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Best-selling author La Jill Hunt dishes the dirt in Old Habits Die Hard. Hunt focuses her attention on the fine ladies of the premier nail salon After Effex. Ya Ya, Camille, Taryn, and Monya bring the crazy drama as their love lives go for a rollercoaster ride.

Picking up where Essence best-selling author La Jill Hunt's Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda left off, Too Close for Comfort follows Paige Michaels and her no-nonsense friends as they search for love. Paige has finally broken loose from her no-good man, and she's loving the single life - until Quincy Westbrooke shows up.

National best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson enjoyed breakout success for his novel Little Black Girl Lost. Now Johnson introduces Nelson Kennard, a former number-one NBA draft pick who blew his chance at the big time - and is about to lose the best thing that's ever happened to him, sexy school teacher Parris Stalls. Soon-to-be-dissed Nelson may have been a playa back in the day, but there's always another baller waiting in the wings.

Former "player" Terrell thinks he's got it going on. Then the past comes calling, and suddenly his best prospects are endangered.

Teenage beauty Johnnie Wise has seen her share of hardship. Sold into prostitution at an early age, she is an accessory to a murder that sparks terrible race riots. Her boyfriend, Lucas, wants to give her a better life, but Johnnie has a powerful effect on men, and gangster Napoleon Bentley will stop at nothing to have her.

Paige Michaels seems to have the perfect family. But she's beginning to feel like her man is just using her - and he might have another woman. Maybe it's time to finally let go. If Paige hadn't played house back in college and gotten pregnant, she could have done better for herself. But that's the past - what's she gonna do now?

After being left for dead by her mother, dissed by her peers, held responsible for her siblings, and forgotten by society, Murdonna Carter finds herself in one hell of a predicament. With no money, food, or electricity, she learns quickly how to survive. In the ghetto, you either kill or be killed and grind or you starve! Tired of going to bed hungry, she realizes it's do or die. For the love of family, she puts her own life on the line and does the unthinkable. Will her gamble pay off, or will it open up a can of worms she won't be able to close?

Tony Wacko and his beloved Camarih return for one more go-round of endless drama. Although the couple has proven time and time again that their bond is unbreakable and not to be toyed with, jealous old lovers, lovesick flings, and confident newcomers seem to have a hard time getting the message. Dating a man in an industry where women constantly throw themselves at him is hard for any woman to deal with. While most simply chalk it up to being just a part of the game, Camarih refuses to accept such, taking things into her own hands.

In this finale, emotions are high as the crew evaluates the importance of love and family. Each individual character has a different demon that they're battling with life itself, and they realize that the only way to move forward is to face them. As the past haunts Reagan, she finds herself in a life-or-death situation. Stuck in a compromising situation that could risk the love Blaq has grown for her scares her more than anything, but she soon finds out that the worst thing she could’ve done was keep secrets from him because what happens in the dark always comes to the light.

At the end of part two, Camarih learned a startling secret involving two men she used to love. What she doesn't know is that the messenger is harboring another shocking secret that they aren't quite willing to let her in on just yet. Feeling confused and overwhelmed, she turns to the only person who has had her back since her first love was murdered, even though unsure if he'd be willing to involve himself due to the circumstances. In addition to such a heavy weight, suspicious leeches resurface, ready to suck Camarih and her beau dry unless she complies with their wishes.

For as long as she can remember, Peppa Ryan has been guided by a benevolent voice in her head who she believes is Virginia Woolf. Though she’s an exceptionally bright twenty-year-old, she suffers from crippling low self-esteem and has barely left her parents’ ramshackle home in Queens, New York. Set at the turn of the millennium, Peppa defies her parent’s wishes and ventures out on her own to start a job at a Wall Street investment firm.

Pierre has been trying his hardest to protect Erica from the cold streets, even though that means hurting her in the process. Besides telling her how much he loves her, he decides it’s time to show her and her father just how serious he is. Pierre puts his street life to the side and tries to live the life that would be better for Erica and the babies.

Paula Smith Harris has learned that the man she thought was her true love isn't exactly who he vowed to be. After enduring countless affairs, among other things, Paula decides that it is time to move on. However, getting away from her crazy, obsessed husband isn't going to be as easy as she hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Michael is fighting for his right to stay married. With the secrets that have been revealed and the pain that was caused, is there any chance for a reconciliation?

Sisters from Trinidad, Violet and Lily have never had much in common. Stunning Lily arrives undocumented in New York and makes her way as a stripper. But Harvard-educated Violet is this close to the perfect assimilated life, thanks to a prestigious job, and her rich bougie fiance.... Until she's wrongly accused of helping a notorious strip-club mogul embezzle millions of his workers' earnings. Violet loses everything - except the determination to get her life back. Now Violet's on his track with the help of his vengeful ex-wife and the Lower East Side Women's Health Clinic's resourceful crew - which includes Lily.

When it rains it pours but after, there's always sunshine .Come take one last ride with Jania, Remy, and KeKe as they explore the true meaning of love while addressing the demons of their past. In the first two installments it was an emotional ride, but in the grand finale the prize is so much better. In life they learn that anything worth fighting for doesn't come easy and in order to love with with no limits, you had to be open to change.

Thomas Richard is what some would call a genius. Born and raised in Inglewood, California, Thomas grew up in a Blood neighborhood and was somewhat fascinated by the gang lifestyle. His first cousin, Blast, was deeply involved with the Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods and made sure that Thomas would never partake in that life. Thomas accepted that, but deep in his heart, he still felt he was a Blood. Now, Thomas works for a high-tech computer company and uses his high intelligence to excel at his job.

I am the only person in Hibiscus Hills who believes my father, James Carlyle, is innocent. He’s been convicted of the murder of his mistress, well-known sugar baby, Catalina Simpson. The sugar baby has a reputation of instability and going after anyone she believes will make her life better, so there aren’t too many people grieving her death. They are, however, committed to seeing her receive justice—even if it means punishing an innocent man—butI’m committed to proving my dad is innocent… and I won’t stop until he’s free.

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When a hood prince is tasked with protecting a pampered princess, street life can get in the way of a fated romance. What happens when one night of havoc changes your life forever? When the only life you’ve ever known comes crashing down, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it?

Fraternal twins Khalid and Khalia are opposite as night and day. Khalia is the main enforcer for the family, a true gangstress, while Khalid has political aspirations to run for senator and continue to push the family’s drugs to all the high ranking members of the Senate. All that changes when a deadly incident occurs at one of his campaign events. Meanwhile Khalia is content with dropping bodies first and asking questions later, until she crosses paths with someone who makes her second-guess everything.