Love Jones, #1

What do you do when life deals you a bad hand? It's a hard knock life for 18 year old Tashayla Carter. She just can't seem to catch a break. With her drug addicted mother constantly doing things to sabotage her happiness, and the people she loves the most letting her down. Shay just doesn't know which way to turn. No matter how hard she tries to escape, she just can't shake the demons of her mother's decisions.
Her cousin and best friend, Monica, the hood princess through and through, hides her pain and feeling of deceit behind money. With her dad passing a few years back, she's just on the search for that fatherly love that she feels she's missing.
After feeling helpless for so long, Shay runs into the biggest kingpin in her city, Kahmir "King" Jones, and is swept off her feet. Will she be able to see the blessing within all of the madness? Will this Love Jones be what she needs to overcome the trials and tribulations that she's faced with? Will she stay and fight through it all or will she fall victim to her tough life?