Urban African American

Alexis Griggs has worked hard to get where she is in life. She owns several clinics that service people in need and is a pillar of her community, but looks can be deceiving. Alexis and her brother, Jace, are both leading double lives, which are both illegal and deadly. It leaves little time for Alexis to have a personal life; that is until she has a chance encounter with single father Kevell Farrell.

A bored housewife… A string of affairs…. And an end result she never saw coming! How could she… The intense pillow talk had her open! It was supposed to be a break from her regular life at home. She’s wifey! Mother of three! Her life feels like it’s no longer hers. Get up… Feed the kids… Get everyone together… Rinse and repeat! It was a life that had lost its sparkle but it was still a great life. Her husband is hot. Sexy. Stable in his nine to five. Sex with him is intense. Passionate. It’s a life anyone would have traded for. But not Bianca. She is a woman who takes ...

An intense, unputdownable read from the mind of bestselling author, Jade Jones! Love is just a game to Tremaine Hardy, aka Mane, who plays his way through the city of Chicago, leaving a trail of broken hearts behind him wherever he goes. A master manipulator with a gorgeous face that could fool any woman, he’s a stranger to heartbreak himself. When his last woman swore that he would someday meet someone ten times worse than him who would give him a taste of the heartbreak he dealt out so regularly, Mane only laughed. However, when he meets the ravishing and mysterious Inari, he finds out ...

This is the PREQUEL to a 5 book series. The Prequel + 4 books. This is an introduction to the series. An urban fiction novelette. Meet Summer Vance, a Chicago transplant new to the Atlanta experience. Name a better city than the ATL that welcomes pretentious perpetrators and successful scammers. Summer's outrageous attempts to set up dope boys, run abortion schemes on professional athletes, to extorting rappers' secrets leads her to build a fake women's empowerment brand until she's exposed. Armed with a slick mouth and a Miami doctored BBL, Summer's adventures will leave readers shook ...

The House of Lies Growing up in a house filled with secrets and betrayal taught Skylar McNeil a valuable lesson. Blood doesn't make you family and living the good life doesn't come easy. With words sweet like honey and calculated moves to make any man surrender to her will, Sky goes from rags to riches by conning, scheming, and scamming her way to the top. She stops at nothing to get what she wants, even if it means double-crossing the only person who has been there for her. Sky meets Jewelz, a young hustler in the streets of the south. She and Jewelz hit it off and partakes in any and ...

Vanity Jones a popular makeup artist is living her best life. A weekend business trip turns into a weekend filled with unexpected pleasure. Qasim Jackson, a popular photographer is in Miami on business when he crosses paths with Vanity. He can’t take his eyes off her during the photo shoot she’s doing makeup for. The two end up vibing with one another which leads to a very explosive night of passion. Neither sought out for one night of mind-blowing sex, but what happens when the two part ways after one night? In this hot and steamy tale find out how summer seduction ignites flames like ...

Donna and Kim Boon moved to Houston, Texas, with their Aunt Lisa when they were orphaned at 10 years old. Lisa raised the girls as her own, showering them with everything a young woman could want. The girls have grown up into beautiful and privileged Houstonites and are two of the most eligible bachelorettes in the city, with more suitors than they know how to handle. Life seems perfect, but when Aunt Lisa is gunned down in cold blood, the girls discover a family secret that will change their lives forever.

Being in love tends one to be in a battle with the mind and the heart. The mind is telling you all the right things you should do but the heart wants what and who it wants. No matter how wrong it is. Loving the infamous Jayceon Bennett has its perks and pitfalls. Isabella Santos has witnessed the struggle of being his wife and mother of his son. What was once a dream come true has become one big nightmare for Bella. The happiness she longed for has turned into Hell and she's receiving the brunt of all the choices her husband made. Bella is in the fight of her life as she tries to get back ...

Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black Southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. We know less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American society. Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this fascinating book reveals the influence such ideas have had on urban development and social policies.

When Bianca and her girls first stepped into Presidential's world they had one thing on their mind...money. They had one philosophy about money. Grab as much as you could quick as you could and then disappear without a trace. Not in the wildest imaginations were they ready for the level of prestige, treachery, and danger surrounded around obtaining and then maintaining a luxurious lifestyle. In Presidential 2 Bianca finds herself absorbed inside of a powerful love affair that pulls tightly at her heart and weighs heavy on her mind. All of her life she wanted to be rich, successful, and well...

Synopsis: Ebbson (Ebb) Scribbs is one of the most cold-hearted men in Nashville. He is one of the top accountants in the state and has accounts with top businesses and criminals. He loves money, and money is the only thing on his mind. Life has taught him not to care about anything or anyone until something changes his cold heart. Bobbi Cramer is a single mother, working hard to take care of her daughter, Timea. She has worked as Ebb’s assistant for over a year and puts up with his standoffish ways. Bobbi doesn’t care because all she needs is a paycheck to support her child since her ...

CONTAINS UNCENSORED, RAW, AND EXPLICIT CONTENT. RATCHET, SEXUALIZED, HARD CHARGING, COLD BLOODED, PAGE TURNING, HOT, STEAMY, AND AWE INSPIRING FIRE FROM THE GUT! WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SON OF A PERVERT? A mega church minister is torn between the ways of his womanizing, sexually perverse, father, and his God fearing, holy ghost grandfather. In the end he becomes a dangerous combination of both, causing him to lose his family and everything he holds dear, as he fights for love, peace, and happiness. CAN A SINNER BECOME A SAINT? Still in love with the church, he lives the life of a born again ...

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...

The fast-paced, hood drama continues in BBW Hungry for Love 4. Kalisha's baby daddy just couldn't handle her new career choice and her relationship with Keon. So he snapped and crashed out. She had no choice but to call Keon to save her. And thankfully, that's what he did, coming to her rescue when she had no one else to turn to. She looks forward to spending the next few weeks, maybe even months, in his condo. She'll finally get to experience the peace that she's always wished for. But unfortunately for her, things just can't be that easy. Trouble is on the horizon. Her baby daddy is about...

A GRIPPING STANDALONE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JADE JONES Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Mars wears it well as the King of New York. He’s got money, fast cars, and women by the flock. But wearing the crown doesn’t mean anything when you’re alone at the top. Mars is tired of the same old money hungry women, and he’s beginning to think that the only woman who will ever genuinely love him, is his mother. That is, until he runs into the right woman. Ulani is a beautiful girl with a broken spirit. What started out as a fairytale love, quickly turned into a horror movie ...

I can't believe that my parents are making me volunteer at a homeless shelter. It's my last year in college and now they want me to be humble. Whatever, I'll do it. But Then I met Tasha. She's the most attractive woman I've ever seen, and she happens to be black and homeless. My parents never seen that coming, neither did I. But now I'm in love with her and money can't buy the bond that we have.

“A Street Love Story” Tired of not being able to provide, the lifestyle he believes his family deserve, Sanchez (Chez) Viles pieces together a crew of hungry hustlers and wages war against all who have set up shop in his city. WIth the love of his life Monya by his side, it isn’t long before the streets bow to his will. On the other side of the city, as Chez's legend flourishes his longtime enemy Mann’s hatred grows to explosive proportions. Mann contacts his cousins in New York and enlists their help in his scheme to avenge his homie's death and steal Chez’s shine and new found ...

Ezrah Williams is young and a dangerously sexy college student. He’s smart, yet ruthless at heart. During a night out with his boys, he meets a beautiful woman by the name of Elise Smith. The attraction between the two couldn’t be denied. What Ezrah doesn’t realize is Elise is an older woman who isn’t into casual sex, until one night of explicit sex that leaves her mind blown. Once Elise realizes he’s a college student, her whole vibe changes. She does everything in her power to cut him off, but she can’t resist his sexiness. As soon as she gives in for a no-strings attached ...

In this third installment to A Kingpins Queen series. Queen is stepping into her role as Mrs. Quentin Quartermaine with a point to prove. She’s not allowing anyone to destroy what her and Quentin has built. Giving birth to his first born son has solidified her a place in his life for the long haul. Which makes Quentin far happier than anyone can ever imagine. Situations have arisen that will cause Quentin to make a tough decision that has the potential to ruin everything he has worked for. Including the family he has created. His crew is riding shot gun as usual and ready for whatever. ...

In Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the 20th century. Free love, common-law and transient marriages, queer relations, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes that altered the character of everyday life and challenged traditional Victorian beliefs about courtship, love, and marriage.