Betrayal is worse than slaughter. That's what ANTONIO AMEEN FELDER always instilled in his friends, and he honored that code to the fullest. When a murder at the prison threatens to incarcerate them all for life, one man decides to make THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE to free the others. All he asks in return is for his family to be taken care of. KHADAFI is the leader of the recently freed trio. He takes his two friends, BOO and UMAR, on a ride through the streets of DC that they will never forget. Go on the journey with these three men as they make love and money, while trying not to forget the man they left behind. When one wrong move causes things to spiral out of control, can their bond survive the viciousness of the streets? Will their lives be spared? Or will their promises to each other be forgotten, as love, life, money, sex, betrayal and murder begin to unravel the bond they vowed to keep?

As blood spills from his body and pools beneath him, LUTHER KHADAFI FULLER believes he is taking his last breath after being stabbed in the Beaumont Penitentiary, but he is wrong. It isn't his day to die. Over time his wounds heal, but his heart is forever scarred. The man who has made THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for him has tried to take his life.

One year later and back on the streets, Khadafi wants nothing more than to punish the two men responsible for his near demise, TONY COLEMAN and AMEEN. Meanwhile, LIL' CEE is suspected of snitching on his men about a murder that happened in the shower room at Beaumont Pen. As a result of those suspicion, Lil Cee's mother and three-year-old sister might pay with their lives. Will Lil' Cee lay down and let Khadafi violate his family? Or will he deal cold-hearted vengeance?

In the midst of the madness, KEMIE continues to love Khadafi with all her heart, but a secret from her past resurfaces and it is about to change all of their lives forever.

Give the streets an inch and the streets will take a mile. They will also destroy a man's soul. ANTONIO AMEEN FELDER learns this through the most painful of circumstances. Finally a free man with the love of his children and the woman of his dreams beside him, Antonio prays that the streets allow him to change so that he never has to go back behind the wall.

Set on creating a decent life for his family, he squashes all beefs with his enemies, puts his dark, murderous past far behind, and like the ultimate hustler, pursues his dreams.

The streets, however, disregard this gangster's prayer and commits the most diabolical of deeds against him, resurrecting the old Antonio out of the trenches and back into beast mode. Now all bets are off and he takes no prisoners, leaving the guilty and collateral damage in his wake. This sacrifice may be the greatest Antonio has ever offered.

Sean Branch's daughter has been murdered. Her tragic death has robbed him of the last vestiges of humanity he had left. What happens to his family after his daughter's murder tears his heart into four pieces. Now for Sean, what was once a vendetta to settle old scores has morphed into a race against time to find his daughter's killers and make them pay. Sean's fervent love for killing and his thirst for revenge has made no one around him safe.

Quran Bashir is on a self-imposed vacation from the murder game. But several different homicide investigations loom and the long arm of the law is closing in on him fast. He doesn't know what awaits him in the future and little does he know that his past is about to confront him yet again.

Zin Carter's law practice is thriving and she's now one of the most sought-after criminal defense attorney's in Washington, D.C. But Zin has a conundrum. She's torn between her loyalty to her mother's memory and the two men in her life that she loves. Will the baby she's carrying tip the scales in Quran's favor?

Michael Carter's evidentiary hearing is the biggest fight he's had to fight since his murder trial. His past has also resurfaced and questions are being asked by powerful people. His answers to those questions will determine if he lives or dies once he's freed.

Zinfandel Carter has discovered that she's about to become a mother. She's pregnant by the man that she once wanted dead. But certain people have now let the truth be told and Zin knows that Quran had nothing to do with her mother's death. She knows that her mother's prediction was wrong and that Patricia Mitchell-Carter's killers weren't Dontay Samuels and Quran, but in fact, the killer was her own father.

Michael Carter is destined for freedom and all that awaits him in the free world. Quran Bashir wants to settle down with Zin and be a father to his child, but his ties to Sean, Mike, Jihad and David Battle come with consequences that are about to change his life forever.

Susan Rosenthal has the connections to secure her protection from the scandal that's about to endure U.S. Attorney Greg Gamble. But that doesn't stop her ambition. Susan wants the top office in the building and will sacrifice any and every one to get it. Greg Gamble knows that his days as the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia are numbered. In his acceptance of that, he vows to put his own people in a position of power and to ruin all of his enemies, including Susan.

Meanwhile, Sean Branch is still hunting people that he wants to kill, but understands that he's being hunted as well. Who will be the first to get who remains to be seen. A correctional officer named Tomasina has entered the field of play with ulterior motives of her own. Read If You Cross Me Once 4 to find out how things un

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ZINFANDEL CARTER wants to avenge the brutal murder of her mother, PATRICIA, but she's not a killer. She's a criminal defense attorney who happens to love one of the men responsible for her mother's death. Zin understands that she has to use street smarts and guile to bring about justice for her mom. Her every move must be calculated to win and to her, failure is not an option.

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QURAN BASHIR is the son of AMEEN BASHIR and a heartless killer. His brother, JIHAD, is his sidekick. Together, they hunt and kill rats of the human kind. Killing has taken his soul, but Zin's love reminds him of his humanity.

MICHAEL CARTER is a master strategist who's incarcerated, and he orders hits from his jail cell. He loves the game too much to leave it, but a new wrinkle in his case may free him. He would love nothing more than to get home to his daughter, Zin.

SEAN BRANCH is back on the streets and he's leaving dead bodies everywhere he goes, until one murder that he commits makes him the hunted one. BRION CLARK knows that his brother, CRUD, was a piece of shit, but he was his piece of shit. He vows to kill all those who had a hand in his brother's death, even if it's the legendary killer named Sean Branch.

GREG GAMBLE is the United States attorney for the District of Columbia and he knows everybody's secrets. But he also has a few of his own that are threatening to bury him in the mud. In the sequel to If You Cross Me Once, everyone is about to learn what some already knows. If someone crosses you once, they'll cross you twice.

ZINFANDEL ZIN CARTER is beautiful and tenacious. Her sole mission in life is to become the best criminal defense attorney in Washington, DC so that she can free her father, MICHAEL CARTER, who's in prison for viciously murdering the man who killed Zin's mother.

Incarcerated for almost twenty years, Michael's reach to the streets remains strong. Under his command are a band of killers that murder at his behest. QURAN, the main hitter of the crew is deadly and purposeful, but when he falls in love with Zin, his view of the world is about to change?

Quran's younger brothers, JIHAD and KHITAB, idolize him, and they want nothing more than to please him. But when secrets are revealed, everyone's lives are at stake. Quran lives by the tacit rule IF YOU CROSS ME ONCE, you'll cross me twice, and he vows to never let that happen to him.

From the mind of ANTHONY FIELDS, the man who brought you The Ultimate Sacrifice series, this highly anticipated story is one that you don't want to miss.

HONESTY PHILLIPS thought she avenged the death of her father, TONY, but she was wrong. The nightmare that she left behind eight year ago is back. Now Honesty must confront an enemy like nothing she has ever faced in her life. With courage and the help of her thugged out boyfriend, TRIGGA, she's ready to face all challenges head on.

After being shot in her salon and left for dead, ANGEL rose from the ashes like the Phoenix. As she convalesced, she was told a lie that she lived with for the last eight years. Once that lie is exposed, Angel will stop at nothing to get revenge. She embarks on a blood thirsty killing spree that leaves the city in fear.

When Angel and Honesty meet, sparks will fly and only one of them can survive. Who will it be? It's been a long time coming, but the explosive sequel to Angel is here and I promise you that it won't disappoint. Once you pick it up, you will not put it down.

Their face off was inevitable, but neither man knew exactly when it would happen. AMEEN is an irresistible force destined to collide with an immovable object in KHADAFI. They were once friends, bound by blood and sacrifice but now they are bitter enemies who both want to bring the other's demise. The line between love and hate is thin. And as Khadafi struggles to find out why someone shot KEMIE, the love of his life, a man who once loved him now hates him and is hunting him.

TYRONE CJ CARTER has just learned that Khadafi was behind the murder of their best friend, BEAN, and his appetite for vengeance knows no boundaries. With the fathers of her children determined to kill one another, whose side does SHAWNAY take knowing that she is the cause of it all?

DETECTIVE MAURICE TOLLIVER wants nothing more than to solve the riddle of the many murders that are taking place in DC and to put the men responsible in prison forever. But to do this, he must face a entirely different type of danger than he's ever known.

It's been three years since LUTHER KHADAFI FULLER did the unthinkable by testifying in court against ANTONIO AMEEN FELDER. Now Khadafi is back on the streets that made him who he once was. Filled with hot anger, Khadafi wants nothing more than to repay those who betrayed, hurt or abandoned him. Especially the woman he loved.After making the decision to go against Khadafi and help Ameen during trial, MARNIE has moved on with her life. But with Khadafi free again, Marnie's past threatens her future. Every breath she takes could be her last. Meanwhile, having been acquitted of multiple murders, Ameen decides to leave D.C. But an old secret forces him to return to face it head-on. Back in the city, Ameen's protege-turned-enemy, has orchestrated a deadly game that just might call for someone to make THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE in order to survive. In this final chapter, everything will come full circle.

Everybody wants KHADAFI to be dead and gone. The police wants this to be true, and so does his enemies. But MARNIE, the woman who loves him wholehearted, prays that against all odds, Khadafi is still alive. When she gets her wish life, things are golden for this Washington, D.C. couple. But few things in the streets have a happily ever after ending, especially when they come with a murderous past.

Marnie's loyalty to Khadafi is unparalleled, but he is about to face the biggest challenge of his storied lifetime. This fight, just might be the gangster's last stand. Will Khadafi finally succumb? Will Marnie perish beside her man? Nothing is for certain, and everything is at stake in THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE 5.

Greg Gamble believes that he is the J. Edger Hoover of his day. He has amassed a treasure trove of secrets on all the people in power in D.C. He will stop at nothing to use those secrets to get what he needs and wants. What Greg Gamble wants is to keep Michael Carter behind bars and put Sean Branch, David Battle, Quran Bashir, and his brother Jihad in cells next to him while destroying Zinfandel Carter in the process.

Zinfandel 'Zin' Carter loves two men, and that's her father, Michael Carter and her man, Quran Bashir. After learning that both men played a part in her mother's death, Zin sets events in motion that will bring both men to their knees.

Quran Bashir is more than a hired killer. He's a brother to Jihad, a son of Ameen Bashir, and the closest friend to the notorious killer named Sean Branch. His love for Zin Carter fuels him to change his life, but the streets won't let him chill. Quran wants to be with Zin and leave the street life alone, but will that ever happen... Only time will tell.

Sean Branch continues to settle old scores and right all the wrongs perpetrated against him in the past. He's ruthless, vicious, unforgiving, and cunning. He loves Bolivia Santos, his daughter, Shontay, and Quran more than himself and will do anything he can to protect them. Sean is under pressure to tell Quran everything he knows but shouldn't be told because if certain secrets become known, everybody's lives will change forever...

DC's notorious No Holds Barred crew is comprised of five of the baddest females in the city. RHODA and her girls, QUANDA, STAR, BILLIE and SPARKLE. They use sex, seduction, guile, street smarts and bravery to reach the top of a game that has befallen many before them. But can they avoid the imminent downfall?

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As their names become synonymous with success, the ladies accumulate loads of money, designer gear and all the amenities that come with being the most sought after women in the city. But jealousy and karma is hot on their heels and things are about to unravel.

Bound by a single tattoo over their hearts, these trend-setting hustlers learn to treasure nothing, because everything they've gained could be lost IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. The question may become how far are they willing to go to hold on to their fame and fortune?

HONESTY PHILLIPS missed her opportunity to kill ANGEL, not once, not twice, but three times. In Honesty's mind, she must kill Angel in order to even the score between them. Then and only then can she live her life in peace.

NAJEE BASHIR loves Angel but he doesn't trust her. Especially now that he's taken the war to CARLOS TRINIDAD's front door. Killing is what Najee knows and his instincts are what he must rely on to survive in the nation's capital. But what Najee doesn't know is that a murder he committed back in Newark could come back to haunt him before he can fix things between him and Angel.

Meanwhile, Angel has suffered a heartbreaking loss and the most powerful man in D.C. possibly wants her dead. The cops are on her trail and the man that she loves believes that she is his enemy. Kareemah 'Angel' El-Amin is on a race against time. She has to save her daughter, clear her name with Carlos and put an end to the blood feud between her lover and her daughter's father. But she may already be too late...

As blood spills from his body and pools beneath him, Luther Khadafi Fuller believes he is taking his last breath after being stabbed in the Beaumont Penitentiary. But he is wrong. It isn't his day to die. Over time his wounds heal, but his heart is forever scarred. The man who has made the Ultimate Sacrifice for him has tried to take his life. One year later and back on the streets, Khadafi wants nothing more than to punish the two men responsible for his near demise, Tony Coleman and Ameen. Charles Lil' Cee Gooding is suspected of snitching on his men about a murder that happened in the shower room in a Beaumont Pen. The truth is he never told a soul about the murder. As a result of that suspicion, his mother and three-year-old sister pay the ultimate price with their lives. Newly released from prison, Lil' Cee is determined to exact revenge on the one man left that he knows killed his family . . . Khadafi. Rakemie Kemie Bryant loves Khadafi with all her heart, but a secret from her past resurfaces and it is about to change all of their lives forever, in this ULTIMATE SACRIFICE II.

Their face off was inevitable, but neither man knew exactly when it would happen. Antonio Ameen Felder is an irresistible force destined to collide with an immovable object in Khadafi Fuller. They were once friends, bound by blood and sacrifice but now they are bitter enemies who both want to bring the other's demise. The line between love and hate is thin. And as Khadafi struggles to find out why someone shot Kemie, the love of his life, a man who once loved him now hates him and is hunting him. Tyrone CJ Carter has just learned that Khadafi was behind the murder of their best friend Bean and his appetite for vengeance knows no bounds. With the fathers of her children determined to kill one another, whose side does Shawnay take knowing that she is the cause of it all? Detective Maurice Tolliver wants nothing more than to solve the riddle of the many murders that are taking place in DC and to put the men responsible, Khadafi and T.J. in prison forever.

Haunted by acts of abuse, KAREEMAH EL-AMIN takes her first life at sixteen. Afterwards, she becomes ANGEL, a ruthless chick that will stop at nothing to get what she wants, and what she wants is to rule DC's underground in route to getting extremely rich. Lies, cunning and courage are the tools she uses to reach her goals. With revenge on her mind, Angel sets out on a bloodthirsty quest to avenge the one person in her life who meant the most to her.

The clock is ticking, the police are on her trail and a shocking betrayal threatens to send her to prison for life. Will she avenge her sister and avoid the arms of the law? Or will the streets that she wanted so desperately to rule eat her alive? Or will she suffer the same fate that she's dealt to so many others?

The stakes are high, the players in the game are ruthless and the result of failure is death. This is a page turner that you won't put down.

NAJEE BASHIR is back in Newark on a killing spree to avenge the murders of his family and friends. His road to total annihilation of the Muhammad Farid Shahid organization has bumps along the way, but Najee will not be deterred. He's determined to make the entire state of New Jersey feel his pain. Could that type of mindset prove to be foolhardy?

Meanwhile, ANGEL is due to be released from jail. With her blood boiling, she is out to find HONESTY PHILLIPS and make her pay in the worst way for her transactions. But Honesty might be hard to find. And even if she is found, will it be too late to stop her from killing Angel's daughter, ANIYAH?

In the middle of the mayhem, CARLOS TRINIDAD, Najee's and Aniyah's powerful father, feels impelled to come to his children's rescue. But this time the family might be up against an evil more deadly than their own. Will Najee's wrath be fierce enough to bring him through the storms? Will Angel's blood curling determination be strong enough to stop fate? Only time will tell.

Betrayal is worse than slaughter. That's the motto Antonio Ameen Felder always instills in his friends. When a murder at the prison threatens to incarcerate them all for life, one man decides to sacrifice himself to free the others. All he asks for in return is that his family is taken care of. Luther Khadafi Fuller is the leader of the recently freed trio. He takes his two friends, Boo and Umar through the streets of DC on a ride they will never forget. Take a ride with these three men as they make love and money, while trying not to forget the man they left behind. When one wrong move causes things to spiral out of control, can their bond survive the viciousness of the streets? Will their lives be spared? Or will their promises to each other be forgotten? The Ultimate Sacrifice is a story of love, life, money, sex, betrayal and murder. This is a page turner that you won t be able to put down.