When Nayeli meets Alexander Nixon, one of the richest men in her country, her life takes an unexpected turn for the better. Everything was good . . . until it wasn't.

"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

*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

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!

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?

This is the sequel to My Brother's Keeper. You will need to read the first book or you will be a little confused. It's been two years since August was arrested and Brianna found out she was pregnant. A lot has happened over these two years. A lot of things were hidden from August but once he comes home everything will be forced to come to the light. When we left August and Brianna weren't together due to August unbreakable bad habits and his unfaithfulness but where will love take them this time? Will they ever get it together? This is still there story.

Marcus has been taking care of his younger sister Brianna for as long as he can remember. Whenever she needed him he was there for her. But now it's up to Brianna to help her brother out in his time of need after a few bad decisions has put him on the hit list of the notorious August Alsina. August is a ruthless kingpin who is all about his money. Tired of being broke him and his big brother Mel take over the streets of Atlanta. Soon he is the man that all the women want and all the men envy. He made a name for himself in the streets and everyone knew not to cross him , except for Marcus Simmons. Guess he didn't get the memo. Soon August discovers what Marcus has done and is ready to collect his debt only to have his sister Brianna step in and work it off for him. Brianna Simmons was just your average girl until she took on her brother's debt. Now she is stuck in a world that she knows nothing about , living a life that you see only in the movies. This is there story.

A puzzle was meant to be complicated and complex. They were meant to make you become frustrated with its mazes of curves and turns in the pieces- the same pieces that make up a beautiful picture. But what if you had an never ending puzzle with unlimited pieces- No, No, No. Ok scratch that, What if you got to the end of that puzzle and you only had one piece- one more piece until you accomplished your goal of completing this puzzle. But what if the last piece you had wasn't the right piece, all your hard work thrown down the drain, along with all your other failures in life. What then? Well I'm here to tell you that there's no such thing as a wrong piece- or a piece that doesn't 'fit'. "Just throw it out if it doesn't fit." I remember her saying to me. But like I said before, there's no such thing. "Juss' because a piece don't fit, don't mean it's not da' right one." Silly me though, I let the piece go.

My name, is Armani- meaning shy, unique, and for those I care about, relentless. I'm from downtown New Orleans, yeah that one; the one that no good backstabbing Alsina boy from. Matter fact I knew the real him. I loved the real him! Him and Mel. Melly B was my bestfriend. They helped me and my little sister out of a terrible situation, made us feel like family, took us into a loving home- something we never really had. But right when our happiness was finally falling into place, they left us, both of them left us. My happiness just up and burned away. One promised me that when he came up and could afford the life he thought we deserved he would return for me and my sister, but of course the good life took over his mind, the flashing lights blinded him to the lost souls that he'd left behind. So, in other words, he never did come back for us. In the end I realized I only have myself. I have to take care of myself- I'm the only person who's going to watch after me and my Kali. She's all I got and I'm all she's got, so either way it goes I'm going to take care of mines. But all in all I will never forgive him. Ever! He took away my happiness. He took away my heart. He took away a part of my world, when I had already lost so much. But he promised me .... he promised he would come back for me, for us. But I guess in the end he didn't really care about me just like everybody else in the world. So I held on to my happiness named Kali and swore on my life I would protect her with everything in me, I would die for her just like Mel would have. And that's what I did for years. I covered up all the things that made me vulnerable, put my past behind me- well I tried to at least- and became a model to provide for me and my Kali. That is until 'he' was right there in front of me, the one I begged to Don't Forget About Me. He-He was right there...the beloved man himself. The king of heart breakers himself. And they call him- "August."

Book series in order ♥ { • My Brother Bestfriend } { • This Thing Called Life } { • This is Our Life } [ This Thing Called Life is the sequal to My Brothers Best Friend ] [ Note: Please read the first book, to understand everything that's happening in this book. ] [ Yes, this book is completed ] [ EDITING ] 👇 { Story description } 👇 -------------------------------------------------- Why did August cheat on Daejah? What she wasn't good enough? Would they get ever get back together? Will they soon to be family work out? Is Ariana and Davontae gonna live happily ever after? Or Will he just cheat like August? Secrets that was in the dark will be coming out to the light, they would either make our break the family and relationships. There would be new lives introduce from the past.... but there all to innocent to know what's wrong and what relationships there causing stress on. With Fame, fortune, love, hate, enemy's, temptation, jealousy getting in the way, many things will happen. Some good some bad but there all left with a BIG outcome at the end. Many rights and wrongs happen in this book. That Daejah and August have to face ... but will they survive together in This Thing Called life? Started- June 17 2018 Finished - April 27 2019