“Black Diamond is more than street lit, it’s a street classic!” —Raheem Brock, former NFL athlete, praise for the series
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- The Streets Have No Queen
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 10/22/19
Formats: Digital Audy
As a painter travels the world and creates his art, he also mourns the death of his Queen, his wife. He is secluded from the world and finds an escape through the drawings in his work. Not until he gets an unexpected knock at his door does his life take a drastic turn. The guest presents a problem that traps them inside of a home for seventy-two hours, and this quiet suburban estate becomes the devil’s playground. The painter is then thrown into a psychological game that has twists and turns, which leads to an unforeseeable last page. This thrilling, plot-twisting tale will change your views on storytelling forever.
- The Streets Have No Queen
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 10/22/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Trapped between Heaven and Hell
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By M. Skye
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 9/24/19
Formats: Digital Audy
A host of unexpected events lead to the revelation of dark secrets between Tyree’s and Mia’s families. With murder, corruption, and duplicity standing in their way, can Tyree keep his family safe and rekindle a love he once thought was lost forever?
After the kidnapping of his son, Tyree Johnston’s marriage to Mia, the love of his life, fell apart. Now, two years later, Tyree has their son Kyan for the summer, and he is unprepared for Mia’s return to their hometown. Trying to move forward with his life, Tyree finds himself stuck between what his heart wants and what his head says is right.
Mia left for Paris the minute her divorce was final, but when her sister-in-law tells her that Kyan needs her, Mia is on the first flight out. Besides, it’s about time she faced Tyree so they can try to come together as coparents for their son’s well-being.
- Trapped between Heaven and Hell
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By M. Skye
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 9/24/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Relationship Status
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 5/28/19
Formats: Digital Audy
Three couples, three journeys, one destination. Love should feel euphoric, right? For these three women, sometimes it’s not that easy.
Tori has loved the same man for what seems like her entire life, but with a list of broken promises and lies told by her husband, Keyton, Tori finds herself at a crossroads. Does she try to salvage her marriage with the love of her life or move on from all the pain and turmoil?
Full-figured and beautiful, TaNia is as independent as they come. She keeps her business in order and depends on no one. After her father’s death, she moves back home to take care of her mother, which takes a lot of adjustment on her part. Amid all the changes in her life, her friend Lemonte has decided he wants more. He is on a mission to make her his, whether TaNia is ready for that.
Winter has always depended on someone, whether it was her parents or the man she was in a relationship with. She no longer wants to be that girl, so she makes some changes and learns to stand on her own two feet. She lives a lifestyle that she is not particularly proud of, but it makes her goals and dreams that much easier to accomplish. Her parents are traditional and old school, so she hides her life from them, but when she lands in the sights of Demarco, she must choose between love and comfort.
- Relationship Status
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 5/28/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Army of One
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 4/09/19
Formats: Digital Audy
A young military couple from Indiana is separated by a deployment and haunted by secrets. Shamar Jackson, a sergeant in the US Army, struggles to maintain a long distance relationship, while his wife, Jelisa, fights to escape the past she never told him about. Lies and deceit stand to ruin this young couple’s family, but will the truth make things better or worse?
Still tied to the streets, Shamar is determined to keep his family intact by any means necessary. After returning home from war, he is now faced with the fact that the battlefield has been at home the whole time. He is forced to become an army of one.
- Army of One
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 4/09/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Gangsta Twist 3
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 4/02/19
Formats: Digital Audy
What happens to an organized criminal enterprise when the weakest link finally breaks? Changes must be made for future growth, but nobody can see the forest for the trees.
The Network, known for their calculated power moves, attempts to align themselves with new international business colleagues. With a leader like Taz, the possibilities seem endless, but not everyone adjusts well to change. Over the years, respect has been lost and decisions challenged. As secrets are unveiled, blood will be shed and lives will be lost. Will betrayal stand in the way of prosperity?
- Gangsta Twist 3
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 4/02/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Houston
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Presented by Carl Weber
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 1/29/19
Formats: Digital Audy
Life is perfect for Donna and Kim Boon when they move in with their aunt, until her murder unearths a secret that will alter everything they’ve ever known.
Donna and Kim Boon moved to Houston, Texas, with their aunt Lisa when they were orphaned at ten years old. Lisa raised the girls as her own, showering them with everything a young woman could want. The girls have grown up into beautiful and privileged Houstonites and are two of the most eligible bachelorettes in the city, with more suitors than they know how to handle. Life seems perfect, but when Aunt Lisa is gunned down in cold blood, the girls discover a family secret that will change their lives forever.
- Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Houston
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Presented by Carl Weber
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 1/29/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Coldhearted & Crazy
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
When their parents are discovered brutally murdered in a ditch, Kenya and London are left orphaned and forced to navigate the unforgiving streets of Detroit. They might be identical twins, but they are as different as night and day. While one of them fights relentlessly to make it out of the ghetto, the other eagerly embraces true hood life and everything their parents believed in—selling drugs, living fast, and even dying young (if it means getting paid!)
Kenya is coldhearted and crazy, just like her Pops. Nothing is off limits, and no one else matters—not even her sister, if she gets in her way. Blood may be thicker than water, but in one sister’s eyes, cash is king—her only true family, and most definitely the head of her conniving household!
- Coldhearted & Crazy
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Choices Men Make
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/18/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Have you ever wondered about the choices men make and why they make them?
Julie Reed wondered when Vic—her husband of six months—walked out on her for no apparent reason. Now he’s happily in the arms of another woman.
Roy Burges thinks he’s made the right choice, but when his wife Stacey’s skeletons come out of the closet, he realizes that what he thought was the right choice, was oh-so-wrong.
For Colin Ray, choosing a new woman is like going to the grocery store. It’s just something you have to do every week. That is until he runs into Emily. She isn’t his type at all … but sometimes you can’t control the choices men make.
- Choices Men Make
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/18/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Gigolos Get Lonely Too
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By Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy Glenn, and Jihad
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Three men who have a way with the ladies struggle to keep their heads when each finds that love is more important than sex.
Carter has found the woman of his dreams, and to keep her, he’s all set to change his lifestyle as a gigolo. But all hell breaks loose when he agrees to meet Deanna for what he’s decided is going to be his last appointment.
It’s a dream come true for Vernon: a threesome with two of the finest women in Atlanta. Forget the fact that Vernon s married, one of the willing women is his wife’s best friend, or that the other woman has motives of her own. Vernon’s just out to get his.
When he finally realizes that April is the one, Rick has to find a way to make it out of the game. All he has to do now is cut loose Laura, Vanessa, and Yvette.
- Gigolos Get Lonely Too
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By Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy Glenn, and Jihad
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Me and My Girl
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
“I’m in love with my best friend’s boyfriend.” It seems to be a trend, but for twenty-five-year-old Matise Jackson, it is an ugly truth. When she told her college best friend the type of woman she thought he should be with, she was describing herself, but instead of falling into her trap and becoming her Prince Charming, he shows up at her doorstep with a new princess.
As much as Matise wants to hate Lia, she can’t. They’re so much alike that gradually they become the best of friends. Still, no sisterhood can stop Matise’s heart from wanting the thing she desires most—Jordan. He is sexy as hell, smart, funny, and the two of them are so in sync with each other it scares her sometimes. Matise knows he is the man designed for her, but there is one thing standing in the way. When she finally gets the chance to act on her heart’s desires, will she rip apart a seemingly happy home, or will she live her life constantly wondering, “What if?”
- Me and My Girl
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 12/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Black Reign II
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By Edd McNair
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 10/02/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Fresh from his self-imposed exile in New York, Black makes his long-awaited return, reuniting with his brothers Junie and Dee to handle the family business—moving mad weight, expanding their drug empire, and eliminating any and everything that gets in their way. Unfortunately, such wheeling and dealing always comes with a price, and for Black, Junie, and Dee, it’s no different.
With a roller-coaster-like plot that twists and turns until the very end, Edd McNair’s Black Reign II keeps it real and gives listeners a look at the hood from the inside like never before.
- Black Reign II
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By Edd McNair
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 10/02/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Eraserheads
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 9/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
In Brick & Storm’s Hood Misfits series, the motto is ENGA: Every nigga got an agenda, and in this tale, things are no different. Everyone has a secret.
What do you do when your work is used against you? This is a question that Auto, leader of the Eraserheads, faces when an unforeseen and dangerous situation wreaks havoc on everything he’s built. It’s up to him and his right hand, Code, along with their team of expert car thieves to figure out who’s behind the attacks on their livelihood. When a crafty con woman named Smiley and a mysterious businessman named Boots step onto the scene, every player becomes a pawn in a war that is taking over the Trap.
Experience the behind-the-scenes world of illegal racketeering, identity theft, and more in another Hood Misfits tale that will turn the very meaning of ENGA upside down. Step into the life of an Eraserhead.
- Eraserheads
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 9/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Black Diamond 3
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 9/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Her happily-ever-after ending was just the beginning
For two years, Diamond and Black have been living comfortably on their high-class cul-de-sac with their daughter, Dior. They’re ready to leave the drug business behind them, having enough money to continue their lavish lifestyle without going back to the streets to re-up.
With the loss of his sister Mica, Johnny can feel nothing but rage for the woman he once loved. Now he plans to strip her of everything that she loves. From behind bars on his death bed, he sets a plan in motion that will tear Diamond’s world apart.
Fighting to survive, Diamond almost gives up—until a mystery man enters her life. She believes he will save the day, but is he genuine, or just another person out to teach Diamond a lesson?
What would you do if your prized possessions were in danger of being taken away?
- Black Diamond 3
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 9/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Love, Lies, and Consequences
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By Blake Karrington and Genesis Woods
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 8/28/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Savannah Zaher has always prided herself in making the right decisions for her life, from the time she packed up her things to attend college and law school in California to coming back home ten years later, grown, focused, and with a career she’s always dreamed of. Only her best friend Reign knows the real reason behind her moving across the country all those years ago—trying to distance herself from a man.
Lyfe Simmons is on top of the world. He has an empire that has been growing bigger every day, a group of friends who would die for each other, and a wife who is down for whatever. What could he possibly be missing? He has basically anything he could ever want right at his fingertips, but he doesn’t have the one thing he wants most: the woman he fell in love with and hasn’t stopped loving since he first laid eyes on her.
With so many obstacles and bitter people in the way, can love really conquer all? Or will the consequences of loving a man who belongs to someone else cost Savannah everything she’s worked so hard for?
- Love, Lies, and Consequences
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By Blake Karrington and Genesis Woods
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 8/28/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Flint, Book 7
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 8/14/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Halleigh and Malek have been through more drama in their young lives than most people will ever see. The young lovers were headed for the good life, thanks to Malek’s skills on the basketball court. But fate sent them down a different path, and they were thrown into the streets of Flint, forced to survive by any means necessary.
Drugs and prostitution nearly destroyed Halleigh, but she fought her way back from the brink and finally reunited with Malek. His position at the top of the drug game made him a target for jealous enemies, though, and soon the couple was ripped apart again. Malek had even more incentive to find Halleigh this time, because she was carrying his seed.
Now their saga is coming to an end. Find out what happens to Halleigh and Malek in the final installment of the Flint series. Will these young lovers, separated over and over again, finally be able to live their happily ever after, or will they be swallowed up by the streets?
- Flint, Book 7
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 8/14/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- All the Wrong Places
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 8/14/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Nice guys finish last … or at least that’s what they say. Boon, a lawyer from Chicago, is a hopeless romantic; however, life keeps dealing him a shady hand when it comes to the opposite sex. It seems as though every woman Boon finds interest in tears him down.
CiCi, Boon’s best friend and former high school sweetheart, tries to be there for him throughout his trials and tribulations, but she isn’t quite over him herself. She remains in his corner as he hops from woman to woman, relationship to relationship, getting his heart broken. Gorgeous and intelligent, Amerie is also a lawyer from Chitown; Boon meets her and soon, the sparks fly. Boon falls head over heels and he soon begins to wonder if she is the one. However, the ultimate betrayal soon sends one of the lovebirds into a downward spiral. Pleasure in paradise turns into the highway to hell, emotions run rampant, and a distraught lover looks for reconciliation―however it can be acquired. Who said it was better to have loved and lost? After this tale of lost loves, infidelity, and the malevolence it brings about, they’ll be forcefully inclined to rephrase that statement.
- All the Wrong Places
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 8/14/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Beating the Odds
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 7/24/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Brad Carter is down on his luck. He loses his job, catches his woman in bed with another man, and he’s days away from being booted out of his home. Wanting to get away from his problems, Brad and his boys go to a nightclub, where they meet a wealthy stranger who offers them each $50,000 to go to Rio de Janeiro and traffic cocaine back to the US.
They jump at the opportunity and have the time of their lives in Rio, but when it’s time to return to the US with the drugs, all hell breaks loose. Brad and his friends are caught, and being in jail is not anything they could have imagined. With the help of a fellow prisoner with powerful connections, they plan an escape.
Brad is determined to find his way back to the US, but not without Diamond, the beautiful woman he met before things went awry in Rio. Can he rescue her from the clutches of Armand, the twisted crime boss who’s been holding her captive for years? He soon discovers that the web of criminal connections between Armand, his wife, and his associates are deep and dangerous. With the obstacles he faces, Brad’s journey to freedom may be impossible.
- Beating the Odds
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 7/24/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Full Figured 11
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By Treasure Hernandez and Katt
Presented by Carl Weber
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 6/26/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Once again, Carl Weber brings together two literary divas to give readers what they’ve been asking for: empowering stories about big, beautiful women.
“Lights, Camera, Action” by Treasure Hernandez: Janiyah Wade is a successful plus-size model who almost loses it all when she is sent to prison for three years. When things work in her favor and she is able to kick-start her career again, things are starting to look up for her and her husband, Gun. But the heat Janiyah feels when she’s under the bright lights during her photo shoots is nothing compared to the heat she and Gun will feel when their blessed union is exposed for all of Raleigh, North Carolina, to see.
“How Does It Feel?” by Katt: Braylin Smith, Nayla Anderson, and Judea Hamiliton are three full-figured women who come from totally different walks of life to become the most unlikely trio of best friends. Braylin’s man ain’t treating her right, but he strokes her right. A better man is on the way, but not without a price. Nayla never knew true love, just convenient lovin’. Will she be willing to look past a man’s wallet and accept true love? Judea has never known the touch of another, but before she can even think about committing to someone else, she needs to learn to love herself. These three ladies are dealing with drama almost as big as their beautiful curves. Travel with them as they ride through this adventure called life.
- Full Figured 11
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By Treasure Hernandez and Katt
Presented by Carl Weber
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 6/26/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- A Product of the System
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 6/05/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Simone knows if she plays with fire, she runs the risk of getting burned, but she just can’t help herself. Living large off the paternity scam of a lifetime, she has two baby daddies cashing her out for her infant son. Even her own best friends are getting tired of her low-down, manipulative ways.
Unfortunately, the streets begin to talk, and the out-for-self mother’s luck taps out. Not in the mood for apologies, each man wants his child support back in pure blood, no matter who gets hurt or who gets in the way.
When Simone’s “meal ticket” son gets older, he discovers he is no more than a pawn and a product of the system. This dramatic tale by street lit master Ms. Michel Moore shows that family can turn on you fast, sometimes even before strangers.
- A Product of the System
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 6/05/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Powder Blu
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 5/01/18
Formats: Digital Audy
What do you do when you have to choose between true love and the love of money?
Blu thinks she knows all there is to know about the dope game. She’s watched her momma serve out of the same place they lay their heads since she was a little girl. Then her brother’s best friend, Budz, steps up and shows her that there is more to the game than just selling drugs.
With love, loyalty, and wealth on her side, what more could she want? Blu quickly finds out when she is introduced to Black, a mysterious, sexy Trinidadian who is every girl’s dream. Blu is determined to make him her reality. Torn between two men who have secrets and motives of their own, Blu has no idea what she’s gotten herself into, but she knows there is only one way out.
- Powder Blu
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 5/01/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Unspoken Lies
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By Darrien Lee
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 5/01/18
Formats: Digital Audy
With demanding careers and two children, Cherise and Mason McKenzie find themselves spending more time apart than together, which allows infidelity with a trusted loved one to darken their doorstep. It is only through a series of near-tragic events that the couple are able to rebuild their lives and rekindle their love.
- Unspoken Lies
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By Darrien Lee
Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 5/01/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Ladies Night
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 4/24/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Amp Anthony is strong-willed, ruggedly handsome, with a body that women will pay just to look at. He is also a recently freed felon. It’s not easy to make things whole again under the rules of the halfway house to which he’s been released, especially since his parole officer would like nothing more than to send him back to prison. Amp is bound and determined to make sure that will never happen.
Like most felons, Amp has a hell of a time finding and keeping a job because of his record. When all else fails, he uses his body, letting women look for a price. If they’re willing to pay more, they can even touch. Under the supervision of savvy club owner Madam Fox, Amp becomes one of the hottest male exotic dancers at Club Eden.
Everything is strictly business until the club’s attractive female DJ catches Amp’s attention. Will either one of them be able to avoid the taboo of mixing business with pleasure?
Ladies Night is an intense, thrilling, scandalous, and, at times, funny look at the transition of Amp Anthony from ex-con to exotic dancer, as he struggles to put the pieces of his life back together and escape the past that put him in prison in the first place.
- Ladies Night
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Read by Ellis Park
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Release Date: 4/24/18
Formats: Digital Audy