Tasheena Hinton has a secret that no one knows. Focused on graduating, going to college, and her first relationship, there is one thing missing in her life and that's not knowing who her father is. Can an early graduation gift from her younger sister help solve this puzzle for Tasheena so that she can finally begin to heal from the suffering of years of abuse and neglect? Terrence Dunn is enjoying his senior year as a star basketball player at his high school. He has an incredible girlfriend and is committed to play basketball at Kansas State University. Everything in his life seems perfect until he learns a dark secret about his best friend and neighbor, Tasheena Hinton. Terrence decides to help Tasheena by embarking on a summer road trip after graduation to help her find answers in hopes that it will also help her begin to heal. On this trip, as he learns more about her he finds himself looking at her in a way that he never has before despite that she is already in a relationship with his teammate and friend, Qasim "Q" Matthews. Tasheena finds herself torn between the two friends. With everything she has been through will she finally find some peace? Most importantly will she allow anyone to get close enough to kiss her scars? © 2017 D.S. Little All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. Copyright law. ************

Johanna and Jose are from two different sides of the track, during the time of a power war between the Blacks and the Latinx's the two cross paths in more ways than one. How far are you willing to go to defend who you are? How far are you willing to go for love? What do you do when the two pull you to opposite sides?

Khari Valentine is a basketball player from New Orleans, Louisiana who seems to be very rough around the edges. His move to Washington, DC to play college ball for Georgetown University is less than smooth. He meets a very well rounded young lady in Malia King. She's smart, beautiful, spiritual, and patient. Can they build a friendship or would the two think that they have nothing in common?

Works #1: Ahmad Hassan Sinclair, 25, was taught to always fight and work hard for what he wanted. In the life he was given nothing was ever handed to him. He grew up in the hoods of Houston, witnessing things no child should ever see in their life. His mom and pop worked hard just tryna make ends meet, to keep food on the table and clothes on their kids back. But it was far from easy .. Seeing his parents struggle the way they did for years, motivated him to work ten times harder. He made it a mission to not end up like his folks, he wanted more in life. He knew there was more to life than what he grew up seeing. But he also knew in order to be somebody in this world as a black man he had to fight and strive for it and also dodge the bullshit that came along with it. He set goals, he had dreams, he had a vision and nothing could stop him from achieving them. Now that he's at the top of his game, making money, living the live he always wanted, seeing the things he never seen and moving up the success path .. he figured life would eventually turn out to be great but sadly he still isn't happy or content with how things are.. there's this one missing piece in his life that will fully complete him. But let's see how determined Ahmad will be to find what that missing piece is or what he will do to get it.