Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> African American & Black - Urban & Street Lit

Leesha Tyler is about to commit robbery when memories from her past start to consume her. Leesha looks back on her life and remembers the chaotic household she lived in -- with her mother and herself always at odds. Thoughts of the death of her grandmother and other untimely events only sadden Leesha further and make her more determined that the only solution to her problems...

Jefferson Myles, a sucessful businessman and CEO of his own securities firm, might be in over his head. For one thing, he's embezzling money from his clients to fund "Operation Stingray" -- an organization headed by Robert Santiago that steals ammunition from a military base to sell to a rebel group in Honduras. To make matters worse, Jefferson is cheating on his wife with his married neighbor, Linda...

Tokus Stone is a man caught between what he knows and what he knows is right, between the fortune of crime on the one hand and the conviction of law on the other. Way Jalon, on the other side of the spectrum, rules the city with an iron fist, presiding over an empire of wealth and influence. Armed with a dangerous new secret, he vows to remake the fabric of society by his own standards -- and Tokus Stone will be his perfect gamble.

This edge-of-your seat novel traces the lives of a...

There are two fates that come from indulging in a life of crime: death or incarceration. Nate Rodgers and Lionel Taylor are opposites in every way. While Nate has achieved dubious power and fame by pushing drugs on the streets, Lionel has fallen from honor as a police detective by giving in to the lure of drug abuse and losing his family in the process.

When these two men meet, they...

Shawn thinks he has the ultimate woman; Venus is sexy like an Essence model, hood as any Bronx girl, and as sly as a fox. Too bad he doesn't see her double cross before she strips him of all his belongings. Fortunately, Shawn is a hard worker, and his boss has a place for him to stay -- convenient enough for her to also get some of the Shawn lovin'. It is under his boss lady's real estate business that Shawn gets caught up yet again with the rich and connected Macy Jordan. The penthouse, the chauffeured limos, the Broadway shows -- would he ever screw up something this good? But...

Tavon, better known as "Sweet," would pimp his own mother--and he does. Convinced that the prostitution game chose him, Sweet loves his high-rolling life. But when he unexpectedly becomes a father, will Sweet be able to choose between the family trade and his grown,...

Barely eighteen, Kanika has everything to look forward to. She's fine, smart, and strong-qualities she inherited from a momma who made sure her little girl had every privilege-courtesy of Tony, one of Brooklyn's most powerful crime lords. Born to the life, Kanika knows the hustle from the inside out, but her future holds college and some quality time with Tony's second-in-command, Tyrell...

Then Kanika's world explodes in a hail of bullets and blood when a hit takes down both the man who raised her and the mother she adores. Alone, shattered, and possibly a target herself, Kanika...

Since she was a little girl, Tionna's on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is as cold as a December chill, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons, and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare. With Duhan behind bars and everything she loves seized she finds herself starting over in the same neighborhood she swore she'd never come back to.

With two kids, a man in prison and no back up...

Dante Garrett learned the handyman trade from watching his late grandfather and his father hard at work. Painting, carpentry, and plumbing were among his talents, to the point that he became one of the most wanted men in Park Chester--but not without ducking and dodging some of the horny housewives who were his clients. In fact, Dante goes to great lengths to keep from crossing the line that separates him from clients such as the wispy Ms. Thomas and the regal Mrs. Singletary. It's when he falls head over heels for a client's niece, Stacy, that Dante's life begins to change.

Stacy is...

" The only thing that ll last forever is my Thirst . . . .
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So says Abel Crofton as he explores the streets and canals of Amsterdam. A New York tunnel worker who s struggling to stay sober after years of alcoholism, Abel is searching for the mother he s never known. Despite having few clues as to her whereabouts, he soon finds a bureaucratic trail that takes him to Haarlem, the Dutch town from which the famed African-American neighborhood takes its name.
As Abel ventures into more new territory, he also takes on his identity as a Black man, his rough childhood in Harlem, New...