Fiction - Urban & Street Lit

TE'QUI is a well-known killer and stickup kid who pumps fear into the hearts of hustlers. He's cold and calculating-traits that have helped him survive in the trenches. Despite his hard exterior, his desire for a woman to love and trust runs deep, which...

I shouldn't crave my daughter's nanny like this, Especially since she's also my brother's ex-wife... As a single dad running a multi-billion dollar empire, I'm in dire need of help.So when she's the only nanny available at the last minute, I have no choice...

This scandalous romance begins with an unveiling of the love that had existed in the heart of two best friends, who were separated by distance and life circumstances. Megan eventually succumbs to her feelings, opening up to Mercedes, as a means of coping with...

What Jonathan Lethem did for Brooklyn, Matt Burgess does for Queens in this exuberant and brilliant debut novel about a young drug dealer having a very bad weekend. Alfredo Batista has some worries. Okay, a lot of worries. His older brother, Jose--sorry, Tariq--is returning...

Author: Stephen O'ConnorISBN-10: 1662957386ISBN-13: 9781662957383Publisher: Gatekeeper PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2024Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.61d

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket When Margaret Hale moves from her idyllic southern home to the smoky, bustling town of Milton, she's thrust into a world of gritty factories, class tension, and raw human struggle. In this industrial battleground, she clashes with John...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket On an ordinary June day, Leopold Bloom wanders the vibrant streets of Dublin, unaware that this journey will transform his life. Each encounter-a young artist's struggle, a lover's betrayal, the chaotic hum of the city-reveals the intricate dance...

Mercy Davenport, a twenty-two-year-old, bold and vivacious rebel, is up to her elbows in drama. Pending trial due to her involvement in her best friend's murder, she's trying to figure out how and why she always seems to make a mess of things. Perhaps...

Ishmael Payne is all grown up, living the life away from home. On a full basketball scholarship to Duke University, top point guard in the nation, Ishmael is sought by many, yet what catches his eyes is not some college girl. It's a chick...

What do you do when the love of your life turns into the monster in your life? What will you do to survive and to save yourself from the monster in the closet? And who can you turn to for help when you're hiding...

Tierra Proper is young, smart, beautiful, and in desperate need of something to make her numb. Grief and rage cocktailing through her veins, exotic dancing is her gateway to freedom and the attention she craves. But what happens when the phantom demons you're running...

After being released from state prison for trafficking, Banks planned on reconnecting with his twin daughters. He decided to retire from The Game to become the father figure they very well deserved. However, his brother Face had a better idea. Therefore, he lobbied for...

THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL HOOD NOVEL. IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.....THE SOUNDVIEW PROJECTS IN THE BRONX. Unquestionably one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in all of New York City . Don't believe it? Google it! Better yet, come take a ride with lifelong...

A Plot Twisting Psychological Thriller! The sex trade is one of the darkest places in Toronto's underworld, where pimps find gloryand good women strive to be the baddest. Every woman has her own story about what led her into the game. Although heart-wrenching at...

The assassination of KING RICH leaves BABY BOY in a position of power. His first order of business as the head of his father's empire is to recover the shipment of drugs that were hijacked. Will Baby Boy discover that the culprits of that...

Please note: This book is a double novel ( 2 book series). However, there is no cliffhanger, because both books are available on the same day. This book is for mature readers. BLURB A gritty urban love story... Zake 'Gutter' Rayden has beaten the...

Rape, the psyche of a broken man is fiction story follows the weekend of three men and explores the mere glimpses behind the thinking, emotions and insecurities that drive their decisions. Why is it some men can walk away and some act impulsively and...

In the United States of America, the law says that you are innocent until proven guilty. For some, it's guilty until proven innocent. Sean Williams. A black man that was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for two brutal murders. Lauren Floyd. A young...

Who wouldn't want to live rent free? Well, one thing is for certain, these ladies give a new meaning to the phrase "public assistance" as they assist themselves to everything hood life has to offer them in the sultry streets of Chi-Town. With households...

"Manhood, masculinity, what it means to grow up in a world where who you are and who you are expected to be exist in powerful, soul-deep struggle . . . Dwight Thompson's My Own Dear People tackles all these issues and more, in an...

When Alecia "Joy" Middleson meets Minke, a young hustler from Brooklyn, he quickly becomes her world. He feels the same way about her-she is the woman he'll connect with, she is his better-half. By the age of eighteen, Alecia is married and has two...

The BRAND NEW instalment in the Silvas Series from bestselling author Gillian Godden A brand new gripping and thrilling gangland story by Gillian Godden. Perfect for fans of Kerry Kaya, Kimberley Chambers and Martina Cole. With Alex Silva facing time behind bars, his family...

Our Hero has a philosophy, a way of life. The way of the eternal optimist. Part narcissistic delusion, part lovingly transcendent. He remains unflappable as he sails through a series of tragedies which would leave most humans in ruins. The death of his parents....

Bestseller Jacqui Rose returns with The Women - whether they are serving time or trying to get out, hell hath no fury like these women inmates of a notorious and hard-hitting prison. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane.Author: Jacqui RoseISBN-10: 1529076579ISBN-13:...

FBI Agent Tonya Green was sent to Philadelphia to investigate the drug overdosing of hard core users from heroin. Her office named the city Killadelphia because of the enormous amount of deaths from this deadly drug. During her quest for facts, evidence led to...

Graduating from high school was the start of a new life for Alecia, but it was far from the real world that she was about to endure. Meeting the King of New York wasn't the plan, but it was soon the main focus. The...

Ripped from the headlines stories detailing the horrendous nocturnal activities of sexual predators from St.Louis's infamous "Bossman" "McGhee" and New York's Nushawn Williams to the disturbing YouTube viral video rantings of the self proclaimed "Trashman". The threat of an HIV Positive Individual purposely infecting...

This book is a cross between the movies Rocky and 8 Mile: inspirational fiction with a hip-hop vibe. How far would you go to make your dream come true? Troy Jones is sixteen with the dream of becoming a rapper. He doesn't want fame;...

A collection of sixteen stories portraying the constricted and confused lives of the rootless twenty-somethings who inhabit them.Author: Rebecca RosenblumISBN-10: 1897231490ISBN-13: 9781897231494Publisher: BiblioasisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2008Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.60dReview Citation(s): Quill & Quire 09/01/2008 pg. 51Quill & Quire Books of...

Mara Blake has managed to kill her fiance's father but there is one problem, his maid Lupe may know what she's done. Julian has decided to defy his parent's wishes of leaving Mara alone. An unexpected showdown between Lauren, Tori, Misha and Arnold are...

The story takes place during the late 1980's into the 90's within various towns in Long Island, N.Y. and is based on the lives of Jermaine and Derrik who against their mothers wishes and struggles fall victim to a life of crime and self-destruction....

Charles Bukowksi, Hubert Selby Jr., and Denis Johnson are familiar names in the literature about the druggies, rockers, criminals, and whores who habituate the dark side of American fiction, but there are few women writers in the club. Enter Ann Wood, an award-winning journalist...

Life got off to a rough start for Corona Cocaine Cash, called Sweets by friends and family. She grows into a woman hell-bent on making it. After deciding that college life is not for her she struggles to make her way in the world...

Snatch and Demon are small-time hustlers with kingpin dreams. Snatch's dad was big-time before the Rico Act got him a life sentence, and now Snatch wants to follow in his pop's footsteps minus the prison sentence. With his partner, DEMON, ten toes down with...

Inspired by real events, this is a story about gangs, growing up in Scotland and the struggles young people face in choosing a future in Britain today.Author: Graeme ArmstrongISBN-10: 152901736XISBN-13: 9781529017366Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2021Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.00d

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Manny never asked to be different, to have a power that could bring the dead back to life. But when he resurrected his dead goldfish as a child, he knew he was cursed with an inexplicable power. Decades later, he's working in a Brisbane...

A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure, A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia.The novel is best known for its notion that a...

Roam the gloomy streets of Midtown in the shadow of Mantra Hand. Part mystery and part diary, The Marianas Trench by Ryan Madej is both an allegory and an obsession. Part 1 of the Midtown Tetralogy.Author: Ryan MadejISBN-10: 1777130409ISBN-13: 9781777130404Publisher: Orbis Tertius PressLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Author: Jorge a. Barriere-MendezISBN-10: 1642148660ISBN-13: 9781642148664Publisher: Page PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2018Pages: 226Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

In a world much like our own there exist a man, his name is Hezior Finit Desimon. Hezior's story starts off in his death where he ascends into the beyond and is faced by a council of spiritual beings. He is commanded to tell...

When the term serial killer is used, names like Bundy, Ramirez and Jeffery come to mind. Xavier aka Killa has more bodies then all of them combined Travel with Killa on his murderous rampage down the east coast from New York to Georgia. Now...

Every Generation Is a First Generation Grinding poverty and brutal murder are the inheritance of a troubled young Sicilian-American who fights for survival on the mean streets of Los Angeles in this gritty, compelling multi-generational story. Sudden violence, against-all-odds teen love, a quirky cast...

It is seemingly a coincidence that master doll maker Ginny Standler inherits a co-op apartment fronting on the Chatham Square of Savannah, Georgia, from her Aunt Marie while simultaneously being offered an interim teaching position at Savannah's College of Art and Design. Both circumstances...

The vampire Rix still searches for a safe place."Strength of a Vampire" picks up where "Being a Vampire" left off, with Rix once again in search of housing. His desperation for a safe haven leads him to a chaotic house filled with other vampires....

Author: Deshana L. WrightISBN-13: 9798330562756Publisher: Empire PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2024Pages: 162Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

Author: Corey RobinsonISBN-10: 196544816XISBN-13: 9781965448168Publisher: Lock Down PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2024Pages: 170Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d

Dive into the gritty and intense world of Nora Woods, a hot-headed teenager who once ruled the mean streets of Brooklyn with reckless abandon. But her life takes an unexpected turn when she rises from the ashes, transforming into a rising star within the...

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket In a series of vivid snapshots, the lives of ordinary Dubliners unfold against the backdrop of early 20th-century Ireland. The stories explore themes of identity, longing, and paralysis, as characters grapple with missed opportunities, societal expectations, and personal...

Earl was a Don from the past, and he was not acustom to the ways of the up and coming and overly aggressive drug king pens, who were looking to take over the Philadelphia underworld.He was to old for all this, and so now...