Bøger af Linette King

Rose knows she can get through anything with Cyntana and Keith by her side, but what will she do when her boyfriend alienates her from the only people she trusts with her life? With her mother on trial for a murder she committed, she can't seem to get a handle on things. Will she push through with the help of her friends, or will she push them away? Just as things start to die down Cyntana is arrested for murder. All of the evidence points to her guilt, but she claims to be innocent. If she really is innocent then she was set up by someone very close to her, but who? Will everything fall into place so Rose and Cyntana can heal, or will things continue fall apart?

The saying "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." became the motto in this short story as Layla goes on a quest to uncover hidden truths.

Rose Bentley had a rough upbringing that ultimately pushed her to run away from everyone and everything that she knew. Figuring all she needed was a fresh start, she caught the next bus to a big city where she realized there was nothing fresh about her new beginning.Cyntana Carter accomplished a lot in her young life, but being a young successful business owner made her a target for other people on the come up. She quickly learns that not everyone is built like her when one of her businesses is robbed and the culprit walks unknowingly in her path.A bond is formed when Cyntana takes Rose under her wing, but love becomes a distraction for both of them. Lies are told and lives are taken, but will they come out on top or will the pain cause them to do things they can't come back from?

Follow the lives of Jamya, Tavia, Tia and Miracle as they travel into unknown territory. Will they be able to follow the simple rule when staring in the face of death?

A few classmates get together to have a game night years after graduating from high school. Find out what happens when a harmless game of truth or dare turns deadly... who will be the last man standing?

When a mother's love is too strong to let go, will she be able to save her family in time? Or will she lose everything and everyone she's ever loved?

It was Tiffany's turn to plan the trip and all she wanted was to make sure it was one for the books! What she didn't know was the stories associated with Dawson's Lake.

Life for twenty seven year old Ebonique Carter has been seemingly hard from birth. She was raised by a single mother, Sheila Carter and had no idea who her father was. Sheila was killed by a stray bullet on Thanksgiving day. Normally when someone dies, the family's bond grows stronger but for Ebonique and her siblings, it died with their mom. Ebonique hadn't talked to her brothers Kaz and Kaymen or her sister Kasmine since she missed their mother's funeral. It was like they all took it personal but it wasn't her fault that her youngest daughter, Alexis decided to make her grand entrance early. The only bright spots in her life are her children, five year old Tara Carter and three year old Alexis Carter. With no friends or family around to help her, Ebonique sometimes doesn't know if she's coming or going. Meanwhile, there's an enemy lurking in the background seeking to destroy Ebonique no matter who they have to kill in the process. Follow the tale of a mother's revenge when you take away her only bright spot in a dark world. Everybody must die

The thing about betrayal is it always comes from someone you trust. The betrayal shows you the type of person they are, but your response shows you the kind of person you are. Find out who Ambrose really is when she's betrayed by someone she would've given her life to save.

Nadia struggles with living with a broken heart after finding out her boyfriend is someone else's husband. Little do she know the most painful truth will come from someone she never would have expected to hurt her.Just as she's beginning to repair her relationship with her ex boyfriend, Nakenya finds out she's carrying a child who undoubtedly belongs to her sister's boyfriend. She quickly goes from trying to keep sleeping with him a secret to trying to get rid of the unborn child secretly. What she doesn't realize is everything done in the dark will eventually come to light, but she's willing to do anything to make sure it doesn't happen.

They say that tragedy strikes in threes, but Toni can't seem to catch a break as death seemingly surrounds her. She loses one person after the other while suspecting her husband of cheating on her once again, but with no one left to turn to, she doesn't know what to do.Ashley finally finds a man who loves her and her children. Everything feels perfect until she meets his family. The closer she gets to them, the more secrets are exposed. The man she thought was perfect has more skeletons in his closet than she ever could have imagined.After experiencing a near death experience Amber is forced to move back in with her sister Toni while recovering. All she wanted to do was get better and go back home, but she struggles to keep her feelings at bay.Will Toni figure out if Stacy is cheating on her again or not? If he is, will this finally be the last straw? Will Ashley allow Parker's past to ruin a good thing or is covering up murder too much for her to handle? Will Amber act on her feelings for her sister's husband and risk hurting the only person who has always had her back? Or will she be strong enough to walk away?

Dating is always complicated when you have to share your significant other with someone else but how far are you willing to go to have them to yourself? You could befriend them but killing the person threatening your spot will be so much easier but who really gets away with murder? Are you willing to set someone up to go to prison? Follow Kiyanne, Damien, Miranda and Jaquavis to find out just how far it can be taken in He Was Mine First!

This is a short tale about a woman that was willing to do anything for her friends, but somehow along the show and prove road, she forgot to draw a line. Find out what happens when proving a point turns into betrayal and teaching a lesson turns into murder.

Ten young adults wanted nothing more than to finally take their graduation trip, but nobody could have predicted it would end the way that it.

Cheating will undoubtedly hurt someone in the end and when we are hurt, we all have ways to deal with the pain. Some people cry while others lash out. Some people write while others simply hold it in. As you follow Kamille, Tony, Giancarlo and Danielle on their paths to destruction, you'll find out just how they chose to deal with their pain in this short story.

As the perfect surrogate enters the lives of Johnny and Britne Dixon, life as they once knew it comes to an end. Lives are taken and lies are exposed, but who will come out on top?

They never would have thought that one simple mistake would land them in detention? Now they have to make it out alive.

Everybody seems to have their own opinions about being a side chick, but every situation is different. Some people enter situations knowing their lover has a significant other but that's not how it happened for Storm. Storm had already been through hell and back when she met Tyson who swooped in like a breath of fresh air for her. She knew nothing about him but there was still a part of her that knew she should walk away, but she didn't listen. They say it is better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all, find out if that's true for Storm.

After a dare among friends send Kasey inside of an abandoned house, her twin sister Kaley will stop at nothing to get her back.

Determined to leave the skeletons of her past behind, Treasure starts a new life with her three best friends. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't get the fresh start that she wanted. Lies are told, truths revealed and lives are taken, but will Treasure figure out what's really going on before becoming the final victim?

After finding love and creating a blended family, Rashard learns that he doesn't know the woman that he's spent the last two years of his life with. Unable to handle the truth that exposed a big lie, he quickly breaks things off with Bethany, sending her home packing to pick up the pieces of her life, alone.Once Bethany and Rashard are over, the pain of it all sends her flying into the arms of another man. The only problem is, that man already has someone, and that someone is very dear to Bethany. Will Bethany do the right thing and stay away from that man? Or will she do whatever it takes to get him to herself?Candy and Deuce are the perfect couple from the outside looking in, but they too, have problems of their own. When Deuce is no longer satisfied at home, will he stay and work things out? Or will he fall victim to temptation?Love finds Tamia when she least expects it to and she begins to experience feelings that she never thought were possible for her. The feeling of bliss doesn't last after Rashard re-enters her life with hopes of them working things out. This leaves her with a big decision to make. Does she try to work things out with the man that she once loved enough to marry? Or does she stand her ground and see where things can go with her new love?

Michelle spent years on a emotional roller-coaster with her long time boyfriend Ryan. It wasn't until they broke up and she met Ace that she really got a taste for something other than Ryan. Her brief snippet of happiness is short lived once she's forced to choose between history and chemistry.. Find out who chooses in Episode 1 of Trifling Chronicles: The Love Story.

Alize' Bishop had her whole life planned out according to how she wanted to live it, but we all know life doesn't go as planned. Just as everything she ever wanted was right at her fingertips, a force to be reckoned with turns her life upside down.Nita Avery simply wanted to get rich and have fun, but she realizes how hard it is when nothing goes as planned. She'll stop at nothing to get where she wants to be. With love on the brain, Shana Smith finds it hard to stay focused. Although her life is filled with uncertainties, the one thing that she's sure of is her love for Ethan.When you come from the bottom, there's no way to go but up. Well at least that's what April Scott believes. But once a certain truth is revealed it isn't clear for her if her quest to the top is sending her up or spiraling down.Will Alize' be able to defeat such a force and still come out on top or will she lose everything? Will Anita make it to the top or will the bridges burned cause her to drown in a sea of hopelessness? Will Shana get it together or fall victim of a love that is not her own? Will April make it out of the trenches or will she dig herself a deeper hole?Find out in the stand alone The Enemy Within dropping later this month!

After being tired of seeing her friends struggle, Samara brought her girls in on her money train. All she ever asked was that they respect her rules so they'd all be able to get rich. What she didn't expect was anyone getting hurt because of a lifestyle she introduced?Nakita used to think money was the root of all evil, but after linking up with her best friend she realizes a person's love for money is the actual problem. Some people will do anything and betray anyone for money, even if it could cost them their life.

Everything was supposed to be good for Jade, she was supposed to get her happy ending but after only a couple of months of peace, it almost seems like the universe is working against her. With her best friend dead, her mother locked up and her personal relationships on the fritz, she feels alone and you never know what someone is capable of until their back is against the wall.Tyrone knows that the relationship that he built with Jade was built on lies but he still has faith that they can be together as a family. All he has to do is divorce his wife and protect Jade but that proves to be harder than he could ever imagine when the attack on Jade is being orchestrated by an unknown source that's using the people closest to her to hurt her.Will they figure out who's really out to get Jade or will she be forced to take matters into her own hands in order to save her child? Will Tyrone remain by her side or allow her to push him away like she's done everyone else in her life? Find out in the finale of Pregnant by my mother's husband.

Emma Daniels wanted nothing more than your average teenage girl. The problem was, it didn't matter who she had to sacrifice in order to get what she wanted. Find out just how far she was willing to go in this short story.

If there was ever a man who should be off limits it should be your sister's husband. Right is right and wrong is wrong, but matters of the heart are never that simple. There's black, white and then that little area that's shaded gray.

After losing her family, Jasmine goes through life trying to escape the pain. When that doesn't work, she becomes fixated on fixing what she didn't break even if it'll cost her her life.

*This novel is a rerelease*They say when it rains, it pours and that statement couldn't have been more true for Monique Smith. With no job, an abusive man and a small child, the struggle is definitely real, but everything seems to turn around after she meets Christian Stint. She figures with her skills and his will, they could be one helluva team in turning each other's lives around. Will she be able to help him or will her unique set of skills only bring more heat to the flame? Christian Stint wanted nothing more than to leave the game and be with his family, but life has a way of stopping you dead in your tracks. With the loss of his family, he loses himself in the process and just when things start to make sense, he's pushed in a corner that he won't be able to get out of alone. With an unknown enemy commonly called a friend steps into play to push him deeper into the corner, Monique comes in to assist with hopes that once she's helped him, he can help her. Will the two of them be able to uncover who's responsible for the betrayal and murder? Or will the unknown person get what he wants, the demise of Christian Stint?

Samara was so hell bent on settling the score that she didn't recognize the destruction until it was too late. She's saved a lot of people, but with nobody around to save her she has to figure out how to save herself. But what happens when the person that she needs saving from ends up being herself? After ignoring Nakita's warning, Natalie loses everything including her grip on reality. With no family or friends for support, she settles into the only thing she can afford, pain. With pain comes misery and we all know how much misery loves company. Latonya is forced into a new role while Samara is away, but when tragedy strikes her home it becomes too much to juggle. Will she prevail like her best friend or will it all turn out to be too much for her? Nakita just wants a family and to be successful, but she's caught the attention of some very dangerous people while sticking her nose where it didn't belong. Will she get everything she wants or fall victim like so many others for their love of money?