Since the beginning of time, Black women have been notorious for going to great lengths in the name of two different kinds of love: the love for our children, and the love for our men. Maternal tells the tale of a street savvy young woman named Risa who has only ever sought out a man’s heart for what he could provide her. That all changes when she falls unexpectedly in love with a wayward young man who’s heart is under the tight lock and key of another woman, his mother. As she tries to compete with a mother’s love, her fight for his heart takes a gut-wrenching turn into a fight for her life and that of her unborn child’s. This psychological thriller takes its readers on a riveting ride of deceit, kidnapping, coverups, mind games, and much more that literally drives Risa to the brink of insanity, where she meets her maternal match.