The coming of age of a young girl, abused and abandoned by her mother, left to find her own way. Life may not start out all peaches and cream for Courtney...but with a little savvy and a lot of determination she might just turn it all around. Join her on a journey from innocence to independence. Determined not to be consumed by life's struggles, Courtney learns to take advantage of the obstacles she faces. Will she self-destruct or burn bright? Copyright © 2017 Toni Munford All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. Reached #513 in teen fiction

Nayeli Bennet is a 20 year old girl struggling to get through college since her father has fallen ill. After selling their house and their cars, her family is forced to move into her aunts house where they feel un-welcomed. Determined to help her family, she works hard and balances two jobs but things soon take an unexpected turn. While walking to work one day she is caught in the middle of a shoot out where she comes meets two guys. Soon after the incident she loses the only job thats been supporting her so she gets desperate. She takes a chance and gets involved with the same two guys who could've caused her to lose her life. Nov.2016 Copyright © 2016 jupiterscript™, Self Publishing ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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"I love you Lyric! How many times do I have to tell you that." he yelled at me. "How am I suppose to know your telling me the truth? How do I know you won't hurt me?" I cried. "Man I can't take this no more. I'm tired, physically and emotionally" he said as he walked towards the front door to leave. "I'M SORRY! Please don't go! I'm trying. I promise I am, it's just hard" I yelled crying even harder. He stop in his tracks and turned around to look me in my eyes. He then kissed me on my forehead. "Call me when you got it all together and figured out. Because this" he pointed from me to him " Isn't healthy" He then turned back around continuing his walk out the house closing the door behind him. When you've never felt love how are you to know when it's in your path? Love, that's a strong feeling. I've always wanted someone to love me but my reality is that no one ever will! My struggle is greater then me. Its like even when people say they love me ,it feels foreign.

*must read books 1&2 before this* After Shayne was sent to prison Tavi completely moved on with her life, and turned into the women she's supposed to be. Tavi is now engaged and seems happy to the public, but behind closed doors she is trying to help her fiance with his problems to keep her and her daughter safe. Being behind bars hasn't stopped Shayne from running the streets. With the help of Chris he has built an empire and doesn't at all plan on stopping. But now that he's gone everyone turned their backs on him, leaving him in a lonely state of mind.

Growing up Audrey had good life. She had two sides, At home, she was a amazing confident woman but at school she was the shy insecure curvy girl... Aaydan is the school famous basketball player... he has it all girls,money and popularity. But he don't want all that, he just want a girl who won't just use him to gain popularity. What happens when they finally meet each other will they have love at first sight or will somebody else take a plunge at Audrey's heart?