When family is all you have and then they betray you who can you count on? A friend? A new friend? Yourself? Jasmine Jaz Taylor made many choices beginning Thanksgiving Day in Detroit. Max, her best friend was along for the journey but the friendship was being tested. Everything seemed to have fallen apart. Some choices had to be made but was the price to high to pay? Her Nana always said "Don't write a check your lil butt can't cash" Jaz valued her Nana's sayings but even that was at risk. There are Consequences to our Choices as you read you may remember the Choices in your life and the Consequences that followed.

Heartfelt Expressions is a book of inspirational and enlightening poetry, a variety of rhymes and verses that will capture the readers mind into positive thinking. This book is written by the author in hopes of inspiring the readers to use their imagination and explore their inner souls in every given situation where they may find peace and understanding in all they may encounter in their lives. To let them know that there is always hope, which enables them to look at life in a different perspective, even in their darkest hour if only they believe.

Devin Vandelyn has done nothing in life but ruined lives. From rape to causing the death of his beloved aunt, his life has been one that has wreaked havoc and lost love. In this drama filled story, you will be drawn into each chapter and character. You'll love to hate Devin as his life evolves from adversity to victory.

In the sequel to Flowers and Stone, Luke and Darlina find their love severely tested as they struggle to overcome enormous odds. When Texas veteran musician, Luke Stone, finds himself behind bars with a seventy-five year sentence, he is filled with hate, anger and rebelliousness. He's lost everything that he treasures, including the woman who holds his heart. How has it come down to this? He's spent his entire life writing songs and making music, filling dancehalls and bars from Texas to California. But, when he refuses to tell the FBI what he knows about certain bank robberies that he possesses knowledge of, they make sure he pays dearly. Broken and alone, in a prison of her own, Darlina Flowers struggles to find a way to live without the man she loves so completely. Over the next fifteen years, Luke and Darlina each search for ways to somehow survive the fate life has hurled them into. In an effort to dull the pain of living with only half a heart, Darlina gets involved in drugs, then follows a guru and tries different relationships, but nothing fills the void. Several years pass before Luke makes up his mind that prison will not break him. He crawls up from the bottom one tiny step at a time, determined to be and do something worthwhile and discovers artistic talents he never realized he had. The Convict and the Rose inspires hope and shows how anyone can turn a negative dark situation into a positive one. But more importantly, the story portrays a love that goes beyond earthly confines and proves how persistence and faith come with their own sweet reward. Join Luke and Darlina as they continue their epic journey with love as their constant North Star and freedom as the driving force.

This is a story about a nine year old boy named Johnson who lives in Brooklyn, New York with his mother who would later find out what it's like living as if he were wearing a mask, and people not knowing what was on his mind. The mask is not physical but mental, which later in life turns into reality. After practicing a positive lifestyle, he communicates better and finds himself. After certain life matters, Johnson converts into a bright intelligent young man that's very helpful in many ways to others, including himself.

This is an anthology of artists giving thanks to our American soldiers. It includes poetry and short stories. For every book bought, an identical book will be sent to a soldier or veteran. They have paid enough, they shouldn't have to pay for our gratitude as well