BOOK TWO Annette is still trying to reach her main goal of getting out of the hood. Now years after all the drama, it seems more possible than ever. She's made a name for herself, and people look up to her. Annette's eating good and so are all of her people. Leaving the streets when they call to you like a deranged friend, is harder than she could imagine. Despite moving long ago, it's the only place she feels safe, the only place that feels like home. The streets have a way of keeping people that some might never understand. After closing a major deal with a well-known artist with a large fan base, tragedy strikes, cutting her celebration short. Unbeknown to Anna and her friends, a new threat has already hit the streets. The damage that he causes is like nothing they have ever faced. Soon, people start missing and she knows exactly who is to blame. On top of all that, Christian is also missing... from prison. When Joey's wedding is shot up, she has no choice but to retaliate, putting her search for Christian and her record label on hold. Unfortunately, her new foe is way more organized than any street hustler she has ever known. New allies bring new temptations and, to survive, she will have to get her hands dirty yet again. Where is Christian? Has he betrayed her and could she ever love another?

A story of hood life and love. Annette Brooks is an easy going girl from the hood. She never starts anything she can't finish and never loses the fight. She is known for being a bookworm, so when she finds herself in the middle of a deadly fight, all things hood become a reality. Annette is soon faced with old enemies and new, while she struggles to balance school, first love, family, and the demands of the streets. When things don't go as planed she finds herself in a few fight or flight situations. The incidents to follow will change her life forever. Christian James thrives in trouble, but when he sets his sights on Annette, he decides he's going to keep her. He has no idea the journey they will have. He didnt plan on loving her, after all he lived for the streets. He feels like she is his peace and with her anything is possible. Even getting out of the hood. When an attempt to make some easy money goes wrong, and strange incidents around them start happening, he realizes he will protect her at all cost. Together they stand in the face of many enemies. They battle jealousy, temptation and hate. In the wake of it all they find comfort in friends that will follow where ever they lead and cross off names on ever growing list of foes. While trying to survive, loyalties will be forgotten and love a question in their relationship. All they while all they want is out, every time the streets call them back. Will they make it out or just accept that It Is what it is.

Victoria Duval lives a simple life. She goes to a simple public school, she has great friends, and she lives in a nice townhome with her simple mother. She doesn't have a dad, make that no family at all, except her mom. But on what is supposed to be one of the happiest days of her life, a grandmother shows up....and not just any grandmother but a queen. Faced with a new challenge, she is pulled away from her mother to a new country, a new life, and a soon-to-be husband. Suddenly, nothing is simple anymore. She rises to every challenge put before her with excellence and grace. Except for one hot and bothered prince who is always on her heels. Cornell Pole is anything but simple. He grew up knowing he would one day be king. He was ready, always polite, always courteous, and from his wife-to-be, he expected nothing else. But when he meets Victoria, he is appalled..... and intrigued. She challenges everything he says and plays with his mind every chance she gets. He had thought an arranged marriage to an American girl would be boring. However, he's brave enough to admit when he's wrong. ​​​​​​​Can she stand the heat when he gets on her level and challenges her? He has no problem chasing Victoria, after all, he's playing for keeps. Will it be a happy ever after or a failure? Please note: This is just a sample as this story has been published and is available for purchase on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Hood-Princess-Prep-Shay-Jonez-ebook/dp/B0BBQQ1SDS/ref=sr_1_2?crid=346ANF3E7EANH&keywords=shay+jonez&qid=1661799459&sprefix=%2Caps%2C2014&sr=8-2

In a land of humans and shifters, there are bound to be problems. For the three female alphas of the Louve pack, things have been peaceful for almost three years. However, lately that peace has been disturbed, female pack members are missing left and right. The disappearances are causing chaos and unrest in the pack. Shanice, Imani, and Raven seek to solve this issue before their pack becomes extinct. While patrolling, they capture Alpha Reginal Thomas of the Aldolfo pack. Coincidentally, he is having the same issue. So far, he has lost four pack members. For him, this means war. He is known as a ruthless man and that's how he likes it. With a common enemy and a potential reluctant mate bond, can these two packs work together to stop these disappearances?

Scarlett Smith is a woman in need of answers. Since her twenty first birthday strange things have been happening all around her. She has a feeling she is being watched. Her life is turned upside down when she realizes something is wrong with her. Fearing for her life she returns to her only living relative for answers. Scarlett discovers she a witch. Soon she is training and dodging bullets. She has to deal with rules of a council she doesn't understand and an witch hating Alpha. When one to many attempts on her life happen, she has no one to turn to. Until she is taken to the Shadow Wolves. Scarlett knows she is not welcomed and wonders why? Thrust into a world she knew nothing about a week ago, Her life will forever be changed. The secrets start pilling up and each answer comes with a consequences. Scarlett finds herself in the middle of a war older than her. With the threat closing in, Scarlett finds herself in a battle for her life.

Savannah Hamilton aka Savvy was a down-on-her-luck med student by day and a stripper at night. but even with her party girl ways and project background, she wasn't your regular stripper. She was really only trying to pay her way through school. Tyron Turley is a rising executive and even though he's rising, his company is losing more money than they are making. so when his friends bet him two million dollars he could turn a stripper into a housewife, he sees his troubles ending. Savannah can't believe the proposition she just got offered. It's crazy, but if he's serious, it could take care of her education and get her out of the hood. Please be aware this is a sample of the story...the full story has been published and is available for purchase on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/When-Lights-Out-Shay-Jonez/dp/1638484724/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1661798064&sr=8-3