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  • When Billie was eight years old, her father was murdered. Ever since that day, she has vowed to bring every criminal to justice, especially the man responsible for her father’s death. Twenty years later, Billie is still on a mission to rid the streets of criminals. If she can’t do it legally, then she takes matters into her own hands.

    Billie is the hottest lawyer in the district attorney’s office. Her record for winning cases is unmatched. If she keeps it up, she could one day take the top spot and become the district attorney. Her boyfriend, Walter, is a hard-nosed detective in the Philadelphia police department. He wants more of Billie’s time, but she can’t give it to him, because she’s busy ridding the streets of criminals—and trying to keep her dark secret hidden.

    Can Billie have it all? Can she keep her boyfriend happy, keep her career on track, and still satisfy her lust for street justice?

  • Brice Simpson is a newly promoted heroic detective with a secret past. He’s riding the waves of fame, but he still feels he has something to prove, so Detective Simpson picks up a cold case on the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl. He’s convinced the case will bring him redemption for his past indiscretions, but he soon finds out that the details surrounding the girl’s murder may hit closer to home than he expects. When his younger sister goes missing, Brice’s life is thrown into a tailspin that may cost him everything he has worked for.

    Casey Pete is a famous porn queen. Dominique Branch is a newly married preacher’s wife with a shameful secret. They were the best of friends until they let jealousy, lies, drugs, and Jordan Bleu take over their lives. When Casey attempts suicide, Dominique is reunited with the past she wishes she could erase. Thrust back together by fate, Casey, Dominique, and Jordan are forced to confront each other and the demons from their past—one of which is murder.

    When this unlikely trio crosses paths with Detective Simpson, they turn out to be the only people that might be able to help him solve the haunting cold case and find his missing sister. Will they be able to put the pieces of their lives back together in enough time, or will they all finally realize the steep price of fame?

  • Some call her nice, but most call her nasty …

    Diamond, the sassy vixen that you love to hate, is back, and she has a few more tricks up her sleeve. After Kemp’s death, she quickly moves on and shacks up with his best friend, Black. Unfortunately, things aren’t running as smoothly as they expected. Diamond is quickly losing control of the situation—and her emotions—after multiple attempts on her life by one of the victims she believed she’d killed. To make matters worse, people from her past keep popping up and causing a ruckus, including the father that walked out on her ten years earlier.

    When a fast-talking corner hustler named Money swoops in and becomes Black’s partner, his soldiers become jealous. Black gets locked behind bars, and Money sets his plan in motion, seducing Diamond in an attempt to take Black’s place.

    With all of the drama surrounding her, the “I Rule the World” disposition that got her where she is slowly breaks into a million pieces. In Nicety, you’ll watch her struggle and make mistakes that could cause her to lose the two things she loves the most: Black and money.

  • Nineteen-year-old Jewels is one of the Midwest’s most wanted. The daughter of one of the baddest prostitutes to ever work the streets of St. Louis and a high-end call girl herself, she attracts nothing but the elite.

    She has caught the eye of twenty-two-year-old Rome, a dope boy who quickly makes a name for himself in the Loo. One uneventful night, their worlds collide when Jewels is caught with a violent and deranged client, while Rome is laying low at the same hotel. After that evening, life for Jewels and Rome will never be the same.

    Together, they climb to the top, but Jewels is the one responsible for getting them there.

    Sex, money, and murder are the outcome as the world of prostitution collides with the drug game. Bodies begin to drop, and the streets are littered with corpses as an all-out war is launched. The Midwest heats up and things become even more complicated when Jewels is put in the line of fire and becomes the target.

  • Urban Books’ popular Around the Way Girls series is back, bringing readers more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets.

    Growing up poor and biracial, Shannon never quite fit in. Not truly accepted by either side of her family, the confused teenager turns to the one thing that loves her back unconditionally—the streets. With a bottle of liquor at her side and a worthless mentality in tow, Shannon allows the local strip club and the pole to become her new family. When one of her best customers turns out to be her long-lost brother, all hell breaks loose.

    For Brionna “Breezy” Lee, life has been hell for as long as she can remember. Being mentally, verbally, sexually, and physically abused at the hands of her mother, it seems as if she will never get a break. The only thing keeping her sane is her best friend King, who’s always been by her side; but even he is starting to become frustrated, as she says she’s fed up with the abuse but continually makes excuses for why she won’t seek help. Will Breezy’s loyalty to a mother who couldn’t care less about her cause even more tragedy, or will she listen to her friend and get out before it’s too late?

    Cori and Nique are tired of living bottom barrel in Detroit, with shut-off notices and eviction threats a constant reality. Seeing no other way out, the duo sets a plan into motion, becoming the go-to girls from the hood. From robbing an off-duty cop to running stolen gas cards, smash and grabs, or stealing bundles of expensive weave, they definitely don’t play about their grind. In their world, sometimes being “down 4 whatever” is your only option!

  • Jealousy, envy, and pure hateration. Maybe you’ve been there? Maybe you haven’t? Maybe you know someone that’s going through it? Whatever the case you know when things get rough you can always count on your Sister Girls to be there for you.

    Take a look inside the lives and relationships of Crystal, Susan, Jewell, and Elsie. Their lives are laced with love, addiction, lust, and loyalty. Crystal must deal with a past she can’t escape. Susan is in denial and needs to get real. Jewell is looking for a “good man.” And Elsie is confused about her sexuality. When their issues explode, each woman is forced to confront her life and herself. Their friendship is put to the test numerous times and in ways that they never imagined. Together these four sisters take friendship to a new level that puts the realities of life’s trials and tribulations into their proper perspective.

  • Sister Girls 2 will catch you up with some old characters and introduce you to the new.

    Feeling unfulfilled professionally and looking for a higher purpose, Elsie has decided to leave her law firm and start a nonprofit organization. Even while faithfully attending church, she struggles between the desires of the flesh and her spirituality. She also reconnects with an old friend who may change the course of her life forever.

    Faith, the newly hired therapist of the organization, is married to Raheem, a self-made millionaire who controls Faith by reminding her that “without me, you would be nothing.” Grateful for the lifestyle he provides and the support he offered during her addiction, Faith puts up with more than the average wife would. She will need to learn what’s more important, her dignity or stability.

    Harmony, a young mother with three baby daddies, attends workshops at the organization. She’s tired of living in the hood and barely surviving. She’s ready to let go of her promiscuous past, make changes in her life, and better herself. Her first step is finding out who the father of her first child is. Will her journey strengthen or destroy her current relationship?

    And rounding out the cast of characters is Pastor Bella Gold. While guiding others, she tries to come to terms with her past and her secret shame. Will she succeed, or resign from the pulpit?

    Whether forced to make changes in their lives by circumstance or choice, the women in this story discover their true selves and learn about their own power.

  • In #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon’s thrilling novel of romantic suspense, a gutsy female agent from the Bureau of American Defense encounters an elusive killer who isn’t at all what he seems.

    After losing her mother to a vigilante killer, Terri Mitchell has dedicated her life to justice. Working covertly as a new agent for the Bureau of American Defense agency, she’s consulting with the New Orleans Police Department to bust an organized crime ring suspected of funding terrorism. But when rumors surface of a phantom ghost terrorizing and killing the very people she’s investigating, she’s suspicious.

    Nathan Drake has spent his life protecting his family, the only thing that matters to him … until the most feared drug lord in the southeast takes everything Nathan holds dear. Now he’s a man on a mission with nothing to lose. He figures he only needs to stay alive long enough to protect the innocent lives the killers are out to destroy.

    As the two of them seek a similar goal by different means, Terri and Nathan are drawn deep into an evil underbelly that cuts through all levels of society. Now two people who have no reason to trust must trust in each other or die. And if they die, a deadly attack will be unleashed on thousands of innocent people.

  • B.A.D. agent Sydney Westbrook must find the perfect sniper for a risky counter-terrorism mission. The assignment is simple: find and kill a hired assassin before he kills a high-profile world leader during a peace conference on American soil.

    J. D. Steele, a trained military sniper whose attitude problem landed him in prison, seems a good candidate for the job since he doesn’t have many other options. But it turns out Steele doesn’t take orders easily—not even when they come from an intriguing agent who has his number down pat.

    As they’re dragged deep in to a secret world of freelance killers, Sydney begins to discover the man of honor hidden beneath Steele’s arrogant facade. It’s a man even Steele didn’t know he could be. But how can he fulfill his mission when doing so will risk the life of the only woman he’s ever really cared for?

  • With their families torn apart by the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine and Rain find each other living with the same foster mother, who has a secret life of her own. With Rain’s stern heart of steel and Sunshine’s innocent heart of gold, they try to cope with traumatic, unforeseen circumstances that come their way. As these two diamonds hook up and shine, they go from rags to riches. Watch as Sunshine and Rain deal with death, betrayal, love, and sweet temptation. Can their newfound friendship survive through all the madness?

  • Ethic has power, but love has always been evasive. After ordering the hit that mistakenly killed the love of his life, Ethic is haunted with guilt and refuses to love again. Focused on being a better man and keeping his family safe, he is raising three children, one of which is a defiant teenage girl, Morgan. No matter how hard he tries to keep Morgan away from the streets, she is determined to defy him. When Morgan finds herself in a vulnerable position, Ethic is pulled back into the deadly game where he was once king.

    In this explosive spin-off to Ashley Antoinette’s Moth to a Flame, you will fall in love with Ezra Okafor, a.k.a. Ethic, as he gambles on love and in the streets in hopes that this time he will win.

  • New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon has created a sensation with her sexy stories about the Bureau of American Defense. Now, three novellas about BAD agents are collected in one steamy volume!

    In the all-new “One BAD Night,” the bureau believes that agent Jason Banks has sold them out. Agent Samantha Winslow has never particularly cared for Jason, whom she reluctantly finds attractive, and she volunteers to bring him in. Under orders to infiltrate his rogue mission and kidnap him, she is also trying to pull off the ultimate double-cross. But who would have guessed that Jason would be so pleased to be her captive?

    In “BAD to the Bone,” Marianne wins the Hideaway Heroine Sweepstakes and a chance to pretend to be the heroine in her favorite romance novel. Whisked away to a remote island, Marianne’s daydreams become real when BAD agent Kyle Foster kidnaps her and uncovers her every fantasy.

    In “ ‘Captivated’ by You,” BAD agent Rhea must go undercover as a dominatrix to capture a deadly terrorist. Fortunately, Agent “Ace” Krux, whom she has long desired, is her training partner. Immediately, the roles of master and slave are wonderfully blurred, and Rhea and Ace unleash a wealth of hidden desire.

  • Black Diamond proves why some details are meant to be kept secret. Diamond and Mica have been best friends since grade school and have always watched each other’s backs. After Mica moves out of their drug-infested neighborhood, they have a scandalous falling out and lose touch. It isn’t until Diamond hooks up with Kemp Lo (one of North Philly’s most notorious drug dealers) that she’s able to leave the hood.

    Under extreme circumstances, Mica and Diamond meet up and are back on the map as the Laverne and Shirley of the ghetto. Unfortunately, both women have ulterior motives for rekindling their friendship. The two plot to get rid of Kemp and hit the road with his fortune, but one of them has her own sinister plan that could leave the other staring death in the eye.

    In this fast-paced drama, secrets are revealed and lives are destroyed in the process. Will their friendship be able to stand the turmoil? Or will everything fall apart, leaving them both with nothing? The result of simple pillow talk will have them both fighting to survive.

  • Malaya Ipswich is stuck in a marriage that she describes as pure hell. Her husband, Trent, is nothing short of a man whore, and he shows no compassion to his wife or devotion to their marriage.

    After years of contemplating a divorce, Malaya is swept off of her feet by a young, sexy thug. Oblivious to the fact that this thug has a motive of his own, she is caught up in a deadly love triangle. She soon learns that the grass is not greener on the other side, and no one is really who they say they are.

    Javon Sanders is a young goon with a deadly past that catches up with him when he is charged with multiple crimes. Being the con artist that he is known to be, he weasels himself into his lawyer’s life with no good intentions. Things take a turn for the worse when tragedy hits his family, and Javon becomes desperate. No one is safe in his world, and he ends up betraying the one person that was in his corner.

  • Ceazia Devereaux has seen it all on the streets. She’s gone from a gangster’s girl to being married to the game. After the murders of a few of her associates, she’s ready to divorce herself from the lifestyle she once knew and become the “good girl” she was raised to be.

    Ceazia finds her way to Atlanta, where she hopes to find a man who can take care of her. Parlay is a big-name rapper who fits the bill perfectly. Ceazia sets up a chance encounter with him, thinking she’s on her way to a fresh start.

    Danielle, her arch-enemy, has other plans for Ceazia. She’s bound and determined to make Ceazia pay for her past sins. But when she gets caught up in the very same web she weaves and someone sets out to destroy Danielle’s life, will her thirst for revenge take a back seat?

  • Against all odds, Adirah Messa has been accepted to Billet University, a prestigious institution founded in the 1800s for people of color. Determined to excel, she arrives at the university intent on minimizing distraction and focusing on her studies. That goal is soon interrupted when she is noticed by members of the “in” crowd, who invite her to the most popular frat party on campus.

    Adirah finds herself smitten with someone of another race and is taken on a ride she can never return from. Unbeknownst to her, Adirah’s newfound love is not only a master seducer; he is also one of the most powerful figures in the underworld of Vampirism. Tangled up in a web of love, Adirah becomes involved in her lover’s lifestyle in more ways than one.

    Before she knows it, Adirah becomes Queen to his tribe. Is she prepared to accept all the responsibility that entails? When a rival clan targets Adirah and her identity is exposed, she must make some quick and serious decisions. Will she react in time, or is it already too late?

  • This collection is full of gritty stories of strong, spirited women who deal with everything from homicide and drugs to all sorts of turmoil—all while showing the men of the streets of Brooklyn that they are not afraid of anything.

    Perhaps the edgiest of all the Girls from da Hood books, this drama-filled installment follows a drug fueled crime operation, which could put the girls and their extravagant lifestyles in permanent danger. But these girls from da hood are trying to find a way out of their troubles, by any means necessary. Featuring doomed romances, fast cash, hustlers, tragedy, and dreams of escape, these are tales of tough, resilient women who cope with drugs, murder, and mayhem—and show the men of the streets what they’re made of.

  • Jewel used to be content with being a ride or die chick, playing Bonnie while the men in her life played Clyde. But now she realizes that it was her connections and street smarts that helped her man, Calico, rise to the top, and Jewel wants to be the one in control. She’s tired of taking orders from men.

    She’s willing to do anything to be queen of the streets, but when a deal she makes with the enemy comes back to haunt her, her dream is turned into a nightmare. Hopeless and struggling to keep her head above water, Jewel meets Misty, who seems to be her savior. They quickly form a bond, but when that bond is broken and the mist turns to rain, Jewel finds herself in the middle of a storm that she might not make it out of.

  • Jewel climbed up the heap to become queen of the streets, diva of all divas. But now that she’s expecting a baby, she’s concerned about just one thing—giving her child a good life, away from the guns, the drugs, and the lies. However, that also means a life away from the glitz and glam that Jewel still craves, and she’s not quite ready to give it all up … not until she’s back on top. Flat broke and miles away from her fugitive baby daddy, Jewel will have to put every bit of her street savvy, as well as her sharp business skills, into action to gain back her place and her power.

  • Brokenhearted, scorned Ceazia is back home in Virginia and up to her old ways. With her road dawg, Diamond, by her side, she’s unstoppable, until the attention she’s used to falls on her friend and envy rears its ugly head.

    When she pulls Shawn, Diamond gets the luxuries Ceazia’s used to and now lacking, which sets things off. Now eager to get a man that outshines Shawn, Ceazia meets Judah. Catching wind that Shawn is indebted to Judah, Ceazia devises the perfect plan to knock Shawn off his pedestal and end Diamond’s fantasies.

    Trust no one without knowing their agenda, or be ready to find out whose game is tighter.

  • The year is 1978. The Duncan brothers and their tough-as-nails women have vanquished their rivals and taken their place as the leaders of Waycross, Georgia’s criminal enterprises. However, their rise to power has not gone unnoticed, and the family is rocked when their mother, Miss Bettie, is kidnapped and her body is found in a swamp.

    No one knows who the killers are, but instead of drawing closer, the family is split when their grief-stricken leader, LC, is offered membership in the South’s most powerful black organization, the Council. Membership has its privileges, but they do not include his brothers. LC packs up his growing family and moves to Atlanta to open his first car dealership.

    Unable to deal with their mother’s death, Lou Duncan searches for her killers with the help of an unlikely ally—LC’s ex-fiancée. Her presence may cost him his relationship with his brothers, but Lou is resigned to that fact because Donna’s help is instrumental in finding Ms. Bettie’s abductors. What he will soon learn is that his search for the truth will also lead him to discover a long-buried Duncan family secret.

  • Veteran authors Ashley and JaQuavis offer up their first solo efforts, and they’re hotter than ever! Along with Ayana Ellis, they introduce listeners to some “real sistas” who know how to get what they want at all costs. For these women, if it’s dangerous it just means the payout will be that much sweeter.

    Offering up their trademark mix of sex, drama, and intrigue, Ashley and JaQuavis’ stories will leave you guessing until the shocking endings. Add that to Ayana Ellis’ intense story of lies, betrayal, and deceit, and you get Girls from da Hood 4, a collection you won’t be able to put down.

  • The riveting Hell’s Diva series continues as Mecca Skyes returns to take her revenge on the only person she ever thought she could trust.

    Beautiful Mecca was only a kid when her parents were killed, and she was saved from the rough streets of Brooklyn when her aunt Ruby, the “Godmother of Crime,” took her in. Ruby rubbed out the goons that murdered Mecca’s parents and everything seemed fine—until Ruby betrayed Mecca by sleeping with her man, setting in motion a series of events that nearly left Mecca dead from a gunshot wound.

    Now Mecca’s all healed, but her heart is cold, and she won’t rest until she brings Ruby down. But things may not turn out the way Mecca thinks they will …

  • JaQuavis Coleman chillingly chronicles the life and crimes of Harlem resident Hazel Brown as she rises to the highest highs and spirals into an inevitable, devastating downfall.

    Hazel has nothing and no one in her life; the only thing she “owns” is an insatiable addiction to heroin. Her addiction brings her to the slums, where she quickly learns the tricks of surviving—of hustling and getting her street smarts. She’ll do anything to feed her habit, even if it means robbing and conning and selling her own body. Yet no matter how much heroin she does, the pain that has cut deep within her never goes away.

    The Dopefiend is a story so intimate and compellingly written, you’ll feel like you’re walking in Hazel’s shoes.

  • There’s a sayin’ that if you come from my part of town, that you’re from around the way. Around the Way Girls 4 is a look at the life of some street-smart women who think they have the world in the palm of their hands but are about to find out that things aren’t always what they seem.

    For talented artist Jovia Grant, life has gone from one extreme to the other. Being raised by a single mother living in a lavish home, her much-needed break from home comes when she is accepted into a summer art program where she rediscovers old friends and meets a few new ones. In “Thug Passion,” La Jill Hunt, Essence magazine bestselling author, brings in the drama as these two worlds collide and Jovia’s family discovers that she has been learning more than art.

    In “All for Love,” Dwayne S. Joseph weaves a dramatic tale of love and betrayal. After the turmoil she suffered in her twenty years, Rayne is thankful for the safety and companionship given to her by her boo Love. Unfortunately for Rayne, the drama and heartache are about to come back into her life in a major way when she finds out she is pregnant with Quincy’s baby.

    In “All about the Money” Roy Glenn, it truly was about the money for Jada West. From dancing at the best club to becoming the city’s top madame, whatever it took to make piles of paper, that’s what she was about. In this tale of power and money, Glenn bring a different flavor to this around the way girl as Jada discovers that, in the end, there is something more important than money.

  • Exotic dancer Ceazia Deveareux has grown accustomed to the luxurious lifestyle she was living before the death of her boyfriend, Vegas Jackson. Even though she was the one who caused his death, Ceazia feels no guilt. She believes she still deserves to have the finest of everything, and she’s determined to get it.

    Vegas’ brother Snake is patiently waiting for the day that he can avenge his brother’s death. The only problem is that he has a fascination with strippers, and the sexy Ceazia might prove to be more than he can resist.

    In this follow-up to her hit novel A Ganster’s Girl, Chunichi delivers more of her trademark style. Married to the Game is a fast-paced tale of sex, betrayal, and murder.

  • The Dopeman: Memoirs of a Snitch is a complex tale about the life and times of one the biggest drug traffickers the Midwest has ever seen.

    In the summer of 2009, the FBI has launched an intricate plot to take down one of the most prolific drug organizations, and Seven Smith is their main target. Seven establishes a relationship with an up-and-coming hustler and takes him under his wing. But unbeknownst to Seven, his protégé works for the authorities.

    The young hustler falls in love with a woman who is off-limits, and he has to make a difficult decision that puts many people’s lives at risk.

    Lola Banks is the daughter of a well-known hit man and street legend in Ohio. When she lays her eyes on the out-of-towner/snitch, it becomes a forbidden love. She is caught in a web of lies and deceit, only to learn the hurtful truth in the very end. This is a hustler’s love story at its absolute finest.

  • Jewel is young and beautiful, and with several hustles under her belt, she’s all about making money. This doesn’t leave much time for friends, but she’ll always make time for Touch, the local hustler. He’s been her friend since grammar school, when they made a lifelong pact to look out for each other. Lucky for them, their promise has never been put to the test—until now.

    When Michael Burroughs arrives on the scene from LA, he floods the East Coast with top-notch product and quickly earns his title as the California Connection—“Calico” for short. He’s also a smooth brotha with a knack for getting whatever he wants out of women then tossing them to the side. When he meets Jewel, sparks fly, and things quickly spin out of control.

    Touch knows how Calico operates and doesn’t want to watch his friend get used and abused. Little does he know, he doesn’t have to worry about her, because Jewel has a few tricks of her own. When Calico shows his true colors, Jewel knows just how to get revenge. Will her plans backfire, or will she be the last woman standing?

  • When Mecca’s parents are killed in front of her by a family friend, she learns that true friends are few and far between. She is taken in by her aunt, and soon finds out who is really riding for her and who is just around because they fear the wrath of Aunt Ruby. Making a deal with the devil doesn’t seem all that bad when you’re sitting on top of the world, with endless amounts of money and designer everything, but it’s not long before her beloved Aunt Ruby is snatched away from her. Mecca is forced to fend for herself. She learns to play with the hand she was dealt, but who will be left standing in the end? In Mecca’s world, everyone is suspect, and no one can be trusted, not even family. When the truth is revealed to her, it is up to Mecca to decide if she’ll do the right thing and lead a life of righteousness, or continue to walk down the same dark path as her aunt.

  • Meet Ceazia, a very attractive, very good girl who has just left the safety of her parents’ home and entered into the world of bad boys and fast money. Ceazia thinks the world belongs to her when she meets Vegas, one of the Tidewater, Virginia area’s most notorious drug dealers. Even though a relationship with Vegas goes against everything her parents taught her, she still can’t resist his bad boy persona. He’s fine, sexy, and ready to give her anything her heart desires—just what the doctor ordered for a broke, wannabe diva. This might just end up being the biggest mistake of her life.

  • Thalia, a twenty-five-year-old wild girl gone good, moves back to her old neighborhood after a failed engagement and manages to catch the eye of the town’s most wanted man—the incredibly sexy, single, devoted, and charismatic Reverend Isaac. Not only is there a large age difference between Thalia and the middle-aged pastor, but he also happens to be the father of Madison, her best friend since junior high school. Madison isn’t trying to deal with her father dating anyone after her mother’s death.

    Thalia asks Isaac to keep their relationship a secret, but he’s been intrigued by her ever since she was a teenager, and now he wants the world to know. When tragedy strikes, their love is exposed to her family, his colleagues, his congregation, and her best friend. Now it seems like the whole town is in an uproar.

    The gossiping church mothers in Mount Pleasant aren’t the only problem that Thalia and Isaac have, though. A former lover rears his ugly head and forces their relationship to change for the absolute worst. Can this May-December romance survive when it seems fate is just not on their side?

  • Time stands still as up-and-coming fashion editor Gray Rose watches the man of her dreams walk into the club.

    The last thing Saint Louis kingpin Gunz Marciano wants is to become attached to one woman—until he spots Gray.

    After one night of erotic passion, Gunz and Gray embark on a tumultuous journey. When their obsessive love becomes too much and Gunz wants out, Gray is ready to let him go. Then she learns the identity of his new woman, and things get complicated.

    Gunz and Roses is a sensational, passionate drama filled with an intense mix of suspense, lies, and murder.

  • For Unique, life is good until her dope-dealing boyfriend, Took, is arrested and winds up in jail. Now she’s broke as a joke’ trying to put every petty hustle into play to chase hard times away from the door. With an empty refrigerator, a stack of bills piling up, a tenth grade education, a big butt and a smile, it doesn’t take long for her to learn to pull the wool over the eyes of any fool who’s blinded by her good looks. She’s sure that one day some guy’s slip-up will be her ultimate come-up, and her days of nickel and dime swindles will be a thing of the past. Unique knows that every scandalous chick has her day, but doesn’t realize that her day will come too!

    If luck were money, Nina Thomas would be one broke sister. After taking a stab at stripping, she finds herself once again on the wrong end of a bad choice. Now she’s on trial for murder, and the consequences of spending too much time with the wrong folks might just end up costing her life.

    Anyeh is out for revenge, and with the help of a secret friend on the other end of her cell phone, known only as “my baby,” she just might get what she wants. She’s after Diablo, the most well-known hustler in Virginia. He’s one careful brother; but in the end, his feelings for Anyeh might just be his undoing.

  • The Red Bottom Bandits may be the world’s most fashion-forward gang of masked outlaws. They’re the talk of D. C. for their daring robberies and fly gear. And their latest caper is penned by Ashley Antoinette (of Ashley & JaQuavis) at her sultry, streetwise best.

    When the innocent, naïve Gucci recognizes ringleader Sunny Raegan during a holdup, that’s her “in” with the Bandits. Knowing she’s got a lot more beauty than brains, Gucci sees the gang as her meal ticket. More likely, they’ll be her ticket to the morgue!

    The Bandits may be lawless, but they play by a few simple rules: Get in and get out, shoot first and ask questions later, never leave without the money, and innocent people don’t get hurt. But it’s only a matter of time before all these rules get broken—and that’s when Gucci gets caught!

    If there’s one thing a girl needs, it’s a little help from her friends. But her “friends” have skipped town without giving her a second thought. And Sunny is distracted by her new baby and her violent ex-lover. So Gucci’s on her own. She’s on trial for her life, and she must decide whether to snitch on the girls—or take the fall all by herself. Whichever she chooses, it may be her death sentence.

  • Love, lies, adultery, and death.

    Ashley and JaQuavis introduce listeners to London, a beautiful immigrant from Trinidad. She was given to her husband by her father in order to settle a debt. Standing by her husband’s side to make him the envy of his associates is a day in the life, but behind closed doors, their relationship becomes cold, and the abuse that she encounters has her looking for a way out.

    When she meets a young thug named Kalil, he opens her eyes to a world she never knew. Afraid of the repercussions of her actions, she avoids Kalil at all costs, but his relentless pursuit makes their love inevitable.

    Enter the world of The Trophy Wife. Her story will keep you guessing until the final page, and the outcome will leave you breathless.

  • Every Hustler’s reign ends in one of two ways: prison or death. Refusing to let that prediction become a reality, Julius “Jules” Carter creates new rules to an old game. Strategically, he forms one of the most notorious drug operations Harlem has ever seen. Jules thought the game was his biggest challenge—until he meets Tish.

    Young and ambitious, Tish is determined to escape from Harlem’s allure, but her love for Jules has her rooted. It isn’t long before she’s tangled in Julius’ web of lies and deceit. When she finds out about his past demons and connects them with her own, she discovers that there’s a thin line between love and hate.

    You can’t turn a bad girl good, but once a good girl turns bad, she’s gone forever. Julius finds out the hard way that everything done in the dark eventually comes to light.

  • After her world is brutally destroyed, Anari becomes the epitome of a good-girl-turned-bad. Consumed with a desire for revenge, she and her best friend, Monica, enter a life of drugs, fast money, and betrayal—adopting the very lifestyle that pushed them into the game in the first place. Hiding their true identities, they quickly rise to the top of New Jersey’s dope game. Using everyone who crosses their paths, nothing—not betrayal or addiction—will stop them from dispensing their street justice.

  • From the biggest names in urban fiction comes a collection of unforgettable stories of urban love and its consequences.

    Flirting with Disaster by Tracy Brown

    Chloe Webster is pursuing her journalism degree at Hunter College. Then she meets Trey, a handsome and well-dressed cat with hood swagger. When Trey tells Chloe that he is pursuing a degree in psychology, Chloe thinks she has finally met someone who has his head screwed on right. But as Chole’s flirtation with Trey intensifies, secrets are revealed, and she finds that she’s playing with fire.

    Wild Cherry by K’wan

    Gina is married to a man who more than takes good care of her, but her life of luxury comes with a price that she’s not sure she can pay anymore. Princess’ man doesn’t see her as any more than dollar signs as long as she keeps using her body to bring in the stacks. When Gina and Princess meet and realize that they share a common problem, they set into motion an unforgettable plot that will solve all their problems.

    Twice in a Lifetime by Angel Mitchell

    Beautiful Marley Lucas has had her heart broken before. She vows to never experience that kind of pain again—until love hits her when and where she least expects it. And this love turns out to be the most devastating of all.

  • Detective Grainger has finally recovered from a shaky career by closing a major case in the small town of Rock City. He goes from the fringe of being kicked off the force to a local hero. During his fifteen minutes of fame, bodies with familiar faces start to turn up. In Grainger’s world, there were no such things as coincidences, so he immediately starts a back-door investigation. When he finally starts to piece together the pattern, Grainger realizes that a childhood secret he thought long buried is threatening to come to light. Some scars never healed, and a nasty wound is about to be reopened that could cost Grainger his job, if not his life.

  • Would you take your own life to save someone you love?

    Janelle, a freshman in college, is coping after the tragic death of her father in a suspicious automobile accident. Her grades are slipping, but she’s offered an extra credit assignment to help get back on track. The assignment? Work as a volunteer for a suicide hotline. When she receives a call from a deranged man who knows everything about her, her family secrets are brought to light. She soon discovers that her father didn’t just die in a car wreck—he was murdered, and now the killer is after Janelle and her loved ones.

    With nowhere else to turn, Janelle reaches out to a detective. Her story seems far-fetched, but her fear is genuine. Detective Grainger must prove her theory and catch the killer before he makes good on his threat. But the task proves easier said than done when the bodies begin piling up.

    The killer’s demands are simple: Janelle must either kill herself to balance the scales for a loved one he lost, or he will continue to murder those closest to her until there is no one left.

  • The second novel in the explosive, addictive new Luxe series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette

    Bleu is addicted to the luxe life, and it has led her down a road of self-destruction. She knows what it feels like to be turned out by the game. With a crack addiction that she can’t seem to escape, she’s desperate for a savior. The problem is she has two great loves who both want to come to her rescue.

    When her best friend, Noah, comes searching for her, Bleu is faced with a dilemma: Will she let him save her, or will she stick with kingpin Iman, who has loved her since their first encounter? Or will both men lose her to the abusive, deadly love of the high?

  • In this scintillating sequel to Dirty Little Secrets, Tyler Blake is off to Hollywood, the newest starlet of Tinsel Town, with a wonderful man by her side. Unfortunately that man is married, and she once again crosses paths with controlling T-Roc. When Tyler thinks her life can’t get any more complicated, she falls in love with Andre Jackson. He has it all—money, fame, movie-star looks, and the bad boy reputation that Tyler vowed to avoid. But more than that Andre has Chantal Morgan, long-term girlfriend and mother of his child, who is determined to go from hooker to housewife. Has Tyler finally met her match?

  • Nothing prepares Tyler Blake for the fast-paced living of New York City. A small-town girl from Georgia, she quickly gets caught up in the glamorous entertainment industry.

    While pursuing her dream of becoming an actress, Tyler continually gets sidetracked by men who promise to help her and finds herself going from one dysfunctional relationship to another. Just when Tyler finally believes she has found her ideal man in hip-hop producer Brian McCall, everything begins to go horribly wrong.

    Trapped in a nightmarish relationship, Tyler is determined not to go down without a fight.

  • Harlem had always lived by the code of the streets and respected the rules that governed them. But when his enemies break those rules and bring drama to his family, Harlem comes up with a plan to send them a very clear message: all is fair in love and war!

  • After news of the attempted murder of his estranged fiancée, Gucci, Animal has two things on his mind: love and gunplay.

    With the help of his mistress, the deadly Red Sonja, Animal manages to elude his captors in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and washes up on the shores of Miami, Florida. He’s one step closer to home, but it may as well have been a world away. Animal is still a wanted fugitive, and getting to New York undetected proves to be trickier than he thought. This all changes when he meets an old friend of Red Sonja, a New Orleans refugee named Diamonds.

    Diamonds promises to provide Animal with safe passage from Miami to New York and all the firepower he will need to settle his blood debt, but he also brings something far more valuable to the table, the name of the man who shot Gucci. Diamonds holds the key to unlocking the mystery of what really happened that tragic night in Harlem, but the information comes at a price.

    Animal finds himself swept up into a deadly game of cat and mouse set in the glamorous Miami underworld of sex, drugs, and violence, where cash is king and death is always lurking. His only ally is a mysterious stripper named Reign, who harbors a secret of her own that threatens to change everything.