There's so many positive 4 letter words: Love Like Hope Care Life Then there's negative: Hate Evil Dead For once in her life Desdemona wanted to hear negative. The word in itself: Negative. Instead she heard positive. Her whole world came tumbling down when she found out she was positive for HIV/AIDS. She just wants to experience that four letter word, that thing called: L O V E

Book #1 of the Love & Trauma series.

Nia is now a grown woman. A cold one. While she's trying to protect her heart, one guy will attempt to eat away at the wall she has built. An ode to Black mental health and self care. Read Soft & Strength (in this order) first.

***2018 Wattys "Heartbreakers" Award" ***A Wattpad Featured Story*** For the Forbidden Love Anthology #FLA2018 contest. When Joy Richards finds a video of her husband having sex with another woman she is devastated. While trying to decide how to proceed with her marriage, she realizes how important keeping her family together is, and decides to stay. After agreeing to a night out with her best friend, an innocent evening turns into so much more. They say that two wrongs don't make a right, but Joy believes getting even is the only way she can move forward. Word Count: 1996 Contest Prompt 10: Someone hires a stripper

Danielle Suarez is happily married to her high school and college sweetheart, Christian Suarez. When the young, happy couple find themselves in desperate financial circumstances they decide to go to Vegas with the last bit of their savings to try and win enough money to get them out of the hole they had dug themselves in. In a chance meeting Danielle meets, New York Giants wide receiver, Odell Beckham, Jr. After losing all of their savings gambling that night, Odell borrows Danielle for "luck" in his high roller card game. It is her "luck" that wins him a million dollars. At a private party later that night he presents an offer to the couple that they can't refuse. Can Danielle and Christian survive the test they put their marriage through? Do professional athletes really get any woman they want? How far will each person go for love? ***I am not affiliated with Odell Beckham Jr., the NFL, the New York Giants, or anyone mentioned in this book. This is a completely fictional story.*** © 2017 D.S. Little All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the author, except as permitted by U.S. Copyright law. ************

D'Anthony Carlos has skated through life always being protected. When you're related to the biggest drug cartel in the DMV you gotta be protected. When all of your uncles are the most feared and respected you automatically garner the same attention. With his head held high he maneuvered through life not giving a damn. Not about the stares, whispers and rumors that surrounded his last name. People think they know him, but they have no idea. More detailed description in story...

Gigi Jackson defined the terms hard-working and driven. After years of building a successful career in Hollywood, she was on the brink of cementing her name in the dance industry by completing the final piece of her empire. Yet, something had been amiss with Gigi the past six months and threatened to derail her decade of work. After one fateful night, it appeared her destruction was inevitable and the only way to ensure the survival of her future was to face the demon of her past, Aubrey Drake Graham. ***SLOW BURN ***