Diamond Tears

Diamond Jenkins has spent years building a fragile but steady life-raising her two children, caring for her mother, and carving out survival in a world that rarely shows mercy. With her husband DeAngelo "DJ" Jenkins locked away, Diamond learns to breathe again, holding her home together with faith, grit, and the quiet strength of a woman who refuses to break.

But when DJ comes home, the past crashes into the present. The house has learned to live without him, and in his absence, another presence has kept the doors from falling off their hinges-Boogie, the neighbor who fixes more than broken locks.

Jealousy, pride, and survival collide, and what begins as a reunion spirals into a storm of loyalty, betrayal, and impossible choices. When violence erupts, Diamond is left holding the weight of a single gunshot-the one that could cost her everything she's built, and the very family she fought to protect.

Raw, emotional, and relentless, Diamond Tears is a gripping story of love turned dangerous, the sacrifices a mother makes, and the price of survival when the system calls it something else.

Ellington "Lyrixx" Bass Sr. better known as RIXX is a storyteller, creator, and visionary whose work blends raw authenticity with imaginative power. As the author of the gritty urban adult fiction novel By Any Means and the cosmic children's tale Ma'Niya's Mission to the Moon, RIXX writes across genres-but always from the heart.

Born into a family that shaped his foundation, RIXX honors his roots with every page. Ma'Niya's Mission to the Moon was inspired by his real-life niece, Ma'Niya, and created as a tribute to his family-especially his mother Brenda, his brother Michael, sister-in-law Michaela, and nephews Lamont and Michael Jr.

Whether he's building fictional cities or launching young readers into space, RIXX believes in one thing above all: our stories can save us, shape us, and set us free.