K'wan
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with a glittering tale of love and longing as a young woman finds herself torn between two worlds--the WASP establishment of her father's family and George Zao, a man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with"--
On her very first morning on the island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao-- and instantly can't stand him. Especially when he kisses...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut...
Author
Series
Black Lotus volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Detective James Wolf earned the nickname Lone Wolf from his inability to work with a partner. He's a hard cop who doesn't mind bending the rules to the point of breaking them to make a case, which is why Internal Affairs is digging in his backyard, looking for buried bones. People are starting to wonder: Which side of the law is the Lone Wolf really hunting for? His career hanging on by a thread, he needs a major show of good faith to keep employed...
Author
Series
Black Lotus volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's been months since Kahllah El-Amin hung up her pistols and retired from the murder-for-hire business, leaving behind her days of dealing in death and espionage in favor of a quiet desk job. After so many years of searching, Kahllah has finally found peace. But when a police officer is murdered and a familiar flower is left at the crime scene, all signs point to it being the work of the Black Lotus. Someone is trying to frame her! The case is handed...
Author
Series
Animal novels (K'wan) volume 4
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From the moment Animal's former lover Red Sonja showed up on his doorstep, he knew trouble wouldn't be far behind. It wasn't because the last time he'd seen her, he had been fleeing for his life from a strange island. Nor was it because of the little girl she had in tow, claiming Animal was the father. It was because women like Red Sonja carried trouble around with them like designer purses. He knew getting involved with Sonja again would come at...
Author
Series
Promises volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing her mother and the abandonment of her father, Promise has two goals: graduate from high school and be loved. Her pursuit of these goals will lead to life-altering events.
Author
Series
Animal volume 5
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this final installment of the Animal series, we find our anti-hero on a hunt for the woman who forced him to pick his guns back up when she burned his entire world down: the traitorous Red Sonja. She alone holds the key to saving his children and avenging his murdered wife, Gucci. But first, he has to find her.
10) Dear Yeti
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told through a series of notes, two boys go on a hike hoping to find Yeti but run into trouble along the way.
11) The fix
Author
Series
Fix novels volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Persia reunites with her old Harlem friends, a situation that becomes dangerous when she starts dating a drug dealer who brings her into his world of sex, money, and drugs.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone. A child born of privilege to a drug baron and reputed killer known in the streets as Big Stone. Although the flashy, fast-paced nature of the streets calls to Pearl, she's been brought up to look but not touch. But when a young hustler named Diamonds crawls up from the swamps of Louisiana and sets up shop in New York City, everything Pearl was taught flies out the...
14) Wrath
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From the neighborhood bullies to the stepfather who uses him and his siblings as punching bags, Jonas "Wrath" Rafferty's life has been one battle after another. Rogue homicide detective Louis "Lou" Ceavers offers him a bargain that will change the course of his life, and Jonas goes from errand boy and street muscle to one of the most dangerous young men in the city. Then Alex, his childhood crush, comes home on break from college and gives him a glimpse...
Author
Series
Book of shadow volume 1
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Kings, one of the most influential families in New York City. In the power circles of the movers and shakers, they are regarded as modern-day royalty. A politically connected father, a socialite mother, and three promising children: they look every bit the all-American family ... but every family has secrets. Some darker than others. Of all the children, Shadow is the least like the rest of the Kings. To call him soft wouldn't be quite accurate,...
17) The fix 2
Author
Series
Fix novels volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As she tries to fix her life after a nearly deadly cocaine addiction, Persia receives a call that threatens to pull her back to the streets, while her childhood friend Li'l Monk is making a name for himself as a ruthless gangland killer.
18) The fix 3
Author
Series
Fix novels volume 3
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Persia is drug free and has gotten her life back on track. Meanwhile, Chucky is determined to make Persia his again.
19) Road dawgz
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"It's the penthouse or the morgue. This is the philosophy adopted by Keshawn Wilson, a.k.a. K-Dawg, self-proclaimed lord of the streets. Keshawn is the youngest of five kids, and one of only two that don't belong to his mother's husband. As a little boy he feels the distance between he and his stepfather, and life becomes increasingly difficult for him as the years pass; his childhood and young adult years are spent in a home for boys and state prison,...
20) Gutter
Author
Series
Gangsta novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English