Scarred by a troubled past Tasiah Louis begins to live a dangerous lifestyle using sexual encounters as a cure and remedy for the pain of her past. After a night of pleasure with a random man she meets producer and songwriter Tory Watts on her way home. When the two cross paths Tasiah realizes that sex isn't the only thing that can heal her yet love may be able to solve it all. Yet who'd want a 19 year old sex addict? When her lies come to light and her past comes back to haunt her Tory may find that the young woman's damage is too much to be fixed. But love may conquer it all. ENJOY!

Tasheena Hinton has a secret that no one knows. Focused on graduating, going to college, and her first relationship, there is one thing missing in her life and that's not knowing who her father is. Can an early graduation gift from her younger sister help solve this puzzle for Tasheena so that she can finally begin to heal from the suffering of years of abuse and neglect? Terrence Dunn is enjoying his senior year as a star basketball player at his high school. He has an incredible girlfriend and is committed to play basketball at Kansas State University. Everything in his life seems perfect until he learns a dark secret about his best friend and neighbor, Tasheena Hinton. Terrence decides to help Tasheena by embarking on a summer road trip after graduation to help her find answers in hopes that it will also help her begin to heal. On this trip, as he learns more about her he finds himself looking at her in a way that he never has before despite that she is already in a relationship with his teammate and friend, Qasim "Q" Matthews. Tasheena finds herself torn between the two friends. With everything she has been through will she finally find some peace? Most importantly will she allow anyone to get close enough to kiss her scars? © 2017 D.S. Little All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. Copyright law. ************

Nia and the gang are all grown up. You should read Soft before you read this book.

Twenty-two year old Hazel K. Langston made a bad decision back when she was 16 years old. Thinking the decision wouldn't affect her in the future, Hazel kept the aftermath a secret. Little did she know, her bad decision came right back to her 6 years later.

The best part of Nyla Ashton's life was only in her imagination. The only way that she could get through the day was by thinking of him. His lips. His eyes. His smile. She wanted him. The man that she yearned for was not her boyfriend of 3 years. Even after 23 years, Nyla still remembers all of the life-changing events that occurred throughout her childhood into her adolescence. Nyla attempts to get herself as well as the people around her to live a stressfree life although the universe seems to be against her. It was her long time bestfriend, Ace Payne, who was to thank for her reason to keep on going and never giving up. After starting her modelling agency with her brother, Tyson, Nyla assumed that everything around her would fall into place and the future she deserved would be an easy ride. Initially it was.

D'Anthony Carlos has skated through life always being protected. When you're related to the biggest drug cartel in the DMV you gotta be protected. When all of your uncles are the most feared and respected you automatically garner the same attention. With his head held high he maneuvered through life not giving a damn. Not about the stares, whispers and rumors that surrounded his last name. People think they know him, but they have no idea. More detailed description in story...

🏆🥇🏅Winner of the 2019 ANGIE THOMAS O.V.O.S AWARD🏆🥇🏅 A personal favorite by the judges and described as a story that "touches your soul and teaches you a lesson, makes you think." Follow 17 year old Nyla Baedee through her journey of self love, self confidence, and self discovery, as she finally learns to love the skin she's in. Book cover by me Copyright © 2016 Kira Melvin All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication. Started: 10/10/16 Ended: 11/09/17

Four years have gone by and everything has changed. Valencia has been in a coma and Elias is now Four. But what hasn't changed is Sebastian's profound love for Valencia. Sequel to Ineffable.

Works #1: Ahmad Hassan Sinclair, 25, was taught to always fight and work hard for what he wanted. In the life he was given nothing was ever handed to him. He grew up in the hoods of Houston, witnessing things no child should ever see in their life. His mom and pop worked hard just tryna make ends meet, to keep food on the table and clothes on their kids back. But it was far from easy .. Seeing his parents struggle the way they did for years, motivated him to work ten times harder. He made it a mission to not end up like his folks, he wanted more in life. He knew there was more to life than what he grew up seeing. But he also knew in order to be somebody in this world as a black man he had to fight and strive for it and also dodge the bullshit that came along with it. He set goals, he had dreams, he had a vision and nothing could stop him from achieving them. Now that he's at the top of his game, making money, living the live he always wanted, seeing the things he never seen and moving up the success path .. he figured life would eventually turn out to be great but sadly he still isn't happy or content with how things are.. there's this one missing piece in his life that will fully complete him. But let's see how determined Ahmad will be to find what that missing piece is or what he will do to get it.

My works #12 //. Part One : All I've ever wanted was to be Accepted, rather by others close to me or even just my mom. Part Two : It's just some things in life that you have to learn to accept, whether it's disapproval from ones close to you, a person you thought you loved or a person you used to call a friend. • • • DiaTheLit™ ©2016 all copyrights reserved