Urban African American

***This is a Re-Release*** When fate intervenes Skye, Malakai, Tre, and Kareema learn that they are more connected than they thought. In a series of twisted events lives are turned upside down and death and destruction comes in and chaos ensues. Paths will cross and lives will be ruined along the way. Who will be around to tell the story when the smoke clears?

The year is 2008, 3 years after Trinity and Pharaoh's reign as the new street royalty. As the first lady of The Kingdom, Trinity has to not only dodge bullets but knives in her back by those closest to her. King Pharaoh protects his family at all costs, even if he single-handedly murders every enemy he has. With secrets mounting, the year not only ends with the first Black president but the first Black drug cartel, both hailing from Chicago. Quiet Money is a 3 book series.

Hale-King of the Vampires has his eye on more land and more factions that he can rule over. With a powerful witch at his side, he sets his sights on the largest, strongest and most dangerous wolf pack as well as a faction that has long stood neutral throughout the fights for power. Little does he know that he may have crossed a line that won't be as easy as he thinks to break. Will he be able to start a win against them, or has he finally met his match Klare-A powerful young witch who has led her faction into an alliance with the vampires. Something that has caused her coven to be forced to...

Concrete Roses – A Powerful Story of Love, Redemption, and Second Chances 💎 He’s fighting for a new life. She’s sworn off love. But some battles are worth the risk. 💎 After spending years behind bars, Tyrell Johnson is determined to turn his life around. He’s staying clean, keeping his head down, and trying to rebuild the relationships he lost—including the one with his children. But the streets of Dallas aren’t quick to forget, and neither are the people from his past. Enter Evelyn Serrano, a sharp-minded, no-nonsense retired detective who’s seen too many men like Ty ...

This national best-seller chronicles the true story of two brothers coming of age in the Henry Horner public housing complex in Chicago. Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers are 11 and nine years old when the story begins in the summer of 1987. Living with their mother and six siblings, they struggle against grinding poverty, gun violence, gang influences, overzealous police officers, and overburdened and neglectful bureaucracies. Immersed in their lives for two years, Kotlowitz brings us this classic rendering of growing up poor in America’s cities.

The Robinson Brothers have been reunited. For better or worse, they're going to be forced to work together. There's no one else for them to turn to. Drako thought that he had left the streets behind years ago. But if he plans on raising the money that'll keep him out of a Federal prison, then he's going to have to dip back into the underworld. And the only way for him to do that successfully will be to work alongside his brother. Marquez had no idea that his first few days out of prison would be so hectic. But he's not going to complain. Instead, he's going to do everything in his power to ...

Meet the beautiful Princess Delgado from the day she was born she was destined for greatness. However, in order to get to that great destiny she has to go through some trials and tribulations. With a father serving life and a mother addicted to drugs she grows up all too fast. At seventeen she’s sold to the infamous Pimp Lucifer to clear her mother’s drug debt. For the next five years of her life she’ll be a part of his Human Trafficking ring. A twist of fate will land her straight in the arms of the Cocaine Kingpin himself. The notorious Hercules Hernandez. Princess is one the ...

Beginning to love me is a heartfelt drama about four women struggling to put their lives back together. Irish is in love with a married man who has no intention on leaving his wife or any interest in giving up his position in Irish's bed. Camry is in trouble and can't get away from it. her version of love has blackened her eye and imprisoned her now all she does is sit in the house, pop Xanax, and pray for better days. Goldie can't catch a break no one will let her live down her past no matter how much time has gone by to some people she was, is, and always will be a murderer. Tabitha is ...

Blaze and Lavish are in Cuba ready to embark on a journey to come up in their new city. When Blaze gets a call from Lucy saying an old friend of his fathers wants to meet up, he jumps at the opportunity to start making money again. The old friend of his father’s is none other than drug lord Diego Diminez who was in charge of the biggest cartel in Cuba. Blaze is excited about meeting Diego and hopes he can now start providing for his family again after being on the run for some time now. Blaze has no idea the secrets that lie behind Diego’s true identity, and once it is revealed a series...

Meet handsome, Mack Daddy, and womanizer, Malcolm Geyser. He has a beautiful wife, a fine ass fiancé on his arms, and a deadbeat baby mama on the sidelines with her hand out. He’s the owner of the hottest, most successful dealership that’s poppin’ in the 513 with his boys! He has the money, the cars, and the expensive jewels around his neck and wrist to outshine the competition. But what happens when you cross the wrong person? Secrets Malcolm tried to hide become expose. Lies that were built up, come crumbling down. Will Malcolm be able to handle it all or will he be looking up at ...

AN EMOTIONAL AND RAW 2-PART SERIES FROM PANDORA Life hasn’t been a walk in the park for Seanni. With an absent father who was never a part of her life and an ailing ex-crack addict mother who can barely keep their family of two together, making ends meet has always been a challenge, and Seanni’s only hope for survival was to get help wherever she could find it – mostly from her best friend Malik. However, things become even more complicated when a handsome British thug by the name of Rocco walks into her life, and trouble seems to follow him wherever he goes. Rocco’s endlessly suave...

Passion is convinced that love doesn’t love her. Why else would she be in a six-year relationship with a man who constantly cheats? Although she feels that she has reached her breaking point, Passion finds it hard to walk away until she witnesses a betrayal so cold that leaving is the only thing she can do.Chino Luvher is the man, and he knows it. His money and his looks make it easy for him to have as many women as he wants. Chino loves his girlfriend, Passion, but he loves variety more. He sees no reason to change his behavior because as long as he controls the purse strings, Passion ...

Angela’s life has been flipped around and turned upside down. She never expected to be pitted against her sister competing against her own flesh and blood for a man’s affection. Her relationship with her brother in law had grown increasingly inappropriate. Angela and Eric had crossed the line and created a complicated energy that left her off balance and unable to control her feelings for him. Eric was a Cincinnati bad boy who learned the hard way that neither his money nor his intellect made him exempt from the cold realities of the world that he lived in. Love could get you killed and...

Ever felt like you had it all, and then in the blink of an eye, it’s all gone? What do you do when your whole family turns their back on you? Do you lay down or go get it? Moving all the way from California to Miami, Endia decided going and getting it was the best option for her if she wanted to maintain the lavish lifestyle she was used to living. Without her love, RahMeek, by her side or her wealthy parents, she had to learn how to make it on her own. Not being one to ask for handouts, she is hungry for success and feels that the life she was living now would all be worth it in the end,...

Niecy and Derek Wright have been married for 15 years, and have three teenagers that they are raising to love God and family. However, their marriage has been far from perfect, in fact, it's quite toxic, but Niecy loves her man in spite of his inability to keep his attention off of other women. Will she ever be able to love herself more than she loves Derek? ***This is not your traditional Christian fiction book. It addresses real issues that people face as they work to find their way back to God*** Enjoy this short, quick read.

Picking up where Essence best-selling author La Jill Hunt's Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda left off, Too Close for Comfort follows Paige Michaels and her no-nonsense friends as they search for love. Paige has finally broken loose from her no-good man, and she's loving the single life - until Quincy Westbrooke shows up.

At the height of the Bloods gang epidemic of the 1990’s plaguing New York City, Spade meets Sue Blue, a female Crip from the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Forging a tight bond, the two eventually create an epidemic of their own, adding to the city’s already existing gang problem. As Sue Blue completes a short stint in the city’s notorious juvenile lockup, Spofford, Spade becomes a dominant force in his neighborhood, a leading figure. However, he never forgets his friend, Sue Blue, and, outside of her presence, places her at the top tier of a gang he organizes in Brooklyn, giving ...

Westbrook High was already messy… but the end of this school year? It’s about to explode. Secrets are no longer whispers in the hallway — they’re front-page news. Amber is desperate to hold her world together, even if it means fighting for a love that was never really hers. Symphony wants to keep her crown, but she might lose everything (and everyone) she thought she could control. Hunter? She’s spiraling deeper into her own lies and has no idea who’s really in her corner. And Roman… well, he’s realizing too late that love can’t fix everything. Friendships are cracking. ...

Londyn St. Claire is foolishly in love with Choppa and has been since high school. Loving him through thick and thin, she puts up with the physical altercations, pregnancy scares and all of the other unnecessary drama from all of the many other women he messed with on the side - all for the sake of being in love with a ruffneck. Meanwhile, Jay, who is the complete opposite of Choppa, is the person that Londyn least suspects to declare his love for her and vows to love her the way she deserves. Bed hopping from one to the next, Jabari Carter AKA Choppa, thinks he’s God’s gift to women. ...

What’s done in the dark always comes to the light, doesn’t it? In part two of this jaw-dropping series, Ace's revelation has the family reeling with shock, but Paris is on cloud nine as she finally has the man of her dreams with no interruption—but will her bliss be short-lived as she and Ace struggle with choosing a hard right over an easy wrong? A lucrative record deal promises to bring Majesty the fame and fortune they’ve always dreamed of, but once the money is laid on the table, things take a treacherous detour when Danger’s true motives come spilling forth with a shock-wave ...