Keep Your Enemies Closer

Maurice Ousley and his beautiful wife Gabrielle are living well—Maurice had just retired from the NBA due to injury with his fortune intact; and Gabrielle is a successful restaurateur in St. Louis, Missouri. They had just gotten back home from the Virgin Islands, and they are soon on their way to Chicago for their friend Stephanie’s wedding. Trouble would soon find them when a terrorist tries to hijack the plane. Will they survive, or will the terrorist successfully fly the plane into the Willis Tower?

Darius Clinton is still at large, and he’s wanted for murder and attempted murder. He somehow managed to turn his life around by settling down in the small town of Sikeston, Missouri. All was well until he got a visit from a mysterious outsider at the sports bar where he worked as a bartender. Has his time of running from the Feds come to an end?

Junior is on the cusp of being a rap superstar, and he hits it off with a sexy Dominican girl who’s on the same record label. His new single is about to drop, and life couldn’t be sweeter for him. However, his world would come crashing down on him when he gets into a fight and beats a guy half to death. Will he spend the rest of his life in jail?

And lastly, Stephanie is about to marry to guy of her dreams, and she seems to be on top of the world. Everything will change when Maurice receives a strange text from Stephanie meant for someone else. Will the wedding still go as planned, or will Stephanie’s life be altered forever?

Keep Your Enemies Closer is a well-crafted piece with intricate plots and subplots sure to keep readers on the edge. Installment four of the Maurice Ousley series is a must-read for anyone who loves drama and suspense. 

Gifted

The story takes place in a post-recession Atlanta; and Greer Matthews was a gifted student enrolled at Clark University who had just wrapped up a stressful third year of school. His relationship with his high school sweetheart Rosalyn Coleman ended on a sour note, and he got rejected for a summer internship at a local sports marketing firm. However, his life would take a turn for the better when he finds a new love and gets hired at the world’s largest and most successful firm. Will Greer live happily ever after or is his good fortune too good to be true? 

Blind Love

Maurice had decided to get plastered after a hard day of searching for his missing fiancee, Gabrielle. She disappeared a week before their scheduled wedding in June, and Maurice had been searching for her the entire summer to no avail. The police couldn't find any evidence to suggest that she was murdered, so they called off their search efforts. Maurice conducted his own search efforts, and the despair of being unsuccessful had taken its toll on him.

Maurice tried to get his mind off of things by focusing on his sister Erin's and his best friend and teammate Malik's wedding instead that was taking place on the last weekend in August. He began to put the pieces of the puzzle together once his friend Agent Stanton told him that Gabrielle was hiding out from her sociopath ex-boyfriend. He would soon discover that Gabrielle wasn't the woman he thought she was, and their inevitable meeting would have dire consequences. 

The Moment of Truth

Maurice Ousley seems to have it all: his team captures first place after a gutsy win before All-Star Break, he's voted by the coaches to the NBA All-Star Game, and he plans a cozy evening with his girlfriend Gabrielle to pop the question. However, the evening begins to unravel as Maurice finds out about a dark secret that Gabrielle has hidden from him.

He subsequently leaves her at the restaurant once the truth is revealed. He then goes to a party hosted by one of the All-Star basketball players to blow off some steam. There he meets a stunningly attractive actress and finds out that she has a huge crush on him.

Finally, Maurice caps off the evening by small talking to some of his teammates, and his best friend on the squad drops another bombshell on him. Just when the night couldn't get any worse, he discovers he's also the target of the same federal fugitive who kidnapped his stepfather a year prior.

Will Maurice leave Gabrielle for the actress, or will he stay with her? What news does his teammate tell him? And lastly, will Maurice survive, or will his past finally catch up to him? 

Ulterior Motives (Revised)

Maurice Ousley was a pro basketball star who came into his own in his third season with the St. Louis Wolves. His team got bounced out of the NBA Playoffs, so he decided to come back to Chicago to visit his family Mother's Day weekend. However, someone from his past wanted to make him pay, so his stepfather was kidnapped for a million dollar ransom. He had 48 hours to raise the money or else his stepfather was dead. Will Maurice rescue his stepfather, or will the two of them fall victim to this band of ruthless thugs?

Ulterior Motives (Revised) is reedited and reformatted; and it contains bonus chapters, a more in-depth background of the main characters, and an alternate ending for your enjoyment. Relive the action and suspense in Volume 1 of this spellbinding series.