With a career reaching its peak, Tavi should be the most excited person, but she's not. She's having trouble disciplining Addison, dealing with everyone else's happiness, and maintaining a healthy relationship with her mother. Not only that but it seems that her relationship isn't all what it seems, she knows theirs a thin line between love and respect and she trying to decipher which side of the line her relationship is on.   Misunderstood and misjudged, Trina has always had her fair share of enemies, but one enemy won't stop until Trina screws her head on straight or they blow her head off themselves. Unlike most, Trina could care less. She's trying to give her son the life she's never had while at the same time remaining the same sneaky, conniving, and spiteful person people like to label her as. She's just trying to make it in the cold world by being the coldest, despite who she has to run over to get to the end of the road. ...things will never be the same.

"This was suppose to be easy, nobody was suppose to get hurt". Twenty year old Ivory Santana was what most people would call friendly and caring. She'd be the person you'd least expect to have a father running one of the biggest drug trafficking industry's in America. Ivory has went through great measures keeping that part of her life private while attending college at NYU, that is until she's taken. Twenty two year old Jade and his older brother Ohaji are 2 completely different types of people that you wouldn't expect to even associate with each other if they weren't related. With dreams of one day being as legendary as their father once was. The two brothers were given the task of kidnapping their boss, big Al's enemy's daughter until he agrees to compromise. Sounds simple enough right? WRONG. What happens when Ivory teams up with the brothers and this turns into a cat and mouse game between bonds and blood?

"I need you" Corrine Parker was troubled. After her father was sent to prison for killing his mistress in a fit of rage and her mother diagnosed with stage four liver cancer, Seventeen year old Corrine is sent to live with her twenty five year old stripper sister named Isis who lives the fast life. Deemed a prude by everyone around her Corrine is in for a wake up call when it comes to dealing with her sister and her choice of men. After Isis agrees to house a hood rich hit man, Corrine's living situations grows a bit complicated after her sister and her open Pandora's box. Kareem Davis was only thirteen when he witnessed his father being killed by a drug related drive by and there was nothing he or anybody could do about it. As soon as he turned of age he decided that he'd enjoy nothing more than taking out the people who took his father from him. After a less than ordinary night at an strip club he and his boys regularly attend he finds himself in a storm of trouble when he attempts to kill the owner of the place after discovering he had something to do with his fathers death only to fail. Word in the hood travels fast and now he's forced to hide out while playing a cat and mouse game with his worst nightmare and dodging his feelings.

"Don't ever leave me again" With age comes responsibility, some comes sooner than for others. Being in a family filled with drugs and murder it's only normal to follow in the footsteps of those before you. With old beefs growing more and more deadly the family is more divided then ever. Everything comes at a cost and karma is very much real, it just hits in different ways. With the Jamaican cartel thriving in the drug world and deemed untouchable an old beef between Moriah and Kaine seems to be growing out of control leaving people stuck in the middle. New York also has stepped in to the feud when it's leader grows power hungry forcing sides to be chosen, their motto is 'Death Before Dishonor'. Ajani and Kaine's love story might be officially over, especially when mistakes are made and the past comes to light and sides are chosen out of lies and deceit. When it's all said and done only one side will remain and the California organization you all have grown to love might have just met its match.

Sequel to Blood Line. "I love you more than Ive ever loved something and as much as it hurts to say goodbye, I have to because you deserve better than this" Alijah Scott, the fifteen year old daughter of Jade and Ivory has been living under the radar with Silas,her "Father". Unknown to Silas is the fact that Ivory survived that shooting nearly fifteen years ago and has missed most of her daughters life. When Silas feels like he needs a new scenery he decided to move his family back to California where it all started. But it's not just him and Alijah anymore, there's also Zaire. Alijah's seventeen year old best friend who's been living with them since he was eight. Jade and O are also running one of the biggest drug empires the state of California has ever seen, The brothers are deemed untouchable. While Jade still holds a grudge against Silas for taking his daughter away it turns into an all out turf war between old friends. Alijah also finds herself falling for two drug dealers in training with a dark pasts, while trying to escape her own troubles. When the secrets and lies finally come out and the truth is learned the empire and family everyone's worked so hard to keep might crumble to the ground, and Alijah's first romance may crumble along with it before it's even had a chance to start

" Money makes the world go 'round. Pussy? Yeah pussy rules the world, baby " It all started in the Playa's Paradise. Making dumb dough...Then Falling for God...and then having Cartel. Everybody thought that having a baby would make me settle down and stop being me. Yeah right, Lord knows I love my son with everything in me. But mama got to get out here and get it for the both of us. Daddy doing time, mama on her grind, and auntie watching over you. It started in the Playas Paradise. Ice was at the top...everybody loved her and wanted to be her....She let it all get to her and now Queen of the Devils Den, is back. And everybody is after her. What happens when enemies come back? Shots are fired? MVPs are back on the pole? And Thugs are getting released from Prision? OH , SHES NOT SO INNOCENT..

Book Three Don't Read if you haven't read the first two books or you won't understand. "I'm a sinner baby, so are you and that's why I love you" With Ohaji sentenced to prison and Jade & Silas done with the game for good it's up to there children to keep the legacy alive but hustling doesn't come easy. Alijah Scott, now twenty is having a hard time trying to maintain her relationship with the Jamaican Cartel leader, Jesse Powell while he's still running from his responsibilities and afraid of commitment. With a new drug business stepping onto the scene taking mostly all of there customers Alijah is at a crossroads in her life on if this time the family drug organization and her relationship is really worth saving. Calvin Scott has changed tremendously in the past five years turning into a complete and utter monster. Only giving a damn about his family he takes out anyone in his way with out even blinking an eye. With the help of Jesse and Eli these young man have gone above and beyond to make sure this business doesn't go down the drain ruining all of his fathers hard work. With another powerful drug business coming along Cal, Jesse and Eli feel there throne being snatched from under there feet, and this time they may have met there match. But then again they are men who aren't afraid to sin, so they should be able to handle a little competition, right?

" Say she in King of Diamonds Monday Ain't scared to get that money In back in church by Sunday But we all know shes in love with that pole, pole, pole Shes in love with that pole, pole, pole Ugh, say she in school Tuesday through Friday Friday night thats my day But Saturday through Sunday, she bout money She ain't scared of that pole, pole, pole Said she in love with that pole She so in love with that pole She love wakin up, love wakin up, wakin up with that doe I love it when she come home all the way drunk and all the way throwed Said boy be on that way, so you call me on that road Got that drink up in my cup but that dont mean that I move slow Drank up in my cup but that dont mean that I f*ck slow " She was 5'5 foot. Redbone. Black mixed and thick as coke bottle. She had that bad bitch mentality. She was...Innocent Or in Players Paradise better known as, Ice the stripper. Innocent was not your regular black girl from the hood. Even if thats how it sound. She was a 22 year old stripper. With the hustle comes the game. You got to know life is hard...But the life of Innocent Brown is even worst. Right when she think she's found a easier path, everything get worst. Book filled with Lie's, drama, death, and most of all Money making. Im Innocent Brown..But you can call me ICE..Step into my world. Only the realest may survive.! ©CopyRight Shantii2013/2014 Do Not steal anything !!!

*must read books 1&2 before this* After Shayne was sent to prison Tavi completely moved on with her life, and turned into the women she's supposed to be. Tavi is now engaged and seems happy to the public, but behind closed doors she is trying to help her fiance with his problems to keep her and her daughter safe. Being behind bars hasn't stopped Shayne from running the streets. With the help of Chris he has built an empire and doesn't at all plan on stopping. But now that he's gone everyone turned their backs on him, leaving him in a lonely state of mind.

Book Four, must read books 1-3 "It's all bout who you know, street ties mean everything love" Ajani Powell now Fourteen was raised in Jamaica with her younger brother very aware of her father and her families street life but she preferred to keep to herself spending time studying and keeping her brother in check. Being one of the oldest of the next generation the family business is hanging on Ajani's shoulders and she's forced to make a tough choice, she could either fix her families mistakes or keep the cycle of violence going to keep her families legacy alive. When her father and mother make the decision that Jamaica is no longer safe for their family they move back to California unbeknownst to them that Cali may not be the same or as safe as they think it is with a feud growing between two young men with very different ideas for the drug world and Ajani is stuck right in the middle of it all. Little did everyone know this feud would soon turn into the most deadliest turf war the state of California has ever seen and would go down in history.