From award-winning author Kiki Petrosino comes a poignant exploration of identity, heritage and belonging for readers of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, Slow Lightning by Eduardo C. Corral and Seamus Heaney’s NorthThrough vivid imagery and spare, precise verse, Kiki Petrosino’s Perfect Italian examines the complexities of cultural inhe...

It’s the thrilling, gritty tale fans of superstar Kiki Swinson’s nationally bestselling urban lit novels have been waiting for—the story of how Kira, an impressionable teen, emerges from poverty to become the fierce, indomitable criminal known as Wifey. But learning the streets has a cost that could break her faster than make her . . .Growing up in a housing project in Portsmouth, Virginia’s poorest neighborhood, 18-year-old Kira is tired of living with constant vi...

Join Tinker Bell as she flutters through Pixie Hollow lending a helping hand to friends in need in this adorably clever picture book starring everyone’s favorite Disney fairy!Tinker Bell is excited when a spoon washes up on the shores of Pixie Hollow. It means there is tinkering to do! As she makes her way home with her new tool, she finds friends in need of help. But what happens when there is a problem too big to solve alone? Can Tinker Bell and her Pixie Hollow ...

National bestselling author Kiki Swinson's novels set it off with killer plot twists, merciless characters—and an unsparing portrayal of Southern struggling, lying, betraying . . . and dying. Now everything is on the line as a female firefighter desperate for money gets caught up in a man-made disaster . . .Set your schemes . . .A volunteer Virginia Beach firefighter, Alayna Curry faces death every day—and is proud to carry on her retired fa...

National bestselling author and urban lit superstar Kiki Swinson amps up the action and suspense with unpredictable characters, breakneck twists, and a gut-punch portrait of Southern surviving—and dying. Now the odds are straight-up killer when ambitous private eye gets in way over her head. From the author of the gritty, bestselling Wifey series.Too much to prove . . .A former journalist with a knack for unraveling dirty secrets, Khloé Merc...

**An explosive portrait of Dirty South revenge, triple-dealing, and crimes of passion as a suburban mom’s high-end criminal past comes back to haunt her, endangering her children—and propelling her into a high-stakes game she remembers all too well . . .Gone without a trace . . .**Once the most cunning luxury-car thief in the game, Ava Frost gladly gave it all up to become the wife of a successful Norfolk, Virginia, businessman, and raise their two children in better circums...

"A story of unbreakable love, the courage to speak the unspeakable, and one family's journey through the silence that nearly consumed them."When Lidwine Santar arrives in New York from the Ivory Coast, she carries with her the hopes of a new life. She builds a home, a family, a community — until the day her son Alexander begins to disappear before her eyes.What follows is a mother's fierce refusal to accept the silence her culture demands. Navigating the stigma of mental il...

In this this page-turning spin-off prequel to the Playing Dirty and Notorious duology, national bestselling author Kiki Swinson burns up the page with calculating characters, ingenious plot twists, and a ruthless depiction of Southern conniving, rising—and taking the final hard fall. Now she brings you back to the 1990s at the start of wild-card lawyer Yoshi Lomax's career, as her first elite white-shoe-law job puts an inescapable target on her back…Burning up ...

National bestselling author Kiki Swinson always ups the ante with shocking twists, relentless characters, and a hard-edged portrait of Southern living—and dying. Now all bets are off as a newbie journalist desperate for the spotlight plunges into a killer****story . . .Anything for the fameAs an off-air TV news journalist, Khloé Mercer covers the tough Norfolk, Virginia, neighborhood she grew up in. But between a hostile boss and stiff compe...

National bestselling authors Kiki Swinson and De'nesha Diamond light it up with two devious tales of players, hustles--and running out of time. . .Special Delivery Kiki SwinsonMail carrier Gabriella Vasquez is making stacks of sweet paper from the innocent-looking packages she delivers on her route. And that much cocaine can buy a lot of the sweet life--and even more of her sexy partner Eduardo's undivided attention. But when the Feds make her an offer she ...

It is critical to give teenagers access to quality reproductive health care. America's teen pregnancy rate has been declining steadily, but it is still higher than the rates in Canada or Britain (approximately 275,000 a year) Eighty-seven percent of those teenage births occur among unmarried girls. Not only is this a problem in the Untied States, but it is an even bigger problem in many developing countries. There are currently more than 222 million girls and women who want to delay or avo...

Tough-Times Recipes Made Modern for Anyone Stretching a Budget Today—So You Can Eat Well Even When Your Bank Account Says No"Kiki’s knowledge of how to pull together a meal with whatever you have in your kitchen and her no-judgment approach are just what hesitant cooks need to learn to feed themselves and their families on any budget." —Lidia BastianichKiki Rough isn't a professional chef. If we're being honest with each other, she doesn't ...