but she soon realizes that pretending to be the sexy, wild sister is completely exhilarating. As she becomes more caught up in the act, she finds herself in the company of a mysterious man whose dominant touch and allure is all it takes for her to forsake any reservations she’d had about letting loose. Soon, she is pressing her body up against him, moving as one on the dance floor. Will Carrie allow herself to follow her desires, wherever they may take her, and even if it’s only for one night?

    High school sweethearts, Keyton, and Tori find themselves married and deeply in love with each other. With a list of broken promises and lies being told by Keyton; Tori finds herself at a crossroad. Does she stay and try to salvage her marriage with the love of her life or move on from all of the pain and turmoil that being with Keyton have brought her? How can you keep loving someone that causes you pain? How do you stay in a place that you know is a dead end… literally? TaNia is as independent as they come, thick and beautiful! She keeps her business in order and doesn’t depend on anyone for anything. After losing her father, she moves back home to take care of her mother, which is taking a lot of adjusting on her part. In the midst of all the changes her life is taking, Lemonte is on a mission to make her his. He kept his eye on her over the years and he’s done with just being her friend. He wants more… a lot more, whether TaNia is ready for that or not! Winter has always depended on someone, whether it was her parents or the man she was in a relationship with. She no longer wants to be that girl, so she makes some changes and learns to stand on her own two feet. She lives a lifestyle that she is not particularly proud of, but it makes her goals and dreams that much easier to accomplish. Her parents are traditional and old school so she hides her life from them, but when she lands in the scope of a Demarco, she has to make a choice between love and comfort.

    Memories from her past and the burning desire to be with Aaron Whitehaven, her best friend’s boyfriend, keeps her from loving her life. While her best friend, Charlene Campbell, is out of town, attending a funeral, Aaron confesses to Ne’Vaeh that he has been in love with her for nearly three years. He explains that he hadn’t approached her before, because everyone said that she was still in love with Jamie Green, her first love who loved her then left her brokenhearted. Charlene Campbell’s past has haunted her, throughout her entire relationship with Aaron. Her reputation for sleeping with just about anyone with a pulse preceded her, and he’s stopped paying her any attention. A college trip to Miami turns into a reunion with old friend, Jamie Green, a college football player, about to go pro. Lies are told, secrets are kept, lives unravel, and much tea is spilled. Who will come out on top, and who will crash and burn?

    He had learnt from early on that trust and unconditional love end badly. Both his mother’s failed relationship with his rich and absent father and his mentor’s marriage to a scrupulous and selfish woman taught him the lesson not to carry his heart on his sleeve. The man who had turned James’ life around in the darkest of his teenage years, died alone and rejected. Ridiculous accusations that prompted such ending left James incredulous and furious, the heat of his anger never completely leaving him in the years that followed.It is impossible to escape the past, his mentor’s suicide and the events that lead to it still very much on his mind. The fate has given him the rare opportunity to finally settle the scores. Avenging Steve Masden’s death is simply too tempting to be ignored. Emily Beggins knows right away that something isn’t right about her stepsister’s mysterious fiancé. He might well be the most handsome and charming man she has ever met, but there is a certain icy resolve in his eyes that frightens her witless. Behind the impeccable façade and lethal smile, she senses something dark and dangerous. Something that shouldn’t really be there…Loyalty has always been a big part of her character, even though her life with her stepmother and stepsister had proven far more challenging and difficult than she had ever anticipated. They share enough memories and dirty secrets to bind them together with the invisible thread of guilt and obligations. Saving Sophie from the unknown disaster leaves Emily no choice but to confront the man who had managed to capture her stepsister’s heart in a span of mere days.Only James isn’t ready to play fair, one sweep of his hand pushing aside any hopes she might have for a happy ending. He knows too much and cares too little to have any sympathy for her or her family.She has to play by his rules, each step taking her deeper and deeper into his world. Soon it becomes her world too and the lines between black and white blur, nothing certain any longer.As time goes by the question of how to survive being around James becomes replaced by another, more urgent one.How will she ever live without him?

    Her friends rally to support her, but with her sons away at Edinburgh University she still feels isolated in her grief. She is unemployed but has no wish to return to her old job as the manager of a care home; but she cannot decide what to do instead. With the approach of her fiftieth birthday that she has no desire to celebrate, together with the gloominess of her mood which will only get worse when winter arrives, Julia knows she needs to take drastic action to heal her broken heart. It was Duncan’s last wish to take her on a second honeymoon to Sicily. So Julia books herself a holiday for the whole of October; much to the surprise of her friends and to the horror of her sons, who are convinced she will be kidnapped by the Mafia. Julia ignores their warnings and rents a villa in the coastal town of Cefalu. The villa is owned by the charming Tony Hugo, a widowed English crime writer; who wastes no time in helping Julia feel at home.Sicily is everything Julia expected it to be – hot, sunny and exotic; but her holiday turns out to be far more of a life changing adventure than she could ever have imagined.

    It left him to take care of his two younger sisters. He had to grow up fast and become the man of the house so that his sisters wouldn’t be forced into the foster care system. When the bills begin to get overwhelming for Muscles to pay, he does the unthinkable. He gets trapped into the street life and causes his self to have beef with the notorious Jamaican drug crew known as the Junkyard Crew. They’re known to place their victims in cars and crush them into tiny pieces. Now Muscles is stuck and tries to pull away from the streets while trying to survive, making his sisters understand that everything he does is for the love he has for them.

    With Lala missing, Stacks bleeds the block of Miami in his search for her. Will he find her and the baby in time? Or will it be too late? Join Stacks on another roller coaster ride as he starts to uncover the truth behind "Friends" and "Family". Old enemies will resurface, new love will be discovered, more blood will shed, and lines will be crossed.

    After receiving guardianship of Stacy, the biracial daughter of an old friend, Deanna comes to terms with her own goals and identity as an African-American woman as she and Patterson Temple join forces to protect the frightened child.

    On top of that, fans glory in her sweet yet sensual stories that are praised for their "cleaner than usual" language--and old-fashioned values galore.     ...So if you've loved the past writings of 'The 3Ms'--Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery, Ava Miles--but find that you're clamoring for something fresh, fun and exciting, turn to the books penned by award-winning author Barbara Catlin. Fall in love with the captivating heroes and heroines, with all the endearing characters, of tiny Bitterpill, Texas 78020! THE COWGIRL TAKES HER MAN:  Could she live with Cam . . . but without his love?Struggling to operate her ranch, Terra Lee Bradford realizes the full extent of the Glory B's dire financial straits. Cameron Stoner's neighboring ranch, on the other hand, is thriving. Yet he's overwhelmed with problems trying to tame his three motherless children--not to mention his libido.. . . Concocted as an instant solution to everyone's woes, their marriage of convenience soon turns into a lusty battle of wills. He'll be damned if he'll give her his heart, and she refuses to settle for less!

    Come on this emotional roller coaster with the Lewis sister's and find out whether the sins of a mother can be visited upon her child.