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Sister Girls: 20 Year Anniversary Edition
Hunter, Angel M.
Jealousy, envy, and pure hateration. Maybe you've been there, or maybe you know someone who's going through it. Whatever the case, you know when things get rough, you can always count on your sister girls to be there for you. Take a look inside the lives and relationships of...
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Black Godfather: The Black Death
K'Wan
Paper Book
Grimm's childhood wasn't too much unlike any of the other kids in his dirt-poor neighborhood. Hard times and hard lives. For the most part, while his best friends Spoon and Goldie were out getting into mischief, Grimm was in the house studying or reading. Grimm had been somewhat of a child prodigy,...
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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...
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Pretty Hustlaz
Karrington, Blake
Dillon has always had a hustler mentality. After dropping out of college in her second year, she links up with an old childhood friend, and together they form Pretty Hustlaz Inc. In this line of business, she sees it all. The madam can't help but wonder if what she witnesses behind the closed doors...
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One Final Shot
Pynn, Aubre©♭
Young and deeply in love, Mone't and Austin have the world at their fingertips. They were the beacon of love in the hood of Ganton Hills; a couple worth protecting. But the hood politics don't exist outside of the nine blocks. With a sudden thrust into success, Mone't and Austin face trials and...
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Little Black Girl Lost: 20 Year Anniversary Edition
Johnson, Keith Lee
Enter 1950s New Orleans, a world of betrayal, envy, lust, and murder, where everyone has ulterior motives. Take a peek at Johnnie Wise, a 15-year-old girl being pursued by Shamus and ruthless crime boss, Napoleon Bentley, who will stop at nothing to have this young beauty. ...
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To Paris with Love: A Family Business Novel
Weber, Carl
Paper Book
It's Spring Break and Paris Duncan is on the verge of graduating at the top of her class from Chi's Finishing School, one of Europe's most exclusive private academies. At Chi's students not only learn the three Rs, but they also learn the deadly art of assassination. Like most of her classmates,...
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The girls of South Beach
Hernandez, Treasure
Paper Book
Anissa Burke has one goal, and that's to be the baddest bitch to ever walk the earth. Using seduction to her advantage, she stays laced in designer clothes, in the best homes, and behind the wheel of fancy cars. Things are good, and when Anissa meets a pimp named Leon, he promises to make them even...
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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....
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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.
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True to the game II
Woods, Teri.
Paper Book
TRUE TO THE GAME II will pick up where True to the Game left off-- with one difference, Gena is now seeing a new guy named Jay. Little does Gena know that the man she has fallen in love with, so soon after Quadir's death, is his archrival, Jerrell Jackson. Unfortunately, Jerrell is determined to get...
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True to the game III
Woods, Teri.
Paper Book
The third and most explosive installment of the groundbreaking True to the Game trilogy will take you on a marathon race through the mean streets of Philly. Starting off where the second installment's dramatic cliffhanger left us, True III will finally reveal Gena's mysterious stalker and savior, as...
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Kiss the ring : an urban tale
Mink, Meesha.
Paper Book
From one of the most daring voices in urban fiction comes a sexy novel about a modern-day Foxy Brown who goes undercover in a dangerous quest for revenge. Naeema "Queen" Cole takes care of herself. From the death of her parents when she was just eleven years old to when she found...
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Silenced : a novel
DuPree, Kia.
Paper Book
One of the hottest new writers in urban fiction, award-winning author Kia DuPree has been hailed for her heart-wrenching storytelling and unforgettable characters. Now she takes you to Washington, D.C.'s most notorious neighborhood, where a young woman has one chance to escape-and too many ways...
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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...
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Riding Shotgun
Williams, Racquel
Paper Book
Take a rocky ride with this couple, who are toxic for each other but continue to play this dangerous game of love, lies, and betrayal. 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...
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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...
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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,...
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Libra Princesses
Phillips, C. N.
When one of Kelz's high-profile murders changes course because of betrayal and leaves him lying dead, life as Nadi knows it comes to a halt. That is, until she figures out a way to get the ball rolling again. Nori wants no part in her sister's scandalous life; however, with no real money coming in...
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Starving for Love
Littles, T. C.
Paper Book
Abandoned by her mother as a child, Shayla grew up with a hole in her heart that was full of doubt, depression, and pain. With a drug-addicted father and a brother who can only hustle backward, she specializes in living rough and settling for struggle. All she has are her best friends, Bird and...
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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...
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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...
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My Heart Still Beats for You
Marie, Tina
Meet Inaya, a good girl who made some hard choices to keep her daughter safe. Inaya's life is a total wreck, but she is trying her best to keep her head above water for her four-year-old daughter, Kadia. When she bumps into her new neighbor, Phantom, she can't get him off her mind or out of her...
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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...
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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...
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The side effects of loving you
Karrington, Kaylha
Paper Book
Draya has given up the hope of being in love ever since her fiance, Korey, decided to make a fool out of her, so she packs up her son and moves out of their home. Korey, however, has not and will not give up on Draya. He swears he didn't cheat on her. Draya wants to trust and believe, but she doesn...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Hood Defined Love
Renee, Raevyn
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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