Arlene Brathwaite

At the age of 13, Paris ran away from her foster home to find her real mother. Nothing could've prepared her for what awaited her in the underworld of addicts and drugs. 14 years later, a private investigator tracked her down and told her that her foster mother died and left her everything.Paris returns to the small town, only to find that it has drastically changed... for the worst. Paris is far from a savior, but when she witnesses the sheriff turn a blind eye to what one of the deadliest gangs in town does to a teenage boy, she refuses to standby and let it go unpunished.

Did someone or something in your life make such an impact that changed your vision or ideals? Did an event or a person inspire you to make a change? I know that there have been many people who have touched my life and have been an inspiration to me, and now I want to share these stories in my new book The Beauty within US An Anthology of Inspirational stories of Love, Faith, and Triumph

Love is... For Liana Thompson, that's a hard sentence to finish without becoming enraged. Love murdered her mother. Love put her father in prison for life. Love aborted her child. And her hatred for love drove her soul mate into another woman's arms. If Liana doesn't resolve her issues with love, the only man who ever made her soul dance may be lost to her forever.Love is... For Wayne Dupree, that's a hard sentence to put a period on. Love is unconditional. Love is indescribable. Love transcends all reasons. But when Liana shatters his heart time and time again, he begins to question if Love is really worth it.Follow these two friends, lovers, and sometimes enemies as they define love as only they can.

Dawn was living the American dream: the perfect job, the perfect house, and the perfect husband, who convinced her that "anything's possible when you're doing the right thing". But in 2009 when a recession rocks the Nation, she no longer believes in her husband's philosophy. Her American dream soon becomes an American nightmare when she's on the verge of losing everything she worked so hard for. Dawn quickly reverts to her old philosophy: Fight for what's yours by any means necessary. For Dawn, that means becoming someone she was in the past in order to ensure that she and her husband will again have the perfect future. Some say it's darkest before dawn. They have no idea.