she's drowning. kaycee rice is battling depression, and feels as if everyday, her walls are closing in more and more. one day, however, she meets a boy, sean lew, and the two instantly form a connection. for him, kaycee decides to take a chance and temporarily swear off her no-guys rule, and risk opening her heart to him...and possibly putting herself in worse pain that she'd been in before. as the two fall for each other, sean makes it his mission to show kaycee everything worth living for, and the end-all be-all, most powerful force that is the epitome of life itself: love warning: this may get intense at times, but it's all real emotions, my loves.

Love Tragedy Those two never worked well together did it?

"I'm not sayin' that you're incomplete, but Just imagine what we'd be if we became one. You deserve someone that'll take you to another level. Let me put you on. You've got so much potential, I really am fuckin' with you. Just open your heart. I'm tryna get you right, take you to the other side."

Courtland played by Chris Brown Chanel by Zendaya And Kenai by August Alsina. Courtland, still being a senior in high school is the Drug Lord of the city, the leader of the toughest gang around. Alone he's a stone cold, skilled murderer. He's known best for killing every man in an entire trap house on his own with no injuries. He finds the girl he wants forever, Chanel but her big brother Kenai who is another gang leader, doesn't allow it and he'll do ANYTHING to keep them apart. At first, Courtland backs down from Chanel after Kenai makes a serious threat. But Eventually, his love for Chanel was too strong to resist. Kenai hated Courtland so much he was willing to kill him but Chanel make a deal to keep Courtland protected and Kenai does something to his own little sister that makes her question his love for her. Read the rest of find out.

PER•SIS•TENT : continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition Continuing to exist or endure over a prolonged period _______________________________________________ They always say "getting it is easy, it's keeping it that's hard too do" You were persistent in the chase Now... Can you keep that same energy?

Book Four, must read books 1-3 "It's all bout who you know, street ties mean everything love" Ajani Powell now Fourteen was raised in Jamaica with her younger brother very aware of her father and her families street life but she preferred to keep to herself spending time studying and keeping her brother in check. Being one of the oldest of the next generation the family business is hanging on Ajani's shoulders and she's forced to make a tough choice, she could either fix her families mistakes or keep the cycle of violence going to keep her families legacy alive. When her father and mother make the decision that Jamaica is no longer safe for their family they move back to California unbeknownst to them that Cali may not be the same or as safe as they think it is with a feud growing between two young men with very different ideas for the drug world and Ajani is stuck right in the middle of it all. Little did everyone know this feud would soon turn into the most deadliest turf war the state of California has ever seen and would go down in history.

Sequel to Blood Line. "I love you more than Ive ever loved something and as much as it hurts to say goodbye, I have to because you deserve better than this" Alijah Scott, the fifteen year old daughter of Jade and Ivory has been living under the radar with Silas,her "Father". Unknown to Silas is the fact that Ivory survived that shooting nearly fifteen years ago and has missed most of her daughters life. When Silas feels like he needs a new scenery he decided to move his family back to California where it all started. But it's not just him and Alijah anymore, there's also Zaire. Alijah's seventeen year old best friend who's been living with them since he was eight. Jade and O are also running one of the biggest drug empires the state of California has ever seen, The brothers are deemed untouchable. While Jade still holds a grudge against Silas for taking his daughter away it turns into an all out turf war between old friends. Alijah also finds herself falling for two drug dealers in training with a dark pasts, while trying to escape her own troubles. When the secrets and lies finally come out and the truth is learned the empire and family everyone's worked so hard to keep might crumble to the ground, and Alijah's first romance may crumble along with it before it's even had a chance to start

"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?