Urban Fiction

Updated October 22, 2024
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Deeper Than Love
Karrington, Blake
When Agent Ciara Valentine is sent to the Atlanta Bureau of the FBI, she never imagines the turn of events she will encounter in her personal and professional life as she launches her new career path. Upon arriving at her new work location, Ciara finds that her 'mystery' partner is none other than...
Little Black Girl Lost: 20 Year Anniversary Edition
Johnson, Keith Lee
Paper Book
Johnnie Wise is a mere innocent of fifteen years old when her mother sells her virginity to an unscrupulous insurance man named earl Shamus. Stunningly beautiful, JOhnnie possesses the voluptuous body of a thirty-year-old. What she doesn't know is that Shamus has made a number of the girls from the...
To Paris with Love: A Family Business Novel
Weber, Carl
Paper Book
Standalone story from the New York Times bestselling series, centring on the most popular character of The Family Business. Join bestselling authors Carl Weber and Eric Pete as they go back in time and take their character, Paris, to Europe, to the finishing school where she meets her first true...
The girls of South Beach
Hernandez, Treasure
Paper Book
Carl Weber presents the second installment of an eight book series, Kingpin (Urban). Here we follow around the man behind the scenes of every gang in the Southern US.
The Banks sisters
Turner, Nikki
Paper Book
Meet the Banks sisters - Mona, Bunny and Tallhya. They're living under the same roof but can't stand each other. Their only common denominator is their loving grandmother Me-Ma. When she's not at work trying to make ends meet, she's home with her girls, trying to keep them from killing each other....
True to the game
Woods, Teri.
Paper Book
It's the late 1980s and Gena, a young girl from the projects, meets Quadir, a millionaire drug dealer, and falls madly in love. Quadir builds a massive empire while fighting off his rivals and enemies while Gena faces the challenge of hoding on to her man, her house, her car, and the cash.
Shattered : a novel
DuPree, Kia.
Paper Book
From award-winning author Kia DuPree, hailed for her emotionally complex characters and breakneck pacing, comes a propulsive and compelling novel about a young girl navigating the dangerous underbelly of the foster care system.  Kiki's world is turned upside...
Riding shotgun
Williams, Racquel
Paper Book
Akila Jones had a rough childhood growing up in one of Richmond's grimiest projects. She learned early on that she had to boss up, go in savage mode, and take care of herself by any means necessary. Things are starting to look up for her when she falls for Mari, a well-known hitta from Virginia...
Begonia Brown : a Philadelphia story
Simmons, Julia Press
Paper Book
Begonia's carefree world has been turned upside down. Forced to become the head of her household, she has to trade her paintbrush in for a switchblade and her love of art into a love affair with the hood. Lying, stealing, and turning tricks, Begonia will do any and everything she can to protect her...
Heartbreak U : freshman years
Sherri, Johnni
Paper Book
Born and raised in the heart of Brooklyn, Franki doesn't take crap from anyone. Continuously hurt by the men in her life, she finds herself using them for the only thing she believes they're good for: sex. When she's labeled for her promiscuity and a new tragedy strikes, how will she recover? Paris,...
Starving for love
Littles, T. C.
Paper Book
Raised in one of the few well-to-do areas left in metro Detroit, Morgan was spoiled by her parents with the most lavish life they could afford. They placed her on a pedestal of greatness. With dreams of her becoming a top-tier businesswoman working in the newly revised Downtown Detroit district, her...
The laws of loyalty
Littles, T. C.
Paper Book
Raised in one of the few well-to-do areas left in metro Detroit, Morgan was spoiled with the most lavish life her parents could afford. With dreams of her becoming a top-tier businesswoman working in the newly revised Downtown Detroit district, her parents are shocked when their daughter runs off...
Cold Blooded
Glenn, Roy
Paper Book
Following the murder of his friend and business associate, Quentin Hunter, Mike Black decides that he might ask a few questions. Why would Daniel Beason kill Quentin, and why would Beason have murdered his business partner, Elias Colton? If Black is hitting the streets, you can be sure that Bobby...
My Heart Still Beats for You
Marie, Tina
Paper Book
After a rocky start, Phantom and Inaya had fallen for each other. But now, Phantom is in Miami, and Inaya decides to make her own choices and live her own life-pregnant and all. Moving without telling Phantom and forwarding all money back to his account, Inaya has found independence and a backbone....
Deceitful vows
Dekane, Trinity
Paper Book
Paula Smith Harris has learned that the man she thought was her true love isn't exactly who he vowed to be. After enduring countless affairs, among other things, 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...
Now or never
Ro, Hazel
Paper Book
Thirty-seven-year-old Mya has been enjoying her single-but-dating life for the past five years. In fact, she's practically created the perfect man for herself - through multiple partners. She has her young thug in Tyrone, her money-making corporate man in Charles, her understanding church boy in...
The side effects of loving you
Karrington, Kaylha
Paper Book
Draya had given up on the hopes of being in love ever since her fiance, Korey, decided to make a fool out of her. Her woman's intuition told her he was doing her dirty, and without asking him, she packed up her son and moved out of the home they were sharing. However, Korey has not and will not give...
Life after death : a novel
Souljah, Sister
Audiobook
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Instant USA TODAY Bestseller The long-anticipated sequel to Sister Souljah's million copy New York Times bestseller The Coldest Winter Ever. Winter Santiaga hit time served. Still stunning, still pretty...
Afterburn : a novel
Zane.
Paper Book
In the latest romantic romp from New York Times bestselling author Zane, two hapless lovers get lost in a dating game gone awry. When Washington, D.C., chiropractor Yardley Brown goes to his local bank, it isn't only to make deposits into his account. He has long since accrued some...
The hot box : a novel
Zane.
Paper Book
“Hot Box” is a baseball drill that can be played with three or more players and two to four bases. The players take turns being fielders and runners, ultimately trying to tag the rest of the players out. In The Hot Box, best friends Milena and Lydia are playing the game with Jacour,...
Hood defined love
Renee, Raevyn
Paper Book
Riley has been doing her best to raise her cousin Mikayla, even allowing some of her desires to fall by the wayside to make sure Mikayla is okay. Her love life is practically nonexistent, and there are times she doesn't know whether she's coming or going. Mikayla's past has caused her to look for...

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