The Bayou Classic is a fictional tale describing the lives of a group of teens who are struggling to survive and avoid the traps that come along with living in the inner city. Derek, whose an honor student and a senior in high school has been working really hard to maintain his three point five grade average and work his part time job while preparing for graduation.
With encouragement from his high school sweet heart Areille, and his loving and supportive mother Gweyn, Derek has up to this point managed to overcome the peer pressure being placed upon him by his street smart friends Bingo, Skeeter, Stepper, and Dozer, who all indulge in fast living and fast money by engaging in illegal activity.
Like life, trouble eventually finds its way into the picture, and Derek is ultimately forced to make a life altering decision when his mother not only loses her job but also falls ill. With Derek's dad Byron having suffered a nervous break down years earlier, Derek is left with the responsibility of stepping up to the plate and being the man of the house.
This series of events will also change the dynamics of the relationship between Derek and Areille, who has been desperately urging Derek to stay on the straight and narrow. Areille having just lost her father in a drug deal gone wrong knows first hand about the dangers that come along with that lifestyle.
Derek is now forced into a position where he has to choose between disappointing his high school sweetheart whom he really loves and wants to be with, or watching his mom whom he also loves dearly not only lose everything she's worked for but possibly lose her life.
 
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When it comes to love Krissett Baptiste has given her heart to the wrong men over and over again only to have it crushed, repeatedly. Reeling from her latest devastating heartbreak, Krissett sinks into a deep depression that threatens to rip apart her tortured soul.
However, in her darkest hour appears her brightest hope. Stone enters Krissett's fragile world displaying the patience and compassion to love her like she had always desired. Overwhelmed by the need to finally have real love, yet terrified to let it in, Krissett reluctantly lets down her guard.
But, with a colorful past of his own, will Stone, a reformed bad boy, remain the good guy he claims to be or will he too break Krissett's heart and unleash her repressed rage?
Don't Fuck With My Heart was the warning he’d been issued beforehand because hell hath no fury like a scorned Krissett.

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Although a lie can be deceiving, the truth behind it often hurts ten times more. The small, fictional town of Hurley, Mississippi holds one secret that will decimate the perception of 12-year-old Rumor Arden's reality. As the truth of her long, lost mother who disappeared 8 years before comes to light; Rumor must navigate her transition into womanhood beneath the stigma of her mother's unknown past.

Behind decades of secrets, Rumor will discover corruption, hate, and crime in areas as unexpected as the highest echelons of Hurley's most powerful organization, the church. Can our faith in God's love be maintained even after we discover that a lie has somehow taken the place of that faith? Discover all of this and more between the covers of this powerful and dramatic novel, Rumor: Daughter of Lies.

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A young successful lawyer juggles with his morals trying to keep everyone happy while dealing with devastating cases in which he usually is the defense lawyer for people who likely guilty. It is Lance Ely's job to keep these men free even though they disgust him. 

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From the Author: "This novel shows how much the tragedies of our childhood shape the decisions we make in our adult lives. "

From Amazon: The Turner cousins were damaged by tragic childhood experiences that no amount of time or therapy could erase. Zakia would always remember the feel of her stepfather's breath against her skin, Marisa would remember the images of her mother's bruised face that seemed to never heal and Randi will forever hear the sound of her parents constant rejection. These embedded memories of pain became the foundation of the protective barriers that framed their adult lives. It's not until an unexpected death occurs that they realize that those barriers that were built to protect them from pain, also shielded them from happiness. As you get to know them, you will sympathize and empathize with their pain, ignite your anger at its source and fall in love with the end results. 

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The foster kids thought they were finally becoming a part of a normal family that is until they got in and the front door closed behind them. Music playing, the sound of dancing and laughter being heard late at night while everyone in the house is asleep was an obvious sign that something wicked lives within the walls of 552 Hades Street. The house has seen and encouraged years of sadness and abuse. The evil existence that shares the basement with Annette and the others will continue to haunt them as they band together to survive the physical, verbal and mental abuse of their caretakers and the house. Decades would pass before the secrets are revealed of what happened in 1983 behind the doors of 552 Hades Street.

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As told by the Author:
"Set Apart was written during my darkest phase of life, it came from the loneliness and longing I experienced and it evolved into a beautiful story with a powerful message. It is set in the late apartheid years in South Africa. It tells the story of a boy and his small family and the hardship that tore them apart and consequentially sends my main character into the wilderness in search of himself. Set Apart is an eye opening tragedy with forgiveness and unconditional love for the human race at it's core."

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