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41) A damaged girl
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Zola Zaire never had a chance to choose her man. Raped at fourteen, her mother threw her out at sixteen, and she was forced to live with a man three times her age. Abuse was all she'd known, and she has gotten comfortable as a bottom dweller--until her son is taken from her. That's when she decides to become the predator instead of the prey"--
42) Stalker
Author
Publisher
distributed by Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
" After a brutal divorce, Abigail Wilson vowed to never love again, but when Brent Carson crosses her path, she simply can't resist his good-guy persona that exemplifies perfection. From A to Z, Brent appears to have it all. Abigail falls head over heels for him--until the unthinkable happens. Brent's announcement, "I'm just not that into you,' sends Abigail on a downward spiral. She can't cope with ill treatment from another man, and now nothing...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When white silver screen icon Kitty Karr Tate dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the three Black St. John sisters, it prompts questions. A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty's affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty's journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could-and between a cheating fiancé and fallout from a controversial...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
""Rarely does one encounter a book that can so profoundly change a reader. Moon and the Mars is that book. Corthron, a true heir to James Baldwin, presents a startlingly original exposure of the complex roots of American racism and classism as well as a sweeping exploration of love in all its myriad forms. The best work of fiction I have read in many years." -Naomi Wallace, MacArthur "Genius" Playwriting Fellow and author of One Flea Spare Set in...
Author
Publisher
HarperTempest/Amistad
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Jesse uses his sketchbook and comic strips to make sense of his home in Harlem and the loss of a close friendship. The thing was that me and Rise were blood brothers, but sometimes I really didn't know him. . . . And so Jesse fills his sketchbook with drawings and portraits of his blood brother, Rise, and his comic strip, Spodi Roti and Wise, as he makes sense of the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and loss in a neighborhood where drive-bys,...
47) A daddy thing
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Rachel Hendricks' picture perfect world is shattered when her fiancé, Erickk Martin, decides he really doesn't want to be a father and she meets a mysterious stranger, Saxon Carmichael, who always wanted children.
48) To love & betray
Author
Series
Publisher
Dafina Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
As Evan Murdoch battles an attempted murder charge, he is on the verge of getting forced out of the family corporation and must rely on his younger brother, Terrence, to become the new public face for the company.
49) Deceitful vows
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Paula Smith Harris has learned that the man she thought was her true love isn't exactly who he vowed to be. After a painful affair and discovering a child conceived by his lover, Paula decides that it is time to move on. However, getting away from her crazy, obsessed husband isn't going to be as easy as she hoped it would be. Feeling the pain of her husband's deceit, Paula decides to escape to a place where she can breathe. She finds herself in a...
Author
Series
Hood misfits volume 7
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Meet Marcel and Sabrina, a hitman and a bookkeeper for the Mob. They should have never met, let alone fallen in love. When they decide to go against the grain, all hell breaks loose. Somebody wants them dead; they just don't know who. It could be Leo, Marcel's jealous older brother; Othello, Sabrina's crooked father; or it could be The Family, a roundtable of the top contenders in the underworld. There is no honour amongst thieves. Marcel and Sabrina...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A short story collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Miami, and beyond-and an evocative meditation on belonging, the meaning of home, and how we secure freedom on our own terms"--
53) Beats and blow
Author
Series
Crescent Crew volume 4
Publisher
Dafina
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The founder and leader of the Crescent Crew negotiates a supply of products from lockdown while his second-on-command, Bone, has a secret agenda that is starting an internal war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The streets pump blood through Rocko's heart, but his women are the electricity that spreads and causes it to contract. Though he's madly in love with his fianc�ee, Troi, he can't keep his past mistakes with other women from catching up with him"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Lyricist Lemere Webster is successful in every aspect of his life except for love. His rap career is soaring. His family is taken care of, and he's well-respected in and out of the hood. The only thing missing is the Bonnie to his Clyde. As for Amree Haylin, she has devoted all her time and energy to becoming one of the top journalists in the entertainment industry. Her love life and men are something she has no time for. So, the last thing she expected...
56) Influence
Author
Series
Influence (Carl Weber) volume 1
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When famed attorney Bradley Hudson learns of his youngest son Langston's arrest for drug trafficking, he immediately assembles a team of lawyers and investigators, including members of his own family, to build a defense. With his reputation for being a shark in the courtroom, Bradley is confident he will get justice for his son--until he realizes he will be going up against an old foe, Assistant District Attorney James Brown. Is the ADA allowing his...
57) St. Louis
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After the untimely death of their St. Louis kingpin father, David and Davita, half-siblings with very different childhoods, must take up the mantle and try to keep the crime family together despite their mothers' meddling.
58) Pleasured by you
Author
Series
Wellspring (Elle Wright) volume 3
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Forced to return home to Wellspring, Michigan, a place he had cut all ties to, Bryson Wells comes face-to-face with the only woman he has ever loved and tries to convince her that his feelings for her are stronger than ever.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Language
English
Description
"Raised in one of the few well-to-do areas left in metro Detroit, Morgan's parents spoiled their daughter with the most lavish life they could afford and placed her on a pedastal of greatness. With dreams of her becoming a top-tier businesswoman working in the newly revised Downtown Detroit district, her parents were shocked when their daughter ran off with Jayvon Bates, one of the most dangerous thugs in the city. He's better known as Always Making...
60) Idlewild
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, distributed by Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Desiree Johnson hasn't been home to Idlewild, MIchigan in over seventeen years, but she and her son, Tyree, rush there when she receives news about her father. Tyson Rockwell is taken aback by her return. Their summer relationship was once powerful, but he succumbed to family pressure and let Desiree go. Now that she's back, he vows it will not happen again. He needs to prove to Desiree that he never stopped loving her-- despite his wife and children....
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