Kentia, a beautiful hustler with a taste for the finer things in life, becomes a victim of someone else’s hustle for a change.
Kirrah, a video vixen and gold-digger, learns a valuable lesson in playing the game. Sometimes you get burnt.
Theori, working as a stripper to pay for college, discovers the high price of deception.
The stories of three women come together for an explosive look at exploitation and the women who work the system.
Sit back and witness the rise and fall of Detroits most wanted queen pin!
The odds have been stacked against Janelle Doesher, aka Jane Doe, ever since her parents were murdered in cold
blood. Shes been stripped of the money, power, and respect associated with the familys name. Turning her losses into
lessons, Jane takes destiny into her own hands. She does whatever is necessary to rise to the top, and that includes stepping
on toes and making more enemies than she already had. Once her spot in the game is solidified, or so she thinks, one of
her affiliates blows the whistle on her operation, and an indictment comes down on the entire organization.
Letting go is not always easy, and in some cases, it can be close to impossible
Leila has always been stuck on her husband and never thought her love for him would dissipate. Even throughout
the constant pain and suffering, she has hope that hell come back to her. But Devons cold heart and abandonment
has left room for her to be rescued by another man.
Rayshon Johnsonnot the perfect man, but a better mancomes along and rolls the storm away, providing Leila
with the emotional comfort she desperately desires. He kisses her where it hurts and helps her shed her insecurities,
building his woman up from the inside.
Devon hates to see another man getting comfortable in his spot. Hes determined to get his good thing back, no
matter the costs. Home is where the heart is, and hes more than ready to reclaim home
Wickedly entertaining, insightful, and always surprising, Nita Brooks delivers a delicious new novel about
a celebrity perfume designer forced to add a daring new ingredient to her carefully curated life
Among the uber-famous, shes the most highly sought-after fragrance makerand a well-kept secret. But designing
a scent for pops newest superstar could take Nicola King and her familys business from elite to downright legendary.
Of course, mystery is part of Nicolas brandso no one knows shes actually an over-cautious person who always puts
her own life on permanent hold. Until her ultra-personal list of regrets is accidentally put on a social media blastand
shes challenged to go after everything she really wants
From finding a hobby to reconnecting with a family member, Nicolas getting some surprising results. But when
she reveals her deepest, darkest secret of all to her troubled sister, the fallout threatens her budding romance, her
career, and her reputation. Now between ambition, heartbreak, and hard truths, Nicola must risk the courage to fix
the damageand decide what success truly means
Lutishia Lovely returns with a compelling and provocative new novel where the clash between personal
freedoms and religious convictions become a matter of life and death.
When eighteen-year-old Raina Reed is given an ultimatumher family or her first loveshe chooses the latter,
leaves the rigid cult community shes grown up in and finds herself shunned, ex-communicated ghosted. Not
seeing her parents is tolerable. Raina is happy for more time with her sweet, talented boyfriend Bryce, and enjoys the
freedom found in living with him, his free-spirited cousin, Jackie, and Jackies mom Valerie, a struggling attorney. But
her heart breaks at the thought of not seeing her baby sister. Abby is ten years younger and theyve never spent one
day apartuntil now.
While Raina embraces her new life, she cant shake her concern about Abby, especially when a lingering illness
worsens and her parents refuse to seek medical help. Raina is determined to break through the religious rules that stand
in the way of her sisters well-being. Drawing on her new family and support system, including chanting, angel-card
reading Jackie, justice-seeking Valerie, loving Bryce, and his eccentric grandmother, Raina finds her own kind of faith,
one built on a love strong enough to move mountains
In Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide, Elnathan John provides an affecting, unrestrained and satirical guide to the
Nigerians you will meet at home and abroad, or on your way to hell and to heaven. It is a searing look at how power
is performed, negotiated and abused in private and in public; in politics, business, religious institutions and in homes.
From the exploration of religious hypocrisy to inequality in matters of the heart, the collection is a jab at Nigerian
society and what it means to be a Nigerian. Beyond poking fun at the holders of power, it is also a summons, a
provocation and a call for introspection among all levels of society. As is often said in Nigeria, when you point with
one finger, there are four others pointing back at you.
This engrossing read is a must-have for Nigerians on how to move beyond shame and arrogance, and for nonNigerians, a uniquely informative guide on how to accept their awe and envy of Nigerians. It is an invitation for
everyone to embrace and rejoice in their inner Nigerian.
Here is your definitive guide to Be(com)ing Nigerian.
Romans 12:5-6 states, 'So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us…'
In a world full of comparison, it is important to impart to children at a young age that no matter your differences in this world, you are important and play a role in the body of Christ. Your gifts may be different from those around you, but that does not make you lesser than anyone.
A follow up to Chayla Cooper's book 'Thank You God', 'You Belong' continues to utilize Christian teachings by following a young ant who is about to embark on a journey into the unknown and doesn't understand why God would choose her when her gifts aren't as great as those around her. With the help of her mother, she realizes that she too has great attributes that are needed in the kingdom and to trust God along her journey.
Meine Visitenkarte sagt: Detektiv des Todes. Nehmen Sie das ruhig wörtlich. Seit meinem letzten Fall ist mein bester Kumpel der Fährmann des Jenseits und mein Auftraggeber der TOD höchstpersönlich. Das Jenseits ist allerdings nicht für alle ein Paradies. Und wie es aussieht macht der Tod nicht alle gleich. Denn wer genug Silber hat, kann sich auch hier alles kaufen. Sogar ein neues Leben.
Ist das der Grund dafür, dass Seelen spurlos aus dem Totenreich verschwinden und Kharon in Schwierigkeiten steckt? Mehr als ein Grund also, um zu ermitteln. Und ich bete zu allen hier verfügbaren Instanzen, dass das Magistrat für jenseitige Angelegenheiten mich dabei nicht erwischt!
Skurrile Fälle, ein charmanter TOD und ein Jenseits in dem jeder das Nachleben bekommt, an das er vor seinem Tod geglaubt hat! Privatdetektiv Jack Gold blickt mit Ironie und Humor auf das 'Leben' nach dem Tod wie es sein könnte - und hätte da den einen oder anderen Verbesserungsvorschlag.
From ‘one of the greatest writers of our time’ (Toni Morrison) – the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon – a collection of remarkable short stories from the Harlem Renaissance
With a foreword by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
‘Genius’ Alice Walker
‘Rigorous, convincing, dazzling’ Zadie Smith on Their Eyes Were Watching God
In 1925, college student Zora Neale Hurston – the sole black student at Barnard College, New York – was living in the city, ‘desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world.’
During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognised as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period.
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume, they include eight of Hurston’s ‘lost’ Harlem stories, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives.
These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting, satiric humour, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston’s world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer’s voice and her contributions to America’s literary traditions.
A lush, glittering short story collection exploring female obsession and desire by an award-winning author Roxane Gay calls 'a consummate storyteller.'
From Kentucky to the California desert, these forty-two short stories -- ranging from the 80's and 90's to present day -- expose expose the hearts of girls and women in moments of obsessive desire and fantasy, wildness and bad behavior, brokenness and fearlessness, and more.
On a hot July night, teenage girls sneak out of the house to meet their boyfriends by the train tracks. Members of a cult form an unsettling chorus as they proclaim their adoration for the same man. A woman luxuriates in a fantasy getaway to escape her past. A love story begins over cabbages in a grocery store, and a laundress's life is consumed by her obsession with a baseball star. After the death of a sister, two high school friends kiss all night and binge-watch Winona Ryder movies.
Leesa Cross-Smith's sensuous stories -- some long, some gone in a flash, some told over text and emails -- drench readers in nostalgia for summer nights and sultry days. They recall the intense friendships of teenage girls and the innate bonds between mothers, the first heady rush of desire, and the pure exhilaration of womanhood, all while holding up the wild souls of women so they can catch the light.
La primera entrega de la serie policiaca ambientada en Barcelona y protagonizada por la Juez Sofia Valle y su equipo. La juez Sofía Valle, junto con otros trabajos de rutina, se centra en estos dos casos: Roger, el niño apuñalado de apenas de catorce años de edad, cuya historia se contradice, llevando a la Caporal Anna Milà y al Juez Sofía a profundizar en su entorno familiar y la operación antidrogas que la policía de Barcelona ha ordenado priorizar.
Grabado en español ibérico (España).
La segunda parte de la serie protagonizada por la Juez Sofía Valle. El descubrimiento del cadáver de una mujer cubierto con pétalos de lavanda y la cara destrozada por una brutal paliza, será el detonante que sacará a la luz un caso de corrupción en el Cuerpo de Policía Nacional en Barcelona.
Grabado en español ibérico (España).
