In the first book of a fierce new series, meet Memphis's hardest ride-or-die chicks as they fight along with their infamous men to lock down the Dirty South.
Memphis is the crime capital of America, and no one knows that better than the women born and raised on its mean streets. It's put sisters Ta'Shara and LeShelle on opposite sides of the street game, where blood means nothing and loyalty doesn't last long. It's also got Yolanda, an ambitious...

Teenaged Raspberry Hill tries to sort out her confused feelings of disgust, shame, and love for her homeless, drug addicted father and worries that she may have inherited his lying and stealing ways.

Rose takes a gift from the crazy old Birdman and discovers that even in the bleak, gray city there are ways to make a beautiful garden.

Having escaped from the hard streets where deals go down on the corner and shots ring out in the night, sexy, beautiful Roz--friend of Angel, Jaz, and Kyra, who've all loved thugs of their own--is on her way to a professional career in physical therapy. She doesn't need to make a U-turn back to the ghetto. But then she meets Trae, who's still after the bling and fast money of drugs. He's hard, hot, irresistible--and trouble. Soon, Roz is wild for...

In the 10th anniversary of A Project Chick's original release, Nikki Turner, the New York Times Bestselling author, will take readers back to where it all began. This is A Project Chick exactly as it was written and edited 10 years ago, just as authentic and original but in digital form for the very first time.

Tressa is a fly girl accustomed to the lavish lifestyle that her possessive and deranged baby daddy, Lucky, has provided for her.

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#1 Essence bestselling author Shannon Holmes returns with the explosive sequel to his national bestseller, Bad Girlz. Tonya Morris, a.k.a. "Tender," is back, and this time the ride is wilder than ever.

Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere else.

Coming of age in the Badlands of north Philadelphia—one of the toughest and poorest communities in the country—Tonya Morris has had to make some desperate

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All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.

Robin Paige is pushed to the brink when the community center where he spends his free time is in danger of closing, his grandmother is shaken down by thugs, and he is forced into doing a bully's homework.

After secretly stealing money from the Rangers and donating it to the community center, Robin Paige fears that the gang will somehow find out he was involved in the theft.

After 17-year-old Grey witnesses the tragic death of his mother in Colorado, he is shipped off to live with his aunt in inner-city Baltimore, where he struggles to fit in to a new school and community. His new friend Akil introduces him to the enigmatic Kurtis, the leader of a group that uses high-octane sports as a form of social activism. By challenging the police with death-defying stunts and posting videos of them online, Kurtis, Grey, and their...