A lot of people don't get as many opportunities at success & even friendship as Dave and Bernice did. David Brewster aka Dave East and Bernice Burgos were just 2 Harlem kids from the east side trying to make it. They were best friends..at one point at least. After a couple moves out of NY then back their friendship ended, but now as adults could they respark it? A reunited friendship will change them for the better. Watch these Black Roses bloom... ⚠️Book 2: Gold Petals⚠️ All events in this book are fictional. Some instances such as events and characters may be based off of real life but nothing is 100% factual.

⚠️Book 1: Black Rose⚠️ Dave and Bernice are back, but this time as Mr. & Mrs. Brewster. How long will that last though? Watch them as they go through struggles not only as a married couple, but also as parents. People don't want to see them happy. Outsiders don't want their unified hearts of gold to prosper. Will they survive or will they die and wither away like a rose without soil, water and sunlight?

Keegan just moving to New York City from California, Los Angeles. Her parents both provide her with everything. Car, clothing, jewelry. But now it's time for the eagle to fly out her parents nest and discover the world. Keegan wants to be a veterinarian. But something gets in the way of that. And that's Dave East.

Cover by @_itskd Cassidy is a 20 year old girl who grew up without the love of a mother or a father, she never really learned how to love someone because she didn't grow up with that image of what love looked like and that affected her relationships more than anything she didn't know how to communicate or show her emotions but that all changes when she meets....... Read to find out

BOOK 2 *READ 'HIS LIL BABY' FIRST*

He didn't care, whether you were alive or not. Matter of fact he cared about no one, he was rich, spoiled and very ungrateful. He didn't have much friends due to his lack of caring for anyone besides himself. This boy was a MONSTER and son of a massive drug kartel. This was until something, more like someone made him humble. HER. She was different, that was one of the reason she was bullied and taken advantage of. She helped anyone whether she knew them or not. She was different in every way but somehow she fell deeply in love with. Him.

This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.