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Damian and Leslie are college sweethearts and newlyweds. Damian is from Chicago, and Leslie from the Carolinas. They fall in love, marry, and buy a house that proves to be more than they can handle. Like a lot of newlyweds, money can be the source of hardship early on in a marriage. Not only does finances play a part, Leslie meets a ruggedly handsome and financially stable man when she visits home. The two have an affair, and sadly the college sweetheart’s part. Life for everyone changes however when Damian moves across the street from Leslie and her new lover.

Ava Marie Grant is a hard working woman stuck in a $37,000 a year job. Tired of dating Mr. Wrong, Ava decides that she needs to change her social circles and go somewhere off limits to the average man. Ava risks her rent, and everything she has on a charity event and an expensive dress in hopes of mingling with Chicago’s wealthy. Ava wants her own happily ever after, even if that means taking someone else’s. Ava meets Mark Pleasant, a tall, dark, and handsome and a man of means. Intimidated by his status, she thinks he is out of her league. That is, until she meets Jeanette Bode, the ...

Can two damaged people love one another? Meet Anastasia, a young woman raped by her father and turned on to the unforgiving Chicago streets into the world’s oldest profession. All she has in the world is her baby girl, and a mother that turned a blind eye to the abuse. When she can take no more, she runs away with little money and her daughter in her arms. Milton, or “Gutter” as he’s known in the streets, is a mercenary, drug dealer, boss of a small clique of other damaged souls that he calls family. While moving about in back alleys and darkness in order to kill a man, he runs into...

Rear Cover Text for They Call Me King Two kings, two cartels, one product and one woman. This is the story of two drug lords from the west and south sides of Chicago. Both men are known as Kings in the Streets, however after meeting and both being on opposite sides of the Peruvian and Columbian drug trade, each man is determined to prove that there can only be one King. This is an urban love story told by Chicago’s son, Darrin Lowery.

In part two of the Gutter series, Milton Seaton AKA Gutter is being investigated by an overzealous detective named Renisha Thompson. She doesn’t just want to arrest Gutter, she wants him in her bed as well. In the meantime, someone has been moving stepped on product out of Gutter’s legal business that he uses to launder his money. Once he finds out who the culprit is, Gutter knows that the family will have to go to war. The street drugs are normally Black’s territory however Gutter doesn’t want Black to go to war with an enemy that he can’t beat. Gutter must wage a street war, ...

He lost the love of his life as a casualty of the war between the drug cartels. Now KING must face his demons with the loss of Selena, the guilt of killing his parents, and the fact that the two women that were always in his corner have married and moved on with their lives. When his Colombian connect states he needs to move more product and meet an improbable deadline, KING reaches out to the two people he trusts most, the mothers of his two sons. He not only needs to move more weight; he needs to teach the heir apparent to the Colombian Empire how the game works. KING wants to go ...

John Carter, a Chicago Cartel King is on his way to Federal Prison. The Authorities couldn’t pin on anything on his enterprise, so they try to put him on ice so everything he built is destroyed by his enemies. Damian Jordan is John’s right hand man. It’s his job to keep things afloat until if and when John comes home. Elijah, is John’s son, the heir to the kingdom. However Elijah is not ready to run things yet and John knows he would be no match for his competitors. Regardless, Elijah is set on making his mark and showing his father he’s ready to lead. This causes friction between...

When we last left Ava Marie Grant, the former Mistress was marrying Pastor Gregg Davis. Now only armed with the Bible, she is the First Lady of her new husband’s church. Ava quickly finds out that there is far more drama in the church than in her former life. What’s worse is people are now looking to her for guidance. How does a worldly woman new to the church counsel people that like her, struggle with their faith? This book is the final installment that began with Love & Sex, and The Mistress Rules.

When we last left Pastor Gregg Davis, he cheated on his wife with his best friend Victoria. Shortly after the affair, Victoria unexpectedly left. Months later she shows up at the church pregnant while Gregg is giving a moving sermon. Amidst whispers from the congregation, Gregg’s wife Ava offers again for Victoria to stay with them. While under the same roof, Victoria confesses again her love for Gregg, only now he is indeed wondering if he chose the wrong woman to be his wife. Feelings that neither of them knew were there have long since been suppressed and now both have found that they ...

Bobbi, Symone and Gia Banner are sisters. They were born to parents with addiction. Bobbi, the oldest is 13. When her parents abandon the girls in squalor as they go out on a drug binge, Bobbi is left with the task of not only providing for her sisters but maintaining the survival of all three. Fearful of being taken into the custody of the state or losing their lives on the mean streets of the west-side of Chicago, Bobbi does everything that she can to keep her family intact. With the weight of the world on her shoulders, Bobbi finds a way to reunite with her sisters after the state ...

Jada Evelyn Rogers is a dedicated wife, hard working woman, and mother of two boys. Her life is turned upside down when her husband, Marcus cheats on her for the second time. She has long since carried the household. He blames the infidelity on her constant grind. When Jada’s hard work finally begins to pay off, Marcus begins to see how dynamic his wife truly is. Terry James had a hard life. He was abused, homeless, and at one point was ready to give up on life. He joined the Navy where he learned discipline. Upon discharge he goes from a GED to a Ph.D. He excels in his professional ...

Jordan Davis is an image consultant for Pro Athletes. He does damage control, branding, marketing and most of all he fixes problems when they arise. His worst client is All Pro Wide Receiver Terrell Cummings, a player with the potential to be a Hall of Famer on the field, but who keeps having character issues off the field. Whitney Cummings, Terrell’s wife has always been aware of her husband’s indiscretions, but she had learned to turn a blind eye despite the fact that she was with him when he had nothing and helped to mold him into the man he is today. She has been a dutiful wife, ...

Janessa is dating a former pro football player, Anthony. He has an amazing body, he has financial means and for many women, he would be the ideal catch if it were not for his wandering eye. On the day of her wedding, she has jitters because she's worried some woman, groupie or another scandal may surface due to HIS many infidelities. He has been caught by the media, bloggers and at times, made her the laughing stock of the pro wife and girlfriend community. When it's that time to object at the wedding, her heart briefly finds peace when no one steps forward. Then, without warning, not one ...

Congratulations is the story of Tiffany Garner and Thomas Anthony Young. After eight months of dating, Tiffany thinks that any day now, Thomas will propose to her. That is until they get into a senseless argument before Thomas leaves on a business trip. Tiffany is hurt by the words that are exchanged. To get her mind off her troubles, she decides to go a wedding with her best friend, Alicia. While there, Tiffany's world is turned upside down when she sees Thomas not out of town, but at the wedding.

Korie Dillon is ready to get married, but her wishes don’t fit into her fiancé’s, “five-year plan.” Darren Howard wants to be married, but only when he feels he’s built a strong foundation. Because they can’t agree to disagree, they separate, but never stop loving one another. Time moves on as time does. While jogging with her best friend Jayna, Korie and her best friend come across two men of means. One thing leads to another, and both women think they might have found their happily ever after. That is until Darren returns to Korie’s life in the most unexpected way. She ...

Dena Meadows is a professional woman, wife, and student working on her Ph.D. Her world is shattered when she finds that her husband has been cheating on her with a younger woman. Coming from a family of failed relationships and secrets, Dena is the first in her family to ever get a formal education. With all her knowledge however, she still seems paralyzed by her husband’s betrayal. Eric Allen is wounded beyond words when his wife Elise cheats on him. Eric was faithful, hardworking, and strived to be the best man he could be. Both are on a journey as they find their lives falling apart. ...

Faith Marie Evans is from a rural town in Kentucky. She has dreams of leaving the small town that she grew up in to be the first educated woman in her family. Faith wants to live better than her mother Coretta, and applies herself in school so she can leave as soon as she turns eighteen. However when tragedy strikes the family, Faith is forced out into the world on her own. She finds out quickly that the world she dreamed about is much bigger than she imagined. Armed with only an eleventh grade education, Faith must rely on her looks, book smarts and eventually street smarts to survive. Her...

The First Lady is back! Ava Marie Davis is still very young in Christ, and still learning the ins and outs of being a leader of women within her church. Her ministry which is the women’s auxiliary, has garnered so much positive attention, that other churches have invited her to train their women’s auxiliary. She gets invited to a mega-church in downstate Illinois to help, and discovers that the even the biggest churches and most popular pastors are not without their own secrets. Gregg Davis struggles with leading his congregation because it’s growing at such an alarming rate. He ...