His thoughts are calculating, yet his heart is loyal. But what does it take to win his heart? Zaire Karter is a complicated man. He lives by his own rules and makes no apologies. He’s the person who everyone turns to when they’ve run out of options, but when they can’t pay up, the consequences are deadly. There are two things about him that most learn quickly and never forget. When he loves, he loves hard, and if you cross him, vengeance is deadly. Shani Howard has a list of bad decisions a mile long. She has a good heart with terrible luck, and she finds herself indebted to the wrong people. What she learns is that there is always a way out, but it might put her in the path of someone who could totally change her world. The problem is, she can’t determine if that is a good thing or a bad thing. Zyan Karter has the world at her fingertips. Aside from being the outside child, she has the love of her father and her brother, who shower her with any and everything she wants. Unfortunately, money can’t buy love. The one thing her heart desires the most. How can life be so perfect and hollow at the same time? Finding the one who deserves her heart is challenging to say the least, but maybe, just maybe, she will finally find the right one. Durham Clayton is a man of principle. Having ruled the streets of Atlanta by dominating the drug market, he figures out that no matter how great the money was, that life would only lead him to jail or a pine box. Once he acquired the income to support his lifestyle, Durham retired, but he still owns the rights to control who works the blocks in his territory. Partnered with his best friend, Zaire, the two have an empire worth fighting for, but Durham is quickly learning that love might need to be on that list also. For now, it’s just a thought, but who knows how things will play out? Anything goes when you’re dealing with a Savage State of Mind, but is it a price worth paying when it comes down to life or death?

    With either knowing the route to rekindle their love, they grow distant. Israel is taking on fatherhood the best way he knows how, and he encounters more than he wished for. Finding Aubrey is at the top of his list. With his search, more truths are revealed than he expected. Being the man he is, he stands tall with everything coming his way. Even with things changing in his life, the one thing that hasn’t changed is Tiphani being his best friend. Times grow hard, but does that mean all love will be lost? This last installment guarantees to take you on a ride. Will love conquer all, or will it just not be enough to allow love to flourish? Tampering with a thug’s heart doesn’t seem like the right thing to do when your heart is played on right back.

    When given the opportunity to collaborate with popular rapper AK, she can’t believe her luck. But a taste of the limelight comes with consequences… ones her newfound fortune and fame may not be able to pay.Lavisha yearned for the good life since growing up in the rough neighborhood of Deepside. When she hooked up with rapper Yamajesty Brown as a teenager, she became acquainted with the good life. However, tolerating his drama and growing drug habit isn’t worth it… or is it?Sonya has always believed if it’s too good to be true, it probably is… even when it comes to her man, Amari “AK” King. She has the perfect man in him but her insecurity threatens their relationship. After a tragedy, Sonya feels them growing further apart and suspects that another woman has stolen his heart. Is it just her imagination? Sonya’s determined to find out and she’s not giving up without a fight.This juicy tale proves that being the wifey to a rap star comes with more than just exotic cars, designer clothes, and money… the material possessions that are bragged about in songs. It’s deeper than rap… this is reality… everything is not always as it seems.

    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?

    Forbidden love is exciting but when a baby's involved the secrets become too much for Moni to deal with. Being someone's little secret is only fun for so long and four years is too damn long. Tru is torn between love for the girl of his dreams and loyalty to his friend. Even though she understands his loyalty to her brother Moni feels like Tru should have her back and just tell Redd and be the man she needs. When she finds out she's pregnant again she's had enough, Tru has to decide. Dmitri is the youngest son of the head of the Jamaican Cartel, he's a boss in every sense of the word. He has everything he's ever wanted all he needs is someone to share it with. Love seemed elude him until a trip to the states to meet up with his friend leads him to love at first sight. But she's not ready to give love another try. Used to getting his way Dmitri knows that he’ll win her heart but things get complicated when he finds out who she really is. Will Moni stay in the shadows or move on? Will Tru man up or will his loyalty be stronger than love?

    Vanity is having serious martial problems with her husband Ivan. She planned this girl’s trip to the Bahamas to help her relax and clear her mind. Those plans changed when her cousins Karen and Natalia decided to invite their husbands Marcel and Cash along. Cash invited his younger brother Keystone aka Stoney, which just so happens to be Vanity’s old flame. It doesn’t take long for Vanity to find herself caught up in a steamy lust affair with Stoney. Being with him makes her question many things, including her marriage. Meanwhile, Pebbles wants to forget her cheating ex-boyfriend Chip. The man she planned on marrying and the brother to her sister’s husband Ivan. She plans on turning up during the whole vacation by hooking up with as many fine men as possible, including her sister’s ex Stoney. This will be a trip that no one will forget. Travel with them as they reveal secrets, push boundaries, fight, and bond all the while being on the sunny beaches of the Bahamas.

    Now at twenty-one-years-old, Galaxi vows to do whatever it takes to get her sister back where she belongs—with her. Galaxi is reunited with her sister but everything imaginable happens, leaving her having to make certain choices to ensure their survival. Those same decisions left her indebted to the sexy irresistible Pluto and he’ll stop at nothing to get what’s rightfully his.

    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

    Pluto, Luna, and Moon each are feeling remorse thinking they had something to do with her stabbing. While Pluto searches for answers, Luna is battling her own demons when someone from her past resurfaces. New enemies are on the horizon to take what Pluto has worked so hard to build. Trying to keep his family safe is becoming inevitable, but he’d do whatever it takes to ensure their safety and get the justice Galaxi deserves.

    While they’re waiting on the birth of their daughter, Kelsie is killing herself at work and starts to feel the complications of pregnancy. Going through the same things she went through with Miracle, will that cause Kelsie to slow down, or will she keep it from Milli? Milli just opened a strip club, bought a house, and bought an apartment building. Money is pretty tight, but he makes no complaints to keep his family accustomed to the lifestyle he feels they deserve. What happens when he gets in way over his head? Is Milli willing to run himself into the ground trying to keep his lifestyle afloat? Or will he finally let the cat out the bag and speak to Kelsie? Michelle is about to marry the love of her entire life; except, she is also about to open a salon with her best friend, is a new mother, and is trying to juggle being a devoted fiancée to Thor. Will Michelle’s busy schedule start to shake the foundation of her happy home? Or will Thor step in and take care of the homefront while his woman brings home the bacon? Patsy is in a new place, and no one can take it away from her. While she wants love, she’s scared to put herself out there again. So instead, she focuses on her new business, her daughter, and continuing her path of sobriety. What happens when a man by the name of Brunson comes knocking on her door? Will Patsy be so easy to let him in, or is there still a chance that she and Mello can be together? These homies, lovers and friends have been through hell and back, but as the series closes, everyone will get their happy ending, or their version of a happy ending.

    After up and leaving Jersey eight years ago to pursue her education at Michigan State University, she’s back for one reason. She’s recently engaged to a professional boxer named Monty Green, but there’s one problem: she’s already married. Before leaving, eight years ago, Jersey married her childhood sweetheart, Raymond ‘Rated R’ White. After the two took a devastating loss, it drove a wedge between them that couldn’t be undone. With emotions heightened, Jersey picks up and leaves without saying goodbye, leaving Rated R confused and feeling abandoned. Now that she’s back, she’s demanding a divorce. But Rated R, who’s still in his feelings about the way she left, is refusing to jump at her will. Why should he aid in her happiness when she left him in misery?? After Jersey left him, Rated found a way to move on with his life. At thirty years old, now a father of a four-year-old little girl and the owner of his own construction company, making eight figures of legit money, Rated R is the ultimate bachelor. All the women want him, and all the niggas want to hate him. Moving on with his life, he meets the beautiful Nubia. Everything about her is perfect from her looks to her personality to the sex they share. She’s almost too perfect, so it seems. But Rated soon discovers that no one is perfect, not even Nubia. She has a deadly agenda that causes Rated to revert to the deadly savage that he once was. After finally getting what she wants, Jersey is headed back to Michigan to start planning her wedding, but something just doesn’t feel right. The few days she spends tormenting the man she once described as the love of her life causes old feelings to resurface. She realizes that she may have made a mistake in divorcing Rated R. When discovering the two people who she trusted the most back in Michigan have deceived her, she comes back home but not before showing them why they call her Dirty Jerz. Now back in Jersey, she’s ready to start a new life, but it’s not the life she wants if it’s not with the love of her life, Rated R. These two may fight like Ike and Tina in the limo, but they’ll go to war for each other, Berettas blasting.

    Jamaican born brothers, Kenji, Clive, Knox, and Lennox Grimes are relentless in their pursuit of the almighty dollar. The leader of the crew, Kenji Grimes is a natural born charmer. He is sure he can use his charm and good looks to gain him anything his heart desires, but when approached with the job of a life time, Kenji isn’t so sure he can pull it off. This one last bank heist could guarantee his retirement from the world of bank robbing forever. There is only one obstacle that stands in Kenji’s way. Her name is Ava Buchanan, wealthy billionairess and sole heir to World Bank, a banking dynasty. Ava’s perfect world spins out of control when she meets Kenji Grimes. Ava’s falls hard for the handsome stranger but is unaware of the danger lurking behind his bad boy persona. She will soon find out that this rude boy rebel not only hides a painful past but also a deadly secret. One so deadly it may very well cost the heiress her life.

    She was willing to go to the ends of the earth for her man but he wasn’t willing to do the same. Ladarius left Brittany for another woman and her world came tumbling down. They say when trouble comes, it comes in three’s and they couldn’t have been more right. One devastating event after another sends Brittany spiraling out of control. Will she straighten up and fly right or self destruct? Jonathan has been in the streets all of his life. He truly believes the streets chose him but he’s ready to be free. Even though being a dog is an understatement for Jonathan, even he has a problem with completing the mission set before him in order to walk away from the game. Will he complete his mission and break an already broken woman or will he let the chance to finally be free slip through his grasp?

    After earning her degree in Psychology, Bernie’s life purpose was to help women suffering with depression as best she could, while being a mother to her niece Simone; the child her sister Bianca left behind. When a rash of murder/suicides of mothers and their children began, and with little to no assistance from the police, Bernie begin to dig deeper into the strange occurrences. Finding a common factor amongst the victims, which she also shares, the possibility of sharing the same fate as her sister and other women consumes her as she races against the clock to save herself and the life of young Simone.

    She lives the typical (wife life) with out much excitement. The only thing that keeps her hip, is her best friend Dajah. Dajah is the ordinary round the way chick who tries to keep her friend on her ten toes; as she calls it. Yanese refuses to indulge in Dajah’s thugged out life style and would never dare to cross that path. Yanese hated everything about a thug, from the saggy pants to the music, until she meets Boss “Major” Banks. Major is one of New York's Notorious kingpins who vows to never trust a bitch or fall in love. After laying eyes on Yanese Berkeley, she left him in a trance. With one look at her beauty, he was instantly drawn in. Her innocence is was captivated him the most and he was sure to have her; or so he thought. After every encounter between the two, Yanese gave him nothing but attitude and it only made him want her more. After spending many years with her husband, Sebastian, Yanese found out the truth behind his hidden affair. Beyond hurt, Yanese couldn't fathom the feeling of being second to a man she thought was her world. Defeated, Yanese decided to give the thug a try. Stepping up to the plate, Major showed her that a thug is not what people made them out to be. He caters to her every need and loves her like no man could ever. She now learns that a Thug is Worth more than- lies, deceit and betrayal. Take a ride with Major and Yanese on their twisted love tale, and find out will it take a turn for better or worst?