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?

    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?

    With dreams of making it big, she is already on the right track to a new life after building a following by doing make-up tutorials and posting sexy photos of herself on her Instagram page. Though a good girl, she’s infatuated with the violent and merciless street king, Polo, the head of the city’s most notorious gang. She wants nothing more than to help him drop his current girl so that she can be the woman in his life. But Star gets more than she bargained for when a series of events lead her to not only be Polo’s main chick but forces her to be the leader of the female counterpart to his gang. Tragedy strikes when Star’s own dope fiend of a mother robs Polo’s trap house and the act sends Mink, Polo’s baby brother, and Kato, Polo’s right-hand man, blasting right through Star’s front door. When the night ends with Kato shot and Mink murdered at Star’s hands, Polo demands to know who is responsible for killing his brother but she quickly covers her own tracks to save herself from his wrath. Unfortunately, Star doesn’t know there is a witness to her crime. Kato, who she thought she’d killed is actually alive and in a coma fighting for his life. When he suddenly awakes, Star is afraid that her fate will be sealed as soon as he tells how Mink really died. However, Kato is not the same man that he was before and things between the two quickly begin to change. When sparks fly and Star feels she’s found true love in the one man she thought she hated more than anyone on Earth, will the real truth of her lies come to light and ruin it all? This is the first part of a series written not for the faint at heart. Brace yourselves for a story of love, loyalty and survival on Chicago's Southside.

    Due to her low self esteem she believes that she will never find a man that she can call her own. It isn't until she meets the charming Aaron Givens that she sees her true beauty.Aaron is handsome, smart, and wealthy. He has all of the qualities that Antionette wants in a man. There's only two issues to that. He has all the qualities that every other female around the way wants as well and he's heavy in the streets.Antionette has to figure out if she has what it takes to be a thugs leading lady or will she throw in the towel when things become unbearable. Find out what happens when a good girl and a bad boy's world become one. Love, lies, secrets, and betrayal are straight ahead.

    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!

    

    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?

    Timmy Ralph, a hot shot attorney is living life at the top of the corporate ladder. Happy wife, happy life is the saying that he's heard many times before, but what about his happiness and his peace? Although, Timmy loves his wife Patrice wholeheartedly he questions does she feel the same. In Another Woman's Husband: A Sinful Love Affair, will Timmy and Patrice tackle their growing obstacles? Or will he walk away from his marriage and began a new life with Michelle? In this drama and suspenseful stand alone novel from Author Johnazia Gray, questions will arise, problems will surface and tragedy will strike. Is it wrong to fall in love with Another Woman's Husband if he fell in love with you first?

     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.

    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.

    Determined to see life for more than what it is she’s tries to stay focus inspire of the negativity. No longer being the weak little girl she once was when her past is revealed, she is more than anxious to fight and win the battle. While Cree is there to help pick up the pieces in O’Shea’s life, he is also hit with a few complications of his own. Always keep your grass cut low is what Cree learns when it’s brought to the light that someone close to him has snake tendencies. Being the man that he is he’s left with no other choice than to hunt and take them down. The streets aren’t the only thing that has him occupied. Learning to love a broken hearted O’Shea isn’t the easiest task in the world but it’s the task at the top of Cree’s list. Although both, Cree and O’Shea are learning to concur the storms that are coming their way, they both find that love happens in mysterious ways. The million dollar question about their is, whether it’s strong enough to stand the rain or will they become victims of circumstance?

    However, with every obstacle that she endured she learned to overcome and conquer. Yasmin was born as a motherless child, and overcame that situation by becoming Daddy’s little princess. She inspired to be just like her Dad, an accomplished Marine. So how does Yasmin cope with the situation when the image of her dad is destroyed? She sets out to kill and destroy the very thing which she feels brought harm to her Daddy, drugs and the men who deal them. After years of countless murders, Yasmin kills the wrong man and her life takes a turn for the worst. On top of that, she has a hotshot Detective on her heels. In the mist of all that is going on Yasmin meets a drug dealer by the name of Omere and everything changes for her. What happens when a drug dealer killer meets the love of her life, who is also the type of person that she hates? Omere happens to also sell the very thing she despises. Will Yasmin escape the brother of the kingpin she killed? Can she actually be in love with a man who deals drugs or will Detective Miles finally bring her down? Find out what happens when Yasmin fights her inner self to be with the man she loves. Will Yasmin win or will The Pink Lipstick killer win?

    She is beautiful, independent, attended college, and has her own. But scratching beneath the surface, no one knows that not only is she a stripper by night, but that she also is the side chick of her married lover, who happens to be her best friend’s father. How long will Jade be able to keep this part of her life a secret, or will everything she is doing in the dark will finally come to light? Shamea is Jade’s best friend and also secretly stripping at the club with her as well. Although Shamea has her fair share of drama when it comes to her own relationship with her lying, cheating boyfriend, she would have never guessed that Jade is secretly having an affair with her father behind her back. Once the truth is revealed, will Shamea walk away from her friendship with Jade, or will their friendship be strong enough for the test? Apollo is known as the boss in the streets, who is now looking to retire from the game and settle down. The last person he expects to fall for is Jade, but the heart wants what the heart wants. Apollo knows Jade comes with baggage, he has no idea how heavy it is. Once he finds out the truth, will it be too much for him to want to deal with, or will he decide that Jade is worth the effort? Sit back and enjoy this roller coaster of drama, lies, and betrayal right out of the hood with: ISSA HOOD LOVE STORY: JADE AND APOLLO

    Whether it’s cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing. Love a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. It’s having a warm personal attachment, a deep affection for someone. Hate to dislike intensely or passionately to feel extreme aversion for extreme hostility towards something or someone. Is pride stronger than love and hate? Has your pride ever stopped you from doing something for somebody? Have you ever experienced hate? Have you ever experienced love? What has listening to your heart cost you or did you gain something? Jermayne has been through some things in life that have caused these emotions to live strongly within her. She suffered a loss that caused her to become a resilient, self-sufficient, young woman. She has worked hard to become a well-rounded, blunt, independent woman. After her years of hurt and pain, she’s giving a silver-lining in the form of a man. Will that silver-lining be the salvation she needs? How will she handle being thrown into a situation that forces her to answer these very questions? The only emotion Sigmund has ever known was love from his parents and older brother. Infatuation from the women he has lied to just to get what he wants. His pride is what causes him to change his ways to obtain the one woman who didn’t fall for his lies. Did he truly change his ways or was it just an illusion? What happens when a man who still has some maturing to do encounters a strong, true, determined, real woman? Will he be the man his parents raised him to be or will he fold under pressure?