Series Jane Doe (Growing Pains- 1) Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering (growing Pains -2) Just (Growing Pains - 3) Jessica N. Watkins wrote Jane Doe during her freshmen year of high school and after giving birth to her son. She was fifteen years old. She wrote Jane Doe as a heart wrenching reflection of life through the eyes of the urban teenager. Jane Doe is set in the “Windy City” during the year 1996. The main characters, Lyric Caldwell, Latrice Anderson, and Victoria Renee Brown, allow you into their adolescent world of fitting in, insecurity, boys, heart break, and love. Entering their first year of high school at Kraton High, Lyric, Latrice, and Victoria find themselves battling with common factors of the urban environment; teenage pregnancy, single-parent homes, and peer pressure. Victoria was forced to move in with her estranged father after the death of her mother. Forced to work and fend for herself, “Vic” has grown a thick skin against her father’s verbal and physical abuse, and strangers have to climb the wall that she has built around her heart. Lyric has a hard time helping her best friend break down this wall as she is forced to handle matters of her own; refereeing a game of tug of war between her older boyfriend, Russell, and her virginity. With substance abusive parents, Lyric often times prefers to lean on the maturity of her other best friend, Latrice, for counsel. However, Latrice is dealing with problems of her own when she realizes that she is possibly pregnant by the neighborhood high school dropout, Taij. Now she is faced with the unfeasible task of explaining to her demanding and strict mother that she has not only been sneaking and having sex with the boyfriend that she was not supposed to have, but also may possibly become what her mother has feared the most; a statistic. Through this novel, Watkins reveals the genuine thoughts and motivations of the urban teenager. Jane Doe is geared toward the urban adolescent, but is attention seeking enough for any adult by illustrating the rebellious teenager living “ghetto fabulous” with consequence, and highlights the unexpected heroes of our urban communities. Jane Doe reaches out to that insecure and yearning teen, and illustrates the consequences of refusing to look beyond the small window of fitting in.

Series Doe (Growing Pains- 1)Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering (growing Pains -2)Just (Growing Pains - 3)Fresh out of high school, Latrice, Victoria, and Lyric are determined to take charge of their futures. The past four years have been difficult for the “Three Musketeers”, so the anticipation of the beginning of their college education brings eagerness for love, closure, and new lives beyond the south side of the Windy City. It’s September of the year 2000, and Victoria is determined to leave her best friends behind as she packs her bags and eagerly moves to Urbana, Illinois. This move promises change for Victoria as she has pledged that it will bring love to a life that has lacked commitment for many years. Back in Chicago, Lyric is torn between her high school sweetheart and a new relationship that surfaced only two months ago. Lyric is ready to rid her life of the drama, headache, and stress that Jeff has been filling her life with for the past four years. Though they are officially over, Lyric cannot bear to give her body, a body that only Jeff has known, to her new beau, Chris. As Lyric fights lust and devotion, Latrice, aka Tricey, is struggling to get over a heartbreak that is four years old. After suffering a gut wrenching lost during her freshmen year of high school, Tricey is forcing herself to forget about Taij, the baby, and the way he left her wondering. She is ready to move on, dry her tears, and finally give her heart to someone else. Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering is a tale of loyalty, commitment, betrayal, and love. When Victoria finally finds the love that her life has been searching for, she is forced to choose between happiness and a lifelong commitment she made almost twelve years ago. As she is torn between the two, Lyric and Tricey are learning that new lives only bring new drama.

Series Jane Doe (Growing Pains- 1) Thou Shall Not Keep Me Wondering (growing Pains -2) Just (Growing Pains - 3) Lyric Caldwell, Latrice Anderson, and Victoria Renee Brown have been like sisters since their years of pigtails, glue sticks, and crayons. Through the years they have suffered the unthinkable together; demise, dishonor, and heartache. However, such experiences have molded these rough and naïve teenage girls from the “Windy City” into independent, sovereign, and self-sufficient adults who are sexy, ambitious, and ready for what life will bring… seemingly. Latrice has always seen herself married with children; white picket fence and all. Yet, heartbreak after heartbreak has turned her into a financial guru, seeking out only those that can materialistically love her until her heart says otherwise. Picking the pockets of entrepreneurs, drug dealers, and even the regular 9-to-5ers works to her heart’s content while she plays the cat and mouse chase with her Nigerian homie-non-lover friend and love interest, Tunde. As Latrice continues to figure out whether she is feeling lust or love for her Nigerian potential, her best friend and roommate, Lyric, is hiding her own scandalous laundry and trying to determine whether the kind of love she is experiencing will be accepted by her friends and family. She is guilt stricken by the lies she tells on a daily basis while condemning Victoria for doing the same and splitting up the “Three Musketeers” some years ago. Day after day, Lyric and Latrice experience humorous and touching tales of love and lust while Victoria is miles away from her rekindled friendship with Latrice and still damaged sisterhood with Lyric trying to figure out why the sex-life between her and her live-in boyfriend/”baby's daddy” has come to an undeniable jolting end. As she spends her days fighting to keep their relationship together, she is too busy throwing tantrums to witness the deceit that is going on right under her nose. What starts off as the typical boy meets girl/boy plays girl games turns into a contagious and erotic cycle of suspense, humor, sex, lies, infidelity, and deceit, all bundled up in an entertaining package of sexy diva deliciousness!