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In the sprawling expanse of the Rocking W Ranch, high on top of Misty Mountain one woman's idyllic new start at life as a nanny takes a treacherous turn. Danica Cooper, recovered gambling addict and moving on with her life after helping bring down a crime boss, is now the nanny for the Dylan Wyatt’s twin boys. Dani hopes to find solace and purpose amidst the growing ranch. Little does she know that her picturesque world is about to be shattered by a sinister force. A mysterious man, lurking in the shadows, has cast a dark cloud over The Rocking W. His demand is simple but ominous – one ...

After the fallout between Bird and Tre, The Commission looks as if it might be falling apart. The brotherhood has been broken beyond repair and it seems as though everyone is scrambling to chose sides. It's hard to trust anyone, but like always life goes on and so does business........ The heat is on for Tre and his team after the Tasker Street massacre. Everyone is looking for a place to hide out at except for Tre. He doesn't change up his lifestyle one bit even though he knows he's a wanted man. He and Diana continue to have their every night get high parties at their beach house. That is...

Paula, Penny and Pebbles… 3 sisters, 3 lives, 1 problem... Paula wants out of her marriage of convenience. And she will do anything to accomplish it. Her solution…Set her husband up with a woman that can step into her shoes and raise her son, so she can whisk off to be with her longtime lover. The problem…Her husband has no idea! Paula wants out. Period! But getting out isn’t so easy when you have a toddler and a husband who doesn’t deserve the betrayal. But Paula is knee deep in betrayal. And getting out is her only option! She comes up with a plan that blows the lid off of her ...

We have gathered between these pages. To bring you stories of love, murder, deception, and redemption. Untethered by a single plot but molded as one in pen. With seeds planted in EyeCU Reading & Chatting's weekly writing challenges, and nurtured with inspiration from its founder Ebony Evans, our creativity blossomed. We present this bouquet!

The secret is out and the world knows that Farah Cotton was responsible for killing her soul mate's brother. In fear for her life, she must remain off the streets of DC or suffer an evil fate. Luckily Slade, who vows to avenge Knox's death, is tucked away in a cell, although his imprisonment does nothing for her broken heart. Desperate for protection, Farah, Mia, and Shadow take solace with Bones, 2nd in command of The Fold, a group of modern day vampires. When her blood craving increases, she makes risky moves to quench her thirst.

Raelyn, Symba, and Blue are back with twice as much drama as before. Will these three friends be able to juggle a rocky friendship after lies begin surfacing? And more importantly, will they be able to hold onto the relationships with the very men who were deceiving them? Canyon and Caesar were living the life before their entire world came crashing down around them. With the Feds sniffing around, they now have to be on their Ps and Qs if they don't want their entire organization to crumble.

NyAsia Miller and Kwame “Saint” Harris have had anything but an easy life this past year. Nobody said it would be easy loving a gangsta, but Nya is left feeling the full meaning of how hard it can be when she wakes up and Saint is nowhere to be found. Can love conquer all in a life filled with money, sex, and retribution? Follow the couple on the next installment in A Gangsta’s Pledge 3.

CJ is devastated when he comes home to find Tamika on the floor unconscious and leaking blood from several execution-style gunshot wounds. As he holds her in his arms tearfully begging God not to take her away, he already knows that if she dies, he is going to turn Newark, New Jersey, into a killing field. Raheem has just lost the love of his life to suicide, and although he is grieving, nothing can get in the way of him helping CJ go up against a foe as ruthless as any he has ever faced before.

What Happens in This House is a dark tale of three close siblings. Joy, Jasmine, and Jackson all endured some of the most twisted and wickedest things inside of their home. Growing up in a small town in the south by the name of Canton, Mississippi, there was a saying that kept the secrets hidden for years. When sudden death comes upon their father Jack, the three siblings reunite and all of the dark secrets finally comes to the light. The old saying goes, "what happens in this house stays in this house".

More taboo anyone? Well here comes mother! After being freed from a lifetime of mental, psychological and sexual abuse under the mansion at Aristocrat Hills, Nine Prophet realizes being free comes at a cost. When someone needs help, she lends a hand. When someone needs rescue, she throws on her cape. All against her husband Leaf Prophet s wishes placing their romance in severe jeopardy. Tension continues to rise when Nine brings additional Prophets into the mansion, who bring with them their own dark secrets and motives. As if this isn t enough, Nine convinces herself to allow Kelly Prophet...

The allure of the game is calling Raphael by name. The fast life and fast women already corrupted his best friend but Raphael is trying to stand firm. He eventually accepts money from a dangerous dealer and now has to live up to it. A battle wages between good and evil but the lines are blurred. The Camacho clan still runs New York but who runs them? If Raphael can figure that out then he can find who ordered the hit on his father. Good Cop, Bad Cop 4 is filled with twist and turns that will keep you guessing. Raphael is in way over his head now. Flip the page and see if he'll sink or swim....

There can be a hundred reasons why someone leaves a happy home. To answer the subtle but persistent call to visit one’s ancestral home would be a good one. For Gabi Hartmann, the overnight flight from Los Angeles to Berlin via Munich felt like a marathon, yet a hundred and twenty years earlier, Karl-Friedrich Hartmann had taken six months to make the reverse journey by sea from Hamburg to New York then across to California. He was the same age as Gabi is now. Karl-Friedrich had found his place among the oaks in the rolling hills of California, a world away from Eberswalde and Prussia. ...

She Bang Slam is slam poetry by a young American poet, Erik Wackernagel, who created these poems for his slam performances over the past two years, in the United States and in Quebec, Canada. The first part of She Bang Slam is compiled of shorter “semi-automatic rhymes,” while section two is made up of Erik’s longer eleven part series, “Carnival of Words.” From the beginning to the end of She Bang Slam, Erik passionately questions the relationship between the contemporary use of “words” and the “images” that result. He does this by documenting how the “word-image has ...

Reverend Lucas Johnson is the pastor of Last Hope Missionary Baptist church. A church whose members are devoted on Sunday but during the week they indulge in sinful and deplorable acts. Sex, gambling, drugs, murder and of course more sex are the normal occurrences in the lives of these church folks. Even the good reverend's family are not immune to the trappings of the sinful ways of the world. Chelsea, his daughter, is a Hyperactive Nymphomaniac, while his wife is a born-again cougar who uses her place of employment to stalk her prey. The reverend's best friend, Deacon Cooper, is an avid ...

Relocating to Atlanta, Georgia, for a fresh start and better opportunities, Cameron believes she's left the drama and nonsense behind in her hometown - but she soon discovers just how wrong she was. Trouble seems to follow Cameron wherever she goes; yet, older and a bit wiser, will she able to make better decisions not only for herself but for her family as well?

The Ladies Aid Society is determined to find brides for the bachelors who have moved to their town in the last two or three years. Their first attempt is for Angus Kelly, a red-haired giant of an Irishman. The society members have written to all their old friends across the country, and one willing respondent seems to be perfect for Angus: Nessa O’Shea. At the same time, Detectives Deacon Snow and his brother have been hired by a bank in Rawlins to search for the criminals who stole a shipment of newly minted gold coins intended for three different banks. On the way to the San Francisco ...

Alaina was running from a life of boredom. Vick was running from all of the gangsters in the city he owed money to. Sakeena was running from the police and courts. They were all running from different things, but they all had one thing in common. They needed to get the hell out of Philly! Alaina was stuck in a dead end job that was going nowhere. She was in a relationship that was going nowhere. She felt as if her whole life was going nowhere. She wanted more out of life, but she'd always been too scared to leave the comfort and security of Philly and go somewhere else to pursue her dreams ...

Racism and profit were driving forces in the growth of slavery. The transatlantic trade of enslaved people saw millions of kidnapped Africans sent around the world, many of them to the Americas. Even after the importation of enslaved people was banned in 1808, slavery did not end in the US. Listen to this book to learn about the Middle Passage, the triangular trade, and the people who continued fighting for change after the importation of enslaved people was banned.

What would cause a mother to contact a hitman to kill her own children? Some ungrateful bastards. When Martha’s husband dies horrifically, she is forced to care for Zoom, Berry and Dodson alone. And although she does all she can to manage their lives, she grows more unstable by the day. When three unrelated incidents occur, she snaps and loses touch with reality. Sensing that his mother is on the brink of a mental breakdown, Zoom, the oldest of the Bastards, does all he can to control his outrageously trouble prone siblings. That is until secrets of the past impact his future. Funny…...

Knight Scott has spent years guarding her heart, haunted by the death of her father and the scars of betrayal. Now a thriving graphic designer, she finds comfort in solitude and her art—until one pivotal moment changes her life forever. When Trent ‘Stix’ Holloway steps in to save her from danger, Knight is shaken yet captivated by the streetwise stranger with a dark past. Stix’s quiet power and unrelenting desire to protect draw her closer, even as her instincts warn her to keep her distance. Born into chaos and hardened by the streets, Stix wrestles with betrayal, guilt, and the ...