Angel Williams had a hard life growing up. With a junky for a mother who would sell her just for a quick fix and an absentee father, life was unbearable. At a young age, Angel learned to fend for herself to survive this cold, cruel world. With her less than perfect childhood, it's no surprise that her attempts at love failed. Making her come to the realization men DON'T love, they only care about the pleasurable favors one could offer them. To endure heartbreak and the life that was forced upon her, she created an alter ego... Syn.Syn, unlike Angel, was built to deal with any situation. The only thing that mattered to her was sex and money.Growing up in an abusive home, Parker James became void of all feelings, which caused him to live reckless and not care whether he lived or died. Until one day he walked into a strip joint and his eyes landed on her. The pain and loneliness in her eyes pulled at the strings in Parker’s heart, giving it an unrecognizable double beat. She caused something to stir in him, and he knew he had to have her, and he was willing to do whatever it took to get her.

Angel is open more than ever since Parker has come into her life. Being in a serious relationship was something Angel never thought she would have and with a hood no less. Even with her doubts of Parker’s true intentions, she isn’t holding back her feelings as she continues to build a trusting relationship with her man. Parker has been doing everything in his power to show Angel that not all hood dudes were triflin’, cheating men. He’d been going out of his way to show and give her the love she never had but deserves. Though love is in the air for the new lovers, trouble is never too far behind. Angel is happy but she still has her secrets. No matter how hard Angel tries, she can never fully get away from her past… What will happen when an old flame tries to come into the picture? Relationships will be put to the test. Will Angel be able to handle everything that's going to be thrown at her? Or will she take the easy way out and run away from it all?