Ever since Draylah Omari was sixteen years old, it seemed like life had only dealt her a bad hand. Tragedies and betrayal have taken the people she loved most, including her best friend of over a decade, Glory. After finding out her boyfriend Lue, who was once her savior, is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing, Draylah decides to lock her heart up and focus only on her half-finished brow bar. She's no longer in the mood to weather any storms, especially ones that are brought on by a man...

Haven Banks is the deadliest man in Jersey, and he loves it. The fear and pain he inflicts on people gives him a high he can’t come down from. However; he will meet his match in the last person he expected. Never backing down from another, things become chaotic and Haven will find out not everyone is who they say.Armonie loves her boyfriend of two years but what happens when love isn’t enough? She struggles to keep her relationship in tact even though the man could care less. His p...

New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and Essence bestseller La Jill Hunt return with a story of love, money, power, and respect in the next addition of the popular Family Business series.Five years ago, Orlando Duncan created the perfect drug in HEAT. It made the Duncans more than two hundred and fifty million dollars and was on its way to making them billionaires. However, they abruptly stopped manufacturing the drug when it was proven to cause cancer in rats. Yes, even as...

Ricky AK has never been one to shout threats and not pull through. The heartless gangsta has also never been one to take being threatened lightly. When faced with a problem that could ruin the relationship he has built with Draylah, Ricky AK takes extreme measures to make it all go away. But as the old saying goes, what's done in the dark will always come to light, and even though Ricky AK took precautions to prevent that, the light shined ever so brightly on his horrific doings.Wi...

In the final installment, Ricky must deal with the mind-blowing news his grandmother has just revealed to him. Feeling like he's all alone in being betrayed by people who were expected to be loyal to him, Ricky soon realizes that the person who can understand his situation completely has been right by his side all along. Draylah too has her own troubles to face, the main one dealing with someone she thought she'd lost but has been able to reunite with. However, there is a big block in her ...

One decision can shift your entire life. Sometimes the shift lands you in the middle of chaos and sometimes you find yourself perfectly positioned for the peace and happiness your heart longs for.Cadence was forced to run to protect the one person she would give her life for.Sol was forced to run to protect the one person who he feels that he failed.You can’t hide from your indiscretions and you definitely can’t hide from your heart. When two creative souls are drawn to eac...

New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and Essence bestseller La Jill Hunt return with a story of love, betrayal and racism in the next addition to the wildly popular Family Business series.From the time he was a boy in Georgia, LC Duncan, patriarch and leader of the Duncan clan, has battled racism. Even now that he and his family are truly successful, the racism can still be in-your-face. Maybe it’s the political climate or perhaps it’s just bad timing, but LC and the rest o...

Darica's world is turned upside down,as she becomes aware that her desires, her husband's selfishness, and her lovers past created a wrath that sent her knocking on death's door. But,realizing the error of her ways won't turn back the hands of time and undo the unthinkable things she did to get to this point. Rolanda thought she raised her sons to value women, unlike their abusive, cheating father; she even married another man to give them a better life. But, she quickly learned that DNA p...

TAYLARI’m a professional. I have strict rules of conduct when it comes to my business, Taylar Made Events.My number one rule? Don’t flirt with the groom.But … What about the groom’s moody, but hot brother?KEONWhen I agreed to pay for my brother’s wedding, I didn’t know he was marrying the Wicked Witch of the East. I also didn’t realize I’d find myself fantasizing about the wedding planner.The Problem...

At the end of part two, some beyond devastating news was revealed to Draylah, and less than 24 hours of Ricky being tossed in jail. In part three, the couple attempts to find their happy place and navigate through their ever so complicated lives, despite the many roadblocks thrown their way. Will the love Draylah and Ricky AK have for one another survive the many things trying to tear them down?Or will they both realize that maybe they're both too problematic to have a future toget...

Heaven Lyons is her name and she used to be the sweetest girl. Heaven was raised in a two-parent household with two very religious parents, and her father was a well- known pastor in Miami, Florida.This young girl had perfect attendance through all her years of school, always brought home straight A’s, and was always student of the month. Heaven was the perfect child and never gave her parents any problems until she met Tony Isaac.Tony is dangerous for Heaven, but there is ...

Alexis Griggs has worked hard to get where she is in life. She owns several clinics that service people in need and is a pillar of her community; but lookscan be deceiving. Alexis and her brother Jace are both leading double lives, which are both illegal and deadly. It leaves little time for Alexis to have a personal life; that is until she has a chance encounter with single father Kevell Farrell.Kevell Farrell used to be the man in the streets, until his brother was murdere...