Everything happens for a reason. It’s what Ioney Mercer tells herself whenever she pauses to think about the circumstances of her life. Why did her older brother die? Why did her mother leave her with five brothers and sisters to raise? Why did the only person she’d ever fallen in love with have to go? Because everything happens for a reason. Saying it was one thing. Believing it was another. And recently, the mantra had started sounding more like an annoying show tune that could easily be tuned out rather than the unfailing piece of truth she needed it to be. But then, one silly little saying could only get you so far when your life was on the line yet again. More importantly, it meant absolutely nothing when your family was being targeted as well. Things are starting to shake up in Chicago. Callahan Cordero has been released from prison. His first order of business: Revenge on the person responsible for putting him there. With nowhere to run or hide, Ioney has no choice but to engage the enemy head on. The only question left to ask is whether she will stand alone, or if help will come from the most unlikely of places.

Rose Addams was born to be a fighter. She grew up to become the strongest boxer. But after the death of her father she gives it all up. All her time is now consumed with studies and taking care of her little brother since her own mother seems to never be around. Her friends try to take her out to parties, anything that would bring Rose back to life but she discarded that lifestyle for a long time. That is until she was forced to attend one. This is where a certain badboy happens to walk into her life, a very devilishly handsome eighteen year old who happens to be more than meets the eye. But what happens when Rose finds out that there's more to the schools badboy? What if he's involved in something much bigger? What if her past becomes both their present? Will she run away or will she fall hard? Are they truly destined to be together?

Skye Moreno's life is pretty different to most other girls her age. For as long as she can remember she's been involved in a world full of guns, drugs and criminals. At only 19, she's been molded into a ruthless killing machine who will stop at nothing to keep her family happy. When her eldest brother, Elliot, returns from prison and brings back with him the handsome and dangerous gang leader, Blake Reynolds, things begin to change in Skye's life and she begins to fall for him. That is until she starts to suspect that Blake isn't all he seems, what is he hiding and can Skye face the truth? WARNING: CONTAINS LACK OF PLOTTING, GOOD GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Kalen Mercer's Rules of Survival Rule #1: Don't get caught. Rule #2: Always get even. Rule #3: Trust Nobody. Survival isn't just a word to Ioney Mercer; it's a way of life. Having grown up in poverty in Chicago where some of the most ruthless gangs in the country preside, Ioney knows better than anyone what it takes to stay in the game. Or so she thought. When her older brother Kalen is brutally murdered and Ioney is left to take care of her younger siblings, she doesn't think things can get any worse. That is until in a cataclysmic turn of events, Ioney is thrown into a pit of danger her brother has left behind. Sinister people have suddenly developed an interest in her, she unwittingly falls into the middle of growing gang rivalries, and unfortunately manages to land herself under the scrutiny of Chicago Blood Kings Enforcer Justice Montoya. As things escalate rapidly, Ioney finds herself at a crossroads. Can she trust notoriously ruthless gangster Justice Montoya, or is he just another enemy she has to conquer in order to survive.