Don't judge a book by its cover, everybody's storms are quiet🤫.

2019 O.V.O.S SECOND PLACE WINNER ❤️ 17 year old Quincy Perez comes from a rough background with an abusive dad, deceased sister and drug addict step-mother. He wanted nothing more than to be saved. After many failed suicide attempts, he was finally noticed by his high school crush Taelynn Cooper and before he goes through with his final attempt with suicide.. Will he be saved or would he pull it off?

She thought she knew the truth; and he needed her to know the truth. He would do anything to get her to hear him out, and he meant anything....

read to find out😉

🏆🥇🏅Winner of the 2019 ANGIE THOMAS O.V.O.S AWARD🏆🥇🏅 A personal favorite by the judges and described as a story that "touches your soul and teaches you a lesson, makes you think." Follow 17 year old Nyla Baedee through her journey of self love, self confidence, and self discovery, as she finally learns to love the skin she's in. Book cover by me Copyright © 2016 Kira Melvin 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. I do not own any of the pictures used in this publication. Started: 10/10/16 Ended: 11/09/17

"This was suppose to be easy, nobody was suppose to get hurt". Twenty year old Ivory Santana was what most people would call friendly and caring. She'd be the person you'd least expect to have a father running one of the biggest drug trafficking industry's in America. Ivory has went through great measures keeping that part of her life private while attending college at NYU, that is until she's taken. Twenty two year old Jade and his older brother Ohaji are 2 completely different types of people that you wouldn't expect to even associate with each other if they weren't related. With dreams of one day being as legendary as their father once was. The two brothers were given the task of kidnapping their boss, big Al's enemy's daughter until he agrees to compromise. Sounds simple enough right? WRONG. What happens when Ivory teams up with the brothers and this turns into a cat and mouse game between bonds and blood?

*** UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!!!***** "My name is Kidd and that over there is my homeboy Angel." Kidd pointed to a carmel complexion guy with seemed from here he had green eyes. The guy "Angel" was talk but not as tall as Kidd. Kidd look like he could be about 6"3 but I was so smaller than him I couldn't tell for sure. "Okay, and?" I said holding my books over my chest a little tighter surprised by my bold attitude question. "And," He smirked, he's brown skin dimpling his cheeks. "We'd both like to fuck you." Taken aback a bit by what he just said but still not trying to be fearful I ask. "What?!" Screaming a little to much. "We'd like-" ... Wanna know what happens, read to find out. Copyright 2015

K'Ari is forced to move back to New York with her grandma after being kicked out by her mother and step father. She soon meets her neighbor, Dave.

❝ SHE WANT A RICCH NIGGA, SO SHE CHOSE US. ❞

They both knew the consequences if word was to get out about the two but a young Lauren no longer cared about the over protectiveness from the men in her life, she began to get reckless. But the only issue wasn't the fact that he was apart of the family, he also had no business being 27 messing with a 18 year old girl especially a Valentine, knowing he could die - that he would die behind his actions. Would he protect himself, or would he fight for them to be together?