You don’t even gotta bring ya paper out… we the dope boys of the year, drinks is on the house…” The infamous Rock Boyz; D’Mari, D’Mani, J.R., and Corey set out to take over the streets of Atlanta, but just like life, things never go as planned. With the problems in the streets, and personal problems stacked on top, it appears that the guys are in over their heads. J.R. is excited about his life with Lexi and becoming a first-time father. However, an old associate has declared war on J.R. and his boyz, causing him to focus on his street ventures when he suffers a personal tragedy. Will J.R. be able to survive the streets long enough for him to enjoy fatherhood? Making the transition from NYC to the ATL, D’Mari finds himself adjusting quickly. Not only that, he is stepping into a new role of being a husband and a father to twins simultaneously. With his wife’s mood changing every second, will D’Mari be able to keep his head in the game while maintaining peace on the home front? D’Mani is making great strides in his new environment and loving his life with Anastasia and Kyler. However, a trip to Wal-Mart brings him face to face with his not so distant past, revealing a well kept secret. Will this secret have severe consequences and disrupt his life at home? After getting his dream job and moving to the ATL, Corey quits his job and joins his boyz in building their family empire. However, Corey’s new moves put not only his life but his family’s lives in danger and have him betraying those that he holds close, creating dissension in his circle. Will Corey be able to right his sins and restore respect and trust with those he holds dear? Enemies are on the inside and outside. Secrets are revealed. Trust is broken. With the entire deck stacked against them on their quest for money, power, and respect, will the Rock Boyz prevail? Check out this blazing new African American Urban Fiction read by best-selling and award-winning authors Twyla T., Patrice Balark, Dani Littlepage, and J. Dominique.

    Often they were pitted against one another in an effort to determine which brother was strongest and more fit to take over the family's Underworld business when their pops stepped down. TAURUS, like his brother, JUICE, was RAISED AS A GOON. When the young killa stepped off of the proverbial porch, the streets weren't ready for the beast he was bred to be. Things quickly get hectic when the many enemies their family has accrued comes for blood the minute their father is out of the picture. But Taurus refuses to fold. With his entire family’s life on the line, and the clock running out, the young goon must win the ultimate game of survival or lose his life by the hands of one from his own bloodline. In this first installment of an unforgettable street tale, MONEY OVER EVERYTHING, including loyalty, will ring hard in your ear and leave your mouth hanging wide open.

    With dreams of making it big, she is already on the right track to a new life after building a following by doing make-up tutorials and posting sexy photos of herself on her Instagram page. Though a good girl, she’s infatuated with the violent and merciless street king, Polo, the head of the city’s most notorious gang. She wants nothing more than to help him drop his current girl so that she can be the woman in his life. But Star gets more than she bargained for when a series of events lead her to not only be Polo’s main chick but forces her to be the leader of the female counterpart to his gang. Tragedy strikes when Star’s own dope fiend of a mother robs Polo’s trap house and the act sends Mink, Polo’s baby brother, and Kato, Polo’s right-hand man, blasting right through Star’s front door. When the night ends with Kato shot and Mink murdered at Star’s hands, Polo demands to know who is responsible for killing his brother but she quickly covers her own tracks to save herself from his wrath. Unfortunately, Star doesn’t know there is a witness to her crime. Kato, who she thought she’d killed is actually alive and in a coma fighting for his life. When he suddenly awakes, Star is afraid that her fate will be sealed as soon as he tells how Mink really died. However, Kato is not the same man that he was before and things between the two quickly begin to change. When sparks fly and Star feels she’s found true love in the one man she thought she hated more than anyone on Earth, will the real truth of her lies come to light and ruin it all? This is the first part of a series written not for the faint at heart. Brace yourselves for a story of love, loyalty and survival on Chicago's Southside.

    So there was this chick name Mercedes. Her life was mad shady…15 and pregnant with a baby. She wanted to be grown. but didn’t know sh*t about being a lady.The streets claimed her, couldn’t tame her, blame her mother though... She didn’t come from a stable home, she was in this all alone. Shorty just wanted to be grown. Looking for love and affection, she started flexing…and messing around, all around town…These streets and these freaks were her medication shorty was in a bad situation.Trading one needle from another to another...She prayed and prayed that she would never be like her mother! No self respect or no class...Life gone, what a straight waste. In revenge she started to give the world a taste... Bitter sweet, never did she once look like she weak! Not to mention..that butt was a walking death sentence! Sexually transmitted, if you know her you better run straight to the clinic. Let me tell you how all this started… Before we go do you know it's Aids awareness month? Do right and know your status. Because YOUR life matters!

    Abused by her husband and humiliated by her sister, she finds the strength to take revenge on both with spectacular consequences.In her fifth novel, Karen Woods deals with issues as diverse as domestic violence and celebrity culture in a way which will make you laugh and cry.

    With Cashmere back in the building after being hit with a Probation Violation and Prince heading in to start his sentencing, things can’t seem to get any lower. Still in all, Bree is determined to hold her man down no matter how long it is. But every woman needs a little attention in their life right? Does Bree stay ten toes down for Prince, or does she end up falling victim and betraying his trust?Jacey and Mike finally called it quits after their 10 year marriage blew up in her face. Jacey soon begins dating, and thinks she may have possibly found someone that peeked a lot of her interests. Mike on the other hand has other plans, and refuses to let his wife move on if it’s not in a body bag. But what happens when he gets a dose of his own medicine and see’s there’s always a flip side to a woman’s love? Will she give him yet another chance, or was this be the final straw that broke the camel’s back? It seems like Keyshia and Cashmere just can’t get right. One minute they are up, and the next they are down. But after Keyshia finds out the extent of Cashmere’s betrayal and leaves him stinking in the county, he is livid. Keyshia swears she is done with Cashmere, and decides to put all her focus into her work and children, but the sexy suave Rico makes it hard for her to resist. After all, he was there before Cash. Torn between the two men, Keyshia goes through a whirlwind trying to figure out which man is worthy of her love. Has Cash crossed the boundaries and his infidelity gone too far? Everyone knows without a doubt Rico is madly in love with Keyshia, and up until now, he has played the side lines but with Cash out the picture this may be the chance for him to get his queen back. Will Cashmere grow up and realize what he is at risk of losing? Or does she choose to rock with Rico, the only one she can seem to count on?The stakes are high, and each couple has too much to lose. The heart loves who it wants, and loving a thug ain't always easy. Tune in, for Keyshia and Cashmere Part 3: The FinaleWith appearances from ‘Jux and Lani’, from A Jersey Love Saga: No Faces No Cases.

    Although she wants the baby, she is suspicious that Vito is visiting a dominatrix again. Unable to involve anyone else, she plays detective which almost costs her life and her status in the Ramon family. When Shaun’s murderer is shot dead in cold blood, suspicion instantly falls on the Ramons and the Flanagans. They have to stay one step ahead to avoid a war between crews. Young Dennis is showing all the attributes of following in Billy’s footsteps. It’s when Dennis confesses to fancying one of Mickey’s twin daughters, Billy and Jess express their concern. She’s only thirteen and they know that despite their rock solid friendship with Maria and Mickey things could turn sour.

    Now she just needs to figure out how to keep them all in the air. Halfway to earning her PI license under her older brother Paul’s not-so-careful watch, she’s scrambling to post more points in the ninja-skill column than the blunder column. Her newest mission: find out why a tourist company’s scavenger hunts are being sabotaged...and why the hunt host winds up dead next to a nine-foot tall guitar. Sam and Paul have also been recruited by their mother to hunt down her boyfriend’s missing panties…and somewhere in all this, Sam has to finally address her brief but tasty reunion with her old-time crush that she’s been keeping on ice. “Clueless In Cleveland…is a spectacular cozy mystery laced with humor.” -Readers’ Favorite “It’s refreshing to find a detective who grocery shops at gas stations and packs licorice plus a racy novel when going on a stakeout.” -Kirkus Reviews “[Sam Carter]…the literary world’s newest, quirkiest, and snarkiest sleuth…” -City Sun Times

     The Duke of Ruin When Lord Greene wagers his daughter's hand in marriage in a card game, no one is less surprised the woman herself. The only thing that shocks Olive is that the man that he has gambled her away to is none other than The Duke of Ruin. Rumours abound that the Sixth Duke of Everleigh callously murdered his late wife and killed her lover in a duel --and now Olive is to become his bride. Ruan Ashford took one look at Olive Greene and knew that he had to have her in his bed. The beautiful, auburn-haired temptress will make a perfect Duchess; there's only one problem - his new wife despises him. When a chance arises for Olive to disappear she readily grabs hold of it, and soon the Duke of Ruin is hunting the Cornish countryside for his runaway bride. When he finds her can he convince her that he's not the dreadful villain the world thinks him to be and that his love for her is real? The Lord of Heartbreak Miss Jane Deveraux is in a bind; her brother, Viscount Jarvis, has married and his new wife does not want her bookish sister-in-law encroaching on their wedded bliss. The Viscountess makes it very clear that Jane must find a husband, but at five and twenty the confirmed spinster doesn’t have many suitors lining up to claim her hand. What Jane needs is a large sum of money, so that she can buy the local boarding house, and live out her days holding intellectual saloons for the egalitarian set. Though where she’ll find this money is anyone’s guess… James Fairweather, Lord Payne is the heir to the Ducal seat of Hawkfield. Tall, handsome and with a roguish charm that has women falling at his feet, he should be living the easy life of an entitled bachelor. The only problem is that his father has tired of his rakish ways and declares that unless Payne cleans up his act he will be disinherited. What Payne needs is a respectable —dare he say boring— woman whom he can parade around for a season to convince his father that he has changed his ways. The only person who fits the bill is his friend’s sister Jane, who reluctantly agrees to go along with the charade —for a price, of course. The Marquess of Temptation Since her father’s death, Miss Hestia B. Stockbow has been living a lie. Working as a companion, under an assumed name, all she wants to do is keep her head down and forget about the scandalous tragedy that haunts her past. There’s only one problem… After two delicious, stolen kisses, the usually icy and aloof Alexander Delaney, Marquess of Falconbridge, finds himself entranced by Belinda Bowstock, a lowly paid companion. When he discovers that she is, in fact, his missing ward, Alex realises there's only one thing he can do: Marry the chit and help her solve the mystery of her father's suspicious death. The Captain of Betrayal At the age of eight and twenty, Polly Jenkins has happily resigned herself to the life of a spinster. Many years ago, a young man broke her heart, and she has guarded it fiercely ever since. Polly's life, on the coast of Cornwall, is one of peaceful happiness--until, that is, Captain James Black arrives at her door. The young man she once knew is gone, replaced by a dashing Captain--one who is determined to marry her, and who won't take no for an answer...

    In this compilation, you'll get a chance to travel with the family to New Orleans, where they (of course) find trouble. Jake's past also comes back to stalk his present -- and threaten his future with Ally. And, when a series of deadly storms descend, watch the Hardy family spring into action to save their loved ones and head off a deranged murderer who has fixated on a Hardy family member. This is an omnibus that includes books 10-12 in the HardyBrothers Security series, including Deadly Vacation, Deadly Secrets, and Deadly Storm.

    

    He stalks them, studying their lives from afar until one day Anna goes missing.While DS Zak Banks and his colleagues frantically search for her, Zak's worst fear is realised when Laura too is abducted. Their search for Laura and Anna leads them all to a final confrontation with the horrors of the past, as all the protagonists are moved into place by an unseen hand, a confrontation that will end the game once and for all.Contains scenes of violence, abduction and captivity.

    That became even more important after our father's death when the ranch came under my control. I had to put my own dreams aside to make sure the ranch kept going. I'd always wanted a family of my own to fill the big house on the ranch, but as busy as my life got, I thought that would never happen. Especially not with our rival family. But I shared a hot kiss with one, and the rest is history. She’s a tough girl, but I’m about to break her in. If she doesn’t break me first.

    Follow the adventures of Laura Black, along with her friends Sophie and Gina, as she solves the mysteries, captures the bad guys, and sorts out her crazy love life. Set in the glamorous resort town of Scottsdale, Arizona, each is a fun easy read -- perfect for a day at the beach or a night curled up by the fire. Included as a bonus is a special preview of Laura’s newest mystery SCOTTSDALE STING . * * * SCOTTSDALE HEAT - - (Book #1 in the Laura Black Mystery Series) Take one devastatingly handsome Scottsdale police detective. Add one outrageously sexy female investigator who only wants to save the world. Introduce her to the gorgeous bad-boy of the local crime family. Mix in a dose of murder, a pocketful of diamonds, and a handful of Russian mobsters...And you’ve got yourself some SCOTTSDALE HEAT . (Humorous Romantic Suspense) * * * SCOTTSDALE SQUEEZE - - (Book #2 in the Laura Black Mystery Series) Laura teams up with a posse of sexy Scottsdale cougars to help rescue a friend who’s been kidnapped. Her main problem? Deciding which of two gorgeous boyfriends she wants to be with! (Humorous Romantic Suspense) * * * SCOTTSDALE SIZZLE - - (Book #3 in the Laura Black Mystery Series) Laura finds herself in the middle of a treasure hunt but murder lurks behind every clue. Good thing she has two strong men to help her look. Or is having two such a good idea? (Humorous Romantic Suspense) * * * SCOTTSDALE SCORCHER - - (Book #4 in the Laura Black Mystery Series) Laura helps a friend search for a missing man. Unfortunately, her enemies are also searching for her. Laura makes up her mind about the man she wants to be with -- unfortunately, it’s never quite that easy. (Humorous Romantic Suspense) * * * SCOTTSDALE STING - - (Special Preview to Book #5 in the Laura Black Mystery Series) Laura is called on to help out a famous Hollywood movie star. But, when the dead bodies start to pile up, she may be over her head in trouble.

    Crowned Queens, an organization that Ashura and Nacobi created when they were freshmen in college, had turned into a lucrative empire right before their very eyes. Young, successful and content with life, Ashura implements the necessary changes to put that lifestyle behind her, but with the power that she’s gained comes a slew of enemies prepared to snatch everything that she has worked for. Nacobi has always been there for Ashura. Her rider to the point of no return and that will never change. When Ashura gets fed up with Crowned Queens, Nacobi reluctantly follows suit in getting things shut down. However, what they don’t know is that the enemy who is out to get them is closer than either of them would expect. With love found, love betrayed, and love tainted, the savage that Ashura has fought tooth and nail to keep suppressed is threatening to rear its ugly head. Unbeknownst to the enemy, if the beast is released, they will soon learn why she’s the diva who was Crowned Queen.