Bøker av Lisa Austin

This is a Jagoda Bay short. Meet Mocha and Azure.....

Exhilarated: (uhg-zi-lr-ay-tuhd): very happy, animated, or elated.Aphrodite Greer is finally starting to see better days. She's slowly accepting that she can have a beautiful life despite her daughter being dead without feeling guilty. That beautiful life has a name and it's Goal Navarro - The persistent head of the Navarro Cartel. Goal Navarro sees what he wants and goes after it. Being a man who's always on the move, he's finally found the lady that keeps him grounded. Running the Cartel that was snatched from his father and handed to him by his Abuelo, nothing can stop the sexy Colombian. Goal not only supplies the city but raises his 18-year-old brother Gage "Big Gator" who he's done an exceptional job with as the NFL is in his future. But, not everyone is happy with his power and will go to extreme lengths to see Goal's demise. Baguette has everything a man of his stature could want and need, a clean exit from the streets, a beautiful and ambitious girlfriend, and a healthy relationship with his Ex turned person. The only thing holding him back from enjoying his Fruit is the constant reminder of his daughter. Baguette feels that she is still walking the earth and although the women in his life feels as though he's fallen off his rocker, he and Aphrodite's baby girl rise from the dead, shocking everyone. Happiness. The one thing that seems sooo easy to obtain is sometimes the most intangible!! When you think you've overcome life's biggest hurdle, another one is thrown right into your new normal instantly knocking the wind out of you.Everything isn't always what it seems, and just when you feel like you see a person, they show you that you're blind.In this sequel, will the crew that we now think we know and love ever experience exhilaration or will they forever be hanging on by a string trying to piece it all back together?

In Humbled by A real n*gga three, Saije and Humble's situationship is tested. Secrets about Saije's past lover and her current ravage the millionaire beauty. Saije has stone-cold proof, but Humble is literally taking his wrongdoings to the grave, or so to say Keron's grave. Horror wreaks havoc on Cartier's life. Not only is she finding out her uncle is her father, but a tragedy involving the love of her life leaves her sick. Cartier is left regretting all the time she wasted with Diorsey by playing cat and mouse games. The independent is left feeling helpless, and the one person that can make all her troubles go away is no longer available to her. Syper has had enough of Ryla's promiscuous ways. Not only is she not the woman he thought she was, but she also goes and aborts their child, devastating the young producer. Syper's focus is his family, siblings, money, son, and eliminating his father. He doesn't have time for the games Ryla likes to play. In this explosive Finale, faith is tested, secrets break hearts, bonds are formed, and respect is earned. But, with so many couples going through their own personal dramas, they all still share one agenda; ELIMINATE DIABLO.

The gang is back!In this part two, Saije has learned that not only her father is alive, but so is her baby brother. Saije is on edge, feeling as if her father has a hidden agenda, and her fears come true when she learns her biological mother has been kidnapped. Humble Holden Lansen became an instant millionaire, thanks to Saije, his best friend and first love. After not speaking for years, Saije still managed to keep her promise to Humble and make a way for him to transition out of the streets, something he's been begging his longtime girlfriend Lita to do. Although all of his worries seem to fade away, Humble still can't seem to let Lita go despite his father's ill feelings towards her. Ryla has finally met someone to slow her down and isn't too happy about that. She still wants to have her fun girl ways but wants to lay up under her man immediately after. Sy isn't going for Ryla and her hoe tendencies and is forced to show her why he is indeed the true son of Diablo. Ivoree is starting to let Doe run her down but just when Doe feels he's found the bullet to his Glock, a jumpoff informs him that his future baby mama may already be a baby mama to his cousin Saije's dead husband. Doe can't seem to get the feeling of Ivoree possibly being flaw out of his head, so he does what he does best, get answers straight from the source. It wouldn't be Doe if he didn't add a twist of craziness to his methods when handling Ivoree. In the second installment of HBARN, feelings are hurt, hearts are broken, and new love connections are formed. Jump in on this five star banger and prepare to be humbled...again!

Saije experiences heartbreak at a young age with the death of her father and baby brother, leaving her and her Stepmother to pick up the pieces and move forward in life. From adolescence into early adulthood, Saije has always loved two men. Her best friend, paid and sexy dope boy Holden "Humble" Langsen, and her boyfriend, promising future and cutie-pie star basketball player Keron Denver. Saije is forced to choose a side, and unfortunately for her, she makes the wrong choice. Millions of dollars and a whole lot of fame later, Saije is still unhappy with her life and doesn't realize it until tragedy strikes, and she is obligated to go home since she has taken residence outside of her home state. In the city, she is connected with her handsome, paid, and well-respected cousins Dior and Doe, who have the city on lock. Not only does she link with family, but a trip to the grocery store brings her face to face with an old flame. The one she let get away. Ryla, Saije's college roommate turned best friend, enjoys life by running through men and dodging any type of attachment to them. All she wants is a good time, and it works for her until she meets Sy, a multi-platinum producer that informs Ryla that her hoeing for free isn't as upholding as she thinks. He lets her know off the bat if she's spreading her legs, the least she could do is require something from the men that climb in between them. Ryla isn't feeling the way Sy comes in and shakes things up and tries to dodge him, but little does she know, her open legs came in handy because they dig up old bones, literally. In this novel, you'll find uncanny love connections, secrets unveiled, and a whole lot of blasts from the past. One day you're living life thinking you're on your A-game until you're humbled by a real n*gga.

This is a spin-off from my Novella If Cupid was a Thug. If you have not read that book, please stop and do so now. It is a short and can be finished in an hour or less.

Five years. Half a decade. One Thousand eight hundred twenty-five days. Forty-three thousand eight hundred hours. Two million six hundred twenty-eight thousand minutes. Measuring the time, a lot can happen in five years.Aphrodite Greer was born and raised in the bricks - projects in Jagoda Bay. She met the love of her life, Baguette, on that very soil. The ghetto goddess had her entire life mapped out for her, and just like most life plans, things took a turn for the worse. Infidelity, losing her baby girl Athena, and constant fights with her lover's mistress turned her from a rigid, dope boy's Queen to a soft, put-up businesswoman. With five years between their failed relationship, Baguette and Aphrodite remain best friends, and since Baguette has moved on, his current girlfriend has also joined their circle of friendship. Tuscany Payne is everything a reformed dope boy could want in a partner. She has beauty, personality, and brains. Not only is she the total package, but she also helped turn Playboy Baguette into a man. But as time passes, Tuscany feels helpless because she can not seem to help her man get over his grief of losing his only child.In this exhilarating Novel, you'll not only laugh with the characters, but you'll love with them, cry with them and feel for them in the end. Some say three is a crowd. With secrets that go beyond Athena's grave, the saying may be true.