Panthea Daniels is stunned and devastated when she learns her husband of seven years is having an affair. She visits Attorney Marcus Douglas to begin divorce proceedings, but sparks immediately begin to fly between the two. Things take a dramatic and unexpected turn as the two engage in an illicit affair. After receiving pictures of the woman (it's not everyday that you see your husband's mistress), The victim, Abril Arrington, was involved with several men, and was conning them all out of money, including Panthea's husband, Scott.Soon, Marcus is convinced that each man, and not his client-turned-lover Panthea, has a compelling reason for killing Abril. But as the investigation continues, Marcus is faced with undeniable facts that leave him questioning everything he knows, including whether she's capable of murder!

The Mike Black Saga Volume 8 includes, The Boss Wears Heels, This Is Mine, Revenge and Who's Next.The Boss Wears Heels (The Mike Black Saga Book 26)After being literally run out of New York, Jada West has returned to Nassau and the party to end all parties is thrown in her honor. Now it was time for to get back to running Paraíso, the establishment that she and Mike Black own. However, prior to her departure, there was a saying on the island, 'If you want some done, go see Jada West', and now that she's back, Black's people have once again, began to come to her to settle their issues. And Jada handled them in pure Jada West fashion; focus on what's important. Making the money.But when a major problem occurs on the island, Jada is forced to step up. When the people around her tell Jada that she should call Black and ask him what he wants her to do, Jada refuses, because; "Mr. Black expects me to handle this."Find out if Jada West is up to the...

Attorney Marcus Douglas (In Your Arms) returns when a prominent Atlanta businessman, Roland Ferguson is accused of brutally murdering his wife and her lover with a golf club. When he is acquitted of the charges, the victim's sister, model Carmen Taylor demands justice. "If Roland didn't kill her, fine. Somebody did! What bothers me is that nobody is interested in finding out who did." When she is unable to convince the police to re-open the case, Carmen turns to Marcus for help. Together they begin an investigation into her sister's dark sexual past. That investigation leads the pair into a world of drugs, prostitution, money laundering and murder that the police and the district Attorney seem unwilling to pursue.

Even though her title was underboss, Rain Robinson was The Boss of The Family now.The Reign of Rain Robinson begins with The Model And The Madam (The Reign of Rain Robinson Book 1)Waiting and watching never was Carmen Taylor's thing. After Jada West killed the hit man that murdered two of her informants at the City Diner, Carmen rushed into something that may not only cost Carmen her life, but unbeknownst to her, would have far-reaching consequences in The Family. After becoming aware of a potential threat inside the organization, Jada uses all the resources at her disposal to deal with the situation.Retaliation (The Reign of Rain Robinson Book 2)It's War!After learning that her real enemy was David 'DP' Petty, Rain Robinson focused all of her attention on finding and ending him and Sterling, DP's longtime friend and drug dealing business partner. But DP is dealing with problems of his own. DP's girlfriend, Venus is in love with R.J. and can't wait...

GreedAn uncontrolled, intense and selfish desire for increase in the acquisition of material gain. It could be for social value, status, power and especially wealth.Valencia DeVerão was on top of the world. Her do whatever it takes to make it attitude had served her well. A self-made millionaire at the age of twenty-two, is now the head of one of the top technology companies in the city. But it came with a cost. She was being blackmailed, she was a suspect in a murder, and somebody was trying to kill her. The answer to all of her problems was simple; bring Mike Black to the table. Which, as many before her have found, is much easier said than done.After a chance meeting with Shy, Valencia sees an opportunity to accomplish her objective, and make money on a deal with Shy in the process. That plan not only failed to bring Black to the table, but dragged Shy deep into her web of lies and deceit. With her enemies closing in and her options running out, Valencia...

Action is the word, when attorney Marcus Douglas runs into Yvonne Hagler, an old client who's gotten involved with some very dangerous people. And those people want her dead. With no one else she can trust, Yvonne turns to Marcus for help. Now they are both targets.

All About The Money (The Mike Black Saga Book 7)For Jada West it was All About the Money. Whatever it took to make piles of paper, that's what Jada West was all about. Coming from a family of hustlers, it was in her blood. When her father is murdered and her mother is sent to jail for forgery, Jada finds herself alone with nothing but an old Monte Carlo. After weeks of dodging the landlord for the rent, a friend tells her that she could get paid dancing if she'd stop sleeping on her best money makers.Jada transforms herself into the top dancer at the best club, and when she finds that she can make more money, Jada transforms and again and becomes one of the city's top Madame's. In this tale of power and money, Jada discovers that in the end, there is something more important than making money.In A Cold Sweat (The Mike Black Saga Book 8)Underworld figure Mike Black is still grieving the brutal murder of his wife, Shy. A murder that he was accused of...

The Mike Black Saga Volume 1 contains Is It A Crime, MOB and An Urban DramaNew York City gangster, Mike Black, whose violent rise to power earned him the name Vicious Black, has it all. Power, money, and the very best of everything; that's how he's living. Although he has everything he ever wanted, none of it seems to matter. Black becomes enchanted with Cassandra Sims, a beautiful woman involved in the drug business. She has a dual degree in management and marketing; and treats the drug game like a Fortune 500 company.

Victor Matthews was too young to know what his grandfather meant when he said that sometimes loving a woman is hurt and disappointment, but it stuck with him. Maybe because for Victor it turned out to be true.That's when he saw her.Poise, elegance, and grace; she was absolutely phenomenal. And when their eyes connected, he felt something powerful between them. And when their eyes met, and the intensity of the look they shared, Victor knew that she felt it too.Only problem: she was with her man.Natasha Edwards was moved when she saw Victor. The way he looked at her made her think about things that a woman in a committed relationship shouldn't be thinking about. She was involved with Lloyd, a very successful man who enjoyed the fact she was beautiful, smart, more than willing to satisfy his every sexual desire, and able to talk to his peers when they went out. He was more concerned with Natasha looking the part, and fit the role of his woman, but Lloyd couldn't appreciate her for...

The Mike Black Saga Volume 2 contains: Private Deceptions, Payback, Outlaw, Plus Bonus: The Wrong ManPrivate Deceptions (The Mike Black Saga Book 4)In this, third book in the Mike Black Saga, Nick Simmons (former soilder for Mike Black) is discharged from Army Special Forces when the rest of his unit is killed eradicating drug labs in South America. Nick, along two other members of his unit, come home. It doesn't take long before a man they know only as Uncle Felix, recruits Nick and his team to do jobs that require their special skills: weapons, commando tactics, munitions computers, and electronic surveillance. Felix sets them up in a front business as private investigators in New York City.When Gabriel Childers finds out her brother is missing the first person she suspects is her husband, Chilly, a major player in the drug game. Chilly, of course, denies any involvement in her brother's disappearance. She hires Nick and his team to investigate. Along the...

In Hostile Takeover, Mike Black returned to his past to tell you more of the story that you only thought you knew. That story continues in Changed Man.After the tragic death of his long-time friend Vickie Payne, Mike Black experiences his own stages of grief: shock, anger, guilt; but mostly he felt pain. Pain because he felt responsible for her death. Black deals with it by killing just about everybody that Andre sends him to collect from. His killing spree has the unfortunate effect of bringing the police deeper into his world, and into Andre's drug business. Concerned that he is attracting too much unnecessary attention, Andre sends Black away; and at Wanda's urging, he goes to the Bahamas.That time away from the city gives Black an opportunity to look at the man he is—and see the man he wants to be in the future. He resolves himself that he needs to be like the ocean: the perfect blend of strength, power, and calm. A quiet and peaceful man, but have the...

In Hostile Takeover and Changed Man, Mike Black returned to his past to tell you more of the story that you only thought you knew. That story continues in 12 Days in December.December is Black and Bobby's birthday month, they've been celebrating with Wanda since Thanksgiving and the celebration won't end until well after New Year's. It was also the first December following the tragic death of their friend Vickie Payne and each of the three deals with it in their own way.In spite of that, they were hunting for Gun because he tried to kill them, looking for O, so Black could kill him and Simon Parrish owed them a hundred thousand dollars, so they were hunting for him too.With an expanding business to run, the police coming for him from all sides, and enemies that need to be dealt with, the not so changed man deals with it all the Vicious Black way.

Mike Black returns to his past to tell the real story; the one you only thought you knew.Years before he was the boss of his family, and long before he met his loving wife, Cassandra AKA Shy, Mike Black was an enforcer for drug kingpin André Harmon, who ran most of the illegal activity in the area. Those days, he was known as Vicious Black, and he terrified anyone who dared challenge him or André's rule.As far as André was concerned, gambling, number running and prostitution were just side hustles compared to the real moneymaker: his drug operation. That's where young Mike Black saw an opportunity that he could capitalize on. After Black promised that he would more than triple the money that he was earning, André gave Black his blessing to take over.Violently if necessary!