Champion Halo and Nitalia Frye are on two separate sides of the law. Nitalia was well on her way as a celebrated detective when one decision changed her life. Left with the guilt of an unexpected loss, Nitalia struggles to get her life back to a state of normalcy. After the deaths of his parents, Champion spends his life raising his younger siblings. By any means necessary, he's dedicated to making sure they have the life he'd been ripped of. Tragedy strikes Champion's crew, forcing him to make drastic decisions to protect his blood. Can he and Nitalia come together for one common goal? Loyalty is all Champion has ever known. Will his loyalty blind him to the dangers around him? Will Nitalia bring out a side of Champion, he never knew existed? Will Champion bring out a side of Nitalia, that will have her questioning everything she's ever known. Someone is bound to fold.

Ilyon Jackson is a single father, who left the streets to care for his daughter. Living the life of a gangsta was no environment he wanted to raise his daughter in. Now he's a club owner, living life as peaceful as he could. With his past seemingly buried, Ilyon was doing a great job of laying low. That is...until a woman he couldn't resist walked into Shadow City. A'marie Simpson walked away from a nightmare, only to end up in hiding. She finds peace in painting, and spends her days minding her business. Her main focus is staying far away from trouble, while providing for herself the best way she knows how. She walks into Shadow City, causing a series of events that will change her life forever. Neither of these two were looking for each other. Ilyon was content being single, while A'marie was content making it day to day. What happens when these two come together? Join Ilyon and A'marie as the holidays bring out the best...and worst in them!

Houston McQueen has one weakness and it's his best friend Kay-Kay. Knowing that he's not ready to be the man she's looking for, he keeps her at bay and continues to live his life savagely. His feelings for her are far beyond just being best friends, but everyone tells him to stay away from her. With devastating news and crazy events on the horizon, feelings are bound to change. Kaliyah Halo has always lived her life in her big brothers' shadows. Finally getting a little freedom, she makes a drastic decision that turns everyone's life around her, upside down; including her best friend Houston. A freak accident reveals hidden secrets and buried truths that will leave everyone in a state of shock. Things around the McQueen and Halo gang have been quiet. One event shatters the peace among them, spiraling both sides down a path of revenge. When two worlds collide, will Houston and Kaliyah make it to the end, or will unburied past and new love pull them apart forever?

Mya Blackmon was a respectable psychiatrist and the only thing she loved more than ballet, were her patients. Being sheltered all of her life she found herself lonely a lot making her devote all of her time to work. One patient became close to her heart and when she passed away, she trusted Mya with her most prized possession. Now having someone else to care for, Mya finds herself on a new path with none other than the infamous Brandon Reeves. Brandon "Retro" Reeves came back for one reason only and that was to help his best friend find his little sister. Making that decision to show his face again after faking his death was hard but the surprises that were waiting for him were bigger than he could have imagined. Two people raised on different sides of the track now have one thing in common. Are they willing to come together and risk everything that they have ever known, or will life force them to see that some people are better off left buried?

"...He’ll face anything that’s hurtin’ you, anything that’s causin’ you anguish and torment. He confronts allat sh\\ ‘cause his queen’s mind is valuable. Can’t just anybody or anything keep space there. So, he handles whatever and whoever he needs to, in order to ease her mind, and bring her peace. Let me do that for you.”