There's always pain behind a smile

Book 1 | ✓ Sweeping my curls with his hand, he unapologetically held my face, making me look at him as he spoke: "Someone should've gotten you a manual for living here. If that shocks you, then I don't know how everything else will make you react." I muffled a laugh, though deep down wanted to fall into a fetal position. He was so much more handsome up close like this with the sun behind him, angelic almost―disregarding the tattoo inscribed on the side of his neck. Picasso's full lips parted, grinning at me till my heart started acting funny-fluttering against my ribs. "I think I've got the hang of it around here. I can handle myself," I remarked, smiling. "Stop worrying about me." "The thing is I can't stop," he admitted. "And I won't." Though there was no legal ties to bind him to what he said, I believed what Picasso swore to me on that afternoon. And for that reason, I agreed to his proposition to go out on a date. ❀ Picasso is the polar opposite from the preppy rich girl that is, and always will be, Sydney Webster. However, Sydney loses it all in an instant when she hears of her father's death, leading their two worlds to collide. Kicked out of her beach house in Malibu, Sydney is forced to move in with her aunt and her three kids in a tiny apartment. Sydney goes from attending prestigious schools and yacht parties to having to walk through metal detectors before entering homeroom, gang violence brewing inside the school, and a posey of mean girls ready to put Sydney in her place and remind her where she's at on the food chain. Luckily for her, there's a savior in the chaos: Picasso Hudson. ❀ [this is a companion book to Tethered Hearts. you do not need to read that book to understand this story.] #1 in urban fiction tag (4/1/20) #1 in urbanbooks (9/8/19) #1 in goodgirl (1/31/23) #4 in badboy (2/4/20) #65 in Teen (1/11/20)

19 year old Amber Harrison has been dating her abusive boyfriend Jonathan for 3 years. She refuses to leave only cause he might kill her. But all that changed when she meets the biggest kingpin in New Orleans.

Rae or shall I say Raelynn is a teenager who's in school with A's and B's with scholarships in her senior year but at home she lives a different life where her mother talks to her any kind of way and has Rae wondering was it her fault her dad left only at 10 years old Raelynn has her own car and slowly working her way to a apartment so she can leave her mother's house. Legend is a 20 year old kingpin he took over his dad territory after he gave it up two years ago and it running better do not short legend of his money or consequences will be done legend has a little girl Malani she's his pride and joy.

Amour was a young lady from around the way. Shes been around the hood her whole life. She never gives these boys chances so they always assume she's stuck up. One comes along and tries to see what's she's stuck up over. No pictures used in this story is mine they belong to people in the photos.

⚠️MATURE CONTENT ⚠️ Lei'Lani Graham is in love with her best friend brother Arseamian always has been since middle school and just wants him to get out of his Hoe-ish ways and settle with her. Arseamian Lee is high school celebrity as someone would say, he's the captain of his high school basket ball team and track team. Most would say he's a man whore but he just have abondement issues and refuse to be tied down unless it's with Leilani. He just has a hard time showing her he wants to be with her. What happens when they finally get together? Read to find out 🥰 My First Book 🤪

Nigeria is a coco girl ready to go off on anybody in her way she is quiet but doesn't care to disrespect anyone who disrespect her, but what happens when she keeps disrespecting the biggest drug dealers son. Hate or love?