Elizabeth and Jake in 'What the heart wants' Presenting Kimberly: Kimberly Carter always gets what, and who she wants. Raised as the baby of the family, her selfish tendencies makes her ambitious in both her goals and her men. Her partying and rebel years are long behind her, but she still can't seem to shake one; Shawn Rogers. Kimberly thought she knew everything there was to know about life, that was until Alexander Hill caught her eye. Willing to ignore his low bank account and his financial instability, she finds herself feeling how she always wanted to feel; loved. Not just to have love, but to experience the good love, one where sex wasn't the glue. One where he told you how special you were without purpose. But with so any differences between them, will she fall back into her old ways; never dating lower than her class? Will she choose to have money over love? or will she accept what Alex have to offer, despite his status? Introducing Sara: With her best friend life slowly getting in track, Sara struggles with her abandonment issues. After spending years making sure to take care of Lizzy first, and her self second, she struggles back to reality; where the man she has been putting on hold turns to something else to focus his time on. Balance is hard, but it's even harder when you were never stable to begin with. *** This book will include three stories and i will try to make it as in sync as possible.

Brielle Jackson and Levi Miller have been through hell and back together. They've faced adversity through racial differences when it comes to their relationship of four years coming out stronger than ever. Just when everything seems to be going great after they get engaged their worlds comes crashing down testing the love they have once again. This time its not because of race. And the force that does come in could be life threatening. Will they both make it out of this test to get married? Or will it change one of their lives...forever...ending their forever and always? *Sequel to 'Where the Magnolias Grow'

Brielle Jackson and Levi Miller have been friends since they were six and were playing pee wee baseball together. Levi is a 6'0, athletic, blonde, fair-skinned, light brown eyed baseball player while Brielle is 5'4 and everything he is except she plays fastpitch softball now, has dark brown eyes and is African American. Their friendship never saw color as a boundary because the status was only that of best friends. As they grew older their friendship just grew stronger and feelings for each other morphed into something more. Coming out of the senior year, Levi tells Brielle some thing that changes the makeup of their friendship. Not only will their twelve year friendship be tested by outside forces but they both learn about the hard realities of the world around them. In the end, Brielle will have a decision to make, one that could destroy any chance she may have with the boy who's always had her heart. Can she use the strength, courage and perserverance she's learned from the place she's lived her entire life or will it break the strong young woman she became? Or will the outside forces using race as a divider become a boundary that destroys this friendship and growing love?

Natalia has been through a lot in life and so has her best friend Nicholas. This is their story about life in adolescents. From loving the wrong person to loving themselves. These are strings of stories that last a lifetime.

An 21 year old African American girl named Annabel Smith is in college and meets the man of her dreams, the 23 year old Samuel Mussolini Jr. who help runs his family business. They both fall in love but what happens when she realizes he is in the mafia and worst he is next in line to be the Godfather. Is she willing to be in a commited relationship with a criminal or will she leave him and live a normal life.

Destiny Parker is a 31 year old African American woman stuck working a nine to five job and balancing the role of mother and the horrors of finding a good man. To make matters worse, she has a boss that she can't stand. Her new boss is evil... gorgeous but evil, and has a reputation around the office as a player. And unfortunately, she's stuck with him. Alex Hartford worked hard to succeed at his job, trying to branch away from his family's legacy. But something about his new secretary gets under his skin and makes his blood boil. Soon, his thoughts of work are replaced with using his desk in some very creative ways. Destiny may just be the person to tame Alex's wild ways. Having any sort of relationship with her boss other than a business one could get the both of them into a lot of trouble, especially since she could lose her job. But no one but them knows what happens AFTER HOURS...

Alani or Lani is 17 and halfway through her senior year she has had a very hard life, whether its battling with her self esteem due to weight and body issues or her father constantly beating her as soon as she steps into his line of view . Marco Morelli 18 and also halfway through his senior year although you dont see him much at school. Him and his 5 brother are known as one of the most cold, ruthless and feared mafia gangs in new york. What happens when Alani and Marco cross paths? lies, hurt, danger and maybe even love?