As Parker and Dave move on up with their life and open up to new beginnings. What happens as the strong couple go through more storms and become struck by lightning? Having such a beautiful family, they decide to leave the fast New York life behind and moving to Florida, what happens when Dave's criminal past follows him and Parker's secret opens up in front of her husband's life? Like every couple, they go through ups and downs, but when a storm approaches, can the love still be strong? Can Dave love Parker beyond her hidden secret? Is Parker wiling to deal with a piece Dave's horrific lifestyle to enter back into their lives? With love comes trust and loving each other beyond their flaws. Will this family be able to love each other naked and bare or will their love become struck by lightning and fall apart? Read to find out.

She's fallin' in love now Losin' control now Fightin' the truth Tryin' to hide But I think it's alright

| Dave East x Jayda Cheaves | 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒, 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑊𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛' ---

Chai [shy] Bennett never thought love would lead her astray after risking it all for her high school sweetheart. He promised her a life of luxury and ease, but the cost was more than Chai could bargain for. She becomes a slave to the man she once knew and her opulent living quickly turns into a life of hell. Saint Campbell is another prisoner to his decisions as he tries to break the shackles of his past and find himself outside of the stigma. Being a former convict is a harsh start to his new beginning and his inner circle doesn't make it any better. Having to choose between his family, friends and future leads him down a dark, uncertain path. These two worlds collide in a brutal fight to freedom where life doesn't play fair. The battle tests their limits to the very end and creates a whirlwind of chaos. Will they make it out alive or will it just be another day in Chicago? (Completed in 2022 | Unedited) DISCLAIMER: This book contains details of physical and sexual abuse, with controversial topics. Reader discretion is advised. Please have respect for the subject matter and read with an open mind. Thank you.

26 year old Parker Hardware is a successful black woman who strives on her own working as a therapist. Growing up as the young girl with perms and hot combs, her life later changed to weaves and lace fronts. With difficulty finding her inner self in a brain washed world, she wanted to find peace and love. After a 4 year relationship of betrayal and abuse, he heart still aces with pain. In the gritty streets of Harlem, can the cold-hearted Dave love her for who she is? Can he love her naked behind all her flaws once she lets go of what's holding her back? Will he accept her once he knows the real truth?

Keisha is left with her nieces to raise, after her sister dies during child birth. Is she ready? No. Does she have a choice? Not really. She has no other family left. She has solid people in her corner though. She minds her business and stays low key. Keisha is determined to be the best she can be, by any means necessary. She will always protect her kids, herself, and her loved ones. Does always necessarily mean always? Death is inevitable.

What a tangled web we weave, when we lie to deceive.. Having to watch his parents demise at an early age, Joseph is brought up by an uncle who played off his parents death to his advantage breeding Joseph to be a cold, emotionless and calculated demon. After completing a six year bid for an assault with a deadly weapon charge, twenty-six year old Joseph Combs is set on living an honest life and leaving his past behind. Shortly after his release he meets an angel on earth in the form of a woman whom is able to break down that wall and show him what it feels like to love and be loved. But when a storm begins to brew, his past comes knocking on his door forcing him to turn back into the person he fought so hard to change from. Having to lead a double life, what are the lengths he'll go to protect the woman he loves and his future from his past. DISCLAIMER STORY HAS 0 ASSOCIATION TO PHOTOS OF CHARACTERS IN REAL LIFE. THIS STORY IS PURE FICTION Sep. 2021

SEQUEL TO LIES YOU TELL After Graces world comes crashing down around her, she struggles to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and mend her shattered perception of life upon learning that the man she grew to love more than life itself was a cold and remorseless murderer. Landing the position as a criminologist on the NYPD homicide squad, she works hard to rebuild a new life for herself and leave the past in the past. After waiting four long years, Joseph finally gets put on a highly publicized trial and with the help of a well known criminal defense lawyer, the jury reaches a verdict that rocks the city of New York. During those four years being incarcerated, Joseph is forced to let go of the love of his life but upon his release their paths inevitably cross and now he has to fight for and work to earn her love and trust back. To do so, Joseph finally opens up to Grace about his dark past but opens up a can of worms in the process. Grace learns about history of her own family and uncovers dark secrets not even her mother knows which puts her in danger. In a dark twist of faith, Joseph learns who the true enemy is. Will Grace and Joseph finally get their happily ever after? Smoke and mirrors- the obscuring of the truth of a situation with misleading information. DISCLAIMER: This story is a work of pure fiction. Story has no association to photos in the story used to depict the characters in real life. Dec 2021

"I heard the freaks come out at night," Yuri pushed Dave's shoulder with a slight giggle as they stared out over the water, "amongst other things, like the moon, the beautifully lit night sky," he gently grabbed her chin so that their gazes were fixated on each other, "and the stars, and I see all that just by looking into your eyes." Yuri found herself melting like an ice cream cone on a hot summer day under his gaze, but she knew his words meant nothing, invalid basically, seeing as though they couldn't move forward with whatever this was. Gently removing his hand from her face, she looked at the ground that sat beneath them, before looking back over to him. "Dave, I just don't think-" "We're not out here to think." She let the words that had so effortlessly flowed from his mouth, marinate in her head before speaking, "I can't help it," she bit down on her lip.

Desire Monroe is a young successful Chemist. She is on a month vacation when her grandma Sylvia Monroe needs her to do a favor for her. She fell and fractured her ankle and wants Desire to be the fill-in housekeeper. Desire thinks she is going to be housekeeping for a guy named Anthony, until she falls asleep in his bed and is awakened by August Anthony Alsina. August is rude to her when her finds her asleep in her bed, but Desire stands her grounds. These two come from different worlds and they are going to continue to bump heads because of the attraction they have for one another. Desire is seeing someone, but August is soon gonna turn up the heat and make her forget about who she is so-called seeing. Will they be able to work through their different lifestyles and backgrounds or will they let that get in the way of a love that could knock both of them off their feet? STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT!