Bestselling author and SHEEN Magazine Literary Excellence Award-winner Porscha Sterling makes her Dafina Books debut with an urban romance perfect for readers who enjoy the sexy suspense of Niobia Bryant's Mistress series and the urban edge of Ashley Antoinette... As a wealthy heiress, Sage McMillian is used to getting what she wants. And what she wants is to make Dom 'Ink' Richardson her man. The fact that he's married to another woman is just a small obstacle. As the privileged and pampered heir of the McMillian empire, Sage McMillian always had what her heart desired. One night of spontaneous fun lands her inside of Official Ink, a tattoo parlor owned by the sexy, savage, and former street king, Dom "Ink" Richardson. The moment she sees him, it's love at first sight. Yet, it's Ink's indifference to her beauty and charm that grabs Sage's attention. He's numb to her advances and uninterested in small talk. She later finds out he's a married man, which should be the ultimate deterrent, but Sage welcomes the challenge he poses. A genuine friendship is born, only adding fuel to the flame of her addiction to him. When Ink's wife is murdered, the scandal rips the headlines and lands him on the front page of newspapers nationwide, but Sage is there for him. With her family's powerful connections, she seems to be godsent as she selflessly fights for his freedom and proclaims his innocence. But there's a lot more to Sage's interest in Ink--and she may not be the loyal and devoted friend Ink knows her to be...
Sometimes love hits you right when you least expect it, and that's what happened to Mirage after she took the Black Spade oath to never fall in love. After a tragedy changes her outlook on what's going on around her, she's not so sure the streets is where she belongs anymore. Living a double life ends up catching up to her in a way that can possibly destroy the very thing she desires the most. Love alone may not be enough to conquer the skeletons of a savage girl's past. Konfidence is a boss who can have any baddie on his arm that he wants, but he still has the worst luck with relationships. While running away from the one woman that could potentially cost him his life, he bumps into another who just might dish him the same fate. Meeting Mirage made him feel like she was everything that he was missing, but when the ugly truth comes out, their bond may not be enough to keep them from becoming enemies in the end. Both lovers will have to break some rules to keep their love alive but will it be worth the consequences they'll face? Find out what's in the cards for these two in this rocky love story!
What happens when there is no loyalty in love? SALEM: ""I knew once I came back in the picture there would be some foul ish going on, but I wasn't prepared for what I saw. Kaylen, the woman I loved, was in a relationship with my homeboy. Someone I considered my blood: Zo. When they said 'these hoes ain't loyal', I never knew how right they were about that. But now it was crystal clear. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, so I should have known that I couldn't stop Kaylen from moving another man in my vacant spot. She was hot in the ass from the beginning and that's why it had been so easy for me to slide up in her. Every day she told me she loved me but as soon as she thought I was dead, it was on to the next one. First Caleb, now Zo. But that was all water under the bridge and it was just enough under there for me to toss both of them in so they could drown in it. There was nothing worse than a thug with a grudge and I was about to make it my business to allow both of them to find that out.
The murder rate in Miami was at an all-time high. Legend was showering the city with his pain. He was making Miami bleed the way that his heart bled for me...the way mine bled for him. Nothing could stand in the face of his wrath and, even in the midst of experiencing my own heartache, I could feel his pain. But what he didn’t know is that his fury was pushing me further away." In part 3 of this legendary love story, Shanecia reaches her breaking point after realizing that her involvement with Legend has brought her close to death way too many times and decides to return to Spelman as a single woman. Legend, who has not even attempted to imagine life without her since they became a couple, is torn and launches a horrific assault on the city of Miami in his effort to get rid of Mello and get Shanecia back. He is determined to stop at nothing to prove to her that by his side is where she needs to be and that he can keep her safe. But will his savage ways prove to be too much for her and only make her stray further away? After finding Danny with Alicia, Maliah has seemingly cured herself of the love that she still had for her children's father and dives into her relationship with Murk. One thing she's learned is that, although he is everything she thought she wanted, it's not easy being with a man who has learned to settle all of his problems by way of his trigger finger. A few surprises lead to them learning things about each other as they go through situations they've never gone through together before. Will they be able to stick it out or will Maliah's fear of letting go and allowing Murk to love her, the way a man should love his woman, push him away? Tanecia can't help the fact that she's falling for Darin, the man who has always loved her even though she barely loved herself. So, finally, she gives in and decides to give her heart to the man who should have had it from the beginning. But just as she gives in to her feelings for him, a surprise comes knocking at the door. A surprise in the form of a very pregnant, beautiful woman. With the birth of a new relationship being interrupted by the impending birth of Darin's first child, Tanecia is left to deal with her new feelings for him and she also has to come to terms with her grief for the child she lost while also adjusting to the presence of another woman. Will she be able to set her issues to the side to build a loving relationship with Darin or will she let her own issues destroy what they have before it gets a chance to really start?
The legendary love story is finally coming to an end...After Legend, Murk and Dame are arrested for the murder of a federal agent, Shanecia and Maliah are left devastated as they await the fate of the men they love. But even after they are released, Agent Martinez still has her mind set on catching them in the act of an illegal activity so she can put them away for good. When Legend finds a way to get her attention off of them, he wonders if he should take the bait and risk losing Shanecia or listen to the urgings of his heart.
The legendary love story is finally coming to an end... After Legend, Murk and Dame are arrested for the murder of a federal agent, Shanecia and Maliah are left devastated as they await the fate of the men they love. But even after they are released, Agent Martinez still has her mind set on catching them in the act of an illegal activity so she can put them away for good. When Legend finds a way to get her attention off of them, he wonders if he should take the bait and risk losing Shanecia or listen to the urgings of his heart. Murk and Maliah are making the transition into married life but with it comes issues when Maliah begins to allow her insecurities to affect her thoughts when it comes to her new husband. On top of this, she receives a subpoena and learns that Danny is challenging her to get custody of the kids. With all this happening around her, in addition to the impending birth of the twins, will she self-destruct trying to handle it all on her own or will she learn that Murk is not only her man but the one who will always have her back? Tanecia and Darin are happily living life as a couple raising a brand new baby...or are they? Although Tanecia loves everything about Jen and takes her in as if she’s her own, Darin is unable to stop the voices in his head from telling him that Tanecia doesn’t have his child’s best interest at heart. Will he be able to fully trust the woman he’s sought after so long or will his disbelief that Tanecia has changed destroy everything they’re trying to build together?
Once a good girl goes bad, she’s gone forever... After a job gone wrong, two fates are left hanging in the balance, one being Outlaw’s oldest brother and the other an innocent child. Although Outlaw knows that things often happen beyond his control, he can’t help but to think that he’s partly to blame for putting Chloe in a situation that has led to Isaiah fighting for his life. With a wife and child of his own, his outlook has greatly changed and it’s affecting him in ways that he’s never experienced before. When he finds himself in a situation that he never intended and takes things with Chloe beyond a simple platonic relationship, he realizes that the only woman he should be worried about is the one whom he gave his last name. But by then, will he have lost everything? From the looks of things, Janelle is a shoe-in to become the next District Attorney of New York City but the level of scrutiny and criticism of the decisions she’s made in her personal life have her wondering if this new career path is one that she really wants to take. All of her life, she’s followed in the footsteps of her father, the man she has looked up to since she was a little girl, but a series of events turns her life upside down and she’s left confused. Are the career choices she’s made really part of her dream or someone else’s? In this final chapter of the Bad Boys series, tragedy strikes in multiple ways forcing Janelle and Outlaw to come to terms with who they really are. With infidelity in the mix, Janelle’s bitterness becomes her best friend and she’s consumed with her need to take revenge on everyone who played a part in destroying her picture-perfect life. Will vengeance be enough or will it only lead to more misery in the end?
The saga continues with Janelle and Outlaw on the verge of a lifestyle change they never expected would come quite so fast. But with Janelle nearly eight months pregnant, time is running short and the rush to get their lives in order before the arrival of their little princess has begun. Juggling her pregnancy, her career and her love life, Janelle is almost at wits end when things aren't turning out the way she planned. When Outlaw's reputation as the most vicious member of an infamous crime mob leads to her losing out on clients that she needs in order to keep the lights on, the stress of it all couldn't come at a worst time. As if that isn't enough, Janelle is anonymously sent a video that shakes her world and threatens to derail her relationship. Will she finally learn that she can put her faith and trust in the man she gave her heart to or will she fall victim to the mental and emotional turmoil that comes along with trying to handle it all on her own? No matter what, Carmella always seems to come alive in the presence of flashing lights, cameras, good music and adoring fans. After accidentally falling into the life of a socialite, Carmella feels like she's experiencing the glamorous life. Drug free, she's still living big, doing all the things that she loves and her relationship is perfect with Cree by her side. But how perfect is too perfect? When she begins to suspect Cree is up to some extracurricular activities involving another woman, she's hot on the trail like Inspector Gadget to catch him in the act. Will she be able to deal with what she finds if she discovers that Cree isn't the man she believed him to be? Sidney is finally indulging in the drama-free life now that she and Yolo have buckled down and made their relationship official. After losing Faviola, she's pulled herself together and her desire to move on and live every moment like it's her last is stronger than ever. But when a mystery woman shows up at the club one night, whispering a few words in Yolo's ear, her life takes a sudden turn that she wasn't preparing for. Sidney finds herself in a place where she has to come to terms with her own emotional scars before she can progress with her life. Will she be able to grow up beyond her hurtful past?
Luke was the one man Janelle never saw coming but now that he's here, she isn't able to let him go. All the things she hates about him-- his massive ego, rude demeanor and unapologetic thuggish ways-- begin to be the exact things she realizes she can't do without. And he seems to have fallen just as deeply for her, the good girl he just can't leave alone. But when she confesses her feelings for him, will it bring them closer or drive them apart? Carmella is miserable without Cree but has problems in Cali that are stealing her attention. But when the opportunity to return to New York presents itself, she flies back without a second thought about the consequences. Cree's focus is on never letting her get away again and everything is going according to plan until Carmella gets involved in something that threatens their new relationship. With her rising bad habits and new profession, all that is left for her to do is hope that Cree will, for once in his life, see things her way. Sidney is back in the place she thought she'd never be again-- head over heels in love with Yolo. But this time, he reciprocates it the way that she always wanted, proudly showing her off as his girl. However, someone is not too happy about their new public love--- his ex girlfriend, LaTrese. With Yolo telling Sidney that LaTrese is a non-factor, she trusts his words, knowing he's never told her a lie. But when a new situation comes about, hitting Yolo right where it hurts, will this still remain true? The saga continues in a way that none of these couples ever expected.
This open access Pivot book is a comparative study of six early colonial public libraries in nineteenth-century Australia, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. Drawing on networked conceptualisations of empire, transnational frameworks, and ‘new imperial history’ paradigms that privilege imbricated colonial and metropolitan ‘intercultures’, it looks at the neglected role of public libraries in shaping a programme of Anglophone civic education, scientific knowledge creation, and modernisation in the British southern hemisphere. The book’s six chapters analyse institutional models and precedents, reading publics and types, book holdings and catalogues, and regional scientific networks in order to demonstrate the significance of these libraries for the construction of colonial identity, citizenship, and national self-government as well as charting their influence in shaping perceptions of social class, gender, and race. Using primary source material from the recently completed ‘Book Catalogues of the Colonial Southern Hemisphere’ digital archive, the book argues that public libraries played a formative role in colonial public discourse, contributing to broader debates on imperial citizenship and nation-statehood across different geographic, cultural, and linguistic borders.
The murder rate in Miami was at an all-time high. Legend was showering the city with his pain. He was making Miami bleed the way that his heart bled for me...the way mine bled for him. Nothing could stand in the face of his wrath and, even in the midst of experiencing my own heartache, I could feel his pain. But what he didn’t know is that his fury was pushing me further away." In part 3 of this legendary love story, Shanecia reaches her breaking point after realizing that her involvement with Legend has brought her close to death way too many times and decides to return to Spelman as a single woman. Legend, who has not even attempted to imagine life without her since they became a couple, is torn and launches a horrific assault on the city of Miami in his effort to get rid of Mello and get Shanecia back. He is determined to stop at nothing to prove to her that by his side is where she needs to be and that he can keep her safe. But will his savage ways prove to be too much for her and only make her stray further away? After finding Danny with Alicia, Maliah has seemingly cured herself of the love that she still had for her children's father and dives into her relationship with Murk. One thing she's learned is that, although he is everything she thought she wanted, it's not easy being with a man who has learned to settle all of his problems by way of his trigger finger. A few surprises lead to them learning things about each other as they go through situations they've never gone through together before. Will they be able to stick it out or will Maliah's fear of letting go and allowing Murk to love her, the way a man should love his woman, push him away? Tanecia can't help the fact that she's falling for Darin, the man who has always loved her even though she barely loved herself. So, finally, she gives in and decides to give her heart to the man who should have had it from the beginning. But just as she gives in to her feelings for him, a surprise comes knocking at the door. A surprise in the form of a very pregnant, beautiful woman. With the birth of a new relationship being interrupted by the impending birth of Darin's first child, Tanecia is left to deal with her new feelings for him and she also has to come to terms with her grief for the child she lost while also adjusting to the presence of another woman. Will she be able to set her issues to the side to build a loving relationship with Darin or will she let her own issues destroy what they have before it gets a chance to really start?
Bestselling author and SHEEN Magazine Literary Excellence Award-winner Porscha Sterling makes her Dafina Books debut with an urban romance perfect for readers who enjoy the sexy suspense of Niobia Bryant's Mistress series and the urban edge of Ashley Antoinette... As a wealthy heiress, Sage McMillian is used to getting what she wants. And what she wants is to make Dom 'Ink' Richardson her man. The fact that he's married to another woman is just a small obstacle. As the privileged and pampered heir of the McMillian empire, Sage McMillian always had what her heart desired. One night of spontaneous fun lands her inside of Official Ink, a tattoo parlor owned by the sexy, savage, and former street king, Dom "Ink" Richardson. The moment she sees him, it's love at first sight. Yet, it's Ink's indifference to her beauty and charm that grabs Sage's attention. He's numb to her advances and uninterested in small talk. She later finds out he's a married man, which should be the ultimate deterrent, but Sage welcomes the challenge he poses. A genuine friendship is born, only adding fuel to the flame of her addiction to him. When Ink's wife is murdered, the scandal rips the headlines and lands him on the front page of newspapers nationwide, but Sage is there for him. With her family's powerful connections, she seems to be godsent as she selflessly fights for his freedom and proclaims his innocence. But there's a lot more to Sage's interest in Ink--and she may not be the loyal and devoted friend Ink knows her to be...
A crime of passion is one of the worst kinds because, in the end, no one is the victor... Blinded by love and rage, Queen almost makes the biggest mistake of her life when she nearly ends the life of the one man she's ever loved. When Andre shows her the error of her ways, he not only seeks revenge on Janine, who almost succeeded in tearing him and Queen apart, but he removes Queen from the street life that she cherishes so much and decides to handle their enemies on their own. Will Queen finally learn to lean on him in her moments of weakness? Or will she continue to take matters into her own hands? Tiffany learns that she is Queen's sister but her hatred of Queen only grows. Now more than ever, she wants to destroy the woman who she blames for everything that has gone wrong in her life...the one woman who has taken every chance she's had at happiness away from her. Swallowing her pride, she runs to her best friend, Meka, the only person she has left who may be able to help her and prays that she doesn't know about the night of lust and passion she shared with Meka's long-time boyfriend, Man-Man. But when she catches up with Meka, she is shocked to find that sleeping with her best friend's man is the least of her concerns and she may be even more alone than she initially thought. Kelis has settled into a new life with a new man and her child. But she still has the nagging feeling that all is not well. With Andre and Queen wanting her dead, she constantly feels the urge to look over her shoulder and fears that one day, her past will catch up with her. Will she be able to live her life of happiness and bliss in peace or will she one day have to atone for her sins? Queen is still on the search for answers about her past and the more she learns, the more she sees that everything she thought about her family and her father is a lie. With every revelation that takes place, she realizes more and more that she needs Andre by her side because she can't do it all alone. In this tale of love, growth and revelation, will Queen be able to become the woman the streets need her to be? Or will she crumble under the pressure of her past?
Love is a drug I never wanted to take. But now I have and it's too late. I'm addicted to you." Legend is on a mission and it happens to be one he can't speak about. Always a man of little words, keeping things close to the heart has never been a problem. Or at least it never used to be until January began to occupy that space. Now he's fighting a battle between his mind and his heart and, unlike any battle he's ever fought before, this is a war that no matter how it ends, sacrifice will be required. While Legend's battling his own demons, January's on a mission of her own. In some ways different from his, but almost nearly the same. With trust being a vulnerability that she's been the most reluctant to embrace, it's the exact thing that love requires. But how can she trust the man who broke her heart? There are no shadows when you're surrounded by darkness, but when love makes way for the light to shine through, all the things you refused to face appear. Can January and Legend conquer their darkness to enjoy the light of each other? Or will fear of fully opening up to one another stop them from experiencing love's true bliss?
What happens when there is no loyalty in love? SALEM: ""I knew once I came back in the picture there would be some foul ish going on, but I wasn't prepared for what I saw. Kaylen, the woman I loved, was in a relationship with my homeboy. Someone I considered my blood: Zo. When they said 'these hoes ain't loyal', I never knew how right they were about that. But now it was crystal clear. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, so I should have known that I couldn't stop Kaylen from moving another man in my vacant spot. She was hot in the ass from the beginning and that's why it had been so easy for me to slide up in her. Every day she told me she loved me but as soon as she thought I was dead, it was on to the next one. First Caleb, now Zo. But that was all water under the bridge and it was just enough under there for me to toss both of them in so they could drown in it. There was nothing worse than a thug with a grudge and I was about to make it my business to allow both of them to find that out.
I'm Janelle Alexandria Elizabeth-Ann Pickney. The oldest of four girls. Graduate of New York Law School, two years earlier than expected, at the top of my class and apple of my father’s eye. After years of hard work and dedication, I’m finally rewarded by being able to sit in on one of the biggest trials in the city, being handled by the district attorney himself. I’m excited and terrified about working with him. After all my years of dreaming, the time has finally come. But then I met him... Luke “Outlaw” Murray. The youngest of six boys. Graduate at the top of his class at hood university where he got his degree in the streets. Certified in Street Nigga-ology. He’s rude. He’s arrogant. He’s abrasive and he’s... did I say he was rude? He’s everything I don’t want in a man. Everything I shouldn’t want... until I do. And this... this is a story about us. But beware, because it's not your average love story.
Best-selling author, Porscha Sterling, comes back with the highly anticipated spin-off to the Bad Boys Do It Better series with yet another riveting tale about the unavoidable attraction that good girls have for bad boys. Focusing on the offspring of two of her most loved and most dangerous characters, the infamous Outlaw, the youngest of the Murray Brothers and Legend, the leader of the Dumas clan, she weaves a story of young love complete with all the dramatic twists and turns that are typical of her series as she dives into the world of January Murray. As a mafia princess, January wanted a different life and vowed to never love a bad boy. But when she meets Legend Dumas, her life will never again be the same. Read the synopsis below and prepare yourselves for Only a Bad Boy Can Love Her, available January 2021! Balance. Balance was my everything. Growing up as a classically trained ballerina with dreams of being a professional dancer, balance was my life. Everything about me depended on it; my diet, my temper, my sleep and waking schedule. I even dedicated myself to rigorous yoga and martial arts training to learn how to maintain focus by balancing my breath. Balance was literally my everything. Living like this came with several rules and I was the kind of person who didn’t mind following them. Rules were made to protect me; they kept me safe. And I never had issues following them but, to be totally honest, I never once had a reason not to. At least, not until I met him. My name is January Luckeisha Murray, daughter of the honorable Janelle Murray and Luke ‘Outlaw’ Murray, the infamous leader of the Black Bag Mafia, an underground crime society. Most know me as the apple of his eye, a cherished mafia princess who always followed her father’s rules about staying out of the public’s eye. But now daddy’s little girl is all grown up and I’m ready to share my story. This is a story about the time when I decided to break all the rules... The time I fell in love.
Luke was the one man Janelle never saw coming but now that he's here, she isn't able to let him go. All the things she hates about him-- his massive ego, rude demeanor and unapologetic thuggish ways-- begin to be the exact things she realizes she can't do without. And he seems to have fallen just as deeply for her, the good girl he just can't leave alone. But when she confesses her feelings for him, will it bring them closer or drive them apart? Carmella is miserable without Cree but has problems in Cali that are stealing her attention. But when the opportunity to return to New York presents itself, she flies back without a second thought about the consequences. Cree's focus is on never letting her get away again and everything is going according to plan until Carmella gets involved in something that threatens their new relationship. With her rising bad habits and new profession, all that is left for her to do is hope that Cree will, for once in his life, see things her way. Sidney is back in the place she thought she'd never be again-- head over heels in love with Yolo. But this time, he reciprocates it the way that she always wanted, proudly showing her off as his girl. However, someone is not too happy about their new public love--- his ex girlfriend, LaTrese. With Yolo telling Sidney that LaTrese is a non-factor, she trusts his words, knowing he's never told her a lie. But when a new situation comes about, hitting Yolo right where it hurts, will this still remain true? The saga continues in a way that none of these couples ever expected.
Legend is quickly becoming the official King of the Miami streets but, even in the midst of his ruthless personality and thuggish nature, Shanecia continues to show him what it’s like to be loved. In this legendary sequel, Legend is dealing with how it feels to come close to losing the one he loves after Shanecia is taken by Mello but once he gets her back, he vows to not only have his revenge but to never lose her again. However, the more Shanecia is shown a side of Legend that she’d only heard of but never knew existed, the more she wonders if she’s really about that street life. Determined to hold on to a relationship that has quickly become more important to her than life, she decides to stick it out and stand by his side. But at what cost? Legend is consistently making changes to try to become the man that Shanecia needs as he comes to terms with the reality that he’s started to love someone more than he’s ever loved any other before. But in doing so, he realizes that he has to face his dark past. In the midst of all these changes, he also discovers that someone close to him may be betraying him. When his sister, Cush, delivers news of the possible resurfacing of a long-lost enemy, he finds himself stuck between his emotional struggle of learning to love a woman in the way that she deserves while also protecting her from his enemies in his streets. But with Shanecia’s sister near death because of his decisions, will he end up losing it all? After learning that Danny is not dead, Maliah finds herself in a situation where she is left with her heart torn between two men. Although she knows that Danny means her no good, she can’t ignore the fact that he’s the father of her children and she wants the best for him, even if she chooses to stay with Murk. At the same time, she has a strong suspicion that Murk is the cause for Danny almost being killed although he continues to deny it. For the sake of her heart and her children, she decides to stick it out with Murk but Danny is determined not to let go. When a series of events occurs leaving Murk to question her loyalty, will she be able to escape with her life?
Decide to fall in love with an Outlaw once again... Janelle's lack of experience with the street life has created a rift between her and Luke. But the more she thinks about all the changes that have come about after becoming his official girl, the more she wonders if she really likes the woman she's becoming with him in her life. When she makes a decision that drives an even bigger wedge between them, they both prove to be too stubborn to come to terms with the feelings they still have for each other. Will Luke swallow his pride and change his ways to earn the trust of the only woman he wants in his life? Carmella comes out of rehab a new woman ready to get her life back on track. One of the main parts of her life that she wants to get in order is her relationship with Cree. Unfortunately... he's not interested and Carmella is crushed. After all the mistakes that she's made, will she be able to prove to Cree that she's still the woman he fell in love with? And if he does finally see that she's changed, will it be too little too late? After witnessing the savage side of Yolo that she's never seen before, Sidney decides it's best to push herself to move on. With her own deep, dark secret that she's been keeping from him, she doesn't want to be the next one murdered in cold blood due to Yolo's fury if he ever found out. But after being in love with him for nearly her entire life, is it possible that she will even have the strength to really let him go? When tragedy strikes and another life is taken unexpectedly and suddenly, the only ones Sidney and Yolo have are each other. Will this tragic event show them that it's time to put the games behind them and focus on loving each other?
Can the right woman really make a bad boy change? Janelle and Outlaw's love story was birthed through struggles that neither one of them ever saw coming but just when they thought they’d reached their happily ever after, their picture-perfect love story comes crumbling down. Janelle's dreams are all set to come true when she gets the chance to become the District Attorney of New York City. The only thing making her have second thoughts is the fact that she’s married to the city’s ultimate bad boy, Luke ‘Outlaw’ Murray. With no one around who understands her ambitious goals, she finds a friend in a woman who truly only wants to bring her down. The saying ‘keep your friends close and your enemies closer’ always rings true but once Janelle finally realizes that her enemy is right in front of her, will it be too late? Luke ‘Outlaw’ Murray is the bad boy who no one ever imagined could be tamed. Now that he’s a family man, his reckless lifestyle has changed, but the savage in him is very much alive. With Janelle focused on her own dreams, he turns his attention back to running the streets... only to meet someone he would have never expected: Chloe Harvarty, the sister of Chris Harvarty, a man whose life he ended in order to protect the woman he loved. His guilt plagues him when he sees the way that his actions have utterly devastated her life and, against his better nature, he’s caught up—feeling obligated to help a woman he begins to feel responsible for. When a simple friendship begins to cross the line over into a lane that he knows he shouldn’t explore, will Outlaw stand strong or will he turn back into his old self and fall back into his womanizing ways?
Once a good girl goes bad, she’s gone forever... After a job gone wrong, two fates are left hanging in the balance, one being Outlaw’s oldest brother and the other an innocent child. Although Outlaw knows that things often happen beyond his control, he can’t help but to think that he’s partly to blame for putting Chloe in a situation that has led to Isaiah fighting for his life. With a wife and child of his own, his outlook has greatly changed and it’s affecting him in ways that he’s never experienced before. When he finds himself in a situation that he never intended and takes things with Chloe beyond a simple platonic relationship, he realizes that the only woman he should be worried about is the one whom he gave his last name. But by then, will he have lost everything? From the looks of things, Janelle is a shoe-in to become the next District Attorney of New York City but the level of scrutiny and criticism of the decisions she’s made in her personal life have her wondering if this new career path is one that she really wants to take. All of her life, she’s followed in the footsteps of her father, the man she has looked up to since she was a little girl, but a series of events turns her life upside down and she’s left confused. Are the career choices she’s made really part of her dream or someone else’s? In this final chapter of the Bad Boys series, tragedy strikes in multiple ways forcing Janelle and Outlaw to come to terms with who they really are. With infidelity in the mix, Janelle’s bitterness becomes her best friend and she’s consumed with her need to take revenge on everyone who played a part in destroying her picture-perfect life. Will vengeance be enough or will it only lead to more misery in the end?
The saga continues with Janelle and Outlaw on the verge of a lifestyle change they never expected would come quite so fast. But with Janelle nearly eight months pregnant, time is running short and the rush to get their lives in order before the arrival of their little princess has begun. Juggling her pregnancy, her career and her love life, Janelle is almost at wits end when things aren't turning out the way she planned. When Outlaw's reputation as the most vicious member of an infamous crime mob leads to her losing out on clients that she needs in order to keep the lights on, the stress of it all couldn't come at a worst time. As if that isn't enough, Janelle is anonymously sent a video that shakes her world and threatens to derail her relationship. Will she finally learn that she can put her faith and trust in the man she gave her heart to or will she fall victim to the mental and emotional turmoil that comes along with trying to handle it all on her own? No matter what, Carmella always seems to come alive in the presence of flashing lights, cameras, good music and adoring fans. After accidentally falling into the life of a socialite, Carmella feels like she's experiencing the glamorous life. Drug free, she's still living big, doing all the things that she loves and her relationship is perfect with Cree by her side. But how perfect is too perfect? When she begins to suspect Cree is up to some extracurricular activities involving another woman, she's hot on the trail like Inspector Gadget to catch him in the act. Will she be able to deal with what she finds if she discovers that Cree isn't the man she believed him to be? Sidney is finally indulging in the drama-free life now that she and Yolo have buckled down and made their relationship official. After losing Faviola, she's pulled herself together and her desire to move on and live every moment like it's her last is stronger than ever. But when a mystery woman shows up at the club one night, whispering a few words in Yolo's ear, her life takes a sudden turn that she wasn't preparing for. Sidney finds herself in a place where she has to come to terms with her own emotional scars before she can progress with her life. Will she be able to grow up beyond her hurtful past?
A crime of passion is one of the worst kinds because, in the end, no one is the victor... Blinded by love and rage, Queen almost makes the biggest mistake of her life when she nearly ends the life of the one man she's ever loved. When Andre shows her the error of her ways, he not only seeks revenge on Janine, who almost succeeded in tearing him and Queen apart, but he removes Queen from the street life that she cherishes so much and decides to handle their enemies on their own. Will Queen finally learn to lean on him in her moments of weakness? Or will she continue to take matters into her own hands? Tiffany learns that she is Queen's sister but her hatred of Queen only grows. Now more than ever, she wants to destroy the woman who she blames for everything that has gone wrong in her life...the one woman who has taken every chance she's had at happiness away from her. Swallowing her pride, she runs to her best friend, Meka, the only person she has left who may be able to help her and prays that she doesn't know about the night of lust and passion she shared with Meka's long-time boyfriend, Man-Man. But when she catches up with Meka, she is shocked to find that sleeping with her best friend's man is the least of her concerns and she may be even more alone than she initially thought. Kelis has settled into a new life with a new man and her child. But she still has the nagging feeling that all is not well. With Andre and Queen wanting her dead, she constantly feels the urge to look over her shoulder and fears that one day, her past will catch up with her. Will she be able to live her life of happiness and bliss in peace or will she one day have to atone for her sins? Queen is still on the search for answers about her past and the more she learns, the more she sees that everything she thought about her family and her father is a lie. With every revelation that takes place, she realizes more and more that she needs Andre by her side because she can't do it all alone. In this tale of love, growth and revelation, will Queen be able to become the woman the streets need her to be? Or will she crumble under the pressure of her past?
The power of love is supposed to be stronger than the power of hate but in the streets of East Harlem, that's not always the case. After getting locked up with the help of Tiffany and Kelis, Queen and Dre are forced apart at the time when they need each other the most. When Dre is released from jail, he enlists the help of his attorney, Janine, to get her out. But Janine is also Dre's former flame and though he thought she could put the past behind her in order to focus on business, that just may not be the case. When Janine decides that she doesn't want to let the best man she's ever had get away from her a second time, she takes drastic measures to secure her future with Dre and get rid of the one person standing in her way: Queen. With Dre and J-Boy determined to find Tiffany and bring her to justice behind the barrel of a gun, Tiffany runs to the only person who can help her...her best friend, Meka. But although Meka is happy to help her only friend, she is not too keen about Tiffany being too close to her boyfriend, Man-Man. When Tiffany and Man-Man discover one of Meka's best kept secrets that completely altered each of their lives long ago, it becomes evident that Meka may have a very good reason for not wanting the two of them together. After clinging to Dre, the only family she's had, for so long, Queen gets a call from her brother, Jawell. Though she's happy to hear from him, he comes forward with information that totally transforms her life. When Jawell suggests that she goes to see someone from Dre's past, she reluctantly agrees and finds out more than she thought she'd ever know about her parents as well as herself. In this sizzling sequel to Boss Queen, the focus is love and relationships but the issue is betrayal. With the world against them, will the power of Queen and Dre's love be strong enough to last?
It seems that Baby Taylor has it all: love, happiness, and a blossoming new career. But when her soon-to-be husband is arrested with federal charges on her wedding day, her life takes a turn in the unexpected. With nowhere to go, she finds herself at the mercy of her best friend, Mona, and her husband, Memphis. But with the past that Memphis and Baby share, things begin to get even more complicated, and taboo emotions that Baby buried long ago threaten to come to the light. When she finds herself weak to resist love’s call, will she be strong enough to do what is right, or will she fall victim to the urgings of her heart?
After choosing to forsake all and be with the man she loves, Janelle begins to navigate her life with the realization that bringing Outlaw into her life will ensure that nothing will ever be the same and her future will be anything but what she expected it to be. But did she ever expect for everything to continue as usual being that she is an assistant district attorney who fell for the most dangerous and unpredictable of the Murray brothers? And would Outlaw really have it any other way? Carmella is stuck in a situation she doesn't want to be in when the harmless photos she thought she was taking in order to fluff up her bank account end up being part of a major marketing push for the type of 'flicks' she never would have wanted to be placed in. With her face all over the nation as a triple X company's next major star, Carmella falls back on old habits in order to cope. But with her life spiraling out of control, will Cree decide to stick it out with her and help pull her through or will he abandon her when she needs him most? Sidney is hit with the reality of how big, or stupid, Yolo's heart is when he brings LaTrese into his home in order to care for her while he seeks revenge on the man who abused her. But Sidney's suspicions tell her that LaTrese's story doesn't add up and there is something else hiding beneath the surface. Will she find out about the secrets that LaTrese is hiding? And when she does... will Yolo understand that the woman he once loved may actually be the enemy he never saw coming?
This love story is not for the faint of heart? After a series of events no one saw coming, Gunplay decided to keep his distance from LeTavia to keep her life from spiraling even more out of control than it had since the day he'd placed himself into it. However, the time has come for him to get her back and he's determined to have her as the lady by his side. LeTavia is on her way home from a difficult trip to the clinic, her first step to wash away her past, when she sees Gunplay for the first time in months, looking even more irresistible than ever before. He's the same old Gunplay, the roughest kind of thug, but there is something else. The savage in him is even wilder than ever before as he struggles to fulfill his need to conquer New York at all costs. Can they put the past behind them and move on to be the couple they once were? Gunplay is a hustler in every sense of the word, and that fact has only grown over the last few months since he's been away. With Cutta in prison, he puts in place his plan to dominate the entire city of New York, but the more he pushes on, it seems to him that he's greatly underestimated his opponent. In the midst of dealing with the war he's waging in the streets, he's also dealing with learning to control his ruthless ways. So use to shooting first and asking no questions at all, his mental stability is put to the test. Will LeTavia's confession about what happened between she and Cutta push him over the edge? Love and loyalty. These are both things that Gunplay & LeTavia crave. But can love and loyalty be intertwined peacefully and last amid the dark evils of street life?
Raised in the heart of the hoods of Brooklyn, 18-year-old LeTavia was the oldest of two children looked after by their grandmother after their mother ran out on them. Built with a strong sense of responsibility, it was this trait that pushed her to protect Deshaun Banks, aka Gunplay, the very first time she laid eyes on him. Gunplay, a born hustler, ducked into a local food spot, hoping to dodge the police that were searching for him but what he found inside ended up being more than he expected. When LeTavia immediately assisted him by attempting to hide him from the cops, he not only avoided being placed in prison for the rest of his life but he found the one woman who he would learn is loyal to him from Day 1. Or is she really? Five years later, Gunplay is released from prison and runs into the person whom he owes his freedom to. Now 23 years old, LeTavia is a full grown woman and just as desirable to him as she was the day they'd first met. Immediately, Gunplay sets his mind on making her his but Quisha, the chick who held him down for five years of lock up, isn't having that. Cutta was the king of the Harlem streets before Gunplay was locked up and, after his release, he's even more powerful. When he hears that Gunplay has been released, he has one goal in mind and that's to end Gunplay's life for a betrayal he blamed Gunplay for years ago. But when fate brings him into contact with LeTavia, his plans take a turn that even he didn't expect and the result threatens to tear down everything that LeTavia and Gunplay have built. Is real love always loyal love? When the rules of the streets are mired by the desires of the heart, the results can be treacherous and, oftentimes, deadly.
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