Sydney Williams. No parents to love. Just an older sister, Chasity, and a little cousin, China. She keeps to herself, and doesn't go looking for people to complete her or looking for trouble. She feels that she needs to learn how to be independent because no one is guaranteed to stay in her life forever. Until....Dominic Adams. Pretty boy of Chicago. Known as the popular boy of Chi Town High. Plays football to take his mind off his past, and prepare him for his future. Lives with his Aunt and Uncle in their small apartment with their two kids. He tells everyone the love of his life is his little sister Hope. He's been taking care of her his whole life. When these two meet, they just see each other as another person floating around in the world along with them. Well at the beginning that is. They find out they have more in common than they think. Will their common interests create a certain chemistry between them, or will it make them wish that they had never met in the first place?

Butterfly gets her heartbroken but finds romance again, with Isaiah who lives on the wrong side of the tracks. --- Twenty-three years old, Butterfly Jones has everything going for herself. She has a good job and a loving fiance. She couldn't ask for anything more. She has the perfect life in her opinion. When she gets betrayed in the worst way, she feels lost and confused. Will she be able to pick up the pieces? She just might, when the handsome Isaiah Williams comes into her life. Twenty-five years old, Isaiah Williams hasn't always had a perfect life. Having to raise his younger sister, when he was in school and having to drop out to take care of her only made matters worse. He's had to struggle while living paycheck to paycheck. Isaiah's determined to get his life on track, and he may just get the needed push when Butterfly invades his life. When Butterfly and Isaiah meet, sparks fly almost instantly. After Butterfly's recent incident, she's become wary of men altogether. When Isaiah comes and turns her world around, she's not so sure she can keep her walls built up like she's planned. When outside forces come between the two of them, they will have to prove that their love is stronger than ever. --- This story has adult content in it. It deals with adult themes. There are sex scenes and cursing. I would advise it to be read by 18+ readers.

Karma and Man are back. So is Khal, Rayla, Dre, Mac, Micah, Miss Kim and Lil' Khail. With Karma pregnant and Man facing jail time will bonnie be able to hold down her man and the empire....On her own? While still playing mommy ! With Jail time on his plate Man is more determined then ever to break away. With everything falling into his hands..Will Clyde be able to manage ? Khal and Rayla are expecting a baby...With Khal running DBD things are getting harder then ever..What will happen when the unthinkable comes into play ? Will Rayla still be the down as chick she says ? Will Khal still be the thug he talks about? Dre and Mac are still...Dre and Mac. Toss in a little Micah and Sasha...Well shit there you have it. CRAZINESS at a whole new level. Its hard loving a thug. But once you Fall for the thug you can never be free. Its like a drug. And everything you do is, For the love of a thug ! ©CopyRights Shantii 2013/2014. All rights reserved.

They say that you'll always remember your first love. For 17 year old Collette that statement couldn't be any truer. Vince, her first love left her with something so she'll never forget him. Now her parents have disowned her and she's had to move to New York to live with her older brother after the birth of her daughter. Her live is in turmoil with trying to be the best mother she can, finishing highschool, and working to support both her and her 2 month old baby. When she meets the mysterious Damon she feels she can't become mixed up in his dangerous life style, not only for her daughters sake but for herself. After Vince left her she cant seem to open her heart to another man. But when she meets Damon she can't help but feel instantly drawn to him. As hard as she tries to avoid it she finds herself wrapped up in his world or mystery and danger, but can she take the risk of staying in it ?

Ever heard Karma's a bitch?? Oh, well meet Karma Dean. Bad bitch on a money mission and fucking up whoever tries to get in her way. Karma and her brother Khal is taking it to the top with their brother-sister drug ring. But an old friend pops up in the business making things for Karma become more complicated. Creating tension, spark, and rival for business Karma now got to make a choice... But which one? When you so head deep into the game and its all you ever known, what do you do? Stay to what you known? The game? OR will she fall for the thug and give it up for him and love or maybe just say fuck it and continue her journey to the top?? Take the journey... But It ain't easy falling for a thug ... © copyright, -- @Shantii owner -- NOT EDITED -- You have been warned !!

The motto is young and im gettin it. Tylor Brown is everything a girl would want in a guy. Well except for his cocky attitude and the fact that he messes with almost every girl in California. But i mean he cant help it. He has built that habit of being a player since middle school and now he cant rid of it even if he wanted to. Tylor Brown is 18 and just graduated from high school this spring. But now its summer. The time when girls break out into their bikni's, the time when the parties are poppin, the time where everyone want to live young wild and free. Or shall i say young, SINGLE, and free. But does Tylor want to live that life this summer? Or does he want to find the right one to settle down with? Who know how this summer would turn out..

Your suppose to hold your man down no matter what..right?That's exactly what Trinity been doing for Chance since they we're little kids, she's always had his back. Now Chance is a major drug Kingpin making big moves, and he's been changing and is haven't been for the better. How long can she hold a man down who seems like he doesn't want to be held down anymore? © 2013 Ebony Goddess

Having to put up with 3 teenagers, is beyond Tiffany. She made it through the first 15 years, but its the last 4 years that are HELL. How in the hell have parents before her been able to put up with some many behavioral indiscrepancies? She SWEARS that she raised them better than THIS! Mowry and Tiffany have seemed to lose all power over one of the twins, and their son Anthony whose suppose to be the role model with him being the oldest, but he's the one who ultimately give's Tiffany the most distress in the end-- leaving her feeling defeated as a mother.

ONLY CHAPTERS 1-5 ARE AVAILABLE! Seventeen-year-old Diamond Carter has a lot on her plate with a crack headed mother, having to raise her brother, and also going to school. But all that changes when she meets a local thug. Can this thug make everything right in Diamond's life? Read this hood love story to find out. © 2012 Ebony Goddess