Life has a way of taking you down and swallowing you whole. Just ask Aakeem Graham, sixteen years old and living a sheltered life. Things take a turn for the worst for Aakeem when she meets up with the wrong crowd and ends up being sentenced to ten years in jail. Aakeem quickly learns that friends aren't really friends. And the two people she expects to be there quickly disappear. Meeting a young, sweet girl named Marley changes her life. With the loss of those "Friends," she gains real ones in the process. But who will be there when her time is up?

Maximiliano Sparks leads a simple life; he and his best friend Azen run the city. He does it legally while Azen does it illegally. Neither one of them is thinking about settling down. Even though Max has a girlfriend named Joy, his mind is on other pressing matters, and Joy ends up having to take a back seat to those matters. Can Joy get Max's mind right, or will she get lost in the mix?

Azen, or AZ as he is called my many, is what some would call a playboy. With impressive looks and large pockets, every girl wants a place by his side. AZ couldn't care less about what a chick thinks or wants. That's just who he is. Is there a girl bad enough to bring this playboy to his knees?

There will be crazy exes, jealous friends and foes. Sometimes no one wants to see you win, and Aakeem, Max, Azen and Marley have to learn that it's a long way down.

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• Literature & FictionUnited StatesBlack & African AmericanWomen's Fiction
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• Literature & FictionBlack & African AmericanWomen's Fiction

• Publication Date: November 4, 2025
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• Print Length: 191 Pages
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