The cartel life is done for some but only at its peak for others. With the feud between the Hunter siblings and the Grays put to rest; it opens new doors in life for everyone. One where Allele gets to focus on the legitimate life he built for his children and continuing to grow with Cilia. While also building a stronger bond with his estranged brothers, Breeze and Keshawn. But when Cilia makes a decision to haunt her past, Allele finds himself going down the path for her. Lotus and White Locus are still at odds, their hate seeming to override the twenty years of a loving relationship they had before. When a big secret is revealed which further drives a wedge between the two siblings, a chain of events follows that change their lives forever. Will the two be able to put their differences aside or will their hatred spill over and leave irreversible damage? Cover by: @dragology

in which he wants to settle down or in which she feels her wings have been clipped

Kelz was everything to Azure. Her first boyfriend, first lover, you name it. However after four years of young love, Azure wakes up to a text that shatters her world. Kelz was done with her, without so much as an explanation. Azure spends weeks searching for answers, but fate has a funny way of changing her heart's tune when she meets Nico Graham during spring break in Miami. Growing up a shy girl, spending most of her days painting away -Azure knows she is no match for the popular man, who has women falling over him wherever he goes. Nico Graham's world consists of two things: Boxing and Women. At the young age of 21, Nico is the undefeated knockout king in the boxing ring, taking on his career headstrong while battling school and the 'friends' he keeps. He wasn't the relationship type, that he knew. However his theory is challenged when he runs into the Golden Brown painter, Azure in Miami. Her shy demeanor and pretty face drawls him in, and he'll do anything to win her love. In a tale of pure fate, Azure and Nico find themselves falling in love in their crazy worlds. When temptation comes knocking at their house of love, will they stand strong or fall?

Bookworm Alicia Woodson only cares about one thing: having a successful life now that she's done with college. And the way she plans to do that is to land an entry-level position at the magazine she currently works for as a paid intern. Gorgeous Rodney Greene, who didn't graduate college, works as a construction worker and who's family history is pretty sketchy, only cares about proving to himself that he isn't like these other Harlem guys that are caught up in the mix. Under normal circumstances, Alicia and Rodney wouldn't have crossed paths, but fate intervenes when Alicia meets Rodney through her fine best friend Maxine, the girl he's currently talking to. Alicia doesn't understand what Maxine sees in him and Rodney thinks Alicia is stuck-up around him because he didn't finish school, but what happens when the two keep running into one another and soon their first impressions change and their feelings start to develop for one another?

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴" ••••••• Danielle Johnson other known as Dani Johnson lived a quiet life. She went to school, and came right home. She never bothered with boys especially the ones in her hometown of Atlanta. She knew they were no good and most of them spent their time getting high and selling drugs. She 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 bothered with boys until her father was murdered in broad daylight. After that she snapped, she changed her crowd she hung with. She knew her father was caught up in drama and she found it. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 are sons of one of the biggest dope boys in Atlanta. Their father was known for having people "taken care of" and was also known to be one of the last people to speak to Dani's father. So now she's out for revenge. And she's starting by getting close to one or all of the three brothers. But with that comes complication when she's caught between what's right and what will lead her to the truth. When feelings of hers and others gets in the way it can possibly distract her from finding out what's truly happened. Her grandmother told her that the truth hides in the waters. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸. •𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧• 18+

| 18+ | Completed | • • • "Did you wax that p*ssy for me? Make it nice and smooth?" • • • River Ballas has a talent for one thing: Cooking. Well two things, if you count harboring a secret fixation on someone- a talent. Vance Lawson was her secret. Her roommate's cold and asshole-ish older brother was not supposed to be in her mind as she laid in bed at night, wondering how skilled his hands really are. And he - definitely - wasn't supposed to be on her culinary school schedule listed as the teacher in room D32.

- Single Mom Sage Collins isn't really one for romance, and after being asked to be her bestfriends maid of honor - her hopes of being married by the age of thirty disappear by the second. That is until Ansel Callahan, the groom's older, sexy, bestman sweeps into Sage's life with his dark past and secrets. As the duo gets closer Ansel unlocks a world of lust and sex that leaves her wanting more, but as obstacles, and ex's return will Sage, like her bestfriend, get her happily ever after? (2014)

99.999999% of the characters are black. That's it's. That's the description. Check out the sequel to this book called "How Did You Want It Again?" EDITED: 2021

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

Four months after the Hunter cartel returned to Dallas, Texas---unanswered questions forces them back down to New York where they return for answers. With the mysterious death of their father and an unknown snitch in their circle, someone is responsible. And whether it's the same person or more than one snake, the Hunter crew won't stop until they get the answers and those responsible pay with their lives. Recovered and out of the hospital, Allele Coleman is forced to partner up with the Gray brothers in order to stay one step ahead of the Hunter's, who's closer and closer to finding out the truth. When it comes to light that an informant is one of their own in their already small circle, can they stick together to fight against the Hunter's still, or will they dismantle themselves? Cover by: @dragology