Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

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...

"I can't make you still love me. But I can make you wish you never did!""Until Death Do Us Part", was a part of her vows that Fran meant from the heart. And after figuring out that her darling husband had betrayed her, she...

After 11 years locked up, Franchize was ready to do right by his family. The streets had a different plan and kept calling his name and forcing his hand. Torn between doing the right thing and protecting himself, Franchize realizes this is how it...

The healing child.Still a menace to society.The victorious one. The summer is colder than it's ever been for Koya Priest. Balancing a new relationship while ending another, she faces her reality head-on. Owning up to her deception, Koya holds her head high while letting...

Sunshine Jones is a beautiful Jamaican and Puerto Rican young girl that lives the life of luxury. Her father Nathaniel is the biggest drug dealer in Rochester, New York. When her dad gets sent to prison, Sunshine's world comes crumbling down when now she...

Caltin AKA Loon is a boss in his neighborhood but when he meets a woman he feels is out of his league it leaves him questioning his very identity. Determined to have her, he sets out on a quest to become more than just...

Author: Cole SteeleISBN-10: 8215893244ISBN-13: 9798215893241Publisher: Cole SteeleLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/29/2023Pages: 66Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.16d

A story about blood family members and money. Will loyalty prevail or deceit be the final outcome?About the Author: Jeremiah Reynolds is a upcoming author who loves creating great stories for entertainment, and a proud parent who loves his family Author: Jeremiah ReynoldsISBN-10: 8887752036ISBN-13:...

After being shot, stabbed, betrayed by those who claimed to love him the most and found guilty, DAKARON is still determined to play by the old-school rules. However, after being in prison, putting in work for well over a decade, Dakaron is beginning to...

On the run for a murder he didn't commit, SANTANA is forced to flee Baltimore and embark on yet another journey of survival, leading him directly to the trenches of Charleston, West Virginia.With no other options available, Santana is placed in the care of...

A newborn baby boy cries out in the night but instead of a cozy crib his screams echo from a back alley dumpster Abandoned at birth, Tyce Adkins is forced to go solo until he meets Omar. The two become fast friends and feared...

In this compassionate, wise, and comical debut, Kate Christensen gives an engaging and authentic voice to a new generation of single urban women. Claudia Steiner never intended for her life to become such a disaster. At the age of twenty-nine she finds herself serving...

Life or a hustler is frantic, especially when one is trying to change for the better. The journey with Zeh'Shon and Jai'Myah continues as they battle demons from the past and more importantly, present. The ever present roller coaster spirals and turns, but will...

Witty SMOKEY CARTER and his ace, KEITH, they are on a mission to take over the city with a ruthless force of power, and a potent wave of top quality cocaine. The plan is to level up unlike any other crew but then the...

After leaving the Costilla Cartel in the hands of her cousin PEDRO, THE COCAINE PRINCESS, ALEXUS, is finally getting her marriage back in order. Her husband, rap superstar BLAKE "BULLETFACE" KING puts his musical career on pause to help fix their broken vows. But...