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81) The black market
Author
Series
Black market (Kiki Swinson) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Misty Heiress steals drugs from a pharmacy, just trying to help her cousin in constant pain, but the plan snowballs into dealing opioids and Misty and her cousin Jillian are in real trouble.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
20-year-old Deza was supposed to be just another hot girl emcee, but when a bonus track strikes a surprising social chord, it rockets her album to the top of the charts - and her record label promotes her to headline their first-ever all-female national tour. As Deza attempts to live up to her new reputation, her inexperience generates tour drama. And when her female DJ quits, the label replaces her with the last thing Deza needs: the sexy guy DJ...
83) The dirty South
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Carl Weber presents the second installment of an eight book series, Kingpin. Carl Weber brings the best of Urban street lit authors together, each telling their own dramatic tale of life in the streets in known cities across the USA. The second installment continues with Treasure Hernandez telling the tale of the Dirty South.
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Language
English
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Description
"Four estranged sisters must return to rural Arkansas when their mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Their mother wants them to repair their shattered relationships, but first they'll have to face the lies and obstacles they've worked so hard to leave behind ..."--
Miss Pearly Bell has always regretted that as grownups her four very different daughters went their separate ways-- and never wanted to see each other again. When Pearly summons...
85) Guard the throne
Author
Publisher
Melodrama Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Curtis Byrne spent over two decades building a feared and respected monarchy in the drug game. When he's dethroned, he unknowingly passes down the family business to his three kids, Chris, Cane and Citi. The street soldiers aren't ready to take orders from underlings once the king is murdered, however, the Byrne siblings are met with vicious opposition. In a do-or-die mission to prove themselves, Chris takes over as the brains and Cane as the triggerman....
Author
Series
Killer dolls (Nisa Santiago) volume 2
Publisher
Brooklyn Books, an imprint of Melodrama Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After the gun smoke clears, one female is left standing. Although Aoki isn't out of danger, she can breathe a sigh of relief that the immediate threat has been handled. Now, in a race to mend broken relationships with AZ, B-Scientific, and Emilio all whom seemingly want to be number one in her life, she's asked to make a hard choice. With all decisions come consequences. And while one of these men vow to love her forever, their goal is to make her...
Author
Publisher
La' Femme Fatale' Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Dade County where some of the most vicious men and women bred in the street of Miami go on a crime spree of murder, robberies and drug dealing all in the name of revenge and the pursuit of the crown. In this fast paced page turner, you'll find yourself holding your breath waiting to see who is crowned King of Miami. But always remember, shoot to kill because you never know who'll live to hunt you."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Game volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leveraging savvy and basic instincts, Tuesday Knight rose up from running an elite gentleman's club to becoming the mega-wealthy Beverly Hills wife and business partner of reformed drug kingpin Marcus King. Along with their respectable, law-abiding new life came new names, and a new family. But now the country's most feared drug lord wants to use Marcus's legit empire to push her product-- and the fallout threatens to be treacherous. Soon Tuesday...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Born and raised in Atlanta, Lucinda, LaMeka, Charice, and Trinity are best friends who all have suffered the perils of teen pregnancy. With their dreams and ambitions on hold, they struggle to find themselves and survive this game called life. Despite their efforts, the decisions they make create more trouble, and the consequences prove to be costlier than they ever could have imagined.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
To make her dreams of becoming a great lawyer come true, Yoshi, brilliant, calculating and reckless, infiltrates the privileged circle of the school's wealthiest students until she gets too close to a secret she isn't willing to keep, which could cost her more than her life.
Author
Series
Ride or die chick novels volume 3
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Imagine being the product of one of the most notorious criminal couples ever to terrorize the state of Virginia. Imagine your father choosing death over life in prison because he thinks he has no reason to live. Imagine your mother trying to kill herself and you to protect you from the world. Then imagine growing up parentless in a society you seem not to fit in until you meet someone else who feels the same way. If you can imagine all of this, then...
92) Full figured 4
Series
Publisher
Urban
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In Someone else's guy, after a humiliating public divorce from Sean King, stockbroker to the stars, all Valencia McKoy has left is her hair salon, The Real McKoy. She drowns her sorrow in gallons of butter pecan ice cream, until a friend finally convinces her to see a psychiatrist. Dr. Alexander Thornton finds it hard to keep his composure when the stunning, curvaceous Valencia walks into his office. As Alex finds himself falling for his patient,...
Author
Series
Thirsty novels volume 2
Publisher
Wahida Clark Presents Pub
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Justice is back!! In her hometown of Chicago, she is trying to live a normal life for once. But as demons from her past start to rear their ugly heads she is forced to confront them head on. Beneath her shrewd business persona lies a dangerous woman who will stop at nothing for revenge. Will she be willing to risk everything she has worked so hard to establish for one last showdown with Tan, the woman who killed her brother or will she let her demons...
94) Cheaters
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Stephan, a well-to-do young software designer, meets Chanté, and on their rocky road to romance they must contend with exes, fidelity, and their own views on the opposite sex.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Heir to the infamous DeLuca drug cartel fortune, Angel DeLuca walked away from it all for a normal life--until a wrenching betrayal shattered his belief in anything but saving his family's hard-won legacy. He's come back to lead the DeLuca empire--no matter the cost. But his most dangerous rival is the one woman whose fierce determination he can't resist ... Emilia East grew up in the game--virtually a daughter to Angel's mother. In fact, she's been...
Author
Series
Publisher
Good2Go Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Meet Anthony Stone one of the best detectives that New York City has ever seen. He lives by the motto shoot first and ask questions never. Stone's life changes when his lieutenant assigns him to a bank robbery case. His job is to take down four ruthless and vicious bank robbers who will do anything to stay alive and more importantly stay out of jail. The leader of the bank robbers is a man that goes by the name Ghost. When it comes to money, Ghost...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Selling weed and then running her own robbing crew that targeted drug dealers was how Shantana Phillips gained her entry into the Atlanta drug market. Their motto was, "Why buy drugs when you can steal them?" While Shantana and her crew are celebrating in South Beach after their biggest hit ever, the ambitious and power-hungry Shantana meets a Colombian importer looking for a new distributor for the Atlanta market. During a trip to Cali, Colombia,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Dedicated to remaining sober, P.I. "Z" Saldano finds her new romance with Detective Romero Hernandex threatened by the kidnapping of her oldest brother, Mayhem, whose involvement with the Crips is linked to her boyfriend's family.
100) Los Angeles
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Ever since he was a child, the only thing Cyril Anderson wanted was to be down with his brother Cane's crew. Cane Anderson, leader of the notorious Bankroll Crips, was invincible--or so Cyril thought. On thee night of Cyril's initiation, things take a terrible turn and leave Cane lying dead in a pool of his own blood. Now the leader of a blood-thirsty gang, there is only one thing that Cyril wants to do: seek revenge. When he learns that the man...
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