Both Sides of the Fence

Shawn Black seems to be a mild-mannered family man who loves music recitals, football games, and family outings. What observers don't realize is that Shawn is living a life on both sides of the fence. He harbors dangerous secrets that could hurt his family. Shawn makes a mistake when he befriends James, a gold digger with an agenda. Pushing Shawn head first into a life of lust and deception, he will get what he wants. Everyone has secrets in this story. Explosive sex mixed with secrecy and painful truth can only produce disaster. Shawn's faithfulness, love, sexuality, and family structure will be tested to the very end. Be warned: this is not your average down-low book.

Mona and Shawn Black seem like they are just getting back to normal. But both are still keeping secrets from each other and their family. James Parks leaves prison older but not wiser-seeking revenge. He knows of the secrets that the Black family holds. He is determined to get payback, until someone offers him love. Will Mona and Shawn learn that it is best to not keep secrets? Will James give love one more shot? Is there still hope, or will lies and secrets ruin them? Lust, murder, revenge, and deception riddle the pages of this drama. What will happen when the gates of their lives swing wide open once again?

The marriage of Mona and Shawn Black was dominated by infidelity and lies. Now their children, Alex and Ashley, are in their second year at UCLA, and life is not simple for them either. Now that he knows Shawn Black is not his biological father, Alex is busy searching for the identity of his birth father. Unbeknownst to him, his sister Ashley seems to have inherited a destructive trait from this mystery man - using people's secrets to get what she's unwilling to work hard for. After the death of his lover, Wallace returns to California. He's on a mission to reconcile with the family that threw him out when he was eighteen, as well as to uncover information about his deceased partner. Who was the real James Parks, and why did he come to such an untimely demise? Wallace discovers shocking secrets that reveal a connection with James that he never knew he had. College professors Grace and David Andrews are a married couple keeping secrets from each other. This is no run-of-the-mill marital infidelity, though. David doesn't know that his someone-on-the-side shares a painful link to Grace's past. One man has had a hand in the fate of every one of these characters. His actions have resulted in the dismemberment of three families. Now that the loose ends have begun to unravel, will any of them be able to pull their lives back together?

James Parks' thriving bloodline, Ashley and Alex Black, have transitioned back to Baltimore living, and the drama they thought was over continues to plague them. It seems like chaos and drama is hardwired in their DNA. Ashley is hard at work in her career and is enjoying her new life, but an old flame comes back into the picture and wants to play for keeps. Throw in her boyfriend, Braxton, with his own secrets, and the drama explodes. Alex is a sports agent and a party animal with a libido to match. When he stumbles onto a client with a secret, he has to make a decision: do the right thing or cash in. Toss in a sneaky and relentless stalker named Jasmine, and Alex finds himself dealing with more drama than he can handle.