African Urban

MASK ON… The problem with being fake is that eventually your mask starts to fall and when it does, people around you won’t recognize the person before them. This is what happens to Ember. Ember has had to wear a mask most of her life to not only keep people from getting in but to also keep herself from having her heart crushed into a million pieces. Her first heartbreak didn’t come from a man…it came from her mother Neecee. When Neecee leaves Ember to be raised by her father she builds an ice box around her heart. Eventually she meets her knight and shining armor Iro. Iro is a man ...

Imani Jones believed a man was meant to be nurtured into his true self. She often made the common mistake many women made of taking some dirt, adding blood, sweat and tears to turn it to clay, molding it, fashioning it, polishing it up and putting it in the window for display. Then, they went out and found a more refined piece of pottery to match the beauty she had bestowed in them. It was a Catch-22 and she had come to the conclusion that she was meant to be alone… A woman of affairs. Affairs that left a new scent lingering on her skin each night. Until Vincent Garvey entered the picture...

When Chris goes to confront Kaine, he has no idea that Kaine would make a discovery that causes things to get deadly. After Treasure’s two love lives collide in the worst way, she is left figuring out what the right decision is to make involving her heart. Coco is still fueled by anger and on her payback tour when she runs into a fun piece of revenge who is one of Deion’s homeboys. As love is being formed between a few people, enemies are being made between others making Atlanta a dangerous place for everyone involved. Will love win in the end or will the secrets amongst the city block ...

Sienna and Frog belong to an organization run by Kema, a ruthless and calculating mastermind who will stop at nothing in order to maintain her stronghold on the city's streets. Frog is her number one enforcer and Sienna is her protege. Together, Frog and Sienna hold Kema down and wreak havoc as they discover an immeasurable degree of love in each other.

THIS IS A STANDALONE NOVELLA Yoko, the Godmother of Chicago nightlife, has just entered her tenth year in business. She plans a $30,000 blow out turn up for her 30th birthday and soon after the 'Rona hit. Chicago is shut down for months. Having to look out for 30 people who depend on her for work leaves Yoko cash strapped and desperate. Meanwhile, her brother DJ Zen comes up with a scam to hustle the government out of 'Rona relief funds. Hustling backward has its risks and rewards. Can Yoko bounce back during the shutdown, or will handcuffs and cell blocks determine her future? THIS IS A ...

The lovely Dana Bryce was forced to grow up without a mother and a father in her life. However, she was fortunate enough to have a doting grandmother. Unfortunately, her grandmother's love and support still proved to be lacking for Dana. Why? She had a hole in her heart from missing her parents, an emptiness inside, that she kept trying to fill by looking for love in all the wrong places. She ends up with a child at an early age and with a criminal conviction. With those two things working against her, she doesn't see how she can come up in life and she thinks she’s destined for a future ...

The highly anticipated finale from the critically acclaimed Love in the Chamber series is here. Finally the answers to the questions you've been seeking-- Is Frog dead? What will become of Sienna and her baby? Has Jerimiah completely lost his mind or has he learned to accept losing the love of his life? Is Kema ready to handle business without her trusted enforcer and brother by her side, and what will she do now that John T has a hit out on her life? ~~Rasheed has weaved together a timeless masterpiece that sucks you in and steals your breath from the opening scene and holds you by the ...

Dannika Mallory is a beautiful savage who doesn’t mind pulling the trigger. She really doesn’t have a choice but to be. Having a father with a military background wasn’t what it was cracked up to be. At the age of fifteen, she was prepped for the life of a cold-hearted killer. Her father and brother groomed her to become a sharp shooter. Now that she is thirty, she thought she was putting that life behind her or at least she tries to. Dannika is retiring and her brother has the perfect person to take her place. When Dannika is sought out to do a job, she never meets with the person to...

This six-book box set contains Quick Reads published by Tanisha Stewart. This is a multi-genre collection, ranging from contemporary romance to urban drama. Kick back, relax, and get ready to watch as these page-turning reads unfold. YOU LEFT ME AT THE ALTAR Trina had spent the last three years in a perfect relationship with Brandon. Now after planning the perfect wedding with the man of her dreams, everything she had hoped for their lives together was on the brink of coming true. That is, until the day of the wedding when a very important guest didn’t arrive... the groom himself, Brandon...

Thanks to James Johnson's ground-breaking technology, the drug game and oil exports are now on life support. His prophecy has been fulfilled. However, the Saudi Arabian Oil King, Shalik Khalid, has unleashed a vicious death squad on American soil. The message is clear, and now the surviving members of the Johnson clan must regroup, while the architect of their movement lies in critical condition. The reigns have been passed down and now there exists one logical decision for the heirs to the throne. "Bring to them what they brought to us!"

He’s young, rich, intelligent, tall and ready to settle down. I’m Louisiana thick, curvy, and I’d like to say fine because it fits, and I keep trying to talk myself out of love. And as fate would have it, I’m stuck in his home on Christmas Day. Being an assistant, to Destiny- the owner and lead decorator at Dobrielle's-has good and bad qualities. It's one of Louisiana's largest and most sought after design firms. And I'm leaning but eager for my opportunity to shine. I get big coins, but I’m still only my boss’s assistant. She gives me the job to decorate the office Christmas ...

If one man could have it all, Lucci would fit the description. With a Fortune 500 company to his name, a thriving non-profit under his patronage, a beautiful and devoted wife, and millions of dollars at his disposal, he has achieved every dream imaginable. But for all he has been able to obtain in life, Lucci is still not content; the desire for more never ceasing. His obsession with attractive women and lack of restraint leads him straight into the arms of Nneoma. Lucci is immediately taken by her sultry aura and tantalizing ways. She's a far cry from his wife, driving an undiscovered ...

As the saying goes…you should never assume anything, but there’s always a loophole. In this instance, you’ll assume a lot. Dive into the world of Cleo. Your wedding day is supposed to be one of the best days of your life, right? Imagine getting dressed in your beautiful gown, having your makeup done, being surrounded by your closest family and friends, and your dream man is waiting for you. Before you walk down the aisle, you read a note that was left for you in your dressing room. SOMEONE IN THE WEDDING PARTY IS SLEEPING WITH YOUR SOON TO BE HUSBAND. This is exactly what happens to ...

Major Key Publishing presents a collection of four short phenomenal stories written by six extraordinary authors that will blow your mind. Each story is filled with a combination of bad boys, sex, drugs, lust, and love-- but not necessarily in that order. All is fair in love and war, and many of these characters are determined to fight until the end just to get their own version of a happily ever after.

Brianna is back and shining brighter than ever! After getting sweet revenge on the man who murdered her fiancé and one true love, Tre, Bri finally has peace. She is ready to take on the streets and everything else life has to offer as she continues her rise to the top. Charrise and Kasy are right by her side on the ride to street glory. Unfortunately for Brianna, the foe she thought was gone forever, has somehow found his way back onto the streets and into her life. Faced with an all out war, Kasy solicits help from the one woman he knows can truly hold Brianna down, his cousin Selena. ...

The conglomerate hires a younger all-girl crew to do their dirty work. As the conglomerate gain power in the luxury underworld, they handle their business by stepping on the toes, necks, and territory by any means necessary to control the black market. But when loose ties start the unravel the conglomerate find themselves in an unlucky place.

Norah Pettiway spends her life worrying about one person and one person only; herself. After being swooped up by her much older husband and being placed in hip-hop royalty she quickly became acclimated to the world of the finer things with every man, woman and credit card at her whim. One day her insatiable thirst for the finer things takes over and she finds herself not being the main priority of her life. Quickly her life is turned upside down as she finds love for the first time in her life with the hottest up -and -coming rapper in the game who coincidentally is her husband’s ...

John Carter, a Chicago Cartel King is on his way to Federal Prison. The Authorities couldn’t pin on anything on his enterprise, so they try to put him on ice so everything he built is destroyed by his enemies. Damian Jordan is John’s right hand man. It’s his job to keep things afloat until if and when John comes home. Elijah, is John’s son, the heir to the kingdom. However Elijah is not ready to run things yet and John knows he would be no match for his competitors. Regardless, Elijah is set on making his mark and showing his father he’s ready to lead. This causes friction between...

In a matter of days, Bay-Bay had stolen Semeya’s heart and sent her life spiraling out of control. He was a coldhearted womanizer who had been hurt one too many times to ever take a woman seriously. He was hard on women, determined to protect his heart at all costs. He was afraid to feel pain and let a woman play him for a fool. He knew everything there was to know about a woman, except her ability to rehabilitate a broken heart. Semeya was the cure to his past injuries. She came into his life healing old wounds, reawakening his belief in love, and stirring a passion so strong within him ...

Terrell wasn’t raised in the corrupt streets of Detroit. After being abused and left for dead by his violent, psychotic father, he was raised by his aunt in uncle in a loving home in the suburbs. However, he never lost touch with his mother, whose selfish scheming sparked the fire that led to that fateful night when Terrell became disabled. Now that he’s an adult, his tainted bloodline has other plans for the wheelchair-bound teenager. Throwing away his silver spoon, Li’l T easily favors an oversized .40-cal he keeps tucked on his lap.