Have you ever been homeless? Ever been without lights and water? Did you ever fear that the neighbors would catch you cutting the water on at the crack of dawn or fear that the water company would come around and remove the meter for having the water on illegally? No? Well, Renae has. Meet Renae Zuri Brown, your typical 19-year-old carefree girl living a not-so-glamorous life. She was born and raised in Virginia Beach; just trying to understand the harsh reality of 'struggling' She has a secret that only her little brother knows about and demons she's been trying to escape from. She doesn't smile the same anymore, but could things change? Kingston Stone, is a 22-year-old, aggressive yet ambitious, pretty boy from New Orleans with a similar past of his own. He had a style of his own, hustler and heartbreak mentality, that was until he stumbles onto "Library Girl's" path. Just 2 people from different hometowns with similar history fighting to make this complicated life work. She wants to keep him away but something keeps drawing him to her. She's never been in love and he normally hits and quits, can they beat the odds and fight through all of the darkness to see the light of their love? Will he be the one to save her, if it's from herself? Will they team up and create the dangerous Empire from the ground up or will he leave unable to handle the baggage that comes with her family? Let's find out.

Head full of hair, mind full of thoughts, flat footed when she walks. Quiet, but outspoken, mediocre but extraordinary, simple but complex. Crisp hair line, mind full of thoughts, a certain swagger in his walk. Outspoken, but reserved, sarcastic but sincere, coward, but brave. God bless the black kids still true to themselves even on the block where the crack lives. Roots so deep they'd probably touch the ocean floor. But understand these kids unapologetically black, growing from the strangest trees these black berry babies got a lot to carry. A BeautyAndTheBrain and GoldenGoddessR collaboration.

{Cover made by @sincerely_moe } "When these streets are all you know, it's hard to tell who's a friend or foe.."- August Alsina One broken soul. One shattered mind. Two completely different worlds. Just ask yourself one question... Is love as complicated as you think? *CONTAINS SCENES THAT REQUIRE A MATURE AUDIENCE, PREFERABLY AGES 16+. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK*

Two lost souls finding peace within each other.

We're often advised that one of the best ways to increase the chances of a relationship's success is to keep it private and keep your business out of the streets. But what if you don't have a choice and the relationship has to be kept a secret. You know that young, sexy, tattooed awesome R&B singer August Alsina well this rule applies to him. He's been keeping his relationship lowkey for a whole year now with girlfriend Raigen Ruiz. A person in love wants to be many things, but in most situations, a secret is not one of them. The relationship Raigen wants to broadcast to show her love for her boyfriend she can't. "Fans like to have that feeling that their the only girl in your life, so being publicly out there will hurt them. You will be more attractive if you appeared single." But just how private should a relationship be and what happens when people become too good at keeping their relationship private? What happens when a relationship becomes so private that it's a secret.

"Teach me, train me, guide me baby, Only you can release the love inside me baby, waited my turn and I'm ready to learn. Teach me, train me, guide me baby, Release the love inside me baby, In and out love me down." Ariala is a 22 year old physical therapist, one of the best in her company, she has major problems with dating, commitment is a struggle when the only thing she's ever committed to was her job, but what happens when love comes to her job? and she's not able to run from the problems it brings?

What happens when you meet the one person you relate with the most? All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, message the writer for confirmation of the above. This is a work of fiction. Any names or characters, businesses or places, events or incidents, are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Copyright © 2016 by oliviia.natorii

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The only love Marli had ever known was the love pain gave her. That is until he came along. Is Marli strong enough to move forward or will that familiar friend, pain, take over her once more. Find out in You Deserve an August Alsina Fan Fiction.

In this industry you can have it all: money, power, fame, success, sex, drugs, or alcohol. Anything you wanted was at the palm of your hand. That was all I wanted. Sometimes you gotta play a little dirty to get what you want. At the end it'll all be worth it. Or will it? Everybody changed in the industry but at the end I felt like it was worth it. I was gonna do whatever it took to make it to the top. Even in chess sometimes you cross the one you love. Copyright © 2017 IJustSlay. All Rights Reserved. ⚠️ Warning: This book contains profanity, sexual content, drug use, mature themes, and violence. Book cover by: @bri_ta_ney