With the passing of her mom and being raised by her brother in the ghettos of L.A, 21 year old Sydney Harrsion strives to make her brother proud. Attending the local university with her long time best friend Chyna, she gets herself out of the streets, but that doesn't stop the past from haunting her.

Book 1 | ✓ Sweeping my curls with his hand, he unapologetically held my face, making me look at him as he spoke: "Someone should've gotten you a manual for living here. If that shocks you, then I don't know how everything else will make you react." I muffled a laugh, though deep down wanted to fall into a fetal position. He was so much more handsome up close like this with the sun behind him, angelic almost―disregarding the tattoo inscribed on the side of his neck. Picasso's full lips parted, grinning at me till my heart started acting funny-fluttering against my ribs. "I think I've got the hang of it around here. I can handle myself," I remarked, smiling. "Stop worrying about me." "The thing is I can't stop," he admitted. "And I won't." Though there was no legal ties to bind him to what he said, I believed what Picasso swore to me on that afternoon. And for that reason, I agreed to his proposition to go out on a date. ❀ Picasso is the polar opposite from the preppy rich girl that is, and always will be, Sydney Webster. However, Sydney loses it all in an instant when she hears of her father's death, leading their two worlds to collide. Kicked out of her beach house in Malibu, Sydney is forced to move in with her aunt and her three kids in a tiny apartment. Sydney goes from attending prestigious schools and yacht parties to having to walk through metal detectors before entering homeroom, gang violence brewing inside the school, and a posey of mean girls ready to put Sydney in her place and remind her where she's at on the food chain. Luckily for her, there's a savior in the chaos: Picasso Hudson. ❀ [this is a companion book to Tethered Hearts. you do not need to read that book to understand this story.] #1 in urban fiction tag (4/1/20) #1 in urbanbooks (9/8/19) #1 in goodgirl (1/31/23) #4 in badboy (2/4/20) #65 in Teen (1/11/20)

Book 1: The South Circle Meet the newest summer camp group, as these teenagers' lives become irrevocably intertwined. Now that the paths have been crossed again, they all must come together in terms of sticking together for the sake of keeping the place they all considered a second home. But how can they do it with problems of their own, and amongst one another? Constance Hope Wright, the caring and compassionate friend to many of the people in the camp. She's known for sharing advice, her bubbly personality and being a sweetheart. She's been at the camp-house for a good bit and is now coming back after moving back to her hometown to finish high school. Being out of the loop, she finds out the camp was shut down for four years because of a bad incident and there are a few changes that she doesn't know much about. While being there, she has her own problems she deals with, being afraid to disappoint her parents, or really wanting to make them proud. Will she find herself during the camp or get lost in the process? Darius Isaiah Murphy, the charming and captivating guy in the group, mostly known for having his head straight and focusing on his talents. He's looked as a leader, and bringing plenty of love to his brothers but also deals with his personal issues. He realizes he loves to hold in his pain by doing something that requires sports. Darius and Constance has always been cool but during the summer, they grew even closer as best friends. Not yet knowing that they have feelings for each other, they still hide the fact they have their own issues yet share advice to one another, being that person that they both could trust. COVER CREDIT: @theurbanroyalty

"Woah, slow down. What?" I heard him say and I furrowed my eyebrows, looking up. "Ma.." He trailed off and I already knew it was his mother. "That has nothing to do with you." He said and I sat up because I could hear him getting angry. "What's wrong?" I asked him and he put his phone on speaker. "I can't believe you got that little.." She trailed off, too angry to even get her words out. "..whore pregnant, Sage." "And then the little slut gets an abortion, I hope she knows that she will rot in hell." She said and my heart dropped. He hung up the phone on her before she could say anything else. "Baby." He looked at me as I bit my lip, standing to my feet. "Olive." He stood to his feet as well. I quickly walked to the bathroom and closed the door behind me before Sage could catch me. I broke down crying as he stood on the other side of the door. "Babygirl, I love you." "I love you too." I told him, breathing heavily. "Don't cry, love. Nothing she says matters, she's just mad because I love you so much and there's nothing she can say to change that." "Open the door for me please?" I wiped my face before I slowly opened the door for him. "I'm done with her." He said, shaking his head. He pulled me to him, wrapping his arms around my waist as he shoved his head into my neck. "Until she can learn to respect you as my lady, she's out of our life."

Follow the trials and tribulations of the infamous couple of Sincere and Effrin, who had their troubling times in the kingdom of Compton, California, where Effrin grows his drug empire and deals with his secret family while Sincere deals with the mere fact of losing her lover, protecting her daughter from the things she got into as a minor, and dealing with her addiction. Will Effrin and Sincere be able to anticipate a brighter future or will the anticipation of change eat away at them until they can't go on any longer?

Follow the trials and tribulations of the infamous couple of Sincere and Effrin, who had their troubling times in the kingdom of Compton, California where Effrin grows his drug empire while Sincere deals with the mere fact of losing her lover because of stupid decisions made in the past. After calling it a quits in the first book, after Sincere's secret came out, they decided to part ways. But six months later, they'll cross again but their pasts will soon begin to haunt them and everyone else around them when an enemy from the past resurfaces with a plan to hash out his revenge on them.

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Takashi and Toryn met each other when they were five. Became best friends at ten. Were inseparable by time they were fifteen. Built an indestructible bond at twenty. And now at the age of twenty five, after twenty years of friendship, due to the slowly deteriorating memory Toryn has had since she was a baby, she will one day forget everything. Including the one thing Takashi told her the first time they met. "Don't forget about me." -Takashi Maxwell Cover by: @lucida-

Follow five teenage girls through their journey in life and love.

"You trust me?" he asked, eyes turning soft once they made contact. "Maj, I-I-" "I said do you trust me, Lucky?" he repeated, voice hard. "...yes," she breathed out, and his next words came without hesitation, sending a chill down her spine. "Then shoot."