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Experience is supposed to be the best teacher. For LEROY BLY, it has taught him to always keep his head on a swivel if he wants to stay alive. But there's always something coming that can't be seen.With turmoil arising at every turn and Leroy at wits end, a special woman enters his life. But their union is fraught with challenges that will test Leroy's gangsta. Can love soften a street boss? Or will he be forced to forgo his feelings in order to maintain his stature?Sometimes money, power and respect comes at an unimaginable price. Will Leroy get to enjoy the best of both worlds? Or will one put the other in grave danger? The answer could cause a fight TIL DEATH.

Crazy Is As Crazy Does Part 2 is the continuation of Part 1, the novella. Amber Hayden is now fourteen years old and running a . neighborhood drug operation for Fats and Desi, her childhood friends. She's still dealing with a schizophrenic mother who is in and out of St. Elizabeths Mental Hospital for months on end. Her father must work endless hours to take care of the family. Her brother Chris has now been drafted into the army. She has far more freedom than any teenager, no matter what the age, should be allowed.She's mature beyond her years following behind her mother's best friend, Ms. Lola, who runs a brothel on the corner providing everything from bootleg liquor, numbers, prostitutes and an occasional back-alley abortion.Amber's escape from her mother's wrath is her new found love for the Go-Go. Live music and dancing until the wee hours of the morning has become her refuge and where she meets an older man, a living legend in the city. The two fall in love and it is pure bliss until it isn't.Amber finds herself caught up in a world of murder, sex, drugs and deceit. Will a young girl fighting anxiety and depression survive the streets or succumb to the dark side of mental illness.

Urban Books bestseller La Jill Hunt joins Monica Walters to bring readers humorous, romantic stories of beautiful full-figured women navigating their sometimes complicated love lives.Kiss and Tell by La Jill Hunt: Joli McNeil always wanted to become a teacher and make a difference in children's lives, but that doesn't mean her dream job is always easy. Dealing with the current parent from hell has Joli not only ready to throw in the towel, but throw hands too. Thankfully, she finds joy in her friends, coworkers, and most recently, Caleb, the new man in her life. Then things get complicated, and Joli finds herself facing a dilemma when her work life and personal world collide in the worst possible way. Is Caleb worth dealing with all the drama that comes along with him? Or will cutting ties from it all mean walking away from true happiness in and outside the classroom? La Jill Hunt pens another humorous, relatable story that entertains and inspires. Love Won't Let Me Wait by Monica Walters: Ginni LeCrae Judice has a past riddled with failed relationships and broken hearts, so she has chosen to focus on her self-worth instead. However, when she finds herself just going through the motions in her job as a bank loan officer, she feels the need for some entertainment. A new customer's flirtatious advances might just offer her a new way to occupy her downtime. When Ford Ajani Noel decided to skip out on a four-year degree to become a truck driver, his parents were sorely disappointed, but Ford believes there is potential in trucking, so he isn't giving up on his dream. When he heads to a local bank for financial assistance, he isn't prepared for the curveball life throws at him. This ball of curves is professional, fiery, and gorgeous, and Ford is determined to make her his no matter the cost. Ginni isn't prepared for what having Ford in her life can lead to, and she's taken aback by how fast it progresses. Will Ford be able to convince her that he can meet her exactly where she is, or will his aggressive attempts at loving her prove to be too much for her to handle?

After DON is robbed and killed, RICH goes on a manhunt to find those who are responsible and make them suffer the most grizzly death imaginable. Nothing outside of Rich's own demise can stop him from extracting revenge. Meanwhile, ROB and his gang continue with their spree of masking up on drug bosses throughout the streets. But soon, bad blood and internal discord threatens to destroy what the gang has built. The streets are clouded with beef, blood, and bullets. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Rich is holding down his position as a drug boss, while Rob is out to murk him. When these two heavyweights clash, the streets will tremble. Rich understands that murder is bad for business, but some things can't be avoided. Will he lose everything as he seeks to bury Rob in dirt? Or will Rob bury Rich first, proving that a man can't spend his MONEY IN THE GRAVE?

ELMADI is a slick finesser when it comes down to hustling and laying the game down in the CLASSIC CITY. He boosts the ultimate merchandise on the streets for the ultimate bankroll until his friend, ANDRE, is murdered by a sworn enemy.All of a sudden, Elmadi finds himself caught in a maze of gunfire, drama, love tangles, and a homicide that causes the murder rate in the county to rise exponentially. Elmadi's freedom and loved ones are at risk due to his nebulous ties, and the fate of Rolling Ridge Slums lay firmly on his back. Even worse, Elmadi is entangled in a problem with M.T., a known beast.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿As this mind-twisting bloodbath booms recklessly, can Elmadi slip out with his life still in one piece? Or will he meet an untimely and gruesome demise?

HONESTY PHILLIPS missed her opportunity to kill ANGEL, not once, not twice, but three times. In Honesty's mind, she must kill Angel in order to even the score between them. Then and only then can she live her life in peace. NAJEE BASHIR loves Angel but he doesn't trust her. Especially now that he's taken the war to CARLOS TRINIDAD's front door. Killing is what Najee knows and his instincts are what he must rely on to survive in the nation's capital. But what Najee doesn't know is that a murder he committed back in Newark could come back to haunt him before he can fix things between him and Angel. Meanwhile, Angel has suffered a heartbreaking loss and the most powerful man in D.C. possibly wants her dead. The cops are on her trail and the man that she loves believes that she is his enemy. Kareemah 'Angel' El-Amin is on a race against time. She has to save her daughter, clear her name with Carlos and put an end to the blood feud between her lover and her daughter's father. But she may already be too late...

Sometimes "The Call of The Wild" is all that can save you. Pure, raw, unadulterated animal instincts. These instincts are the driving force behind a beast's need for survival! The Tio clique came dangerously close to extinction as an attack from two fronts nearly destroyed everything that LIL DOOKA and his circle of brothers worked hard to build. Is desperation, anger and revenge enough motivation for the remaining members of the small clique to rise from the ashes of their loved ones?Not if the 357 Mobb has anything to do with it. War is not their specialty, but death is. C1TY and his family speed reckless down a one lane highway called revenge. There's no question about it, the streets of San Francisco will continue to flow with rivers of blood. There's only one question on everyone's mind and in everyone's heart, WHO WILL SURVIVE? ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿In order to become the Apex Predator, someone is going to have to go STRAIGHT BEAST MODE!!! But what happens when everyone does?

When LEE WILKINS aka JUICE invited BUBBLES, a beautiful exotic dancer, to his place for an evening of fun and relaxation, it was supposed to be the beginning of a long-awaited relationship. But what happened would cause a major catastrophe in the streets of Chicago.Being a drug dealer/gang member of major notoriety, Juice has more enemies than friends. After losing his son in a vicious murder, the highly respected street veteran becomes the killer's next target. But who is this person that wants to murder Juice with no regard? Is it friend or foe? Could Bubbles have set him up?¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Juice fears nothing, not even death. Showing the heartlessness of cold-blooded assassin, and strategic skill that has been honed by years of deadly battles in ChiRaq, THE BRICK MAN goes on the offensive in order to find his son's killer and serve him street justice, brutally and with no remorse.

From the bestselling author of Push, a story of survival and awakening-and one young man's remarkable strengthThe Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. Left alone by his mother's death to navigate in a world where love and hate sometimes hideously masquerade, forced to confront unspeakable violence, his history, and the dark corners of his own heart, Abdul claws his way toward adulthood. In a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday, from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artists' lofts, The Kid is a soaring tale of body and spirit, rooted in the hungers of flesh and of the soul.

Violet abandons her son to the task of making dangerous smuggling runs. What is he smuggling? He can't tell anyone. But he knows he has to do it or else innocent people will suffer. And he knows enough about suffering just like his mom, Violet. Set in the six months leading up to the 2020 lockdown, this compelling debut novel tells the story of a family as they travel from despair to hope in their fractured relationships. Will they heal? Violet is a glimpse into the life of the woman you may see sleeping on a bus stop bench or shuffling along the street dragging a heavy load that is only sometimes visible. What is she carrying? Violet is a story of life's hardships, gritty reality, ultimate change, and discovery of meaningful purpose. You may recognize yourself in this story or maybe someone you know. Maybe you will recognize the struggles Violet faces or be appalled at her life decisions. Violet is a product of her environment who is also, like all of us, seeking to be safe and content in a sometimes brutal world.

After being heartbroken by Cage, Angelina & her Collection, The Linas, build an alliance with The Minks, the female Wolves led by Flow's ex-girlfriend, that will prove to be deadly.To deal with the public blood feasts that The Linas and The Minks are creating, Cage must enlist the help of his Frenemy, Onion. This task proves more challenging than Cage realizes because although Onion needs Cage's help against Angelina too, it's not his sole focus. Onion still has his eyes on the bigger prize, Angelina herself.As Cage tries to navigate his way as the Vampire King by leading The Collective, he suffers bumps in the road from not only The Elders and his family, but also an unrevealed source that could change everything.Treason 3 hits hard. Get ready for a dark twisted ride.

Translation of: This is how you lose her.

I 1992 flygter den 12-årige Vladimir med sin mor og storebror fra krigen i Jugoslavien. Han ender sammen med tusind andre flygtninge på skibet Flotel Europa i Københavns Havn. Her skal de tre dele en lille kahyt på ubestemt tid.På Flotel Europa indgår Vladimir i nye vennegrupper og forelsker sig i den smukke Selma. Han går til koncerter på Christiania, samler flasker i Københavns gader, hænger ud med vennerne på lossepladsen ved Refshaleøen, og en form for normalitet opstår midt i undtagelsestilstanden.De mange krigstraumatiserede voksne på flotellet udgør bagtæppet til Vladimirs ungdomsliv, og han er vidne til øjeblikke af både skønhed og stor sorg. Selv længes han efter sin far og sine bedsteforældre, som er blevet tilbage i Sarajevo.Romanen "Flotel Europa" er fortællingen om et helt usædvanligt og ganske almindeligt teenageliv. Om livet som flygtning og om en ungdomstilværelse på trods af krigen.Vladimir Tomic, der er født 1980 i Sarajevo, debuterer som forfatter med "Flotel Europa". Han er kunstner og prisbelønnet filmmager, uddannet fra Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi.

Have you ever loved someone so much you would do practically anything for them, including giving up your family? This is the situation KRYSTAL, a young white girl, finds herself in when she falls in love with the streets and everything her parents had warned her to never indulge in. But temptation turns out to be stronger than logic. Just when the ghetto threatens to swallow Krystal whole, she meets MARCUS, a young, black street thug who saves her from the hell that awaited her. But Marcus isn't very willing to putting his relationship with Krystal out in the open. He sees her as an asset that's better kept a secret. Will Marcus' reluctance to publicly acknowledge the woman who holds him down cause a rift between them that could destroy an otherwise perfect bond?Marcus believes that his strongest bond is with his crew, but time might reveal otherwise. As the trust between him and his mans begin to fade and treachery rears its ugly head, he is forced to turn to Krystal, to hold him down. But THE PROTÉGÉ OF A LEGEND could quickly go from being his secret weapon to becoming the biggest threat to his operation.

In Stackin Paper 2, Genesis is out for blood and redemption. He s on a mission to get retribution on the person responsible for murdering his best friend and to make it back to the love he left behind, Talisa. But as he closes in on his enemy the Feds begin closing in on him.While CoCo sits alone in her jail cell, her regret turns to rage. As she begins putting the pieces to the puzzle together, it becomes apparent that the people she trusted the most were the ones who betrayed her.Will Genesis and CoCo get revenge on the people responsible for bringing them down or will their payback cost them everything they love.

Thrown together by circumstance, six fathers?a sound engineer, a sculptor, a film producer, a chef, a memoirist, a gangster?meet each morning at a local Tribeca coffee shop after walking their children to their exclusive school. Over the course of a single school year, we are privy to their secrets, passions, and hopes, and learn of their dreams deferred as they confront harsh realities about ambition, wealth, and sex. And we meet their wives and children, who together with these men are discovering the hard truths and welcome surprises that accompany family, marriage, and real estate at midlife.Fascinatingly layered and multidimensional, these linked stories, arranged like puzzle pieces, create a powerful portrait of unlikely friends and their neighborhood in transition. Striking chords that range from haunting and heartbreaking to darkly funny and deeply poignant, Triburbia marks the start of a brilliant literary career.

The streets of Atlanta had no idea what hit 'em...until it was too late. Tiana brings her crew to Atlanta and the streets of ATL will never be the same again. By the time the streets realize what has happened, it's too late. The New Yorkers encounter some resistance along the way, but it's nothing that they can't handle. They do what they normally do when it comes to obstacles...remove them. Lady Scarface thought everything was going great...and then, Tiana is arrested...for murder. On the streets, guns and death have solved all of her problems in the past, but her Desert Eagles won't help her in the Atlanta City Detention Center, nor will they help her in the courtroom, where she is fighting for her life. Follow Tiana's crew as they take over the streets of ATL and hang on to the edge of your seat to find out if she will overcome her greatest trial…literally.