Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

Thirty-something year old, plus-sized diva, Brooke Henderson, is on her way to the top. It has been a year since her deliverance from a broken marriage and Brooke is ready to try again. On the path to finding love, Brooke runs into a bit...

More than a foot taller, he stared down, casually alert, as if bored with such small prey."Where is it?" A flat voice."What'd ya mean?"Lynch knew he would be killed as soon as he told where the briefcase was. A simple fact and accepted the...

"We're a youth culture of hedonists, Scarlet. And we'll drink, snort, love and laugh ourselves into nothingness." Scarlet has never been one for moderation, or doing anything by halves in fact. 2014 is coming to an end, and a generation of disillusioned youth is...

One nature guide. One accidental forest fire. And one steamy investigator hot on her tail. Life would be easy for Jen Kulak if she hadn't just burned down the forest she depends upon for her business's wilderness adventures. It would be even easier if...

"Look, I don't need the money. I have plenty of money. But let me tell you how this works. You see this contract...let me tell you what it says. It says I'll post your bail, and have my one hell of a lawyer or...

Love and Betrayal is a story of love and power set in the seedy back drop of Detroit City. Stacey and J-Rock have been in love since high school and that love has blossomed throughout the years following. With both blessed with a strong...

In the streets of Kinloch the enticement of fast riches are too much for many to ignore. Product is plentiful; you can't live without money so many die or end up doing long stretches trying to catch the ever elusive mighty dollar. This book...

True Event: In the city of Miami, a jaded politician shoots himself in the head after being caught in a political bear trap.Overlords Karma; Miami's Urban Chronicles; Volume I, an urban literary fiction portrays a biopic of the career of African-American politician; Arthur E....

Brett Howard had exceeded the American dream. He started with nothing and was fully retired by the age of thirty-seven. After such a blazing career where he battled his way to the highest levels of big business, was it finally his time to unwind...

Brett Howard had exceeded the American dream. He started with nothing and was fully retired by the age of thirty-seven. After such a blazing career where he battled his way to the highest levels of big business, was it finally his time to unwind...

Stan's wife Erica, told him she was pregnant by another man who wanted no part in raising the baby. Contracts were signed transferring custody and all fatherly rights to Stan. But three years later, he walks in his house to find his wife and...

Louis and Clark continue chasing down leads in an attempt to apprehend DC's most allusive serial killer. But Clark allows frustration to get the better of him, leading him to some underhanded dealings to get results, but the outcome isn't what Clark expected. The...

In his second composition of fantastic and well versed poetry he goes into the psychotic mind of a mad man hell bent on seeking his own justice because of the burden that was put on his shoulders by this malice society in the United...

After the collapse of the dollar, the United States has fallen into anarchy and Martial Law has been declared. Susan DiGiovanni, formerly a typical "Jersey Girl," and Daniel Sampson, a retired Marine, have taken refuge in the Ramapo Mountains. Sampson, once a member of...

After Jeremy Sr. was killed in a tragic accident at Chrysler, Brandy McDaniel was faced with more than just grief and heartache. How would she and her children, Jeremy Jr. and Berry, survive living in Detroit, on the income she made from cleaning houses?...

The scene is Houston in the early 70's, and driving the night shift till dawn a young cabby has abandoned a professional career and all the education behind it in search of life in the raw, which he discovers aplenty over the course of...

Guilty Reflections II: War of the Soul, picks up where the first one left off. Follow Rafique Johnson as he battles with himself over choices that could lead to freedom, incarceration or death. A page turner full of twists and turns that will take...

Desperate times cause for deadly measures. Welcome to a deadly Scavenger hunt, the prize Sorrow's own flesh and blood, the puppet master unknown but, the puppets in this game are slowly being revealed. The findings are deadly to all who are involved as well...

This is the tale of three people and the array of women involved in the development of what each character's perception of love is all about. After watching drugs and miscommunication divide her parent's relationship, Celeste Bellamy's view of love was unconsciously distorted. For...

'Lion & Lamb' combines gritty, urban crime writing and striking prose to create a unique and contemporary twist on a doomed romance.Framed by an eerie children's tale, 'Lion' quickly establishes Jarren Daye's whirlwind descent from promising Journalism student at New York's Columbia University to...

PSYCHOLOGICAL URBAN SUSPENSE THRILLER Nikki Ling is half Black and Japanese. She's independent, street-smart, and the daughter of a sex worker. Living on the mean streets of New York, she's forced to make a living the only way she knows how. When a wealthy...

Lashaun Johnson is mad at the world and taking his revenge on it. His mother is the longtime mistress, or side-piece, of a married man and he is the love child of their illicit union. He is given to committing violent crimes through fits...

The hip-hop culture on the south side of Chicago links these short stories that are otherwise very different from each other in subject and approach. Stark scenes of gang violence, drug use, and prison life are contrasted with light and humorous stories, and the...

Tim is a 14 year old in a 25 year old body. His mother left and took his sister never to be heard from again, and his stepmother resents his presence so he had to grow up fast. He has a plan for this...

Meet Christopher, a promising young African American Senior at Greenville High School in Virginia Beach, Va. Every parent would want their child to resemble and achieve the things that Christopher has, but in the environment that he is in he is considered a lame...

Fiction - A Downtown Baudelaire of the 90's.Author: Blake NelsonISBN-10: 0684838389ISBN-13: 9780684838380Publisher: Scribner Book CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/1997Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.11h x 5.30w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/12/1997 pg. 58Kirkus Reviews 05/01/1997 pg. 672

Enchanted by lies, abducted for truth.In Mandar, humans and mythics have learnt to work together, but sometimes a magical creature goes rogue. As a Tracker for the government, Seraphina's job is to locate rogues, gather intel and report back to the Hunters.Everything changes when...

ADDICTION: CUNNING, BAFFLING, & POWERFUL In this gripping debut novel by Andrew Seaward, the lives of three addicts converge following an accidental and horrific death. Monty Miller, a self-destructive, codependent alcoholic, is wracked by an obsession to drink himself to death as punishment for...

Two homeless teen-aged girls are "rescued" from the mean streets of Los Angeles and eagerly exploit new opportunities that turn the tables on the women who try to help them. At the end of the 20th century, some of the characters in "Our Lady...

Urban Fiction. Life is hard for kids in the inner city. Corner Boy tells the story of a young man trying to find a way out of the hood.Author: Anthony L. WallaceISBN-10: 0615357792ISBN-13: 9780615357799Publisher: Anthony L WallaceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2010Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.00h x...

What happens when the glitz and glamour of Hollywood enters the dark and underground world of prison? Lisa Deveroe, a bougie', semi-celebrity enjoys the lifestyle of a rockstar, or at least she used to. Now, she's an over-the-hill entertainment news hostess in danger of...

From the popular multicultural author, Latrivia S. Nelson, comes the highly anticipated second installment of the Medlov Crime Family Series, Dmitry's Royal Flush: Rise of the Queen. For Dmitry and Royal Medlov, money doesn't equal happiness. Forced to leave Memphis, TN and flee to...

A death no one should suffer and an investigator who won't give up--for fans of John Burdett, Ian Rankin, and Michael Connelly. Early morning in Jalan Alor, one of the city's red-light and tourist hotspots controlled by the Triads. A junkie's scream of horror...

For readers of Zadie Smith and Marlon James, an electrifying literary debut about a young man's fraught decision: escape a dangerous past alone, or stay with the woman he loves, braving the pull of his old life's temptationsSayon Hughes longs to escape the rough-and-tumble...

In a world ruled by money and power, Philippa "Pippa" Browning "sings" her own song where love has the power to change lives. Tucked away in the IT department of Monroe Enterprises for the past seven years, Pippa is unexpectedly thrust into the role...

When twenty-something artist Erica Mason moves from laid-back Mexico to Manhattan in the mid-1970s, she finds a hard-edged, decadent, and evolving art scene. Her life there leads her to a self-destructive string of affairs with men, alcohol, and drugs, but also, ultimately, to the...

Sister Alex Carter is seemingly a pillar of spiritual strength, working diligently in the ministry, trying to help everyone. But she has a secret, and as a result, she is unable to help herself. In fact, she is really a ticking time bomb. Although...

After the release of an old enemy from Federal prison, Trion and Carlos find themselves in middle of yet another bloody war in the streets of Tampa Florida. However, this time around the casualties will be epic. As old friends resurface to assist in...

As a local drug cartel known as "The Family" seeks to regain control over Tampa's streets, a vicious young group of shooters launch their own campaign for control over the city. Lead by a heartless young hustler who is willing to do whatever in...

Tampa Black Part I is a fast paced explosive tale of: Sex, money, power, and revenge. As a young hustler named Trion seeks to avenge his mother's brutal murder, he finds himself in the middle of a vicious turf-war with a blood thirsty Jamaican...

When it comes to struggle, no gender is excluded. Faced with the pressure of trying to survive on their own, young friends are forced into the street life. Goon squad is a tale about two groups of friends growing up in the streets of...

The drug game is wide open in the ATL, when ASHANTI a renowned stripper, bands together a crew of bad bytches who are out to take hustling to new heights. Backed by her uncle, BUZZ, Ashanti learns how to manipulate the dope game even...

In war, only one side comes out as the victor. The Vicelords, and the Gangster Disciples are both playing for keeps. Blood is shed, and boundaries are crossed with little regard. Egos clash and heightened levels of testosterone fuel a deadly volley of gunfire...

Angel lost the grandmother who raised her and the man who had been her mentor. With so much pain, finding happiness seemed out of reach, until she fell in love with boxing champ Darien Blaze. That romance quickly ends abruptly when the one man...

*This is the large print edition of Bring It On Home."That girl who got knocked up in high school."Maggie Reynolds went all the way to Los Angeles to escape that label, but she hears the whispers every time she comes home to Eden's Ridge,...

Urban Literature; Inner City struggles, Bad choicesAuthor: Rufus AveryISBN-10: 1458311708ISBN-13: 9781458311702Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2022Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

Parthiban Kanavu (Parthiban's Dream) was a novel Kalki R. Krishnamurthy penned as a weekly serial beginning 1941 in Kalki, the magazine that he had founded. Written in simple and elegant prose, Parthiban Kanavu is a breezy fictional historical romance in which good triumphs over...

When the stakes are against you and death is knocking at you door, you don't know what you will do when it's your turn. Indie and Calais decided to take it to the next level, baecation to the 3-0-5; sun, fun, tan and for...

FOLLOW THE HUSTLE BABY SERIES ON AMAZON ...A SAVIOR GUNZ THROWBACK COLLECTION...A JOURNEY THROUGH THE STREETS OF ATLANTA WITHIN THE MIND OF A 7 YEAR OLD KID...FB: PANTHERINKPRESS... IG: INKPRESS_7...WWW.PANTHERPLUSHED.COM... INKPRESSPANTHER@GMAIL.COMAuthor: Garfield RutledgeISBN-10: 8717548055ISBN-13: 9798717548052Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2021Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Whiteboy is the only white member of the D-Boyz, a Black and Hispanic street gang in the Fields Corner section of Boston's Dorchester district. To be accepted, he must prove to O.G. Big Turk that he has what it takes to be a D-Boy...