Book excerpt: STREET BOSS is a novella that follows Emanuel Gonzalez on his journey from abandon baby to Detroit Crime Boss with ties to a Mexican Drug Cartel. Emanuel is an intellectual genius who becomes involved in a street gang and finds his way into the world of major drug traffickers and also finds answers to his family history. LATINA is a short story that depicts one year in the life of a Puerto Rican teenage girl after she is left pregnant and is forced to move away from her home and start a new life. Revision of CRIME FAMILY is an edited version of my book that is currently on sale with iUniverse.