Urban Violence

Women’s rights activist, Lynn Cummings, switches up churches like shoes. As soon as her anointing is exposed, she runs – that is, until she finds a pew at First Baptist Church, where Lynn is anchored by the wiles of the debonair Pastor Stewart. Lynn, becomes the woman on Stewart’s arm, and with that, becomes the target of women who are always up in Pastor Stewart’s face, namely, his quote-unquote friend Bianca, the skin-bleaching, man-worshipping teen choir director who’ll stop at nothing to become Stewart’s first lady. Even Nay, the wife of Stewart’s right hand man, Associate...

Previously titled: An Obsessed Kind of Love Jessica is more than the baby momma of Dominic... She's a social media influencer with 1.1 million followers. Many worship her for all the wrong reasons. So does Dominic. What could go wrong... Everything! The more money she makes, the more naked she gets and some of her followers want more... Dominic aint having it! He wants her to stop. He wants her back. But when he realizes that she is enamored with his rival, all bets are off. Jessica doesn’t listen and soon, things start to happen. Dominic is watching. His jealousy is heating up. He ...

Bang! Bang! Bang! Shots rang out and echoed in the night... The assailant walked away and looked back once. She walked away cool and calm, vanishing into the night! She had stopped running! In her mind, he deserved it! All she could think of in that moment, was the fact that he would never get the chance to kill another woman’s spirit. Killing her spirit was the same as her dying… And Ursula felt dead! The trauma and injury inflicted upon her by the men proved too much, and her resilient and tough exterior crumbled under the strain. And when tragedy strikes, it ups the ante! Things go ...

Here's a tip: when you fall into Hell, seduce the devil. Not that the devil needs much seducing. He's seen all the twisted, blood-soaked things I've done on Earth, and he's already obsessed with me. A little too obsessed, if you ask me. I already have four mates, and they're more than enough trouble. But when the devil—I'm calling him Dev—gives me a chance to hit my psychopath father where it hurts and take out some of his minions, I jump at the chance. I'm not an assassin-for-hire, but if Eidolon keeps amassing power, he'll be even more dangerous.

The dating pool was trash... Sharla was not looking when she came across his profile... He was everything! Fine... Built... Swag... The look of a savage in a good savage kind of way. A bad boy with all the markers. What could go wrong? She swiped right. He responded. They met. And he blew her mind! Knight was everybody's dream guy. His tall perfect frame, kissable lips and eyes that hypnotized had done Sharla in. But... What started off as something wonderful, started to show cracks. The layers peeled back. And what she saw was devastating! What happened? Find out! Read along in this ...

After finding her mother dead, Vera is separated from her baby brother and carelessly placed in the care of her mom’s killer, Skip. There, her life quickly becomes miserable alongside multiple other women and children. She wants nothing more than to find her brother and run far away with him. Unfortunately, Skip isn’t willing to let her go so easy. He is more interested in using her for his own needs versus letting her be free. In attempts of escaping this lifestyle, Vera and a friend, Essence venture out in search of an escape. They find it in a man by the name of Bishop. Bishop ...

Part 5 in the epic saga... An urban romance series not for the faint at heart! When all seems lost Rose fights to pull everything back together! But Boston has not been totally honest... His own secrets rip through her like sharpened knives! At the core of her is guilt from the pain of past wrongs that will devastate and already destroyed man! Boston's life is at a crossroads. And as he struggles to fight for his freedom, Rose delivers a final blow that could take him down. What will come of her secret. Will it be revealed. Not if Rose can help it! Read the final chapter in the series that ...

Meet the Bloody Saints MC. These men are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the women they love safe. Follow them into the dark as they hunt, deliver, and destroy empires for the women who own their hearts.

The peace between humans and vampires balances on a knife's edge, ready to descend into murderous chaos at any moment. It's up to the Assembly to discreetly clean up conflicts and track down criminals before bloodshed becomes a cause for concern. That's where Miles Watson comes in. As an Arbiter, he has free reign to find, adjudicate against, and punish perpetrators. And he operates just far enough outside the law to make sure those who break it get what's coming to them.

From a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in America Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as Harvard scholar Thomas Abt shows in Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools...

Cross. Now streaming on Prime Video. Alex Cross faces two crazed killers in this chilling, suspenseful blockbuster from James Patterson, "the man who can't miss" (Time). Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back...

Rhylee King is one hustling ass female. But it wasn’t always that way. Trying to heal herself from childhood wounds that involved the death of her mother by the hands of her father. When she was young, the abandonment for Rhylee is real. Silence, her boyfriend, is supposed to be helping with that, but in the midst of helping him fight his own demons, Rhylee is losing herself as well. Even with all the money he has trafficking drugs throughout the city, Silence isn’t happy, and he doesn’t have to say anything for Rhylee to figure that out. He’s not perfect, but in Silence’s eyes, ...

She walked into jail bitter. She’s walking out dangerous. Elina “Lina” Wilson has survived bullets, betrayal, and the hell of Shelby County Women’s Facility. With her son Kobi on the outside and enemies on every side, she learns to fight smarter, guided by a mysterious voice that refuses to let her break. But freedom doesn’t bring peace. On the day she’s released, Lina sets out to destroy her ex, Kaleb, and the new family he built without her. Instead, the tables turn—and Kaleb shows her just how cruel payback can be. Cut down, locked back up, and taunted by Kaleb’s letters ...

Eva Richardson had a rough upbringing, but she stuck to her guns and achieved her goals of graduating college. Meeting and marrying Walter Watson was the icing on the cake, and now Eva is living a fairytale lifestyle many women only dream of. However, the glitz and glamour of love soon turns a little black and blue, and she soon realizes that she’s in hell on earth. Eventually Pandora’s Box blows wide open and all Walter’s ugly secrets ooze out. Eva is forced to decide if this is just a phase or if the saying, “he doesn’t love you if he doesn’t hit you every now and again” is ...

4 STUNNING CRIME THRILLERS IN THIS GREAT VALUE BOXSET: Brick In the heart of Liverpool, a peaceful evening is shattered when a teenager is brutally attacked while walking his dog. This senseless violence ignites a fierce murder investigation that spirals into chaos, as the victim’s innocent family finds themselves under a relentless campaign of terror. As the Major Investigation Team races against time to uncover the motives behind the attack, the links to a powerful organized crime family begin to surface, leading to shocking revelations that threaten to destabilize their sinister empire...

In a moving example of unconditional love in dif­ficult times, Gregory Boyle, the Jesuit priest and New York Times bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart, shares what working with gang members in Los Angeles has taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of kinship. In his...

Synopsis OG Lexi is back and now the QueenPin of All Atlanta. She was fueled by greed and filled with rage since the death of her play brother Dennis. She had all of the world’s finest things in life. Cars, houses, jewelry, clothes you name it she had it. Money and revenge were always the mission, but nothing could prepare her for the betrayal she will endure at the hands of the people she loves the most. But hell has no furry once you’ve felt Lexi’s wrath, there will be hell to pay for those who crosses her. The city of Atlanta was a war zone led by a psychotic woman not afraid of ...

Eddie's father, two uncles, and best friend are all dead, and it's a struggle for him not to end up the same way. Violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers—and discovers that his closest friends may actually be his worst enemies.

Baby-faced teen Giovanni Macedo is desperate to find belonging in one of LA's most predatory gangs, the Columbia Lil Cycos—so desperate that he agrees to kill an undocumented Mexican street vendor. The vendor, Francisco Clemente, had been refusing to give in to the gang's shakedown demands. But Giovanni botches the hit, accidentally killing a newborn instead. The overlords who rule the Lil Cycos from a Supermax prison 1,000 miles away must be placated and Giovanni is lured across the border where, in turn, the gang botches his killing.

On his eight birthday, Jerry gives himself an imaginary friend. A couple of months ago, Jerry moved to a different country with his parents. From the outside, everything looks fine, but secretly Jerry hates it. He has no friends, misses his old life and is scared of his mother who, every night when she starts drinking, becomes a devil. When he gives himself somebody to play with, life seems to get better. But slowly he starts to realize that his friend is the catalyzer of the horrifying events that follow. Dark Memories is a magical realism, creepy story about alcoholism, domestic violence,...