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Bleu Montclair knew as a young girl that she would one day escape the hard, unrelenting streets of Flint, Michigan, and when her desperate prayers are answered in the form of a scholarship to UCLA, she knows she''s struck gold. But soon after she arrives there, all her beautiful dreams begin to fall apart.Endless temptations abound in the form of cars, clothes, booze and drugs, and Bleu cannot keep up. When her roommate gives her the opportunity to make a lot of money fast, Bleu goes all in - and heads straight down a path of violence and addiction that only her newest protector, Iman, can save her from.Iman is used to the fast, unpredictable, high-rolling life, and it''s always been enough . . . until he meets Bleu. He finally has something and someone to care for that means more to him than all the money and power he could ever command. Love in the streets is never easy . . . and there is more than one way to get hurt.Praise for Ashley Antoinette:''Caution: will leave you breathless. It''s that intense'' Essence Magazine on Luxe''Antoinette will have readers hooked on this edgy, twisting tale of innocence lost'' Booklist on Luxe''[Ashley and JaQuavis] may just be the most successful literary couple in America'' New York Times T Magazine''[T]he duo is taking the world of street literature by storm'' Rolling Out Magazine''A fast-paced tale [and] addition to a well-known author''s long list of extremely popular tales'' Library Journal

Bleu is addicted . . . addicted to the luxe life and it has led her down a road of self-destruction. She knows what it feels like to be turned out by the game. With a crack cocaine addiction that she can''t seem to escape, she is desperate for a saviour. Her problem is she has two great loves that want to come to her rescue. When her best friend, Noah comes searching for her she is faced with a dilemma. Will she let him save her? Or will she stick with the kingpin, Iman, who has loved her since their first encounter? Or will both men lose her to a love she can''t get rid of . . . one that abuses her . . . and one that will be the death of her . . . the love of the high, in Luxe 2: A La La Land Addiction by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette.Praise for Ashley Antoinette:''Caution: will leave you breathless. It''s that intense'' Essence Magazine on Luxe''Antoinette will have readers hooked on this edgy, twisting tale of innocence lost'' Booklist on Luxe''[Ashley and JaQuavis] may just be the most successful literary couple in America'' New York Times T Magazine''[T]he duo is taking the world of street literature by storm'' Rolling Out Magazine''A fast-paced tale [and] addition to a well-known author''s long list of extremely popular tales'' Library Journal

In this explosive addition to the New York Times bestselling series, Ashley Antoinette brings you pain, pleasure, love, hate, as YaYa struggles to hold it all together before life blows up in her face, in The Prada Plan 5.Disaya finally has it all. The man she fought for is hers at last. Her name is Mrs. Indie Perkins and their daughter is safe. Leah is gone. Life is supposed to be good. So why isn’t she satisfied? Why does life suddenly seem so bitter? YaYa’s Prada Plan had worked but with the riches comes pain.She and Indie have grown apart, and with Parker now a permanent fixture in their lives, Indie is pressured to juggle it all. But YaYa’s patience is running thin. Indie is loving her wrong. Her life isn’t what she wants. Her Prada Plan has changed…and now, it’s time to pursue a plan B in order to get what she really wants…

Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette and an instant USA Today bestseller!“Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he''s going to break your heart.” Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter. After losing her first love, Morgan is terrified to love again. She''s settled for a comfortable life with a respectable man. She has everything. She''s living in the lap of luxury and although she''s comfortable, she''s bored out of her mind. When a ghost from her past blows into town, she finds herself entangled in an illicit affair. It''s wrong, but she can''t fight the butterflies he gives her and honestly, she doesn''t want to. She can''t hide the natural attraction she feels and soon, she''s so deep involved that she can no longer tell where the boundary between right and wrong lies. Her heart is telling her one thing, but her head is saying another. Morgan Atkins has always been a spoiled girl and she tries to have it all, but when she''s forced to choose between a good man and a bad boy, someone will end up hurt. Someone just may end up dead. Morgan Atkins has been through more tragedy than one girl can bear. Will she weather this storm? Or will the ultimate heartbreak ruin her for good?

“One of the biggest names in Urban-fiction, Ashley Antoinette, is back … An intense start to this new series with characters that are real and genuine. It’s a story about love, trying to put the past behind and moving on with your life” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly Morgan Atkins is used to losing, but losing Messiah Williams was the most tragic of them all. Surely, after Messiah, no other man could compare. Settling with Sebastian Fredrick didn''t seem like such an impossible task. He treated her well enough, he accepted her children, and he offered her entrance into a well-connected world. There was only one problem: he wanted to change her into someone else. The rules that went along with his lifestyle suffocated her and when Morgan reconnected with Messiah''s crew, she no longer wanted to play by Bash’s rules. When she falls in love with Messiah''s best friend, Ahmeek Harris, she knows she''s headed for trouble. His presence heals her in a way that no man has ever been able to do before. Their love affair is electric. Morgan is uncertain about many thing but one thing she''s sure of is that she can''t let this feeling go. She goes out on a limb and risks it all just to be with Meek, but when Messiah reveals that he''s still alive, the battle for one girl''s heart just may lead to the demise of them all. She can only be queen to one man. Which one has the true key to her heart? Can Messiah make up for his mistakes or is it too late to save what they once had? Is Ahmeek a rebound or does he offer her something more? Does Bash even stand a chance? This second installment of the Butterfly series will leave you breathless.

“One of the biggest names in urban-fiction.” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly The hardest thing Morgan Atkins has ever done is let go of love. After losing Messiah, she never thought she’d find someone who understood her again. Until she reunited with Ahmeek Harris and their friendship quickly transformed into something deeper, but there was one problem... she was engaged to a man she didn’t love and he’s holding a deadly secret over her head. If that wasn’t enough, her long lost love Messiah returned to claim her as his own. Three men plus one woman equals inevitable heartbreak. Morgan wants to follow her heart and take the risk of a lifetime, but she risks destroying her family in the process. Will Morgan enter a loveless marriage? Or will Messiah and Ahmeek fix their brotherhood and work together to save the woman they both love?

Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette!“Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he''s going to break your heart.”Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter. After losing her first love, Morgan is terrified to love again. She''s settled for a comfortable life with a respectable man. She has everything. She''s living in the lap of luxury and although she''s comfortable, she''s bored out of her mind.When a ghost from her past blows into town, she finds herself entangled in an illicit affair. It''s wrong, but she can''t fight the butterflies he gives her and honestly, she doesn''t want to. She can''t hide the natural attraction she feels and soon, she''s so deep involved that she can no longer tell where the boundary between right and wrong lies. Her heart is telling her one thing, but her head is saying another. Morgan Atkins has always been a spoiled girl and she tries to have it all, but when she''s forced to choose between a good man and a bad boy, someone will end up hurt. Someone just may end up dead.Morgan Atkins has been through more tragedy than one girl can bear. Will she weather this storm? Or will the ultimate heartbreak ruin her for good?

“One of the biggest names in Urban-fiction, Ashley Antoinette, is back … An intense start to this new series with characters that are real and genuine. It’s a story about love, trying to put the past behind and moving on with your life” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly Morgan Atkins is used to losing, but losing Messiah Williams was the most tragic of them all. Surely, after Messiah, no other man could compare. Settling with Sebastian Fredrick didn''t seem like such an impossible task. He treated her well enough, he accepted her children, and he offered her entrance into a well-connected world. There was only one problem: he wanted to change her into someone else. The rules that went along with his lifestyle suffocated her and when Morgan reconnected with Messiah''s crew, she no longer wanted to play by Bash’s rules. When she falls in love with Messiah''s best friend, Ahmeek Harris, she knows she''s headed for trouble. His presence heals her in a way that no man has ever been able to do before. Their love affair is electric. Morgan is uncertain about many thing but one thing she''s sure of is that she can''t let this feeling go. She goes out on a limb and risks it all just to be with Meek, but when Messiah reveals that he''s still alive, the battle for one girl''s heart just may lead to the demise of them all.She can only be queen to one man. Which one has the true key to her heart? Can Messiah make up for his mistakes or is it too late to save what they once had? Is Ahmeek a rebound or does he offer her something more? Does Bash even stand a chance? This second installment of the Butterfly series will leave you breathless. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin''s Griffin

“One of the biggest names in urban-fiction.” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly The hardest thing Morgan Atkins has ever done is let go of love. After losing Messiah, she never thought she’d find someone who understood her again. Until she reunited with Ahmeek Harris and their friendship quickly transformed into something deeper, but there was one problem... she was engaged to a man she didn’t love and he’s holding a deadly secret over her head. If that wasn’t enough, her long lost love Messiah returned to claim her as his own.Three men plus one woman equals inevitable heartbreak. Morgan wants to follow her heart and take the risk of a lifetime, but she risks destroying her family in the process.Will Morgan enter a loveless marriage? Or will Messiah and Ahmeek fix their brotherhood and work together to save the woman they both love? A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin''s Griffin

In this explosive addition to the New York Times bestselling series, Ashley Antoinette brings you pain, pleasure, love, hate, as YaYa struggles to hold it all together before life blows up in her face, in The Prada Plan 5.Disaya finally has it all. The man she fought for is hers at last. Her name is Mrs. Indie Perkins and their daughter is safe. Leah is gone. Life is supposed to be good. So why isn’t she satisfied? Why does life suddenly seem so bitter? YaYa’s Prada Plan had worked but with the riches comes pain.She and Indie have grown apart, and with Parker now a permanent fixture in their lives, Indie is pressured to juggle it all. But YaYa’s patience is running thin. Indie is loving her wrong. Her life isn’t what she wants. Her Prada Plan has changed…and now, it’s time to pursue a plan B in order to get what she really wants…

From the New York Times bestseller Ashley Antoinette, author of the Prada Plan series comes a boldly fierce and strikingly dramatic novel, Luxe.Bleu Montclair knew as a young girl that she would one day escape the hard, unrelenting streets of Flint, Michigan, and when her desperate prayers are answered in the form of a scholarship to UCLA, Bleu knows she''s struck gold. But soon after arriving, all her beautiful, bright dreams begin to fall apart. Endless temptations abound in the form of cars, clothes, booze, drugs, and Bleu cannot keep up. When her roommate gives her the opportunity to make a lot of money fast, Bleu goes all in-and heads straight down a path of violence and addiction that only her newest protector, Iman, can save her from.

Ashley Antoinette, of the Ashley & JaQuavis writing duo, steps out on her own once again with the next installment of her scandalously sexy Prada Plan series!

When you''ve been labeled crazy all of your life, it''s easy to commit a murder, and now street fiction''s most infamous bad girl, Leah Richards, holds the fate of an entire family in her hands. After coming in second place to YaYa in the race to win Indie''s affection, Leah decides that enough is enough and kidnaps the loving couple''s baby girl. Playing a deadly game of cat and mouse, she turns their world upside down. They desperately fight to keep their daughter alive, but there is more to Leah''s insanity than meets the eye.

YaYa''s world is falling apart, and all she wants is to have her daughter back unharmed. After leaving her old lifestyle behind, she thought she could start fresh, but old demons have surfaced, and now she needs a Prada Plan more than ever to come out on top. When truths turn out to be lies and revenge is the motive for death, she doesn''t know who to trust or where to turn. Will Leah kill baby Skylar? Will YaYa and Indie live happily ever after? Can Indie keep his reign over Houston without falling victim to the game? All of your questions will be answered in this heart-pounding sequel.

Disaya Morgan, a character first introduced in Girls from Da Hood 4, returns in this gritty tale of a money-hungry woman who finds her life spinning out of control. When Disaya meets Indie and falls hopelessly in love, she is determined to keep her lifestyle a secret—but everything done in the dark eventually comes to light. When she loses control of her own hustle, things go horribly wrong, and she learns the hard way that, in the game she''s playing, there are no winners.

From New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette, author of the Prada Plan series, comes a boldly fierce and strikingly dramatic novel, Luxe.

Bleu Montclair knew as a young girl that she would one day escape the hard, unrelenting streets of Flint, Michigan. When her desperate prayers are answered in the form of a scholarship to UCLA, she knows she’s struck gold. But soon after arriving, all her beautiful, bright dreams begin to fall apart. Endless temptations abound in the form of cars, clothes, booze, and drugs, and Bleu cannot keep up. When her roommate gives her the opportunity to make a lot of money fast, Bleu goes all in—and heads straight down a path of violence and addiction that only her newest protector, Iman, can save her from.

Iman is used to the fast, unpredictable, high-rolling life, and it has always been enough … until he meets Bleu. He finally has someone to care for who means more to him than all the money and power he could command. But love on the streets is never easy.

The second novel in the explosive, addictive new Luxe series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette

Bleu is addicted to the luxe life, and it has led her down a road of self-destruction. She knows what it feels like to be turned out by the game. With a crack addiction that she can’t seem to escape, she’s desperate for a savior. The problem is she has two great loves who both want to come to her rescue.

When her best friend, Noah, comes searching for her, Bleu is faced with a dilemma: Will she let him save her, or will she stick with kingpin Iman, who has loved her since their first encounter? Or will both men lose her to the abusive, deadly love of the high?

When Noni married the love of her life, she finally thought she would get everything she deserved. Riches, success, status, influence—she had it all as the wife of Mr. Dominick Meyer. But there is more to her title than meets the eye.

When she catches Dom cheating and discovers that he isn’t the businessman he portrayed himself to be, her life is changed forever. Finding out that their wealth was amassed from drug money and that Dom has never truly been faithful, she wants out. With a messy divorce pending, Noni empties her husband’s bank accounts and goes on the lam in an attempt to run away from her daunting reality. She never expected to find a new love along the way. But when Dom comes knocking and a debt has to be paid, her world spirals out of control.

Join Ashley Antoinette as she pens an explosive short-story series that takes you through love, loss, truth, lies, drugs, money, and death. Love has a way of leaving you burned in the end, and Noni only hopes she can escape its clutches unscathed.

Love should burn slow, but with Ezra “Ethic” Okafor it is always fast and fleeting. After an accidental killing affects Alani, the woman he loves, she thinks he’s a monster. Separated by tragedy, the pair endure a loss like nothing they have ever felt and their connection is impossible to repair.

Ethic is reduced to misery and raising his children alone once again. With Morgan in the throes of a passionate love affair and Bella in need of guidance that he can’t provide, Ethic is in turmoil. He’s failing as a man and the fingerprint he is leaving on the world is a bloody one.

In this second installment of this epic love story, Ashley Antoinette taps into the soul of her listeners as she explores the limits of love and forgiveness. Is anything truly unforgivable? Or is Ethic the one man who can love a woman back from the edge of madness?

The Red Bottom Bandits may be the world’s most fashion-forward gang of masked outlaws. They’re the talk of D. C. for their daring robberies and fly gear. And their latest caper is penned by Ashley Antoinette (of Ashley & JaQuavis) at her sultry, streetwise best.

When the innocent, naïve Gucci recognizes ringleader Sunny Raegan during a holdup, that’s her “in” with the Bandits. Knowing she’s got a lot more beauty than brains, Gucci sees the gang as her meal ticket. More likely, they’ll be her ticket to the morgue!

The Bandits may be lawless, but they play by a few simple rules: Get in and get out, shoot first and ask questions later, never leave without the money, and innocent people don’t get hurt. But it’s only a matter of time before all these rules get broken—and that’s when Gucci gets caught!

If there’s one thing a girl needs, it’s a little help from her friends. But her “friends” have skipped town without giving her a second thought. And Sunny is distracted by her new baby and her violent ex-lover. So Gucci’s on her own. She’s on trial for her life, and she must decide whether to snitch on the girls—or take the fall all by herself. Whichever she chooses, it may be her death sentence.

Ethic has power, but love has always been evasive. After ordering the hit that mistakenly killed the love of his life, Ethic is haunted with guilt and refuses to love again. Focused on being a better man and keeping his family safe, he is raising three children, one of which is a defiant teenage girl, Morgan. No matter how hard he tries to keep Morgan away from the streets, she is determined to defy him. When Morgan finds herself in a vulnerable position, Ethic is pulled back into the deadly game where he was once king.

In this explosive spin-off to Ashley Antoinette’s Moth to a Flame, you will fall in love with Ezra Okafor, a.k.a. Ethic, as he gambles on love and in the streets in hopes that this time he will win.