The gritty tales of New York’s five families returns for its fifth installment.Heavy is the head that wears the crown, and Caesar King feels weighted to the ground. The Five Families are in complete disarray, and Caesar realizes too late that stepping down was the wrong thing to do. It’s up to him to make the puzzle whole again.But when another war comes to their doorsteps and a past mistake comes back for blood, death rips through the boroughs like a tornado. In the end, th...

In this fourth installment of the Five Families of New York, C. N. Phillips explores just how far a person will go to keep things together when their life is crumbling.With death nipping at his neck like cold in the winter, Lorenzo “Zo” Alverez is faced with the inevitable fate of stepping into his late father’s shoes. With enemies coming at him from all sides, Zo doesn’t know who he can trust. But when the light at the end of the tunnel comes in the form of family, he discovers se...

Building on the success of the Kingpins series, Carl Weber's Five Families series features some of Urban Books' most popular authors writing about crime in the boroughs of New York City, this time in Harlem.Through the darkest tunnel comes the light, but for Caesar King, there is nothing but more darkness on the other side.After the failed attempt on his life, he is afraid that the Pact of the Five Families is no more. He can trust nobody. Whoever murdered Barry is now aimi...

Return to the world of C. N. Phillips’ beloved The Last Kings series with a gritty, standalone title to complete the saga.Sadie Thomas stands at the helm of The Last Kings organization, her authority forged through a lifetime of violence, loss, and unrelenting conflict. Throughout her reign, Sadie has witnessed horrors and heartbreak that few could ever imagine, bearing scars from tragedies that would shatter most. Yet, after surviving so much, nothing could prepare her for the mos...

Beautiful, charismatic, and deadly, these three women are bound by blood to do whatever it takes to stay afloat and keep each other alive.Aries: The oldest sister and reluctantly responsible for cleaning up her sisters’ messes. Before their father died from cancer, she made a promise to look out for them all. She is trying to juggle her career, a new romance with a charming stranger, and a war brewing in the streets with her family in the middle of it.Kema:...

Kleigh never wanted Tron to fall in love with her, or vice versa. She isn't who he thinks she is, but how can she tell him that the kingpin he is gunning for, Kevin "Klax" Turner, is her big brother?She is the water to his fire and the calm to his storm. Never in his 26 years of life did Tron think he would find his equal, but Kleigh is exactly that. Her beauty speaks to his eyes, while her mind whispers to his soul. He can't imagine anybody else wearing the crownas queen af...

C. N. Phillips returns with the next tale in the saga of five crime families that run the streets of New York’s five boroughs. The uneasy alliance they once shared has been compromised, and now no one is truly safe from retribution.Caesar knew the peace he started had an expiration date, but he never thought the end would be so explosive. With the Pact completely dissolved and the Chinese angered beyond measure at the loss of their leader, they want Boogie’s head bloody and served ...

Sometimes death births new life, and that is fact for sisters Rhonnie and Ahli Malone. After facing the wrath ofMadame, the young women take on the job of being security detail for none other than Sadie Thomas, the head ofThe Last Kings. With a new drug, Vita E Morte doing numbers under her belt, it is apparent that Sadie has plans todistribute it all over the United States. However, after seeing the deadly side effects of the drug, Sadie agrees to get ridof the...

After his father’s murder, Boogie is thrust into taking over the family business and hellbent on revenge, no matter the cost …While most young people are just getting their footing in life, 24-year-old Bryshon "Boogie" Tolliver is already being groomed to be a boss by his father, Barry Tolliver. At first, he's not so sure he wants to take his father's place in the family business. He has dreams ofbeing the most prominent chef in New York. However, things change when Barry is...

Kleigh never wanted Tron to fall in love with her, or vice versa. She isn't who he thinks she is, but how can she tell him that the kingpin he is gunning for, Kevin "Klax" Turner, is her big brother?She is the water to his fire and the calm to his storm. Never in his 26 years of life did Tron think he would find his equal, but Kleigh is exactly that. Her beauty speaks to his eyes, while her mind whispers to his soul. He can't imagine anybody else wearing the crown ...

“I’m in love with my best friend’s boyfriend.” It seems to be a trend, but for 25-year-old Matise Jackson, it is an ugly truth. When she told her college best friend the type of woman she thought he should be with, she was describing herself, but instead of falling into her trap and becoming her Prince Charming, he shows up at her doorstep with a new princess.As much as Matise wants to hate Lia, she can’t. They’re so much alike that gradually they become the best of friends. Still,...

In the underworld of the drug games, even father and son may be led to face off.Never let the left hand know what the right hand is doing… it was a lesson Rome Johnson learned the hard way. On top of the world and seemingly in full control of his environment, Rome ran the major inner city drug game in Atlanta. He had it all. The money, the house, the cars, jewelry and the cherry on top was the love of his young life, Draya. However, Rome’s reality is changed foreve...