"The Age of Innocence" (Book #1) of the the Nia Trilogy is about a bi-racial teenage girl name Nia Yolanda Chavez growing up in the tough city of South Bronx, New York. Nia’s life is a journey of hardship and pain; it is a story that reaches and touches the heart and soul. The best way to describe Nia’s life is like a roller coaster ride filled with many ups and down and twists and turns and yet she still manages to be in one piece. You can flip through the pages to the book and learn how Nia discovers the essence of who she is and eventually finds a man who truly loves her back in return.

As a troubled teen, Nia has to deal with an unstable crack addict mother, Rachael. Nia suffers sexual and physical abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Charles. Nia finds that courage to run away and leave the abusive situation; but unfortunately, she was placed back into the same abusive home by a social service system that failed her. She eventually ends up a pregnant teenager.  Nia get some support from her high school sweetheart Clay, but is he really there for the long run.  Will Nia be able to handle these problems that are beyond her age of innocence? Well flip open to find out!