DIARY OF AN UGLY DUCKLING

A NEW WOMAN - Audra Marks lives in a classic movies fantasy world of diva dames and handsome heroes, where the costumes are gorgeous, the good guys always win, and the love always triumphs. But in the real world, things aren't so simple. When she loses her shot with the handsome Art Bradshaw to the prettier and lighter-skinned Esmeralda Prince—she's willing to go to any extreme to get back her man. The solution lies in a new reality TV makeover show called “Ugly Duckling.” After all, if they’re able to transform a homely, buck-toothed white girl into a ravishing beauty, just think what they’ll be able to do with Audra!

But until she truly believes she’s beautiful inside, it won’t matter how hot and pretty they make the outside package. And Audra’s obsession with perfection may be leading her farther and farther away from what’s really important--and blinding her to the love that’s been waiting there all along

A PERSONAL MATTER

Alayna Jackson's dream is to be a lawyer -- and not even being the only African-American paralegal in a high-power, lily-white law firm will hold her down. Sure it's not the perfect job, but if it helps her reach her goal -- and gets her younger sister through college at the same time, Alayna will work for the devil himself -- namely Ben "Ice Man" Richards, the firm's arrogant, brilliant, insufferable, and unpredictable rising star. As long as Richards curbs his famous rudeness and treats her with respect, Alayna should be able to cope. But there's more to Ice Man than meets the eye, a fire smoldering beneath his hard, cool surface. And when personal disaster threatens, Alayna finds herself unlocking the doors of her private life to the last man she ever dreamed she'd let enter. And once inside, he may just alter Alayna's world and her outlook in glorious, frightening ways.

STREET LEVEL

Ex-gangbanger Thea kicked thug life to the curb when her testimony put her ex-lover, the brutal kingpin Jango, in prison. Now she's giving back to the streets she came from, running her own business with her best friend, Chandra, and helping to raise Chandra's son, Malik. But when she comes to the aid of a handsome mugging victim, everything she has built—and become—is suddenly in danger.

The badly beaten stranger is dignified, mysterious—and has the same remarkable gift that has guarded Thea her entire life. Through him, the absolute truth of her future becomes frighteningly clear: Jango's out—and looking for revenge. When the evils in her past threaten to destroy her present, Thea is left with no other hope but to hide in this evasive mystery man's world of money and power. But can a 'round-the-way girl really play princess and make it out alive? Or this time, will the price to keep herself and her loved ones off the streets finally be too high?