When Beauty meets the Beast where love weathers storms. A mother-a friend-a provider-a giver- a fighter, yet flawed. 27 year old Shawnee carries the weight of these titles well as she takes on the daily task of caring for her 6yr old son, while trying to find her way in love and life. With dreams beyond her nurses aide background, Shawnee takes a leap of faith in the middle of crisis. As her world shatters around her, with some of the brokenness still intact-she falters. Not for long does she tread the line between happiness and tragedy, before reality sets in. Odell's youth was spent causing chaos all whilst attempting to put the pieces of his life back together. At the age of 18 he's forced out of his childhood home, in the aftermath of leading a life no parent would wish for their child. His own indiscretions bring about further poor decision making, but loneliness cures the bite of his rugged outlook. Determined to grow from his mistakes, Odell distances himself in the extreme. Over 500 miles away from what was comfortable and known to him, he clears a murky path for himself in Atlanta, Georgia. It's there that he discovers that what he needed was in closer proximity than he'd thought. The seemingly odd pair finds comfort in their ability to bond and adapt without much firsthand knowledge of each other. However, what brings them together, may very well be a part of what shifts their relationship for the better and worst. ----------SAVING GRACE ----------- Copyright © 2015 -----book title subject to change----- All Rights Reserved. Copyright ©2015 I don't not own the rights to any photos/videos used unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved to the owners of said images.

This is the third book in the "Unapologetically Me" series. If you haven't read "Unapologetically Me" and "A Silenced Gift" please don't read this story until you've read them. This is a spin-off following one of Fatima's best friends, Chanel Henderson, on her journey to find "what's best for her." For Chanel, meeting Trey Songz was initially only supposed to be a fantasy. However, all of that changed from the moment they first laid eyes on each other. What was supposed to be the fulfillment of only one night of pleasure, turned into something more and at the same time nothing at all. And it lasted longer than either believed it would. While watching her two best friends, Fatima Ward and Autumn Allen, move on in more serious relationships, she decides that it's time she give being in a relationship a try. As much as she wishes it could be with Trey, she knows Trey can't give her more. What started between them was based on sex, it was never meant to be anything more but "fun." She tries to move on and find love with a "normal guy," but everywhere she turns, Trey is there. Will she follow her heart or do what makes the most sense? © 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. ************

My works #4 //. King Thomas. 21 and already a top drug lord in the streets of Harlem but it's one obstacle that makes this difficult. Not the people or the crimes but his 4 year old daughter , kassidy. It was devastating and a huge stage of depression for them when Kassidy's mother, King first true love horribly got killed in a shootout. King doesn't really look for relationships, he just worry about staying on top of streets along with keeping his daughter safe and taken care of. But this starts to build up on King, becoming difficult to do at once so he's plans is to hire a nanny to watch little Kassidy during his days in the streets . After a first failed try, he finds the nanny he feel kassidy will be safe with and hires her but while their living together, will this hard, broken hearted thug soften up ? Book 1 • Wattpad's original YG love story. YunginDiamond/DiaTheLit ™ ©2014-15 all copyrights reserved Writers : YunginDiamond & bri ✨ Wattys2015 Urban Winner ✨

Danielle Suarez is happily married to her high school and college sweetheart, Christian Suarez. When the young, happy couple find themselves in desperate financial circumstances they decide to go to Vegas with the last bit of their savings to try and win enough money to get them out of the hole they had dug themselves in. In a chance meeting Danielle meets, New York Giants wide receiver, Odell Beckham, Jr. After losing all of their savings gambling that night, Odell borrows Danielle for "luck" in his high roller card game. It is her "luck" that wins him a million dollars. At a private party later that night he presents an offer to the couple that they can't refuse. Can Danielle and Christian survive the test they put their marriage through? Do professional athletes really get any woman they want? How far will each person go for love? ***I am not affiliated with Odell Beckham Jr., the NFL, the New York Giants, or anyone mentioned in this book. This is a completely fictional story.*** © 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. ************

A lot of people don't get as many opportunities at success & even friendship as Dave and Bernice did. David Brewster aka Dave East and Bernice Burgos were just 2 Harlem kids from the east side trying to make it. They were best friends..at one point at least. After a couple moves out of NY then back their friendship ended, but now as adults could they respark it? A reunited friendship will change them for the better. Watch these Black Roses bloom... ⚠️Book 2: Gold Petals⚠️ All events in this book are fictional. Some instances such as events and characters may be based off of real life but nothing is 100% factual.

A puzzle was meant to be complicated and complex. They were meant to make you become frustrated with its mazes of curves and turns in the pieces- the same pieces that make up a beautiful picture. But what if you had an never ending puzzle with unlimited pieces- No, No, No. Ok scratch that, What if you got to the end of that puzzle and you only had one piece- one more piece until you accomplished your goal of completing this puzzle. But what if the last piece you had wasn't the right piece, all your hard work thrown down the drain, along with all your other failures in life. What then? Well I'm here to tell you that there's no such thing as a wrong piece- or a piece that doesn't 'fit'. "Just throw it out if it doesn't fit." I remember her saying to me. But like I said before, there's no such thing. "Juss' because a piece don't fit, don't mean it's not da' right one." Silly me though, I let the piece go.

My name, is Armani- meaning shy, unique, and for those I care about, relentless. I'm from downtown New Orleans, yeah that one; the one that no good backstabbing Alsina boy from. Matter fact I knew the real him. I loved the real him! Him and Mel. Melly B was my bestfriend. They helped me and my little sister out of a terrible situation, made us feel like family, took us into a loving home- something we never really had. But right when our happiness was finally falling into place, they left us, both of them left us. My happiness just up and burned away. One promised me that when he came up and could afford the life he thought we deserved he would return for me and my sister, but of course the good life took over his mind, the flashing lights blinded him to the lost souls that he'd left behind. So, in other words, he never did come back for us. In the end I realized I only have myself. I have to take care of myself- I'm the only person who's going to watch after me and my Kali. She's all I got and I'm all she's got, so either way it goes I'm going to take care of mines. But all in all I will never forgive him. Ever! He took away my happiness. He took away my heart. He took away a part of my world, when I had already lost so much. But he promised me .... he promised he would come back for me, for us. But I guess in the end he didn't really care about me just like everybody else in the world. So I held on to my happiness named Kali and swore on my life I would protect her with everything in me, I would die for her just like Mel would have. And that's what I did for years. I covered up all the things that made me vulnerable, put my past behind me- well I tried to at least- and became a model to provide for me and my Kali. That is until 'he' was right there in front of me, the one I begged to Don't Forget About Me. He-He was right there...the beloved man himself. The king of heart breakers himself. And they call him- "August."

Currently Being Edited. Book One: Armoni Jones, scarred but yet she still shines through. Raped as a teenager by her uncle, became pregnant and had a miscarriage. Straight A student through high school, full ride track scholarship to one of the best colleges in the State where she's on the dean's list. Jerome Jackson, an excellent athlete with amazing talent broken since his fathers death, it still haunts him. A drug dealer trying to provide for himself and his daughter. When these two cross paths with they fall in love or have Trust Issues? Copyright © 2013 @Its_Imani

Book Three: Armoni and Jerome are the prime example of a blended family. In Trust Isn't The Only Issue, we learned of Jerome's deceit and infidelity throughout their marriage as well as his struggle with addiction caused by demons from his past. Armoni continues to struggle with her own demons as well as dealing with bouts of depression and bi-polar disorder. Will they ever learn to trust each other again?

Four years into the future, about to graduate college, Aliyah and Marcus have both created new lives for themselves. Both being on the road to official adulthood, they both have came along way despite them not being in each other lives. Now after all this time, the one thing that brings them together again, is the same thing that changes their lives rapidly.They're both faced with their new realities, learning how to deal, telling lies and making mistakes along the way. Interception- The act of a defensive player catching a forward pass made by a opponent.. Intercept- To obstruct someone or something from continuing to a destination before it or they arrive. What do these two have in common? Time will only tell.