Raven Bordeaux never liked dealing with people. She liked being encased in her drama free bubble with her few close-knit friends. Though that changed when Clayton Sorenson, the epitome of popular jocks, decided that she was going to help him with his French. The world isn't as crystal clear as we would hope. There are entire worlds hidden behind walls.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, and for these two, their lives have been planned down to a science. For Wylan Olson, being yourself can be very stressful. Since she was young, her emotions have always been backwards. The embodiment of 'tears of joy,' that laughs to keep from crying, not many people understand her struggle. Mostly because she barely understands it herself, but she's making it...barely. All she wants to do is make something out of herself, and she's willing to work for it. Kwame Okari has been raised to be perfect. His parents' strict expectations at son leave no room for friendships, which they regard as frivolous. Their only concern is for him to be Ivy League, and he cannot afford to disappoint. He is a boy on a mission, with a clear objective: be first. And there's only one person standing in his way-Wylan. As the two develop a better understanding of each other, competing agendas complicate their relationship forcing them to decide which is more important: attraction or ambition, satisfaction or success, friendship or fruition, and lead them to wonder if one has to be mitigated for the other.

When life throws lemons at you, you can't make lemonade without a juicer. So instead you get used to the pain of lemons repeatedly smacking you in the forehead, in hopes it would get better. But sometimes your pain is misinterpreted, especially when people don't look past your exterior. That's how life is like for the students of Xavier Sixth form. This story follows the lives of teens in the gritty parts of South London who suffer the struggle that is being misunderstood, misinterpreted. Follow Asia, Ethan, Shariah and more as they uncover love, heart break and what life is really about. This story is for those who feel misunderstood. Its to let you know that you're not alone. It's to help you realise that when life throws lemons at you make chocolate cake and leave these bitches wondering how you did it.

Taleah and Alead are Fraternal twins but, the bond most twins have developed is lost in this family because of their drastic differences. Since birth these girls have been favored differently because Aleah was the lighter sister and Taleah bare a darker tone. This is a story of a young girl cast down on believing she isn't worth anything because she doesn't compare to her lighter sister. A @HoneyEssence and @AlwaysReal Collab!

"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

A short Christian Urban novel explores the urban and street lifestyle of a young modern generation in Brooklyn open to the strains of society to survive in a game of life, from drug abuse, love, betrayal, hurt, pain, life and death. In this game of life, family always comes first. A family consists of strong bonds, protection and unconditional love. A family is characterised by the ability and willingness to do anything for each other through the good and the bad. In an urban division of loyalty and commitment, that is your "ride or die", even if it kills you. The family of sevens' lives are changed when a young woman called Malaika Hayes reveals a story of the untold, forgotten and abandoned generation, our sons and daughters, Brooklyn Chronicles.

Since having a miscarriage Harmony hasn’t let Wes see their daughter. She still has anger and hurt towards him so she has done everything in her power to keep Wes away. Now Wes has hired a lawyer to help him get his daughter back. Through a dirty custody battle Harmony finds comfort in someone she shouldn’t while Wes does the same. What will happen when these two find out whom each other have been secretly dating? (This story is told from both Harmony and Wesley’s points of view.)

Jamilah is a church girl. Everyone thinks that she has it made, but little do they know she has problems of her own. Her father is a pastor and he makes her do unthinkable things. Read and find out more !!!! :) Copyright © 2013 All Rights Reserved

One day, Zonnique goes to a wild spring break party. The next day, she wakes up inside of a mental home. Her parents rule her "suicidal", placing her into a home for patients in need. But these patients are crazier than she thought. One by one, she is forced to face and deal with what these nurses call "people". However, what will happen when she's forced to face these facts? Will she become one of them, or will she stick to her MENTALITY?