You ever wish so hard for something it actually comes true, and then once it does come true your not really sure it was worth it. Welcome to Alico Alexandre's world. Alico was at the bottom, and craved nothing more then to be on the top. He wanted the money, the fortune, the beautiful house, but nothing more to show everyone he finally made his dreams come true One day a meeting with a peculiar stranger by the name of Samuel changed everything All of a sudden Alico finds the house of his dreams. It was everything he ever wanted. However their is a very dark secret to this house, and the...

Diversity colors everything in New York City, from the faces you pass to the strange pairings of buildings. On one particularly odd street sits Alico's Diner. The moment you walk in, you shed the despair of the outside world-ominously embodied by the menacing prison across the street.

When the diner door closes gently behind you, however, you are home. Perhaps it's the delicious smells and the cozy warmth, or simply the owner's policy that everyone gets treated like family. Nevertheless, whether you're a celebrity or correctional officer, you'll soon forget you were ever a stranger...

Jessy, Basir, and Spiffy are the best of friends. Despite different backgrounds, they share a unique bond. They're stuck in low-wage, dead-end jobs and constantly on the lookout for something more. The solution? Get-rich-quick schemes-which fail miserably and usually wind up costing them in the end. Undeterred, they set off in search of the next big idea, only to fall victim to yet another scam.

Funny, engaging, and enlightening, Beginner's Guide to Scams is a fast-paced comedy about three lovable characters trying the best they can to make money fast, only to realize that...

Elliot is a young boy whose mother, Marisol, lost her parents at a young age and spent most of her life in foster homes. She eventually found love and became pregnant, but her boyfriend left her to care for Elliot on her own.

Moving from shelter to shelter, Marisol does her best to survive and give Elliot everything she can, but Elliot knows his life is not like the lives of the other children around him.

Luck finds them one day, and Marisol and Elliot are finally able to move into a place they can call their own. Unbeknownst to them, the apartment has special powers. Elliot...

It's the end of the school year, vacation is just around the corner, everyone is ready for summer, and high school student Alex feels like he's living the longest week of his life. If he doesn't pass his exams, he'll fail his classes and say goodbye to vacation-and hello to summer school.

So when Alex passes his classes by the skin of his teeth and can breathe a sigh of relief, the last thing he wants to hear is that his father's found summer employment for him. Working at the boathouse in Flushing Meadows sounds like a drag, and Alex imagines himself selling hot dogs with losers...

In the midst of society's collapse, one young man must defend his home against a violent gang in A. Alico's thrilling new novel, America's 84 Street Boys.

With the United States government in tatters, society has devolved into bloodshed and mayhem.

Amid the rubble rises a group that calls itself the Favela Kid Gang (FKG). Their motto? If you're not with them, you're against them.

The young Quez Martin, his childhood abruptly torn away from him, must grow up fast if he's to survive in this surreal new world. He and his neighbors on 84th Street in Queens, New...

Tristan Mundy has a very nice life. The son of a wildly successful and powerful attorney, Tristan lives in Belle Harbor, a wealthy community right on the ocean-and far away from the many harsh realities of the outside world.

But money can't protect Tristan forever. When a terrible storm devastates Belle Harbor and strips him of everything he knows and loves, Tristan has no choice but to go to live with his uncle, Jeff.

Estranged from his family, the alcoholic Jeff is completely unprepared to take on the responsibility of raising his angry, spoiled, and grieving young nephew....