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A painful secret haunts Kraig Holmes. He had a one-time sexual experience with a man he knew little about, which propelled him into a lifestyle of promiscuity and an insatiable appetite for dangerous sex. Kraig vows to set up this man who turned him out and disappeared. What Kraig doesn't know is that this man has a few cards up his sleeve that will deliver damaging blows to Kraig's life. When it's all said and done, the truth with be revealed, and there will be consequences.

When his father, one of Houston's most notorious kingpins, is arrested and the money stops coming in, Chris King, not used to fending for himself, must learn how to rule the streets of Houston if he wants to survive another day.

Willow is at a crossroads. When a fluke change in the weather brings a sexy stranger into her life, she decides to throw caution to the wind and take her chances on love, which brings her to Memphis, Tennessee. Seeing her happily ever after in front of her, Willow is thrown for a loop when she finds out she isn't the only one vying for the woman she knows is the one for her. Now standing in unfamiliar territory, Willow prepares for the fight of her life, the fight to win the heart of the woman she loves from the woman who held the heart to begin with.

Isabel Preston loves nothing more than to be defiant towards her mother by refusing to attend college with a full scholarship. Instead, she spends most of her time running the streets with a crime lord named Bruce Tripson. After a bitter breakup, Isabel is left with nothing but the sweet cravings for the glamorous life. To regain her preferred way of living, Isabel becomes a gold digger who commands five thousand dollars for a day rate and ten thousand dollars for a night rate.

The night Army Specialist Merlin Mills's identical twin brother, Gavin, slept with his wife, everything changed. Now Merlin must come to grips with the fact that Cojo may be carrying his brother's child. Hurt, angry, and confused, Merlin is caught up in a complex struggle between yesterday and today; between a mistress who wants to give him real love and a wife who doesn't know how; between nasty lies and secrets, and their life-altering revelations.

Death has a way of exposing secrets better left untold, and no one knows this better than sisters Verónica and Victória Mendoza. They're about to find out that things aren't always as they seem.

To Merlin Mills, his family ceased to exist when his father turned his back on him. Now, nine years later, his family is back, and their existence threatens his relationship with his new wife. Gavin Mills always despised his twin brother, but when he gets a taste of Merlin's wife, he decides he has to have her, no matter the consequences. Gina Meadows took in the children of her husband, mainly because she is unable to conceive. Imagine Gina's surprise to discover herself pregnant.

The law of retribution is one force you can't get around, no matter what. You don't even realize when retribution takes its toll, you're only aware of misfortune. Remember the saying what goes around, comes around? Sometimes you pay a small price, and other times you pay a huge price.

A brother named Sam Black encounters a beautiful chick in the middle of New York and ends up in a world of trouble. Ghetto Sam finds opportunity in any obstacle and represents the change that one man can bring, no matter the odds.

A whole decade has passed since Baldwin, Brenden, Bria, and Christopher last saw each other. Now they are reunited in a small North Carolina town to attend the funeral of one of their own. Baldwin, the romantic, Brenden, the do-gooder, Bria, the wild child, and Christopher, the pretty boy, are all about to learn some truths about each other and about themselves over a few unforgettable and life-changing days. Secrets will be revealed, past hurts exposed, tears shed, and laughter shared, all in the name of friendship and love.