Diamond's dream of going to college is threatened by financial hardship. A desperate job at a glamorous Atlanta lounge exposes her to a world of temptation and danger. Can she navigate the high-stakes world of money, drugs, and sex, or will it consume her?
An alcoholic reporter, Dougie Pierce, held hostage by infamous criminals "Bunny and Clive," gets a chance at a career-defining interview. Survival becomes his only ticket to exposing their secrets.
Jay is unlawfully detained. His ex-girlfriend returns, and his business partners work to clear his name. Meanwhile, a crooked cop is under suspicion for murder, and connections are made between him and Jay. Torn between duty and loyalty, Detective Johnson is caught in the middle. As the prosecution struggles, Jay and his business partners work to exist the dangerous world cleanly.
Apollo Love and his wife, Joi, don't know if their marriage can survive his affair with the beautiful seductress, Bel. Although the affair has ended, Bel is in full stalker mode while the Love family tries to deal with Apollo's unfaithfulness, and the recent death of Joi's parents.
Lisa James, a Sociology Professor, escapes her abusive husband, Stan, and seeks refuge with one of her students. How long will it take before Stan finds out where she has been hiding?
Dallas artist Malik Schaefer, also known as Code, is a rising star in the underground rap scene. Although his checkered past has led him down the wrong road at times, with the help of his best friend, Styles, Malik is back on the fast-track to success. That is, until he reconnects with the dangerous love of his life, Sophia Ortega, who threatens to destroy it all. Malik must decide to either follow his heart or live by the code that has served him well for many years: family over everything.
Jacinda and Bradley Wright are Managing Partners of a media company. Over the past year, they have enjoyed unprecedented success, but it comes with a price. From betrayal to illegal activity, both love and business are being destroyed by motives that cause everyone to have an agenda and everyone to have something to gain or lose.
Carmen's family has an annual Christmas tradition that supports her neighborhood. When her mother dies suddenly, she loses the holiday spirit, and no longer wants to continue, until she's visited by her late father's spirit who encourages her to keep hope alive.
Claudia is a medical student focused on building a perfect life with her live-in boyfriend Dr. Jayson. Her grandfather's death forces her to go back to her hometown to face her estranged family and her past. Once she arrives, she uncovers sinister secrets and will stop at nothing to break the generational curse stemming from her family's history.
Jordyn Dixon and her group of girlfriends are working to better themselves and each other; however, secrets from the past and grudges in the present will test the future of their sisterhood circle.
After a harrowing event that nearly kills Claudia, she and her husband try their best to move on. Claudia and Marcus then hire a new mid-wife to assist as they prepare for their new child. But they don't know that Erica is lurking in the shadows, and she wants that baby.
Nia is raised in a dysfunctional household by her promiscuous, barfly mother, and is on track to follow in her mothers footsteps. That is until Marshal, a local bar owner introduces Nia to a the game of pinball. Nia quickly becomes a skilled expert at pinball, and has a chance to come out of her mother's shadow.