Tracee Boyd – författare

PATRICE is at a crossroads in life. Being a struggling single mother, she’s prayed for true love. That prayer is answered, or so Patrice thinks, when she meets what she believes to be the man of her dreams, Griffin. Finally, she can relax and be in love but soon she learns her happily ever after is nothing but smoke and mirrors. See what happens when Griffin wants Patrice but not her kids. See what happens when a single mother can’t choose between who she thinks is the love of her life and being a mother to her children. Meet NADYA…Nadya might be harboring the biggest secret of all. See what happens when this young woman can’t choose between being an escort or as she likes to call herself, a Mattress Actress, and being a saved woman. She’s given ''prostituting from the pews'' a new meaning. Who said whores can’t have morals and want to be loved and respected? FIRST LADY AYDAN… Being the First Lady is not all glitz and glamour, just ask Aydan. After moving to Detroit from Ohio, Aydan believes she can leave her demons behind and start fresh. Never did she think that her past would cross state lines to get even. Trying to keep up the image of being a First Lady and fighting off your past is getting the best of Aydan. She wants nothing more than to live a regular life and be the wife she knows she can be but her past keeps interrupting her plans. What will she do when her past crashes into her present? LIBERTY longs to have a simple stress free life but every time she tries to concentrate on starting her career and finally moving out on her own, family secrets pull her back. Being the youngest member of the group and harboring so much, Liberty keeps falling short of what she longs for: love and a simple life. She and her parents are members of Open Door Christian Center but what no one knows is that Liberty’s parents are not who they seem to be in church. Being a young woman who’s ready to start her own life is what Liberty wants but her family’s secret keeps her unable to strike out on her own. Trying to live a normal life and keep her church family from finding out her family’s secret is becoming too much to bear. Everyone wants to feel loved, wanted and respected and those are things Aydan, Liberty, Patrice and Nadya long for. When they all see the light at the end of the tunnel, darkness strikes…Will they reach the light or get lost in Darkness? Welcome to Open Door Christian Center.

Have you ever met the man of your dreams only to find out he was a nightmare. Meet Haven. Haven’s an upcoming author from Detroit, MI who has everything her heart desires, a beautiful three year old daughter who she adores, a loyal man who adores her, a promising career and a nice savings account. Sound too good to be true right? Well it is. Haven has life a shattering secret no one knows about and her daughter’s father is a low down womanizer who impregnated her and kept moving. Haven loves her daughter with every fiber of her being so she stops at nothing to try to get her child’s father active in her life which in turn might ruin hers. Haven’s isn’t the only single mother trying to make it without help from a man she thought she was in love with. Lotus was once a busy hair braider who was close to opening her own braiding shop when she met a man who sweep her of her feet and out of her panties. Once a carefree, young woman with nothing but opportunity at her feet, Lotus was now strapped down with an autistic son, living off of public assistance, and chasing the man who once said he’d love her forever.If Haven’s and Lotus’ issues aren’t enough, last but not least, get acquainted with Zara. Zara’s problems are opposite of Haven and Lotus. She’s actually married to the man of her dreams but after ignoring several red flags that were thrown in her face, Zara decided to turn a blind eye and fix him. She soon learns that a man who has a lot of baggage may not only drag her down but destroy her life.Take a journey with these three woman as they all struggle with life after opening themselves up to the wrong man. They all have different issues, however, the one thing they have in common is Aaron Avery. Yes, Aaron Avery is the father of Haven’s daughter, father of Lotus’ son and husband of Zara. Dive into the pages and see how these three women try to move forward without killing Aaron and more importantly, killing each other.

Ever stay in a situation longer than you should have? Have you ever made excuses for your man knowing he’s wrong but you didn’t want to look stupid? Clover finds herself in a life and death situation with a man who she should have broken things off with and, when push comes to shove, she finds herself in a situation that she can’t share with anyone except her cousin, Sage. After Clover and Sage end up on the other side of karma, they are both left dealing with a situation that makes them regret taking matters into their own hands in order to save Clover from an abusive relationship. In the midst of Clover''s drama, a man named Harper enters the picture with demons of his own. Harper was thrown into being a “single dad” when his sister Hailee makes a deadly decision by being stupid in love. With his sister gone, he’s left trying to raise two small kids. Just when Harper starts to adjust to his new life and he can’t see himself without them, his guardianship is threatened when their grandparents reappear with one goal on their mind…getting custody. Unknown to Clover & Sage, someone is watching them and has nearly discovered the secret that they''ve been trying their hardest to keep hidden. When they find out that this person is closer to them than they''d expected, it sends everyone involved into a whirlwind of drama.When you’re hardheaded in love, you not only ruin your life but you can affect the people around you who are left to pick up the pieces and Clover is finding that out more so than anyone.

Marriage is give and take, but at what point do you stop giving when you realize all your spouse is doing is taking? Holliday was raised to be a submissive woman who puts her man first, but what happens when the same man you would lay your life down for is now sucking the life out of you? Growing up, all Holliday wanted was a husband to love her and a child to raise. Simple enough, right? Well she has both, but not under the circumstances she dreamed of. Her husband starts cheating before the ink dries on their marriage certificate, and her stepdaughter, Bell, can’t stand her, because she sees how much Holliday puts up with from her father. Rush is running around Detroit as if his name isn’t signed on any marriage certificate while his daughter, Bell, is trying to hide under a rock from the embarrassment of her father’s whorish ways and Holliday’s docile personality. Love can be bliss, or love can be toxic… It all depends on who you decide to give it to. Love is powerful, and it can make you do some insane things. Love can either make you feel like you’re walking on air, or it can make you want to cut the air supply from the person who’s causing you heartache. In Holliday’s case, she’s gone through so much drama with her husband Rush that she’s lost her identity and all her self-respect. but when Rush and his cheating takes a new turn and brings someone deadly into their fold, Holliday wakes up. Rush has never honored his wedding vows to Holliday, and working at Ford Motor Plant is a cheating man’s dream with all the young women coming and going; he’s basically had his cake and a mouthful too. But when the past invades his home, reality sets in, and he starts to realize that maybe his family is worth more than burying his head in between every set of open legs offered to him! Karma comes back to bite Rush in the ass, but he’s been so messy, he’s not sure who’s trying to ruin him or how to stop the bleeding. Holliday must decide if being married is more important than her sanity, and Rush will have to come to terms that mixing business and pleasure can be deadly. This couple is forced to learn a hard lesson, but who will be the one to learn? Rush or Holliday?

Karma has made its way to Detroit, and not everyone will make it out of this love triangle alive! Part 2 picks up with Holliday trying to piece her life back together after Rush commits suicide. It’s damn near impossible for her to rebuild her life after the news stations get ahold to their story, and she can barely show her face around the city. With a combination of strength and a feeling of betrayal, Holliday holds her head up and dives into her new life, which brings her face to face with a man named Ira who’s all too familiar with love triangles. His sister Ari was in the same shoes as Holliday, and he helped breathe life back into her, so when he meets Holliday, all those memories came crashing back, and he tries his best to help Holliday out of her dark hole. But when he brings her and his sister who was the side chick in her situation, face to face, will they be able to help each other heal, or will this be the nail in Holliday’s coffin? Diem and Vann are trying to salvage what’s left of their marriage, but every time he closes his eyes, he sees his wife sexing another man. This all becomes too much for Vann, and he slides into his past which makes his present that much more tangled. See what happens when this couple learns the hard way that two wrongs don’t make a right, and if you’re not careful, revisiting someone who has wronged you in the past can totally diminish everything you’ve worked for… just ask Vann. Meanwhile, Toya hasn’t learned anything from sleeping with a married man. If anything, his death has fueled her to do more dirt, but she’s going to learn that the same dirt she throws on others might be the dirt that she’s buried under… for good.

Just when you thought this crazy dysfunctional threesome moved on from all the drama, a new set of problems and secrets are revealed and Ocean, Evan and Ari aren’t quite ready for reality. After that stressful evening Ocean decided to come clean about who she really is, she still didn’t find peace as she thought she would. Payback for her was supposed to be sweet but it turned out to be another load for her to carry which she isn’t mentally prepared for. After much thought, Ocean decided to enter a thirty day rehab facility where she decides to turn her life around. Everything sounds great but how can you get therapy when you’re still harboring secrets. As Ocean’s therapist and roommate try to help her through the process, the huge secret she’s holding from everyone seems to eat away at her. Will she finally come clean about everything or will this be thirty days wasted? Evan is still reeling from the bomb that Ocean dropped but he doesn’t have time to lick his wombs seeing as though Ocean left him with their newborn twin girls for the next thirty days. His restaurant is going under, his mother is on his back to divorce her, the thought of being alone with the twins scare him to death and not to mention Ari is not ready to walk away so easily, especially after Evan told her the only reason they couldn’t be together was because of Ocean. Well, Ocean is no longer in the picture so what happen when your side chick wants a promotion? Ira tried to warn his sister Ari that dealing with a married man was going to be more than what she bargained for but she didn’t listen and now not only was she upset things didn’t happen the way she visioned. Still not ready to give up on love, Ari throws herself right back into the threesome but she too have a secret that will turn the whole situation around. These three are far from calling it quits but see what happens when you try to move on while still harboring bad feelings. Therapy only works when you completely open yourself up for change so let’s see who these three move on…if that’s even possible. I welcome you to the world of chaos that’s better known as Ocean, Evan and Ari.