"Don't ever leave me again" With age comes responsibility, some comes sooner than for others. Being in a family filled with drugs and murder it's only normal to follow in the footsteps of those before you. With old beefs growing more and more deadly the family is more divided then ever. Everything comes at a cost and karma is very much real, it just hits in different ways. With the Jamaican cartel thriving in the drug world and deemed untouchable an old beef between Moriah and Kaine seems to be growing out of control leaving people stuck in the middle. New York also has stepped in to the feud when it's leader grows power hungry forcing sides to be chosen, their motto is 'Death Before Dishonor'. Ajani and Kaine's love story might be officially over, especially when mistakes are made and the past comes to light and sides are chosen out of lies and deceit. When it's all said and done only one side will remain and the California organization you all have grown to love might have just met its match.

Trevor Hamilton is a mentally disturbed teenager who suffers from pyromania. At eighteen years old Trevor finds himself at a stand still in life. With no actually dreams or visions for his future, he doesn't know or care what his next step will be. Meanwhile, his fellow peer India Jackson couldn't be more opposite. She has every step planned out for her future goals and dreams. On two different paths, the two appear to be a match made cold. But when an odd twist of fate brings their paths together, India and Trevor find out they aren't so different after all. Now, with a standing chance with India and a new outlook on life, Trevor decides to make a change. But that's easier said than done. Trevor's family and friends are still on the fast track to destruction, and appear to be bringing him with them. The soul ties Trevor has with his relatives and best friend runs deep, and their problems are often his. Not to mention the strife of his own with an enemy who poses a threat to not just him, but everyone he cares for. Creating a future for one self comes with a price, and for Trevor, that price is his old lifestyle. Lost in an emotional and spiritual battle, Trevor doesn't know what to do. If he should pick love over loyalty, right over wrong, and life over death.

All characters and events in this story are completely fictional. If anything seems familiar it is completely coincidental. All situations in this story come completely from my imagination. ******* Loyalty lasts a lifetime, but what's the point of being loyal if you're being left behind. **** The money is treating him right, but he knows she'll treat him better...He needs to get back to her, but is she the strong girl he left behind? Have the bricks broken her down or built her up?

"I need you" Corrine Parker was troubled. After her father was sent to prison for killing his mistress in a fit of rage and her mother diagnosed with stage four liver cancer, Seventeen year old Corrine is sent to live with her twenty five year old stripper sister named Isis who lives the fast life. Deemed a prude by everyone around her Corrine is in for a wake up call when it comes to dealing with her sister and her choice of men. After Isis agrees to house a hood rich hit man, Corrine's living situations grows a bit complicated after her sister and her open Pandora's box. Kareem Davis was only thirteen when he witnessed his father being killed by a drug related drive by and there was nothing he or anybody could do about it. As soon as he turned of age he decided that he'd enjoy nothing more than taking out the people who took his father from him. After a less than ordinary night at an strip club he and his boys regularly attend he finds himself in a storm of trouble when he attempts to kill the owner of the place after discovering he had something to do with his fathers death only to fail. Word in the hood travels fast and now he's forced to hide out while playing a cat and mouse game with his worst nightmare and dodging his feelings.

fer·vor ˈfərvər want, longing "ι'м proтecтιɴɢ yoυ ғroм нιм." Were the words he told me. At first, I didn't believe his crazy banter, the way he went on and on about some mysterious man- whose name he won't tell me. I believed he was crazy; the one who's been stalking me the whole time, but he has the scars to prove it.. Aaliyah Turner has found herself in a ditch, that she's trying to dig herself out of. She's had the strong sense that someone has been following her around, watching her every move. She constantly looking over her shoulder, and is always in a state of paranoia. One night, she's kidnapped, and is added to the list of missing person's cases at the police department. But her kidnapper has a reason for doing what he's done.. "ｓｏｍｅｏｎｅ'ｓ ｔｒｙｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｋｉｌｌ ｙｏｕ．" © THEAZUREFILES, all rights reserved.

Book Four, must read books 1-3 "It's all bout who you know, street ties mean everything love" Ajani Powell now Fourteen was raised in Jamaica with her younger brother very aware of her father and her families street life but she preferred to keep to herself spending time studying and keeping her brother in check. Being one of the oldest of the next generation the family business is hanging on Ajani's shoulders and she's forced to make a tough choice, she could either fix her families mistakes or keep the cycle of violence going to keep her families legacy alive. When her father and mother make the decision that Jamaica is no longer safe for their family they move back to California unbeknownst to them that Cali may not be the same or as safe as they think it is with a feud growing between two young men with very different ideas for the drug world and Ajani is stuck right in the middle of it all. Little did everyone know this feud would soon turn into the most deadliest turf war the state of California has ever seen and would go down in history.

After serving a three year bid, Truth "Tru" Shakur is finally free and ready to get back in the game. But everything has changed since he left the game three years ago. Kandi "K" Simmons has always been there for Truth, and it isn't only because he's her childhood best friend, but because she's been in love with him since forever and a day. The real question is can Truth make it back to his rightful position at the top and come to finally realize that the woman of his dreams had been at his side all along? This ain't no regular hood love story, this is about finding love in the hood and seeing if you can keep it.

It's a bit crazy how your life can change within just seconds. Kody Kingford is abducted from the home of her boyfriend with no idea why or where she was being taken. She is then forced to take on an entirely different lifestyle. Will she find a way out? Or will she just cooperate and find herself adjusting to such insane changes?