❝ Nobody puts Baby in the corner, 'cause that baby gets mad it gets to throwin' a tantrum, she'll fuckin' flip on ya ❞Everybody thought she had left for goodAnd nobody blamed herHer brother got shotShe was grievingBut that didn't mean they didn't want her backAnd now she was back, chin up, cap low and his chain dangling around her neckHer fans were ecstaticCause their queen returnedAnd she was standing right beside her king…
❝ It was nice to, nice to know ya let's do it again, how we did it in a one-night stand, do you wanna be more than a friend? ❞[BOOK ONE]Fame wasn't for the weakCountless people have proven that over and over, they cracked when it got too much. They bite off more than than they can chew and expect it not to bite them in the assBut it always didBrittany Spears? Bald. Amy Winehouse? Drugs. Whitney Houston? Death. Notice how they get worseMultiple people cracked under the pressure, the attention, the invasion of privacy, but me?I didn't crackFame was my armor, my weaponUse it correctly, and it's the deadliest thing on earth. If you don't, prepare to be destroyed. I hated the fame, the cameras, the spotlight, all of it. The constant pressure to be perfectI felt it, but I wouldn't let it break mePop quiz, what should you do when Hollywood turns on you? Makes you out to be the villain? The bad guy in your own story?The usual responses were deny the words or let them ruin your career. But it ends badly either way. And there is a third wayPlay the partThey want a villain? Act like it. It's what I did. And it was better. But that's still in the future.....sortaAnd who am I?I'm Juniper Hazel Oakland, and this is my story...... that sounded like the start of a cheesy rom-com. Can anybody tell that my mother tried being unique with the name?Anyway, buckle up and get some food cause this story is gonna be long, and there's only one main character…
❝ Even though we're going through it and it makes you feel alone, Just know that I would Die For You ❞Isabelle Remirez doesn't just win cases-she owns courtrooms.A razor-sharp criminal defense lawyer with a no-nonsense reputation.She's the woman criminals pray to have on their side and prosecutors pray they never face. But for all her brilliance and power, Isabelle's biggest complication has always been the same man:Christopher Diaz.Gang leader. Father of her child. The one weakness she swore she'd never let cost her again.Their bond is toxic and magnetic-one minute they're at each other's throats, the next they're tangled in sheets, neither willing to admit they'll never be free of each other.Isabelle thrives in the world of law; Rio runs the streets with cold precision.She became a lawyer so he didn't go to prisonHe became a gang leader so she didn't worry about moneyWhen their worlds collide, sparks turn into flames that could burn them both alive.Torn between the oath she took as a lawyer and the man who still owns a piece of her heart, Isabelle must navigate a dangerous line: defending justice while protecting the father of her child-even if it means crossing into his world of crime.Enemies, lovers, or something in between, Isabelle and Rio are proof that some ties don't break-they choke, they bind, and they consume.So what happens to them after her and her friends decide to rob a grocery store?…