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Loving an inmate can be hard. For Charmaine it's become her reality, ever since she fell in love with Rico on a visit to see her cousin. Faced with the reality of falling for a man that she never knew on the outside, Charmaine fights back doubt from friends and family members. Can Rico really be God sent and her soulmate? Or is he just another bad male decision to add to her two deadbeat baby fathers?

After they are in a car accident together, video vixen Paisley Lawrence and gospel singer Warren Cobb are mobbed by media speculation. And if that’s not enough, Warren’s wife has a few questions of her own. With rumors flying and speculation rampant, these two must straighten out their stories before tempers get out of control.

Working a minimum-wage job and raising a son has never been harder for Jayla. Each day she feels more and more beat down by life's trials and tribulations. Watching her ailing mother waste away after a serious stroke, makes things even tougher for her. The love she has for her man Keenan is what gets her through these troubled times. Together, they plan on getting out of the projects in Harlem. But unfortunately, that journey won't be an easy one. A traumatic event at her workplace shatters her fragile mental state. She doesn't ever want to go back there. There's got to be a better way to ...

At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac - here is a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, and American culture through the prism of Margo Jefferson's rarefied upbringing and education among a Black elite concerned with distancing itself from Whites and the Black generality while tirelessly measuring itself against both.

What up, doe! Welcome back to the mean streets of Detroit. With all the drama going down in Motown, I knew your nosy self couldn't stay away. Don't worry, you haven't missed a thing. We pick up the story right where we left off in The Real Hoodwives of Detroit, part one. If you thought your first visit to the Motor City was crazy, you ain't seen nothing yet. Nikki, Gucci, and Chloe have been waiting for you, and boy, do they have some fire!

Kalif is everything his adoptive family wanted him not to be: treacherous, conniving, and coldhearted. As much as he wishes to please them, he can't deny who and what he is destined to be. The hot-tempered young man is indeed his father's son. While off his meds, Kalif discovers the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of his birth parents. In a matter of seconds, he totally snaps, ignoring the possible consequences.

Hitta has had his fair share of ups and downs. However, now that Hitta’s time in prison has come to an end, he is ready to hit the streets, His mentor, Royalty Records’ CEO Richard Royal, aka Rolex Rich, has offered his protégé the opportunity of a lifetime. Together, they’re going to change the game. The only thing Rolex Rich wants in return is Hitta’s complete loyalty. Peso, Hitta’s right-hand man, is down for whatever, whenever, wherever! He’s an aspiring rapper who has an immense amount of talent. Peso is just waiting for the right time to make his move into the music ...

If You’re Tired of Doubting Yourself, It’s Time to Speak the Life You Deserve into Existence—Starting Today! Why Do I Lift Everyone Else Up—But Struggle to Believe in Myself? Why Does My Mind Keep Telling Me I’m Not Enough—Even When I Know I Am? How Can I Stop Letting Self-Doubt Hold Me Back? The way you talk to yourself shapes everything. 365 Affirmations for Black Women gives you daily reminders to replace doubt with confidence and step into your power—one simple affirmation at a time. Here's What You’ll Find Inside This Book: 365 affirmations to empower your journey, ...

Thirty-three year old Sierra North is beautiful, saved, and single. She has patiently looked on as her younger sisters have all gotten married. Sierra is happy for her siblings, but she can’t help but want a special someone for herself. When she develops an attraction to the handsome manager of her local supermarket — Camden Mason — she thinks she’s found her soulmate. Her family and friends try to convince her that Camden isn’t the one for her, but she doesn’t want to hear about that. She finally forms a friendship with Derek Young, a talented, saved contractor who’s settled ...

What happens when two hearts from different worlds collide in a small Southern town? They find an unexpected commonality. Maia Collins never planned to rebuild her life in Sweetgum, but inheriting her late aunt’s house and her recent divorce leaves her no choice. Between navigating heartbreak and chasing a fresh start, love is the last thing on her mind—until a chance encounter with Alex Zhang changes everything. Alex, a reserved artist managing his family’s Chinese restaurant, has his own reasons for keeping people at arm’s length after his own recent divorce. But when Maia’s ...

Debut novelist Michele Grant pens a juicy tale in Heard It All Before. Best friends Jewellen and Renee think they know Dallas men like the backs of their hands. But that’s before Jewellen unexpectedly falls for a guy from the wrong side of the tracks, and Renee gets lured away from her own man by a hard-bodied hottie.

Some first loves leave marks. Others leave pieces behind. When Nyla West returns home, everything has changed—except the memories. What started as a crush on her best friend’s brother spiraled into a love that shook her whole world. But heartbreak doesn’t ask for permission. And loss? It doesn’t care how young you are when it finds you. Now, torn between the life she wanted and the reality she’s been handed, Nyla must navigate the wreckage of what was, what still lingers, and what just might be waiting for her if she’s brave enough to choose it. As past secrets unravel, new ...

It's not easy being Married. It's even harder when you're Married To The Mob. The Demonte Family is back for their final roller coaster ride and it's crazier than ever. The wives have been nothing short of understanding and accepting of their husbands lifestyle but, no matter how much they love Corleone, Lucci and Dominic, they have their limits. Being the wife of a Mobster has had its luxurious perks and heartbreaking pitfalls. British, Katera, and Chloe have been the glue that holds their marriages together. The women have come to realize that the lifestyle they have accepted is also the ...

Terica Avery, also known as Hypnotiq on the pole, is now ready to turn over a new leaf. Attempting to make a better life for her son, Terica gets "out" when she meets Herschel, but not everything is what it's expected to be. Soon, Terica finds herself in her own personal pit of hell, but she refuses to stay there. When she meets her trainer and starts to develop feelings, things get messy. After she becomes Hypnotiq Essence, an author, she leaves her old life behind or so she thought. Things are only seeming crazier now and things with her trainer, Dax, are only just beginning.< However, ...

They say all is fair in love and war, but how do you fight when you don't know the enemy is the one you love? Will the Hoover gang be able to reign supreme, or will they fall at the hands of the women who are supposed to have their backs? The infamous Hoover gang - Babyface, Blaze, Quick, and Shadow - have taken Chicago by storm. These four are not your average street thugs. Bank robbers by day and club owners by night, they have held on to their place at the top by never trusting anyone enough to allow them in their circle. The moment they do, all hell breaks loose.

The couple you fell in love with is back and they're fighting one of the biggest cases of their relationship. Their undying love for one another might not be able to survive this latest battle. A scorned woman is a dangerous one and Fatima is back with vengeance. She has every intention on bringing the Ski Mask Mafia down. The possibility of facing life in Federal prison is weighing heavy on Jayceon. The last thing he wants to do is leave his family behind but what choice does he have? Bella on the the other hand refuses to lose the love of her life. It doesn't matter what they say he is or...

After serving ten years in a Seattle women’s detention center for a crime meant for her man, Honey Love is about to return to Chicago with a different mindset than when she went away. Like the down azz chick she always aspired to be, Honey had kept her mouth shut, protecting the man who held her heart in his hands. But he didn't keep it real in return. What will happen when he comes face to face with the one he betrayed? No longer the young naïve eighteen-year-old that she was when she left, Honey is now a grown woman who has to learn how grimy the streets really are. Being about her ...

In Prince of Darkness, a groundbreaking and vivid account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention of his time. He wheeled and dealed in the lily-white business world, he married a White woman, he bought a mansion in rural New Jersey, he owned railroad stock on trains he was not legally allowed to ride, and generally he set his White contemporaries' teeth on edge when he wasn't just plain outsmarting them.

Get ready to meet the messiest family from the south side of Chicago. The mom of two grown twin daughters, Harlem is a cougar through and through, carrying on a torrid affair with a man nearly half her age while dating one of Chicago’s most notorious drug lords. Will she be able to keep her affair under wraps? Or will her tyrant husband find out and end her life, as well as the life of her secret lover?
 Despite being twins, 21-year old Forever and Infinity are as different as night and day. Although she’s the good twin - the sensible one with a level head - Forever ends up falling ...

BOOK ONE of The Collide Series Sometimes love comes unexpectedly... Lauren is a spoiled daddy's girl, brought up under the protection of Miami's elite black society. With a law professor for a mother, and a state attorney for a father, she has been raised to understand the law down to its most fundamental form. She's what they call, in every sense of the term, a Good Girl. As her father prepares to take on the biggest case of his career--going against Miami's most notorious kingpin, Silas Montgomery--tensions begin to rise, and our Good Girl becomes Silas Montgomery's newest target. Now on ...