Death before dishonor was the only way out—but now Anthony Padmore is paying the price. Incarcerated for his role in the Padmore family's criminal empire, he's awaiting trial while the empire he helped build begins to crumble. Behind bars, Anthony faces new enemies and old ghosts, including the nagging question of whether Soldada Andrews, the woman who once set his soul on fire, was the one who sealed his fate.Meanwhile, Soldada is on the fast track to becoming a legal powerhouse, ...

Justus was left for dead impaled on a wall out in the middle of nowhere wearing his father's brains like a shirt. Miraculously he survived only to face hell on earth.Wheelchair-bound and near broke after two years of expensive therapy he is accused of a gruesome murder. Just as it appears he is doomed to life in the box, his handler, Menes, uses his considerable influence to save him with one caveat: he needs him for one more job.Carmen, the deadly femme fatale who left Jus...

A famous director murdered. A supermodel reclaiming her throne. A bloody gang war being monitored by the Feds. In the explosive finale to this Gangsterotica trilogy, everything comes to a head.After the death of her boyfriend, K. Mitchell, Makeda discovers H's true identity.Now bound by blood, she and H form a powerful alliance. While Makeda's acting and modeling career is back in full bloom, H is leading his lethal gang, S.K.G., in a bloody turf war for control of the stre...

They risked it all for the love of the dough, then wrote chart-topping songs about it. But can this crew escape their past? For Reece and Qwess, being rap superstars was the dream, but in real life nothing moved without the money. So they formed the Crescent Crew, an outfit of young, ruthless hustlers that locked the Southern drug trade in a stranglehold. They're at the height of their power when Qwess is offered a record deal from a major label. He accepts and makes plans for his whole cr...

They led the Dirty South's most infamous crew. One became a rap superstar. One ruled the streets. But when the king comes back hard for his throne, who will be left standing? Life couldn't get better for the Crescent Crew. With an exclusive Mexican pipeline, they've got the Southern drug trade on lock. Former founder Qwess is leveraging rap superstardom to break the music industry's commercial stranglehold. And former leader Reece is fresh off a five-year prison bid-and out to forever secu...

Strong, loving father. Hard-working loyal son. They are the best hit men in the business. But one woman's revenge will put the ultimate target on their backs . . . Trained to be a Special Forces killer, Leader came back from his tours of duty broke-and near-broken. So when the streets came calling, he rose from ruthless hood enforcer to a powerful international cartel's most feared "cleaner." And when tragedy hit home, his sensitive son, Justus, turned out to be a natural assassin-and unsh...

Makeda Barnes is an aspiring supermodel. Drop-dead gorgeous with a raw attitude, she is clearly the next big thing in the modeling industry—if only she can shake her treacherous boyfriend, Menelik.Menelik, and his twin brother, Haile, came to this country in pursuit of the American dream. Raised by a despotic father, violence is what they know best. Together, they orchestrate a bloody extortion campaign to thrust them to the top of the food chain in the underworld.As Meneli...

Fresh out the federal pen after serving a bid for armed robbery, Anthony Padmore is whisked to the beautiful island of Anguilla as a reward for keeping his mouth shut. His adoptive brothers have prepared a week of celebration fit for King Solomon himself, butwhile frolicking on the beach, basking in his newfound freedom, he runs into the stunning Soldada Andrews …Soldada Andrews is fresh out of law school with an exciting position as an Assistant District Attorney. She has t...

In Skin Deep, twin brothers Menelik and Haile terrorized the streets of New Jersey with a vicious extortion campaign. Supermodel Makeda Barnes was with them every step of the way, riding shotgun with her man, Menelik.In this thrilling sequel, Menelik and Makeda find themselves imprisoned afterMenelik guns down a rival in broad daylight. While the couple battle for their freedom, Haile - still on the run for murdering a cop - expands his brand of violence to Atlanta. He teams up wit...

His empire is worth a billion thanks to the drug-fueled wealth of his infamous Dirty South crew. But with unanticipated enemies gathering for a final devastating hit, will there be anyone left to rule?Even near-fatal business and body blows can’t keep the Crescent Crew down for long. From lockdown, their founder and leader, Qwess, negotiates an unlimited supply of product that’s tripling the profits lost when the Feds swept in. But his treacherous second-in-command,Bone, has...

They led the Dirty South’s most infamous crew. One became a rap superstar. One ruled the streets. But when the king comes back hard for his throne, who will be left standing?Life couldn’t get better for the Crescent Crew. With an exclusive Mexican pipeline, they’ve got the Southern drug trade on lock. Former founder Qwess is leveraging rap superstardom to break the music industry’s commercial stranglehold. And former leader Reece is fresh off a five-year p...

I am a prisoner. Taken by monsters who crave my death.If I want to see my mates again, I have to stay alive.I was just settling into my new life with my mates when I was taken. Robbed of my magic, ripped from the men I'm beginning to love, and imprisoned by their mortal enemies.They want to use me. For my power. For my blood and my bones. For my connection to the Alpha Kings they hate. But more than anything, they want to see me die...