Emphasize your existence. Maintain his focus... on you? Over everything? As if it was nothing? I hadn’t either, not until him. Not until Harlem Knight.

     Colton “Colt” Harris is the epitome of a real man. Not only does he pride himself on being a real man, but he’s got a heart that won’t allow anything less from the men who cross his path. While Colt may be a little rough around the edges, he loves hard, and with just cause. Colt’s world is full of women who need him, and when Giana finds herself on the cusp of a life changing decision, it just so happens to land her at the center of it. With Colt’s love in high demand and Giana’s love being something she’s not sure she wants to give, these two find themselves in a drama-filled whirlwind that not even a love like Colt’s may be able to weather until the end.

    Her man ran the city, she lived in a home straight out of an urban fairytale, her bank account had no end and she was always rocking the finest of jewelry, clothing and bags. Women literally wanted to be Wynter, but all Wynter wanted to be was free. Loving Isaiah or Ice as the streets called, him wasn’t easy and came with a huge price. Wynter’s price was her best friend and sister, Rayne. Locking herself away from friends and the little family she had was Wynter’s solution to keep Isaiah’s violent behavior at bay. Being a prisoner in her own relationship came to an abrupt end and Wynter was finally able to be free. But not every fairytale has a happily ever after.

Meeting a man wasn’t in Wynter’s plans but that didn’t stop Supreme Harris from making sure those plans changed. The problem is, Supreme played by his own rules. Will Supreme be able to love Wynter pass the hurt or will he only help break her already fragile heart? With a new love on the horizon, people seem to forget that some love runs too deep to just walk away.

    Their great chemistry makes taking a man down easy work and they trust each other with their lives, each being the other’s ride or die. Beneath their stellar working relationship is a smoldering mutual attraction that has always been waiting to claim them both. When Bounce has a conflict with her and finds that his baby’s mama, Amina, may have committed a serious violation against him with a hot shot dope boy from the other side, he becomes obsessed with killing him before he has a chance of doing the same thing. When he finally rids himself of the problematic Amina, he and Eden finally get the chance to build something with each other that they’d each been searching for. They don’t realize it at the time, but that one confrontation with Amina sets off a chain reaction of events that will remold their lives for better or for worse, making them experience love, pain, and extreme loss, and Bounce will discover dark secrets hidden from him for his entire life. It’s hard for love to survive in the best of times… can it make it through the worst?

     Arquez was there for me; he’d somehow became the shoulder I cried on when Ishmael let me down. See the problem was that Arquez was his best friend. More like his brother. I guess the best way to describe Arquez was that he was somewhere between a sweetheart and an asshole. Yet, I couldn’t stop myself from falling for him. So what’s a girl to do when she’s fallen for the last man she should ever be with? Do I give in to these feelings or do I stay with a man that I don’t even have all of? I’m Palmer and this is my story.

    

    More secrets are revealed, loyalty is tested, death is lurking, and love may not be enough to conquer it all. Dani and Mecca are on a mission. They came from poverty and earned a taste of the good life. With a plan in motion to go from ratchet to riches, will they be able to trust a former enemy or will they go tumbling back to the trenches? Dive into the conclusion right here, right now!

    Like her dad always tells her, ‘happiness is within.’ Maybe that’s why all of her relationships fail, she’s looking for happiness in a man. After her boyfriend Kofi breaks her heart it makes her realize she needs to focus on herself. If love is meant for her than it would have to find her. Menace has just ended a messy long term relationship and isn’t looking for love. He hates drama and when him and Blyss cross paths she’s causing hella drama. But for some reason he’s still drawn to her. When he finds out that she has been helping his family he knows there’s more to her than just good looks and attitude. Menace and Blyss aren’t looking for love but their chemistry is undeniable. Things are just easy for them, but it wouldn’t be a hood love without drama. When enemies come for them will they be able to last? Blyss won’t let Menace be drawn into her mess. She’d rather leave him then put him in danger. But, Menace isn’t an easy man to get rid of. Will Blyss really be his blessing or his curse?

    As the enemy list grows, these four friends become targets. Together they face each challenge as it comes. Lives will be lost, secrets revealed and dark lies come to light. Will they be able to make it out together or will they choose to go their separate ways?

    Her mom was barely in their lives, but her presence was always around. Sunshine had a decent job, and she tried her best to help around the house; yet, nothing she did was good enough. Taking matters into her own hands, she stumbles across a man who can give her all that she needs and more, but at what cost? Her boyfriend is no good, and when he does help, he’s caught doing something Sunshine could never imagine, leaving her heartbroken and unsure of what to do. Shady is the rising track star of the family, and while protecting them, things go terribly wrong, and it lands her in jail. She turns to someone from her past for help. All he wants in return is her love, and she decides to give the relationship a chance. Unbeknownst to her, he’s done things in the past that can hurt their future. Moony is the baby of the family and trying her hardest to keep her head above water. With her sister trying desperately to remove them from poverty, she decides to find a job to help out the best she can. But what happens when her best friend is hiding secrets that will destroy Moony’s happiness? Can she be forgiven, or is it best for Moony to move on from what she’ll soon consider as dead weight?

    For Milan Butler, the change in the seasons meant her days of juggling books and late-night studying concluded and she would graduate from law school. Following in her Mother’s footsteps, Milan pushed her dreams of becoming a psychologist aside and picked up the gavel. Needing to release the frustration of not having the courage to take control over her life, she seeks comfort in the arms of not one but two men. Open the dictionary and look up loyalty and sacrifice. There, you will find a picture of Hendrix Gordon. Owning one of the largest paper and printing outsourcing companies in South Florida, Hendrix and his family lived a life of many luxuries. A late night of celebration caused Hendrix to make a decision that would later shift his entire empire. After spending seven years in prison for taking the rap for a loved one, Hendrix is a free man with one goal – take back everything snatched from him. After crossing paths with Milan, Hendrix knew from the moment her brown eyes lit up from seeing his drawing that she was the one for him, but when is love ever that easy? Giving into the desires of her heart, Milan takes a chance on Hendrix and soon realizes that the colors he painted on paper matched the array of colors he brought into her life. Will the colors they create together brush into a portrait worth hanging, or will the oil and water of their structure not mix and cause their colors to run dry?

    

    With a year full of success and wealth, there's only one thing he wants more than his freedom, Kinsley. With all communication ceasing between the two, he longs for that old thing back. Once he lays eyes on her all bets are off, and Jaxon stops at nothing to get his best friend back. Kinsley is struggling as a new mother and business woman. With her entire life centering around making sure her son is taken care of she's losing herself. While desperately needing to be pulled out of her open misery, she refuses to ask for help. That is, until Jaxon shows up and bullies his way back into her life. With Kinsley's secret out in the open, her insecurities growing, and their personal vices, will they make their way back to each other? Or will they settle for their new normal? Find out in My Love for You!

    Takes you to the highest of the highs. Lust. Sends you crashing back down to earth to face your own reality, especially when you’re lusting over the wrong person. For Raquel Davis, she unearths both sides of this dainty coin. Cameron is the man of her dreams, and she wants nothing more than to marry him and to love him unconditionally. However, her monthly appointment has Raquel diving deep into the garden of forbidden fruit. Will partaking of the delicious fruit cost Raquel her ultimate dream? Or will love conquers all and make Raquel’s dreams come true? Cameron Hodges is living his best life. With his woman Raquel firmly by his side, he’s accomplished one of his biggest goals in life, owning a jewelry store with his best friend Daree. Diamonds. Supplying the highest quality of diamonds and gold to people everywhere. Even though he has a plethora of good things happening in his life, Cameron quickly learns that everything that glitters ain’t gold. Try as he might, Cameron gets caught up in a tangled web that is much harder to break through. Tracey Thompson is married to Daree and is the epitome of a perfect wife. She has the perfect body, perfect hair, is the perfect mother to her children, and prides herself on being nothing less than the best. Anything her man wants, she’d do without question. Until she accidentally stumbles across what she thought is her husband’s biggest secret, instantly sending her spiraling out of control. Tracey’s perfect world is no longer perfect and coming to terms with this new reality is proving to be a much difficult task. Will Tracey get a grip on life or will she get caught up in a web of her own demise? Daree Thompson just wants to be loved, be appreciated for the strong man that he is, wants to work hard, and to take care of his family. He prides himself on being the most loving and trustworthy man, husband, and father. His beautiful wife Tracey makes him the happiest man on earth...or so he thought. Getting pushed to his limits was never a part of the plan. We all know what they say when a woman’s fed up, it ain’t nothing you can do about it. But what happens when a man is fed up? Will Daree and Tracey survive the sudden upheaval in their marriage and their lives? This sunny South Florida crew will get you so tangled up in their webs, you won’t want to break free. Twyla T Presents brings you this new urban romance debut by upcoming author Zarkia. Find out just how woven are these webs in this first book in the Tangled Web: Love, Lust, and Diamonds series.

    She has done everything that was required of her. She graduated college with a degree in social work and had a promising future. Until everything she knew was changed; even the direction of her life. Kwalik Prince is a man of few words. He’s always thought about his choices before he made them. The one time he doesn’t, the consequences are more than he bargained for. What happens when a woman who tries to do right and a man who was done wrong, meet? What’s the charge for love? Read and find out.