Bøger af King Benjamin

In December of 2019, most people had no idea just what was waiting for them right around the corner. Donna and Loon had set up their lives to live happily ever after. With several flourishing businesses and a strong real estate portfolio, it seemed they would coast off into the sunset. But the year 2020 would change everything. A public health crisis and unprecedented social injustice would push people to their breaking point.Although Kane is dead, new enemies are lurking that want revenge. When the stress level reaches an all-time high it turns friends and lovers against each other. Buried secrets are dug up that will test the love Donna and Loon shared and could change their lives forever. When going outside is no longer an option you have no choice but to look inward. Can Donna and Loon's love survive the wrath of 2020?

Donna and Loon are close to finding the peace and happiness they've been desperately seeking since they met and fell in love. Donna is back doing what she loves, and Loon has laid the foundation for his success as a serial entrepreneur. He's finally found a way to love and communicate properly, but once again, outside forces threaten to wreak havoc on their lives. With Bandman on the run, Loon is the closest thing to a lead for Detroit's top homicide Detective Joseph Seabury. The deeper Donna falls for Loon she can feel the walls closing in. His rival Kane seems to be unstoppable, and all the money in the world won't matter if they can never be truly free. Still, they decide to bet on love but with an unhinged detective and a cold-blooded rival out for revenge, it seems they need a miracle.

After meeting and falling for Caltin Malone, Madonna tried to meet him where he was in life without stooping down to his level, but somehow, he managed to drag her into the trenches with him. After a shootout and police raid, she'd seen enough. No matter how grateful she was for having him in her life, she had to walk away for her peace and livelihood. But walking away and staying away would be a much harder mountain to climb than she ever predicted.Caltin AKA Loon has pressure mounting on him from all angles. All of his heroic efforts have landed him in hot water with an obsessed homicide detective, not to mention his arch-rival is still on the loose. But with everything going wrong in his life, somehow, his number one priority is making Madonna understand he's the only man for her. His motivation is stronger than ever to become who he needs to be for her and himself but sometimes when two people fall in love only God knows if they are truly meant to be.

Caltin AKA Loon is a boss in his neighborhood but when he meets a woman he feels is out of his league it leaves him questioning his very identity. Determined to have her, he sets out on a quest to become more than just another street hustler. In the meantime, his real life comes with tough decisions and a sense of urgency that stacks the odds against him.Madonna comes from a sheltered life and a top tier bloodline. She has zero interest in dating a man that's living a dangerous street life but when a chain of events leave her shattered and confused she realizes life is too short and she needs to start living again.A man she thought was too young, too hood, and just not up to her standards ends up being everything she needed but could they have something real? When Caltin opens up his real life to her it leaves Donna questioning will he be her peace or her downfall?

American Dreaming is a standalone series with completely unrelated characters in each book centered around the same premise of chasing dreams.**Gabriela Harley has a dream of becoming the biggest fashion runway model the industry has ever seen. She wants desperately to get out of the hood and experience the worldly things she dreamed about as a kid. But on the northside of Philly, most people are too busy trying to get out of the way of constant gunfire to think about getting out of the hood. Her boyfriend Nightmare is knee-deep in the streets and although she loves him and benefits greatly from the menacing presence he's established in the hood, Nightmare doesn't support her dreams of a different life.When Gabriela's best male friend Nathario comes back in town, she finally feels like she has the support she needs to go after everything she wants. But the closer she gets to the goal; the more obstacles seem to form a line waiting to cause chaos. There's tension between the Nightmare and Nathario, there are deadly secrets that lie beneath the surface, and the modeling industry is nothing like she dreamed it would be. When Gabriela finds out she may have to risk her life and sanity to make it big will she still want it? Can she truly have it all or will her laser focus cause her to lose everything?

Can men and women just be friends? Farrah is twenty-three years old in a happy and committed relationship. When she befriends her new co-worker she suddenly begins to notice all the flaws in her relationship and the shortcoming of her boyfriend Raheem. Soon she becomes too close for comfort with her new found friend and as her feelings begin to change she does the unthinkable. Marco is twenty-five and fresh home from a three year prison stretch for dealing drugs. When he decides to go straight, he lands a job where he meets a beautiful woman that shakes him to the core. He tries to work on his relationship with the mother of his child but a new bond becomes a huge distraction. When Marco plays the friendship game with Farrah he is sent on a hot pursuit that is wilder than any chase police could ever offer him. Hearts and lives are put at risk before things come to a boiling point in this deeply engrossing forbidding love tale.

****Standalone Novel****Nicole is twenty-seven years old and works as a financial adviser for a small bank. When a banking client she's had a crush on continues to pursue her, Nicole decides to throw caution to the wind and jump back in the dating game. The two discover they have magical chemistry and they soon become the it couple among their family and friends, but once they take their vows things take a drastic change for the worse.Tony is the man most women dream of walking into their lives and never leaving. He's young handsome and financially stable. After withdrawing from the world to mourn over the death of his parents, he meets Nicole who ignites a fire inside of him. She pushes him to new heights in his career and is everything he could ask for, but when she can't deliver on the one thing most important to him it sets off a chain of events that exposes a darker side of them both that neither knew existed.Angel and Dre are cousins of Nicole and Tony and they've been living single on the party scene most of their adult lives. Sparks fly when they meet but there's a question as to whether either is ready for a commitment. After some major setbacks they decide to give it one last try, but will Tony and Nicole's madness stand in their way? Or will all the connecting pieces leave everyone fighting for their own sanity?

*****Standalone Novel*****Twenty-six-year-old Kymani can't seem to catch a break lately. Over the past few years, his life has gone from unlimited potential to feeling stuck and uncertain about the future. His dead-end job offers no comfort or hope of change and his love life is nonexistent, making everything twice as hard to cope with. One day a chance meeting sets Kymani on a new path and breathes newfound motivation into his life that could turn things around once and for all.Twenty-four-year-old Chareese has been living check to check, barely surviving since she has to settle for a low-paying job. All the trials and tribulations that come from being broke are compounded by the fact that she doesn't have someone to share her life with. Being young and beautiful isn't doing her any justice at all, that is, until she decides to make her love life a top priority. They say you can't help who you love and when Chareese and Kymani meet, they're both able to look past each other's struggles and into one another's heart. But monetary strain doesn't just magically go away because you find a love connection and when Chareese meets Landslide, a neighborhood hustler, he seems to be the answer to all of her financial woes. When love won't pay the bills, what's a girl to do? Can Kymani step up to the plate and be everything she needs? Will Chareese stay down through the tough times or will Landslide sweep Chareese off of her feet and leave Kymani forever broke and lonely?

****Standalone Novel****Remember Lashay Dawson was born with the kind of ambition you can't teach. She never needed anyone to tell her the importance of focus, drive or execution. No one is surprised when she becomes successful at a young age running multiple businesses all the while staying true to the people she loves the most. But there are others lurking in the shadows that aren't so happy for her. They want what she has and some that just want her all for themselves. Although she is very capable of navigating through all the down talk, hidden agendas and plots to destroy her, eventually, a hater goes to extremes that no one saw coming. Bull is the only man that Remember has ever truly loved. In a short time, they develop a loyalty to each other they believe will last forever. Just when things were starting to take off for her, Bull commits an unthinkable act in order to protect the woman he loves. His actions cause them to be separated at a pivotal time in their relationship and that separation turns out to be the biggest test either of them could ever fathom. But when that journey is over Bull and Remember realize that the real test has just begun. With so much to lose it becomes harder to fight off all the demons that lie in their path. Will Remember and Bull have the gas to go the distance or will the path to success be the unraveling of their union?

Cry Baby Chris is a boy on a journey to become a man. His biggest problem is he doesn't handle his emotions well. As a kid he is bullied and teased. As a teen he has his heart broken by Charlotta the only girl that ever showed any real interest in him. Being exposed to the elements of the streets one day he decides to bottle up all his emotions as best he can and reinvent himself as a cold hearted gansta named Capone. As Capone he deals harshly with anyone who crosses him earning respect and position in the streets. But no matter how hard he tries he can never escape who he truly is. Charlotta is a serious risk taker and just too cool for her own good. What she wants out of life most is respect for being the hustler she believes herself to be and the street fame that comes with it. She too young to realize that street fame comes with a price. Years after the break up Charlotta and Capone link up and the flame is rekindled. will the bond these teen gangstas share lead to ghetto heaven or send them straight to hell?

Beautiful, selfish, and brainless are just some of the words used to describe Roxanne. Everything she's ever been through, she's been partially to blame for it. Although she excels in high school, with above average grades, she fails to use the common sense portion of her brain. Throwing caution to the wind, she bumps her head countless times, making life changing decisions in the blink of an eye. She turns tricks for fun, and smokes crack on a dare, but one day, all the bad decisions come to a head, and the one person that still cares about her is in desperate need of her help. When Roxanne finally enters rehab, she finds something to live for, and she sees an opportunity to make up for all the wrong she'd done. But in order to do it, she has to go back to the same life she'd just left with possibly even more dangerous consequence than before. Can Roxanne save her own life, and find some redemption in the process or will she finally run out of luck and out of time?

Latoya Bankhead is truly tired of living life on the edge of disaster. After being convicted of the failed casino heist, she takes her time on the chin and is prepared to do it all. Her crew has been dismantled, and just about everyone she loved is either dead or doesn't know she exists. Trouble is the only friend she has left, but even she had a huge question mark hanging over her head. But when Trouble pays for her appeal Toya is given one last chance to get it right and she comes home feeling forever in debt to Trouble. Rick and Roscoe Bankhead haven't seen their cousin Toya since they were kids. Rick comes home from a small prison stretch and tries to walk a straight line, but life quickly gets in the way. His brother Roscoe is hustling in the streets, but seemingly falling off. Just when things are looking the darkest Toya is released, and it changes their lives forever. But soon the worst of the secrets and backstabbing is revealed, and the chain reaction is highly explosive. Take one last ride with the ultimate Gankstress, and find out if she is truly built to last.

At the tender age of seventeen, Chris aka Capone was snatched off the streets away from everything he loved and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The reputation he'd worked so hard for on the streets meant nothing behind the walls. His manhood would be tested all over again shaping his mentality as an adult along the way. But thanks to some loyal friends and a million prayers Capone would be given another chance at life almost ten years later. This time he has plans to move differently and make everyone rooting for him proud, but those same friends that helped him at his lowest point could prove to be his unraveling. When her boyfriend went to jail for life, Evelyn had no choice but to move on. After graduating college, she had to feel her way through some things until she found the career path she believed was her destiny. After ending a long-term relationship she was reunited with Capone knowing he could surely use a friend. It doesn't take long for her to realize that her feelings for him would never die but when the news breaks that he'll be coming home she has some tough decisions to make. If she allows Capone back into her life it could ruin everything she's built. Will Capone be the man that Evelyn need's him to be or will he destroy both of their lives in the process of trying to find his path?

Warning! This is a standalone spinoff to the highly acclaimed series The War Report..Oshiwa has really big plans. Some may even say her plans are irrational. After lying low for a year steadily planting her seeds and building her team with her boyfriend Doe, Oshiwa is ready to take what she believes the game owes her. As she and Doe agree to take The Motor City by storm they quickly rise to the top of the game and become two of the most infamous names in Detroit. Instead of shying away from the spotlight, Oshiwa decides to step into her new role as queenpin only to realize that she has just lit a new spark under smoldering flame. Raymond Waller AKA Ray Ray never wanted out of the game. He lived his life on the edge ready to accept whatever fate the streets handed him. After ruining his relationship with Chiku he had no choice but to switch his hustle which ultimately landing him a better position than he'd ever been in. But just when he thought he had it all figured out two women pop back into his life and change everything. One he loves and one he despises. The one he loves changes him, but he can't decide if it's for better or worse. Loyalty is tested and secrets revealed. Find out who's thorough and who's not as these iron-willed characters take you on this Bonnie and Clyde ride like no other.

Stink, Toya and JT are from the bottom. Black Bottom to be exact. All three just happen to be trapped inside the same impoverished, unforgiving neighborhood at the same time. Growing up deprived of even the simple necessities creates not just a want but a need for better. With no parents, no guidance and no love it's not long before the trio take to fearless desperation when gambling with their lives and freedom. They embody the pioneer spirit of the legendary Detroit hustlers invading foreign lands. Their boldness pays off in a big way but no amount of money is more important than the bond they share. But when luck runs cold they soon realize only the cutthroat and thorough will survive the deadly chess game they play with each opponent. When the pressure is on, you adapt fold or die.

What happens when a black man in America doesn't have the coping and problem-solving skills to deal with the burden that his environment had placed upon him? He stays stuck in survival mode. Once upon a time on the eastside of Detroit was a kid who dared to dream much bigger than his circumstances. Born to a mother with limited education and a father he barely knew, it wasn't long before he realized just what the world thought of people like him. Being a young black male in the '90s made him a target of hate and an assumed statistic in the eyes of many. For years he would walk that path carved out for him. What no one counted on is that when that kid was thrown into the streets with the wolves he would take every scar, every battle, every war, every win, and every loss and use it all to fuel the engine that would drive him out of dangerous and cutthroat life of crime and into a world of fiction writing. The Fight of My Life book is not a rags to riches story, but a journey of street life, self-discovery, divine intervention, and purpose. When God saves you from yourself and your enemies too many times to count, at some point you have to bow to His mercy and tell the world of His greatness. This ride is not for the weak, and when it's over my only hope is that I've inspired someone to change.