A lot of people don't get as many opportunities at success & even friendship as Dave and Bernice did. David Brewster aka Dave East and Bernice Burgos were just 2 Harlem kids from the east side trying to make it. They were best friends..at one point at least. After a couple moves out of NY then back their friendship ended, but now as adults could they respark it? A reunited friendship will change them for the better. Watch these Black Roses bloom... ⚠️Book 2: Gold Petals⚠️ All events in this book are fictional. Some instances such as events and characters may be based off of real life but nothing is 100% factual.

Closed off from love, Kairo Young wasn't expecting to come across someone who would make him want to give love a try. Seeming to only attract women looking for a come up, comes to an end when he sets his eyes on one beauty and being a guy that goes after what he wants he makes no exception when he sees Asia Jennings. Asia Jennings was not looking for love, all she wanted was to graduate college, she never knew coming across Kairo Young would turn her world upside down. Follow these two are they try to see if their love can prevail the haters, lies, and jealousy, or will they crumble under the pressure and be each others best mistake.

|| Chris Brown || Trinity has never been to the hood or even imagined what the hood would be like. That's until her and her father moved out to New York from the luxurious California. There, she meets a group of urban kids where she experiences crime, death, and violence. What's really hood.

She didn't expect to fall as hard as she did and she didn't expect to reveal one of her darkest secrets that she swore to take with her to the grave.

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

Treasure Lloyd is a twenty-eight year old business mogul and entrepreneur residing in Philadelphia. Instead of working for her father like her twenty-four year old brother Manner, Treasure took the high road on her own with her line up of businesses. From boutiques to manufacturing companies and promotions. She does it all. Including, having to take on father's business when he becomes ill. Having to slow her own business down, she finds herself running both companies and meeting Carter. Carter Owens is a twenty-nine year old club owner residing in Philadelphia as well. Not growing up with as much privilege as Treasure, Carter went through a world of struggles to become as successful as he is now. He watched his father struggle and knew that he had to do better for himself. Usually when he meets someone like Treasure, he has a certain attitude towards them. However, something about Treasure keeps him interested. It's just something about her. Take a journey with Treasure and Carter as two different worlds collide. This is an Urban-Fiction, Secure the Bag.

All Eliza Lewis has ever been in her life is broken. She never learned to love herself, and everyone around her only brought her down. This is, until she met Kendrick. He gave her that boost of self confidence. He told her she was beautiful. He treated her better than anyone she knew of, and it changed everything. She began to smile, laugh, come out of her shell. But, best of all, she learned to love, not only herself, but others as well. Everything was perfect, until a few old friends popped up.

When Lauren's mother died, her abusive father looks to her to play the role of house wife and bedmate. Lauren finds a way to escape it all when she meets local barbershop owner and Kingpin Rio.

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