Perspective is a funny thing; Stirling Thomas, those two words alone were enough to have anyone running in the opposite direction and cowering in fear. The town has heard all of the rumours, they know he has just been released from prison and they know he is notoriously infamous for being in some sort of crime gang. But they don't actually know HIM. When his sweet old mama invites the girl next door to live with them for a while he has to learn how to find the balance between being a brutal crime lord or revealing something nobody ever thought he had - his heart. This isn't a gang story per say, it's more about the man BEHIND the gang. 🩶

Keeping a secret comes easy to Jacob Fletcher. He has been well practised for years. A hidden talent or is that a talent for hiding? He just has to lay low and get through it all. When everything changes, will he be able to change with it? *Trigger Warning: Physical Abuse*

Parker Hayes has had a tough life. His parents robbed a bank without telling him they were going to and held him at gunpoint in the middle of it. His girlfriend's parents accused him of sexually assaulting her. He's been in and out of the legal system since his life turned upside down. Now, out and living with his abusive grandparents, Parker has almost turned his life around with the help of Principal Lazer. Until he breaks probation. Parker is sentenced to return to the place where his enemy remains: River Bay Juvenile Correction Facility. Trey Kutcher was once Parker's best friend and tried to kill Parker. Parker must return and decide if he is going to accept his fate of spending his life in prison after he turns eighteen or if he is going to fight to be free. To be free, he has to accept help from those who have hurt him. To be free, he has to find himself again. Will he be able to or will RBJCF destroy what's left of him?

Fifteen year old Lincoln Taylor's life had finally settled down, before the unthinkable happened. Suddenly sent to live with a father he never knew and a family he had never even met, his life is turned upside down. Finding love along the way, he struggles to find out where and who he should be in the world. Will he return to a life in the London underworld or learn to trust again?

Tommy Egan is fire-loud, reckless, always moving like the streets are in his blood. Amara Lennox is control-quiet power, sharp boundaries, and a life she built with her own hands. They're not supposed to make sense together. He's chaos. She's standards. He's used to people folding when they hear his name. She doesn't fold-she looks him in his face and makes him earn every second of her attention. Tommy wants her because she's the first person who doesn't need him, doesn't fear him, and won't be bought. Amara wants nothing to do with his world... until his world starts circling hers, and she realizes the danger isn't just Tommy-it's everything that comes with him. And once Tommy decides she's his? Chicago learns real quick-Amara isn't his weakness. She's his reason.