Somethings just aren't what they seem to be ...

Mercedes is from the projects and Hood of Harlem. She was a good girl though. Her mom was smoked out and she had a little sister to raise and take care of plus it being her senior year she had her priorities in line...That is until she Mets bad boy street thug Calvin. He was sexyyy..beyond that! But if she got involved with a Guy like him, she'd only face trouble. Or that real Hood Love. Will Calvin and Mercedes be the streets new IT couple? OR will he only make drama using and abusing her for what she's got? Its only a matter of time before you find out what drama and sparks are revealed. ©copyrights 2012/2013 A'Shantii -- NOT EDITED ^^ YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !

ONLY CHAPTERS 1-5 ARE AVAILABLE! Seventeen-year-old Diamond Carter has a lot on her plate with a crack headed mother, having to raise her brother, and also going to school. But all that changes when she meets a local thug. Can this thug make everything right in Diamond's life? Read this hood love story to find out. © 2012 Ebony Goddess

Let's just say that having money, family, friends and all the material things that you can handle doesn't protect you from the reality of the world. A tale about friendship, love, hate, deceit and abuse. Accomplished Christina has it all: Great family, friends, an upcoming career as a nurse and all the wealth she can handle, but she is lacking one thing...LOVE. Will she find it in her since childhood friend Jaelen or will he walk all over her heart? Christina finds herself in a whirlwind of things that she thought could never happen to her. What do you do when you can't tell real love from the bruises on your body or the many buried family secrets?

★okay so I don't know what the hell happened to the synapse but I guess I gotta do it over again★ Khiley's life was spent working towards her goal. Getting away from her evil vindictive mother and becoming a neo-natal nurse. After finally reaching her goal she meets Hood. A kingpin in their city who is in love with Khiley. But Khiley never wanted to fall in love with a dope boy she's too career minded. Will Khiley let herself be loved and return it and if so can Hood change his ways in time to KEEP Khiley?

UNDERGOING EDITING I'm Venus and this is the story of my life as a side chick. You can call me whatever you want but I could careless of what you think. I'm happy well I thought I was happy until things started to go down hill. I'm 21 and the mother of my five year old son Haven he is my little bundle of joy I love that boy with all my heart and nothing could change that. His father well... he not really around for his son Haven because is engaged but that don't stop me for getting a piece if that caramel eye candy engaged or not he is still mine

This book is based off Keyshia Cole's song and video.

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Tracey came from a home with an abusive mother and a rapist for a stepfather. When she falls in love with kingpin Raheem, she is intrigued by the life, money, and items he can provide for her. She will do anything to make sure nobody messes with her man or money. Tracey is a Down Ass Chick. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used factiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author. Copyright © 2013 by xxmuahmuahxx All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Conventions as well as the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.