Checkmate

Checkmate

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

The Baddest Chick Motto: Your time at the top is short-lived. Enjoy it while you can./Kola, the reigning Queen of New York, has Harlem on lock and is making paper hand over fist. If the stresses of hustling hard weren't enough, the love of her life is mixed up with a Brooklyn chick, a bounty has been put on her head for a hit she didn't sanction, and her sister's ex-man, Chico, is trying to rock her to sleep. Kola has 99 problems, but Apple ain't one.Apple, gone and but not forgotten while trapped in a Mexican hellhole, is still the most hated chick in New York. She's low on friends and can't seem to climb back up on her pedestal. With revenge in her heart and murder on her mind, Apple attempts to overcome her situation just in time to reclaim her title as The Baddest Chick the world has ever seen.
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The House that Hustle Built, Part 3

The House that Hustle Built, Part 3

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

MAKE A HOUSE A HOME Pearla prances around the house Hassan's hustle built, carelessly sneaking around with her past while being financed by her present. She's playing a dangerous love game. And someone is watching. Meanwhile, Hassan sits behind the iron bars of Rikers Island contemplating how to deal with all that he has on his plate. Bimmy, his right-hand man and trusted advisor, wants him to take action. After yet another attempt on her life, Pearla realizes it's time to grow up and choose the right man if she hopes to live happily ever after in The House That Hustle Built.
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Mafioso--Part 7

Mafioso--Part 7

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

With one of their own missing, the remaining West family spins out of control. Searching for a ghost will take all of Scott's resources to gain traction against his elusive enemy. Additionally, his past nemesis wants a rematch. With Scott's attention bifurcated between wars, does he have enough time on his clock to get revenge? Meyer, crippled by a growing addiction, is further devastated when someone close to his heart is pitted against him, and he's forced to make a choice. Love or loyalty? Money or marriage? Freedom or forever? Which will he choose? Waiting in the cut is the Garcia cartel. And Javier has plans to put the uppity negro, Scott, where he belongs—an unmarked grave.
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Cartier Cartel, Part 3

Cartier Cartel, Part 3

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Trouble in ParadiseWhen the smoke clears after the devastation Cartier Timmons and her Cartier Cartel experienced in New York, she's determined to leave the fast life behind once and for all. Now in South Beach, Miami, Cartier is living the peaceful, yet lavish life in paradise when her daughter is snatched away by the hands of ruthless criminals looking for an epic payday.Cartier jumps back into the game with Lil Mama and Quinn, a new member of the Cartel, at her side. They declare to tear Miami apart block by block and hold court in the streets in their quest for justice.
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Killer Dolls, Part 1

Killer Dolls, Part 1

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Beautiful Menace (or Viral Violence) Half Japanese and half Jamaican, Aoki is young, beautiful, and known throughout her Brooklyn neighborhood as a menace to local authorities. On the eve of a brutal murder that hits close to home, Aoki needs her friends more than ever. Her ride-or-die besties, Tisa and Ri-Ri, are down to help by any means necessary, even if it puts their own freedom at risk. While coming up in the drug game, AZ gets into a situation he can't handle on his own. When he reaches out to Aoki - an unlikely ally - the girls agree to handle his problem for a small fee. When surveillance video of the conquest goes viral, the Brooklyn hood chicks are transformed into Killer Dolls. This overnight fame brings heat to the Killer Dolls, with jealousy, envy, and a dark secret threatening to destroy everything.
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Killer Dolls, Part 2

Killer Dolls, Part 2

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

UNLIKELY NEMESIS After the gun smoke clears, one female is left standing. Although Aoki isn't out of danger, she can breathe a sigh of relief that the immediate threat has been handled. Now, in a race to mend broken relationships with AZ, B-Scientific, and Emilio all whom seemingly want to be number one in her life, she's asked to make a hard choice. With all decisions come consequences. And while one of these men vow to love her forever, their goal is to make her forever as short as possible. Aoki will be shocked to find out who wants this Killer Doll, dead. Her archenemy will be shocked to find that this killer is hard to kill.
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The House that Hustle Built, Part 2

The House that Hustle Built, Part 2

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

A Challenging RenovationAfter losing everything they both worked so hard to build, Pearla and Cash have a subscription of issues they can't afford. Pearla and Cash realize they have to hustle smarter and harder to get back on top, but someone on their long list of frenemies wants them dead.With no one to trust, not even each other, restoring The House that Hustle Built proves to be a formidable challenge.
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Face Off--The Baddest Chick 4

Face Off--The Baddest Chick 4

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

The relentless rivals Apple and Kola are back in business, and it's about to get real. With her traumatic experiences in Mexico over, Apple is back to being the baddest. Now she's determined to make her tormentors pay for the torture she endured, and no one is prepared for the terrifying takedown she's planning for those she once loved. Kola is dominating the streets of Miami, but the haters and South Beach cartels are itching to see her leave, dead or alive. When she finds betrayal in an unlikely place, she's motivated to come out on top and put Miami on notice. Apple and Kola rage fiery warfare against the enemies determined to bring them down. But now, both contenders—stronger than ever, will have to Face Off once and for all.
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Guard the Throne

Guard the Throne

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Control is the game. Money is the prize. Curtis Byrne spent over two decades building a feared and respected monarchy in the drug game. When he's dethroned, he unknowingly passes down the family business to his three kids, Chris, Cane and Citi. The street soldiers aren't ready to take orders from underlings once the king is murdered, however, the Byrne siblings are met with vicious opposition. In a do-or-die mission to prove themselves, Chris takes over as the brains and Cane as the triggerman. As both boys try to man up and adjust to leading the kingdom, their sister, Citi, is out of control and sleeping with the enemy. As the shady facts surrounding their father's murder begin to come out, the brothers are put out of commission, forcing Citi to run the empire her father built. With a new man in her life, a Harlem prince by her side, Citi vows to Guard The Throne by any means necessary. But being queen can be deadly.
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Dirty Money Honey

Dirty Money Honey

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

The Mastermind. The Patsy. The Heist Vegas never saw coming.... At only twenty-five, Honey has a long list of exes in her life; an ex-con father, an ex-husband, and an ex-career as an ATF agent. Playing the cards life has dealt her, she's now working as a blackjack dealer in one of the most profitable casinos in alluring Las Vegas. Soon, her life's training is put to good use as Honey develops a master plan to get that dirty money! The city is taken by surprise when an armored truck is high-jacked in broad daylight on a sweltering hot Wednesday. Normally prepared for anything and everything, the Las Vegas police are baffled by this blatant crime, and pressure from the public and casino owners drive them to desperation. Honey and her crew of loyal followers pull off one of the most rewarding and masterful heists in Las Vegas history, but not everyone will get to enjoy the loot. Someone has to take the fall.
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Cartier Cartel--Part 4

Cartier Cartel--Part 4

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Shattered Illusions Cartier is back from South Beach and anxious to begin the next chapter of her life with Head. She soon awakens from her love fantasy, however, and realizes that her dark knight isn't all he seems. With her love life on the rocks yet again, Cartier has a nightmare case of déjà vu that she must snap out of. Vowing to harden her heart for good this time, she redirects her energy to forming a new Cartier Cartel.
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Mafioso--Part 6

Mafioso--Part 6

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Snitching is the new side hustle. Unfortunately for the Wests, the alphabet boys are always hiring: no experience is needed. After the melee on the Westside of Manhattan, the government is no longer playing fair. The FBI and DEA compete to ensnare the West organization into a trap blurring the boundaries of what's legal, moral, and ethical. And with the once tight-knit family bifurcated, their power weakened by dissension; the cartel mobilizes to finally end the Wests reign at the top. Meyer, not ready to put his temper on pause, has a lot of scores to settle. However, a significant blow to their empire has him handcuffed and wondering how to process his new normal. With the losses adding up and bodies piling up, will the West family realize that all they have is each other?
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Baddest Apple

Baddest Apple

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Off with Her Head Even with South Beach in her rearview, Apple is still unable to settle down and focus on being a mom. Not when the streets keep talking about Queenie, an enigmatic sista who is calling herself the Queen of New York. Queenie, a hardcore former drug mule, has seen and done it all in her young life. She doesn't scare easily, if at all. When it's time for her to step up to her newfound adversary, Apple, her heart skips no beats. Apple refuses to give up her title after just reclaiming it. She's determined to snatch the crown from Queenie and see her bow down to the real queen.
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The House that Hustle Built, Part 1

The House that Hustle Built, Part 1

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Beg, Borrow, or StealWorlds collide when a car thief and a self-proclaimed entrepreneur meet. Pearla is a born hustler, and Cash was born to steal. Pearla sets her sights on Cash and motivates him to take his petty crimes to the next level.Together, the two get money throughout the tri-state, while friends and family want to be upgraded without putting in work. At first, the couple makes it rain in the hood, taking care of those they love, but a hustler always knows when to draw the line.Suddenly, Pearla proclaims the ATM closed, and a quiet storm begins to brew. When the beggars can't beg anymore and the borrowers can't borrow anymore, friends become enemies. Words and bullets are exchanged, leaving The House that Hustle Built under attack and at risk of collapse.
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Mafioso

Mafioso

Nisa Santiago

Nisa Santiago

Together They Fall With both Scott and Layla West behind bars, it's now up to Bugsy and Lucky to run the family businesses. Lucky quickly steps into Layla's shoes, but being second-in-command to an absentee boss has her feeling unsatisfied. She wants to sit at the helm of the organization with or without her mother's blessing. Bugsy, who has always emulated Scott, takes his Mafioso impression too far and does the unthinkable. This one infraction may cost him his life. Scott and Layla, betrayed by their children, are not the forgiving type. With mother pitted against daughter and father against son, there may be more West funerals to attend.
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