In Chris Brodien-Jones debut novel, a young boy discovers the power he holds as he fights to save his sister from the evil of a Welsh sorceress. What was supposed to be an enchanting visit to the small Welsh village where their grandparents live turned into a nightmarish struggle for twelve-year-old Derek and his younger sister, Eve. As they get caught in a struggle between a group of ancient Dreamkeepers and an evil sorceress, it is revealed that Derek is the only one able to hender the evil of the sorceress to save his sister from danger, free the Dreamkeepers, and stop the snow that is blanketing all of Wales.
In this gritty and suspenseful family drama from celebrated storyteller Keith Lee Johnson, three brothers find their professional and romantic lives veering out of control and heading toward a shattering conclusion.Brothers Jericho, Sterling, and William Wise may be bonded by blood, but life has dealt them very different hands. Jericho is a drug and munitions dealer, the leader of an elite group of former military personnel. Sterling is an attorney who finds himself fired from his prestigious San Francisco law firm on the same day he's expecting a verdict on a nationally televised case that was supposed to make his career. And William, a widowed psychologist and the youngest Wise brother, has spent the past five years alone but is finally imagining what it might be like to love again. Only trouble is, Terry Moretti, the woman he's dating, is white, and she can't seem to understand the societal and familial taboos that keep William from getting too closely involved. Jericho has a whole other dilemma to deal with—one that could see him ending up in jail for a very long time. Meanwhile, Sterling's luck seems to turn around when he meets a mysterious woman who offers him the world, but in return, he would need to comply with her racial prejudices—is he willing to pay her price? Keith Lee Johnson's twisting, riveting plot and crackling dialogue will captivate the reader from page one, and the extraordinary Wise Brothers' choices will lead them inexorably toward a stunning and unforgettable climax.
Shonda Cheeke's hip and provocative follow-up to the critically acclaimed Another Man's Wife welcomes readers back into the world of Yani and Alex Chance and the ever popular Asia Fenton as they strive to stay strong in the face of tough choices, unexpected complications, and the sweet joys and bitter lows of love. Asia Fenton is finally on the road to her happily ever after. Her new relationship with the handsome Detective Johnny Johnson is everything the good doctor ordered after a failed attempt to reconcile with her former fiancé, who had a pregnant girlfriend he forgot to tell her about. When the sounds of the wedding bells become overwhelming, her new neighbor and former fiancé step in to change the tempo of the dance. Yani and Alex Chance have weathered one test of their love, but there's more in store. The second family of Yani's estranged husband, Jarrin, turns up in the New York city, in hopes of making family connection. Through her reluctance, Yani decides to make an effort for the children's sake. When tragedy strikes, Yani and Alex are faced with a heartfelt decision which causes a wedge to be drawn between them. As Asia struggles with the inevitable choice she must make, and Yani and Alex work to straighten out the growing conflict threatening their happiness, the devastation of September 11th rocks New York City -- and strikes close to home in a way no one could have expected. In the Midst of It All is a gripping, moving novel that invokes every emotion as Shonda Cheeke's compelling characters deal with the task of recovering, rebuilding, and moving into the future with hope and love.
From one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary urban fiction comes a gripping, erotic, edge-of-your-seat thriller about four strangers whose lives are about to collide, with explosive and murderous consequences.Alias suffers from a Curse that has haunted his family for generations and he vows to do whatever it takes to end it, even if the breaking of the Curse results in his own death.D. Wayne's traumatic childhood at the hands of his abusive mother has turned him into a demented killer following the voice of his God, Ruh, who guides him in a deadly search -- a journey that leads him to the brink of madness.Doin and Joozy both feel separated from the rest of the society, but as their imperfections draw them together, they discover a love that they thought was impossible.Set in the raw and tumultuous landscape of the projects, Nane Quartay's sharp-edged second novel chronicles the lives, loves, and losses of these four young strangers whose lives become inextricably intertwined. Eroticism, mysticism, and suspense are seamlessly woven together in a tough and thought-provoking narative that reaches a shocking climax and brings an entire city to the brink of chaos.
How do you measure the worth of a woman? Or determine the value of a man? In this sexy, suspenseful novel, Cheryl Faye takes on the hot-button issues facing men and women as they struggle to build meaningful, lasting relationships.In this novel about two friends -- and the man who plays a key role in both their lives -- Cheryl Faye tells a compelling story of friendship, jealousy, ambition, self-deception, and love.Jamilah Parsons and Sabrina Richardson are roommates and unlikely friends. Jamilah is a voluptuous, down-to-earth graphic artist who knows what she wants -- a man to love her for herself. Gorgeous and model-thin, glamorous Sabrina is beset by doubts and insecurities. She uses her beauty to reel in the kind of man she thinks will give her the good life, without having to give anything in return. When Sabrina brings home sexy attorney Darius Thornton, the stage is set for conflict and drama. Jamilah is attracted to Darius; but Darius only has eyes for Sabrina, who is determined to keep him at arm's length until she has him right where she wants him. Then she meets someone even better -- or so she thinks. What she doesn't know is that beneath this new suitor's suave exterior is a man filled with pain, ready to lash out at those closest to him. Now Sabrina must discover a courage she never knew she had, while Jamilah grapples with her own complicated feelings for both Sabrina and Darius.Intense, provocative, and intricate, Be Careful What You Wish For introduces complex, flesh-and-blood characters that readers will relate to, root for, and remember long after the final page.
Set in Memphis, Tennessee and Paris, France UNDERCOVER is a tale of a "rehabilitated" drag queen (Nathaniel aka "Miss Nay"/"Lady Champaign") that marries his best friend and attempts to lead the straight life expected by society. But financial situations force him to take extra employment and ultimately lead him back to his old lifestyle. Prior to all of this, Nathaniel and his wife have three children, one of whom becomes HIV+ through a blood transfusion. Nathaniel, by participating in risky sexual behavior, contracts HIV/AIDS and eventually succumbs to it.UNDERCOVER is a story for all readers regardless of race, profession or sexual orientation.
Johnathan Luckett returns with a novel that sizzles and sparks flames, taking readers on a sexy and suspenseful journey through the lives of three best friends as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life, love, and friendship. From the nation's capital to the streets of New York City and the French Quarter of New Orleans, Trey, Vince, and Erika are on a mission to experience all life has to offer, including relationships gone bad to steamy sex—and all the drama in between. Trey, a love-to-hate-him type player with irresistible good looks and a charming personality, is forever running from Layla, a charmingly beautiful woman with a mysterious past. A successful motivational speaker, author, and artist by day and a hopeless romantic by night, Vince is the true embodiment of a Renaissance man. Always searching for his ideal mate, Vince finds beauty in every woman he meets—until it becomes painfully apparent that she is not the one. Confident, beautiful, and successful Erika thinks she has found the one after sifting through the endless line of fake wannabes and bottom dwellers. But when problems arise in the bedroom, she is forced to take a step back and think about what is most important in her relationships. As they support and encourage one another through adversity, heartache, and misfortune, Trey, Vince, and Erica leave a trail of pandemonium everywhere they go. Along the way, their friendship is tested as two mysterious women enter their lives. Suddenly, their world is spinning madly out of control, and when the dust settles, things may never be the same.
New from the author of "Love and Justice" comes the story of a Virginia detective who must track down a ruthless murderer while he pieces together the remains of his own shattered heart.
A genetic apocalypse is ravaging the earth, women are disappearing from the planet, and the only hope to keep civilization from crumbling is a ten-year-old girl.In the future, people lose the ability to have daughters; and as women begin to disappear from a world already gripped by chaos, some people begin to think that a 10-year-old black girl will be the next Messiah. Seven years after the onset of this genetic apocalypse, all women have disappeared from cities like New York. Civilization, itself, seems to have ground to a halt as men, numbed by the holographic pleasures of their technological age, wait for the inevitable death of their species. It is then that a powerful military force, known simply as The Horde, begins a systematic offensive against the world's great cities. As this final battle unfolds, the girl presumed to be God escapes from the fortress where The Horde had been keeping her and thousands of other women. Once free, she forms a series of alliances—first with a cult convinced of her divinity, then with the scientist originally responsible for the genetic apocalypse, and finally with a man without a past, whose evolving conceptualization of reality seems to be the key to saving the human race. Interwoven with a rich mosaic of characters—like the seemingly supernatural Quibb; the industrial magnate, Shaka; the gender-defying cyber witch, Circe; and the revolutionary firebrand, Tio Mendez—God in the Image of Woman tells the epic story of people searching for their humanity in an age where the end of the human race seems terrifyingly close.
One by one, government officials are being picked off and the FBI have no leads—who's killing them and, more importantly, why?An affluent Supreme Court nominee and her husband are murdered by a skillful hand several days before her confirmation hearing. The next day, another high-ranking member of Washington D.C.'s elite circle is murdered. On top of these murders, a serial rapist has terrorized the city, with sixty-seven male victims and counting. FBI Special Agent Phoenix Perry is working the rapist case when she's hand-picked by the President to solve the mystery and to stop the blood thirsty killer. Little does she know that the cases are related, and the assassin seems to know her every move. As the mystery unravels, Perry learns more than she cared to know about the case—and herself.
Lacking in self-confidence and enduring the mistreatment of an insensitive employer, overweight twenty-eight-year-old secretary Jordan finds passion and fulfillment in the arms of her boss's partner, only to discover that he is already married, a situation that culminates in her being falsely accuse
Caught in the downward spiral of poverty and violence, Chico Grayson, a gifted teenage poet growing up in the brutal streets of Richmond, Virginia, where his only escape is through a ever more brutal series of crimes. Original.
* "An engaging tale of five organs, the stomach, liver, spleen, heart (his favourite) and uterus and the history of those who tried to understand them." Laurie Tarkan, The New York Times
Using experiences from other women and her own expertise, the author discusses how to overcome the emotional trauma and deal with breast cancer from diagnosis to recovery.
What if a secret society, founded during the Civil War, accumulated a fortune in gold coins in the hopes of someday funding a second war between the states? What if they buried their treasure in a vast network of remote locations across the South and the Southwestern United States, and appointed sentinels to guard them -- sentinels who passed the secrets of this treasure from generation to generation? What if the keys to this fantastic treasure were hidden in a series of mysterious coded maps? In "Rebel Gold, " investigative journalist Warren Getler and Bob Brewer, a descendant of one of the Confederate sentinels sworn to protect this treasure, uncover the truth behind the legend of this buried gold and the group rumored to have hidden it, the Knights of the Golden Circle. A fast-paced blend of history and modern-day detective story, Rebel Gold reveals a shadowy chapter in American history -- and how its legacy may be continuing to this day.
From Simon & Schuster, Buying a Business (For Very Little Cash) is a definitive guide from Joseph R. Mancuso and Douglas D. Germann, Sr.Buying a Business (For Very Little Cash) will help readers to select a business, use a broker, find a deal, follow leads, make a contract, and more!
The much-anticipated sequel to Shattered Souls, From My Soul to Yours is a steamy, page-turner full of friendship, drama and dirty secrets.
With a brilliantly plotted crime novel set in small-town Massachusetts, the prize-winning author of Prince of Thievesearns a place alongside the likes of Dennis Lehane and Jeffery Deaver as a master of gritty suspense.
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