Playing with fire is bad for those who burn themselves. For the rest of us, it is a very great pleasure. - Anonymous

All characters and events in this story are completely fictional. If anything seems familiar it is completely coincidental. All situations in this story come completely from my imagination. ******* Loyalty lasts a lifetime, but what's the point of being loyal if you're being left behind. **** The money is treating him right, but he knows she'll treat him better...He needs to get back to her, but is she the strong girl he left behind? Have the bricks broken her down or built her up?

At the age of sixteen Lakeisha Moss was abandoned by her mother and left to fend for herself on the streets. Within days she's taken in by Ambrianna. During her stay with Ambrianna, Lakeisha is taught the difference between real women and fake women, the difference between a ho and a house wife. She's taught more than anything to ride-or-die. Angel DeAngelo was raised in the streets by neighbors rather than his own parents. With a father in jail and a mother who prostitutes, he brings the money to the table in the only way that he know hows: slanging. A notoriously feared street thug with respect from almost everyone around the hood. With money, power, and hos, he's got almost everything figured out. He's just missing one thing: a down chick. When the two encounter paths, sparks fly and everything is thrown out of proportion, as Lakeisha defies everything and anything involving, Angel. While Angel wants more than anything to explore what could be between the two of them. As a battle of wills begins, danger from another component stirs up trouble forcing the two to work together to confront it, or be killed.

This story will contain explicit content. If unable to handle.DO NOT READ! You have been Warned! Draha all about no strings attached. Will she finally meet her match and change her mind? Draha beautiful and she always has a smile on her face but its fake. What happened to Draha in her past could never be forgotten. She would never forgive. She isn't close to anyone. Will someone come and change that? Will her past be looking for her? Will the men she broke hearts come back as Karma?Will Draha change her ways? What will happen? Sex, Betrayal, etc.

¦Cassandra Payne is one of the best pastry chefs on the West Coast. While in the middle of the "Wedding Madness Month", her busiest time of the year, she meets a tall mysterious stranger who regularly visits her store. He is gorgeous but not her usual type. He may be handsome and charming but he's also white. Evan Gillies has a sweet tooth. The beautiful, curvy baker doesn't seem to be aware of his existance, all she wants to do is bake. But the two are soon drawn together by a force so strong that the two have no control of the results. Maybe chocolate and vanilla do mix

Destiny Parker is a 31 year old African American woman stuck working a nine to five job and balancing the role of mother and the horrors of finding a good man. To make matters worse, she has a boss that she can't stand. Her new boss is evil... gorgeous but evil, and has a reputation around the office as a player. And unfortunately, she's stuck with him. Alex Hartford worked hard to succeed at his job, trying to branch away from his family's legacy. But something about his new secretary gets under his skin and makes his blood boil. Soon, his thoughts of work are replaced with using his desk in some very creative ways. Destiny may just be the person to tame Alex's wild ways. Having any sort of relationship with her boss other than a business one could get the both of them into a lot of trouble, especially since she could lose her job. But no one but them knows what happens AFTER HOURS...

Asia is a hardworking single mother of a 3 year old just getting out of a bad relationship. She meets Lucas yes "Lu" he is one of the biggest drug lords and is use to going from girl to girl. He soon catches feelings for Asia but can he be loyal to her or loose her? © 2013 All rights reserved *Honestly if you are realllllll critical, don't read this book, it is horribly written.. you have been warned..

No matter the circumstance, everybody got a little hustle in them. Whether it be a girl tryna graduate college to get her degree or a mother on welfare, people got a drive in them that drives them to get what they want. For some people, that's a house in the suburbs with the white picket fence. For others, it's pushing a new Bentley and wearing the flyest clothing. Success means different things for the different people, and for Solstice, it means hustling in the bitter streets of New York City-in all five boroughs. She had to go through a lot of crazy shit-from prostitution to drug dealing-it was nothing new to her. She had a cold heart, she didn't take shit from nobody. She scared even drug lords. She was gutta-and I wanted to figure out how she got that way. But more importantly, I wanted to be like her.

When Lauren's mother died, her abusive father looks to her to play the role of house wife and bedmate. Lauren finds a way to escape it all when she meets local barbershop owner and Kingpin Rio.

Nahla Campbell spent her first year of college partying rather than studying. Fresh from a summer at home, she's promised her parents to buckle down this year, but her best friend, Peyton awaits back in their dorm room, and her love interest is just across the hall. When two new additions to the dorm threaten to disrupt their happy home, Nahla suddenly finds herself more interested in their drama rather than studying. After all, one is after her boyfriend, and one is playing dangerous games with a professor. Will Nahla manage to keep her promise to her parents, or will she find herself ruining her future?