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  • Dylan Monroe, our favorite shopaholic, is back! She’s three months pregnant and madly in love with the father of her child, sexy heavyweight champion Angel. The only problem is the long-legged Victoria’s Secret model standing in the way of getting him back. If that weren’t enough stress, her Jack Daniel’s–loving mother, Candy, returns to stir up even more trouble.

    Unsure of how to face her future as a single mother, Dylan reverts back to the only thing she knows to comfort her pain—shopping! Rounding out the cast of colorful characters are Billie, Dylan’s tightly wound friend, and flamboyant transgender cousin Tee-Tee, a.k.a. Dick’em Down Diva. Material Girl 2 promises to be a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt tale of love lost and love regained.

  • Kentia, a beautiful hustler with a taste for the finer things in life, becomes a victim of someone else’s hustle for a change.

    Kirrah, a video vixen and gold-digger, learns a valuable lesson in playing the game. Sometimes you get burnt.

    Theori, working as a stripper to pay for college, discovers the high price of deception.

    The stories of three women come together for an explosive look at exploitation and the women who work the system.

  • After stepping away from his thriller-suspense novels to write the phenomenally successful Little Black Girl Lost series, author Keith Lee Johnson returned with some new flavor, along with some old friends, in Hell Has No Fury. In this suspense-laden tale, Johnson brings back Phoenix Perry, the beautiful yet fearless FBI agent from his earlier novels, Sugar and Spice and Pretenses.

    After a long stint at desk duty, Phoenix Perry is dragged back into the limelight when a family member is found beaten and near death. To complicate matters, there are two dead bodies at the scene, and Phoenix’s cousin is the prime suspect. Can Phoenix find her cousin’s attackers and prove her innocence before the body count becomes astronomical? A nationwide chase ensues, involving shady editors, crooked literary agents, and a host of others. If you’re into suspense thrillers, this one is not to be missed.

  • When Sierra Howell, a gorgeous female corrections officer, has an affair with a charming and manipulative prisoner who is a dangerous criminal, her world is turned upside down.

  • Anna J. is back with a riveting novel depicting the devastation caused by cocaine use in a Southwest Philadelphia community.

    You have to use what you got to get what you want. For Journey Clayton, this statement rings more than true as she struggles under the weight of her mother’s cocaine addiction. She learns from a very young age that family doesn’t offer as much help as she hoped they would. It’s not until she befriends Khalid, the son of a neighborhood drug dealer, who is trying to stay above the struggle himself, that she starts to believe there might just be hope … even for little girls in the ghetto.

    Snow White is a story of survival, betrayal, strength, and courage. It will pull you in from the very beginning and won’t let you go until the last word. As seen through the eyes of a young girl coming of age, observe how Journey struggles to survive amidst the deception, violence, and murder that surround her.

  • Andrea, Samantha, and Josie have one thing in common: an ex they want to forget. Although they’ve tried to keep it together, there comes a time when you have to move on. But moving on only seems to make matters worse as they strive to make new lives for themselves. There is always something that keeps luring them back into the drama they’re desperately trying to escape. Will these women finally find the path to happiness, or will the side effects of their exes keep them stuck in an unhappy rut?

  • Coral has spent her life working toward her professional goals. Not wanting to follow in the footsteps of church friends who had children before they made it to college, Coral has decided to forgo relationships until her dreams come true. With her birthday approaching, she does not want to become a cliché thirty-year-old virgin, so she sets her new goal to lose her virginity before her birthday. When she meets a mysterious drummer who leaves her floating on cloud nine, will he be the one to take her ultimate birthday gift? Or will it be the sweet church friend who doesn’t excite her like the musician, but wants to give her more than just a memorable birthday?

  • Despite a tumultuous past, Sugar Alise Clark is determined to be successful. When she meets Dyna, owner and proprietor of Dymes Exotic Escort Service, she takes off down a path of easy money and fast living.

    Their friendship quickly sours when Sugar decides to branch out on her own. Sugar opens a gentleman’s club called Sugar Walls and becomes involved with a new love—who happens to be the father of her sister’s child. Sugar thinks she’s leaving her past behind to forge a better future.

    It’s not long before Sugar discovers that her dreams of happily ever after might not be possible. She wakes up stranded and near death, unsure of who put her there. The two people that Sugar cared about the most are on a path of revenge, determined to silence Sugar forever. When tragedy strikes and life-changing events are set into motion, Sugar soon realizes that fast money gets you nowhere fast.

  • Do you know who you are? Are you comfortable in your skin? Outed by her best friend in front of the whole neighborhood, Niya is trying to come to terms with being a lesbian. When she falls for her straight neighbor, Jamilla, there is no more denying who she really is. Niya will do whatever it takes to prove her love, even if it means taking a life. What will happen when family issues, fame, the struggle for love, and reality set in? How will Niya deal with a hip-hop career as she tries to repair her broken heart and family issues?

    Signing to Green Note Records may just bring fulfillment and love when the sexy R&B diva Brazil Noelle swoops in and aims for Niya’s heart. Niya has always been the hero, but is she willing to be saved? Will her feelings for Jamilla block what could be her chance to get back the love she always gives?

    Jamilla is drowning in the reality of her home life. Forced to face a real-life monster on a daily basis, the shame of her past is slowly killing everything beautiful about her. Just when she thinks life isn’t worth living, she befriends Niya and becomes confused by the extremely close, unconventional friendship—and the high sexual tension that sends her head spinning. Will her fling with a male “straighten” her out for good, or will it help her realize that love has no boundaries? How long can this game of friendship last when love is the stronger opponent?

    Join the tormented twosome on an undeniable thrill ride as they travel down the rocky road of self-discovery. Niya and Jamilla will combat their fears, violence, distractions, extortion, love, denial, family, and sometimes each other in this emotionally charged and action-packed coming-of-age tale.

  • Big, bold, and beautiful are three adjectives that describe Erika to a tee. Named after her mother’s favorite soap opera vixen, Erika Kane is self-assured, headstrong, and opinionated. But she’s also unlucky in love. Whenever Erika thinks she’s found everlasting love, it always ends up being short-lived—literally. She has three dead husbands to prove the point, and it’s earned her the title “The Black Widow.” But just when Erika is about to give up on true love, she learns that, just like in the soaps, love sometimes shows up when you least expect it—though sometimes it can be deceiving.

    Once again, life has gone wrong for Artemis Clay. It seems she’s always unlucky in love, and this time it’s even worse than she could imagine. Her own family looks down on her, and everything seems hopeless. Artemis decides to leave everything behind for a last-minute getaway and, while enjoying her newfound freedom, discovers not one but two reminders that all hope may not be lost. Is she ready to take a chance on love again?

    Max is a music mogul in the making, and with his wife Trina’s support, he’s bound to succeed. Of course, that all depends on what happens with Sharon, who could write a book and give seminars on what it is to be a true ghetto queen.

    Ahmad is a born-again virgin, only he can’t figure out why. No matter what he does or says, his wife, Shay, refuses to be intimate with him. What happens when her decision to confide in him is too late?

  • Dee Dee is as laid back, sassy, and cute as they come, but having two overprotective brothers like Jay and Bee, who have clout in the Memphis streets, makes finding and building a relationship seriously hazardous to a brother’s health.

    Things move fast for Jay and Bee after hooking up with a new contact, and they are faced with the reality that their lives will never be the same. All of the training that Jay was secretly putting Dee Dee through comes into play as Jay and Bee are locked up in the county jail for selling to an informant. The game is dominated by thugs until Dee Dee hits the scene.

    This action-packed, grimey street classic shows how Dee Dee gets it poppin’ in the Memphis streets.

  • Best friends and blood sisters for life, Melonee Reid and Fiona White have one goal in life—to get rich and live comfortably—but growing up in the inner city of Los Angeles isn’t helping them obtain that goal. That is, until Fiona comes up with a plan to marry for money and murder for even more.

    The girls seek out older, established, wealthy bachelors, drawing them into a web of deception with their good looks, sexy bodies, and loving personalities. Once their last names are changed and the ink is dry on the insurance policies, the clique executes their plan to have the new husbands die “accidental” deaths, leaving their fortunes to the widowed wives.

    Their little marry-for-money scam works for years, until things take a drastic turn and one friend’s connection to the new mark has her questioning her role in the Black Widow Clique. The other friend still wants to carry out the murderous plan to get a hold of a multimillion-dollar insurance policy. Friendship will be tested, lies will be told, and loyalty will come into play when one black widow decides that their cozy web of deception, love, and money isn’t big enough for two anymore.

  • What happens when the woman is the hustler and breadwinner for the family and she falls in love with her side dude?

    Gloria Parker is the proud mother of two and the wife of a hardworking man. Although her job is a dangerous one, she would never do anything to risk losing her family—until she falls for a man named Raymond Jackson. She was supposed to kill him, but now that she can’t resist him, all that she holds dear will be placed in jeopardy.

    With the Italian Mob on her heels, Charlotte Police Department out for blood, and a husband who’s willing to do anything to get his wife back, Gloria is thrown yet another curve. Her fate is placed in the hands of the one person she’s most unsure of.

    Hold your breath and grab a glass of wine as Blake Karrington takes you on another wild ride. This action-packed thriller will leave you guessing until the last page.

  • With his Full Figured series, Carl Weber brings together some of Urban Books’ hottest authors to entertain readers with their stories about the lives and loves of beautiful full-figured women.

    When Desa Rae Jenkins ended her tumultuous relationship with Roc, it seemed like the appropriate thing to do; but now she’s second-guessing her decision. Roc moved away to Kansas City, leaving street life back in St. Louis up to the brothas who can handle it. He continues to live his life on the edge, though, and when he returns to St. Louis, Desa Rae shows up at his doorstep to reconcile. Roc is reluctant to go there with the one woman who ripped his heart from his chest. He’s determined not to let Desa Rae wiggle her way back in, but this full-sized diva is a heavy-hitter who won’t give up without putting up a good fight. Win or lose, she refuses to back down, but with Roc’s baby mama still in the way, there can be only one winner.

    When Malika Williamson hired Travis Ingram, she never imagined that he’d be doing a lot more than just maintaining the company’s computer system. Not only has he ignited a fire in Malika’s heart, but his mere presence causes backstabbing, confusion, and sexual tension at the office. Malika finds herself transformed from upstanding and happily married to an oversexed, overheated adulteress. Will this full-figured beauty be able to control the passion that threatens to destroy everything she’s worked so hard to achieve?

  • For sisters Diem, Drea, and Ophelia, coming from the same bloodline as Julian “Knight” Hart meant that the legacy of their motorcycle club, Hart’s Angels, must continue to live up to his expectations. Although the sisters are as different as night and day, they were taught by their father that it’s always family over everything.

    Diem, the foul-mouthed tycoon and oldest of the three, can’t seem to balance her multimillion-dollar business and personal life at the same time. Never one to back down from a challenge, her world is flipped upside down when the brother of a close friend unexpectedly catches her attention and has her questioning whether it’s possible to have a romantic relationship while managing an already chaotic life.

    Drea has always had a thing for hot boys with big toys, especially since she totes one of her own. Whether she’s at her flower shop making beautiful floral arrangements or at the gun range perfecting her skills, this quiet storm never misses her mark. That is, until a mysterious and sexy ally comes into her place of business and knocks her off her square.

    Ophelia loves only three things in this world: her family, her bikes, and the club. Nothing or nobody has ever come between them. She has a temper known to go from zero to one hundred in a matter of seconds, but riding and restoring bikes help to ease her mind. The two pastimes easily turn into three when a restoration job goes from strictly business to extremely personal.

    These ladies demand respect, not only for themselves, but for their club as well. When enemies start to surface, personalities will clash, and family motives will be questioned. Will the pressure cause these Angels to fall, or will they rise to the occasion like they’ve done time and time again?

  • Coach Damon Kilpatrick believes that he has finally found Ms. Right in sexy corporate executive Nichole Adams, that is until he realizes that she is already in a relationship.

    Nichole Adams has been involved with police officer Deacon Miles for two years. When he’s shot in the line of duty, she leans on her friend Damon for support. She arrives at the hospital only to discover that Deacon, the man she planned to marry, already has a wife.

    Unable to deal with his lies and betrayal, Nichole leaves him, but Deacon can’t accept it. Obsessed with Nichole, he will do anything to keep her, even threaten those she loves. Can Nichole and Damon band together with Deacon’s angry wife to stop him?

  • Urban Books publisher Carl Weber brings together two popular literary divas to give readers what they’ve been asking for: empowering stories about big, beautiful women.

    Desa Rae Jenkins and her twenty-something-year-old playmate are back with drama only the two of them can bring. Roc has been released from prison and he’s trying to show Desa Rae that his past life is well behind him, but his baby mama and his playa-hating uncle want Desa Rae out of the picture. This forty-two-year-old plus size diva will have to decide when enough is enough! No man is worth all this drama, is he? But then again, no man can put it down like Roc.

    Chyanne Johnson has tried to steer clear of drama since she was old enough to be out on her own. She’s content with her mundane position at Atlanta’s top marketing firm, but all of that changes when sexy CEO Aric McHale promotes her to be his executive assistant. This position comes with a lethal dose of seduction, sex so good that sometimes she has problems remembering her own name, and a man she finds it hard to say no to. But everything that feels good isn’t good for you. Aric and his demons are sure to make this a ride she will never forget!

    Age is just a number, and whoever said that full-figured women don’t know how to bring fire to a relationship was sadly mistaken.

  • Nya Gamden is thrilled to be accepted into the nursing program at Old Dominion University and, as an added bonus to good fortune, computer engineer Tory Sothers has stepped into her life, becoming the man of her dreams. Life is all that she’d imagined—love, happiness, and a budding career—until Tory asks her to give up her hopes and dreams for matrimony.

    Leaving her heart, and Tory, on the white sandy beaches of Hawaii, Nya is shattered and time is the only remedy that can heal her heart, as well as a new man. Darren Edmonds, a pillar of the community and well-respected businessman, wins Nya’s trust and love, takes her on a whirlwind romance, and gives her the ultimate gift. However, Darren is keeping a secret and Nya’s curiosity gets the best of her.

  • Eve is a recovering drug addict who was just released from prison to a female Christian halfway house. The problem is, she’s convinced she doesn’t have a drug problem. She signed up for the halfway house not to recover, but to learn how to stop using drugs so often.

    Eve has no intentions of staying clean until she meets associate pastor, Reverend Washington. Reverend Washington’s wife dies during childbirth and Eve seduces the newly widowed reverend until she becomes the next Mrs. Washington and immediately becomes mother to the reverend’s three young children.

    But Eve is very resentful of the deceased Mrs. Washington and plots to make her husband’s first wife look like a lying adulterer. All this deceit leads Eve to start shooting up heroin and her addiction again takes over her life. Secrets threaten Even’s new life with her new family, and has everyone asking if she was Heaven Sent.

  • “You would be pretty if you didn’t have that … You just have to take what you can get since you got strikes against you!”

    Tineya has experienced a lot of trauma in her short life. Losing both parents has left a broken, weak soul. As if that’s not enough, she’s left with physical wounds that no woman should have to deal with. More than just bad memories, Tineya’s wound runs deeper.

    What would you do if everybody could see the remnants of one unforgettable night that changed your life? Follow Tineya as she hunts for acceptance from others, but most of all, from herself. Some people are rooting for her to succeed, while a few selfishly want her to stay in a sunken place.

    In walks Marsell, a self-centered hustler. He’s the type of slick-talking man who can sell water to a fish and dope to the Pope. Marsell can convince any woman to jump as high as he needs her to. He typically wants the type of woman who looks like a centerfold, damn near perfect, until he is humbled.

    What happens when Marsell and Tineya cross paths? Will Tineya stay meek and weak, or will she finally learn that those with the deepest wounds are usually the strongest soldiers?

  • Urban Books’ popular Girls from da Hood series continues its gritty street drama in this eleventh installment, featuring urban fiction superstar Nikki Turner, and newcomer Katt.

    Tia, Ton’ya, and Tammi are not only making moves in the game, but they’re doing it in the bedroom too—and anywhere they need to get what they want. Tia is quick with her razor-sharp mouth, and she carries an equally sharp razor to slice a throat if need be. Ton’ya is loyal to a fault, but will fight back if threatened. Tammi is the brains of the operation. They have collected more bodies than a Manhattan hooker working the lower East Side. What happens when the heart gets in the way of making money?

    Best friends Pedro and Rico met Shane at a concert in Brooklyn, and they soon became fast friends, making money and moving major weight to solidify their place in the game. Pedro is the pretty boy who thinks his dick can get him anywhere and anyone. Rico, the strategist, believes that he is the smartest man in any room. Shane, the outspoken one, is the deal maker and breaker. They have but one goal: to become the best in the game.

    All hell breaks loose when brains, brawn, and dick collide with tantalizing titties and tongue. What will happen when everyone wants what they want and it interferes with their crew’s best interests?

  • What’s a girl gotta do to get what she wants out of life? According to Ra’Keeyah Jackson, the answer is whatever it takes.

    Ra’Keeyah has million-dollar dreams. She’s determined to come up, and she won’t stop until she does. Nothing is going to stop her from getting the hottest clothes, the finest men, and money to burn. Easily influenced by her conniving girls Shayna and Quiana, Ra’Keeyah resorts to shoplifting, stealing married men’s credit cards, and passing bad checks to get what she wants.

    Ra’Keeyah is struggling and has sunk to an all-time low when she meets Brick. He’s a savvy, street-smart hustler who will surely take her young heart for a ride and make her want to change. Will she be able to resist, though, when Shayna comes to her with an idea that is sure to keep their pockets on swole? This idea could cost the girls a little more than they bargained for, along with teaching them that not everyone is to be tricked!

  • Urban Books’ popular Girls from da Hood series continues its gritty street drama in this twelfth installment, featuring urban fiction superstar Treasure Hernandez and rising stars Katt and Paradise Gomez.

    “Short Stacks” by Treasure Hernandez: Honey has been working them streets for El-Jihad, selling his wares and keeping up her end of the bargain. He warned it was “three strikes and you’re out,” and she has already come up short twice. Now Honey and her goons meet up with DeAngelo, who refuses to pay back his loan. If she can’t come up with El-Jihad’s money within days, it will be her head on a platter.

    “Street Life Johnny’s in Love” by Katt: Strawberry has been a rather lucrative ho for Larry “Sir” Smalls; however, she’s been at it for a minute, and it is starting to have an effect on her mind and body. When she meets up with an old high school friend, Sir beats her nearly to death. Her friend rescues her, but will Sir let her go without a fight?

    “Payback” by Paradise Gomez: Jackie spent fifteen years in the state pen for stabbing the fool that had the audacity to put his hands on her. Now she’s home, trying to turn her life around, but it’s hard to get a job as a violent ex-con. Her aunt, the powerful queen of a drug cartel, turns up and takes her in. Soon, an all-out war between the aunt and the fool who put her in prison breaks out. Will Jackie resort to the same violence that got her locked up?

  • There’s an exclusive lifestyle in America where your body, your game, and your good looks all get you paid. These girls become rich girls and are down for whatever it takes to stay on top.

    Meet Jewell, a five-foot-four diva who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and an American Express card in her hand. Sadly, when her bank account turns cold, Jewell resorts to a dangerous, ridiculous scam to maintain her rich girl status.

    Meet Nadia, the youngest and least-paid member of her crew. She spends money like crazy to distract herself from the painful reality of being broke. By hook or crook, she will sell her soul to the highest bidder to keep what little cash she has.

    Meet Tori, the hustling diva of the West. Vegas hadn’t seen such a devilish, by-any-means-necessary chick until she showed up in town, ready to show off her skills of manipulation. Taking the city by storm, she spends her time hustling dope dealers, high rollers, and any man with a thick wallet.

    Together, they take the streets of Vegas by storm. Between chasing money, scamming men, and hustling the system, they vow to stay on top. The girls get desperate when chaos strikes, and they come up with a corrupt scheme to certify them as rich girls for life.

  • Talented author Dakota Bibbs has deemed herself unlucky in love. She only dreams of experiencing a connection with a man similar to the ones she writes about in her novels. After ending a tumultuous five-year relationship, Dakota has decided to focus on herself and her blossoming business for the time being. Love will just have to wait. Other than dealing with her worrisome ex, things are going well for her.

    Then on cue, Giannis Williams enters her life. A boss in his own right, Giannis possesses just the right amount of hood, a double dose of sexy, and a dash of crazy. He could be her perfect match if she were looking, but allowing her heart time to heal is her priority. Giannis, however, is persistent by nature and doesn’t plan to let up until he has Dakota by his side.

    Breelyn Waiters seems to have found herself in the same boat as her cousin Dakota, and she is attempting to get her life back after weaning herself off her most painful addiction—David Parrish. After being away for an entire year, Breelyn returns to Dallas to reunite with her family. She plans to steer clear of the man she once thought would own her heart forever. It turns out she was wrong about that, because DeMario Taylor is proof positive that David is no longer the only man Breelyn’s heart will beat for.

    Watching over Dakota and Breelyn is Elijah ‘Rah’ Waiters, a complicated man with a demeanor only those close to him can understand. He will tolerate a lot, but coming for his family isn’t one of them. Entering a new phase in life, Rah senses something is missing. He contemplates letting love in for the first time, but something is holding him back.

    Join this closeknit group as they block bitter exes, confront fake friends, and tackle fear of the unknown, all while experiencing true love on a whole new level.

  • Around the Way Girls 10, like its predecessors, is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives.

    Sasha Eubanks lived the perfect life. Whatever she touched seemed to turn to gold, until she met and married Mario. He was a parents’ worst nightmare and everything you wouldn’t want a husband to be. Yet Sasha loved him, sacrificed for him, took care of him, and would do anything for him, including going to jail. While she is doing hard time for Mario’s crimes, he soon shows his wife that loyalty is just another word in the dictionary. Sasha has to get revenge if she wants to have any pride left, but can she overcome the mental hold Mario has on her?

    Family ain’t no good; at least in Rissa Ford’s world. Forced to live with her aunt and predator-in-disguise uncle, Rissa feels as if her life was cursed from birth. Fed up with being tortured, she exposes the truth and is cast out into the mean streets of Detroit. Doing whatever she needs to make due, Rissa and her “newfound family” devise a plan for the ultimate revenge on those who have brought her the most harm.

    Ajanay, Sheika, and London were born and raised in one of Richmond’s most ruthless housing projects. Faced with horrific home lives, all three girls turn to the streets and each other for comfort. Ajanay concocts a plan for them to get money out of Amir, one of the biggest dope boys from a rival housing project. However, Amir is a stone-cold killer with a long criminal history, and Ajanay has put them in harm’s way with no solid plan on how to escape. Will their love and loyalty for one another keep them together, or is it every woman for herself?

  • When it comes to a real friendship, Kayla, Evelyn, and Trina have one last opportunity to get it right. If only for a short period, they appear to be on the same path and willing to put their chaotic past behind them.

    Evelyn’s near-death experience has everyone embracing her, even Kayla’s ex-husband Cedric, who uses his wealth and power to get whatever his heart desires. To help him settle scores with individuals he now considers his enemies, Cedric handpicks the person he believes is the weakest link of them all—but trusting Miss Evelyn could be the wrong move. She has a bad reputation when it comes to her loyalty to friends, and there is nothing that will stop her from biting the hands that continuously feed her.

    Once again, Trina puts herself in a position to save them all, but when secrets unravel about the love of her life, she’ll have to figure out more than one way to save herself.

  • The Ladies of MHB are all together again and ready to take their newfound success to the next level, but with success comes more haters and rivals who are shooting at the team on top. After living through the largest shootout in downtown Charlotte’s history, the women have decided to take the group all the way legit. MHB owns enough real estate to secure the future of all the original members and new recruits alike. There’s only one problem: nobody believes these country girls can leave the streets alone and maybe, just maybe, they really can’t.

  • Essence bestselling author Brenda Hampton’s sequel to the sexy BFF’S reintroduces a trio of catty, backstabbing girlfriends that readers love to hate.

    Kayla thought that her best friends, Evelyn and Trina, were supposed to always have her back, but when she discovers that Evelyn has been creeping with her husband, Cedric, and Trina has known about the ongoing affair for quite some time, Kayla is ready to cut ties and leave her so-called friends behind. Their actions have shown how scheming they truly are.

    Of course, they are no more manipulative than Cedric, who lies in a hospital bed, clinging to life. The person who attempted to silence him is now behind bars, but just because one scorned woman is out of the picture, it doesn’t mean he’s in the clear. He may not be able to utilize his joystick for a while, but his millions are still in play.

    Evelyn is eager to get her hands on his money, and pregnant with his child, she envisions a bright future ahead. She has a serious need for greed—greed that also makes her hungry for Trina’s beau, Keith. He displays a deep concern for the troublesome BFF’s, but his involvement may have him confessing to Trina that whatever Evelyn wants, she will eventually get.

  • Sometimes going hard means sacrificing the very thing you love the most in order to be at the top. Gwen knows firsthand about this sacrifice as she struggles to get her son back from a heartless killer bent on revenge. Niya, on the other hand, is sitting at the top of the throne. Still, she will have to determine whether she’s willing to sacrifice her girls’ lives in order to make MHB a dominant force in North Carolina’s drug trade. She’s about to find out that playing with the big boys has its consequences, unless you are really about that life.

    Put your seat belts on and get ready to ride into the next chapter of MHB. Trust and believe that everybody is bound to crash on the road to the top and the fall to the bottom. Blake Karrington takes you back down the Southern streets that made him the literary king of the Dirty South.

  • Welcome to the South, where women are raised to be mothers and wives, and to stand by their man no matter what. It’s a place where, if you’re a size eight, you’re too small.

    When Niya, the head of MHB (Money-Hungry Bitches), decided to put her family’s future first, nothing and nobody else mattered. You were either going to stand behind her or be the one standing on the other end of her gun. Any and every nigga known to get money in North Carolina was a target. MHB began as a small movement but quickly became an organization.

    Take a walk with Blake Karrington and see how Southern hospitality can become deadly for anyone who doesn’t understand how country girls roll!

  • Get ready for the latest streetwise installment of this off-the-hook street series, with sizzling stories told by three of your favorite authors!

    In Got Me Twisted, New York diva Ebony Queen heads south after her mother’s murder and tries to reinvent country bumpkin Reshunda—but it won’t be easy!

    In Arrested Development, Kelly joins the police force to get in the good graces of her love interest, Dante—but what happens when her brother gets out of prison and finds out her boyfriend is the same cop that brought him down?

    And in Greed, Jackie and her parents escaped the projects and now live the high life—but what’s going to happen to her if they get murdered?

    These latest Around the Way Girls stories will leave you breathless!

  • Kayla, Evelyn, and Trina have been on-and-off-again girlfriends for many years, but the lines of true friendship will be crossed, the knives that go into another friend’s back will cut deep, trust will not apply, and no one will share their dirty little secrets. With enough backstabbing, finger-pointing, and disrespect to go around, this trio sticks to their motto of “What she can do, I can do better; and whatever she has, I want a piece of it too.” Much competition is thrown in the mix, and jealousy is so thick that there will be no place for anyone to run when the mess hits the fan. Only then will they attempt to put their many differences aside, but when severe damage is already done, it may be possible to forgive, but certainly not to forget.

  • Dylan Monroe is the kind of chick females love to hate, but children and dogs mysteriously adore. She’s a material girl, living in a material world filled with diamonds, furs, limousines, celebrities, and private planes. To the world, she has it all, but behind closed doors, she has nothing. Almost bankrupt, she finds solace with State, a wealthy entrepreneur with a heart of steel, the man who breaks her heart time and time again.

    When State leaves her heart in shambles, she turns to Angel, her best friend’s brother. She’s had a secret crush on him for years. Swept off her feet by her new love, but still mending from the pain of the old one, Dylan finds herself caught up in a web of lies, lust, love, and betrayal. Nationally bestselling author Keisha Ervin delivers a sophisticated love story filled with laughter, witty banter … and excessive shopping!

  • Baby Girl McCoy was given her name when her mother couldn’t even be bothered to give her another one in the hospital after she gave birth. Baby Girl was the product of rape, and she spends her life in a quest for a father figure. Never in a million years did she imagine that she’d find it in the man that she does.

    With a good head on her shoulders and a forgiving heart, Harlem Lee Jones discovers that some things in life must still be accounted for. She may have allowed her heart to find its way to God, but the devil is surely lurking close behind. Has she really left her mean-street ways behind her?

    These two dramatic stories filled with pain, heartache, and ghetto love, remind listeners that you can take the girl away from the ghetto, but she’ll always manage to find her way back.

  • There’s a saying that if you’re from my part of town, you’re from around the way.

    Following in the footsteps of its successful predecessors, Around the Way Girls 7 showcases three popular Urban Books authors and their versions of some very tough, street-smart girls.

    Nina and Mouse are a couple just trying to survive the hater nation. Only problem is Nina’s a little paranoid when it comes to other women, and Mouse is usually guilty as charged. Fed up with Mouse’s cheating, Nina begins to creep a little herself, but will her revenge blow up in her face?

    Diamond hates her messed-up life, her sorry-behind county recipient daddy, and his broke, crack-smoking girlfriend. Most of all, Diamond hates her mother, who didn’t love her enough to stick around. But there are two sides to every story, and Diamond is about to hear the other side to hers.

    Homegirls Whakelah, LaShawn, and Misha have big dreams to make it out of Webster Projects. There was a time their bond seemed unbreakable, but now that Misha has found love and a ticket to the big time, her friends want to go along for the ride. How far are they willing to go to chase that paper?

  • Following in the successful footsteps of its predecessors, Around the Way Girls 6 features three popular authors presenting their versions of the tough, street-smart girls that everyone loves.

    Yana and Kiki had to grow up much too fast, thanks to their mother’s drug habit. They’ve got each other’s backs, but even that might not be enough to protect them from the ruthless drug dealer who’s got them under his thumb.

    Connie is tired of struggling to get by, so when a shady corrections officer introduces her to a sure thing, she jumps at the chance. It doesn’t take long, though, for her to recognize that her new hustle is bringing more drama than she bargained for.

    Quiana wants nothing more than to do the right thing. After bearing witness to her mother’s heinous murder at the hands of her drug-addicted boyfriend, she is struggling with the ramifications of losing the only person in the world who truly loved her.