Nothing Better Than This Hood Love

While only in middle school, Chellise & Kendrik formed a bond under the most unlikely circumstances. With a mother addicted to crack, Kendrik's parents argued constantly, leading him to sneak off to Chellise's house and seek refuge sleeping on her bedroom floor. Although Chellise's parents forbid her to spend time with Kendrik, in her bedroom in the middle of the night, they secretly built a strong friendship. When Kendrik's mother is murdered by his father, he pleads guilty to the crime in an effort to save his father, and Chellise loses her friend. Fifteen years later, Chellise is living a dream. She is engaged to one of the sexiest businessmen in the area, and life with him can't get any better. But her fiancé is a cheater. When his secret affair comes to the surface, Chellise has more than one reason to want to leave him alone. After serving time for a crime he didn't commit, Kendrik has taken to the streets to make his way through life in light of his troubled past. When a plan gone wrong leads to him running into Chellise, he is reminded just how much he loved the girl who considered him only a friend. The only thing standing in the way of pursuing her is Gianna: his crazy, pregnant girlfriend who has shown she is not above slashing a tire, setting things on fire or even fighting it out in the streets to keep him bound to her. This was previously titled 'All I Want is Hood Love' by Porscha Sterling

In only a few days, Chellise's entire world turned upside down. Not only did she lose her fiancé and her best friend, who both betrayed her in ways she'd never imagined, but when Kendrik tries to push her into a relationship with him right after leaving Mulah, she hesitates and he falls back, making her feel that she's also lost out on him for good. But when she realizes that Kendrik is the only one she's ever really wanted, she runs back into his arms only to be devastated by a shocking discovery concerning his past. Will this ruin everything they were trying for before it even begins? After stumbling upon Ronnie's secret, Dallas wants nothing to do with him regardless of the fact that she's pregnant with their child. Longing for the affection that she'd placed in a man whom she'd lost after finding him having sex with another man, Dallas seeks it from Jarrell, the sexy, thuggish grandson of one of her neighbors. Jarrell has the rugged, cocky masculinity that she was craving and he makes love to her mind and body in ways that leaves her continuously begging for more and more. But soon Jarrell's rough nature proves to be too much for Dallas to handle. Will she stick it out and hope for change or will she admit that she's failed at love yet again? Although Kaletha has loved Mulah her whole life, there comes a time when a woman can't help but to be sick of the disrespect. And that's exactly where Kaletha is when she decides to go on a date with Brandon. Brandon is the perfect man for her; he's successful, sexy, romantic and intelligent. But he lacks the thug swag that makes Mulah so damn irresistible. Determined to make things work and to leave Mulah and to deal with his growing issues with the women he continues to include in his life, Kaletha tries to focus on her relationship with Brandon. But when he drops a bombshell on her concerning their relationship, Kaletha is thrown for a loop and unsure on whether she can trust herself to really leave Mulah alone. Will she be able to resist her greatest temptation for someone who treats her the way she's always desired or will she give in to what's comfortable to her and wander back into Mulah's open arms?