The African Crown Library

She thought she was planning a surprise. Instead, she uncovered a nightmare.

Naomi Myers is a sharp, successful San Francisco attorney on the brink of marriage—until she sees her fiancé with another woman and everything she thought she knew begins to unravel.

Drawn into a dangerous web of betrayal, obsession, and secrets, Naomi’s search for the truth pulls her into a connection that turns deadly. As love blurs into control, she realizes she’s not just fighting for her relationship—she’s fighting to survive it.

A psychological thriller set against the glittering Bay Area skyline, Secrets Before, “I Do!” explores how far lies can reach—and how dangerous love can become.

A luxury Caribbean wedding. Five estranged friends. One deadly reunion.

When a surprise wedding summons five successful friends to an opulent villa in St. John, old wounds and buried betrayals resurface. What begins as a champagne-soaked celebration quickly turns into a fight for survival when disaster strands them far from help.

As secrets unravel and alliances fracture, the group discovers that the truths they’ve hidden from each other are more dangerous than anything stalking them in the dark.

Bridal Party is a sharp, psychological thriller blending glamour, betrayal, and dark humor—perfect for fans of The White Lotus–style suspense and character-driven drama.

It starts in a trunk.

Scheyenne “Shi” Iverson wakes up bound, bleeding, and half-conscious in the trunk of a car—her life already destroyed. Not long ago, she had a family. Now they’re dead, executed by forces powerful enough to walk free.

As the Bay Area closes in around her, Shi makes a quiet, irreversible decision: she’s not running, and she’s not waiting for justice. She’s going to find out who’s responsible—even if it means stepping into a world she was never meant to survive.

An explosive opening to a Bay Area urban fiction crime saga about loyalty, betrayal, and revenge.

The first rule of revenge is to learn the game.

Searching for answers pulls Shi deeper into the Bay Area underworld—and into the orbit of T-Money, a kingpin who doesn’t recruit her so much as study her. Under his watch, Shi learns how real power moves: discipline, patience, and control.

As mentorship turns into manipulation and loyalties begin to blur, Shi realizes she’s being shaped into something dangerous—whether she’s ready or not.

The second installment in a Bay Area urban fiction crime saga about power, manipulation, and the price of revenge.

She didn’t plan to fall in love. She planned to get close.

By the time Shi crosses paths with Spencer “Spin” Washington, she’s learned how the Bay really works—leverage, silence, and proximity. Spin isn’t just powerful; he’s connected to everything she’s been circling since the night her life was destroyed.

What begins as strategy turns into intimacy, and control starts slipping as Shi finds herself drawn deeper into a world where love and violence move side by side.

The third installment in a Bay Area urban fiction crime saga about power, desire, and the dangerous cost of getting too close.

It starts with her in a trunk. Again.

Once you’re in the game, walking away isn’t an option. As Shi’s name begins echoing in rooms she was never meant to enter, expectations harden, loyalties are tested, and the cost of survival grows steeper.

With law enforcement circling and enemies—old and new—watching closely, Shi finds herself balancing power, exposure, and a fragile sense of normalcy that can’t last.

The fourth installment in a Bay Area urban fiction crime saga about loyalty, consequence, and the cost of climbing too high.

The pressure doesn’t ease. It tightens.

Shi has been carrying too much for too long—power she didn’t ask for, loyalties she can’t fully trust, and a future that demands more than she can safely give. As the Bay shifts and long-silent forces begin to move, every step forward brings greater exposure.

With law enforcement closing in and violence pressing closer without warning, Shi finds herself confronting the limits of control—and the cost of holding everything together.

The fifth installment in a Bay Area urban fiction crime saga about consequence, reckoning, and the weight of unfinished business.

The Bay thought the story ended in blood.

The world believes Shi is dead. Her name fades, her enemies stop looking, and the city moves on—while somewhere far from the Bay, she’s still breathing.

Cut off from the life she built and the people she loved, Shi is forced to decide whether survival is enough—or if returning means facing a city that already wrote her ending.

The sixth installment in a Bay Area urban fiction crime saga about erasure, rebirth, and the choice to step back into a world that believes you’re gone.