Essence is a girl who recently turned seventeen. In her eyes , her world is falling apart. She lost both parents in the tragic 9/11 plane crash, she was then put in the system and brutally beaten by her first family. Then given to another man. He treated her like his own the first few months then the real him came out ... A junkie & drunk. What happens when the youngest drug lord ends up at Essence home for a late fee on money, her foster dad owes?

As a sixteen and a half year old girl with a four month old brother, she is put through a lot. Without her mother who died of cancer, and her father no where to be found she is forced to fend for herself. To make quick cash she becomes a stripper by night and a mother by day. ✓| THIS STORY IS UNEDITED AND CONTSINS ALOT OF MISTAKES, AND I DO NOT OWN ANY PHOTOS USED IN THIS STORY|✓

"Your perfect" "No I'm not"

K'Ari is forced to move back to New York with her grandma after being kicked out by her mother and step father. She soon meets her neighbor, Dave.

It's been six years since Dave and Faith ended their relationship. Will they ever get back on the same page? Will they both have that smile in the end?

Faith and Dave both want a relationship, but aren't eager in taking that step with anyone. Faith feels she is unworthy of love and Dave thinks he doesn't have time for love. When they meet, will they display that smile?

"Whatever you say Anissa, you ain't nothing but a luh white girl in the hood." He said making almost everybody laugh and point at me. Nothing I ain't used to by now, these motherfuckas been laughing at me ever since freshman year. "And you ain't nothing but a lul wanna be ass thug." I said with some sass and attitude. He ain't finna keep talking to me any kind of way, him or these motherfuckas around this bitch. I keep telling these people that my daddy black but they said what does that change...shit it changes a lot I ain't just white I'm black too.

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BOOK 1 & 2, PLEASE READ!! Joelle is back with her only child and daughter, Kali. 5 years later and she's still waiting for her love to come out of jail. Her daughter Kali only knows about her father being on a business trip. When he comes out, he's protective over Kali and will do anything for that little girl of his. She's still crazy over Jamal and he promises that he'll never go back to doing drugs again. He fixes up and does basketball again. New girl Asia moves into town and is old friends with Jamal. Her mother is an old friend to Joelle's family too, an old nemesis that Joelle knows nothing about. New girl Asia is bad news and is here to get her revenge on Joelle because of what her mom done to her parents. Asia does everything to destroy Joelle until she's at her final breaking point. Does Joelle take all this or not? Read more to find out.

24 year old Alexus Carter is a lawyer winning all her cases. All her life she's been living off the streets with her older brother Arnold who recently passed away because of the streets. Moving on, she meets these drug lords, Omarion and Orlando who are brothers. They may look and seem scary, but once you get to know them, they're really friendly. But once you cross the line, your dead. After helping Omarion win his case, they start to grow a friendship and it's clear to see that they're both slowly falling for each other, everyone can see it. Somebody comes back for a visit, a bad visit which causes everything to come crashing down. Even the Kent Organisation. In order to save the Organisation, they need to battle it out with their opps. This is reads war! Many people come in the way trying to destroy what they've got. With Alexus dating a new man, is he the same as Omarion? With Omarion also seeing somebody else, is she the same as Alexus? Who knows. What could Alexus do to help both the Kent brothers? Is she Born to Kill, or not?

22 year old Monica Monae is daddy's little girl. She got her straight A's in everything and gets the top scores. When her mother died, everything changed. Her boyfriend she had for 3 years broke up with her. She hates her fathers girlfriend and everything. Meeting football player Tyrone Thomas at a party, she gets blinded by his love. Not knowing he's a player, he has many other girls on his list. What happened when she finds out about everything?