Being a plus sized woman hadn’t always been an easy task, but with the help of the one person she loves dearly, Blu has learned to love all of her. Despite the childish standards of what society has deemed to be beautiful, she has overcome her fears, conquered the world, and taken claim of success in all its glory. However, there’s still something missing in her life: love and companionship. One day, when she least expects it, cupid shoots her with his bow, and she bumps into the fine Mr. LaMir. He’s a hood dude through and through and is different from anyone she’s ever dated, but that’s what makes him special. The attraction between the two is undeniable, and Blu soon finds herself falling head over heels for him. However, there’s one problem: he has a baby mama from hell, and she’s willing to fight Blu tooth and nail to keep him! Thirty-two-year-old LaMir Wallace isn’t your typical hoodlum. When he hustles, he hustles with purpose, and that is to get out of the hood. The streets are the last place he wants to be, and he only uses them until he finds his way out. Now, LaMir is young, successful, and rich with a whole lot to offer a good woman. However, he’s stuck with the mother of his child, who doesn’t appreciate him, and feels like she’s owed the world. The only thing keeping the two together is their child, but is he willing to give up his happiness by staying in a relationship that is eating away at his soul? When Blu Stevens and LaMir Wallace cross paths, they both see and feel something in each other that they’ve never felt before. However, with LaMir knowing his situation, he desperately tries to shake those feelings for Blu, but he can’t, and Blu feels the same about him. Life isn’t always peaches and cream, and each relationship comes with their own set of problems. Will the two’s love be enough to conquer all, or will the trials and tribulations be too much to bare? You’ll see in this wonderful tale of Beautiful: The Epitome Of A BBW.

    And is also one of the best African American Urban Fiction books available. And now it’s here for your reading satisfaction. In this standalone you’ll take an unforgettable ride with the national bestselling author Yona Pearson, another great storyteller under Cole Hart Signature. Her writing is smooth and she know's how to make her characters come to life. **Warning** This is not your typical Urban romance, dope boy, thug love, or kingpin savage book. Heart pounding. Edge of your seat. Women's Fiction. Street literature. On everything I love, I hate living in this rundown Philly project. My mama doesn’t know how to handle her responsibilities. My daddy has been gone my whole life. My baby daddy stays playing games like he’s not my son’s father. He really needs to grow up though. Me personally, I want to do something with my life because I can’t continue to live like this. Seems like the more I try, the harder it seems to get. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a hood chick at heart and I don't mind the thugs and the dope boys trying to holla at me. But I’m not trying to become a product of anybody's environment. It’s like a living hell growing up in the streets of Philadelphia. And I am searching high and low for a way out. I can promise the moment I get a chance to make it, I am taking off and never looking back. Seriously, just because you're brought into this world poor don't mean you have to die poor. My love life is non-existent… that was until Ace, a old friend of mines back into it. Everything that comes with him screams to leave him alone. However, I could never do no such thing. It’s like my body grows weak every time I am close to him. The way my heart beats at the sight of him is crazy, like goose bumps crazy and butterflies in my stomach crazy. If you're a woman you know what I'm talking about. He always seems to have me feeling things I never knew existed. He gives me a high I didn’t want to come down from. I thought everything was all good until the unthinkable happens, leaving me stuck wondering what was next.

    

    Determined to make sure Mischana and his mother were fed, Kiru did the only thing any young man in his position would do; he hit the blocks. However, he had no idea how deep Mischana’s troubles really ran, and she was forced away before he had the chance to find out. Years later, Mischana is still being dealt bad hands. With an abusive boyfriend and a secret she’s been harboring for ten years, she runs to the one place she thought she’d never return. What she wasn’t expecting was to also find the one person she thought she’d never see again... Kiru. Determined to keep her close this time around, Kiru is more than willing to handle all her troubles. Will he be able to save her from her past life, or will her past only bring chaos into his?

    From drugs to murder for hire and everything in between, these deadly sisters have the game on lock.Sin runs the city with a shoot first, ask questions never mentality. After letting her guard down once and being left for dead carrying a child, she hardened her heart and vowed to never let that happen to her again. Carrying around a secret that could potentially change her life as she knows it, she buried it, along with her feelings. But, when a new player by the name of Ghost enters the game, can Sin keep dirt on those feelings that she thought died or will he turn out to be her blessing in disguise?Beretta is a self-proclaimed killer by birth and has never had a problem toe-tagging any and everything that comes her way. Sticking to that code, what happens when one of her missions makes her question everything she lives for? When secrets are uncovered and blood is shed, can the girls handle the Sins of their Berettas?

    

    But what happens when shit gets a little too, rough and Syion is pushed past his breaking point? Will he push Paige away too? Donya thinks she has her paternal situation all planned out and is living the life of luxury. While Sneak is eating out of the palm of her hand, she has him thinking that he's about to be a first time daddy. But what happens when Sy'Heir interferes and wants all rights and custody to his child? Will she still be able to keep her little secret? In this explosive FINALE, love and lives will be lost. Bonds will be broken & patience will be tested. Get ready to laugh, cry, and be angry as T'Ann Marie takes you on another one of her crazy, rides with these UNFORGETTABLE characters in While He's Sleeping She's Creepin 4!

    

    Paradise just exposed her whole heart to Chaos with that one move. Will Chaos guard her heart, or will Chaos return it back to the sender? Chaos doesn’t believe in love, or is that just cap? In the finale of Chaos and Paradise, more truths will be exposed and in most times “TRUTH” hurts. Will Chaos and Paradise be able to walk in their “TRUTHS” or will they continue to ignore what’s in front of them both? Find out now in the finale of Paradise and Chaos……

    

    

     He's My Thug, I'm His Peace by Theresa Reese follows the love story of two lovers from conflicting backgrounds. Young, smart, pretty, and never breaking any rules. Well, almost never. Lucy Hinton is the epitome of a good girl and in her eyes, the only type of man she needed was one from the cloth. Lou, as her family calls her, fell head over heels for Pastor Hassel. She quickly learned that everything that glitters ain't gold. Her life takes a turn for the worst when secrets began to fall straight from the pulpit. Handsome, smart, thuggish, and a street king, Asaad Daniels is only focused on getting and keeping money. The streets had taught him that women always ended up being a man's biggest downfall, so he never took any of them seriously. He had always been a hit it and quit it type dude; however, the first time he laid eyes on Lou, something inside of him shifted a little. He didn't know if she was another man's wife or not. But then again, he didn't care. Men lie. Men cheat. Women lie. Women cheat. Today's world was a fashion show. And nearly everyone wanted to be in a relationship with someone that had money or looked like they had it. Two independent souls from two different worlds cross paths and their lives change forever. Author Theresa Reese takes you on a roller coaster ride in the first installation of her riveting new series, He's My Thug, I'm His Peace, where secrets unravel, loyalty is tested, and some lives may be lost. Can Lou be the peace that this thug needs? Every relationship deserves a second chance if it's really true love. Or maybe…Not.