Love hard time is a collection of spoken words, poetry and poem; written about the passion, joy and pain of loving a woman from behind the wall; the struggle of being a warrior whiles being encaged in the correctional system.

Gerald Peterson has graduated high school with honors and is ready to spread his wings and experience something other than the slow-paced life that the small country town of Red Springs, North Carolina offers. All it takes is one phone call from his guidance counselor to a prestigious HBCU to pave the way to a promising future. As soon as Gerald steps onto the grounds of North Carolina A&T State University, with a full academic scholarship, his life is forever changed. The attraction and plethora of beautiful honeys all over campus and the everyday party life has an irresistible magnetism. Education is no longer a priority. The loyal friendship of a smart, sassy, and sexy Tara keeps him in check, but the distraction of Shynita, a seductive woman twenty years his senior, throws his life into mayhem. Gerald quickly learns the travails of being intimately involved with Shynita, a.k.a the Black Widow. Between the drugs, partying, and women, Gerald find himself inevitably ensnared in an un-tangible web of deceit. Trying to decipher who spun this web is only the beginning of Gerald's nightmare as he seeks what is suppose to be solace and refuge in the very same town he was so eager to leave.