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All I Want is that Hood Love 3
Mercedes G. - 2015
Mega’s tired of playing games and there’s a new chick in his life, but there’s something about Taysia that he just can’t seem to shake. Will they finally let go and throw in the towel? Or is their love for one another strong enough for a happily ever after?
Her Perfect Valentine Birthday Surprise
Ana E. Ross - 2011
When Sheldon Tanner, the CEO of the company calls her to his office, she has no idea he is the ‘unnamed’ man with whom she had a one-night stand, six years ago. Will Sheldon remember Elizabeth? And if he does, will sparks fly again and ignite their path to a happily ever after?
Damages 2
Natavia Stewart - 2017
What was supposed to be a summer fling turned into a toxic love affair. With Trayon away, how will she be able to cope? Does she wait for him or run into the arms of another man? Set on a path of revenge, Trayon wants nothing more than to get what he is owed and that's the throne. On his journey of revenge, he discovers some shocking secrets; family secrets that will cause him to lose sight of his original plan. Will he reach a point where not even, Asayi's love can save him? Stacy is stuck trying to balance his time between two women. When he finds himself giving one woman more time than the other, he might just regret that choice. Will he risk everything him and Tuchie built over a childhood love? This is the second installment to a heart-wrenching, tear-filled and an emotional journey. Secrets, lies, deceit and murder. Everyone has experienced damages in their love life. Will they overcome it or will they remain damaged? Get ready for a gritty and urban hood love novel.
Disrespectful
Tynessa - 2014
From the moment they laid eyes on one another, it was love at first sight. One problem is wrong with that; they’re both in a committed relationship. Being with her abusive fiancé for 8 years, Teyana saw no way out of her situation. Gambino on the other hand was ready to call it quits with his longtime girlfriend. Only problem behind it is, she refuses to let go without a fight. Take a ride with Teyana and Gambino as they show us how being in love can make you be disrespectful without thinking twice.
Wishing He Was My Savage
Trenae' - 2017
Ashleigh is madly in love with the potential she once saw in her boyfriend, Dre. It's no secret that everyone doesn't live up to their potential and he proves that true. Amanda was shown love in its purest form only for life to shuffle the deck and deal her a losing hand. They say time heals all things but the lost of her first love still haunts her years later. When life proves to be too much the duo decides to skip town for a change of scenery. Twin brothers, Harlem and Houston have quickly made a name for themselves in the streets of New York. Running the streets leave little time for love so running into Amanda and Ashleigh was something neither men expected but was surely welcomed. An unplanned 7 day vacation and a chance encounter changes the way these women think when it comes to men. Is less than a week enough for Houston and Harlem to sweep these feisty women off of their feet? Will Amanda finally try love for a second go round? Will Ashleigh finally accept the love that she deserves?
Tears On My Pillow
Elle Welch - 2015
This is a code that Jakari Roberson lives by. He definitely applies this philosophy to his relationship with Qia. He loves her with all of his heart and treats her like a queen. There isn't anything he won't do for her. However, Jakari has a big secret that he has managed to keep hidden from Qia for the past 14 years. He has finally made the decision to change, but is it a little too late? In Qia's eyes she has the most loving, attentive, romantic, and faithful husband in the world. But, will the picture of her fairytale life shatter when she finds out what Jakari has really been up to? Will the love for her husband be enough to make her stay? Or, will his betrayal be enough to push her over the edge and into the arms of someone more deserving? Take a journey with these high school sweethearts. It is certainly a long difficult one, but it will be well worth it if they can figure out what constitutes a marriage and if their marriage is really worth saving?
Too Salty: Ain't a Damn Thang Changed (Salty Part 6)
Aleta L. Williams - 2014
There's so much salt being thrown around Los Angeles looks like it was hit by a blizzard. Calvin is up to no good, he is literally destroying the lives of many and he has no remorse. Will he ever get what's due to him? Karma is a bitch and Yay found out the hard way. The same dude that she fought so hard to get and prove that she's his down bitch is bringing havoc to her life and now she is desperately trying to find a way out. Will she? All Ken and Jazz wants is to be with each other but he is in jail and her dad is keeping her isolated from the world. Will they ever get their happy ending? Stacy hates Pastor G but he tries hard to make his wrong a right. Will she ever forgive him? Who's JB and who's the Nun? Find it all out in this sizzling installment!
Fallin For A New York Boss
Princess Diamond - 2018
She dreams of moving away from Castle Hill Projects and her drug addict mother. Growing up in the Bronx has its challenges with high crime rates and hood dreams. For this reason, Korrae works at a bodega after school and then goes straight home to study. She doesn’t socialize much nor does she hang out around the way, refusing to become a product of her environment. Each time she takes one step forward, something knocks her ten feet back. Instead of being defeated, she continues to strive for greatness. While her father Raemond is in jail, Korrae’s mother Kora makes a living being a coke head stripper, valuing her relationships with random men over her children’s well-being. She prefers spending all of her money on drugs instead of paying bills or buying groceries. Kora’s latest boyfriend Scrub is as shady as they come. He only cares about himself and has his eyes on Korrae. Scrub wants to take over the streets, in addition to making Korrae his future wifey instead of her mother. After continuously bumping heads with her mother, Korrae finds herself kicked out and aimlessly wandering the streets of New York with nowhere to go. Surviving is made a little bit easier after meeting her savior Cadillac. A bonifide boss with swag, street cred, and long money. He can be ruthless, but he can be gentle as well. He’s open to falling in love, especially with someone as beautiful as Korrae. Instantly, they hit it off, quickly becoming an item. However, their happiness is short lived because of the haters who are jealous of them. Will they survive the manipulation? Or will their love crumble under pressure? Will Korrae be able to escape from generational poverty? Or will the streets hold her back just like her mother? Will Cadillac overcome the takeover plan? Or will he step up and prove why he’s a New York Boss? Find out all of these answers in this new enthralling novella by Princess Diamond.
Every Thug Needs A Down Ass Bitch
Yo Loni - 2014
After all, she was a hustler’s girlfriend. Riding side by side with her man while he ran the streets of Philly, she stayed down until those same streets sent him to the grave. This in turn, causes her to reevaluate her life and start anew. Months later, she finds herself in South Carolina with her family and has gotten a job as a correctional officer. After a few months of working at the state Prison, Camille meets someone from her home city of Philly and immediately they develop an astronomical bond. While adjusting to this new life of hers, Camille learns that the people closest to her may not be as they appear. Can she handle her new life of greed, betrayal, envy, secrets and power? Find out in Every Thug Needs A Down Ass Bitch.
You Were the Love of My Life: A Hood Love Story
Dominique Thomas - 2015
He has his woman, his position as head of his family lucrative drug business and he still has rapping. Life is going good until it isn’t. Secrets that his mother kept hidden from him while she was alive comes out while a family enemy hell bent on revenge surfaces to take Kasam and his brothers down. Erin is in college pursing her dreams while being with the man that she loves. Life is almost fairytale like until things come out to show her that Kasam is no Prince Charming. Erin has to decide if she can deal with groupies and infidelity while trying to manage her own life’s issues. A storm is brewing. Danger is headed Kasam and Erin’s way as people are out to tear them apart. For two people who are so much better together than they are apart will they crumble under pressure or will they prove to the world that they are indeed meant to be together? Erin and Kasam first appeared in Hold You Down
They Don't Know Me
Nicole Jackson - 2015
When reality is faced not everyone will have that happy ending with a picture perfect life. Tyra’s story is the prime example of this. Sometimes women get so caught up on what they want things to be that they lose sight of what it really is. Not every man is for every woman. Jahrein is several girls’ dream, but is Raven’s reality. Tyra desperately wants Raven’s reality to somehow become hers, but soon discovers that in life you can’t always get what you want. Take a ride with a sassy, sexy, persistent Tyra. Love seems to be the element in her life that proves ever eluding. Still, she pursues love at all cost, and is willing to wager it all just to feel a fleeting moment of its embraces. Loving the wrong man can have detrimental effects on a girl with an already internally damaged heart. They Don’t Know Me gives you a new perspective on the novel Hold It Down Like Sister and Brother. Told in first person, this tale will give you a front row seat to all the juicy details you’ve wondered about with Jahrein and Raven’s infamous relationship. Sometimes you may think you know, but you truly have no clue.
Bonnie & Clyde of the Hood
Alicia Howard - 2014
She don’t care how she get that paper as long as she eats well and rides plush. She is a heavy hitter that don’t take no shit. She been sitting doing a five year bid now that she’s out Bonnie is ready to take the hood over once again. Clyde is fine a laid back hustler that owns most of the hood. Its only one person stand in the way of him being the king of it all. A nigga name Lynch. Clyde is determined to have it all because whatever he wants he gets. Nothing will stand in his way or so he thinks. When Bonnie & Clyde bum heads will it be love at first sight or battle of the King & Queen it only one way you will find out….is by reading the book.
The Plug Next Door 2
Sol - 2017
God has a lot to lose after keeping his wife a secret from Reese all this time. He's in love with the beautiful, charismatic, highly educated doctor but once his skeletons jump out of the closet, he might just lose her forever. However, he's not willing to let her go so easily. But with someone out to destroy him and his empire, he might have no other choice but to surrender his love. Unbeknownst to Nas, he's in the middle of it all. The key to figuring out who's on a mission to take out the Taliban Gang is with him. From the moment he stepped foot onto New York soil, a domino effect of murders, lies, and deceit began. He finds out who his brothers are, but things only get worse from there. He also manages to get Vasii, the girl of his dreams, but what happens when he finds out she's the sister of an old fling? Will he be able to keep her? In the middle of the hailstorm, Young is determined to steal Alexa's heart. He's successful in making her fall in love, but there's just one issue... he isn't like most men. When he loves, he loves hard. Young honestly can't help his possessive ways, given the circumstances, but Alexa may not be ready for it. Then again, she's just as crazy about him as he is her. They're both keeping secrets in the meantime... secrets that could get somebody hurt. Who are the DeLeneau Brothers, really? And are the women they're in love with who they claim to be? Everyone will be shocked to realize they've been dating so close to home. But more importantly, love can blind you from snakes. Who's going to mow the grass and reveal all? Find out in The Plug Next Door II...
I Will Always Love You
Goddess Love - 2014
When Wise is locked up and sentenced to fifteen years, he tells Emery to go on with her life if it’s meant to be they would get back together. Now years later Emery is happy with a career and family of her own, when Wise is released earlier than expected he sets off to do what he said he was going to do, find Emery. Emery’s heart belongs to Wise but it also belongs to her husband. Now she is forced with the hard decision to choose between the man who was there with her from the start through everything and the man who picked her up when she didn’t have anything or anybody. Who will Emery choose? Filled with sex, betrayal and drama
Cuffed
Taisha S. Ryan - 2014
After serving a 3 year bid, Marquez swore to himself that he would never step foot in another prison. Determined to turn his life around, Marquez occupies his days working at a local car shop. Despite the low pay and endless hours, Marquez does not let that deter him. His world is then shaken up the moment he meets Breanna, a cute, around the way girl, whose main focus in life is attaining her degree and escaping the gritty projects of Brownsville, Brooklyn, for good. Both from troubled pasts, they find themselves drawn to each other in ways they would’ve never fathomed. Breanna becomes the light to Marquez’s life as she opens his heart to something foreign to him. Love. Marquez then begins to realize the possibilities of obtaining a better life outside of the hood. It is until he is faced with an unexpected tragedy that shatters his world for the worst. His dark past now becomes a reality as the grim streets claw at every ounce of his sanity. Now, Marquez must decide whether to continue on the right path he vowed to take or succumb to the dangerous lifestyle he has always known. The streets.