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When Deneisha Lewis was released from the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after doing a year for shoplifting, she knew that she had to do something other than boosting if she was going to make real money, so she became a Stick-Up Girl. The kind that sticks a gun in somebody’s face and takes what she wants. After a string of murders in Atlanta, Deneisha travels south to Jacksonville to lay low. There, she meets Dallas, who robs drug dealers. He tells her that he doesn’t come out of the house for less than ten thousand dollars and teaches her how to stick-up his way.

Xylia has revealed herself as a wolf in sheep's clothing, infiltrating the Alexander brothers through Stone—the man who believed he had finally found his happily ever after. Love can be tricky. Love can be dangerous. And sometimes, love can be so intoxicating it pushes you to do things you never imagined. But will love be enough to keep the Alexanders strong when everything is on the line?

The Jennings and Rockwell Mafia Families have been at war for six decades. Once a new leader takes the seat, he vows to end it, even if it means sacrificing the one thing he wanted to protect—his daughter. Storm is supposed to be the peace offering. Her soon-to-be husband? Jrue Jennings, a man so ruthless that they have no choice but to call him "Trouble." The contract is simple: No love, no loyalty, just business. But when the lines are blurred, not everyone is okay with a truce. She was supposed to be his arrangement, will she be his forever?

Balancing single motherhood with twins while managing her sister's second taco truck isn't the life newly divorced Ari Bent dreamed of. But her husband cheated and moved in with his new baby mama so it's the life she has.

Stox is dealing with the aftermath of cheating on Beautiful. Storm must deal with the error of his ways after forcing Yari's hand. Stetson and Spring can't decide if they want to give love a try or keep things strictly professional between them. Things really get tense with the families, and decisions must be made that will possibly break ties forever. Come take a ride with Glitz as she takes you on a ride that will have you clutching your pearls.

Rising above adversity has never been an issue for Kingston Wells. He's faced some difficult times and still finds the strength to stand strong. With a younger brother and grandmother to look after, the last thing on his mind was love. From the moment his eyes land on Tiffany, he's drawn to her in a way that can only be described as divine. Once it is settled into Kingston's heart that Tiffany was his future, going after her was just the beginning.

The title pretty much sums it up. Glimpse into the life of the man everyone loves to hate.

Love is an unfamiliar feeling for me. But after a beautiful nanny saved my life, I know that's exactly what I feel for her. At no other time has another woman touched me this way. For this reason, I know for sure that I've never loved Taliyah on this level. I don't know how to manage these new emotions for the nanny, but they have me moving ruthlessly and recklessly, even got me stepping outta character and crossing a line that I wouldn't ever thought to cross. However, under no circumstance have I ever needed a woman before, but I definitely need this nanny in my life.

Some call it love. Some call it faith. But the line between devotion and destruction has never been so dangerously thin. Leah Mitchell’s life isn’t what she imagined at forty-three: a dead-end job, a painful divorce, and weekend visits with her teenage son. Then charismatic Pastor Isaac Pope walks into her bar one night, and suddenly, she feels seen for the first time in years. What begins as an intoxicating whirlwind romance quickly spirals into something darker when Leah discovers Isaac has a wife—a revelation that should end everything.

Loyal is having fun and doing what works for him. He doesn't want to be with one woman, and he doesn't lie to the women in his life about it. It was an ideal situation in the beginning but as time passes, the handsome, charming Loyal has the women who were once content sharing him fighting to be his only one. That was never on the agenda, so Loyal feels it might be time to start over with a new roster. Cue Avani. She's new in town, and she has Loyal's interest piqued. J

Keke’s head is still spinning—and not just because of the hit she took securing a bombshell confession for her last story. On top of her full-time job with the Metro Journal, Keke now has an online column devoted to exposing unsolved murders of young people of color. She’s also freelancing as an investigative journalist in Indian Springs, where she maintains her rekindled relationship with her former employer and mentor, Honey Pot club owner Josephine “HoneyMama” Thibodeaux.

Earning a man’s trust and then setting him up has reluctantly become like second nature to Saylor Finch. After her parents and the father of her unborn baby tragically die, leaving her all alone, she has to do what she can to feed her daughter and put herself through school. When her boss forces her to set up Preston Wolfe, a known kingpin, things take a sudden shift. Feelings develop, and lies are thrown around, creating a web so tangled Saylor might not make it out alive.

She wanted to start again. To be someone--anyone--different . . . Freedom. When Carleigh Stanger thought of college, that was the word that came to mind. Freedom from her unhappy home life. Freedom from high school mistakes. Freedom from the memory of that terrible morning. Only instead of...

Tony Wacko and his beloved Camarih return for one more go-round of endless drama. Although the couple has proven time and time again that their bond is unbreakable and not to be toyed with, jealous old lovers, lovesick flings, and confident newcomers seem to have a hard time getting the message. Dating a man in an industry where women constantly throw themselves at him is hard for any woman to deal with. While most simply chalk it up to being just a part of the game, Camarih refuses to accept such, taking things into her own hands.

Twins Loyal and Justice had a normal life until the woman that adopted them died. Choosing to fend for themselves rather than going into the system made for some tough times, but as long as they had each other everything was okay. At twenty-four years old, Justice is still trying to find his way when one chance encounter at a bar changes his life forever.

What happens when you meet the man of your dreams, but it's the right place, wrong time? You walk away… What do you do when you keep running into him at the most random times, in the most random places? You let him in… What happens when you find out he makes his living in the shadows? You fall a little harder… Is it crazy to love him? Absolutely, but you do it anyway…

In part four, Tony Wacko learns that the woman he thought was riding for him may have gotten off long ago. The girl he loves and thought he knew may not be who she's claimed to be all along, and the off-kilter, slightly deranged bad boy doesn't know how to take it. On top of such a disclosure, Wacko must deal with long-standing enemies, one of them being the almighty law, and his ever short temper. Will he make it through with his freedom, reputation, and relationship intact?

Jrue and Jream are two broken, and tortured souls. Entering one another's orbit could be dangerous, causing everyone to be sucked into a black hole, or they may just have the luck of a shooting star on their side.

At the end of part two, Camarih learned a startling secret involving two men she used to love. What she doesn't know is that the messenger is harboring another shocking secret that they aren't quite willing to let her in on just yet. Feeling confused and overwhelmed, she turns to the only person who has had her back since her first love was murdered, even though unsure if he'd be willing to involve himself due to the circumstances. In addition to such a heavy weight, suspicious leeches resurface, ready to suck Camarih and her beau dry unless she complies with their wishes.

After eight years with her husband, Shalaine Brunson has reached her breaking point. Without a job, she knows her exit has to be strategic. However, before she can leave on her own, the decision is made for her. One traumatic event is all it takes for Shalaine to realize that the person she was married to wasn't who she thought he was. Becoming a single mother overnight is far from easy, but that's not the worst of the curveballs that are thrown at Shalaine. One of the changes in her life consists of moving to a less than desirable neighborhood.