That was all too true for Mariah Lennox. She wasn’t expecting to fall for a Miami trap king like Troy, but his charm and gift of gab pulled her right in. Just when life began to fall together for Mariah, the past she thought she left behind resurfaced and her world was turned upside down. Will she overcome the circumstances of her past and live the life she deserves or will she live the rest of her life paying the consequences for her own actions? Will love prevail? Find out what happens in the finale of this intriguing, drama filled African American Urban Fiction novella.

    Family over everything. Or are they really? For the Young siblings, they are all they got. For 18 years old Mecca, the well-being of her two sisters and little brother is the only thing she is focused on and worried about. Graduating Valedictorian of her high school and getting accepted into every college she applied for, getting a secondary education is the last thing on Mecca’s mind. After a chance encounter to help out a total stranger, Mecca takes a risk that could separate her from her siblings. But will this risk serve as her downfall or a way for her to elevate their circumstances? For 17 years old Danielle, surviving her daily hell has left a bitter taste in her mouth, giving her an “I don’t give a dayum” type of attitude and mindset. Along with Mecca, Dani looks after her baby sister and brother, trying her best to keep them safe and fed. However, she carries a dreadful secret that eats away at her beautiful core, creating a rift between the bond she shares with her big sister Mecca. While everyone else is living their best life in nice clothes and shoes and with food to eat, the Young siblings do whatever it takes to survive the next second. When one tragedy hits, it seems like gasoline is poured on it, extending it to more areas of their lives, causing colossal damage in its quake. Will the Young siblings be able to hold on to each other and choose siblings over everything? Or will their struggle consume them, destroying their close knit relationship? Survival mode, painful secrets, contested love, blind agendas, and familial betrayal can be found in best-selling author Patrice Balark’s debut series, From Ratchet to Riche$, under Twyla T. Presents publication. Warning: This is a series, so this book contains a cliffhanger. Book one is highly intense, gritty, and spine-tingling, leaving the reader anxious for the next part.

    

    

    

    No harm in that, right? Unfortunately for me, Chase Kavanaugh had plans of his own…And his plans included touching – a lot of touching in ways no man had ever touched me before.And did he care what I had to say about it? No.Does he care what I want now? Apparently not.So then why is it I can’t stop thinking about him?Why does my heart race every time he’s around and feel so empty when he’s gone?After surviving my first encounter with Chase’s cruelty, all I should want is to be left alone, so what is it this scorching heat inside of me that keeps pulling me back to him?But if Chase thinks I’ll be his little toy, he’s sadly mistaken.Either he’ll destroy me, or I’ll destroy him.Author’s Note:Chase is a bad-boy, a real anti-hero with layer upon layer of depth for Becka to discover and a very serious redemption arc. I wanted to write a complex man who will make you swoon, make you angry, but who will also make you love him and never forget him.This book is a DARK, BULLY romance and may trigger some readers who are sensitive to things common in dark romance.

    and Finn Foster is my personal devil.I can’t even remember the night “The Incident” happened.The doctors said I was concussed.The cops said I was a liar.My classmates said I was a skank.All I know is this:I’m now trapped at Ravenlake Prep with a boy who’s determined to ruin my life…And I don’t even know why.Finn Foster is a monster, plain and simple.Cruel. Rich. Devastatingly handsome.His family owns this town.That means he can get away with destroying anything he wants.Including me.Because I have dark secrets trapped somewhere in my broken brain.And Finn will do anything it takes to keep them there.CRUEL PREP is a full-length high school bully romance and Book 1 in the Princes of Ravenlake Academy trilogy.The Princes of Ravenlake Academy is a series of standalones that all take place at the infamously cruel Ravenlake Preparatory Academy.You can read any of the books as standalones, but they work best when read in order.Book 1, CRUEL PREP, is Finn and Lily’s story.Book 2, CRUEL ACADEMY, is Caleb and Haley’s story.Book 3, CRUEL ELITE, is Noah and Penny’s story.

    In HAMMERTOWN, poet Peter Culley re-imagines his home town of Nanaimo, British Columbia, not as it is, but as it might be imagined in the mind of a Parisian who had rarely left his city. This is Culley's fifth book of poetry.