Powerful, stunningly-beautiful, educated and divinely intuitive, Dream Angelou seems like the perfect package. The veteran journalist is a HBCU graduate and a proud mother, however, she is undoubtedly dangerously in love with D.C.'s hood's finest, Solomon Avery. Together, Dream, Solomon and their son King are the epitome of a "match-made in Heaven," and are building a prized future together. In just one day Dream loses her promising career, Solomon and her livelihood, all to experience a brokenness that causes her to mentally snap and dive into an abyss of panic and depression. Dream will learn to face her own nightmare of raising her son alone in the hood, living off of welfare and sometimes loosing battles. She will stop writing for years. These are lessons in life that her college experience never prepared her for or unveiled. God speaks to Dream's spirit and her heart, reminding her that even though she may "walk through the valley of the shadow of death," that He still has a purpose and a promise assigned to her life. Dream is humbled through purging, yet inspired by the prayers and upliftment from the wise elders that she meets on her path. Poetically, she is taught lessons on survival from the drug dealers, dope fiends and hood girls in her community. One thing is for sure Dream is all that King has and King is Dream's angel in disguise. Through the testing of her faith, Dream understands that there is a divine calling on her life and special assignments to endure. Will she make it through? Will she write again? Will she love again? Will Dream ever get the chance to answer the call? This story is only for the LIONHEARTED