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Synopsis: In the sweltering heart of New Orleans, where the humidity is thick and the life expectancy is thin, nineteen-year-old Kasim Brooks is at a crossroads. Drawn to the fast money and status of the streets, Kasim finds himself under the wing of Blyx, a battle-hardened veteran who has survived two decades in a game that usually claims lives in two summers. Blyx doesn't just teach Kasim how to hustle; he initiates him into a strict code of survival: The Ten Gangsta Commandments. As Kasim moves through the 7th Ward, he is forced to test these rules against his own heart. He must choose ...

Synopsis: Thirty-six- year old Asana Parks is beautiful, independent, and successful. Hailing from Harlem, New York, Asana is the founder and owner of Asana’s Premium Vegan Delights and Soul Kitchen. After living her whole life and building her success on the east coast, Asana decided to pack up her life and move to the south to open her thirteenth restaurant and be closer to her grandmother who is suffering from severe health issues. Her grandmother is concerned at the fact that Asana has so much success and no one to share it with, but Asana has seemingly given up on love after a very ...

*This is a re-release* Twenty-four-year-old Adai Simms has never asked or needed anyone for anything. At eighteen, she established her independence by leaving her mother’s home and working hard as an independent makeup artist to put herself through cosmetology school. Her outlook on love is nonexistent because she feels that men are full of games and only want one thing, but that soon changes when she meets Kendrick ‘KJ’ James, a twenty-three-year-old music mogul and self-made boss from Decatur, Georgia. They meet at a club that KJ happens to be part owner of, and their vibe is ...

Synopsis: They say with age comes wisdom and great responsibility. For some, it comes sooner than others. Being in a family filled with gangstas, bosses, murderers, and drug dealers; it typically becomes normal to follow in the footsteps of those who came before you. With old and new beefs growing more and more deadly, the Blood Mafia Family must band together more than ever. Everything comes at a cost and karma is very much real, it just happens to hit in different ways. With a new crew thriving in the streets of New Orleans and deemed untouchable, a beef between the Blood Mafia Family and...

Spinoff to Down for a New Orleans Gangsta! “This shit was supposed to be easy; nobody was supposed to get hurt, but when is being a gangsta ever easy?”—Marco All the gang is back for another round of drama, laughs, family, and love! Well, at least some of the gang is back for another round. In this new installment of the hit series, Down for a New Orleans Gangsta, A’Khyia Harris-Martinez faces the most challenging times of her life. While her husband, Supreme Martinez is facing federal charges along with the rest of the Blood Mafia Family; no on is easily trusted. As a king’s ...

Seventeen-year-old Camryn Piers has only one goal in mind: graduate high school and get as far away from Monroe as she possibly can. Camryn has a vision for her young life, and it doesn’t involve getting caught up like most of her peers. She wants to become a Journalist and one day write a best-selling novel or two. Camryn’s a good girl who only wants the best for herself and works hard to achieve her goals without the distraction of boys and the issues that come with them. She was perfectly fine being the single virgin who never had a boyfriend in her life. In walks Aasim, or Ace, as ...

Synopsis: In the gritty streets of New Orleans, the Blood Mafia Family (BMF) is reeling from a cycle of violence that has shifted from the trap houses to the doorsteps of their own homes. Sincere, haunted by a bitter argument with his best friend and soulmate Shaunie, finds himself desperate to mend a bond he shattered with reckless words. Just as he resolves to win back her trust with presence rather than empty gestures, tragedy strikes. On the eve of her 17th birthday, Shaunie is targeted in a brutal drive-by shooting in her own driveway—a direct retaliation from the Bread Winner Mob (...

Synopsis: *77k word count* “I had no interest in falling in love or settling down because I had trust issues when it came down to women, but my perspective on things changed when I ran into her. The moment our eyes met, something deep down told me that I had to make her mine, but I knew making her mine wouldn’t be easy.”-Supreme Ten years after witnessing the death of his parents, Legacy Martinez known to the New Orleans streets as Supreme has found a new family with the south’s most notorious drug organization, the Blood Mafia Family. Working under the wing and mentorship of the ...

Synopsis: “I am a society’s child. This is how they made me, and now I’m sayin’ what’s on my mind, and they don’t want that. This is what you made me, America.”– Tupac Shakur With new and great power comes new drama and enemies. The biggest enemy being the people who are hired to protect and serve you along with rival enemies of new gangs/cartels. With Supreme now the new boss of Blood Mafia, he sets out to make big moves and be just as great and ruthless as his father-in-law, Killa Harris. After a chain of unexpected and unfortunate events occur, A’Khyia, Supreme, and the...

Synopsis: Falling in love with a hood nigga is easy, it’s the staying in love and getting past the drama that’s hard, but when the two people in love are solid as ice, and as loyal as Khy is to Supreme, then they can get through anything, right? Eh…maybe! Tension and drama are at an all-time high for new lovers, A’Khyia Harris and Supreme Martinez, after an altercation between A’Khyia and Supreme’s ex-best friend, Dazyna Draydon lands Dazyna in the hospital with not only some minor injuries, but a severely broken heart. After a visit from her cousin and former member of Blood ...

Synopsis: “Your seed, married his seed, married my seed. That’s how we keep Carter money all in the family…”—Jay-Z Legacy The Blood Mafia Family is back for another round of drama, fun, love, and a whole lot of craziness but this time around, the children of the crazy parents that everyone grew to love are here to tell their stories. After a major health scare, Supreme and A’Khyia realize that he may have to step away from his throne and the game far sooner than he had planned, but nevertheless, he isn’t worried about his organization because he knows he and his wife chose the...

In the finale of this epic series of money, power, and loyalty, everything finally comes to a head for the Blood Mafia Family. While trying to move on with her life after finding out the man she’s loved for so long cheated on her, Sapphire is seemingly pulled right back into Rook when she finds out that she’s pregnant with twins. If that news wasn’t enough to shake some rattles, the entire crew worlds are rocked hard when Rook is fatally shot by a rival gang. With his life now hanging in the balance, Sapphire makes a tough decision to leave her involvement with Blood Mafia behind and ...

Life for young Camryn quickly changes for the better when she goes from not caring about attention from guys to being the girlfriend of Monroe’s biggest drug dealer. What was supposed to be a beautiful love story in the making quickly takes a turn. All hell breaks loose when snakes emerge with twisted hate and drama. Ace’s brother, Kiyan, strikes back after Ace is shot at Camryn’s birthday party and left in an induced coma, fighting for his life. When love is on the line and lives are left hanging in the balance, blood is expected to be shed all over the gritty streets of Monroe. ...

Synopsis: “The streets of the Crescent City are cold, but my wrath will be colder…” Soulja is finally out the hospital and trying to get back to his normal life. No longer hustling in the streets with his cousin and friends, Soulja is faced with a decision to either leave the streets for good and attend college or move to Miami to get a jumpstart on his music career. Just when he’s close to making his decision, life comes spiraling around him when police show up at his home to arrest his cousin for murder. Can Soulja help Skylar through her unfortunate demise or will things go from ...

Synopsis: K’Deja Robison is no stranger to pain or struggle. Losing her father to the prison system and being snatched away from her drug addicted mother, life for Deja has been one ball of heartache. Now at the flawless age of sixteen going on seventeen, Deja finds herself living with a foster mother who works herself damn near to death at two different jobs to support her and her foster sister Jahveigh, and a foster father who treats them all like shit. Deja wants nothing more from life other than a way to free herself from the hell that she seems to be trapped in. She never knew the ...

In the final installment of this highly anticipated series, everything comes to a head. Arabia is rushed to the hospital after an attempted suicide when Savario’s secrets and lies become too much for her to handle. With the woman he loves laid up in a hospital bed, Action is angry and out for blood, with Savario as his number one target. With his secrets and lies being laid out on the table for the world to see, Savario’s whole life unfolds right before his eyes. Not willing to let go of Arabia and let her live her life happily, Savario hatches a plan to get her back into his life or ...

Twenty-six-year-old Arabia Mercer is a successful businesswoman from Charlotte, North Carolina, with a group of amazing best friends: Exotic, Pasha, Choci, and Chyna, who all ride for Arabia like only true best friends would do. Their main goal and mission, aside from being true female hustlers and bosses, is to protect Arabia from the lies and schemes of her boyfriend, Savario. Arabia thinks her relationship with Savario is perfect, but the people closest to them know that Savario is far from being the ideal man for Arabia. Arabia is so blinded by Savario’s so-called love that she ...

Synopsis: “No one told me life would be this way, I swear nobody told me. Guess this is the game we chose to play, crazy how it’s always been the same! People dying everyday, that ain’t nothing new when you from Downtown, downtown! Out here tryna make a way, I won’t let these niggas take me down-down, down!”- August Alsina With so much hurt and pain in her life, K’Deja ‘Mook’ Robison never thought she would ever find real love until she found it in the arms of Keal ‘Stix’ Harris, one of New Orleans most feared street kings. Just when K’Deja thinks she’s found the ...

Synopsis: Things are starting to look promising for Khemistry and Keith as they slowly begin to rekindle that old flame they once shared as young teenagers, but as happy as they think they are now, everyone knows that you can’t truly have happiness without a bit of drama. Bitter and jealous that Keith no longer wants to be with her, Alicia has been lurking behind the scenes and looking to cause trouble in Keith and Khemistry’s lives. After seeing the two spend Christmas and bring in the New Year together, Alicia finds herself green with envy and hatches a plan to tear Khemi and Kei ...

The Games Lovers Play is a collection of drama-filled short stories that explore the intricacies of love. Love is sometimes like a game - sometimes strategic, sometimes unpredictable, and sometimes even a bit deceptive. Each story peels back the layers of intimacy, revealing the complexities of vulnerability, trust, and the subtle rules that govern how we connect with each other. Whether it's the unspoken rules of long-term relationships or the tension-filled beginning of a love affair, these tales invite readers to consider what it means to love, to manipulate, and to be manipulated in ...