Just when they thought they could escape the streets, the streets come roaring back. Kailani and Giant are ready to build their empire. With a thriving cake business and a sparkling engagement ring, their future looks brighter than ever. But their dreams are shattered when Kailani is kidnapped, plunging them into a dangerous game with no rules. Giant will stop at nothing to protect the woman he loves, but enemies from his past are closing in. His vengeful ex, Candisha, is back for blood, and a web of deceit threatens to destroy everything he's built. Meanwhile, Kailani faces her own battles...

After four years, Marley King is back home in Polk County for her father's funeral, which she doesn't want to attend for various reasons. Her father was a legend in the city, so the church was packed beyond capacity, and everyone and their mama were in attendance. The first people she saw when she entered the church were her father's old enemies, Bishop Mafia, standing in the corner, all flashy in jewelry and all black clothing. Bishop Mafia consists of a crew led by a father and his three sons, Malice, Pope, and Don, who are all messed up in the head in different ways. The Bishop boys were...

Love ain't simple. Loyalty ain't free. And the past? It never really stays buried. Pleasure’s trying to walk away from the streets that built her—but the weight of old choices keeps pulling her back. Bull's rebuilding his empire brick by brick, but one wrong move could send it all crashing down. Holland swore she’d never look back, but life has a funny way of forcing you to face what you ran from. And Auto? He’s caught between who he was and who he's trying to become—with love and loss battling for space in his chest. In this high-stakes sequel, trust is fragile, the blocks stay ...

After years of being in an abusive relationship, WNBA player Kybella, finally finds the courage to escape. With just the clothes on her back she flees her hotel room; colliding into NBA superstar Adonis – A kind, intelligent gentleman who offers his help. An instant connection sparks between the two; something Kybella hasn't felt in a while. Adonis' gentle touch and patient nature awakens her hope to find love again. However, as their bond deepens, so does her fear. Kybella’s been conditioned to believe love comes with pain, and she can't shake the feeling that her past isn't done with ...

Forest Harvell never signed up to be anyone’s baby mama. She was just a nursing student, working the front desk at Willow Womb Fertility Clinic, when Tri’Mar Deramedi walked in. Rich, fine, and full of demands he hands her an ultimatum - Fifty grand to carry his baby or lose her job. Stuck between broke and desperate, Forest agrees. However, she didn’t plan to fall for him. And she definitely didn’t plan to fall for his two younger brothers. Tri’Mar Deramedi is wealthy, bitter, and still bleeding from the ex who left him when she thought he couldn’t have kids. A baby was just ...

As an act of tribute to her fallen cartel friends, and in an attempt to maintain control of what she has left, Boss Chick swiftly rises through the ranks of the cartel. She becomes known as the “Black Cartel Girl”, a savvy and ruthless drug dealer whose cunningness and charismatic ways captivates those who cross her path. Yet, the higher one climbs, the harder they fall; a truth that is threatening to crash down on her with an unyielding force of justice. Will THE PLUG'S RUTHLESS DAUGHTER continue to survive tragedy? Or will her luck finally run out?

After being in a relationship for three years, Noelle Frost is faced with the reality that she was definitely the better half. Her friends, ecstatic she's dropped the dead weight of a cheating boyfriend, urge her to get away for the holiday and take some time for herself. Not sure if that'll fix anything, but willing to try, she books a last-minute trip to the world-renowned Mistletoe Mountain Resort. Noelle boards the plane with the promise of peace and relaxation on the horizon.

A Harlem Kingpin comes home from prison. He crosses paths with a struggling Single Mother. Hood Love is in the air! For the last 3 years, Marquez Robinson, the former head of the infamous 116th Street Crew has been sitting on Riker's Island. He's doing a 25 to-life sentence for murder. Once he got locked up, his younger brother Drako shut down the illegal street operation and went into the nightclub industry. He's owns the hottest club in Harlem, Shakerz. And he's proved that he can get things popping without his older brother looking out for him. Both of their lives are about to get ...

After the death of her father at age eight, Marvelous “Marvel” Stephens, was uprooted from her home to be raised by her father’s parents. As much as she adored her grandparents, her own need for companionship developed as the only child in the household. That all changed when troubled ten-year-old, D'usse “Duce” Phelps, and his uncle moved down the street. From the first point of contact, their friendship took off, causing the two to be inseparable. What seemed like an odd pairing to everyone was a match made for them. Marvel has always been aware of D'usse’s troubled upbringing...

Seventeen-year-old Camryn Piers has only one goal in mind: graduate high school and get as far away from Monroe as she possibly can. Camryn has a vision for her young life, and it doesn’t involve getting caught up like most of her peers. She wants to become a Journalist and one day write a best-selling novel or two. Camryn’s a good girl who only wants the best for herself and works hard to achieve her goals without the distraction of boys and the issues that come with them. She was perfectly fine being the single virgin who never had a boyfriend in her life. In walks Aasim, or Ace, as ...