The Side Effects of this Hood Love: A Domestic Violence Awareness Anthology

“Love is blind, and it will take over your mind
What you think is love, is truly not
You need to elevate and find,” –Eve

I stared at myself in the mirror, serenading the room as I listened to Eve on the radio. I couldn’t help but feel ashamed as I bobbed my head to the beat and sang along to the lyrics as I placed a bag of ice gently over My blackened eye. How could I be this woman? This woman of substance and a woman of voice to help others, but here I was being beaten. Sometimes love is blind and it for sure took over my mind…I just prayed that I would find the courage to leave and be the woman I was destined to be.

• Shattered Love: Pickin' Up the Pieces
• It Won't Happen Again
• Crime of Passion: When Love Begins to Hurt, Run
• The Lost Soul of a Child: A Standalone Novel
• In Love With Disaster: A Not So Beautiful Love Story
• The Dopefiend's Daughter: Full Standalone
• Tasha's Got a Baby: A Standalone Novel
• His Love Leaves Me Battered, Broken & Bruised: A Domestic Violence Novel
• Pregnant by the Same Baby Daddy
• Yo Mama's On Crack Rock: A Single Black Mother's Cautionary Tale Of Addiction