we all have a story to tell or a poem inside of us that is dying to come out, but for some unknown reason we keep it buried deep inside of us...whether the story or poem is fictional or non-fictional and how badly we would like to tell it to someone, we just don't...LYFE IS a poetry book that talks about what a lot of people may think, but never verbalize to anyone...it covers an array of human feelings and emotions from sin to sanctification, which we all often times struggle with...this is a poetry book where you can just let your mind run free to wander while having an enjoyable time reading it....it may even make you think about some things that has never crossed your mind or enhance a relationship with someone...it could even open up a conversation by just reading the front cover...after all, LYFE consist of many feelings which are contained in this poetry book. so, please relax and enjoy and let your imagination loose on some poems, while others could provoke deep thought and reflection...just put yourself in the place of the poet as if you wrote most or all the poems contain therein...also, you might ask yourself, are these poems based on a true story or a story that exist only in the mind...if you feel the need to laugh or cry or simply say oh my, don't suppress it...that's part of LYFE...

Dakota Wilson - Fell in love with a smooth talking fine chocolate brother, who was about his money. After being with him Dakota realized that her smooth talking chocolate man was a drug addict. Dakota finds herself doing things for this man that she would not normally do. Karol Downey - Got married to her first love, first relationship, first everything, Karol loved her husband and stood by his side. They have two children a boy and a girl, they look like the picture prefect family but her husband is beating her on a daily basis and Karol has gotten to the point that she can't take it anymore. Sheka Jackson - She is an albino and very tall, all her life Sheka has had it hard. The kids would talk about her and the adults were just as bad, then Sheka met a beautiful man inside and out. He was fine a knock out and he wanted Sheka; she couldn't believe it until they started dating. Then as usual something went wrong and Sheka was left alone. Neecy Parker - Everybody calls her Kool-Aid, she is cool with everyone in the little part of Hawthorne she live in. Kool-Aid like what she like, when she likes it. Sometimes she like women and sometime she like men. Kool-Aid has a serious decision to make, she thinks she is in love with one person but then another person comes into her life. She does not know how to handle this Mind Blowin Decision.

Fiction. Homegirl works in a cafe and doesn't know what she wants. Homegirl does live-living things like dating Punkboy and Richboy but doesn't know who she wants. A creepy creeper named Shadow knows he wants Homegirl. A Craig's List witch knows she wants Richboy. And the cafe bitches are always forever knowing they want the one you want cos that's just how they roll.... Homegirl don't care about any of them; she's out for love and vengeance and gots a Glock in her boot to prove it."Raucous, sexy and full of verve, HOMEGIRL will spank you and punch you in your teeth and leave you longing for more. This is a wildly entertaining book and Homegirl's is a hypnotic voice. Ryder Collins bravely digs into the dirt and muck of human relationships and unearths more than a few truths along the way; I will follow her wherever she wants to take me."--J. W. Wang

Eric McKade's world crashed the night he broke Stacy's heart when her sister announced she was pregnant with his child. Now, thirteen years later, he must hide his daughter from the faceless stranger who wants to trade her life in for payment of his dead ex-wife's debt. What he didn't expect was to come face to face with Stacy since the night he broke her heart. Somehow, he must learn to accept that Stacy will never forgive him for his night of betrayal, nor can he forget the passion that still remains between them every time he comes near her.

When Stacy first saw Eric, she wanted to kill him? She never forgave him for his night of betrayal nor could she ignore her niece who hated everything about her thanks to the lies told by her sister. She couldn't allow herself to forget what he had done, nor could she forget how her heart melted when he held her in his arms, and how good it felt to be kissed by him. Could she stay tough, even when she learned the truth of what really happened the night that destroyed everything Stacy ever wanted.

Even though two years have passed since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dan Jagger is still fraught with grief over the loss of his wife who was killed in the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. Dan buries himself in work, family, and gardening while facing the harsh reality that he may never again experience another love like Alia.

One day Dan receives a phone call from Darlene, his high school sweetheart, whom he hasn't heard from since she broke his heart and sent him into the arms of Alia. Against his better judgment, Dan agrees to meet his former lover for dinner and soon learns that Darlene has lived a sordid life-twice married to a drug dealer and incarcerated herself. Despite all he has learned, Dan becomes involved with Darlene once again, setting in motion a course of events that leaves him vulnerable to danger. As he is unwillingly drawn into life-threatening scenarios executed by Darlene's former husband, an ex-convict focused on revenge, Dan receives the shocking news that his only son, an Army Reservist, has gone missing in Iraq.

As fear, unease, and peril surround Dan, he must act decisively before he loses everything he has ever loved.

Love Notes is a wonderful journal of passion conveyed in texts and emails sent by two lovers crazy about each other. One, a free spirit. The other, soon to be divorced after a miserable 20-year marriage. The two, hungry for each other and the fresh yet rekindled love of their past.