Kayla “Bossy” Ticker is a bona fide product of the streets, spending her time on the grind and settling scores. Years after forming alliances with a couple of the city’s most notorious gangsters, she creates a formula to cook cocaine with a potency most dealers would pay top dollar to get their hands on.Now in her prime, “Bossy” has gotten tired of looking over her shoulder and watching her own back. The death of her mentor hastens her decision to walk away from the hustle until a ...

When the police kill her husband in the presence of their young son, Shy McGee becomes a single mother trying to raise boys to men. Her 17-year-old son, Prince, channels his anger into an effort to become king of the streets. Seeing her son try to step up and take his father's place, Shy has his back.Cherise is Shy's best friend, but she doesn't like what she's seeing lately. Cherise has taught her son, Raequan, only one life lesson: how to run hustles. Now Cherise and Raequan are t...

Urban Books' popular Girls from da Hood series is back, bringing readers more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets.Cheyenne and Kelsi grew up together in the hood. They're best friends who've always had each other's backs—until Cheyenne's father is released from prison and Kelsi can't resist his advances. Their scandalous affair might do more than just tear apart a friendship; it could destroy Ch...

Girls from around the way think they’ve seen it all and know it all. What they don’t know will surprise them and change their lives forever. Take a look at the lives of some street-smart women who’ll learn what living the fast-paced life can mean in the end if you’re not careful.What if you were raised to be a hooker and, worst of all, your father was your pimp? In “Keepin’ It in the Family,” this isn’t just a nightmare for the Collins daughters, this is reality. Raised without the...

Kelly Oxford is . . .A wunderkind producer of pirated stage productions for six-year-oldsNot the queen of the worldAn underage schnitzel-house dishwasherThe kid who stood up to a bully and almost passed out from the resulting adrenaline rushA born salesmanCapable of willing her eyesight to be 20/20That girl who peed her pants in the gas station that one timeTotally an expert on strep throatIncapable of making Leonardo ...

A secret from their youth plunges three adult women into a deadly nightmare in this suspense thriller by three New York Times–bestselling authors.NO WARNINGIn the photograph, three teenaged girls splash in the lake on a sweltering summer evening. Shiloh, Kat, and Ruth are unaware of the man who spies on them from the woods. They have no idea how their lives will be changed by the brutal violence that follows—and the vow of secrecy ...

I don't want kindness – or your kind of woman.Sterling McCallum gave the plain, hard warning to Jessica Larson. The brooding rogue cop had a stone in place of a heart – and a past as mysterious as the case that had brought them together. But this time Jessica couldn't back off. Something compelled her to stand her ground – and brave the emotions this man had long aroused. Suddenly, their darkest secrets, their deepest desires, shimmered to the surface...about to e...

Chelsea Cassidy is the official biographer of Roxanne Scarbrough, Georgia's recognized queen of social graces. While examining her subject's life, Chelsea realizes that not everyone is fond of Roxanne, and that an unknown enemy may go as far as murder. When she begins to unearth the dark, hidden secrets that Roxanne has been keeping, her investigation leads her into the arms of Cash Beaudine. Suddenly Chelsea's inquiries take on a very personal nature––with potentially fatal consequences.

“With quirky characters reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series and a small-town heroine redolent of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse, Sax’s second Matchmaker novel will no doubt delight fans and new readers alike.”—RT Book ReviewsIt's me, again. Gladie Burger. If you know me, you know that I hate blood. And I hate root canals even more.But I finally have my first matchmaking client, and she works for the town’s dentist. He says I need dental work. Of cour...

Shy ten-year-old Belle Wilson doesn’t like talking much, except to tell spooky stories. She loves to scare her family. But when they move into her great Nana Wilson’s home and they find out the very house they live in may be haunted, everything changes. Belle gets caught in a big mystery. One that involves her dead great grandmother and the Legend of Salmon Beach. Only Nana Wilson’s Chest of Secrets can help Belle solve this mystery. Will she find it before what is haunting the house finds...

“Will no doubt delight fans and new readers alike.”—RT Book Reviews*Gladie is back with the fifth installment of the hilarious Matchmaker Mysteries series.*It’s still up in the air whether Gladie really has her psychic grandmother’s “gift,” but she’s determined to finally give matchmaking her best shot. She’s also determined to give her new relationship with hottie Police Chief Spencer Bolton a shot…that is, if she can find him.*Despite her g...

LOVE AND TRUST DON’T ALWAYS GO HAND IN HAND… HE’S THE RICH BOYYoung love—that was what Nadine and Hayden had. The kind of love that captures the soul and never dies. That is, until Hayden’s father swindled Nadine’s family, and they didn’t see each other for thirteen years. When his father suddenly dies, Hayden returns home to the family’s lakeside mansion—and to his first love.But Nadine and her two young sons aren’t quite ready to trust again. Soon Hayden ...