“Kenyon’s writing is brisk, ironic, sexy, and relentlessly imaginative.” —Boston Globe, praise for Sherrilyn Kenyon
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- Deadly Promises
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By Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love, Cindy Gerard, and Laura Griffin
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/29/19
Formats: Digital Audy
THESE HEROES ARE 100 PERCENT RAW, DANGEROUS, AND … UNDENIABLY SEXY.
New York Times bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love, Cindy Gerard, and Laura Griffin mix seduction and suspense in three irresistible romantic adventures. From sultry international jungles to the rugged terrain of the American Southwest, join the larger-than-life, scorching-hot alpha heroes of the Bureau of American Defense, Black Ops, Inc., and the US Navy SEALs for all the pulse-pounding, heart-racing, toe-curling excitement. They’re cool under pressure, steamy under the sheets, and when the enemy strikes, there’s not a lethal mission these gorgeous men can’t handle …
Just Bad Enough by Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love
Leave No Trace by Cindy Gerard
Unstoppable by Laura Griffin
- Deadly Promises
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By Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love, Cindy Gerard, and Laura Griffin
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/29/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Cover Girl
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/15/19
Formats: Digital Audy
Brooklyn Johnson had it all—money, jewels, designer clothes, a successful modeling career, and men falling at her feet. Now she’s struggling to keep up the façade. When life was good, she wasn’t always good to those around her. Even as she developed a drug addiction and struggled to maintain her sanity, she never felt she needed anyone. Now that an illness has turned her life upside down, she finds herself having to make amends with all the people she’s wronged.
Cover Girl is the riveting tale of a woman trying to regain the self-respect she lost in the process of running the streets. Not all drug addicts start off on the wrong track, but most end up at the same destination—in need of a hand to pull them up from the depths.
- Cover Girl
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/15/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Diary of a Mad First Lady
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/08/19
Formats: Digital Audy
Michelle knows that being the First Lady of Mount Zion Baptist Church is an important and much-coveted position, so she always gives thanks for a dutiful husband and a prosperous life. But she also prays for Darvin to spend more time with her, talking about something other than Mount Zion’s affairs.
Michelle’s faith is further put to the test when the seductive vixen Daphne Carlton arrives on the steps of their church, determined to make Michelle’s life a living hell so that she can get rid of Michelle and assume her role as the First Lady.
With Michelle representing the reputation of her husband and church, she feels the burden to respond in a prim and proper manner; but she knows that in real life, such behavior might not be enough to defeat an enemy once and for all. How far is the First Lady willing to go in order to stop Daphne?
- Diary of a Mad First Lady
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/08/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Full Circle
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By Ayana Ellis
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/01/19
Formats: Digital Audy
Carin Douglas is a fearless young girl, thrust into the role of a stickup kid alongside Brooklyn’s most notorious thugs. She learns to fight, to survive, and ultimately to shine through a series of events that take her from a young girl on the verge to a designer-clad diva with a hot car, an even hotter man, and a million deadly skeletons in her closet.
When Carin meets Monty, aka “Money Monty,” he sweeps her off her feet with one romantic gesture after another. Monty is a sexy, powerful man with that legendary Brooklyn swagger and more money than most of his peers in the street. Their urban fairytale soon erupts into passionate sex, bold power moves, and eventually, devastating physical violence between them. When things get explosive, Carin is reminded of the love she knows Monty feels for her and the lavish lifestyle he’s showered her with. But will that be enough to save them?
Carin and Monty’s love comes full circle in this epic story of love, loss, pain, and forgiveness. In Ayana Ellis’ second novel, she raises the bar, exposes some ugly truths, and shines a spotlight on the painful reality of domestic abuse. All that glitters isn’t gold in this new novel that is sure to have listeners talking for years to come.
- Full Circle
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By Ayana Ellis
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 1/01/19
Formats: Digital Audy
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- My Husband’s Mistress
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 12/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Hassan Clarke is a self-proclaimed ladies’ man with his eyes set on the prize. With his jovial ways and gift for gab, he has managed to weasel his way into the lives of two women—his wife, Destiny, and his mistress, Imani. His mistress is a gold-digging, self-serving side chick determined to be with her married lover even if it means losing everything, including her soul, to get to him. However, after putting years of hard work and her hard-earned money into building her husband’s firm, Destiny doesn’t plan to forgo all the benefits without a fight. Hassan soon finds out that living the double life is not what it’s cracked up to be.
Destiny’s life has been turned upside-down by the cheating husband she once thought was the man of her dreams. His reckless behavior has not only caused major heartbreak, but it has also caused her major health problems. With the cards stacked against her, she must dig deep within to pull out her inner strength.
Take this wild ride as the characters in this crazy love triangle wreak havoc in each other’s lives. Will anyone manage to get the revenge that they all yearn for, or will they learn the truth of the expression “Love don’t love nobody?”
- My Husband’s Mistress
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 12/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Arm Candy
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 12/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Maven Edwards was raised on the ruthless streets of Detroit but makes it out in one piece. An executive in the music industry, he has fortune, fame, and good looks, but an ice cold heart from time spent in various orphanages. Maven isn’t looking for love, or even one female to share his wealth and success with. He is a bona fide ladies’ man. The more arm candy he has to flaunt at celebrity parties, buy high-priced gifts for, and take on luxurious trips, the better. He’s all about building his brand, making money, and collecting beautiful women who can coexist as sister wives. That’s where Jhene, Noel, and Khy come in.
Jhene is an exotic dancer from Atlanta. She was living undercover in Miami when Maven met her and turned her gray world into one filled with glitz and glam. Noel was a social media model who caught his eye, so he made her a star. And Khy, his main chick, has his kids, so she isn’t going anywhere. He is living a single man’s dream—until his perfect life starts to unravel and his empire crumbles. Everything that glitters definitely ain’t gold, as Maven will soon be forced to learn the hard way.
- Arm Candy
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 12/11/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Ethic II
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 11/06/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Love should burn slow, but with Ezra “Ethic” Okafor it is always fast and fleeting. After an accidental killing affects Alani, the woman he loves, she thinks he’s a monster. Separated by tragedy, the pair endure a loss like nothing they have ever felt and their connection is impossible to repair.
Ethic is reduced to misery and raising his children alone once again. With Morgan in the throes of a passionate love affair and Bella in need of guidance that he can’t provide, Ethic is in turmoil. He’s failing as a man and the fingerprint he is leaving on the world is a bloody one.
In this second installment of this epic love story, Ashley Antoinette taps into the soul of her listeners as she explores the limits of love and forgiveness. Is anything truly unforgivable? Or is Ethic the one man who can love a woman back from the edge of madness?
- Ethic II
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 11/06/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Silent Truth
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By Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 9/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
Tough-as-nails Bureau of American Defense agent Hunter Thornton-Payne is no stranger to uncomfortable top-secret missions, but tonight takes the cake. He just needs to stick out a stuffy charity fund-raiser long enough to find the ruthless assassin he’s hunted for four years. It’s a rogue operation, but Hunter’s got nothing to lose—until a beautiful brunette unexpectedly pulls him into her own dangerous agenda. Abbie Blanton will do anything to cure her mother’s mysterious illness. When a high-profile heiress is murdered as Abbie tries to blackmail her for clues, Abbie realizes she’s stumbled into an unforgiving conspiracy—and she’s the next target. Soon, she and Hunter discover an alarming connection and begin a treacherous battle against an evil enterprise that someone will go to terrifying lengths to keep hidden.
- Silent Truth
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By Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 9/25/18
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Never Go Home Again
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 2/01/16
Formats: Digital Audy
“The experience and quality that I bring to my writing can’t be faked. I know what I know. Through my novels, I invite readers to journey with me into the streets. Come see what I’ve seen. Let me show the gritty and grimy undercarriage of society, the ‘flip side’ of the game.”—Shannon Holmes
Inspired by the events of his own life, the Essence bestselling author of B-More Careful and Bad Girlz presents a vivid, unflinching novel about a young man’s coming of age in the city streets.
Never Go Home Again is the story of Corey Dixon, a young man whose father tries as best he can to steer him away from the lure of the streets. And yet, like so many others in his neighborhood, Corey finds the lucrative drug trade too tempting to resist. While he makes fast money for a while, ultimately Corey must pay the price for his choice of profession: his freedom. By the age of sixteen, Corey is sentenced to prison.
Incarcerated at Riker’s Island, Corey lives through experiences that threaten to destroy his body, his mind, and his spirit. Still, in the midst of his horrific imprisonment, he discovers inner strength and—against unimaginable odds—manages to survive. Corey makes a new kind of family for himself in jail, including a teacher who encourages him to “never go home again.” In the course of his journey of self-discovery, Corey comes to realize the wisdom in his mentor’s words.
Unflinching and riveting, Never Go Home Again is a powerful, true-to-life story of redemption that no reader will soon forget.
- Never Go Home Again
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 2/01/16
Formats: Digital Audy
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- White Lines III
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By Tracy Brown
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 11/17/15
Formats: Digital Audy
The ultimate love story began in White Lines, and now in this stunning conclusion, Jada and Born come full circle—but not without paying a hefty price.
On the surface, Jada’s life is back on track—she’s battled her demons, her son is a permanent part of her life—but it still feels like she’s on shaky ground. What she really needs to settle her soul is to have Born back in her life—and in her arms—again.
But reuniting with the man she loves is proving to be the hardest thing she’s ever fought for. And when a brutal and shocking event tests the foundation of Jada and Born’s resolve, it will take every drop of willpower they possess to stay on top.
- White Lines III
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By Tracy Brown
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 11/17/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Bad Girlz 4 Life
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
#1 Essence bestselling author Shannon Holmes returns with the explosive sequel to his national bestseller, Bad Girlz. Tonya Morris, a.k.a. "Tender," is back, and this time the ride is wilder than ever.
Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere else.
Coming of age in the Badlands of north Philadelphia—one of the toughest and poorest communities in the country—Tonya Morris has had to make some desperate and, at times, ruthless moves in her bid to survive. When she stepped into the unforgiving business of stripping, she found herself caught up in a world of sex-filled nights, dirty money, backstabbing cohorts, and murder.
She left that world behind to become a hairstylist. However, after she is blacklisted from salons across Philadelphia and evicted by her shady landlord, Tonya finds herself back in the stripping business—except this time, she promises herself things are going to end differently.
Tonya teams up with her best friend, Na'eema, to organize underground sex parties, and it's not long before they have a team of beautiful girls and are rubbing elbows with athletes, rappers, and celebrities.
Then Tonya's ex-lover and now music industry superstar, Q, steps onto the scene, and everything takes a dramatic new twist. Because it's not just Q who is back in her life. His murderous baby mama, Niecey, is fresh out of jail and ready to raise hell, and she's got Tonya in her sights. In the meantime, Tonya's past has risen like a beast, threatening to tear away all her newfound success. But Tonya isn't going down without a fight.
- Bad Girlz 4 Life
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Circle: Autumn’s Story
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By Keisha Ervin
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
Autumn is a sister in the infamous Porter family, first introduced in the gripping short “The Circle: The Beginning” by Ashley & JaQuavis. This fast-paced follow-up starts back at the beginning, highlighting young Autumn as she tries to get to the border and escape the feds. In this short, sexy tale, Keisha Ervin delivers a surefire classic.
- The Circle: Autumn’s Story
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By Keisha Ervin
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Circle: Fallon’s Story
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
Meet the Porters.
The Porters are a family of young goons who have mastered every aspect of the game. From robbery to drugs to extortion, there is nothing that the infamous band of siblings hasn’t been involved in. They devise a plan to escape to Mexico and retire at the height of their career—but then the feds come in. With the authorities hot on their heels, the Porters take listeners on a wild ride as they make their way to Mexico to avoid the death penalty.
This installment of the Circle series highlights the story of young, sexy Fallon as she and her siblings make a break for freedom.
- The Circle: Fallon’s Story
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Circle: Rain’s Story
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
Meet Rain, the eldest and most dangerous of Baltimore’s most feared crime family—the Porters. Honing their skills to perfection since their youth, the siblings were introduced to the intricate world of armed robbery, diamond heists, and murder by their mentor and confidant, Smitty. Fearless and daring, the Porter family pulled off dozens of licks, reaping millions over the years. Finally ready to leave the dirty life behind them, they are plotting their escape when, on the eve of their retirement, the unthinkable happens, changing Rain and her once close-knit family forever. Every federal agency has closed in on them, and only Rain evades arrest.
Alone, Rain wages an all-out war against the City of Baltimore in order to free her family, but a sudden turn of events makes her suicide mission to free them harder than she ever imagined.
- The Circle: Rain’s Story
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 7/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Circle: The Beginning
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 6/15/15
Formats: Digital Audy
Meet the Porters—a family of criminals at the highest level. On the eve of their exile from a life of crime, it all goes bad. These brothers and sisters go on the run from the law and are on a wild dash to the border before the authorities capture them.
This compulsively readable, fast-paced, sexy short introduces listeners to a legendary series.
- The Circle: The Beginning
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 6/15/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Criminal Minded
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By Tracy Brown
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 5/15/15
Formats: Digital Audy
Lamin Michaels learned at his mother’s knee the importance of chasing paper, so it’s no surprise he gets into the drug game when he’s just a teenager. When he meets Zion, a product of the New York City foster care and prison system, Lamin knows he’s met the perfect partner in crime. Together they build a huge narcotics empire.
Then Lamin falls hard for a beautiful girl named Lucky. Lucky makes Lamin realize that there’s more to life than cash and more cash. When Lamin goes legit with a career in the entertainment industry, Zion tries to keep their business going on both the street and the boardroom. It’s not long before Zion becomes the target of a corruption scandal involving murder, extortion, and money laundering. Once the dirt is exposed, will Lamin and Zion be able to remain one step ahead, or will their paper-chasing days haunt them forever?
- Criminal Minded
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By Tracy Brown
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 5/15/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Dog Food
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 5/15/15
Formats: Digital Audy
It’s a dog-eat-dog world—especially when all the dogs are hungry.
For a sheltered mama’s boy like Demarcus, everything was coming up roses until a life-changing experience showed him that every rose has thorns. After a well-orchestrated set-up, Demarcus’ plans to go to college are derailed by a trip to state prison. It is while in the belly of the beast that the mama’s boy has to make the choice between being a man—or being a victim.
Upon his release, Demarcus tries to get his life back on track, but his felony conviction causes door after door to be slammed in his face. Going to college is no longer an option, and flipping burgers is not in his plans. With little other choice, Demarcus applies the lessons learned in prison and takes to the streets, where he gets caught up in selling heroin, known on the streets as Dog Food. When all hell breaks loose between the major dealers in Memphis over the city’s heroin distribution, Demarcus finds himself on the losing side of a bloody drug war. As he prepares for the showdown with his opposition, he begins to uncover truths about his past, including what happened that fateful night of his arrest.
To add insult to injury, when he finally stands face-to-face with his enemy, he discovers that the face is a familiar one. They say that blood is thicker than water, but when it comes to cash, sometimes even those closest to you will try to do you in.
- Dog Food
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 5/15/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Dopeman’s Wife
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 5/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
The explosive start to an epic urban trilogy from New York Times bestselling author JaQuavis Coleman
Once the streets pull you in, they own you. Or at least that's the way it's been for Nautica. Growing up in the hood, all she's ever known is the fast life—fast money illicitly made through scandals and relentless scheming. But when a big scam nearly finishes her off, she decides she wants more out of life than the "hustle" and tries to make a new life for herself on the East Coast. It isn't long though before she falls in with Manny, a drug kingpin who sweeps her off her feet. He promises to marry her and make her "Queen of the Street." Then everything falls apart. As their relationship unravels, both of their dark secrets are uncovered, pitting them against each other in this exciting tale of love and deception.
- The Dopeman’s Wife
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 5/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Twisted
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By Tracy Brown
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 4/14/15
Formats: Digital Audy
Celeste Styles is starting over. After losing her cherished salon in a suspicious fire, she has finally left her adulterous relationship and her drama-filled life in Brooklyn for the peace and tranquility of Atlanta, Georgia. But when Rah-Lo heads down south after deciding to leave his wife, Asia, Celeste is floored and isn't quite sure if she wants to rekindle their affair. Meanwhile, Asia is hell-bent on revenge. Vowing not to let Celeste get away with her man that easily, she too heads to Atlanta. But just on her heels is Ishmael Wright, ready to save the day and warn his best friend Rah-Lo about his vengeful wife—though Ishmael also has something else up his sleeve.
Secret betrayals are exposed, bitter rivalries explode, love is lost and found. Life will never be the same on the streets of "Hotlanta" in Tracy Brown's epic urban drama.
- Twisted
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By Tracy Brown
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 4/14/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Moth to a Flame
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 4/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
In the little city of Flint, Michigan, the good die young and the people left standing are the grimiest of characters. With reign over the city's drug trade, Benjamin Atkins made sure that his precious daughter, Raven, was secluded from the grit that the city had to offer. But when Raven's young heart gets claimed by Mizan, a stick-up kid in search of a come-up, there's nothing Benjamin can do about losing her to the streets. She chooses love over loyalty and runs off with Mizan, but her new role as wifey soon proves to be more than she can handle.
Puppy love always feels right, but things turn stale, and Raven soon finds that everyone she loves has disappeared. All she has is Mizan, but when hugs and kisses turn to bloody lips and black eyes, she realizes that Mizan is not who she thought he was.
Raven becomes desperate for a way out, but this time Daddy can't save her. Every time she finds the courage to leave, fear convinces her to stay. Like a moth to a flame, Raven is drawn to Mizan, even though she knows he'll be the death of her.
When the hood life she chose becomes unbearable, and the only way out is in a coffin, what will she do?
- Moth to a Flame
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Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 4/01/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Lost Treasures of R&B
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Read by Shayna Small
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Release Date: 2/03/15
Formats: Digital Audy
Professional bodyguard D Hunter takes a gig protecting rapper Asya Roc at an underground fight club in poverty-stricken Brownsville, Brooklyn. Unknown to D, the rapper has arranged to purchase illegal guns at the event. An acquaintance of D's from the streets, Ice, turns out to be the courier.
During the exchange a robbery is attempted, and Ice is wounded. D gets Asya Roc to safety but, now in possession of the illicit merchandise, finds himself being chased by two gunmen. When D and his pursuers run into a corrupt detective, a bloody shootout ensues.
D, who has just moved back to Brooklyn after decades in Manhattan, finds himself involved in multiple mysteries. Who were the gunmen? Why were they after the guns? Who was being set up—Asya Roc or Ice? Meanwhile, he gets a much-needed paying assignment to track down the rarest soul music single ever recorded.
With gentrifying Brooklyn as the backdrop, D works to unravel various mysteries—both criminal and musical—while coming to terms with the failure of his security company and the ghosts of his childhood in "old Brooklyn." Like its predecessors The Accidental Hunter and The Plot against Hip Hop, The Lost Treasures of R&B uses pop music as the backdrop for a noir-flavored big-city tale.
- The Lost Treasures of R&B
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Read by Shayna Small
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Release Date: 2/03/15
Formats: Digital Audy
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- Crazy, Sexy, Revenge
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By J. D. Mason
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 10/14/14
Formats: Digital Audy
The exciting final novel in J. D. Mason's riveting, sexy Gatewood family trilogy of betrayal, murder, and revenge!
Jordan Gatewood's life is falling apart. Murder, sex, betrayal, suicide—the women in his world are paying him back for all the terrible things he's done, and they're bringing on the drama in spades. And now, with Desi Green bringing Jordan to the attention of the detective investigating his lover's murder, his tenuous grip on control threatens to unravel completely.
Desi refuses to let anyone back her into a corner. For years, people have tried to set her back and destroy her, but now she's ready to take it to anyone who wants to put her down, including Jordan Gatewood. And when a message comes for her in the form of a brutal attack, Desi will have to fight with everything she has before she gets her revenge.
- Crazy, Sexy, Revenge
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By J. D. Mason
Read by Nicole Small
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Release Date: 10/14/14
Formats: Digital Audy
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- The Plot against Hip Hop
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Read by Shayna Small
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Release Date: 9/01/14
Formats: Digital Audy
The Plot against Hip Hop is a noir novel set in the world of hip-hop culture. The fatal stabbing of esteemed music critic Dwayne Robinson in a Soho office building is dismissed by the NYPD as a gang initiation. But his old friend, bodyguard and security expert D Hunter, suspects there are larger forces at work.
D Hunter's investigation into his mentor's murder leads into a parallel history of hip hop, a place where renegade government agents, behind-the-scenes power brokers, and paranoid journalists know a truth that only a few hard-core fans suspect. This rewrite of hip-hop history mixes real-life figures with characters pulled from the culture's hidden world, including Jay Z, Kanye West, and Russell Simmons.
- The Plot against Hip Hop
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Read by Shayna Small
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Release Date: 9/01/14
Formats: Digital Audy