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The Three Queens
by C. N. Phillips
Beautiful, charismatic, and deadly, these three women are bound by blood to do whatever it takes to stay afloat and keep each other alive. Aries: The oldest sister and reluctantly responsible for cleaning up her sisters' messes. Before their father died from cancer, she made a promise to look out for them all. She is trying to juggle her career, a new romance with a charming stranger, and a war brewing in the streets with her family in the middle of it. Kema: The middle sister and hot head. She takes after her father with her love for the drug game. When her father dies, she is sprawled in a game of tug of war with her cousin to take over the empire. Mynk: The troublemaker little sister. She has always been known to act first and think never. And that's precisely what she does when she walks in on her older cousin conspiring to have Kema murdered. Now, her trigger finger has caused a war to be ignited between two of the most prominent families in Houston and put everyone at risk. When their father's cancer makes him too weak to run his drug empire, rivals and wannabes are rushing to fill that void at the top. These sisters will have to overcome their grief to defend the family business and stay alive. --Provided by publisher.
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Dog Team
by Zari
Best friends Elontra Montgomery and Shemika Frazier have been keeping a low profile and getting paid, robbing the occasional jewelry store for years. That changes when their childhood friend and hacker, Demeris "Dee Dee" Dennison, is released from prison. With her ability to shut down cameras and alarm systems, the trio quickly steps up to robbing banks. However, with their newfound focus on bigger targets comes the inevitable involvement of the police. After a few near misses, they decide to lay low for a while--but it's not that easy. The ladies are recruited and forced to do one more job that has the potential to cost them their freedom, if not their lives.
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Wifey's Next Sticky Situation
by Kiki Swinson
After a bloody rampage and a ransom trap she never saw coming, Kira has managed to escape being kidnapped and getting caught in the crossfire of a vicious gunfight. But while her body is unscathed, her mind is another story. Because now, thanks to a vicious rival, she's lost everything. Her drug kingpin fiancé, Dylan, has been murdered, and Kira can't even spare the time to grieve because she's got to run for her life. On top of that, she's got zero dollars, and her car is off limits. With her whole family wiped out, there's only one person she can depend on--Dylan's right-hand man, Nick. With the brutal crime scene crawling with cops, and a possible capital murder charge on their backs, Kira and Nick need to get to a safe zone fast. But that journey will have risks of its own, while Kira struggles against a full-on nervous breakdown that edges closer with every panic attack, and Nick navigates the streets that are getting hotter with every passing second. Their best plan may not be good enough, and living another day could mean more casualties. But will there be anyone left to lose?
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Double Life
by Zari
For the past ten years, Alexis Fox had been living a double life. She is a successful real estate agent and investor by day and a drug queenpin known as Diamond by night. But everything changes after the murder of her right-hand man, Hedrick, causing her two worlds to collide. As a result, she is forced to assume a more hands-on role in her illicit side business, and for the first time, the drug life is beginning to creep into her real life. Consequently, her already contentious working relationship with Cynthia, the manager at her real estate office, becomes antagonistic, forcing her to wonder if there is more to it than just jealousy.
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Single Black Female
by Tracy Brown
Tracy Brown's Single Black Female is a taut, edgy, deftly spun novel about four friends grappling with the dramatic twists and turns of life, love and what it means to "make it in America." Ivy Donovan is a successful stylist, entrepreneur, and single mom who has been loyal to her sons' father, Michael, who's serving a lengthy prison sentence. But life has gotten lonely over the years, and Ivy wants more for herself. Michael, however, isn't about to lose his family. Coco Norris is successful, single, childless, and struggling with her unreciprocated allegiance to emotionally unavailable men. When she finds a man who seems like he can give her everything she has ever wanted, Coco soon discovers that she has taken on more than she can possibly handle. Deja Maddox is a real estate agent who is married to a police sergeant with the NYPD. They have assimilated, looking down on anything that doesn't fit their buttoned up, polished life. But Deja isn't as satisfied as she would like everyone to believe. When Deja's past returns with a vengeance, she's forced to face herself and her "perfect" life begins to crumble. Things come to a head when Ivy's youngest son, Kingston, is caught up in a polarizing encounter with the NYPD. Everyone is forced to figure out where they stand, including the police sergeant who suddenly has to decide if his "blue life" matters more to him than his black life and the black lives of those he loves.
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The Addict / : Carl Webber Presents
by Lisa Lennox
Lisa Lennox's debut novel transports us to the heart of the crack era: The South Bronx, New York, 1989. In the late 80s and early 90s, the crack epidemic swept through inner city communities like the plague. Mothers abandoned their children and took to the street for a hit. Fathers sold everything they owned to get a taste. The crackhead was a permanent fixture in many communities. Some neighborhoods were never the same. Enter Laci Johnson, a privileged, smart, beautiful teenage girl from across town, who teams up with The South Bronx Bitches, an infamous girl group known for chasing men and money. When the SBB becomes envious of Laci, they devise a plan to destroy her life. Finding love in the most unexpected of places, Laci turns to a local drug dealer to help save her and heal the wounds of her new addiction.
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Dumb
by Skyy
Determined to win the one she thinks is for her, Paige finds herself making one foolish decision after another. These decisions become detrimental to her and the life she's worked so hard to maintain. Will she be able to pull herself out of Kyra's web, or become too entangled and unable to break free? Paige is a self-proclaimed 'lone wolf,' content with being single after a string of bad relationships. With a blooming writing career, great friends, and her perfect home, she thinks she has it all. That is, until her one major crush, a local musician named Kyra, starts showing interest in her romantically. Thinking that she's finally found 'the one,' Paige ignores the constant red flags on her way toward gaining Kyra's love.
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Deceitful Vows
by Trinity Dekane
Paula Smith Harris has learned that the man she thought was her true love isn't exactly who he vowed to be. After a painful affair and discovering a child conceived by his lover, 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 would be. Feeling the pain of her husband's deceit, Paula decides to escape to a place where she can breathe. She finds herself in a rather steamy yet dangerous game when she becomes involved with a man whose love is sinister. Meanwhile, Michael is fighting for his right to stay married. He refuses to sign divorce papers in hopes of winning his only true love back, but with the secrets that have been revealed and the pain that was caused, is there any chance for reconciliation? Will he and Paula find their way back to one another, or will their separation and rogue decisions end it all?
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