When Lauren's mother died, her abusive father looks to her to play the role of house wife and bedmate. Lauren finds a way to escape it all when she meets local barbershop owner and Kingpin Rio.

Nyla Bridges has dedicated her entire life to becoming the best FBI agent the agency has seen. Working twice as hard because she's a woman... a black woman... to show that she is just as capable, if not more, than her predominantly white, male colleagues. After three years in the field she finally lands her opportunity. All she has to do is go undercover and take down New York's biggest drug distributor, Elijah Davis. Sounds simple enough, but it's everything but. She finds her heart and her mind wanting two completely different things and everything is at stake.

August Alsina plays a thug that's seeking revenge on the daughter of his mother's killer, Just to find out she's the biggest gangster in the country. Lira Galore plays the gangster in this story that's seeking help from August to take out another gangster in Italy. Her craziness drives him insane and the connection they have for each other is remarkable. They both hate each other but what happens when that hatred turns into love and temptation they both don't want? What happens when Lira shares her secret? Will Lira open up to August? Will They fall in love? Do they both kill each other? Does Lira have to kill August now that he knows her secret? Read the book to find out... promise you won't be disappointed.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 but recently tragedy has struck the lives of both Demetrius and Aaliyah, now the pair are doing all they can to pick up the pieces. Will they stay strong in their union or will they crumble under temptation and emotional struggles? 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 © 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐀𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ⚠️: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋/𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟑

What a tangled web we weave, when we lie to deceive.. Having to watch his parents demise at an early age, Joseph is brought up by an uncle who played off his parents death to his advantage breeding Joseph to be a cold, emotionless and calculated demon. After completing a six year bid for an assault with a deadly weapon charge, twenty-six year old Joseph Combs is set on living an honest life and leaving his past behind. Shortly after his release he meets an angel on earth in the form of a woman whom is able to break down that wall and show him what it feels like to love and be loved. But when a storm begins to brew, his past comes knocking on his door forcing him to turn back into the person he fought so hard to change from. Having to lead a double life, what are the lengths he'll go to protect the woman he loves and his future from his past. DISCLAIMER STORY HAS 0 ASSOCIATION TO PHOTOS OF CHARACTERS IN REAL LIFE. THIS STORY IS PURE FICTION Sep. 2021

SEQUEL TO LIES YOU TELL After Graces world comes crashing down around her, she struggles to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and mend her shattered perception of life upon learning that the man she grew to love more than life itself was a cold and remorseless murderer. Landing the position as a criminologist on the NYPD homicide squad, she works hard to rebuild a new life for herself and leave the past in the past. After waiting four long years, Joseph finally gets put on a highly publicized trial and with the help of a well known criminal defense lawyer, the jury reaches a verdict that rocks the city of New York. During those four years being incarcerated, Joseph is forced to let go of the love of his life but upon his release their paths inevitably cross and now he has to fight for and work to earn her love and trust back. To do so, Joseph finally opens up to Grace about his dark past but opens up a can of worms in the process. Grace learns about history of her own family and uncovers dark secrets not even her mother knows which puts her in danger. In a dark twist of faith, Joseph learns who the true enemy is. Will Grace and Joseph finally get their happily ever after? Smoke and mirrors- the obscuring of the truth of a situation with misleading information. DISCLAIMER: This story is a work of pure fiction. Story has no association to photos in the story used to depict the characters in real life. Dec 2021

"𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘢, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳." 𝖠𝖯𝖱𝖨𝖫 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥 － 𝖠𝖴𝖦𝖴𝖲𝖳 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥

"Know it's hard to trust but we've been through to much shit, we can't give up." Risk It All On Love.

*currently being edited* but it's completed. when autumn meets kingpin "jelani" also known as "killa" at a party everything changes. jelani and autumn become friends with benefits-will they grow to want something more? will autumn go for his promiscuous ways? *2018*