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A Hood Legend
Victor L. Martin - 2004
When Menage Discovers that he has a flare for flipping stolen cars into more cash then he can handle he befriends Dwight who helps him with his operation. What Menage soon learns is that when doing shady business, shady characters lurk where you least expect them. Follow Menage as he balls outta control, outrunning the law and bullets that may bear his name.
Retribution: ... Comes Around
NyRee Ausler - 2017
Their love life is everything she ever wanted it to be. The Buchanans were sure they had seen the last of Rey Lucas. But everything isn't always what it seems. When Rey steps back onto the scene, he's determined to make sure that Asaya and James' marital bliss doesn't last long. If Part One of Retribution left you shocked, you will be stunned at the ups and downs that Asaya, James and Rey encounter all in the name of love.
Hood Love and Loyalty
E.L. Griffin - 2017
Meet Larissa Bradshaw, a strong-willed hardworking girl. After her parents turn their backs on her she closes her heart to love and becomes determined to make something of herself despite her situation. She meets Messiah “Money” Lawson and everything changes. Messiah is an up and coming boss in the streets. He’s a nigga that’s respected and feared by all. From the moment he first sees Larissa he has to have her. The two share an instant connection and can’t seem to get enough of each other. Messiah’s lifestyle and desire for money brings jealousy, temptation, and violence threatening to ruin what he and Larissa are trying to build. Follow Larissa and Messiah on their journey of ups and downs as they fight for the love, loyalty and life they always wanted.
Crazy Summer
Cole Hart - 2012
Growing up in a notorious South Augusta neighborhood called Barton Village, infested with goons and heavy weight drug dealers. Summer made it her business to get in where she fitted, using her well-shaped body and looks to get her where she wanted to be. Regardless if it was male or female, Summer was taking all invitations and wasn't turning nothing down but her collar.Highly motivated by the streets and the material life that came with it, Summer becomes a mother of twins at sixteen and a mother of four before she's twenty. Soon tragedy strikes for Summer and she looses her first real love along with her dear brother and furthermore she looses her mind. That's if you let the public tell it.As she picks up the ball where her brother and baby daddy fumble she begins to evolve into one of the most treacherous women that the city of Augusta would see. After being released from a women federal prison. Summer is back and she feels that the world owes her. With a new mind frame and ambition out the roof, Summer is heartless and ruthless towards any and everyone. The Pawns are set in place but when she make one wrong move all hell breaks loose.Crazy Summer is a captivating tale that's written from the imagination of Cole Hart with strong dialect and believable characters that'll keep you on your toes from the first page to the last one.
The Velvet Rope
BRENDA L THOMAS - 2005
From this Essence bestselling author comes a sexy, fast-paced novel about astreet-smart girl determined to make it big in the glitzy nightclub business.288 pp.
A Miami Love Tale 3 : Thugs Need Luv Too
Diamond D. Johnson - 2015
Relationships are still being tested and enemies are popping out left and right, this time they’re not playing fair either.What happens when Sharice pops back up on the scene trying to make peace this time around? She has a big secret that needs to be addressed but will it be enough to make Dontae go against his word and give her that last wish before she leaves?Not only does Imani have Shard’s heart, but she also has his baby and that’s not sitting well with an old secret lover of his. Determined to get Shard back by any means necessary is the plan for her. Will Imani willingly give Shard away or will she be pushed to the point of no return? What also happens when Rashard has a secret enemy that is close to him all the time that is secretly trying to take him out and steal his girl?Sincere and Nae are doing well. No drama on their end but how long will that last before things go downhill for them? How long will Sincere be able to behave himself until he winds up getting himself in trouble? Or has he already learned from his mistakes and is doing right by his wife this time?In this last installment to A Miami Love Tale, get a good look into their lives. Filled with that thug love, die hard friendships, and it wouldn’t be good without the drama. I even have a few guest up my sleeve with this one. The question that the fans have been wanting to know will be answered. Did Breesha really die? You got to buy it in order to find out.
The Thot Next Door
N'Dia Rae - 2017
But what if she moves in next door to you? What if she tries to take your man from you? What if you two share a dangerous secret that no one else knows…
Meet Lyrica the finesser and bartender from Richmond VA, working her way up and down the East Coast looking for a come up. She ran away from her parents at the tender age of 16 never to look back. Now that she has been on her own, she has made a living by stealing and sleeping around. She is heartless and cold and has no love for anyone but herself.
One night she betrays her best friend Yasmina and takes off to a new city, DC. She moves next door to a couple but she decides that she no longer wants them to be together. She wants to replace the girlfriend. Soleil Marshall had a horrible childhood. Her mother accused Soleil of sleeping with her husband which Soleil denied. Then one night Soleil’s mother decides to kill both Soleil and the husband. Her mom goes to prison away for this horrendous act, leaving Soleil to be raised by her aunt. Life became hard for the young beauty but eventually she prevailed and became one of the country’s best tattoo artist! She eventually meets the man of her dreams, Saint Knowles. They fall in love and intend to get married. That is until Lyrica moves next door to them. Lyrica calculates on how to get Saint to herself but Soleil isn’t going down without a fight. Can Soleil and Saint’s relationship survive the crazy nasty thot next door? Find out in this insane drama. You are not ready for the crazy twists and turns this story takes. The stakes are high and everyone is holding a dark secret.
Snatched Up By A Bad Boy 2
Prenisha Aja' - 2019
Dive into this finale to see if Brynlee gets snatched up once and for all by bad boy Sawyer, or if she settles and accepts Troy’s infidelities and puts her happiness to the side just to be with someone she has history with.
Caesar's Charm (Caeser's Charm)
Cassie - 2014
That is until he met Charm Johnson. Charm had been single for two years due to an abusive ex and was scared to give Caesar together a shot. When these two decide to give each other a chance someone will stop at nothing to break them apart. Tragedy strikes causing grief and harm. when it's all said and done will they stay together or do they go their separate ways? Cassie gives you a tale of love, lies and deceit.
Bitch Chronicles
Deja King - 2011
If you've read Bitch, Bitch Reloaded, The Bitch Is Back, Queen Bitch and Last Bitch Standing, here is an opportunity to have this captivating saga in one book. If you're unfamiliar with the characters get ready to go on a thrilling ride of how one woman's determination took her from having nothing to gaining it all. This is where the journey began for Precious Cummings.The saga continues in Bitch A New Beginning with her daughter Aaliyah.
Get It Girls: A Harlem Girl Lost Novel
Treasure Blue - 2011
When she and her three best friends venture out on prom night, they’re drunk on young love and excited for their college plans. But a tragic incident turns a night of high school achievement into a crime scene, and Jessica and her girls are left with bloody hands and shattered futures. After spending years paying off a debt that wasn’t theirs, Jessica and her friends return to Harlem to find it very different from when they left. Crack is now king, and its destruction has left their families in ruin and their neighborhoods consumed by its peddlers. Jessica takes a stand, and her friends are there to back her up when demons from the past come beating down their doors. Now Jessica and the girls must pass the ultimate test in order to preserve their lives, their families, and their Harlem.
It's Complicated
Portia A. Cosby - 2014
Now that the beautiful executive is trying to settle down with the man of her dreams, she decides to come clean. She admits to a past filled with lies, heartbreak and scandal. But she soon learns that some secrets are best left buried.Once the skeletons are out, all hell breaks loose. In the midst of the drama, Venni's long-time ally becomes her greatest adversary and her most-hated adversary surprisingly becomes her ally. When it's all said and done, egos and feelings are tattered and family ties are severed. Will Venni regret coming clean?It's Complicated is a page-turner that reaffirms we all have a backstory and perfection on the surface isn't always what it seems.
Erika: A Thriller
Mansi Narula Kashyap - 2020
She looked exactly like me; a mirror image. I shook my head. “Jesus!”After her parents died in a tragic car crash, Erika moves to London from Dublin to get rid of the bad memories, her frantic nightmares, anddisturbing hallucinations. In time, her life settles into a new routine with Lara, with whom she shares an apartment. They become the best of friends, enjoying London and meeting new people. Life is good.A few months later, Erika meets Ethan who is suave, professional anddependable. A whirlwind romance follows and within a week they aremarried. Soon, Erika starts noticing some unusual incidents; themysterious girl Maya, some cryptic books about secret societies and evena murder.Will she be able to figure out these new mystical events in her life or will they overwhelm her, making her go insane?
Just Can't Get Enough
Cheris Hodges - 2007
She gave it all up to gamble on her talent, and found success she'd never imagined as one of New York's hottest painters. But when she returns to her South Carolina hometown to care for her ailing father, she gets an even bigger surprise. That "bow-legged" neighbor's boy she used to play with has grown up into Darius McRae, a lawyer who gave up the D.C. fast-lane to get back to his roots. Now, Darius' dark-chocolate build and slow, easy smile are proving to be just as tempting as any city lights...The last thing Darius was looking for was a relationship. He'd been burned by too many women who put finance over romance--including his conniving ex-girlfriend Cortina. But Celina's sense of humor and unpretentious ways are igniting more than his passions. And when Cortina starts stirring up a mess of trouble, Darius will do whatever it takes to show Celina a home-grown love is a dream worth everything...
Flip Side of the Game
Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker - 2004
Born on the flip side of the hustler's game, she is the child of a fifteen year old drug addict who places her in a trash dump, with a note that read, please forgive me... my mother`s only fifteen... Well that is of little consolation to Vera as she lives her gold diggin' life full speed ahead, only to come to a crashing halt when she realizes that she can run but she can't hide; and facing up to the Flip Side of the Game is the only way she will survive.