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21) Promise kept
Author
Series
Promises volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Asher has maneuvered himself into a position of great importance, but his ambition may cost him his best friend's life. Promise and Asher have each come into their own, but will they ever be able to come together?
Author
Language
English
Description
"White rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway of any demographic group in the United States, yet rural communities suffer from poor healthcare access, failing infrastructure, and severe manufacturing and farming job losses. Rural voters believe that our nation has betrayed them, and to some degree they're right. In White Rural Rage, Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman explore why rural Whites have failed to reap the benefits from their outsize political...
23) Double life
Author
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A successful real estate agent by day and drug queenpin by night, Alexis Fox's worlds collide when her right-hand man, Hedrick, is murdered and she must take a more hands-on role in her illicit side hustle.
24) Promise broken
Author
Series
Promises volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After losing her mother and the abandonment of her father, Promise has two goals: graduate from high school and be loved. Her pursuit of these goals will lead to life-altering events.
26) Trap queen
Author
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"At a young age, Lihanny's life was forever altered when. after the murder of her father, her mother decided to sel her to the highest bidder. She didn't think things could get any worse, but she was sadly mistaken. Being at the wrong place at the wrong time can change your life forever, which is exactly what happened to Lihanny. Fed up with feeling powerless, Lihanny takes the drug world by storm when she meets Malaki. But what happens when the love...
27) Jack Girlz
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Sophie, Diamond, and Angel find themselves with their backs against the wall and owing an extremely dangerous man. Short on funds, limited options, and a severe debt hanging over their heads forces the trio to take "getting to the bag" to a new level. While dripping mad sex appeal laced with money schemes, these ruthless vixens hatch a bulletproof plan, and before long--Jack Girlz is born. Hitting licks becomes their new sport as the...
28) Our secret society: Mollie Moon and the glamour, money, and power behind the civil rights movement
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ford illuminates the powerhouse fund-raising effort that supported the Civil Rights Movement: luncheons, galas, card parties and traveling exhibitions attended by middle-class and working class Black families, the Negro press, and titans of industry. Mollie Moon lived abroad in the 1930s but came home to fight against Jim Crow segregation in the United States. With her husband Henry Lee Moon, Mollie became half of one of the most influential couples...
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A traumatic accident changed everything. After a chilling encounter, Journey Salazar and her father, Ty Carter, will never be the same. Ty Carter has to come to grips with reality...his trouble is far from over. He is now under suspicion for a crime he didn't commit. Marlon, Ty's best friend and business partner, wants to see Journey pay for her evil wrongdoings. With all of the stress of being under the watchful eye of the media and the police,...
Author
Series
Nightmare-verse volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alice and her crew are doing their best to recover from the last boss battle, but some of them keep having these. . . dreams: visions of a dark past--and an even darker future. Sadly, the evil in Wonderland may not be as defeated as they'd hoped. Attacked by Nightmares unlike any they've ever seen, Alice will have to step between the coming darkness and the mortal world once more. But this time is different. This time, the monsters aren't waiting...
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Four women. One friendship. Can a trip to a magical place heal their open wounds, or will they succumb to their deepest desires? Imani has the world on a silver platter, and she couldn't be happier. Or so she thought. The bedroom magic between she and her husband, Kevin, seems to have fizzled out. Sexually frustrated and on edge, she knows he's been creeping to someone else.
33) Silent judgement
Author
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Ordered to protect TV news personality Amelia Chess, an unapologetic Black conservative who has been receiving death threats, Silence starts to see what lies beneath her villainous persona, but when the threats turn real, he is drawn into a dangerous conspiracy where he must fight his personal demons to survive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the Eighties and Nineties, Wesley Evans, better known as Ruby, was Brooklyn's wealthiest, longest reigning kingpin. Accomplishing all it took to make history, including rubbing elbows with celebrities and expanding his businesses out of state, he avoided all the bounties put on his head and NYPD's handcuffs. Ruby set the bar in Brooklyn, and when he finally became a legit family man, he left behind rules that would ensure not only success, but...
Author
Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The linked stories in Mama Said are set in Louisville, Kentucky, a city with a rich history steeped in tobacco, bourbon, and gambling, indulgences that can quickly become gripping and destructive vices. Set amid the tail end of the crack epidemic and the rise of the opioid crisis, Mama Said evokes Black family life in all its complexity, following JayLynn, along with her cousins Zaria and Angel, as they come of age struggling against their mothers'...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Do you love having a balcony but aren't sure how you can use it as a space to grow? Do you feel that being a few stories up in a building stops you from growing delicious crops? If the answer is "yes," then it's time you read this book. Patrick Vernuccio is a small-space grower with a big message-and even bigger Instagram following. Building on Patrick's popular 60-second reels, Tomatoes and Basil on the 5th Floor will showcase easy and informative...
37) Red Bird danced
Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Dawn Quigley is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota.
"Dawn Quigley (Ojibwe) tells the story of urban Native kids who find strength in connection with those who came before and in the hope that lets them take flight"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Cal "Freeway" Moore, a well-known hitta and kingpin, knows all too well that running his New Orleans-based empire comes at a price. "Shoot first and ask questions later" is his motto as he fights to hold down his kingdom and maintain a healthy relationship with the love of his life, Belladonna. They say you keep your friends close but your enemies closer, but what if both are the same--and coming for his spot?"--
Author
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever met a man that just grabs your attention and sweeps you off of your feet, only to find out later that he isn't worth a damn? Amoy Simpson experienced a rough life growing up and can't wait to get away from her turbulent home life. Looking for love, she stumbles on Devon, and thinks he is sent by God. She quickly learns that the thug is nothing but a two-timing liar who will go to the extreme to protect the secret he is hiding from her....
Author
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
In Living as an Overcomer, bestselling author Dr. Tony Evans examines how Christ's messages to the seven churches in Revelation can challenge, convict, and lead you toward emphatic victory over life's difficulties.
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."-Revelation 2:7 The unique hardships of our modern lives can often feel insurmountable. But God's Word reveals to us that there is no obstacle, habit, or situation...
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