"That's what I want though. She got beauty and she got a mind."

21 year old A'leah Jones is the perfect 21 year old. Working hard everyday at Atlanta's Marta Bus Transportation while going to school to pursue her dreams of opening up her own hair shop. While trying to pursue her dreams she runs into Yung "the man of the streets" or should we say Mr. August Alsina. When they first meet the two have a very rough run in and exchange words. What happens when A'leah keeps running into August? Will she keep bickering with him or end up stepping outside of her element and fall for a thug?

It's 'Killed or be Killed' and living in New Orleans, you start to live by the 'Survival of The Fittest' mentality. Everyone's trying to make it and be something, but there's only ever room for one person to be on top. August Alsina, only 19-years-old, the hardest thing out in New Orleans, that is after his brother Mel, who was gunned down at the local corner store. No one saw anything and of course the cops never caught the perpetrator, so he's on a mission. Kill anyone who tried to stop him and find the person who took his best friend's life and make him suffer for all those years he had to. Skylar Matthews only 17 and in her last few months of school. Life gets hard when it takes a turn for the complete worse. It was unexpected, horrid and downright traumatizing, but one person knew it would happen that's why he left her a note... Will she get the Justice she deserves or will she be stuck wondering who and why forever? When you come face to face with the Devil just how far are you really willing to go? ©️2018 _jasthewriter

She sees something in him that nobody, not even he himself can see. Yet throughout the entire process of it all, she finds herself falling in love with each and every part of him every single day. On the other hand, he feels the same, but in his own way. They so badly want to confess their feelings to one another but don't know how; and it doesn't help that things will only grow to complicate along the way. But there's only one question that needs a for certain answer: ...will they ever know?

"You should never be ashamed of who you are, baby. We're all different in our own, special way... our flaws are what make us beautiful." ~ The story of two unique individuals who meet in the most unexpected of ways, ultimately becoming more than just friends despite the close similarities and small differences they share between one another.

Book one •Inner demons "Once he gives you that look...its over." Hayden Cephus is a young girl who's life was a fantasy. That is until she met Michael. She finds herself in a situation--she cant escape from. He's sweet. He's crazy. He's wicked. "You can't escape from me." Warning: Violence, sexual content & language (bad era) Wick•ed /'wikid/ (adj) - evil or morally wrong