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81) Country girls 3
Author
Series
Country girls (Blake Karrington) volume 3
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the South, where women are raised to be mothers and wives, and to stand by their man no matter what. It's a place where, if you're a size 8, you're too small. When Niya, the head of MHB (Money Hungry Bitches) decided to put her family's future first, nothing and nobody else mattered. You were either going to stand behind her or be the one standing on the other end of her gun. Any and every nigga known to get money in North Carolina was...
Author
Series
Say u promise volume 3
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Identical twins Kenya and London return in the highly addictive Essence bestselling Say U Promise series, and now things have gone from bad to worse for the tragically troubled sisters. They are caught in the middle of a deadly drug war that was started by one of them, and the streets run red as lives are drastically changed forever. With an illegitimate baby on the way and a price on her head, one twin fights to avoid the dangers of the game she...
83) Street banditz
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Red" and "Bulletproof" Bobby form a deadly combination making money and holding down their territory. But when Bobby meets a girl that captures his heart, it causes a rift between him and his cousin. Tammy is saving money to attend college, and she's been very careful not to get pregnant and screw up her chances of furthering her education. But then Tammy's mother brings home a man who doesn't seem quite right. Also, Tammy is desperately trying to...
Author
Series
Hood misfits volume 4
Publisher
Urban
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Enzo and Angel are back and this time with a vengeance. Micah was hell bent on forcing their hands and pushing them back into the lifestyle they'd left behind after Damien Orlando's demise. With time ticking away, along with Enzo's desire to keep his career and family intact, he will become the monster Micah accused him of being. Enzo will embrace the darkness that flows freely through his veins and make Micah rue the day he awakened the sleeping...
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Series
Baddest chick volume 3
Publisher
Melodrama Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Kola, the reigning Queen of New York, has Harlem on lock and is making paper hand over fist. If the stresses of hustling hard weren't enough, the love of her life is mixed up with a Brooklyn chick, a bounty has been put on her head for a hit she didn't sanction, and her sister's ex-man, Chico, is trying to rock her to sleep. Kola has 99 problems, but Apple ain't one. Apple, gone but not forgotten while trapped in a Mexican hellhole, is still the...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Donald "Lucky" Gibson. He{u2019}s considered one of the best detectives around, until he joins his new unit, a team of corrupt cops who are just as bad as the criminals they are supposed to be catching. Lucky soon falls into the trap and becomes one more thug with a badge. Years of abusing his position have led to an out of control cocaine habit, the loss of his family, and a love affair with a young runaway prostitute, but Lucky has had enough....
87) My kinda girl
Author
Publisher
Legacy Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Bobbi Williams dreamed his way to the top, not taking "no" for an answer. From street hustler to a successful conman, he finds himself lost and confused when his best friend/sister is murdered in cold blood. After doing a six year bid of a string of robberies, and now friends with his late sister's boy-friend James, they plan their way to the top together, and when Bobbi is released from Atlanta State Penitentiary with a lot to prove and a legal hustling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The OG godfather of urban lit lays it all on the line with the epic, action-packed conclusion to Kenyatta's quest to reclaim his streets . . .For Kenyatta, the bullet-proof street legend himself, the take-no-prisoners war is far from over. With new recruits bolstering his hardened army, he's ready to take down the drug pushers and their relentless, spreading infestation. This time the battle is moving out of the streets and heading west, where he...
89) Detroit
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Kalif is everything his adoptive family wanted him not to be- treacherous, conniving, and coldhearted. As much as he wishes to please them, he can't deny who and what he is destined to be. The hot-tempered young man is indeed his father's son.
Kalif is treacherous, conniving, and coldhearted-- everything his adoptive family did not want to be. The hot-tempered young man is indeed his father's son. While off his meds, Kalif discovers the circumstances...
Author
Series
Cheaper to keep her volume 5
Publisher
KS Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Lynise blackmailed one of the federal agents to help her escape the safe house. Her whole plan was to find a new life away from all the agents that were assigned to protect her and the street hustlers that wanted her dead but what she found was a serial killer that wanted to hold her against her will. Unfortunately, she has yet to learn how to stay out of harm's way. Trouble seems to lurk around every corner. What she will learn is that while she's...
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Series
Queen hustlaz volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The girls are at it again and have taken revenge to the next level. Dana has gone through an ultimate test of will and faith, but she refuses to sit still and live her life being dependent on others. Will she become the woman that she used to be, or will she fall back in the grasp of money and greed? Stephanie is in a world of her own and wants to transition away from Dana and Brittany. Will she finally slip the tight hold that Dana seemingly has...
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Series
Ghetto girls volume 6
Publisher
Augustus Publishing
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
A compelling finale to the Ghetto Girls Series. Two teen girls are drawn together and after sharing similar experiences, they become even closer. The mountain of tragedies that they have faced in their lives still threatens to push them over the cliff. Even when they feel they've moved along, In Ghetto Girls 6 demons from back in the days continue to haunt. Coco and Deedee come face to face with the violence and issues of the past. Rachel Harvey's...
93) West Coast
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For Temper Chey, the West Coast is a prison and she's dying to be freed. Her part of South Central Los Angeles is an area where tourism is obsolete and gang banging and dope slanging reign supreme. After a brief escapade with one of the most infamous Crip kingpins force her to twist, toss, and burn her exit plans? Or will the chaos be the spark that provides a ride to freedom? -- adapted from back cover
Perhaps Temper's longing to escape [from the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1999, and Sincere has finished his tour in the United States Army. He's come back home just in time to find his little brother, Maurice, taking his place in the streets. Maurice is hanging out with Drip-Drip and Voltron. The trio commits a home invasion on a stash house belonging to Zulu and executes the occupants inside. Unbeknownst to them, they've left behind a survivor who's seen one of their faces. Sincere is trying to put the pieces of...
Author
Series
Out for self novels volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
"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...
96) Hustle hard
Author
Series
If It Ain't About the Money volume 2
Publisher
Dafina Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
For Isis, Secret, and Penny, the good times just keep getting better. As "managers" of Miami's hottest custom car shop, they're moving vast kilos of product faster than their scammer boss, Kirk, can pimp out rides--and living la vida luxurious. So they've got things under control when Secret and Penny's alcoholic mother shows up needing help. And when Isis' one-time love, Bobbi, begs for another chance--complete with a huge payoff--she's got his loot...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Language
English
Description
"All it takes is one murder to change a million lives, and that's exactly what happens to Kasheef Williams on a cold, black Friday. After a reunion with an old friend goes wrong in a Long Island night club, Kasheef is forced to protect himself by any means necessary. The only problem is that prying eyes see everything. Those eyes belong to Alija Bell. After walking in on a situation she was never meant to see, she runs; but Kasheef sees her face,...
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Language
English
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Description
"You have to use what you got to get what you want. For Journey Clayton, this statement rings more than true as she struggles under the weight of her mother's cocaine addiction. She learns from a very young age that family doesn't offer as much help as she hoped they would. It's not until she befriends Khalid, the son of a neighborhood drug dealer, who is trying to stay about the struggle himself, that she starts to believe there might just be hope..."--page...
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Series
Ultimate sacrifice (Anthony Fields) volume 3
Publisher
Wahida Clark Presents Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"Their face off was inevitable, but neither man knew exactly when it would happen. Antonio "Ameen" Felder is an irresistible force destined to collide with an immovable object in Khadafi Fuller. They were once friends, bound by blood and sacrifice but now they are bitter enemies who both want to bring the other's demise. The line between love and hate is thin. And as Khadafi struggles to find out why someone shot Kemie, the love of his life, a man...
100) Diamonds and Pearl
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...
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