Chloè is a 18 year old girl that lives with her crackhead mother and abusive step father. Ever since she was younger her biological mother was never home. One night she came home with a guy name Mike claiming they had just got married. Cholè's life was never the same. She saw a change in her mother that she didn't want to see. Before her mother got married her dad was shot up in his apartment and died instantly. That night all she could do was cry. Her dad was one of the biggest drug dealers in the city but that all changed once he died. Cholè couldn't understand why her mom would get married to another drug dealer. Her mother became hateful and would always make her provide for herself. Her mothers first priority was no longer Cholè, it was mike that she treated good and that hurt Cholè the most. Things will only get worse for her or maybe not. There's no such thing as a happily ever after.

Jelean gets kidnapped by a man she meet when she was fourteen, four years ago. The cause? She is a collateral to a debt of 500 grand. He was suppose to take her sister, but the kidnapper, King Pin of Cali, claims love at first sight "...The moment I saw you, you were mine, you just didn't know it. " Can Jelean learn to love the man she is married to. Or will his abusive ways stop that from happening.

Kara James is a librarian, who seems shy and reserved. She isn't all that shy as people thinks. At the age of twenty-seven she owns her own Escort service. Kara uses the alias, Beauty. As the owner she never is the actual Escort because she has beautiful and educated women on her roster to get the job done. On the spur of the moment she has to fill in for one of her girls and has to accompany business mogul, Draydon Maxwell. Kara is knocked off her feet when he wants her to be his personal and only his Escort. What will Kara do being that she is attracted to Draydon and his deadly good looks? MATURE CONTENT & SEXUAL CONTENT!

Jayla Jones has been through drama that she vowed she would never go through again. At that age of twenty-five she is a popular nail technician that owns her own shop. She thought she had at all when she was with Dex Logan. He was the man that every woman wanted and the man that Jayla thought she had until one night her humiliated fate is revealed. After being hurt and most of all embarrassed she turned into one of the coldest females. She threw herself into her business and left all the bull behind until she meets an arrogant and sexy Jaheel Coleman. He owns his own detail and restoration shop in the heart of Atlanta. At twenty-six he is chilling and focused because no female was worth his time until he literally bumps into Jayla Jones. Jayla agrees to go on a blind date with her best friend Ashlee after she realizes who the sexy and rude man is all hell breaks loose in the middle of their date. Will Jaheel be able to melt the ice around her cold heart or will the drama that comes with him cause Jayla to be even colder? Warning!!! Mature Content! Strong Sexual Content!

What becomes of you when now you are just a debt paid off? What does this make you? No one? Nothing special? Why would the person you care the most about sell you off just for another high? Those are all of the questions that consume Raina's head. A twenty two year old single mother that's been collected as a debt. Her drug addicted mother and her games got Raina and her child in this situation. Now being someone's property. Their debt has been collected. **Mature scenes. ©COPY RIGHT 2013-2014. ALL CONTENT IN THIS STORY BELONGS TO TUSHARI MCKENZIE (HERE ON WATTPAD @MCKENZIEINAMY.) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

When a good thing goes bad, it's not the end of the world, it's just the end of our world...

Book 2

3rd book to thugged out series. don't steal.

"This was suppose to be easy, nobody was suppose to get hurt". Twenty year old Ivory Santana was what most people would call friendly and caring. She'd be the person you'd least expect to have a father running one of the biggest drug trafficking industry's in America. Ivory has went through great measures keeping that part of her life private while attending college at NYU, that is until she's taken. Twenty two year old Jade and his older brother Ohaji are 2 completely different types of people that you wouldn't expect to even associate with each other if they weren't related. With dreams of one day being as legendary as their father once was. The two brothers were given the task of kidnapping their boss, big Al's enemy's daughter until he agrees to compromise. Sounds simple enough right? WRONG. What happens when Ivory teams up with the brothers and this turns into a cat and mouse game between bonds and blood?

Aaliyah loves Trey with everything she is and she let's him know every second of the day. Does Trey care? No. He's constantly telling her off and doesn't return the same feelings. What if Aaliyah gets tired of Trey hurting her feelings? What if she's ready to move on? Will Trey let her go or realize that he loves her too?