🏆🥇🏅Winner of the 2019 ANGIE THOMAS O.V.O.S AWARD🏆🥇🏅 A personal favorite by the judges and described as a story that "touches your soul and teaches you a lesson, makes you think." Follow 17 year old Nyla Baedee through her journey of self love, self confidence, and self discovery, as she finally learns to love the skin she's in. Book cover by me Copyright © 2016 Kira Melvin 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. I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication. Started: 10/10/16 Ended: 11/09/17

My work #1| Meet Alyssa-- Alyssa thinks that you should treat people how you want to be treated. She's the type to give homeless people her last dollar. She's a little ditsy, a bit naive but a lot of smart. Meet Jayceon-- Everybody calls him JC, he's In a gang called NOL which stands for "No One Lives", he sells weed and when someone life needs to be ended, he's the first person people call. He doesn't trust many and only sticks to his squad. He says trust gets you killed and that's why he barely makes conversation with people. Jayceon thinks Alyssa just a stuck up princess and Alyssa thinks Jayceon is a rude boy who uses girls. When Jayceon get paired with Alyssa for a school project will their opinion change or stay the same? Will she be the antidote?

My Work #2| Alyssa antidote ran out which means she will need a new prescription, when she cash outs for the refill will it be what she wanted? Sequel to Antidote

Twenty-two year old Hazel K. Langston made a bad decision back when she was 16 years old. Thinking the decision wouldn't affect her in the future, Hazel kept the aftermath a secret. Little did she know, her bad decision came right back to her 6 years later.

Bad boy, good girl, cliche happily ever after ending right? Well, not with Melissa and Jionni. One boy is free to do whatever he wants, while the other is sheltered and has her every move watched by her parents. At Baton Rouge High School, "hood boy" Jionni and his friends aren't too fond of the only girl in school who has money, referring to her as a "silver spoon child." But after Jionni has a change of heart, he and the rich girl decides to keep it a secret that they hang out on a regular. After hanging out for some time, the two starts to find interests in things that they never bothered with before. Once their friends and family start to wonder why they're changing and acting out of character, they start to do their own secret investigation to find out what's REALLY happening with the two. It all goes down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ;)