Book 1 What do you call a innocent girl who lives in the shadows of others and a boy who had a horrible temper and attitude that is keeping secrets from everyone? You call it a disaster waiting to happen. Zyria is the girl you don't see. She is always constantly in the shadows of other people especially her twin brother Zaire. She doesn't have many friends because most people were fake toward hers to get to her brother. She is a nobody. Knox is someone you don't want to mess with. He is always angry and seems to hate the world. He only had a small amount of friends and planned on keeping it that way. What can Zyria do when this angry yet handsome boy comes into her life causing her to rethink her morals and value?

It was the summer of '93, and the weather was almost hotter than the location. But then again, what could be hotter than hell? The Ninth! Some would assume that the steam which rose from the broken sidewalks in front of the brick apartment building justified the neighbor hood's nickname, the Ninth Circle of Hell. The heat wave however, had nothing to do with why people associated Messalina projects with Dante's Inferno. No, that honor went to the infestation of dealers, crack heads, boosters, and hoes. Dope boys handled their business like it was legal, and everyone learned to look the other way. If they didn't learn, then they never got the chance to look again. Life in the ninth operated by the code of the wild, predators ate and prey got eaten. The drug dealers sat on the top of chain. Boosters, strippers and hoes fell somewhere in the middle, while the crack heads and the civilians clung to the last wrung. Everyone knew their assigned roles and no one ever deviated from the script. Cleopatra James, an unremarkable thirteen year old girl, understood better than anyone, her dictated place in the procession. But that didn't mean she accepted the role she'd been given to play.

Nat is a loyal, loving and devoted wife to her husband, Chris. Every day is a struggle with Schizoaffective Disorder, but she manages to control it. That is, until Chris' sexy but sadistic, Noah, is released from prison and has to live with them for a few months. Unknown to them, Noah had been diagnosed with high trait psychopathy. His calculative and manipulative nature sends Nat's illness to spiral out of control as she begins to doubt her husband's fidelity with a possible office romance. Unable to cope, Nat engages in a steamy and wild affair with Noah. However, no matter what she does, she cannot escape the burning obsession within him. Once his eyes are set on her, he will go through all destructive lengths to make sure she submits to only him. Get ready for a seriously twisted game of cat and mouse! Viewer Discretion is advised: this story includes strong language, sexual references, adult themes, sex scenes, violence, mental health and abuse. #1 Heartracing #1 Guilty Pleasure