Before there was the family, there was just the business.
From the minds of New York Times bestselling authors Carl Weber and Eric Pete comes the game-changing prequel to their blockbuster Family Business saga. Travel back to a small Southern town where, before there was Duncan Motors, there were the Duncan brothers: Louis, aka Sweet Lou, a lover of ladies and life . . . and a man you did not want to cross; Lawrence, aka Larry, a screw-up as attracted to trouble as it was to him; and Lavernius, better known as LC, the soft-spoken college boy who simply wanted to sell cars.
But...

Lance is doing just fine for himself in New Orleans, except that he can't stop thinking about the one girl who broke his heart-and their engagement. When she found out about his bad-boy past-a past that included one of her best friends-she called the whole thing off.

Now he's on a quest to win her back with a little help from his best friend Akhet, an ex-thug turned local rap star. But when Akhet suddenly has to face some unfinished business from his former life, Lance learns a dangerous lesson: Before you can start on the future, you have to put the past to rest.

The twisted, enigmatic soul that is Truth North is back in his latest adventure. In the course of his life, he's done it all. Revenge, seduction, blackmail, mind games and even an occasional murder are not beyond the realm of possibilities when it comes to him. But this time even Truth is unprepared for not one, but two deadly foes; and these enemies are intent on driving him from the shadows by any means necessary. Now with Truth's whole world burning down around him, to whom will he turn? And for a master liar, just who can he trust? Strap in and buckle up for a worldwide journey of action,...