a story about falling in and out of love. Bear with me, this is my first book! Book 1: Published 02/2020, Completed 04/2022 Book 1 Shut Up & Listen (complete) __/ When the one secret that kept childhood best friends Cole and Cobe at a distance is finally revealed, they become closer than ever in both the best and worst ways. Book 2 Shut Up & Listen: A Little Late (complete) __/ New relationships shed light on old forgotten ones, bringing up heartbreak and trauma. When familial strings long frayed are tied back together, will it the knot hold or will the effort be a little too late? Book 3 Shut Up & Listen: The Nullification of Black (complete) __/Feeling wind-like, Lonnie aka Black fends for himself in this long awaited growth spurt. History is revealed. Reputations are put to a halt! Friendships become love! Wounds are healed! But, something has to die for a new thing to thrive, right? Right?! no1 in #blacklit [12.16.2020-present] no2 in #detroit [12.31.2020] no1 in #celebrateblackstories [04.01.2021] no1 in #lukejames [09.04.2021] no4 in #socialissues[05.13.2022] no2 in #blackbxb[05.15.22] no1 in #urbanbxb [10.22.2022] no12 in #youngromance [11.23.2023]

"Daddy was a dope dealer, mama was a dope dealer , daddy fell off then mama started smoking dope while she was pregnant with me maybe that's why I'm such a dope nigga" Life ain't never been that good for Sincere growing up a dope boy without guidance he never envisioned hisself leaving the hood. The hood was all he knew. Santana was the same way. He ain't never had nobody. No family, no friends he was a young nigga with a secret doing whatever he had to do to eat. When they cross paths can they help eachother overcome their situations?

Book 1 Two of the most biggest rival gangs in New York have been around for decades. There is one member named Kasey who has his eyes on an opposing gang member, Gee who is the co-leader of his own gang. A lot of street code starts to be broken. If anybody finds out about this- especially Gee's brother who runs the whole gang, everything could go to shit real fast. They try their best to avoid it all until a new upcoming Mexican gang comes into town and starts ruining everything for both gangs. Will they make both gangs come together to take down the rising gang, or will everything fall apart?

Pryce has been through too much and has been down with his people through everything. He's the opposite of selfish but it's time he starts to care for himself instead of for others all the time. That's what he tells himself every time Lucas messes up or when things turn out for the worse. When is enough gonna be enough? Things can't be better in the future if he won't make it better now.  𝙺𝙰𝚃𝙻𝙰𝚂, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸