SEQUEL TO THE ART OF MANIPULATION Jonika thought the bullet ended everything-his empire, his hold on her heart, and the man she loved but was forced to betray. She tried to rebuild, to bury the grief under the illusion of a normal life. But grief doesn't stay buried. It claws. It festers. And some ghosts don't stay dead. When fate drags Jonika back into the shadows she thought she'd escaped, she finds herself hunted by the very man she once destroyed. His face is the same, his eyes colder, his love and fury tangled into something she can't escape. Now she doesn't know if he has returned to reclaim her heart... or claim her life.

Book #3 || 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗟 to the Love & Trauma series in·ev·i·ta·ble /inˈevidəb(ə)l/ certain to happen; unavoidable. Sister's - Shantey, Monae, and Tajana, raised in the crime ridden streets of Tulsa. A long life of a inescapable childhood. You've heard about it in the blogs, you've seen the headlines, and even watched Shantey Ledé's very own documentary, "Heinous Truth". The three may have been mother's and have separate lives, but life has never been so easy for the pair. It was IN • EVIT • ABLE. Let's travel down the line.

Book #4 of the Love & Trauma series || 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗙𝗙 to "Threes Company" Toby is fresh out of prison and ready to relive his second chance out in modern day.

Book #1 of the Love & Trauma series.

Book #5 of the Love & Trauma series.

Book #2 of the Love & Trauma series.

In a city that was once peaceful, a sister mothering her younger four siblings just wanted to raise them the 'safe' way after the sudden death of their parents. But there's no such thing as safe in the gritty streets of Gove City.