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Terrell wasn't raised in the corrupt streets of Detroit. After being abused and left for dead by his violent, psychotic father, he was raised by his aunt in uncle in a loving home in the suburbs. However, he never lost touch with his mother, whose selfish scheming sparked the fire that led to that fateful night when Terrell became disabled. Now that he's an adult, his tainted bloodline has other plans for the wheelchair-bound teenager.
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2) Detroit
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Kalif is everything his adoptive family wanted him not to be: treacherous, conniving, and coldhearted. As much as he wishes to please them, he can't deny who and what he is destined to be. The hot-tempered young man is indeed his father's son.
While off his meds, Kalif discovers the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of his birth parents. In a matter of seconds, he totally snaps, ignoring the possible consequences. His rage and thirst for...
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Life is great for thick-boned Keisha Jackson. With a good education, well-paying job, and a promising future, she has everything a young woman could ask for, including high self-esteem. But after a chance meeting with Rico, the neighborhood "bad boy," her fairy tale life is quickly dismantled. Blinded by emotion, she gives in to all his cruel intentions.
Under the false claim of love, Rico vindictively tears down all that good-girl Keisha has built....
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"I didn't learn how to be a beast; I was born one!"
Birthed behind the walls of the state penitentiary, newborn Dwayne Latham was cursed with a strong urge for heroin and a certified addict as a mother. As the incarcerated woman gave up all parental rights, the infant lay in a state-issued crib for weeks, being weaned off the strong package of dope that flowed through his tiny body.
Growing up in multiple foster homes, Dwayne soon learned to do...
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Welcome to Kapri James-White's world. Walk the streets of Detroit with her, and learn what it truly means to be Married to the Shooter!
Kapri James wasn't born into the struggle of the game, but she craves it. Despite pleas from her mother, the upper-middle-class teen is addicted to "slumming" and living the fast life. Everything about the black-hearted mentality of Detroit draws her in with ease. Drug dealing, carjackings, home invasions, snatch...
6) Testify
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Clay has never depended on anyone but himself. Having been to prison twice, the veteran criminal feels he has nothing left to lose. He rules his small territory of the Detroit drug scene with an iron fist, acting as the police, the judge, and the jury. Clay is without remorse. Anyone who crosses him or jeopardizes his freedom will be dealt with, and justice will be swift.
Clay has always been cursed with a short-fuse temper, but this time it causes...
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Say u promise volume 4
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Having kidnapped her twin sister's newborn right out the womb and leaving her once beloved fiancé for dead, the Detroit born rebel's tragic fate is practically sealed. Mentally drained and on the run from reality, Kenya has no options left, and she is ready to explode. No guilt or consequence is great enough to stop her inner rage. She is willing to do anything to anyone at any given moment if they dare to get in the way of her true happiness. No...
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Girls from da hood volume 13
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Three Urban Books authors have teamed up to bring the drama in this latest installment of the popular Girls from da Hood Series.
Get It, Get It! by Ms. Michel Moore: Monica was conceived on a pile of dirty clothes in the corner of a trap house. Cursed with a mother who worshiped the crack pipe more than her children, she quickly learned a Detroit reality: Get it how ya live or die trying. The young teenager is forced to beg, borrow, and steal to...
9) Homeless
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Life is definitely not meant to be this hard. His mother tragically dies of cancer, his once perfect world is turned upside down, and the coldhearted streets of Detroit couldn't care less. Now Lonnie McKay, homeless and alone, is caught up in the system at the mercy of others. Faced with women who could possibly help him but refuse to do so, he soon develops a vindictive dislike for every female he comes in contact with. Under the influence of anything...
10) Young and Hungry
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Trapped growing up in poverty, best friends Tyrone and Tameka are young and hungry, craving a better way of life. Willing to do whatever it takes to break free of the strong-handed grip of the crime-infested streets of Detroit, the desperate pair devises a win-all/lose-all plan to come up by any means necessary. Nothing will stop their grind or get in the way of turning their childhood dreams into grown-up realities; not family, not friends and definitely...
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Say u promise volume 1
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When their parents are discovered brutally murdered in a ditch, Kenya and London are left orphaned, forced to navigate through the unforgiving streets of Detroit. They might be identical twins, but they are as different as night and day. With one fighting relentlessly to make it out of the ghetto, the other eagerly embraces true hood life and everything their deceased parents believed in: selling drugs, living fast, and even dying young if it means...
12) Say U Promise
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Say u promise volume 1
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When their parents are discovered brutally murdered in a ditch, Kenya and London are left orphaned; forced to navigate through the unforgiving streets of Detroit alone.
They might be identical twins, but they are as different as night and day. With one fighting relentlessly to make it out of the ghetto, the other eagerly embraces everything their deceased parents believed in: selling drugs, living fast, and even dying young if it means getting paid....
13) On a Mission
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Join Essence®-bestselling authors Ms. Michel Moore and T.C. Littles, along with Novelist Blacc Topp, as they each give you heart-racing, gritty tales of what being On a Mission on the block ultimately means.
WHEN STAYING ON TOP IS THE ONLY OPTION!
Life ain't never been fair in the treacherous street game. When you play it, you can't forget there never was and never will be any true honor amongst thieves. It's do or die. To make major moves...
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Say u promise volume 2
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Forced to flee Detroit, ruthless and rotten Kenya and her identical twin, London, have dodged the bullets of a vicious hired hit man and endured the pain of a brutal rape. Now, due to mistaken identity, the girls must deal with Storm's strange disappearance and his partner's heinous murder before it's too late and they're next.
Once again the sisters' lives are turned upside down. This time, the consequences could land them both in jail-or dead and...
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More of Urban Lit's finest take a walk on the other side in book two, Even Sinners Have Souls Too, of the three book "Sinners Series."
Darrell King, Victor L. Martin and Essence Best-Selling authors, Tysha and Michel Moore, bring you four smashing tales, but not before National Best-Selling author, K'Wan, hits you with the powerful introduction, Oh Sinner Man.
Edited by award winning author E. N. Joy, once again, some of the literary industry's...
16) No Home Training
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Say u promise volume 3
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Identical twins Kenya and London return in the highly addictive Essence bestselling Say U Promise series, and now things have gone from bad to worse for the tragically troubled sisters. They are caught in the middle of a deadly drug war that was started by one of them, and the streets run red as lives are drastically changed forever. With an illegitimate baby on the way and a price on her head, one twin fights to avoid the dangers of the game she...
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Around the way girls volume 9
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Growing up poor and biracial, Shannon never quite fit in. Not truly accepted by either side of her family, the confused teenager turns to the one thing that loves her back unconditionally-the streets. With a bottle of liquor at her side and a worthless mentality in tow, Shannon allows the local strip club and the pole to become her new family. When one of her best customers turns out to be her long lost brother, all hell breaks loose.
For Brionna...
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Around the way girls volume 10
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There's a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Around the Way Girls 10, like its predecessors, is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives.
"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger." For Katara, that statement is the furthest thing from the truth. Dealing with her mother's cancer, a special needs child, and a physically...
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