Honey Jones
In South Memphis, four women live in high-stakes, high-risk territory.
Ta'Shara has no interest in following her sister into the street game, but when she falls in love with the brother of a rival, her own sister orders a severe punishment.
LeShelle didn't get where she is by being nice. When a drug mule tries to take her spot next to her man, Python, she pulls the hustle of a lifetime.
Yolanda is ambitious but not too smart.
...Life finally seems to have calmed down for Naeema "Queen" Cole. After she brought down the Make Money Crew, Newark's most notorious bank robbing gang, she was able to make peace with the son she never knew. His memory is even starting to feel like a blessing,...
Sophie "Suga" Alvarez is all about two things: loving her man and making her money. Suga is the wifey of Dane, a man whose criminal lifestyle as a loan shark is in total contrast to her successful career in business. Dane swears he will go...
Camille, Jade, and Shy are best friends and have always had each other's backs. Jade and Shy's boyfriends, Roscoe and James, are partners in a lucrative drug business, but one night they get caught up in a shoot-out that goes horribly wrong. Shy's man, Roscoe, ends up in prison while James walks away clean, and things begin to fall apart between the girls. Jealousy, greed, revenge, and betrayal test the true bonds of friendship. Get ready, because
...5) Baby Momma
Justify My Thug continues the scintillating drama of Wahida Clark's bestselling Thug series. Following the action of Thug Lovin', the story rejoins the saga's favorite couple, Tasha and Trae, as they...
All it takes is one murder to change a million lives, and that's exactly what happens to Kasheef Williams on a cold, black Friday. After a reunion with an old friend goes wrong in a Long Island night club, Kasheef is forced to protect himself by any means necessary. The only problem is that prying eyes see everything. Those eyes belong to Alija Bell. After walking in on a situation she was never meant to see, she runs; but Kasheef sees her face,
...When Noni married the love of her life, she finally thought she would get everything she deserved. Riches, success, status, influence—she had it all as the wife of Mr. Dominick Meyer. But there is more to her title than meets the eye.
When she catches Dom cheating and discovers that he isn't the businessman he portrayed himself to be, her life is changed forever. Finding out that their wealth was amassed from drug money and that Dom
...This is the first installment of a fierce new series by the coauthor of Desperate Hoodwives, featuring an intimate look at the scandalous life of a wifey who uses her sex appeal and street smarts to make it big.
In the hood, every day is about struggle and survival, and no one understands that daily grind more than twenty-two-year-old Kaeyla "Goldie" Dennis. She's been the "wifey" of an older, wealthy man since she was fifteen, but the discovery
...Remy Morgan, a young girl born and raised in the heart of the ghetto, gets caught up in the life when she meets a drug lord who offers her the world. Young and naive, she is trapped in a game of lies, deception, and greed and learns the hard way that everything that glitters ain't gold. After her love is slain, Remy is forced back into the life that she desperately tried to forget.
Remy has kept a diary of her life for the past two years.
...13) Dirty Game
Shannon Holmes, king of urban lit and #1 Essence bestselling author, brings you another story from the mean streets of the South Bronx.
Kenny "Ken-Ken" Greene left his days as a hustler behind him when his wife was killed during a scam gone bad, leaving him with a baby daughter. Now he's a cab driver, doing what he can to put food on the table and give his daughter, Destiny, everything she needs. In spite of his past or because of
...Ashley Antoinette, of the Ashley & JaQuavis writing duo, steps out on her own once again with the next installment of her scandalously sexy Prada Plan series!
When you've been labeled crazy all of your life, it's easy to commit a murder, and now street fiction's most infamous bad girl, Leah Richards, holds the fate of an entire family in her hands. After coming in second place to YaYa in the race to win Indie's affection, Leah decides that enough
...16) Murder Mamas
Robyn and Aries are "The Murder Mamas," contract killers from Los Angeles who take no prisoners. It doesn't take them long to link up with Hollywood's biggest drug kingpin, who hires them to take out a snitch and a judge. But the plans backfire, and they only complete half the job.
Robyn is caught and put on death row, and Aries goes on the run. She winds up in the Islands, where she takes up a new life as a mother and wife, and tries to
...Disaya Morgan, a character first introduced in Girls from Da Hood 4, returns in this gritty tale of a money-hungry woman who finds her life spinning out of control. When Disaya meets Indie and falls hopelessly in love, she is determined to keep her lifestyle a secret—but everything done in the dark eventually comes to light. When she loses control of her own hustle, things go horribly wrong, and she learns the hard way that, in the game
...19) Tied to a Boss 2
It's the merger of all mergers. Miami drug traffickers Dante (Jack Boy) Blackwell and his lover and partner in crime Alinna (Dope Girl) Rodriguez have come to terms on an Unholy Union of sorts. Combining their respective drug organizations into one single cartel. But just as quickly as Miami starts to face its worst nightmare, Dante and Alinna's new business venture begins to unravel. The Miami Queenpin no longer trusts Dante after learning he
...20) Tied to a Boss 3
Local gangster Dante is arrested and charged with the murder of two peace officers. A turn of events which doesn't take but a minute (literally) to begin percolating through the underworld grapevine. Some are thrilled about the news. Some intrigued. Others ... flat out shocked. But one person in particular is devastated—Dante's lover and partner in crime, Alinna.
This was "her" mistake, and now Dante has taken the fall for it. But that's
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