I won't tolerate anyone trying to steal what's mine. You belong to me plain and simple.

"Wᴇʟʟ ɪᴍ ɴᴏᴛ Cᴀɪʀᴏ, ᴊᴀʜɪʟ. ɪ ᴡᴏɴᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ." ᴍᴏɴᴛʀᴇᴀʟ sʜᴏᴜᴛᴇᴅ. ... "ɪᴍ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏsᴇʟꜰ."

"You deserve to be happy E."

Trey been grindin' since he was a kid. At 23, he tryna leave that street life alone, workin' at a car shop and keepin' his circle small. He don't trust easy, don't talk much, and damn sure don't got time for drama. Zay, 21, is the type to say whatever on his mind. He loud, got a bad attitude, and stay outside-hustlin', fightin', and talkin' shit. He known in the neighborhood for runnin' his mouth and gettin' into trouble.

To most people, my husband is Viper. VP of the Devil's Rejects MC, hard, uncompromising, and completely committed to the club and his brothers. But the man I fell in love with was simply Roman, a man who called me Sunshine, and treated me like I was his treasure. By the time I realized the club would always come first, I was in too deep. And when his enemies came for me? He wasn't there to protect me because he was busy protecting her. And that I don't know how to forgive. Now I'm building a new life for myself without Roman. He promises he will give up everything to win me back, but promises are cheap and his aren't worth much. When we discover our enemies are still alive and planning to strike out again, however, I might not have any choice but to put my life in the hands of the man who's already let me down once.

Kai a strong-willed outspoken 20 year old, bares a secret. "He's Gay!" Well a select few knows he's gay, like his annoying, lovable, and over the top gay Best-friend Kingston! Kai still really haven't adjusted, nor have he come to terms with his sexuality yet, partly because he's never been with a guy or anyone of that matter. He's talked to a few but nothing serious, but trust he knows the game and plays it well! All that changes when Kai comes and visits Kingston for the weekend, and his life will never be the same! Join me in this crazy adventure of love, betrayal, coming of age, scandalous, dirty read, if you dare!

Black BxB Love Story 🖤 Melly and Nori are best friends who never planned on catching feelings, but once that spark hit, nothing will ever be the same. Now, loyalty, the grind, and a pull they can't fight are testing everything they thought they knew. From business and friendship to love - all mixed in with the streets - they have to figure if they are built for the ride, or is it about to pull them apart?

On a brisk autumn night deep down In Mississippi, Robert Allen, a basketball player for the University of Mississippi, discovered that his boyfriend, is a murderer who had carried out some of the most ghastly crimes ever committed in the United States. Pressure is put on Robert for him to alert the authorities of the crimes, taking him down a path on which started, there is no turning back. Will Robert turn his boyfriend into the authorities, or will he risk his life by doing so? Love·sick/ˈləvˌsik/adjective In love, or missing the person one loves, so much that one is unable to act normally.

"I just can't stand Ben anymore." She admitted truthfully, and maybe she would have kept this information to herself if she wasn't drunk. "All he does is drink and plays video games, we don't sleep together, he hasn't touched me in almost a year I'm 35 years old and I know my marriage is failing." She vented to her best friends. She'd been holding that in for months, she didn't want to continuously tell her friends how unhappy she was in her marriage, she just didn't want to be that friend. "He doesn't come to anything the kids are involved in, but you know who is there?" Isabella asked. "Ambrose." Monica answered noticing it herself, she made sure to make it to her god children's games and or dance competitions whenever she wasn't working. She noticed that Ambrose was at all the games and dance competitions cheering them on, he was always helping them practice, he was good with all 3 of Isabella's kids it was hard not to notice how they'd clung onto him. "Is it wrong that I still felt the same way I did in high school?" Isabella asked, she'd finally admitted it out loud and she knew for sure in that moment she was indeed still in love with him, and she fought this hard. "Izzy, you still love Ambrose?" Tory asked, shocked.

Benjamin "Benny" Taylor had the city on lock. At 23, he's one of the youngest to move up in the Heights Killer-Known for running weight, throwing wild-ass parties, and having more girls than he can remember. There weren't too many guys in the game that moved like him-cold when he needs to be, but always the life of the spot. Benny built his name on never showing weakness, never folding, and keeping his real thoughts buried six feet deep. But when he's all alone, Benny's stuck facing things he doesn't talk about-not even to himself. He isn't just into women like he's been portraying. There's urges he doesn't know how to explain, feelings for dudes and even non-binary folks or anybody in-between that make him question everything he's ever been taught about being a man in the streets. He ain't soft. Ain't sweet. But he damn sure ain't living right either. When someone from his past-somebody bold enough to live out loud-shows up, Benny's world starts crackin'. Fast. Now he's caught in a war between who the streets want him to be... and who he really is underneath all that bravado. And in the Heights, being real can cost you everything. Book 1/2