Not only is she trying to cope, she is trying to deal with Lucci's condition. If that wasn't enough, a blast from the past find their way to her present. Will Charm have the strength to steer clear of old lovers or will she fall victim to the ex-factor. Lucci is trying to piece his life back together after the shooting. He is out for revenge and he will not rest until he gets it. In the process of finding out who pulled the trigger, he is hit with someone from his past as well. When an unexpected person pops up with a devastating secret, will Lucci finally tell the truth or will he continue to hide his faults from Charm? Tammy is the woman your mother warned you about. In the eyes of others, she is considered a thot but it's deeper than that. Tammy has had a life that no woman should ever live. She has done things that she can't take back and it's weighing on her. Will she finally be able to let go and move on from her tragic past? Or will her new love interest set her on the right path. Continue the journey with Charm and Lucci as compromising videos are released, secrets are revealed and their love is tested. Will they be able to pass loves test or was it all just a waste of time?

    To take necessary precautions, her father forced her to relocate to the mean and gritty streets of Philly. Leaving behind a boyfriend, Alicia felt as though her life was over. It took months to adjust, but Alicia soon realized the move wasn't all bad, especially after meeting Tyson. As time goes on, she learns that nothing in her life is real and deep rooted secrets begin to unravel. Madisyn is young, vibrant, and beautiful. Her mother Jada tries her best to keep her away from the life she once lived as a hood wife. As with any young teenager, Madisyn wants to live her own life and love who she wants. Ryan is Madisyn's boyfriend and the neighborhood corner boy, but on the rise to a major come up. Madisyn keeps her relationship a secret but, once the secret her mother has kept comes out, it nothing longer matters to Madisyn. Best friends Ryan and Tyson have one other thing in mind, which is their come up. An opportunity presents itself and their left to make a serious decision. Will they luck up and become the rich thugs they've dreamt about with a hood wife on their arm? Or will the mean streets of Philly prove to be too much and tear them apart?

    Will Ky make it in time to save her life or will Simon succeed in his revenge against her? When a blast from the past comes and interjects themselves into Ky’s life, will he be able to see through their intentions or will his past claim his future? Zan’s relationship with Tasha is keeping him from moving forward with Neala. Tasha has always been successful at running off any women that have gotten close to Zan and Zan never had the will to stop her until now. Will Tasha’s antics finally get her the family she wants or will Zan finally put her in her place and salvage his relationship with Neala? Rondo’s one night fling with Rachel is causing an unbearable amount of pain in Char’s life. A baby is something that Char may possibly never be able to give Rondo and knowing that Racheal is going to have his first born child hurts Char to the core. With the results of the DNA test hanging in the balance will Char be able to handle it all? Noble is waiting in the shadows with open arms to comfort Char and take all that Rondo has because of a secret that he has lived with his whole life, he is even willing to use a member of the Carolina King’s to do it. Will Noble be successful or will Rondo find out and shut him down? Lies, Deceit and Jealousy plague the lives of the crew, will it all be to much? Will everyone make it out alive?

    And whether you were there by choice or circumstance, there were lessons to be learned as well as taught. Nobody knew The Bricks better than the women who lived between them. These are their stories of lessons, blessings, love, and loss, brought to you brick by brick. Ladies, and fellas too, you ever invested time in somebody that you knew was no good for you, holding on and waiting for them to change because you thought that you were special? Well I have, and I’m here to tell you that there’s a one percent chance of that change ever taking place, a two percent chance of them becoming a better person than they were before you found them, and a staggering ninety-seven percent chance of someone more deserving coming along if you’ll open your eyes, stop being stupid, and sit down with a common-sense calculator to tally up your worth. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s okay to waste a little time, because contrary to popular belief, there can be a happy ending on the other side of stupidity. And to prove it, I’m gonna take you for a walk through my own experience. I’m Camille, by the way, a resident here at The Rose Palms, aka The Bricks, apartment B17. Glad you stopped by.

    He’s a ladies man and has his lineup of young girls who he uses for one thing or another... and then he has his best friend, Liberty. From the moment he met her at the tender age of six, Legacy knew he wanted to love and protect her at all cost—that included from any dude he felt wasn’t worthy of her. To him, she came before anyone or anything, and he could never see that changing. Unfortunately, when an unexpected opportunity lands in his lap, he has to leave the one girl he couldn’t see himself living without. Liberty Heart is your typical girl next door—cute, quiet, and, unknowingly, wanted. She’s focused on school, and the only other thing that has her attention is her best friend, Legacy. The moment she met him, they formed an instant bond, and she made him a permanent fixture in her life. However, when he up and leaves her without so much as a goodbye, she has to learn to live without him. Devastated at what she felt was betrayal, she uses her anger to block out the existence of her once best friend... until he’s back and shaking up her world as she knew it. Legacy reappears older and wiser—wise enough to know he’s not into playing best friend games with Liberty anymore. However, knowing his track record, Liberty is skeptical about what he’s offering. So, what happens when two best friends can’t seem to meet at the lover mark? Lies, drama, heartbreak and everything in between.

    To save her family, she must recover their 7 year old daughter, Brandi from the clutching grasp of the Child Protective System.She soon learns that the doing things the right way could have been a wrong decision. Can she hurdle the obstacles that are placed in her path and reconstruct a union that was built on love? ****Cleo made national news headlines and now he's on the run. With the truth exposed and a price on his head, he has nowhere to turn.Lost memories of his childhood invade his thoughts and he makes a choice to confront his past face to face, but with a pain so deep and a heart so torn, can Cleo's demons be suppressed?**** Find out in the 2nd installment of The Union!

     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.

    Everybody hates them. But there are a lot of people who love them. Rasheeda is one masterful soul food chef with a secret down south recipe for Chicago's best chitlins. Owner and operator of Miss Evey's, an upscale soul food eatery on Chicago's South Side, she meets the seemingly gregarious yet cunning player Krey'Shawn who has plans to slime his way into her life. But little does Krey'Shawn know that Rasheeda already prepared a secret recipe for him. READ MORE in THIS HOE EATS CHITLINS by bestselling author Quan Millz & Stormy Reddick.

    

    Now that her plan to have Tori's baby has backfired she finds herself doing things others would classy as insane. Follow along as she goes through life altering ups and downs and hopefully to the road of redemption.

    Beautii is left to fend for herself after her parents die, and her brother Jordin is sent to prison. With a baby to take care of and no one to depend on but herself, she starts working at a strip club. Lauren Green is Beautii’s best friend and one of the only people that she can count on. But Lauren has her own sordid past that has turned her heart cold. Disowned by her parent’s after revealing a scandalous secret, the only person she has to turn to is Beautii. Javian “Teach” McKnight is the head boss on the streets of Miami, and is as ruthless as they come. A night out with his home boys unexpectedly leaves him infatuated with Lauren. Never one to have been in love, he doesn’t know what to make of his feelings. Will they be good for each other? Or, is this relationship doomed from the start? Carter “Magic” McKnight is new to the Miami area, just moving there from Texas to be closer to his brother Teach. Left to raise his daughter on his own when his girlfriend disappeared without a trace, Miami is a good move for him. His first day in town he meets Beautii and is momentarily left speechless. Their lives are entangled and these four form bonds that can’t be broken. But things change when Beautii’s brother is released from prison. Someone is out to get Magic, but who? For Beautii things aren’t as they seem and a blast from the past is lurking in the shadows. Lies, deceit, secrets, murder and more come to light. Will bonds be broken or will these couples be able to stand the test of time?

    Raquel has always been one to play by the rules, but after her first taste of hood love, she drops her old life without a second thought, including her friends and the ashes of her last failed relationship. When her ex-fiancé, Derrick, comes to Miami in search of answers, she’ll be forced to answer the who, what, when, and why of her new life. What will she do when he asks for a second chance now that she’s already given her heart away to Law? She knows the savage in Law cannot be tamed, and it will only be a matter of time before he’s out for blood. Can she play her new role and hold him down, or will she leave Miami and go back to her old life? The most valuable lesson Law ever learned wasn’t from his parents; it was from the streets: whatever comes your way face it on your feet, come hell or high water. Now he finds himself enraged and in jail with his back against the wall. Law knows his set up was not random, but by design. All roads lead to Shiya. Although he's managed to stay clear of the judicial system thus far, he just may have to clean up the mess his brother created, even if that means doing a bid for a trigger he didn’t pull. As he prepares to beat his case, Law will become a menace on the streets of Miami, and show his enemies exactly why they call him “Law.” He soon becomes the most sought-after man by friends and foes, alike. It’s no secret that the only thing that has Blaze’s heart is the streets. He’s content with living his life on the edge, making sure his family’s empire continues to thrive, and the Calloway name remains respected. Blaze will always be his brother’s keeper, so when he learns of Law’s imprisonment, he sets out on his own path of revenge. Under his reckless exterior, he finds himself yearning for the love his brother shares with Raquel. When a one-night stand results in a positive pregnancy test, he is forced to put his priorities in order. Is he mature enough to wean himself off his fixation with exotic women and money? Just when Shiya thought she was going to become Mrs. Calloway, she experienced the most embarrassing moment of her life when he stood her up at the altar. Now all she’s left with is a million-dollar ring and a scorned heart. With rage as the underlying factor, she plans to settle her debt with the man who broke her heart and the woman she knows he left her for. When she opens Pandora’s Box, her devious plot could put more than just the Calloway family at risk. This love story is dripping with lies, bloodshed, and secrets, some stretching back over twenty years. When lines are blurred, it becomes harder for everyone to see who their true enemies are. After all, love is a strong emotion, but then again, so is hate. In the end, you’ll see if Miami’s new favorite couple can weather the storm.

    With Zoie’s disappearance and having no leads on to where she can be, the crew has to put their focus on the one person that they’re the closest to get their hands on, Siya. Myeke is feeling determined, angry and more betrayed than ever. The only thing on his mind is making Siya pay for the damage that she caused to his life by trying to end it and getting his son back home to him. But when Siya reveals a secret that could shake Myeke’s whole existence, will his fight to get Karson back be lost or will it wake something darker inside of Myeke that no one can control?h With Zoie missing and Monica on his back about her unborn child, O’Hajee feels stretched thin but will stop at nothing until to get his girl back and to make the ones that wronged her pay. What happens when the one thing he has been fighting for is no longer fighting for him? Can O’Hajee finally fix all the mistakes that he’s made between him and Zoie? Or will that chance lost forever. Ride with the Compton brothers one last time as they race against time for the ones they love and try to fix all the damages they’ve done. Hearts will be broken, loyalties will be tested and they will be left asking, was it worth it to find a Good Girl that had a Dope Boy Fetish?

    By the time she figured out her true position, she was already in too deep. Everything changed when he announced he was leaving the mother of his children to start a family with her. When she learns Messiah has been lying yet again, and is actually married, will she continue to settle for a supporting role, or bow out gracefully?  Bria has been with King, a handsome street hustler, for a decade, but he still hasn't put a ring on it. In-between dealing with his baby momma drama, infidelity, and countless lies, she's remained down for him as his Queen. However, her patience is beginning to wear thin as more skeletons start falling out of his closet. Bria toys with the idea of giving him a taste of his own medicine but can she actually go through with it?  Armani has a life most women would envy: a million dollar lifestyle, a beautiful family, and most importantly, a thirteen carat wedding ring. Now she wants nothing more than to plan a storybook wedding and live happily ever after, but life has other plans. After discovering her man isn’t who she thought he was, she finds herself faced with a hard decision. Can she forgive him for the sake of her family? Heaven is struggling to take care of her daughter without any financial support from her ex, a rapper named Stacks. Their romance ended around the same time as his career, but the two co-parent in the same house to save money. Stacks wants nothing more than to get back together but Heaven is finding herself unexpectedly falling in love with her best friend Ace...