African Urban

Six months before aging out of foster care, 17-year-old Tori meets a local hustler who makes her an offer she can’t refuse. At first, she enjoys the benefits of being Ricky’s “new girl,” but it’s not long before he’s looking for a return on his investment. After a confrontation with Ricky spirals out of control, Tori goes on the run. Halfway across the country, she meets Dana, a street-wise woman in a similarly desperate situation. The two become quick friends and hatch a plan to move to Reno. But soon Tori is on her own again - and out for revenge.

When love leaves 19-year-old Loyalty Wallace with nothing but a pair of bruised ribs, she finds herself with $500,000 in stolen cash from her boyfriend, Whip, and a target on her back. She plans to use that money to escape her toxic relationship, but what she doesn’t know is the money she stole wasn’t his to keep. It was a loan from the Belmonte family, one of the most dangerous families in the heart of the Big Apple.

Solace 3 picks up right where part two left off at—with Haram coming home to an empty house and DNA results confirming that he's the father of Khadijah's child. With Tokyo nowhere to be found, and her unwillingness to hear him out, the uncertainty behind their relationship sends Haram through...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Josiah "Jordan" Turner buries his grandmother in Louisville and walks back into the inheritance he never asked for: Las Vegas, Bluegrass Holdings, and the name his father made on the Strip. Now Jordan is building something of his own: a record label, a...

Sometimes one moment can be monumental … For Sunjiya Daniels, one call leads her into the arms of an assassin who is hired to track her twin sister. She finds herself in another bad situation that she has to get out of and like every other time in her life, she will do whatever is necessary to...

Graham Diggs spent his adult life chasing criminals. His dedication to his career as a police officer didn’t allow him time to follow his passion, nor did it give him the freedom to explore serious relationships. At forty-three, he’s unexpectedly retired and unfortunately single. After years...

From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, comes the second book in the Dark Star trilogy. In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search...

“Masterfully flips the first installment on its head... James makes the mythic tantalizingly real.’” —Esquire "Even more brilliant than the first.” —Buzzfeed An Instant New York Times Bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2022 pick From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book...

Crystal Sells is a biker chick, not one of those honeys who hang on the back of a motorcycle with their arms around some random man. The self-proclaimed “baddest bitch on two wheels” likes to ride alone on what she calls her “steel.” Crystal hustles knock-off designer purses and bootleg DVDs to make ends meet, until she meets Ray Jackson of the Phantom Cruz, a local motorcycle gang, and begins living the life of a wifey. When their sweet life goes sour, Crystal is forced from their home and finds herself working at a gentleman’s club.

Fifteen years after the publication of Push, one year after the Academy Award-winning film adaptation, Sapphire gives voice to Precious's son, Abdul. In The Kid bestselling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, the son of Push's unforgettable heroine, Precious. A story of...

Nina Marcelle was born into prominence as the granddaughter of a legendary watchman whose name carried weight in every circle of New York high society. Groomed for success and raised to protect her family’s reputation, love was never supposed to complicate her life. But that was before she met...

Tender, nostalgic, and deeply romantic, Love Me Down to Christmas is a heartfelt holiday romance about first love, family, healing, and the kind of love that never forgets its way home. “Love Me Down to Christmas delivers everything we love about a cozy holiday romance—small-town charm...

Paige Bishop has built a life around control and service. Between long hours at the bank, her side hustles, and caring for her recently released father, she doesn’t have time for distractions. But when a spontaneous summer night puts her in Giovanni Dowlen’s path, she finds herself craving...

Grief and heartbreak can cause anyone to go into depression. Kenzlee Wilson saw that happening to her. On top of trying to pick up the pieces of her life, she gets acquainted with her gym’s owner, Nashton Sims. Nash comes into Kenzlee’s life and moves things around like a real man should...

In the finale, the Banks family will find out who killed their parents that dreadful night. They knew his name but never made the connection until Wolf's life was hanging in the wind. Unfortunately, the truth comes out with more lies and deceit than any of them were ready for. Colby finds out...

An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl's horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the...

The first and only short story collection by William Melvin Kelley, author of A Different Drummer, and the source from which he drew inspiration for his subsequent novels. Originally published in 1964, this collection of sixteen stories includes three linked sets of stories about the Carey...

Hip music critic Dwayne Robinson has two main gigs: defending rap's rightful place in the music industry and scoring as many women as possible. But this smooth-talking b-boy has yet to try working love into his lingo - until "buppie" Danielle Embry slides into and rocks his world. A Connecticut suburbanite, Danielle is as far removed from Dwayne's Brooklyn ghetto upbringing as it gets. Yet despite this clash, these unlikely lovers are drawn together.

Icon: I spent years building an empire, proving I was just as ruthless and unstoppable as the men who came before me. The streets fear me, my cartel moves like a machine, and I finally got the one thing I never thought I’d have—the love of my life, Livia. She is the only woman who ever saw...

Just when Story thought she was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, darkness peaks its head around the corner and swallows her whole, leaving her wondering if she will ever catch a break. On the day that was supposed to be the start of a new beginning, Story finds herself trapped...