Rollin' dice is an everyday hustle for Wasuan, and he's one of the best the hood has ever seen. No one can defeat him. That is, until he stumbles across a dude from the same hood named Tone who has just as much confidence, a little too much mouth, lots of cash to back it up, and a strong desire for Wasuan's girl. When Wasuan is challenged and the stakes grow high, he finds himself caught out in deeper waters than he can swim in, with Tone dangling three options: pay up, take your last breath, or sacrifice something much greater...his girl, Enychi. But when Enychi agrees to spend one night with Tone in order to save her man's life, she finds herself caught up in an unwilling love triangle like the streets have never known. Love, betrayal, lies, sex and money are just the beginning in this scandalous tale, where loyalties are put to the ultimate test. In this new novel, T. N. Baker takes the term "sheisty" to a whole new level.

    Although the sisters are as different as night and day, they were taught by their father that it's always family over everything. Diem, the foul-mouthed tycoon and oldest of the three, can't seem to balance her multimillion-dollar business and personal life at the same time. Never one to back down from a challenge, her world is flipped upside down when the brother of a close friend unexpectedly catches her attention and has her questioning whether it's possible to have a romantic relationship while managing an already chaotic life. Drea has always had a thing for hot boys with big toys, especially since she totes one of her own. Whether she's at her flower shop making beautiful floral arrangements or at the gun range perfecting her skills, this quiet storm never misses her mark. That is, until a mysterious and sexy ally comes into her place of business and knocks her off her square. Ophelia loves only three things in this world: her family, her bikes, and the club. Nothing or nobody has ever come between them. She has a temper known to go from zero to one hundred in a matter of seconds, but riding and restoring bikes help to ease her mind. The two pastimes easily turn into three when a restoration job goes from strictly business to extremely personal. These ladies demand respect, not only for themselves, but for their club as well. When enemies start to surface, personalities will clash, and family motives will be questioned. Will the pressure cause these Angels to fall, or will they rise to the occasion like they've done time and time again?

    In a game where your pride and ego can sometimes drive you to do irrational things, Belly and the people who love him have learned that to some this is more than just a sport. Will Belly make it through and be able to seek retribution for what Mason has done? Or will their longtime rivalry end in death, making it far too late? With her man getting shot up, along with being pregnant, life hasn't really been a piece of cake for Blaise. Especially with jealous exes and baby daddies lurking in the shadows, just waiting to ruin the union she's built with Belly in any way possible. When it all becomes too much, forcing her to face a certain reality, will she cower under the pressure, wrecking the life she wants with Belly? Or will the man she begrudgingly fell in love with, recover, keep her line, and force her to focus on the bigger picture? In this love story drenched with jealousy, lies, scheming, and trickery, will beautiful Blaise and her roughneck make it out together, or apart?

    Mia, is a 23-year-old independent phlebotomy tech who is living her life worry and drama free. It isn’t much. but she isn’t complaining and it’s enough to take care of herself and maintain the lifestyle that she is accustomed to. After being persuaded by her friends, Kelsi & Terri to go out on a Thursday night, she ends up at the same nightclub as the streets supplier, the main attraction, a guy she’s been lusting over since she was a teenager; Dola The Don. She’s much older now and she’s taken aback when he finally approaches her after all these years and gives her a dose of the glamorous but street lifestyle that he lives. The questions follows, will it be too much for her to handle or will she be able to secure her heart in the process? The only difference between Dola and the average man is the fact that he’s fine, black, ruthless, and rich. He ends up falling for Mia, but will he fall hard enough to let the streets go, and focus on what they are trying to build by keeping her loved, happy, and secured?

    However, everything changes the night she meets an immediate member of the Konkwo Mafia Family. Handsome, powerful, rich, and charming, Greek is everything she's ever wanted...There's only one problem though. She already has a man in her life—one that is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her where he wants her. Tyler has been putting up with her boyfriend Gunner's shit for the last five years. Fighting off the birds he's constantly cheating with and taking the rap for a drug charge are just a couple of the things she's endured along the way. Tyler soon finds herself questioning her own morals and relationship after an attractive new prospect comes in her life. But with a crazy, erratic African boyfriend, falling for someone else might not be the safest or smartest decision. Will Tyler get the storybook ending she envisioned, or will her toxic relationship ultimately be her demise?

    DAMAR KING, the heir to the throne, is a young, brash leader who is intent on solving the riddle of his brother's murder and taking the organization to new heights. And whoever opposes him will be eliminated with no regard as he searches for the enemy from within his own crew.When the hidden opposition becomes strong, Damar becomes stronger, and the gunplay becomes fierce. However, the treachery that surrounds him is just as lethal as Damar's gun.To avoid the snakes that slither in his garden, Damar learns he must use brain over brawn as loyalties are forged and broken to remain on top.Will Damar learn that lesson in time? Or will his enemies bring him down to his knees? Will the burgeoning love that sprouts amiss all of the bloodshed become Damar's strength or his ultimate weakness? The only thing that's certain is that nothing is sacred in Love and War, and that Damar will go to any means to protect THE KING CARTEL.

    Although Outlaw knows that things often happen beyond his control, he can’t help but to think that he’s partly to blame for putting Chloe in a situation that has led to Isaiah fighting for his life. With a wife and child of his own, his outlook has greatly changed and it’s affecting him in ways that he’s never experienced before. When he finds himself in a situation that he never intended and takes things with Chloe beyond a simple platonic relationship, he realizes that the only woman he should be worried about is the one whom he gave his last name. But by then, will he have lost everything? From the looks of things, Janelle is a shoe-in to become the next District Attorney of New York City but the level of scrutiny and criticism of the decisions she’s made in her personal life have her wondering if this new career path is one that she really wants to take. All of her life, she’s followed in the footsteps of her father, the man she has looked up to since she was a little girl, but a series of events turns her life upside down and she’s left confused. Are the career choices she’s made really part of her dream or someone else’s? In this final chapter of the Bad Boys series, tragedy strikes in multiple ways forcing Janelle and Outlaw to come to terms with who they really are. With infidelity in the mix, Janelle’s bitterness becomes her best friend and she’s consumed with her need to take revenge on everyone who played a part in destroying her picture-perfect life. Will vengeance be enough or will it only lead to more misery in the end?

    Deidre is bringing her side of the story rounding out the circle of this troublesome trio. And hers is a steamy one as she finds herself engulfed in a hot interoffice romance with a man she can't quite claim as her own. He's yet to be married, but that doesn't mean that he does not belong to someone else because he is engaged to be married. After a lust filled ride with Deidre seemingly takes a turn towards love, will he make to the alter? Bird left part one dizzy and she remains dizzy as ever as she continues to ping pong herself between two men. Will she ever settle and decide on who it is that she wants, or will her back and forth between the two of them cost her everything and leave her with nothing? Kenya's life is turned up side down after a suprise visitor shows up at her home. Is her rendezvous a thing of the past or will it come back and bite her in the ass?

    Let's see if they can finally get it together or if they will call it quits once and for all. Skye had to learn the hard way that revenge ain't always sweet! Her secret relationship with Rell has left her pregnant with a child and she has no idea who the father is. Zyir wants nothing to do with her and she's feeling more alone than ever. Will her and Zy work on their relationship or will Rell come back in the picture to claim what he feels is rightfully his? Murder, Lies, Secrets and Love! You don't want to miss the emotional roller coaster part 3 is sure to have you on.

    As if feeling Silk’s wrath isn’t enough, he throws a gut-wrenching punch, that leaves her wondering if she has lost him forever. Though, his love for Kenji is undeniable, Silk can’t let go of the hurt that her secret inflicted on him. He dives head first into his new assignment which proves to be his toughest job yet. Especially, when the job gets too personal. Will Kenji and Silk be able to work through their problem and repair their relationship? Or will Silk’s inability to let go, end them forever? Learning the extent of Laxton’s injuries, leaves Canary heartbroken, yet stronger than ever. As Laxton’s fiancée, she vows to stick by his side no matter what. That proves to be harder than she expects when Laxton injuries leaves him with an addiction to pills. Guilt and an addiction places him in a state that causes him not to care about losing everything he worked so hard to achieve⸺not even Canary. Will Canary stay ten toes down, or will she leave Houston just as fast as she arrived? Can Laxton fight off his demons before Canary to an end to what started as a loving relationship. With all that Makiyah has done, karma comes back to pay her an extended visit. After nearly being beaten to death by Ali, sweet revenge is the only thing that would make it even. In this explosive finale: relationships will be tested, more secrets will be revealed, and the girls will reunite once more. Finding a real one is what they all wanted but keeping a real one is easier said than done.

    Although she’s had her share of downfalls, she continues to be the very best that she can be. Being hurt in the past by her ex-lover only gives her a reason to never love again, until she meets up with Hennessey.After five long years locked behind bars, Hennessey knows that being a drug dealer isn’t something he wants to continue to pursue to get his money up. So, instead he turns his dirty money into opening up furniture businesses. Meeting Keice only motivates him to want to go harder and do better, but that's something that his ex-girlfriend, Camille will not let him do if she's not included.Keice is already scared to love again. However, Hennessey is ready minus the ex-girlfriend issues. With their closest friends sharing this wild journey with them, what will the inevitable bring this unpredictable couple?

    Michelle reunites with her ex-boyfriend, Antonio “Tony” Dixon, and realizes that Tony’s addictive lifestyle is no longer the life she wants to live and gets involved with Officer John Shelby. Will Michelle allow her demons to interfere with her newfound love and happiness? Lakeeysha meets and falls in love with Antwaine Greene, a notorious drug dealer whose mind is set on two things: money and women. Lakeeysha tries to find her place in Antwaine’s life, but her quest for his heart is cut short when he is mysteriously killed, leaving Keeysha in suspense and anxious to find his murderer. As she pieces together this deadly puzzle, she is confronted with a bare truth that explodes her world into a million tiny pieces. Keeysha’s search for truth endangers her life and those she cherishes the most. As the body count rises it is only a matter of time before death comes knocking at Keeysha’s front door. With Antwaine dead, who will rescue her from this deadly and cruel world?Enliven your senses and awaken a new thirst for adventure as Jennifer Luckett tells a no-hold bars tale of the gritty side of Jackson, Mississippi, and gives new meaning to the City with Soul.

    Never has she met a man like him, and though neither of them knows what the future holds, Aniqa is sure of one thing: Je’Marcus must go. A man always wants that old thang back, though, and when Je’Marcus makes good on his promise to love her to death, Aniqa’s locked in the fight of her life, chasing the kind of love only a boss can give. Linc is a hitta in every sense of the word, and he’ll go to war against anyone that comes for the Carmichael throne, but when he uncovers the ultimate betrayal in his tight-knit circle, he questions whether he should remain loyal to the one person he looks up to—who just might be the biggest snake of them all. No one knocks Linc off his square—he’s the solution before people even realize there’s a problem, but when Aniqa captures his heart like no woman before her, Linc finds himself feeling something he’s spent his whole life running away from—love. Linc’s mind says, “Lord, please save her for me,” but can he make his next move his best and capture Aniqa’s heart? Beautiful is a sophistoratchet beauty that’s always on ten—if you’re knuckin’ then she’s buckin! Fiercely protective of Aniqa, her A-1 from way back, Beautiful’s a rider for hers. They say blood is thicker than water, but when Beautiful rolls up on some shocking news about “family,” will she choose to ride with her family or stay down for her bestie? Aniqa’s still crushin’ while Linc wants to love her down, but will she give in and let Linc put some BOSS up in her life?

    Shanice is just a young vibrate teenage girl that is trying to focus on graduating college and making something out of herself. When she meets Money, a young rapper that captures her heart and changes the course that she is directed in, instead of only doing her she does him, but will loving him get her burned in the end? JaeCia is going through the motions being that her dad is locked up and her mother doesn’t care about her. She finds solace from her crazy world in TJ, someone who has always been there for her but will she allow her heart to open and be loved? Amora is living her days in hell, hiding secrets left and right but trying to keep a cool exterior. She just wants to be loved and focus on school but when she meets Bangga she finds herself doing things she would have never done and telling him things she never would tell even her two bffs. Will Bangga he be her diary? Or will their pages be burned?Authors Shantay, Yanni and Lola Bandz weave together a story of young love, heartbreak, truth and lies and will have you asking yourself is it worth it to really love a thug in this 1 part of a 2 book explosive love series. Come find out why Every Girl Needs a Thug.

    Dream leaves the precinct with a heavy heart. Drake tries to give her some space, but she has no intentions of taking a break from him. She wants to reconcile things that night so that they can be happy in the morning. After another altercation with Channa, Drake’s wife, Dream realizes that her relationship with Drake is not the fairytale life that she thinks it is. Winning Drake back will not be as easy as she thought. Channa will not allow Dream to step into the picture and steal Drake away without a fight. Channa will kill for him. Not only is Channa a beautiful bombshell, she is Drake’s trap queen too. There is nothing that Channa won’t do for her man, as long as he chooses her. She can be vindictive, secretive, and scandalous if need be. The beef in the streets is brewing. Before Drake knows it, he is in a world of chaos. His businesses are under attack and his family is under fire. Bullets are being hailed everywhere. For the first time in Drake’s life, he fails. Now, he doesn’t know if he should tell The Cartel or not. Breeze has no idea that Bey is kidnapped. He thinks that she is still angry with him. After Dream is hurt badly, Breeze tries to look for Bey, but his pride and hot-headed way of thinking won’t allow him to search too long. He’s convinced that she’s moved on and he’s determined to do the same. Will Dream and Drake end up together like they planned? Will Breeze find Bey? Or will the chaos surrounding their love prevent them from blossoming?