Interior Design major Cyntheia Rivera, has been working her whole life to get where she's at. Now at 21 being one of the most respected, and requested interior designer for the stars she couldn't have it any other way. Fresh off the streets, and finally living the life he was destined for August Alsina is making big purchases, and finally is building the life he believes he & his family has always deserved. Once he gets hold of one of the best interior designers in the country it becomes long months of working on the perfect house, but of course nothing ever goes smoothly in the fast life. Fights, Accidents, and a test of loyalty is just what little these two will face in their time of meeting one, and other, but is any pay check worth this?

It's survival of the fittest, and a real dog eat dog world. That's all Ronnie Menuno's has known his whole life, so when he starts slangin' in the streets at the tender age of fourteen it comes as no surprise to anyone. Now six years later Ronnie is at the top of the drug game, and is feared in all the streets, but there's one girl who was tough enough to soften this hard guy out, and before she knows it, she's far too deep to come back. When is enough, enough, and what are you really willing to sacrifice for status, money, and love of the most loathed?

It's been simple for O'Shae; You go to school all your life, get a degree, get a good paying job, kids, a nice home and live out your years in retirement when it's all said and done. That's how it's been, how things have always been according to her family, but that isn't how O'Shae's seen things. She knows there's much more to life than what she's seen and she knows she can do more than the All-American-Dream, she just never had anyone to show her what more she can do. August has not had it easy in the least bit. Hustling his way althrough life and finally graduating high school, he doesn't know what to do next, until an acceptance letter from a college comes in the mail. No one would expect the name to be August's, but it is and now it's time for the hustle to go to school. A BeautyAndTheBrain original. All Rights Reserved Anything stated in this book is pure fictional and if any events are similar it is by pure coincidence!

Head full of hair, mind full of thoughts, flat footed when she walks. Quiet, but outspoken, mediocre but extraordinary, simple but complex. Crisp hair line, mind full of thoughts, a certain swagger in his walk. Outspoken, but reserved, sarcastic but sincere, coward, but brave. God bless the black kids still true to themselves even on the block where the crack lives. Roots so deep they'd probably touch the ocean floor. But understand these kids unapologetically black, growing from the strangest trees these black berry babies got a lot to carry. A BeautyAndTheBrain and GoldenGoddessR collaboration.

"Was I good enough for you? Took a chance on loving you. You're asking what you can do to fix this problem between me and you; I'm just apart of the picture that shattered of me and you." Sequel to Different Playing Fields A BeautyAndTheBrain Original series

To what I owe him the pleasure of walking out of my life, for the accidental falling into the palm of his hands to be toyed with until I couldn't take it no more. To what I owe him of being the bank teller for all his much needed loans, to all his self improving speeches. To what do I owe myself, turning over my mind, body and spirit to a man that felt so immaculate, that the name of god was the only one he thought he possessed. To what do I owe myself... A BeautyAndTheBrain Original Urban Novel

*Sequel to Belong To The City* After their tragic breakup that was sure to ruin them, August and Cyntheia are on two different playing fields when it comes to moving on. Going through girl after girl, August is unsuccessful in getting rid of the memory of his first love and with the constant reminder of his infidelity knocking at the back of his head, moving on is harder than it looks. After the tragic events that were sure to change her for good, Cyntheia is slowly getting back to the woman she once was with the people she loves by her side.Not only that, but the new bundle of joy on the way is making this mother to be, want nothing but the beat for not only her family, but herself, but the skeletons in her closet seem to be endless. BeautyAndTheBrain

Eli isn't your typical girl and this isn't your typical love story. She just wants someone to love her and accept her, flaws and all. © 2017-2018 ™. All rights reserved.

A year and a half later August and Kashmere are still together. Nothing and no one can come between the love that they have for one another. They say the best things in life are unexpected and that has never been more true. © 2014-2015 RaquelR.™. All rights reserved.

Two years have gone by, life was going great for the couple until something happened that no one could of predicted. They say everyone grieves differently and Kashmere is finding that out the hard way.