Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

It's all fun and games until your goose gets cooked. Maddy Whitman, the sharp-witted aficionado of the storage auction world, is on a rollercoaster ride through hilarious mishaps and heart-pounding twists in "Fowl Play". When she stumbles upon a peculiar Mexican mask in a...

Welcome to the wicked lands of Dallas, Texas where being ruthless is the key to survival! It's the place where predators challenge predators, and prey doesn't stand a chance! Messiah's game has reached its peek, but when treachery from the ones at his table...

In the Caretaker, a realistic drama, a retired financial consultant once promised he'd protect and care for the wildlife park which his late grandfather donated to the small urban city of Aspen Grove. A very aggressive developer from Hollis Homes chooses part of the...

The Last of Us Survival Guide offers survival strategies and tactics for living in a post-apocalyptic world, filled with danger and infected humans. It provides readers with detailed instructions on how to find food, water, shelter, and other resources necessary for survival in the...

Dark and humorous, literary but with the heart of a detective novel, Ordinary Bear weighs the burden of grief while exploring our boundless capacity for humanity, kindness, and hope.Farley stands out among his Ipiat neighbors in the Alaska village he calls home, both white...

Mitchell Daniels' better known as MD in the streets, was born and raised in Memphis, TN, as a product of two worlds. MD's mother, Kendi, was from Germantown, TN, a suburb of Memphis. Kendi's parents tried to keep her under lock and key, causing...

In the Caretaker, a realistic drama, a retired financial consultant once promised he'd protect and care for the wildlife park which his late grandfather donated to the small urban city of Aspen Grove. A very aggressive developer from Hollis Homes chooses part of the...

With a 'functional user' and alcoholic as a parent, young Sabiyah had to grow up before her time. In addition to having to take care of her younger brother, maintain a 4.0 GPA and working, she'd been abused, neglected, mistreated, taken advantage of and...

This novel shows how literature manifests itself in a wide arrange of spaces and characters regardless of social class or education. Jesus Bottaro presents us with a narrative that is both complex and seductive in the sociological, psychological and poetic levels. Bottaro's writing could...

New Hope Academy-aka-No Hope. Every housing project has a local group home where unwanted kids are dumped like bags of trash. Those young throwaways view their latest struggle through innocent eyes; some scared, others crying, most of them both. But a HARD KNOCK LIFE...

There is no better friend than a sister and nothing hurts more than being disappointed by your sister, who vowed to never hurt you again. In this installment, Allison is silently screaming hell hath no fury like a woman scorned when she learns of...

The Hermit explores the world of high-stakes investment banking with a sharp eye for the existential ramifications of this calling. The plot follows the daily routine of Andy Sylvain, a 50-year-old Manhattan bond trader who grows disenchanted with his daily hustle and starts to...

Sister Souljah returns to her beloved character Winter Santiaga in the captivating and heart-pounding sequel to instant #1 New York Times bestseller Life After Death. After suffering a horrifying, yet soul stirring death experience, worldwide top bitch Winter Santiaga, of The Coldest Winter Ever,...

But Flop is faced with a task harder than Moses. When he attempts to convince his old teammates to cross over to a new hustle that the majority of hustlers in the streets has always considered a complicated white man's hustle. Find out if...

2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize FinalistThe stories in Purity take the reader through cities and suburbs, apartments and streets, to find characters struggling to survive in modern society: a man has an outburst on a bus; a fugitive finds insight in a color wheel;...

Almost nine years after being arrested, convicted and sentenced to life plus in federal prison for Murder, Continuance Of a Criminal Enterprise (CCE), and Kingpin related charges, the man known on the streets only as "Nightmare", is on the verge of having his convictions...

When Adonis Stuffy (Ug) is released from prison, he hits the ground running, as he began to pull his life back together. Everything was working in his favor: a connect, more money than he could ever imagine, supreme hustling status, and he even found...

Boy, I Had Enough... What if the man you love is not the man you love? A spin-off from the hit novel 'Girl, I Had Enough', this novel is a heart wrenching tale full of sex, drama, and mayhem. Daphne's sole purpose of living...

This is an easy to read children's chapter book about bullying. There are a few twist and turns, super hero's, and encouragement for victims to tell their stories. This book is written to capture the Multicultural group and promote reading.Author: Kaprice M. Williams, Kingston...

A debut novel from the award-winning journalist about the people in a San Francisco homeless shelter, and those who try to help--or prey on them. "Ever since I first read Mr. Garcia's journalism I have admired his bravery and accuracy. This work reminds me...

An Edgar Award Nominee, Best Paperback Original.For the first time in years, things are going well for Long Beach homicide detective Danny Beckett. He's closing cases with his partner, Jennifer Tanaka, and keeping a spare suit at the condo of his girlfriend, Julia Rice....

Sister Souljah returns to her beloved character Winter Santiaga in the captivating and heart-pounding sequel to instant #1 New York Times bestseller Life After Death. After suffering a horrifying, yet soul stirring death experience, worldwide top bitch Winter Santiaga, of The Coldest Winter Ever,...

Darius 'D-Boy' Jensen was pronounced dead from a car bomb explosion. But is he really dead? His only living sibling, Jay-Roc, knows the truth and he's been keeping the secret for 7 years. D-Boy and his lawyer, John, exiled themselves to Dubai until the...

At times exuberant and at other times dark and haunting, Fishbone's stories delve into the twilight zone of New York's seedy bars and cocaine dens; they reveal the troubled soul of a German expressionist painter; they describe a latter-day "hunger artist" exorcising his own...

LIVE FROM THE TRENCHESBetween the pages of Live From The Trenches lie tales never told before. These stories flow from the dark trenches of reality and fantasy, and combine a star-studded cast of authors and characters.From suspense, to action-thrillers, insidious murders, or sexual adventure,...

Don't miss the BRAND NEW series from bestselling author Stephanie HarteMeet the Kennedy twins and get ready for trouble!Twin sisters Lily and Daisy Kennedy live a life ruled by their controlling father, Des. Desperate to salvage his own shattered dreams, he forces his girls...

Pete Peterson has cracked the United States as both a live artist and a recording star but at some personal cost to his health. Meanwhile the former policeman, Ray Law is climbing the greasy pole as a soul singer with a first hit, 'The...

An exploration of the Navarasas (9 Emotions) by an unnamed protagonist staying alone in Bangalore city, India and his secret friend Aleena. What is Aleena seeking through these conversations?Author: Arjun PrasannanISBN-10: 8650511767ISBN-13: 9798650511762Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2020Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

The fourth fast-paced novel in the Nicky Burkett series, Hell on Hoe Street keeps up the page-turning action and deadpan humor in a multicultural tale of loyalty and revenge. All Nicky wants is a quiet life in his London district of Walthamstow. But the...

"Abigail Tarttelin is a fearless writer." --Emily St. John Mandel, author of the National Book Award finalist, Station Eleven From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Golden Boy comes Abigail Tarttelin's debut novel, written when she was just nineteen and never before published in...

The war rages and blood rains as DAVID fights for the family beside him and the ones he's trying to keep safe. The blind fury that fuels his rage is contagious, and it has infected everyone involved with this game of survival of the...

Blowing the lid off contemporary social mores with a peek behind the closed doors of middle-class Malaysians Harmony Heights is anything but harmonious. In this nineties-style block of condominium located in a forgotten part of town resides a microcosm of bourgeois Malaysian society. From...

Darius 'D-Boy' Jensen was pronounced dead from a car bomb explosion. But is he really dead? His only living sibling, Jay-Roc, knows the truth and he's been keeping the secret for 7 years. D-Boy and his lawyer, John, exiled themselves to Dubai until the...

Buck Wile seems to attract trouble like a magnet, and it's all thanks to his legendary bad luck, "Ol' Eleven." But in a world that constantly tests him, can a Black man find any love? Buck Wile is about to discover that his journey...

Faith and Evelyn are close friends, neighbours, and single mothers of Luke and of Mitch - and both bear the scars of the trauma of colonisation and the Stolen Generations. When Faith dies unexpectedly, a chain of events unfolds that will forever alter the...

The power of money can destroy a brotherhood or build an empire. But with elevation there must be separation, even from the ones we truly love. Being defined as a boss means everyone around you eats and it's your job to plug any leaks...

Starr lived 25 years of her life as a straight woman then decided to explore her sexuality with women. In an attempt to take things slow and have fun with a girl, she met her twin flame. The author walks readers on her journey...

PLAY ME GET PLAYED Is a work of fiction Orenthal Fisher was no longer fighting in the gulf war. He was back in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina living a peaceful life with his beautiful wife, Kate. He traded in his war uniform...

FORSAKE OF SELF is a fictional story about a young man who discovers that the consequences of pretention can come at a cost that could easily have been avoided by simple self-realization. But an even more important lesson is learned along the way. That...

He's her client. She's his weakness.One request, and he'll give her anything she desires. For Simone, the only thing she cares about is looking out for the people she loves, maintaining a great reputation as a massage therapist, and building a family with the...

It is the early 20th century and the mysterious oligarchy known as "The Iron Heel" has risen to power in the United States, establishing a brutal authoritarian regime. Fearless activist Avis Everhard attempts to alert an incredulous public to the creeping danger of the...

When Quentin Tarantino was asked to pick his favorite read, he picked my book Nobody's Angel. "My favorite fiction novel this year was written by a taxi driver who used to hand it out to his passengers. It's a terrific story and character study...

Too Much on the Inside explores the depths of coincidence and human connection, as they collide with the impossible task of forgetting the past. Three immigrants, and one Canadian from rural Nova Scotia, all in their twenties, are soon to discover their interconnected fates....

Adara regrets ever making the decision to get into a relationship with her boyfriend Wes. A handsome dream who changed her life for the worse. In an instant everything seemed to go from good to bad as she realizes that her knight and shining...

Symphony has always been a pretty red bone that was fucking most of the hood niggas in the city of Chicago, promiscuous is not the right word for Symphony. Maverick Is the Top Drug dealer in the city of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs....

Welcome back to the wild and crazy world of Duchess.Duchess is back and this time, with her love, Chief. Together, they reign in the music game and becomes the industry's favorite hood couple. Still, these two are no stranger to envious figures and trying...

Reading is fundamental and a great mind exercise so find a comfortable reading nook and enter the world of Antonio's Genie. This is the first of a three part series.Author: Terrance A. RobertsISBN-13: 9798822937031Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2024Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w...

From federal prison, Melvin Anderson aka Parlay returns home from the feds eager to rise again. He a stripper, Yola Sweets, who can plug him in with some movers and shakers who own the strip club where she works, but at what price? When...

Meet the members of the Love, Joy, Peace, and Deliverance Community Choir, a group of young adults joined together through their passion for singing the Lord's praises--although their hearts are far from the things of God.Patrice Russell was raised in the church, but she...

Here they are again; the scandalous con woman Sheeka Black has gotten into so many jam's that she is forced to kill. Chanel's life as Beth has come to an end and thanks to her best friend Sheeka, she's in jail. Don't forget Gabby,...