Sarye "Riya" Knowles is a certified boss in every sense of the word. At just 32, she's built a brand from scratch after walking away from a toxic relationship and raising her daughter. By day, Sarye is a thriving entrepreneur running her own cosmetic company. By night, she's the unapologetic, witty voice behind the hit podcast "Pillow Talk & Real Sh*t", where she keeps it raw and unfiltered about love, relationships, sex - and why women need to love themselves first. She's known for her infamous line: "Sis... your man is NOT in prison! Stop glamorizing struggle love" Sarye knows the harsh reality of that life. But life gets real when her wild, brutally honest best friend and co-host Josalyn dares her - to write a prison pen pal. The topic? Whether love can really be found behind bars. Thinking it's harmless content and knowing full well it's against everything she believes, Sarye agrees. It's just a letter. A joke. A teachable moment. That't until she encounters Steffon "Street" Austin, a 35-year-old inmate serving time with 15 years left on his sentence. But what starts as playful dare quickly turns into long letters, raw vulnerability, and undeniable chemistry. Street isn't who she expected. Charming. Intelligent. Business-minded. A protective energy that makes her feel safe - even from behind bars. Their connection is instant but layered with complications. Soon, Sarye finds herself sneaking to the mailbox like a teenager, rearranging her beliefs, and questioning everything she's ever preached to her listeners.

Nala Maxine Hartwell senior at W.D Banks highschool is the Cheer leading captain and on again off again girlfriend of Basketball player / rapper Jahron "Ronnie"Chestnut. But when the new girl Tiana White sparks Nala's curiosity the halls of banks high will get real .

"I need you" Corrine Parker was troubled. After her father was sent to prison for killing his mistress in a fit of rage and her mother diagnosed with stage four liver cancer, Seventeen year old Corrine is sent to live with her twenty five year old stripper sister named Isis who lives the fast life. Deemed a prude by everyone around her Corrine is in for a wake up call when it comes to dealing with her sister and her choice of men. After Isis agrees to house a hood rich hit man, Corrine's living situations grows a bit complicated after her sister and her open Pandora's box. Kareem Davis was only thirteen when he witnessed his father being killed by a drug related drive by and there was nothing he or anybody could do about it. As soon as he turned of age he decided that he'd enjoy nothing more than taking out the people who took his father from him. After a less than ordinary night at an strip club he and his boys regularly attend he finds himself in a storm of trouble when he attempts to kill the owner of the place after discovering he had something to do with his fathers death only to fail. Word in the hood travels fast and now he's forced to hide out while playing a cat and mouse game with his worst nightmare and dodging his feelings.

||Sequel to Love Cycle|| 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝔻𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕘𝕠 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕠 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕞𝕖 '𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 Blue is sentenced to 5 years in prison. As soon as he leaves Jayda finds out she's pregnant. Unknowingly to Blue, she's raising a child that belongs to him. He comes back ready to make amends, but what about the new man in Jayda's life?

Victoria is a girl who doesn't get out much. She's what people call a "goody-two shoes" She's not the partying type too much and she plays by the rules. But most importantly, she's a church girl. Many of her friends thinks she needs to get out more so she takes a chance and does just that. She goes to a party and meets Odell. A local, known drug dealer in L.A. He doesnt know she is and she catches his eye. But will she be what he expected?

"All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend. Down to ride til the very end, me and my boyfriend" -Jay-Z & Beyoncé

"In this life of sin, most people are just looking to get rich, fuck, and brag. Me? I was just looking to survive. Get up each day and live what complicated of a life my deadbeat father and crackheaded mother gave to me. Sin poisoned me at a young age. Now it just runs in my blood" -Rowan Williams 🌺 [Book 2 to Royalty] Rank#5: June 5th Rank #6: June 2nd Rank #9: June 1st Rank #15: May 19th Rank #21: May 14th Rank #27: May 10th Rank #33: May 7th Rank #40: May 5th Rank #57: April 30th Rank #72: April 27th Rank #91: April 23rd Rank #143: April 21st Rank #378: April 18th Published: April 15th 2018

Twenty-two year old Belinda Bureau, a young woman from Chicago, is kidnapped. When she is awakened, her whole life does a 180 once she finds out she is now an escort and lives with thirty other women in a mansion. The man who took her will soon regret it, but will she find a way out or will she end up falling for him? UrbanTai™ Copyright© All Rights Reserved®I Inspired by LexTheAuthor