Book 3 in a tale of love, lies, and heartbreaks. Read for More Detail. (book 1 Thug Ink) (book 2 After the Ink Dries)

Karis is a cold blooded killer and didn't give a fuck what anyone has to say about it. Karis and his crew want to be the last ones standing in a crew war that's going on in their hood. Don is a king pin that rules with an iron fist and just like Karis he's a cold blooded killer and didn't give a damn who he had to put down. What happens when Don needs a new crew to run his drugs and is introduced to a hardheaded trigger happy Karis?

Its only been a year since Kareem and Deuce realized that their love for one was real but wasn't at the right time; however things been on the upswing for everyone. Kareem is entering another year interning at the hospital after passing his boards, while enjoying the personal time of a relationship with a very determined Detective Dallas. Deuce is focusing on CartierCorp keeping face while he runs an entire drug enterprise right under the surface. Mix in their close knit group of friends and foes and its only going to get BIG from there. Will the love they have for each other remain a constant or will it be a test of time for these two? Book 2.

Kareem Jabar is a 26 year old college graduate moving back home to start as an intern at a local hospital in Miami, Florida. Returning home wasn't on his list of things but with an ill mother and an older brother running the streets it was necessary. He always imagined leaving the hood never to return but now coming back old memories and deadly secrets come back to haunt him. James "Deuce" Cartier is a 30 year old drug distributor for a big time Mexican Kingpin. He kills first and ask questions later. He has had his claws in Miami since he was just 21 and there are no signs of stopping anytime soon thats until he runs into an old flame that sparks a fire he has buried and when enemies emerge from the shadows things get deadly in a Thugs World.

THIS IS A DARK ROMANCE. CONTAINS MATURE AND GRAPHIC SCENES SUCH AS ABUSE, MURDER, RÁPE, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS/ACTIONS. Kane has never had an easy life. His biological parents were killed in a driveby shooting, he was sold for drugs by his foster parents, and moved in and out of foster homes. Now 22 years old, Kane fights in the basement of Essence Night Club and lives with his uncle, Damien, who is a gambler. When Damien gambles Kane's life away to a ruthless gang leader, Alexander Ross, Kane's entire life crumbles, or what was left of it anyway. Can Kane stay afloat while dealing with Alexander's ways and facing his past? Or will all his pain cause him to sink?

You ever felt like you were never enough? Like you weren't worth it? Like you were incapable of being loved? That's how Nasir feels on a daily basis. Feeling as though he'll never be loved. Guys don't even waste their time to take a second look at Nasir. When a new boy arrives in the middle of the year, Nasir is suprised that someone has taken a liking to him. But how can the relationship last when Nasir doesn't even love himself? Can the new boy teach Nasir how to love himself before it all goes up in flames?

"Relax, Nigga."

"Relax, Nigga."

Grayson can't seem to understand why he feels the need to shrink himself whenever the topic of sex is brought up, and he's trying his best to overcoming the unpleasant feeling but for some reason he just can't do it so he does something desperate. He decides to takes sex lessons from the schools most notorious delinquent.

"𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞.."