Pretty Ricky was a young man who was misled. As a teenager, there were obstacles that pretty Ricky had to go through in life. Pretty Ricky had killed some people that no one knew about. He made friends and enemies and even fallen in love. Pretty Ricky got sent to prison for 20 years. While in prison, he met a man by the name of diamond Jim and that's when Pretty Ricky's life changed forever.

The story begins with a manhunt and culminates with the process of recovery, both emotionally and physically, after he is attacked by an inmate and he struggles to move on in life. Those employed in the justice system and law enforcement should read this book. It may also be interesting to someone who has been the victim of a crime or even someone who was hurt on their job.

This first edition of the action-packed urban series centers on a young Brooklyn hairstylist who finds herself in the wrong place at the right time. Growing up in "Do or Die Bed Stuy" Brooklyn, Benita Renee Jenkins has everything going for her--a great job, loving family, loads of friends, and the hope of one day becoming a crime scene investigator. However, things change when she unknowingly crosses paths with Miguel Perkins, a hot secret agent working for a clandestine agency created to throw the book at the most untouchable of bad guys. He is hell-bent on recruiting Benita to infiltrate the life of an ex-gangbanger who has built his music empire on corruption. When Benita is set up for a crime she didn't commit, Perkins gives her a choice: go to jail or come work for him. She knows she must give up her old life to keep the ones she loves safe. With combat training and a full-fledged makeover, this former hairstylist turned secret agent plans to take down the bad guys one thug at a time.

Life is all about the choices we make. Whether we make them for ourselves or trust God to make them for us. It can be Bittersweet. Sidney Rose has gone through her share of men, one man has never been enough for her. With a baby on the way and murder rap hanging over her head, she tries to find the peace shes never had in all the wrong places. Will the truth about her life and where she comes from be the means to her end? Reece; started her life as a drug addicted child. She was sold along with everything else for a hit. Only to survive and live a life of verbal and mental abuse at the hands of the person she thought would never betray her. Will waking up from her coma change her life, or will it take her down roads she never thought she would cross. Tamia always tried hard to be perfect. She wore the perfect clothes. She had the perfect man, the perfect home and she was the perfect friend. Everyone thought she had the perfect life. It wasnt until tragedy struck that she came to realize that happiness doesnt always come in the perfect package. Will her secret be the demise of her friendship and her perfect life? Will these three women from different backgrounds come together and find the happiness they are all in search for. Or will they realize that all that glitters aint gold. Finding Love is a job. Finding happiness is an adventure. Finding peace is a journey that can be BitterSweet.

BUSHIDO, Japanese for The Way of the Warrior.... Four friends find out what friendship means with the test of time living in the hood.