Books of Soul

New African American Books: Street/Urban

Wealthy & Wicked by Chris Renee

October 12, 2011
Tracey Robbins has it all: money, successful, business, and a closet a girl would kill for. St. Louis is her playground as everybody who wants to be somebody tries desperately to be in her circle. However, living the young, black, and privileged life comes with perks that could turn the purest hearts wicked, just for a chance to be like her. The unannounced arrival of Tez, a sexy seemingly no good thug, sends her life in a downward spiral that no one saw coming. Soon after, she finds herself the center of a devious plan to ruin her life. Betrayal runs deep as the people the closest to her begin to show their true colors. With her back against the wall, she finds love in an unlikely pair of arms. Will that love be enough to save her, or will she remain lost in the pursuit of wealth?

Available December 20, 2011

The Millionaire Mistress by Tiphani Montgomery

October 10, 2011
Chasing money is all Chloe has ever known. Just when she thinks she’s got it all, times get tight, and her body is put to work in the bedroom. Between sexin’ married men for hire and searching for the man who would get her out the game; her life is shattered when her cousin Oshyn, pulls in a drug dealer with deep pockets.

Oshyn knows her conniving cousin would do anything to walk in her shoes, so she flaunts glamorous gifts and icey diamonds, given to her by new love, Brooklyn Jones. Chloe gets senseless and resorts to desperate measures when she can’t steal Brooklyn from Oshyn. When her wild sexual escapades don’t work, she uses the ultimate betrayal as her weapon. But her plan is destroyed when a tragic moment happens that shocks everyone.

Will Chloe look past her evil ways and change for the better, or will their fate be a replica of their dark family secret? There’s a reason why their mothers are locked down and six feet under.

The Karma Series by Sabrina Eubanks

October 10, 2011 Karma I
When narcotics detective Lucas Cain meets news reporter Justine Greer, she stops his playa attitude in its tracks. It is love at first sight as the two fall head over heels for each other, despite the influence of Justine’s jealous friend, Simone. While Simone tempts Lucas with her raw sexuality, he struggles to keep his old ways in the past.Lucas and his partner, Noah, accept a dangerous undercover assignment that will topple the empire of the notorious drug lord, Nine. Can Lucas and Noah survive this dangerous bust? Will Lucas revert to his player ways with Simone’s constant temptation? It’s a race between love and lust, and what goes around definitely comes around as KARMA takes its toll.

 

Karma II
The saga continues… The jealousy and betrayal leave a deadly trail of broken hearts. Now, two of New York’s finest, both in beauty and detective work, join Lucas and his sarcastic partner Noah as they once again go undercover to bring down a powerful drug dealer and his crew. The love and lust are bolder than ever as KARMA sweeps through New York City.

 

Karma III
In the third installment of Sabrina Eubanks’ fiery bestselling Karma series, life has been a little rough for narcotics detective Lucas Cain. After his perfect love Justine is tragically taken away from him by a devious femme fatale, Lucas and his trusty partner Noah are assigned to take down the notorious Trinidad brothers. While Lucas attempts to reclaim his life with Nichole, a fellow detective with an unhinged ex-boyfriend – the crooked cop Keith Childs – Noah is gravely wounded in a fight to bring down the Draco Empire. Now inspector Butch Harper is looking for dirty cops and Lucas and Noah are on the hunt for Keith. But things are not what they seem in this tangled tale of love, greed, and treachery. Who will be left standing when the smoke clears? Who will learn that you can t hide from yourself…that KARMA is always just around the cover?

 

Love is Blind by T.J. Chester

October 8, 2011


For ambition and survival, three friends decide to
take on the oldest profession in the world—prostitution. But are they ready for
the danger that comes along with it?

Money can’t buy happiness, and Rae Crenshaw and her
best friends Patrice Walker and Telly Sanders find this out the hard way. To
survive, they sell their bodies to any man who’s willing to pay. This is their
lifestyle; a choice which complements their promiscuous ways.  However, too much greed leads them to make a
bad choice.

Stepping up their game, Patrice and Rae begin
stealing from the men they sleep with. However, Ozell Jenkins, a big time drug
dealer and a regular, is not too happy about that. Rae knows he is up to no
good, so she plans on exposing all the skeletons in his closet. But will she be
able to handle the shocking discovery coming her way?

Find out in T.J. Chester’s Love is Blind.

Press Release: National Bestselling Author John A. Andrews Will Release 3 Hard Hitting Novels in 2012

August 6, 2011

PR Newswire

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Known for his gritty, and twisted writing style in his diabolically encapsulating bestselling novel Rude Buay … The Unstoppable, prolific, national bestselling author John A. Andrews is not only poised to release its sequel Rude Buay … The Untouchable in Spring 2012, but will release two additional mystery, suspense, action thrillers consecutively, one in the summer and the other in the fall next year.

This follow-up title Rude Buay … The Untouchableis geared towards taking readers deeper into the mindset and philosophy of the Dragon Drug Cartel. This page turner unravels the mystery, deceit, corruption, deception, and inequities of all kinds behind the biggest and “baddest” drug cartel ever assembled. With its roots set in Jamaica, Miamiand Colombia, this organization has now expanded its operation into Mexico, Asia, and most recently the American Canadian border.

The international setting for this chronicle has placed the Rude Buay Series amongst some of the elite action thrillers ever etched including the James Bond Series. Officially released on Independence Day 2010, Rude Buay … The Unstoppable has since been translated in Spanish asChico Rudo … El Imparable, and most recently a Chinese edition was added to the mix. This 16th title for the author is still being requested at book signing events across the U.S. John A. Andrews has so far not only laid a foundation for this upcoming film to be shot in Puerto Rico, Jamaica andHawaii, but has set the basis for an action adventure series like Ian Fleming created in the 80s with the Bond Series.

The Caribbean has been without a hero since “Ivanhoe Martin” played by Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come back in 1973. Rude Buay emerges as a new brandish hero with a no holds barred mindset. His wittiness and tenacity makes him into a character not only possessing grit, international pizzazz but longevity as well.

This original series is a “drug prevention” action thriller chronicle, sending a strong message to teens and adults alike. Andrews, not only delivers it with grit and gumption but allows it pound at your heart while tugging at your flesh. Its twists and turns are guaranteed to deliver your roller coaster experience.

According to Andrews, “I always wanted to become a cop while growing up in the Caribbean, and took it to another level by praying to become one. Even so, witnessing firsthand the corruption involving some of the finest, I had a change of mind.”

Currently on a Multiple Titles Book Tour in the U.S., he has released over 30 titles in various genres including, personal development, relationships, success, teen empowerment, biography, and fiction. The author sees next year as the year of mystery, action, and suspense thrillers for his portfolio, according to Books That Will Enhance Your Life.

The author/producer who just released his memoir: When The Dust Settles I am Still Standing – A True Hollywood Story, and is working on moving the first installment of Rude Buay into pre-production.

Andrews will release these two additional novels next year: Cross Atlantic Fiasco, an action adventure featuring 3 ex-police officers caught on the wrong side of the law, and Who Shot The Sherriff, a whodunit chronicle. The first will be released in the summer and the latter in fall.

Rude Buay … The Untouchable will be released in hardcover and could be made available for purchase as early as March 16th 2012 according to publishing sources for the Rude Buay series.

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SOURCE Books That Will Enhance Your Life

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Mack’s Revenge…All Hell Breaks Loose! by Daddy Rich

July 24, 2011
Meet Richard D. McVickers, Aka Big Mack …drug dealer from Marion, Indiana-a small town in the Midwest. Just one year out of prison, this aspiring rap artist is a Realtor by day and a gangsta by night. He’s caught up in the sticky web of the streets. Big Mack starts funding this real estate and rap careers with drug money. He just wants to make it out the dope game and be a rap star. Mack s biggest setback in becoming that gangsta rapper is that he lives what he raps and he raps what he lives. Talent isn’t the issue, the issue is: Can Mack stay out of prison? The fact that Mack is gaining success and notoriety in the music business pushed the task force over the edge. They know drug money is the power behind him. But they just can t catch him, and they are determined to send him to Michigan City, a rough prison in Northern Indiana. Fed up with Mack outsmarting them and laughing in their faces, task force detectives Steve Popodopolus and Bobby Reese come up with a plan to bring Big Mack down for good. They turn those close to him against him and frame him in what is written in history to be the biggest cocaine but in the history of Grant County. Judges and prosecutors are involved. Lawyers have walked away. All those involved are confident Mack will be convicted and sentenced to 50 years. But Mack is more connected than they think. With the help of Frederico, young Underboss of the Panamanian drug cartel, the county can’t hold him. And once Mack is free…All Hell Breaks Loose!

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Around the Way Girls 8

June 28, 2011
Get ready for the latest streetwise installment of this off-the-hook street series, with sizzling stories told by three of your favorite authors! In Got Me Twisted, New York diva Ebony Queen heads south after her mother’s murder and tries to reinvent country bumpkin Reshunda — but it won’t be easy! In Arrested Development, Kelly joins the police force to get in the good graces of her love interest, Dante — but what happens when her brother gets out of prison and finds out her boyfriend is the same cop that brought him down? And in Greed, Jackie and her parents escaped the projects and now live the high life — but what’s going to happen to her if they get murdered? These latest Around the Way Girls stories will leave you breathless!

Around the Way Girls 8
by Tina Brooks McKinney, B.L.U.N.T., Meisha Camm

Urban Books
Available June 1, 2011 in Paperback

My Kinda Girl by Michael McGrew

June 26, 2011


Bobbi Williams dreamed his way to the top without acccepting failure as an option. From street hustler to a successful conman, he finds himself lost and confused when his best friend/sister is murdered in cold blood. After doing six-years in prison for a string of robberies, and now friends with his late sisters boyfriend James, they plan their way to the top together. when Bobbi is released from Atlanta State Penitentiary with a lot to prove and a legal hustling gameplan, his life begins to take a successful turn for the worst starting with a secret affair involving James finance, Jennifer . . . recognizing that she is his kinda girl. Bobbi has it all; the money, fame, a fantasy and a family until his past and unforseen jaw dropping karma catches up to him. “MY KINDA GIRL” is a tale that travels deep in the mind of a man with secrets that manifests into problems, too hard to live with, and death is the only way out!

Project Queen by Teresa D. Patterson

May 7, 2011
Shae Byrts is a hot commodity in her hood. Using her body and beauty has earned her the title, “Project Queen”. She’s got it, and was born to flaunt it! She’s determined to break away from her abusive mother, and leave her impoverished lifestyle far behind.

When she begins dating a notorious drug dealer, she assumes all of her problems are over. She couldn’t be further from the truth. She finds out that beauty is only skin deep, and all of the money, spinning rims, and glitter, can come at a violent price.

Edit Again Publications
Available March 7, 2010 in Kindle Edition

Aftermath: A Snapped Novel by Tracy Brown

April 23, 2011
When Misa Atkinson confesses to the murder of Steven Bingham, her siste’r's brother-in-law, for doing the unthinkable to her son, everything is turned upside down. Misa now faces jail time and the loss of her son forever, and his drug lord brother, Frankie Bingham is out for revenge. Camille drops another bomb on Frankie, telling her estranged husband (and his mistress) that she is pregnant with his child. Their friends, Dominique and Toya gather around Camille and Misa in their time of need, but the storm clouds have gathered over their own lives as well. Dominique’s daughter has gone missing and a dark figure from Toya’s past has come back with a vengeance. Against the backdrop of a high profile murder case these four friends will band together like they never have before as they confront the demons of their pasts and an uncertain future — together. And in the end, they are forever changed.

St. Martin’s Griffin
Available January 22, 2011 in Kindle Edition