In the trilogy's previous entry, jealousy ignited long-simmering tensions between Promise, Squeeze, and Show, leading to an all-out gang war. Streets Of New York Volume 3 finds the neighborhood reeling from the pain of losing a son an...

Karl Taro Greenfeld, author of the acclaimed memoir Boy Alone, delivers a stylish first novel about a group of families in a fashionable Manhattan neighborhood wrestling with the dark realities of their lives.A book reminiscent of Tom...

Just one shot, and Ray became a KILLER! Provoked by his gang leader into shooting an innocent guy, Ray now faces a forty-year sentence in Chicago's infamous prison system. As far as he is concerned, it might as well be for life. In ...

Blink is what you would call a good-hearted bad man because, even though he is a drug dealer, he uses his money to uplift and provide for the people in his neighborhood. However, greedy eyes are gazing at his lucrative operations and ...

Controlling the influx of narcotics into Savannah, Georgia, Peter Whiskey Battle, an enforcer for Bad Boyz II Syndicate, is faced with tragedy when an affair goes horribly wrong after he gets rid of a meddlesome police chief. Original.

These Things Happen is set in Manhattan and focuses on two couples - one gay, one straight. They share a 15-year-old son, Wesley, who lives on the upper East Side with his mother and doctor stepfather. Trying to get to know his impres...

He wants to leave his past behind, but it isn't finished with him yet … Adam is desperate for a fresh start. He's out of jail, employed again, and even falling in love. But after he rescues a dying addict on Granville Street, he's r...

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Fresh from his self-imposed exile in New York, where he lay low for a minute until the heat cooled off, Black makes his long-awaited re-appearance, reuniting with his brothers, Junie and Dee, to handle the family business-moving mad w...

When Lauren Washington's mother is mysteriously gunned down in their neighborhood, Lauren - a nine year old from Bankhead, Georgia - must quickly grow up and become the woman of her household. Early on, Lauren finds that not dealing w...

A major literary event-nothing short of a "tour de force" (New York Times) by the acclaimed and beloved author. Marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from the past, 91-year-old Ptolemy Grey is all but forgott...

Open this door, and stay locked in. A girl named Tasha becomes lost after getting raped. And having her first love get incarcerated. She distanced herself from her mother, Carla and her best friend Lena. She became depressed, and lose...

After her daughter's disappearance, a world-weary grandmother becomes the guardian of her two street-wise grandchildren -- but their demented, no-good father will do anything to get them back.After twenty-nine years of marriage, Hatti...

Cyber-stalking, drive-bys, drunken text messaging, creating fake email accounts—you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love. Sophie isn't dealing with her breakup well. Dumped by her boyfriend, Eric, for his sexting, D-cu...

Running and hiding is looked upon as a way out for the weak. It is something Omar never thought he would do. As a child, he didn't even partake in the game of Hide and Seek for that very reason. Unfortunately, after being sentenced to...

It's a dog eat dog world, especially when all the dogs involved are hungry! For a sheltered mama's boy like Demarcus, everything was all roses until a life-changing experience showed him that every rose has thorns. After a wel...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL AN LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE, MYSTERY & THRILLER FINALIST AN INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS FINALIST, BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL A Recommended Book FromThe New York Times Book Review * The Wash...

Malik Perry is the son of Michael, a ruthless gangster who is regarded as the King of Southeast, one of the worst sections of our nations capitol and infamously known as the concrete jungle . A smart ambitious hustler who eagerly want...

A Hustler's Baby Girl is a story of Alaysha Johnson, the daughter of Big Chucky, a drug lord and a well-known hustler. Big Chucky is a provider for his family and his grimy affairs are to thank for it all. Drug dealing is only one of ...

Off with Her Head Even with South Beach in her rearview, Apple is still unable to settle down and focus on being a mom. Not when the streets keep talking about Queenie, an enigmatic sista who is calling herself the Queen of New York. ...

UNLIKELY NEMESIS After the gun smoke clears, one female is left standing. Although Aoki isn't out of danger, she can breathe a sigh of relief that the immediate threat has been handled. Now, in a race to mend broken relationships with...

Ambitions as a Mobster Scott West and his wife Layla have an infatuation with the Mafioso way of life. Armed with what they've learned, they assemble their own family based on the careers of the most successful mobsters and are now in...

Blast from the Past Payback is a bitch named Maxine. She’s a once-demure law student who’s finally free after serving time for a murder she didn’t commit. Maxine has a score to settle, and she’s now driven to return the favor ...

Divided They Stand Chaos, betrayal, and turmoil have divided the West family into two factions. When the Mafioso squares off against a Boss Bitch, things are bound to get explosive.Layla begins her solo reign of terror with seed money...

Beg, Borrow, or Steal. Worlds collide when a car thief and a self-proclaimed entrepreneur meet. Pearla is a born hustler, and Cash was born to steal. Pearla sets her sights on Cash and motivates him to take his petty crimes to the n...

MAKE A HOUSE A HOME Pearla prances around the house Hassan's hustle built, carelessly sneaking around with her past while being financed by her present. She's playing a dangerous love game. And someone is watching. Meanwhile, Hassan s...

MAKE A HOUSE A HOME Pearla prances around the house Hassan's hustle built, carelessly sneaking around with her past while being financed by her present. She's playing a dangerous love game. And someone is watching. Meanwhile, Hassan s...

This is the gritty truth, the life of a hustler in south side Chicago where the only characters are those who con and those who get conned.Trick Baby tells the story of "White Folks,"a blue-eyed, light-haired, con-artist who...

Champ played the game at its highest level and he played fair. He looked out for everybody. After being kidnapped by his childhood homie, Tone, and left for dead, Champ is leaning toward retirement. Is he really strong enough to lea...

There is no deadlier father and son team in the game than MURDA and WEB, and now they are up against some of the most powerful and dangerous men in the world. With TOOKIE and little brother, GUNNA, at his side, Murda is primed to s...