Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

What's the greatest gift that one person can give another? Jan Goldstein's stunning debut novel, All That Matters, is a deeply moving, endearing tale of a young woman who, with the help of her feisty grandmother, makes a journey from the very brink of...

The heavyweight of hardcore horror returns with ten hard hitting new short stories and seven brutal epic poems exploring the darkest soul of humanity and the cruelty of life without pulling punches. Wrath James White turns his unflinching eye upon the gruesome, the violent,...

More drama! More Lies! More Betrayal! After moving to Atlanta, Terrell thought he had things all figured out. A new city and new beginnings with the woman of his dreams. What could go wrong? After being gunned down, Kameisha quickly left his side. Where's...

Everybody is born into a world of sin, but how can you change your fate when that's the only life you know? Damien Ruffin was born and raised in Harlem's Taft Projects by his heroin-addicted mother. He only had one ambition in life, and...

When Scotty Butch, better known as Butchy, is finally released from a ten-year stint in prison for a busted drug deal, he and his four childhood friends-Brendell, Tyrone, Keith, and Randle-reunite. But along with this reunion of the familiar comes the tension of past...

That was a tough year to be a New Yorker. The city was so broke there was a rumor going around that the mayor had been spotted on the Bowery, cleaning windshields at stoplights in the hope of scoring a nickel, or maybe a...

Part 1: Loyalty is everything...or is it?Simba, the son of St. Louis's most notorious drug dealer, is home from prison and right back to trapping on the streets. He wants to make a come up for himself, but parole, baby mama drama, and a...

This book was written in 2006, Copyrighted in 2021, and now published in 2022. What separate this book from most Urban novels is that usually the main character ends up in prison or dead. In United We Stand, United We Ball, not only does...

Amora's life has never been normal; in fact, it's as twisted as can be. The people that she should be able to depend on most are the same people who constantly cause her the most pain. All she ever wanted was normalcy. However, with...

"B-More Loyal / 30 Years before Dishonor" Captivating with non-stop action, Christopher White Jr., in his inaugural debut, vividly walks us through the mean streets of the #1 ever increasing heroin drug infested City of Baltimore Maryland. You really got to B-More Careful, because...

Larissa is a young woman who was born and raised in Sacramento California. She was recently fired from her in-home supportive services job for stealing money from the clients that gave her a hard time. She is in love with her boyfriend, Reggie, but...

Description BROKEN INTO A MILLION PIECES A WILL TO LIVEBroken into a million pieces concludes the trilogy series of Vivian Smith. Initially, Vivian was trapped by Marcus Holdus, a crooked DEA agent. However, she eventually found herself in love with his money, sex and...

For Cherish, life isn't easy after her son is murdered by the hands of her father, and he gets away. She is hell bent on revenge, and making her father feel the pain that he caused. She won't stop at anything until he has...

Nadira Goode was a self-made, successful businesswoman who seemed to have it all. A thriving online business, cars, houses, vacations spots, six figures in her bank account; all the things anyone could ever want to make them happy. The one thing she did lack,...

Frank Gresham inspiring author/songwriter is proud to introduce his first novel, a dramatic nail biting story, gracefully intertwined with spurts of suspense, betrayal and seduction. "Personal Vendetta" is in a class of its own, a must read, witness how one man has to rely...

In the grimy streets of the Southside, the Banks family name held weight. The original gangster, Damon Banks, flooded the streets with cocaine while building his empire from the bottom. Securing the position of money and power, enemies from far and near came to...

Dan Jenkins' second best-known novel, Baja Oklahoma, features protagonist Juanita Hutchins, who can cuss and politically commentate with the best of Jenkins' male protagonists. Still convincingly female, though in no way dumb and girly, fortyish Juanita serves drinks to the colorful crew patronizing Herb's...

S.Q. Guidry returns with a collection of short stories set in Vermilion Parish, La. This collection of stories propels the reader into the poverty and hopelessness of the lower class people who struggle to survive....Author: S. Q. GuidryISBN-10: 8461828410ISBN-13: 9798461828417Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/21/2021Pages:...

In the 1950s, the city of Alexandria, Louisiana, is home to a black neighborhood known as Sonia Quarters. The Sonia, as its residents call it, is filled with fascinating characters-among them five teenage boys, for whom the summer of 1957 is especially memorable. Curly,...

After six years in prison, Boobie, a Watts Native, returned home to the Imperial Courts Housing Projects. His life exemplified what the saying, "We All Taught To Survive" (Watts) truly meant. Boobie was ready to hit the streets with his Day 1 Lucky. By...

The finale is finally here! Now that De'Andre is dead, 2 detectives are applying pressure on Vyshon, Shay and Marquita trying to connect the dots. On the other side of the page, T-Wood puts his plan into motion with the assistance of Punkin. Latisha...

Vyshon and Shay struggle to keep their family and relationship strong although they are still recovering from previous bumps in their road to happiness. Despite their will to stay afloat, life proceeds to throw unexpected drama their way at all the wrong times. In...

What happens when a writer throws herself into the service of one of the richest businessmen in the world? Will all the luxuries and corruption of the business world turn her into a complacent drone?Author: Lydie SalvayreISBN-10: 1564785572ISBN-13: 9781564785572Publisher: Dalkey Archive PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2010Pages:...

Sometimes life's most fulfilling journeys begin without a mapAn executive at a New York cosmetics firm, Sarah has had her fill of the interminable hustle of the big city. When her husband, Josh, is offered a new job in suburban Virginia, it feels like...

A completely new twist on Stoker's tale. Nine Hundred years before Christ, God has cast his wife, Asherah, out of heaven and condemned her to roam the earth as the first vampire. Over the centuries, she created other vampires. There are also those that...

"Long live the underground!" ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from the Underground Notes from the Underground (1864) by Fyodor Dostoevsky renders the story of a man who is disenchanted with society and has withdrawn into an underground existence. The unnamed narrator explains his views through...

Juicy Robinson was the color of sweet black licorice, of a charcoal briquette soaked in lighter fluid and no one was going to make her feel like she wasn't the sexiest thing around-not the white people that her mother had taught her to distrust...

What else is there for two brothers to inherit when they come from a long line of hard core hustlers? Jason and Darius Jensen find the answer to this question as they learn to grind hard in the streets at a very young age....

After being kidnapped with her friends, Alexander tries her best to survive and keep her friends sane, but Pastor Lewis is hunting them down one by one, chopping them up into tiny pieces. Alexander and her friends do their best to stay hidden but...

Moscow, during the collapse of the Soviet system: In a hospital, young people awaiting heart operations and possible death, live just for today with mischief-making and even love affairs, under the stringent gaze of the old matron, Baba Nastya. Here one of the patients,...

Author: Susan WilkinsISBN-10: 1509804358ISBN-13: 9781509804351Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2017Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d

I saved Death. That's right. I saved him. Meanwhile, the entire country is at war. Everywhere we go, someone wants us dead. For every new ally we make, enemies are tenfold. But somehow, we're stil alive, and I'm going to keep it that way....

Venoans is a collection of stories interwoven by members of a community in Venoa Beach. From high school teenagers and grifters to mayors and policemen, Venoans live by a code only they truly understand-one of death and big risks. We follow characters like The...

"Joyful and tragic, Jansma's book will appeal to readers who loved Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life."--Men's Journal "Stunning . . . A beautiful, sprawling, and generous book. Jansma is a brilliantly talented writer, but he also has a unique insight into what friends mean...

San Francisco's Mayor Tiffany Wong-Gonzalez has aspirations for her visionary Gaiapolis 2050 Plan, but nature has a mind of its own. The City is pounded by climate disaster after disaster -- wildfires, climate refugees, massive homelessness, food riots, atmospheric rivers, flooding, mudslides, power outages...

Ride is for those caught in the grip of addiction and for the ones who love them, desperate to understand.Ride possesses an unnerving air of documentary reality that's heartbreaking and authentic at the same time. This searing novel is a dizzying spiral of desperation...

Left to die and trapped at the bottom of the ocean by their younger sister Zaira, Ayana and Yana are rescued by their father, Black ice, who gave them a new life but, Ayana is having trouble dealing with the change he made to...

Gil Ferko is a private-equity lieutenant who commutes to Manhattan from the New Jersey suburbs. His wife, Mary Beth, has become a shut-in since a hit-and-run accident killed their infant daughter. When Ferko reconnects with Jen Yoder, a former high school classmate, Jen introduces...

*New Book Cover Alert-Same Great Story!* Shalima is a woman in desperate need of help. She has to take care of her ailing father, raise her daughter, and deal with the constant danger that her boyfriend brings into her life. He is a struggling...

Colorful characters involved in affecting dramas underlie this memorable collection that explores corruption, religious intolerance, gratuitous violence and the importance of joy.Author: Toni KanISBN-10: 1911115847ISBN-13: 9781911115847Publisher: Cassava Republic PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2019Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.70d

Back in the day, Pimping and Hoeing were somewhat for the elite and degraded by society. There were morals, respect, goals, visions, and dreams to abide by. Prostitution has changed, especially when feelings and emotions are a part of the game. Fast forward to...

Can your first crush really turn into your first love?After experiencing heartbreak from a person she thought was her first love, twenty-two-year-old, shy, and awkward Alana directs her time and energy to her future rather than relationships. But that all changes when her best...

The Bronx. It's America at its most vibrant and chaotic; it's also where one foster care caseworker-awould-be white savior from New England, a twentysomething kid prematurely jaded by the system--takes it upon himself to reunify a troubled birthmother with her children, against the recommendation...

The brand new gritty, addictive gangland thriller from bestseller Edie Baylis!Revenge will come at a price...With his once thriving casino business now in ruins, Seb Stoker is certain about two things: One - he will rebuild bigger and better than ever. And two -...

Sometimes life doesn't go the way we plan.And for Bailey, that was nothing but the truth. At one point, she thought she had it all. A loving husband, beautiful kids, the house, and cars. But somewhere along the way, it was no longer enough....

A daring novel, once widely censored, about the scrappy, harrowing, and inventive lives of Rome's unhoused youth by one of Italy's greatest film directors. Boys Alive, published in 1955, was Pier Paolo Pasolini's first work of fiction and it remains his best known. Written...

This book is about the collective set of circumstances that drove the main character, Nathan, to make the choice to begin robbing banks. Nathan is an ex-con who is doing his best to live a square life and follow the rules. Along the way,...

You ever felt like when you've moved two steps forward, you somehow get pushed twenty steps backwards? That's exactly how Mercedes felt in this second heart pounding installment. After finding out the woman whose baby was the "chosen" one to live turned out to...

Mozzy is the most highly anticipated book since Dutch. Its nature in violence is incomprable to any other urban book out. Itsreal. Youve heard the music now witness it up close. Learn what drove Mozzy to become hell gang Mozzy. Witness the streets of...

Ladies have you ever given your heart to a man who took it, stomped all over it, then gave you his ass to kiss in return? That's exactly what happened to 21 year old Mercedes. Deciding the best thing to do is go back...