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The ultimate daddy by default—stuck paying child support for a kid who isn’t his—is now an advocate for fathers who are being victimized by the system.In this follow-up to Daddy By Default, it’s five years since Parker Redman’s life changed dramatically. Now he’s making a name for himself across the country as an outspoken advocate for father’s rights. After his horrific experience of being forced to pay child support for a child who wasn’t biologically his, he vowed to change the system one desperate father at a time. Serena has had enough. Everywhere she turns, she’s reminded of Parker and his noble work for helpless fathers. But she’s about to blow the lid off his hustle. Now that she’s revealed her daughter’s real father, she’s going on record to expose him for the hypocrite she thinks he is. Upon her release from prison, Lachez Baker is livid to learn of her son’s plans to marry. At seventeen, Junie is headstrong and determined to live the good life at any cost. But when Lachez finds out about the cougar that’s latched on to her son, she’s determined to stop this travesty before wedding bells ring. Eboni Newton is fed up with her baby’s daddy. As far as she’s concerned, Shawnathon is a deadbeat and she’s determined to make him pay for all the pain he’s caused her. These men are at risk of destruction at the hands of these women who will try to get what they want by any means necessary—but will they succeed?

An immensely gifted writer and magical prose stylist.Michiko Kakutani, New York Times New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has transported readers to wonderful places: to New York City during the Golden Age of comic books (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay); to an imaginary Jewish homeland in Sitka, Alaska (The Yiddish Policemens Union); to discover The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Now he takes us to Telegraph Avenue in a big-hearted and exhilarating novel that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California families, one black and one white. In Telegraph Avenue, Chabon lovingly creates a world grounded in pop cultureKung Fu, 70s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul musicand delivers a bravura epic of friendship, race, and secret histories.

A trip back to their alma mater's homecoming becomes memorable for five people in a way none of them could have expected.

Leonid McGill can't say no to the beautiful woman who walks into his office with a stack of cash and a story. She's married to a rich art collector. Now she fears for her life. Leonid knows better than to believe her, but he can't afford to turn her away, even if he knows this woman's tale will bring him straight to death's door.

An erotic suspense story as a young woman navigates the criminal underworld despite her own moral conflicts. She ran away from home as a teen to escape her overprotective and heavily religious family, but now Trenda Fuqua finds herself seduced by the very life she was warned against. Drug running, theft, and murder are part of the world she lands in, and soon Trenda is on the run for her life. Complicating matters is Darius Kain, a rogue cop, who is also after her. Trenda has some critical information that could end not only his career, but his life, and Kain will stop at nothing to silence her. Suddenly far away from the safe haven of her family and everything she once knew, Trenda needs to find her way back...and fast. A masterful blend of thrills, action and erotic elements, Sins of a Siren is sure to keep readers flipping the pages.

Former lawyer Winston Patrick is barely surviving his first year at a Vancouver high school when his students present a human rights issue. A student wants to bring his same-sex partner to the prom, but the school says no. Winston reluctantly leads his kids in suing the school. Opponents will stop at nothing to make their point, even murder.

When Journey Banks has a near death experience, she gets a revelation from an unlikely stranger that will change the course of her life forever. With her new compass for living, she eventually discovers that a choice she made caused a butterfly effect that crashed into the lives of everyone she knows. As each person is touched by the waves of Journey's decision, now they are all forced to make critical adjustments to survive their own life path. Some are for the better, but unfortunately some are for the worst. With her best friend Samantha, her boyfriend Max, and his cousin Monster along for the ride, this highly controversial novel takes aim at the 3 R's (Relationships, Religion, Racism).ISH ELI creates an entirely new genre that guarantees the most provocative and dangerous novel of 2021, with an unapologetic agenda. So travel with these characters as they search to find out who they truly are. But beware! Discovering knowledge of self can be the ultimate Maximum Journey!!!

TATA, the leader of the Red Bottom Squad learns first-hand that every good thing finds an end when she is betrayed by the very people who she trusted the most. Members of her clique begin talking, leading to a domino effect that puts her life and freedom in peril. Tata must decide if she'll flee and abandon her team or stay until the last shot is fired.WHIP's past has somehow crept back into his life at the wrong time, when everything is on the line. With the love of his life on the run, he needs to be there for her by all means, but his own mounting problems has him distracted. Can Whip regain his focus and hold things down for Tata? Or will he become the latest one to fail her?Meanwhile, with the odds stacked heavily against them, PHATMAMA and RACKS put their backs up against the wall ready to deal with a lifetime of incarceration. They can only do this in peace if they are able to get revenge on the person who's responsible for their imprisonment. No bad deed will go unpunished as it is hard to forgive when you have THE HEART OF A SAVAGE.

While COVID-19 rages, the killings don’t stop—a new Inspector Mislan thriller for fans of Michael Connelly, James Ellroy, and John Burdett. Eight months after the assassination attempt that nearly ended his life, Inspector Mislan Latif is back on twenty-four-hour duty with his assistant, Detective Sergeant Johan Kamaruddin, when the call comes in: double murder in a house in the police district of Sentul. The two dark-skinned men were killed identically, execution-style. In the master bedroom of the rental, in plain sight on the bed, in almost three pounds of drugs, while no identfying documents, wallets, phones, and the like are to be found. No shots were heard, or the neighbors won’t admit to hearing them, but someone called the killings in to notify the police. In the area, drugs are rampant and also foreign nationals, legal and illegal. If the vics were foreign, without papers, where do they start? Just as Mislan and Jo begin to dig into the case, they face an unprecedented hurdle. COVID-19 is spreading in the country at an alarming rate, prompting a nationwide Movement Control Order. Pursuing their leads in spite of the new restrictions, the investigators come into contact with members of the underworld and the refugee community, before realizing that the real culprits may be closer than they think.

All Chocolate Davis ever craved was success and to be loved; however, her past cripples her at every turn, killing any semblance of normalcy and peace from her life. The love-hate relationship she has with her mother and the unimaginable traumatic events she had to endure ignite her desire to be loved as well a vast of other emotions that will soon erupt.Wanting to escape from the pit of hell, she walks into the arms of the love she always desired, but revenge snatches it away as quickly as it was given. In need of comfort and support, she falls into a friendship that teaches her that everything that glitters is not gold, and the hell of a ride she is taken on sends her colliding right into deceit and violence, forcing her to run for her life. Chocolate realizes that she is in this world alone and must learn how to survive, but her life is interrupted once again with the reappearance of love-but it's a love she'll fight against and succumb to only to have it leave her amidst despair and carnage.A vicious cycle of addiction-sex, love, fear, hope, and the past-has the ability to keep Chocolate on the path of self-destruction.Will she drown in the black depths of her past...... or break through the surface of her addictions and survive?

After Mack's right hand man Dre get arrested with three kilos of Heroin. He has to find a quick way to make fast cash and keep control of his neighborhood and everyone will have to chip in and he means everyone. Detective Washington a veteran Detective on the Sacramento Police Force feeling pressured from his boss calls in a favor from a old friend. A Drug sting quickly Threatening his career as a local gang take control of his area. The more he digs the deeper the hole he puts himself in. Mike's life goes from rags to riches as he hits rock bottom and decides to follow his passion. His road to success is threatened when the local gang wants a piece of his pie. CASH ADDICT PUBLISHING

PAKI4LIFE is a story about three young men, who are raised in a tough environment. Jamal and his friends, live a life of social control, crime, prejudice, money and drugs.