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Forever Down for My Boss


Coco J - 2019
    Aaliyah quickly puts her law degree to work. Finding a position at The Defenders Association, Aaliyah realizes that as the youngest defender there, she would have to prove herself to her boss... she just didn’t know the day would come so soon for her. Neither did she know that her first case would change life as she knew it. Since a youngin’, Consequence Love Jr. knew his name was powerful, and one day he would run the empire his father worked so hard to build along with his uncles. After countless defenders try and fail to get him out on bond, Consequence almost gave up on the thought of going home before his trial... that was until Aaliyah Thomas walked into the courtroom and changed the game while also stealing his heart. Falling for his public defender wasn’t something Consequence intended to do, especially with his wife, India, waiting at home for him. Being in a toxic relationship was all La’Draya knew due to her first love, Greg. After leaving him, she promised herself she wouldn’t jump into another relationship anytime soon—until she meets Knowledge Jordan Jr. Used to having and getting what he wants, Knowledge set his eyes on La’Draya and instantly knew he wanted her and wouldn't take no for an answer. After getting one taste of her, Knowledge did whatever he needed to do in order to keep her—even if she didn’t agree. Secrets are spilled. Hearts are broken. Lines are crossed, and guns are drawn. The only question is who’ll be standing in the end?

He Got Me Willing to Risk It All: Needing That Hood Love


Lucinda John - 2017
    Despite illegally entering the US and being abandonned by her father, Blanc’s mother has always made a way from them. Hustling in more ways than one, Magda carries her daughter on her back while gaining ranks and respect in the streets until envy causes Magda and her daughter to be deported. Nicolas DuBois is hood royalty. With his laid back and smooth persona he was able to conquer the game, flipping his earnings into streams of multi-million dollar businesses that had him set for life. Nicolas lived the life every men envied except he was missing something, a wife. Struggling in her native country, Blanc agrees to marry Nicolas for an opportunity to re-enter the states to live a life of glitz and glam. The fancy clothes, cars, shoes, and money does nothing to fill the void Blanc feels from being tied to a man she has no connection to. Milli, next in line to take over his Uncle Nicolas' empire, is different than his uncle in more ways than one. Unlike Nicolas, Milli is a ruthless thug who lives life on the edge. When instructed to look after his uncle's wife in his absence, the unthinkable happens. In Milli’s eyes, Blanc is the perfect fit for him. Without warning, an intense love affair begins to brew between the two Desperately pursing that hood love she so badly craved, Blanc is willing to risk it all but to what extent?

Hold You Down 3: Ahmad and Pia


Dominique Thomas - 2017
    While looking for Xerius, Ahmad is hit with a pain like no other as one of the most loved women in his family is shot down. His anger and rage takes him to a place that he has never been before. Pia is determined to keep her man out of jail and in the home where he belongs. Rowan has other plans as she comes back into the picture hell bent on showing Pia that what she had with Ahmad was something real. Kaseema is going through it as she deals with pregnancy alone. She’s depressed, and the rainbow at the end of her storm comes in the form of Quavo. He’s everything that she needs, only he’s not Shyy. Kaseema finds it hard to accept his love, but once Shyy comes back into the picture, she starts to question her feelings for him as well. Now she has two men vying for her attention, but she can only be with one. Which will she choose? Rocky isn’t new to the story, but she finds herself wrapped up in the man by the name of Bucks, and he’s nothing like the men that Rocky are used to. Bucks comes to her aid and becomes the object of her affection. Effortlessly, she falls for him, but once she starts to see that he might not feel the same way, what will Rocky do?

A Thugs Gift for the New Year


Tina Marie - 2019
    Crossing this line is wrong, but it feels oh so right.... Shineka has always had love for her friend Merciless, but when they slip up and have sex everything changes. Careers are ruined, lives are lost and hearts get broken. And suddenly she finds herself having to choose between the man she is falling in love with and her long desired dreams. Merciless cared about very little in life but Neka was on top of that list. When he decides he wants to settle down with her he thought everything would fall into place. But his lifestyle threatens to ruin not just their relationship but also the friendship they had built. When Neka is in trouble he will have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save her.

Always Gonna Be My Baby: A Hood Love Story


Charmanie Saquea - 2016
    That was until she ran into the sexy, suave, bad boy Choppa and he makes her start second guessing everything she thought she knew about her love for Kevin. Choppa is the type to always get what he wants, but will he be able to make Aries fall victim to his charm with her man in the way? Treasure was still trying to get over the pain her daughter’s father caused when Benji walked into her life. She wasn’t looking for love but her heart had other plans. Will Treasure’s baby daddy let her go without a fight or will he bring more drama to her life than she or Benji ever could have saw coming?

That Bona Fide Hood Love: Kaseem and Kasslyn (Standalone)


Shvonne Latrice - 2019
    Feeling saddened and desperate, she quickly becomes involved in the fast life in order to get the quick money it brings. When Kasslyn sees a way out in the timid, green, and seemingly innocent Jamal, she immediately jumps on the opportunity, no matter how crazy or... odd. But what she soon realizes is everything that glitters ain't gold. Kaseem Banks is a semi-reformed street dude, with more money than he can spend or count, and enough women falling for him to have a new girlfriend for every day of the week. Blaming his issues with commitment on his inability to find the perfect woman, Kaseem juggles a few ladies with no problem. Upon meeting the pretty yet gentile Kasslyn, he soon realizes that he may have found exactly what he wants, no matter how much he'd like to deny it. However, both he and Kasslyn have major blockages in the way that are keeping them from getting closer, with the main culprits being the two lovers themselves. Will Kaseem shed his cold demeanor and philandering behavior to keep Kasslyn? And if so, will her secrets and attachments be insignificant enough for skeptical Kaseem to overlook? In this love story of lies, backstabbing, and scheming, every single person will realize that things are not always what they appear to be.

Karma and Santana: A Miami Hood Story


S Yvonne - 2015
    The secrets behind her family's true identity wasn't a part of the plan and neither was her falling in love with an upcoming dope boy. When Karma's world turns into a new life of blood, murder, and mayhem; eighteen year old Karma realizes that she's in too deep. Karma's life is spinning out of control as she realizes her innocence is gone forever and she needs to find her soul now more than ever to get through the darkness.

When You Know It's Real : Siah & Noni


K.C. Mills - 2017
    She’s beautiful, smart, and owns her own party planning business with her best friend. However, that’s on the outside looking in. What most don't know is that she’s in love with a man who might possibly never love her back. Yosiah O’day is everyone’s dream. He’s basically has it all, looks personality, and an empire that he runs in a way that keeps his bank accounts laced and his adversaries envious. All of these things make him the star of every woman's dreams. Unfortunately, Yosiah isn't really capable of love, so he doesn’t commit. The closest that he has ever gotten to that is with Nonie. It's nothing for him to drop everything for her, and he will give her anything she asks for, with the exception of the one thing she wants the most, his heart. Kizzie is trying to have the best of both worlds. She’s in love with her boyfriend, Red, but in lust with her longtime fling, Jock. The balancing act is starting to get complicated, especially since Jock wants more from her than his secret weekly visits. Kizzie just can't seem to figure out who she wants the most. Red is stability and Jock is danger. Unfortunately, it might not be her choice to make because the line is being drawn and Kizzie will have to choose a side or Jock will choose for her. Running things side by side with Yosiah, Jock has enough on his plate, but Kizzie insists on complicating his life with her indecisiveness about their so called relationship. If he hears her say that he’s not her man one more time, he’s going to show her exactly what that really means. Problem is, she has him so wrapped up that he doesn't really know if he can truly let her go. What makes it worse is that he knows her man isn't worth the time she puts into him, but he can't be the one to tell her. Caught between what they want and what they need is truly making life complicated for these four. Add in the enemies who are lurking in the background and you have a twisted tale of love and war. Find out how it all turns out when they hit the battle field to square up and face off.

Dade & SaeKu


Mercy B. - 2016
    After taking Bella's advice, the enchanting tender discovered life after failing at Julliard. Now, a flight attendant, traveling the seas, SaeKu is meeting new faces day in and day out. However, no face could ever strike her as the one that she so happened to find sitting in first class during a last minute assignment that she decided to take on. Dade, the handsome and love stricken 30-year young Virgo, falls deeply in love with the bashful beauty known to you as SaeKu. With years pushing the two apart, SaeKu stumbles upon the only man that she's loved since her very first boyfriend Bret was brutally murdered, at a very compromising point in his life. In a matter of seconds, SaeKu's world was flipped upside down. What was supposed to be a heartwarming reunion between Dade and her became one that not either of the two could stomach. Remorseful in every way Dade seeks relief for his long lost lover, but no amount of pleading can repair SaeKu's broken heart -in result of his unexpected baggage. Still smitten by the presence of the TRUE love of his life, Dade attempts to seal the gap that has been placed between he and SaeKu. Even in his current situation, he's unable to ignore the wishes of his heart... Explosively, his past and present collides... Leaving him to make a decision that could result in utter happiness or unpleasing settlement for the rest of his days.

The Love of an East Atlanta Boss 2


A'zayler - 2016
    right? Because if it is then almost everyone in the world is insane. What person in their right mind would want to be in something that's only going to hurt them in the end? Why not just live life free? No love, no hurt, no nothing. All of those were thoughts of the infamous Sonic Red. That was until he stumbled upon the independent, tough, bad girl; Jet Limits. For a moment, he thought she was the one woman that could tame him, but after finding out the identity of the company she'd been keeping, he's no longer sure. Secrets and a bad temper was all there was to Sonic Red. He was the womanizing fighter that could have anything and anyone he wanted because of the reputation he built for himself. In the beginning, that had been intriguing to Jet, but now that he's finally opening up and allowing her to see the real him, she's ready to run for the nearest exit where he no longer exists. Being in love with a person that has a personality that's identical to yours may not always be a good thing, but it most definitely becomes a safe thing. With Jet and Sonic being so much alike, they're never blindsided by the other, always privy to what's next and prepared to fight until the end. Fall deeper in love with the bullheaded but passionate duo that not only refuses to lose against the world, but refuses to lose against their fight for love as well.

A New Jersey Love Story 2: I Got Yours, You Got Mine


Myiesha - 2015
    They continue to make enemy after enemy, when all they really want to do is be completely in love with each other. Being with Troy has caused Camilla to step out of her reserved personality and show all other females that she’s about that life and she plays no games when it comes to her man. Camilla has learned that everyone that smiles in your face isn’t your friend. Supreme’s secret obsession with Camilla has stirred up some jealousy within Kitty. After Supreme’s vicious attack on Camilla, she’s determined to get revenge. Once Supreme goes missing, Kitty already knows who had something to do with it and she will not stop until those who are responsible pay. Troy, completely in love with both sides of his sunshine, is willing to jump through all hoops for her and be by her side when shit goes down. He’s the first to pick up on Kitty’s deceitful vibes and does his best to warn Camilla to be careful around her. When Kitty starts to feel that Camilla and her gang are on to her ulterior motives, she expedites her plan that may get her revenge for Supreme once and for all. After Kitty and Keyonna’s sneak attack on Troy and Camilla, lives are left hanging in the balance. Who will survive this unforeseen attack? Will G-Ma have to dust off her gat for her BooBoo?

When A Hood Girl Puts It On You


K.B. Cole - 2017
    Hood love hasn't done anything but cause me pain. Maybe I fell for the wrong hoodlum. But I'm over it, my new man’s going to be a square. I'm going to find some who can treat me right. -Raeya Everything that Raeya Duval does is for her son. She's determined to provide him a better life than she's ever had. At twenty-four, she has a bright future ahead of her. There's just one problem… Her no good baby daddy. Fed up with the lies and cheating, but trying to keep her son’s father in his life, she stays, but the love has been gone. Flacka loves his son and Raeya, but he loves the attention other women give him too. Being faithful is the farthest thing from his mind. He knows that Raeya’s not going anywhere. Not as long as their son adores him. But when he commits the ultimate betrayal, he learns that every woman has a breaking point. But he’s not going to let his family go without a fight. Raeya has to fight for the life she wants for her and her child. Sometimes it’s better to be a single mom then to let your child watch you be treated like nothing. Can this hood girl find the love she deserves? Will Flacka be able to win Raeya back? What will he do if he doesn’t? When a new man steps in and tries to be everything Raeya’s ever dreamed of, will she let him in or go back to Flacka and his mess? Hood love is addictive but sometimes you have to give it up to find true happiness. Javari is far from hood, but he sees something in Raeya that makes him want to give her his all. No one understands what he sees in her, but they just don't know. When A Hood Girl Puts It On Ya’ its hard to resist!

Lil Mama From The Projects 3


Mz. Toni - 2016
    It seems like no matter how good of a person she is, she just can't seem to get her happily ever after. She decides to just focus on herself and her children, and put her relationship with Mega on the back burner. When she becomes more involved in her own life and less involved in anything else irrelevant, a new relationship develops. Just when things seem to be getting better, drama is around the corner and snakes are lurking and waiting to snatch her happiness right from under her. Will Cherish finally get her happily ever after? Will that happiness be with Mega or will they go their separate ways and find love elsewhere?

He Got the Keys to My Heart


Glitz - 2016
    She's not the typical gold digger type. Noel works hard for what she wants. She's a Nashville native, when she meets the demanding bossed up Keys from Miami in a night club, her life changes. Keys is a thug who runs the south. He is used to having what he wants, when he wants it, but with Noel it's different. She doesn't fall to her knees like everyone else in his life. She plays the cat and mouse game with Keys not impressed with his boss demeanor. When she finally decides to live a little and consider a friendship with Keys, bitter exes and family members don't want to see them happy making her think about reconsidering everything. Will he be able to gain the keys to her heart?

Tandy and Bless: When Opposites Attract


Keshia - 2016
    That is, until she crossed paths with the sexy Bless during a home visit to follow up on a child neglect complaint. Sparks immediately fly between the two, and Bless does not hesitate to make his interest known. The only problem is, Tandy is afraid to live her life without being judged and criticized by her overbearing mother. Will Tandy succumb and give Bless what he wants, or will she allow her no good ex, Marquez, to come back into her life and cause more damage than before? Bless Puckett isn’t your average twenty-one-year street hustler. He’s a damn good father to his five-year-old daughter and loves her unconditionally. Since the age of ten, his life has been anything but perfect. After being bounced from foster home to foster home as a child, he is determined to guarantee his daughter the stability that he never had. When he meets Tandy, he immediately knows that she is the woman he has prayed so hard for. The woman who will complete his family. Bless could not resist the way he felt for Tandy, however, his age and both their occupations presented a challenge. Not to mention the meddling of outside forces determined to keep them apart. All Bless wants is a chance to prove to Tandy that age ain’t nothing but a number, and that opposites do attract. Find out if Tandy will give Bless a chance. Or will she let real true love slip through her fingers? Take a ride with these characters’ and see how this love story goes.This story will leave you with your mouth wide open and wanting more.