Books like Fool's Paradise by K'wan

Emma Price runs from marriage, only to confront her former lover when his plans threaten her family estate, Whitewayes. Fleeing acknowledged but now the stakes rise as Nicholas Voss’s ambitions endanger the house and Emma’s future.

Rio, a former convict with no prospects, seeks a way out of the ghetto by hustling and falling in love with Trinity, who battles an abusive father after her mother’s death. Together they struggle to escape the streets that threaten to claim them.

A ruthless young pimp climbs the streets of an inner‑city underworld, born to a beautiful black prostitute and an anonymous white client.

When Billy's boyfriend Marcus asks her to marry him, her childhood friends see her as a rival for the maid‑of‑honor spot. Old grievances and new dangers threaten their friendship and the couple’s dream wedding in their tight‑knit neighborhood.

What happens to the children that the world throws away? They become Animals. Tayshawn Torres is a child born in the slums and cursed by the sins of his parents. His mother is a notorious drug addict and whore, more concerned with getting her next high than she is with his well-being. His stepfather hates him so much, that he literally treats him like an animal. Tayshawn is forced to sleep in a cage and scavenge for scraps of food wherever he can find them. Because of his squalid appearance, he is also the object of ridicule by all of the neighborhood kids who have given the nickname, Animal. The only person to ever show him even the slightest bit of kindness is his older brother, Justice. Justice keeps him out of harm's way the best he can. However, when Justice is taken from his life, Tayshawn finds he is alone in the streets. With his guardian angel gone, he is now at the mercy of the world Justice tried to protect him from. Tayshawn quickly learns that if he is to survive the jungle, he will have to adapt. Love and companionship constantly elude Tayshawn, but death and heartache cling to him like a second skin. Gradually, the layers of the frightened child he had been are stripped away until there is nothing left of Tayshawn, and all that remains is, Animal.