African American Suspense

The State of Jones is a true story about the South during the Civil War, the real South. Not the South that has been mythologized in novels and movies, but an authentic, hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich man's war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War.

On a rainy spring day in Los Angeles, Homicide Detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called away from a rare lunch date to Bonner Park, where the body of 13-year-old Chanita Lords has been discovered. Chanita was interested in photography and, much like Lou, a black girl destined to leave the housing projects behind. Her death fits a chilling pattern of exceptional African American girls - dancers, artists, honors scholars - gone recently missing in the same school district, the one Lou attended not so long ago.

Cary and Jackson’s secrets are out, and both men are willing to break all the rules for the woman they love. However, the secrets, lies, and cravings that follow, fuel the embers inside Lauren into a raging inferno. The darker side that is smothered by loyalty, sacrifice, and love, smolders . . . then burns into resentment, desire, and revenge. Lauren may be forced to come to grips with the truth, to accept her fate, but you can bet, she will also make sure they pay.

From Richard Wright comes a compelling story of one man's attempt to escape his past and start anew in Harlem. Cross Damon is a man at odds with society and with himself—a man of superior intellect who hungers for peace but who brings terror and destruction wherever he goes. The Outsider is an important work of fiction that depicts American racism and its devastating consequences in raw and unflinching terms. Brilliantly imagined and frighteningly prescient, it is an epic exploration of the tragic roots of criminal behavior.

Nasty and Soulja were ruthless kingpins on the streets of Baltimore. Now in prison, nothing has changed. They are still running things from behind the penitentiary walls. Even though they are still getting large amounts of money, it cannot solve all of their problems. Daily, they deal with the reality that they left loved ones behind.

Blanche White is working as a temporary cook and housekeeper for a right-wing Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, Alistair Brindle, when someone tries to blackmail him. It's an ugly mess that Brindle's political team is eager to sweep under the carpet and that Blanche can't resist cleaning up herself...especially after a young black man is killed who knew too much about Brindle's dirty laundry. Her investigation raises dark secrets involving sex, environmental contamination, and political corruption, difficult stains that someone is trying to remove with murder.

Someone wants Morgan Shaw dead—or so the beautiful, brilliant, and hugely popular evening news anchor of top-rated Chicago TV station WLTV believes. Fearing for her safety, she turns to P. I. Ashe Cayne for protection. Though he sympathizes, Ashe turns her down—he’s not a bodyguard. But when Morgan’s car tires are slashed and she’s threatened again, Ashe agrees to help her.

Widowed and officially retired, Eugeena Patterson throws herself into organizing the neighborhood association. This presents a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and get to know new neighbors, like recently widowed Amos Jones - that is until Eugeena stumbles upon her estranged neighbor’s dead body. Eugeena’s daughter is fingered as a prime suspect, but where is she? Determined to find her missing daughter, Eugeena and Amos sort through a list of neighbors with shady or unknown backgrounds.

Novie swore she'd never do two things in her lifetime: head up the family drug trade and be some man's baby momma. Unfortunately, when she meets Genesis Kane, things don't go quite as she'd planned. Genesis is an attorney with a reputation for being a "piranha in pinstripes" both in and out of the courtroom. With Novie's mother bugging her to help the family or disappear and her father on a mission to keep reaping land, cars, and more side chicks no matter the cost, Novie is feeling pressured.

After a long Labor Day weekend, 73-year-old Eugene Washington is found dead in his Leimert Park home. At first blush, his death seems unremarkable- heat wave combined with food poisoning from a holiday barbecue. But something in the way Washington died doesn’t make sense. LAPD Homicide Detective Elouise "Lou" Norton is called to investigate the death and learns that the only family Washington had was the 6,000-member congregation of Blessed Mission Ministries, led by Bishop Solomon Tate. But something wicked is lurking among the congregants of this church.

Savannah is Velcrow City’s notorious serial killer. What started out as her seeking revenge on men for the pain she endured as a child, fun and gain turned personal. She was now seeking revenge on the people who have hurt doing it the best way she knows how; murder. She is hard to catch and untouchable. Until she crosses paths with her daughter who is determined to bring her to justice. Nadine Sinclair is the daughter of Savannah. A crime reporter who discovers that her entire life has been a lie. Seeking to take on the case of Savannah Vein, Nadine not only discovers that her birth ...

Kimera Davis thought she was finally free from marrying for money - and living way too many lies. Until her obsessed ex-husband ignited the ultimate dark hoax, a spectacularly malicious deception that's left her family, and her best friend, Adria, reeling. Now Kimera and her young son are prisoners at a remote estate, under the thumb of her ex's powerful father. And she has only one slender chance of escape.

It's a few weeks before her 40th birthday, and Sienna finally has the life she's dreamed of: a husband who loves her, a private practice that's flourishing, and an extended family that has finally put its skeletons to rest. However, when a homeless woman named Sweet Violet comes under Sienna's care, with nothing on her but broken memories and a pocket watch stopped at 5:11, Sienna knows the peaceful life she's been enjoying will come to a screeching halt.

**FULL STANDALONE NOVEL** Lucas Davenport is sick and tired of everyone he knows hovering over him and his shrink sipping his room temperature coffee and asking all these intrusive questions! He didn’t die, and despite the fact that he doesn’t remember what happened that day, he’s doing just fine now so everyone can just go back to normal! But when they don’t he finds solace at a restaurant owned by millionaire Simone Reed, whom he quickly falls for. The only problem is he has a wife (Vanessa). As he and Simone grow closer the events leading up to that fateful day he almost died are...

A go-getter by nature, Amoni Cash always makes sure to obtain whatever his heart desires. That includes the women he sets his sights on. One has him by the history they share, and the other has his heart in a chokehold. Not sure which way he should go, Amoni figures he can have it his way and entertain them both. The plot thickens when a team player grows tired of not being the star player. In the blink of an eye, Amoni's ideal life is transformed into ruins when he finds himself losing control.

Please Note: This is Book Two (2) of a Standalone Steries. You are not required to read Book One (1) to enjoy this story. “The past is never where you think you left it.” ― Katherine Anne Porter After the humiliation of being exposed and losing the subsequent trial, Mora is starting her life over with a new name, a new university, new friends, and a potential boyfriend. Her former life is defunct—or so she thinks. When a college party leads to an encounter with an old acquaintance, Mora realizes the past never stays buried. Old wounds are ripped open, and her former life collides ...

Most of us are aware of the age old saying ‘Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.’ Well Ryder Haynes is the exception, being completely oblivious to the fact that words carry weight she learns about the power she holds in her tongue the hard way. Twelve years ago, Ryder uttered the cruelest words no daughter should ever say to their mother. Now she’s back home to bid her mother a premature farewell. However, Ryder soon learns that her mother’s death wasn’t from natural causes and her death may possibly have been at the hands of someone very close to her. Once...

Chyna and Shamera are not your typical siblings. Chyna grew up and followed her dreams of being a gynecologist. Shamera grew up as the screw up of the family. Her jealousy of her sister and the fact that everything came so easy to Chyne caused her to despise her sister for being so career-driven and successful. But could a family secret be the reason for their bond being so broken? For the circumstances that cause Shamera to do the unthinkable? Could their relationship be mended once everything is laid out on the table? Follow along in book one of this series with these two siblings as hurt...

AN AFRICAN AMERICAN URBAN ROMANCE AND BESTSELLING SERIESAfter almost six years, Maceo and Chrissy King marriage could be over with. Maceo has completely ignore his vows. Especially the part, ‘forsaking all others.’ Cheating is his side hobby, and been faithful doesn’t exist. With Maceo being extremely sexy, arrogant, and successful, it takes a strong man to turn down some wet panties. Even though he loves his wife Chrissy, he keeps a sidepiece on standby. He can’t help himself. Maceo has a weakness for fine, freaky women. The King’s marriage looks perfect from the outside looking ...

Dodgers is the story of a young man named East who works for an LA drug gang, sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys - including East's hotheaded younger brother - to kill a witness connected to a major case, who is hiding out in Wisconsin. The journey takes East out of a city he's never left and into an America that is entirely alien to him, and over the course of his journey the book brings in elements from a diverse array of genres, ranging from crime fiction to road narrative to coming-of-age novel.