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The Fast-Paced Season Finale is Finally Here! And Hood Love is Definitely in the Air! Kalisha finds herself at a crossroads. She has to choose between a safe, secure, predictable life or the danger and adventure that comes with a street dude like Marquez. But maybe the decision is even more complicated than that. Because Marquez is not just a street dude to her. He’s supported her and protected her like no man ever has. If she walks away from him, she might regret it for the rest of her life. Will she choose passion and love? Or safety and security? Marquez 6 is a fast-paced, African ...

African American Romance Collection that includes 10 books. The Snow Series: What happens when everything seems perfect and peaceful, but all of a sudden you, your family, or your surroundings is threatened by something or someone that will rob you of what you've always know? This happens to many people, from all walks of life, each and every day. No one is exempt from the trouble that can cause one to have his or her own personal meltdown. Some are able to overcome their meltdown? Others, however, are not so fortunate. They find themselves stuck, trying hard to deal with the meltdown of ...

Life has never been easy for Kailani. With her mother caught up in the fast lane—dancing at the club and hooked on pills—Kailani was forced to step up and become the mother figure to her younger siblings, Misha and Brooke. Working long hours at a 24-hour diner, Kailani barely makes ends meet. But there’s one thing keeping her going—her passion for baking. She sells cakes and cookies to customers on the side, earning a reputation for her mouth-watering treats. Her cakes are so good that it’s what draws Giant, a local hustler with a millionaire empire, into her life when he stops by...

Rear Cover Text for They Call Me King Two kings, two cartels, one product and one woman. This is the story of two drug lords from the west and south sides of Chicago. Both men are known as Kings in the Streets, however after meeting and both being on opposite sides of the Peruvian and Columbian drug trade, each man is determined to prove that there can only be one King. This is an urban love story told by Chicago’s son, Darrin Lowery.

This story began in 2005. The year Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Kanye West dropped Diamonds & the year Barack Obama took office as a US Senator from Illinois. The streets were still eating leftovers from the 90s, and Quiet Money illustrates one of the many couples caught up in the game. Trinity Jones, daughter of a Chicago 80s fly girl and Detroit's biggest Kingpin of the 70s and 80s, is a hopeless romantic. After a devastating breakup, Trinity meets Pharaoh, a local, up and coming dope boy with a never-ending flow of cash, cars, and clothes. After an unexpected robbery, life ...

Can two damaged people love one another? Meet Anastasia, a young woman raped by her father and turned on to the unforgiving Chicago streets into the world’s oldest profession. All she has in the world is her baby girl, and a mother that turned a blind eye to the abuse. When she can take no more, she runs away with little money and her daughter in her arms. Milton, or “Gutter” as he’s known in the streets, is a mercenary, drug dealer, boss of a small clique of other damaged souls that he calls family. While moving about in back alleys and darkness in order to kill a man, he runs into...

Dallas always knew Ice was just a thrilling distraction—a reckless escape from the wreckage of her marriage. But the ink on her divorce papers hasn’t even dried before the fallout spirals out of control. With her mother desperate to keep her tethered to a comfortable past, Dallas refuses to surrender to a life dictated by anyone else. Then, everything shifts. One ordinary bus ride changes everything. The connection is electric—effortless, undeniable. Ice sees it too, but something is different this time. He hesitates. Then, without warning, he disappears. Heartbreak collides with fate...

Present Day. Things have drastically changed for Trinity Jones. The Gucci, Fendi, and Louie are gone. Life has humbled her. Trinity is raising her son Zion, trying to keep him out of the streets, which is no easy task. Without warning, a surprise visitor places her and her son's life in danger. Quiet Money is a 3 book series.

With a unique style, Noire tantalizes readers with erotic tales and wildly entertaining urban dramas. Featuring one of her most unforgettable characters, Natural Born Liar follows the escapades of Mink LaRue - straight out of Harlem and looking to take a big step up in life. Mink’s got a taste for fine living, and when her resemblance to a missing oil heiress gives her an opportunity to take up residence in a 20-room mansion, you better believe she’s going to jump at the chance.

She spilled vodka on the wrong man. He saved her from a beating then made her kneel in front of the whole club to clean it up. Jada is a broke law student working in an underground Bratva fight club to save her sister’s life. She keeps her head down and mouth shut until a spilled tray of vodka puts her in the crosshairs of a dangerous captain. But it’s Ivan who steps in—Bratva enforcer, monster in the ring, and the man whose cold gray eyes see everything. He doesn’t hit her. He humiliates her. And then he keeps watching. Ivan is used to being obeyed. Feared. Alone. But the girl in ...

Carmon Wells is the daughter every parent longs for. Alongside her parents, Carmon has been the perfect little church girl for as long as she can remember. However, it's easy to miss the ways of the world when you don't know what it's about, and for Carmon, curiosity definitely gets the best of her. When she turns 21, she makes a life changing decision to leave home and the church for good. Joining her best friend as an exotic dancer, Carmon is quickly caught up in the lavish lifestyle and the fast money. However, when you get what you ask for, sometimes it can be more than you're able to ...

Nya Adams had it all until she didn’t. On one of the worst days of her life, DeVaughn Harper, a brawny mechanic from a different side of town, comes to her roadside rescue. Instantly, Nya finds herself drawn to Vaughn’s simple existence, and the headstrong niece he parents alone, Tiana. But does she really know the man who’s helping her find love and passion again? Every minute spent with her is a betrayal that comes with consequences her tech millionaire ex, Carter Adams, wants Vaughn to feel. Their shared secret is one of two tragedies Vaughn is determined to keep buried when ...

Scarred by poverty and life with a crackhead mother, Onika Lewis had a rough start. Still, thanks to her sharp mind, and hard work, she graduated with honors from a prestigious college. But her achievements weren't enough to earn her the elite status she craved. So she leveraged her gorgeous looks to become a rich man's trophy. And was eventually dumped for a younger model. Now Onika is unemployed, broke - and homeless.

Family over everything – that’s the motto in the Carson family, and no matter how life has tried to tear them down, these five brothers always find a way to put family first – but is it all a lie? They present a united front, but each brother has enough lies and secrets to rip the family apart forever. In this first installment, you meet big brother Ace: the glue that holds the brothers together, but even the most noble man can’t say no to temptation. He’s living the dream, but will his happiness last when his “temptation” decides she wants to be his main? Mason is willing to ...

Whether weaving family life and history into dark fiction or writing speculative Afrofuturism, American Book Award winner and Essence best-selling author Tananarive Due’s work is both riveting and enlightening. In her debut collection of short fiction, Due takes us to Gracetown, a small Florida town that has both literal and figurative ghost; into future scenarios that seem all too real; and provides empathetic portraits of those whose lives are touched by otherness. Featuring an award-winning novella and 15 stories, Ghost Summer: Stories is sure to haunt and delight.

Tiffanie has lived a sheltered life in a very strict household with her pastor grandfather and her grandmother in Washington, DC. But when she meets Damon, she falls for the successful entertainment businessman despite his history as a drug dealer. Everyone sees a bright future for the couple - yet when Tiffanie meets Trey, her lustful feelings leave her confused just days before her wedding....

Said to cure almost any illness, the new street drug Glow has attained almost mythical status in America. The key ingredient in Glow is the Living Blood, which courses through the veins of 17-year-old Washington state resident Fana Wolde. Distrustful of her parents and eager to share her healing powers via an elaborate underground network, Fana sets out on her own. But what she doesn't know is she's being hunted by a mysterious and homicidal group with ties to the Vatican.

Sylvia Blackwell has it all, or so she thinks. She and her handsome husband, Garrett, are the epitome of success: an immaculate house of their dreams, a beautiful and talented 17-year-old daughter, flourishing careers, and nearly 20 years of perfectly wedded bliss. Just as they are making plans for their vow renewal celebration, a call in the middle of the night interrupts their picture-perfect lives. Now Sylvia has to deal with the reality of Garrett's dead mistress and a love child she never knew about.

It's 1876 and Dr. Viveca Lancaster is frustrated by the limits placed upon female physicians of color. When she is offered the chance to set up a practice in the small all-black community of Grayson Grove, Michigan, she leaves her California home and heads east. The very determined Viveca knows all about fighting for her rights. But she may need more than determination to face down the distractingly handsome Nate Grayson, the Grove's bull-headed mayor.

Sugar arrives in the small town of Bigelow, Arkansas, like an ominous storm. She saunters down the street in a blonde wig and spiked heels, cigarette dangling between red-painted lips. Without even speaking to her, the women in town hate her. But when she moves in next door to Pearl, a woman who tragically lost her daughter 15 years earlier, the two women bond over tragic pasts.