This isn't really a book. It's more like a series of entries to help me clear my mind, hence the title: "Transparency". I'm posting these thoughts because I feel like they could probably help others. Enjoy!

"For the first time in a long time, I've finally found true happiness. You! And if you think I'm giving that up, you crazier than I thought you was." Once I said that he kind of chuckled. Maybe he thought I was out my damn mind. He could've been right. "I'm serious." I told him again. "I never should've fucked with you. " He said, walking out the door. I ran after him and grabbed him. He turned around to face me, looking agitated. "Then leave. Leave like you always do. But this'll be the last time. You wanna play, then let the games begin." ...

Lilani Peters is in her senior year of high school. Just like any other teenager, she's ready to get out of high school. After getting kicked out of her last school for drama she couldn't control, what will happen when she gets to her new school? Will everything be all peaches and cream or will drama follow her from one city to the next? Find out in Heartbreak High.

Ashley was your normal teenage girl from the hood who had it good with a promising future due to her support system, her La Familia. With a strong foundation behind her she aint have no worries but to make her family proud by continuously exceeding in school. But all that living good in the hood came to an end for Ashley when the horrible tragedy of the death and murders of her immediate family, turning her world upside down. Being thrown and the system and force to stay with her evil aunt her life spiraled down hill. She lost herself when she lost her family and was making all the wrong decisions in life. Feeling all alone and forced to take care of herself she did what anybody would do from the hood to survive, went to the streets. But like they say these streets ain't' for everybody and Ashley was on the road towards self destruction. That's until an old friends of the family stumbles back into her life catching her before she could completely hit rock bottom, Poppi. After being gone for 3 years Poppi was self made entrepreneur back in his hometown L.A California, who at the club scene on lock. Being a young boss at the age of 23 and with a legitimate business and pull from the streets, he was a very powerful and respected man who had the city in the palm of his hands. With a finance in the military and owning multiple business Poppi main priority was Ashley and to get her life back on track when he got accepted back into her life. But seeing little Ashley all grown up through his lust seeking eyes; along with having a little soft spot for her, Poppi was enthralled by her beauty causing him to have deeper then normal feelings towards her. What will happen when he take on the role of guardianship thats turns into a lecherous addiction. Will he act on these forbidden desires or will he fight the temptation holding back knowing it will go against everything he ever stood for.

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.

Alicia Jones is 17, how does someone so gorgeous get treated so badly, is it jealousy or is the damage from her childhood already done?

(Completed) Being the perfect daughter to becoming a big disappointment! Melodi is the perfect daddy's girl. Being under her parents wing at the age of twenty-one Melodi isn't able to explore the world. Until one day Melodi is forced to have a babysitter while her parents are out of town. Melodi gets a taste of the sex life from the wrong but right guy. Melodi is unable to turn back because the way he sex her she wont stand to let him go! Dealing with the temptation and the magical love making. Melodi will have to make a hard decision she thought she would never have to make. ***R-Rated*** (Warning this book contains detailed sexual activity and explicit language!)

(Completed) Sasha is a nineteen year old in high school Who lives with her alcoholic mother Jade and Hank her mother's abusive boyfriend who started raping her at the age of seventeen. Sasha has to deal with so much and also mange work and school. Can Sasha get through the next five months of school and keep her job with the drama she's dealing with at home or will Sasha be forced to drop out and quit her job to continue being her mother's money maker and Hanks sex toy? Will Sasha ever know the true meaning of love? Maybe she will when she meets Marlo a classmate and a new employee at the Elderly center where Sasha works. Can he show Sasha what she's been looking for her whole life or will he turn out just like the rest.

He's Prince Charming. His Twin Brothers From Psycho Town. She's Easily Drawn In By Both Of Them. When At The Same Time People Are Being Murdered Left And Right.

FOLLOW BEFORE READING!!! Meet Xita (pronounced Ex-zee-duh). She's just a black girl in the ghetto. Her life seems to falling apart, and it's all because of the lack of money. Jobs are being lost, and struggling is no longer and option. Sometimes you just have to use what you got to get what you want. And Xita's stopping not a hair short of Making Ends Meet. But boy, oh boy, that boy!