Rumi "Rue" Monroe was a girl who grew up too quick and too soon. When her parents died, all she had left was herself, her overworked aunt, and bills they could never quite outrun. Fresh out of a relationship after catching her man in bed with another woman, Rue is exhausted working herself to the bone, drowning in responsibilities, and done with men altogether. She keeps her head down, minding her business, praying life gives her something better than struggle and disappointment. She isn't looking for love, danger, or anything that can break her again. Until she meets him. Nazir "Naz" Creed is the coldest man in the city a quiet storm with a reputation that speaks louder than he ever needs to. Running the streets with his brothers built him an empire people fear and respect in equal measure. Naz moves with precision, loyalty, and violence when necessary, and he's never cared about much outside money, power, and keeping his circle alive. But then he sees Rue. What starts as a chance encounter turns into a collision neither of them can walk away from. Rue's sweetness clashes with Naz's darkness, her broken hope meets his guarded heart, and suddenly the city's coldest man finds himself warming to the one girl who wasn't looking for him in the first place. And the streets? The streets don't like when the wrong people start caring about each other.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴛʏ ꜱᴘᴇᴀᴋꜱ ʜɪꜱ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɪɴ ꜱʜɪᴠᴇʀꜱ. ᴘᴏʟɪᴄᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʀɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ʜᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴡᴀʀɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴏɴꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ. ᴀ ʙᴀᴅ ᴅᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ. ᴀ ᴍɪʀʀᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴇꜱ ʜɪᴅᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜɢ. ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴘᴇꜱ ɪɴ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ, ɪɴ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ꜱᴘᴏᴛ ᴀꜱ ꜱɪᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅꜱ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴀ ꜱɪʟʜᴏᴜᴇᴛᴛᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴀᴛꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ.

*Not edited* I snuggled into the pillow before I felt his arm wrap around me, pulling me closer. My head now in his chest as he pulled my leg over him. "I love you," he whispered with his eyes closed. "Why?" I whispered back and he opened his eyes, looking at me and chuckling a little. "Gabriella, if you don't say it back and stop playing," he mugged and I laughed. "I'm not playing. Why?" I smiled looking up at him and he let out a deep sigh. "I love you because you're the best thing that's ever happened to me...because I was lost before you...because I can't go a second without thinking about you...because my mind goes foggy when I'm not around you...because there is nothing in this world, or any other, I wouldn't do for you...because I know you always got me...because you're my baby and all I'm ever gonna do is love you," he smiled kissing my temple ::: Gabriella Rae Mason is a dancer who moved from New York to LA to follow her dreams. She ran away from a past that still has a hold on her. Although she finds it hard to let her guard down, her life it going well with what she's built for herself. That's until she meet a man who pulls her life in all different directions. Jordan is an artist. He's good at painting and interior design, his way with prints and patterns warm you. The colors of his work paint a rainbow but his insides are coated grey. A cloud of darkness filled with pain and trauma follows him. Will the new girl he meets be able to halt the precipitation? #1 Black Writer(8/1/22)

After running into Chris after an incident that happened a few years ago, will she be able to look at him the same? Due to their Pass and Present Jordyn and Chris have a very rocky relationship, but deep down none of the damage can keep them apart...or can it?

An unlikely friendship turned into something more when two paths are crossed. Both from different world's trying to cope with the reality of their lives and make things work. Copyright © 2016 by Chrystal-Ann Eversley. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

No matter how strong a union can be, challenges always presents itself. The question is... How strong is your Faith to overcome it!!! Book four of the August and Misty Series. •Reality •Dreams •Passion •Faith Copyright © 2016 by Chrystal-Ann Eversley. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

𝐀 𝐌𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐈 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒. "There's people out there who would literally turn they whole life to the side and forget all of their morals just to say they got some money in they pocket and made a way out." - Marquise "But I kept swimming. Kept tryna reach the top. Swallowing gallon after gallon of water I kept fucking swimming." - Skooby "But sometimes, when your heart been so broken, you just do what you gotta do to stop it from not beating altogether. Even if what you do ultimately makes it stop in the end."" - Chyna "I was ready to put the fork down and be my own fucking chef. growing up in the projects it was a narrow ass hallway with maybe 6 doors in total lined up, 3 of them ultimately lead to death and the other 3 lead to either fast money, slow money, or wealth." - Ana

PART ONE: i hate you but i love you more In which Nevaeh James and Kaiden Oliver invest so much time in insulting and bickering with each other that they end up falling for one another instead first words written : december twenty-second 2018

𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒. 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴- #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦𝗘𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗟𝗘

discontinued.