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From a single mother who gets lured into her pastor’s twisted den of lies, to a deadly revenge plot gone wrong, and an illicit affair that leaves a bloody trail of evidence, author and filmmaker N’Tyse presents Chain of Fools: Prison Bids, her most gripping, collaborative work thus far - featuring crime-of-passion tales served by best-selling authors Briana Cole, Shakir Rashaan, Brandie Davis, Erick S. Gray, and India Williams. 

Nature hasn’t been kind to Raina, especially where her looks are concerned. So unattractive that people would cross the street just to avoid her, the isolation makes her chronically shy, and she finds it difficult to approach people. However, Raina has a secret. She falls in love easily and constantly stalks the men she is infatuated with, but one man who captured her heart like no other stands out from the crowd. The devilishly handsome and charming Sterling Robinson, a.k.a. Roo, is Mr. Popularity himself - every guy wants to be him and every girl wants him for herself.

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea opens in the early 1970s with young César, a street tough of Afro-Cuban descent, standing outside a US Navy recruitment office at the crack of dawn. The Vietnam War is raging, the navy has only recently begun the serious process of integration, and the country is reeling from racial turmoil and unrest.

Nine Lives: For the Love of Money is an exciting tale of cat and mouse - murder for hire with a street-lit twist. It features siblings Boogie and Lil Bit, who has ventured into a world of party promoting instead of drug dealing, or so Lil Bit thought. 

To keep my daughter, I have to save my marriage. I married a woman who’s my opposite in every way. And that’s coming back to bite me now that we can’t agree on anything. Reality hits me hard when my wife starts talking about divorce, and I find out I might lose my daughter in the custody battle. In desperation, I seek out an old mechanic who claims to repair cars and relationships.

Levi "Lee" Hiroshi is a world-weary reporter in Brooklyn, NY. His life is one of constant danger, with very little concern for his own well-being. That is, until a woman claiming to be the daughter of his oldest brother, Lewis Hiroshi, winds up on his doorstep. He can't tell if what she says is true, but as Lee fights thoughts that threaten to overtake him, he also struggles to come to terms with feelings he knows he shouldn't have. With secrets and deep-seated desires making for a precarious friendship, Lee is forced to realize that his heart yearns and hopes for more.  

Viktoriaanisen ajan Australia hehkuu rakkautta ja häikäilemättömyyttä. Kun 17-vuotiaan Nora Tamasinin isä kuolee etsiessään kultaa Australiasta, tämä jättää tyttärensä yhtiökumppaninsa, pahamaineisen Charles Herrickin huostaan. Nora jättää taakseen Englannin ja muuttaa Australiaan akaasioiden, eukalyptusten ja kultakuumeen maahan. Uudessa kotimaassaan Nora tuntee vetoa Herrickin poikaan Stirlingiin. Herrickillä on kuitenkin muita suunnitelmia hänen varalleen. Pian Nora saa huomata, että Charles Herrick on mies, joka haluaa kostaa kokemansa vääryydet – hinnalla millä hyvänsä.

A sexy BBW, widower romance by Ellie Etienne of BWWM Club. Jennifer James has finally achieved her childhood dream and will start work at a high-end cruise company, Voyages. All of her dreams are coming true! Except there was just one thing making her feel slightly uneasy: the intense CEO of Voyages, Joel Beckworth!

After blowing the money she receives from a career-ending car accident, Asha finds herself strung out on pain medication and low on cash. Desperate for money to feed her addiction, she teams up with her Aunt Lynn and hits the strip of the notorious Cash Avenue. But her life is interrupted when her boyfriend is gunned down by her neighbor Shon's boyfriend, Manson - who also happens to be her arch enemy, Carly's baby daddy. The feuding women learn that they have more in common than a man - they have a deep love affair with money and will do anything to get it.

Odarko, Oklahoma, 1956. Scratch Williams is a Yardbird: someone employed to do menial jobs, legal or otherwise. After oil tycoon George Spiff hires him to break up the relationship between his daughter and her newest conquest, a fight breaks out. Later, Scratch wakes up in his car, with the body of the boyfriend lying next to him.

The finer the man, the more everyone is going to want him, and DeWayne Coleman is no exception to the rule. With his main girl, Kiara Lawrence, by his side, DeWayne rules the town. Sure, he spent time sneaking in and out of beds, but DeWayne was always able to slither his way out of any whorish problem he got himself into - until Ariane came along. Kiara is a lawyer with money and brains, but Ariane has a body with hustle and street smarts. With DeWayne caught in the whirlwind, the women have no choice but to fight for the love of their lives, but at what cost? 

No drama, no problems - that’s Tori Carter’s idea of the good life. Her tendency to plan everything to the max has made her the most successful event coordinator in the business and the number one problem-solver for her family and friends. But, Tori’s organized world is turned upside down when her seemingly perfect fiance runs off with another woman, leaving her without a plan B-through-Z.... or any idea what to do next.

Countee Cullen was already a prominent literary figure when he published Color, his auspicious debut collection of poetry. In deceptively simple verse, and in harmony with lyric tradition rather than rebellion against it, Cullen covered such complex terrain as race, faith, mortality, sexuality, and identity. Cullen may be less well known today than his contemporaries, but his emotional candor, creative ambition, and impudent humor retain an unforgettable spark. 

Jade Peters has never had an easy life. She's felt like she's had to work in some capacity since she could string a sentence together. From her father constantly putting them in debt to loan sharks, to her mother having run off years ago with someone who promised her a rich life, she's had no one to count on but herself. Depending on people has always blown up in her face and she doesn't know if she'll ever be able to trust anyone.  

When 24-year-old Tara Walker goes home for her brother's funeral, she discovers the secret journal she started when she was eight. As she reads, she is pulled back into her complicated, raw, and often frightening childhood, where drug addiction, alcoholism and predators brought chaos into her privileged, middle-class home.

Michele Battle-Fisher's third volume of poetry, Now Whenever, and fourth volume, It Therefore, invite listeners to throw away conceptions they have of complex human relationships. With the author's wry and unflinching approach to untangling human complexities, the poems set up a nonlinear journey through immaturity, regret, self-discovery, passion, and, most importantly, love. She writes about her life with skin-picking disorder and bipolar disorder.

They say love is a many-splendored thing, so do you continue to believe in the power of love, even after it has given you a beat down and left you with thorns and splinters? Of course you do! The Diary of a Hopeful Romantic is a compilation of stories about love gained, love lost, and love just gone terribly wrong. A collection of testimonies about the triumphs and defeats endured while dating Mr. or Ms. Wrong. Humor takes a front seat as does enlightenment, wisdom, and growth.

Listeners loved the Betrayed series so much that Tanisha Stewart has decided to release a special edition! In this book, all three of the stories in the Betrayed series are presented, along with added content, including the infamous barbecue scene, as well as more background information on Kelvin, Iliana, Kay'Ceon, and June. If you enjoyed the original books, you don't want to miss these updates. Follow the story of the betrayal June endured. Keep your friends close, and enemies closer. 

As the wife of a pioneer in the field of biotechnology, Katherine Stallworth had an up-close view of the ugly underbelly of corporate espionage and the cutthroat nature of competition. When her husband is murdered and her life threatened, she turns to Raheem Miller, the one man she can trust - despite their sordid past. While he’d rather avoid this assignment, he’ll never forgive himself if anything happened to her. In the middle of conducting an investigation into her husband’s death, he discovers a conspiracy that could rock the very foundation of the United States.

Entre fragmentos de recuerdos y de olvidos que parecen dominados por el azar, Ana intenta recobrar la memoria perdida por un accidente menor. Aun a escala personal, el pasado configura para ella un campo de batalla y la Historia del país se manifiesta en los hitos, símbolos y tabúes que instauraron su propio linaje. El conflicto doméstico aparece así enmarcado por otro más crudo: la pelea por la lengua y el territorio propios.