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Fresh out of the Marines with only five grand in his pocket, Menage is looking to make his presence and his flamboyant taste in cars and clothes, felt on the extravagant, flossed-out streets of Miami. When Menage Discovers that he has a flare for flipping stolen cars into more cash then he can handle he befriends Dwight who helps him with his operation. What Menage soon learns is that when doing shady business, shady characters lurk where you least expect them. Follow Menage as he balls outta...
| Автор | Victor Martin |
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and if that woman is Nikki Bell, than that means everyone better jump outta the way. After giving up dancing at The Pink Palace and settling down with her family, Nikki believed she could have a normal life. She was wrong, and now her past is back to haunt her. After things start to go downhill fast, she learns that notorious drug dealer and the new owner of The Pink Palace, Malachi Turner, is the man responsible for destroying her new life. Nikki has no...
| Автор | Marlon McCaulsky |
They say you can t judge a book by its cover and I guess you can say the same thing about strippers, too. On the surface I m Mo Nique, the hottest stripper dancing at The Pink Palace, but on the inside I m really just Janelle Taylor, a teenage runaway trying to survive in Atlanta. You might wanna call me a hoe but I m the one your man is spending his whole paycheck on! This isn t the life I envisioned for myself but it s the path I was forced to take in order to get by. Nobody saw the real me...
| Автор | Marlon McCaulsky |
At only seventeen, Jayah Carter has everything a girl dreams of … but she wants more. Hood-bound to the bone and the envy of all the chicks, the affluent daughter of Miami's infamous drug lord Jay Carter is no fool. Jayah knows her father's business could take him out at any time, so she comes up with her own means of living: stay HOOD RICHEST playin' the old-fashioned game of gold-diggin'. But Jayah soon finds herself falling for Cheno. Knowing it's bad for her game,...
| Автор | Michelle Monay |
The Dirty-Dirty is runnin' the game. Fresh out of prison and down for whatever, Anshon is on the grind and ready to roll. Thirsty for street glitz, glamour and ghetto richness, Anshon never thinks twice about the universal street anthem, ''Mo' money, Mo' problems.'' Living life in the fast lane and never learning to ''juice the game slow,'' Anshon ends up on a downward spiral. But what will he do when he can't be his brother's...
| Автор | Victor Martin |
Sunshine & Rain is the story of two young divas who come from different parts of the streets of Washington, D.C. With their families torn apart from the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine & Rain find each other living with the same foster mother, Cathy, who has a secret life of her own. With Rain's stern heart of steel and Sunshine's innocent heart of gold, join the two gangtresses as they try to cope with traumatic, unforeseen circumstances that come their way. As these two...
| Автор | Dawn Desiree |
Delilah Brown, formerly nothing more than a girl from the hood-wanna be superstar, now finds herself on top of the world and the music charts. Living the so-called American dream, Delilah is proof that all good things come to those who wait. But when this pop phenom is found dead, she only proves that all good things come to an end. There are too many whispering rumors and circumstances surrounding her death, and too little time to determine the facts. Was it an accident? Was it murder? The list...
| Автор | KANE |
Amina is a bad girl born in the Bronx and raised in downtown Cincinnati. For a 17-year-old, Amina has a decent life. But after meeting her father and 23-year-old brother for the first time, things take a turn for the worse. Amina ends up alone, trying to fend for herself and save her boyfriend, Kayne, from 3 years in jail. Amina must prove her loyalty to Kayne, but can you be a Down Chick without being locked down yourself? This is a question that never crosses Amina's mind, leading her to...
| Автор | Mallori McNeal |
Experience life in the hood through the eyes of four friends, known around the way as The Hood Rats. As the girls go through the ups and downs of friendship and life on the streets, you ll be taken on a roller coaster ride of love, heartache and pain. When tragedy strikes the group, the bond of friendship is tested and easily broken by lies, deceit and betrayal. Open your mind, and see that sometimes a Hood Rat is just a girl trying to live her life the best she can with what she has. You can’t...
| Автор | ER McNair |
Dr Thomas McMahon, a self-assured and ambitious Australian environmentalist, journeys into the Philippines, intending to 'save' the tribal peoples of Mindanao and their mountain environment from the exploitation of Horizon Mining Corporation (HMC). Instead, the country changes him in ways that he never thought possible.<br /> <br />Tom is in his mid-thirties, married, with a successful academic career and important international environmental connections. He heads The...
| Автор | Timothy Doyle |
'It's the penthouse or the morgue.'' This is the philosophy adopted by Keshawn Wilson, a.k.a. ''K-Dawg,'' self-proclaimed lord of the streets. Keshawn is the youngest of five kids and one of only two that doesn't belong to his mother's husband. As a little boy he feels the distance between he and his stepfather, and life becomes increasingly difficult for him as the years pass; his childhood and young adult years are spent in a home for boys and...
| Автор | K’wan |
The Love of Drama… The Love of The Game… The Love of Freedom… The Love of Money… The Love of Family… Street Love Join five of Triple Crown's hottest Best-Selling Authors as each twists a tale of life, death, happiness, heartache and Street Love. Keisha Ervin's After the Storm Mo and Quan have been together for eight years and they've survived it all. But a storm is approaching and all of the secrets they've kept are about to be revealed. This time, will Mo and Quan be able to...
| Автор | Quentin Carter |
Some things change. And then again, some things don't. You can never take the hood out of the homegirl. In this sequel to T.N. Baker's Sheisty, we find Epiphany, Keisha and Shana still trickin' for dough, still running off at the mouth and still being Sheisty. However, as they will soon see, what goes around will come around, and you can't stay in drama forever. It will all come to a head, one way or another. Will death really come knocking on Epiphany's door? Does...
| Автор | T.N. Baker |
Quincy Underwood is a well known local celebrity in his hood. He's street smart, handsome, and the talented lead vocalist for Taboo, the hottest Neo Soul R&B band on the East Coast. Quincy's deepest desire is to live the lifestyle that he knows he deserves: a life of luxury far removed from the concrete jungle and poverty he was raised in. However, Raymond James, drug lord and owner of the Melody Room, the largest night club in the city, has other plans for Q. There's no way...
| Автор | K. Roland Williams |