Trey been grindin' since he was a kid. At 23, he tryna leave that street life alone, workin' at a car shop and keepin' his circle small. He don't trust easy, don't talk much, and damn sure don't got time for drama. Zay, 21, is the type to say whatever on his mind. He loud, got a bad attitude, and stay outside-hustlin', fightin', and talkin' shit. He known in the neighborhood for runnin' his mouth and gettin' into trouble.

"He's mine too." Two of these enemies has hated each other with a passion since grade school. It was going to stay that way, at least that's what they thought until a new boy moves on their block with his older cousin. He is quiet and shy as if he seems to always be in his thoughts. This interest the two young men and they both want him. The two battle out, going out of their way to have him. Little do they know, the boy wants them both.

Kareem Jabar is a 26 year old college graduate moving back home to start as an intern at a local hospital in Miami, Florida. Returning home wasn't on his list of things but with an ill mother and an older brother running the streets it was necessary. He always imagined leaving the hood never to return but now coming back old memories and deadly secrets come back to haunt him. James "Deuce" Cartier is a 30 year old drug distributor for a big time Mexican Kingpin. He kills first and ask questions later. He has had his claws in Miami since he was just 21 and there are no signs of stopping anytime soon thats until he runs into an old flame that sparks a fire he has buried and when enemies emerge from the shadows things get deadly in a Thugs World.

The third installment of the series, From Friends to Lovers. If you haven't read Book II, please stop! Save this to your library and go read Book II. If you haven't read Book I either read that first. (Obviously) In this book, we'll pick up a few months after where we left off, backstories will be used to explain what has happened.

His whole childhood Cedric had to deal with Qamari's bullshit. He's used to the bullying, name calling, body shaming or whatever is thrown his way. But what will he do when Qamari starts to catch feelings? RANKED #3 FOR URBANBXB

𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 '𝖘𝖎𝖗'

𝙽𝙱𝙰𝙽𝙰𝚁𝙳𝙾- 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

" 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄, 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 " - 𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐜 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫.