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1) Gangstress 2
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Series
Gangstress volume 2
Language
English
Description
Sit back and witness the rise and fall of Detroit's most wanted queen pin!
The odds have been stacked against Janelle Doesher, aka Jane Doe, ever since her parents were murdered in cold blood. She's been stripped of the money, power, and respect associated with the family's name. Turning her losses into lessons, Jane takes destiny into her own hands. She does whatever is necessary to rise to the top, and that includes stepping on toes...
The odds have been stacked against Janelle Doesher, aka Jane Doe, ever since her parents were murdered in cold blood. She's been stripped of the money, power, and respect associated with the family's name. Turning her losses into lessons, Jane takes destiny into her own hands. She does whatever is necessary to rise to the top, and that includes stepping on toes...
2) The Cartel
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Series
Cartel novels volume 1
Language
English
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When the leader of The Cartel, which controls eighty percent of the cocaine industry, dies, his illegitimate son, Carter, takes his place and starts sleeping with the enemy--Miamor, the leader of The Murder Mamas, who wants to take down The Cartel.
3) Baby momma
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Series
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English
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Welcome to the fast paced high stakes world of Rasheed an anti-hero you'll love to hate much like Scarface. Caught up in a game of fast money, faster women, and a hustler's dream, Rasheed's secrets and lies threaten to completely sever his alliance with his baby's mother Michelle. Trapped in an emotional whirlwind of sex, love, and mistrust, Michelle attempts to hold the threads of their lives together. With the passing of each day their bond unravels...
4) Harlem
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English
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Building on the success of the Kingpins series, Carl Weber's Five Families series features some of Urban Books' most popular authors writing about crime in the boroughs of New York City, this time in Harlem.
Through the darkest tunnel comes the light, but for Caesar King, there is nothing, but more, darkness on the other side.
After the failed attempt on his life, he is afraid that the Pact of the Five Families is no more. He can trust nobody. Whoever...
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Wifey volume 8
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English
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In this sizzling, high-octane new series, the national bestselling author and urban lit superstar brings back the unforgettable Kira from her gritty bestselling Wifey novels. Now, from drug king pin's wife to streetwise widow and back again, along with all the danger and sexy action in between, Kira's back on the come up. And the stakes, the deceptions, and the body count are rising… With Kira's drug kingpin fiancé and sexy protector, Dylan, behind...
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Banks sisters volume 2
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English
Description
"Meet the Banks sisters--Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. They feel like they are finally in the clear in connection with the recent bank robberies--until their mother shows up demanding her share at gunpoint. She threatens to snitch them out if they don't come correct. The situation becomes a bloody mess, and now, two sisters must band together to cover up the unthinkable actions of one of their own. As if that isn't enough, Pastor Cassius Street...
8) No shade
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Series
Hood rat novels volume 6
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English
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Description
Every little girl dreams of a happy ending: a home, children, and a man who loves her enough to share his life and last name. When Billy's longtime boyfriend Marcus finally pops the question, it's one of the happiest moments of her life. To stand with her on her special day, Billy calls on her childhood friends, Reese ans Yoshi. Several years have passed since they last came together. Some unresolved issues have driven a wedge between the girls, but...
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"Los Angeles Times gang reporter Michael Lyons has just left his favorite downtown saloon when he is shot and wounded on the sidewalk two blocks from City Hall. After the initial shock, fellow reporters put together a betting pool. The bet? "Who Shot Mike?" There are a lot of contenders."--Dust flap.
10) Promise broken
Author
Series
Promises volume 1
Language
English
Description
After losing her mother and the abandonment of her father, Promise has two goals: graduate from high school and be loved. Her pursuit of these goals will lead to life-altering events.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
No, a young teenage girl, has run away from her home, a place of abuse and neglect. She finds herself on the streets of Liverpool. Ken is an ex-cinema manager who made a split-second decision during a traumatic experience which caused his life to turn upside down. Ken's mental breakdown leads to self-prescribed medication in the form of alcohol and his life on the street has begun. The two lost souls befriend and find comfort in each other, but No...
12) Shetani's sister
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
Description
"Relates the deadly duel between two complex men: LAPD vice cop Sergeant Russell Rucker, determined to clean up prostitution and police corruption while battling his own alcoholic demons; and Shetani (Swalihi for "Satan"), a master pimp who controls his stable of whores with calculated doses of violence and smack."--Provided by publisher.
13) King divas
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English
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"Each [voice] rings with street cred . . . Diamond has created one of urban fiction's few works that feature female gangs."—Library Journal
The most ruthless ride-or-die women of Memphis saved their empire by nearly destroying the streets. But as unexpected new rivals rise and brutal secrets shatter lives, betrayal means winner rules all . . .
Putting out chaos with gasoline is one play that even the women of...
The most ruthless ride-or-die women of Memphis saved their empire by nearly destroying the streets. But as unexpected new rivals rise and brutal secrets shatter lives, betrayal means winner rules all . . .
Putting out chaos with gasoline is one play that even the women of...
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English
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Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America's whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the '90s, those streets and beyond had fallen under the shadow of crack cocaine and its familiar mayhem. In his commanding autobiographical novel, Mitchell writes what it was to come of age in that time and place, with a break-out voice that's nothing less than extraordinary."The Residue Years" switches between the perspectives of a young...
15) Street banditz
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English
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"Red" and "Bulletproof" Bobby form a deadly combination making money and holding down their territory. But when Bobby meets a girl that captures his heart, it causes a rift between him and his cousin. Tammy is saving money to attend college, and she's been very careful not to get pregnant and screw up her chances of furthering her education. But then Tammy's mother brings home a man who doesn't seem quite right. Also, Tammy is desperately trying to...
16) Olivia Twist
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
Description
"Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. But she can't seem to escape her past ... or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrabble...
17) R.I.C.O
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English
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Vanessa "Sunny" McCord is shocked to learn that her father, Darnell McCord, wants to groom her to take over his drug empire; he's ready to ride off into the sunset. Sunny reluctantly accepts the offer, but instead of being horrified by the street life her thirst for the good life smothers her... and her feelings of compassion and human decency. Sunny is ready to take her rightful place as heir apparent, but soon learns that foes-- and sometimes even...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After serving five years in prison, Coy returns home with the determination to avoid the people and situations that sent him down a path astray from his religious roots. Almost immediately, Coy is thrown into having to care for his ill mother and adapt to being a father to an estranged daughter. Once Pudda, Coy's old friend, comes back around expecting their street life to resume, Coy's determination to change is put to the test.
20) The Prada plan 5
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
"In this explosive addition to the New York Times bestselling series, Ashley Antoinette brings you pain, pleasure, love, hate, as YaYa struggles to hold it all together before life blows up in her face, in The Prada Plan 5. Disaya finally has it all. The man she fought for is hers at last. Her name is Mrs. Indie Perkins and their daughter is safe. Leah is gone. Life is supposed to be good. So why isn't she satisfied? Why does life suddenly seem so...
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