***Standalone******Re-release***When dealin' with men with illegal dealings, it takes a true ridah to hold their savage down.After all the drama, making Birmingham hot, Elijah "Eli" Barns was more than ready to get the hell out of dodge. Right on time, his cousin Trouble called from Dallas, and said they were looking for someone with his specialty, artillery. Without a second thought, Eli packed up his fiancé Anita and her daughter, and was on the first thing smoking to Texas.Anita Bridges was a Bham chick through and through. She wasn't feelin' the move to Dallas, but there was no way she was letting a good man like Eli go. Hotheaded and outspoken, her mouth was known to get her in trouble at home, and Dallas was gonna be no different. It didn't help that his psycho ex-girlfriend, Nanah, was in her inbox harassing her, claiming that she was coming for her man. Anita was ready to prove she wasn't letting anyone come between their happiness. Not no Nahnah, Nay-Nay, Nu-Nu. None of 'em.Natalia "Nanah" Rogers hadn't planned to run back into the love of her life, Eli, when she was snitchin' for her come-up. But, when she saw him, all the feelings came rushing back. Being run outta Bham by Eli's people, she and her new bestie-bae, Cashmere, headed wayyyy up north, to NYC. But, even with the miles between them, and a new man, Doe, in her life, she couldn't get Eli off her mind. He was pretending to be happy with that loud-mouthed chick he had on his arm, but she knew no one could make him feel like she did. She'd killed before to have Eli all to herself, and was willing to do it again to regain her place by his side.Cashmere Killingsworth was an ex-stripper, who'd always had the worst luck in love. Leaving Alabama in her rearview, she decided to focus on herself, for once. Since she was a little girl, all she wanted to be was a famous actress, so NY was the perfect place for her. When Cashmere finally gets her big break, she realizes that she may have made a mistake by bri