Daymion Myers has been locked up for seventeen long years. When he is finally set free, the only thing on his mind is finding his son before the streets suck him completely in, but Dreighton has been in the clutches of the enemy and they aren't willing to let him go so easily.

With murder and mayhem on his mind, Daymion decides to keep his release a secret until he runs into an old cell mate who had vowed to help him. Together they plan the ultimate heist. But when Daymion tries to draw the enemy out he realizes they are closer than he thought.

In order to keep from getting caught up, Daymion will have to play the game all the way through. However, the game no longer has rules and in order to make his own he will have to make some sacrifices he never expected. Is he willing to build another hand to better his chances at winning or will he continue to play the one he has held all along?

Kiara Taylor had her eyes set on hood boss Daymion Myers, and with her womanly curves and grown up ways, he never would have guessed that she was only fifteen years old. When he finds out he ends things quickly, not knowing that he had already planted a seed and would be faced with a hard decision, one that could change the course of his life forever.

Dreighton Myers had been dealt a bad hand from birth. He knew that his mother hated him and he would do anything to get in her good graces, including manning up and becoming a product of the streets. However, the path he chooses is one that his father would have never allowed, but his father is in no position to guide him and keep him from going astray.

Dre is on his journey to earn the love of a mother who hates him and a street name that defines him. Will he be able to stand on his own two feet and hold it down or will the corners crumble beneath him and knock him down? Could the deck stacked against him be reshuffled and deal him something better? Or will the dealer stack it in his own favor and overcut the ... Thug of Spades?