🏆🥇🏅Winner of the 2019 ANGIE THOMAS O.V.O.S AWARD🏆🥇🏅 A personal favorite by the judges and described as a story that "touches your soul and teaches you a lesson, makes you think." Follow 17 year old Nyla Baedee through her journey of self love, self confidence, and self discovery, as she finally learns to love the skin she's in. Book cover by me Copyright © 2016 Kira Melvin All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication. Started: 10/10/16 Ended: 11/09/17

Creanna Claire James is the definition of a good girl. Besides being in a relationship with her sister's ex boyfriend-she's never done anything wrong. So when her boyfriend Santana comes to her with the wild idea of seducing his dangerous drug dealing boss in order to get richer, this good girl hands her card into the world of Sin just for her man and takes the challenge. Mid-West Casper is a twenty-one year old boss who controls the entire Mid-West. Now wanting to expand, he moves down to New York and gets his feet wet with the big bosses on the East side. Casper just has one problem. Something like a crack addict has to a crack rock: He's addicted to women. Casper already has his Mrs. Right, but just isn't ready to settle down. He indulges in a different woman every night and plays them like a sport. When Casper meets one girl he can't seem to get rid of, will he end up getting more than he bargained for?

Texas born twins Cilia and Iris Hunter were brought to Brooklyn, New York and given up for adoption at the age of one. But their foster mother Ms. Pat never cared about them and only adopted the twins for a check from the government, leaving Cilia, the more feisty and braver twin to raise her sister, Iris. At ten the girls meet a boy named Allele Coleman, just as snappish and street savvy as Cilia. The girls soon learn that Allele too also goes through trouble in his own home. So the three quickly decide to run away together where they live on the streets for years with mostly Cilia and Allele protecting Iris, until an incident causes Cilia to get incarcerated, separating her from the only family she ever knew. When she comes out several years later and finds Iris and Allele, it's no surprise that she finds out the weaker of the group, Iris is sick. She's blind. Iris is told the only way her vision can be restored is through surgery. With a newfound attitude from prison, Cilia will stop at nothing to help her sister. Cilia and Allele go on a mission that requires $150,000 dollars in order to restore...her eyes. Cover by: @dragology

Nee & Q's spin-off |throwback| short story. The story behind how they met and things they went through to get to their own Worthy love. Characters from Mistaken & Worthy.

Takashi and Toryn met each other when they were five. Became best friends at ten. Were inseparable by time they were fifteen. Built an indestructible bond at twenty. And now at the age of twenty five, after twenty years of friendship, due to the slowly deteriorating memory Toryn has had since she was a baby, she will one day forget everything. Including the one thing Takashi told her the first time they met. "Don't forget about me." -Takashi Maxwell Cover by: @lucida-

Two girls brought together by the thing that changed them the most. Abuse. Years, after the horrors that changed both Ziya and Denim's life they are closer than ever but have two completely different outlooks on love. For Ziya, using a man for his money is something she would never do. You could barely get her to talk to a man better yet use one. Soon, she meets Mecca a man in a league all of his own. Despite, her fears Ziya gives him a chance and she enters a world she never expected. Denim on the other hand, would love for a rich man to fall into her lap and sweep her completely off her feet. Denim wished for the life where she didn't work behind a desk at a call center. But instead she wanted the life of the chicks on Instagram, where every other picture was a new pair of shoes or bags. Although she has the looks Denim can't seem to find the one. Cue the hot headed, possibly insane Blaze. A man looking for everything but love. After a one nightstand between the two, Denim gets more than she ever bargained for.

My works #4 //. King Thomas. 21 and already a top drug lord in the streets of Harlem but it's one obstacle that makes this difficult. Not the people or the crimes but his 4 year old daughter , kassidy. It was devastating and a huge stage of depression for them when Kassidy's mother, King first true love horribly got killed in a shootout. King doesn't really look for relationships, he just worry about staying on top of streets along with keeping his daughter safe and taken care of. But this starts to build up on King, becoming difficult to do at once so he's plans is to hire a nanny to watch little Kassidy during his days in the streets . After a first failed try, he finds the nanny he feel kassidy will be safe with and hires her but while their living together, will this hard, broken hearted thug soften up ? Book 1 • Wattpad's original YG love story. YunginDiamond/DiaTheLit ™ ©2014-15 all copyrights reserved Writers : YunginDiamond & bri ✨ Wattys2015 Urban Winner ✨

Tavi Torres is a 16 year old girl living a care free life. She's known for her fiery attitude and beautiful face. When her crush Shayne Livingston one of the biggest drug dealers in Atlanta finally notice her she tries everything to make him want to be with her. But just like any other drug dealer Shayne isnt a fan of relationships. After being used, rejected and thrown to the side by Shayne, Tavi decides to make a change for the better. Once everything starts going good for her she gets hit with unbelievable news and it starts drama like no other. Everywhere she turns is new drama and now it's up to her to live with it, stay focused in school, and grow up all at the same time. But one thing about Tavi is that she's no good girl, she's always on her Worst Behavior! NOTE: some chapters may be private so follow me before you read so you can have access to all chapters.

"Dez loves you." ... "No. No, he doesn't." ..... Dez and Tara were together since they were 15. As the years passed and Dez headed off to college things changed so suddenly for them when cheating was discovered. Dez definitely shared a few of the same tendencies as his brother when it came to love. Now 22 years old Dez is finally coming home after graduating and Tara is more than fed up...

After serving a three year bid, Truth "Tru" Shakur is finally free and ready to get back in the game. But everything has changed since he left the game three years ago. Kandi "K" Simmons has always been there for Truth, and it isn't only because he's her childhood best friend, but because she's been in love with him since forever and a day. The real question is can Truth make it back to his rightful position at the top and come to finally realize that the woman of his dreams had been at his side all along? This ain't no regular hood love story, this is about finding love in the hood and seeing if you can keep it.