Urban Violence

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 ...

Rebecca- is wealthy and lives between two worlds. The one that she has been raised in and the one that draws her. Her link to that world is her best friend Lateef. She is in a relationship that has been chosen for her by her family. She wants to be the good girl and make her family proud, but will she be able to satisfy them and still be herself. Cruise- is the last hope for his family's failing business. He wants to be his own man, but he also doesn't want to see all his family worked for lost. He is torn between the woman and life he wants and the one that will save his family name. ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the three percent of land that contains our cities. Yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, crime ridden, expensive, environmentally unfriendly. Or are they? As Edward Glaeser proves in this myth-shattering book, cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in cultural and economic terms) places to live.

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 ...

Every woman dreams of having a great man that works hard and loves even harder. Dimera thought she found her soul mate and better half in Anthony. At the beginning, he was so caring and loving. Soon, the façade fades and he becomes everything she doesn’t want. She soon finds a way to leave him once she finds out about his infidelity and kids. It doesn’t take long before he physically abuses her. Anthony is confident that Dimera will never leave him even with everything he puts her through. Dimera’s best friend, Roxie, never fails to let Dimera know that she deserves better every ...

A street thriller of education, kidnapping, murder, trickery, and love that will have you at the edge of your seat.Clever a young kid born to a family of hustlers, his father and Uncle are two of the biggest and most respected hustlers Newark, N.J. has ever seen. At the age of 10, Clever witnesses the murder of his father and mother in his house which leads Clever to be raised by his Uncle Rah.Once his brother is murdered, Uncle wages war on the streets of Newark with his right hand man Night, everything else becomes secondary as this look to complete their mission for blood and all out ...

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.

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 necessary to stem violence in our cities. Coupling the latest social science with firsthand experience as a crime-fighter, Abt proposes a relentless focus on violence itself.

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.

What if happiness were compulsory? What if your thoughts were not your own? Plunge into HEDON for soul-twisting sci-fi. In 2051, the Bhutanese Empire rules post-apocalyptic Shangri with iron-fisted Buddhist compassion. Happiness is compulsory, but making everyone happy isn’t easy in an overpopulated world. Breeders are ghettoed, homosexuality is mandatory, and Shangrians’ happiness levels are strictly monitored by hedometers implanted in their heads. Become depressed, or feel too happy without helping others feel the same, and The Tax Man will get angry. Very angry. Gemini and Cyan, ...

A collection of Short Stories from many different Genres. Come along and read some Action, Adventure, Urban-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Drama, Romance, Crime, Adult, and Violence! Enjoy the highs and lows, good and bad, and happy and sad, and Action of each Story. From beginning to end! There’s Female Predator, Hearts on Fire, Vengeful Journey, and The Robbery! Are just the single independent Stories. BUT, as a BONUS there’s a 2 part series! The Prostitute and the The Prostitutes Revenge. There’s also a 2nd series, Player’s Get Played Too and Karma Strikes Back! Hope you enjoy this ...

Nikki Turner, Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, is back with one of her gutsiest female characters yet, a glamorous chick with a high-end hustle that can rival any man’s game. As the respected, renowned concierge for a luxury hotel chain, Beijing Lee caters to the wealthy and famous. Whether it’s securing a dinner reservation, a fleet of limos, or a record deal, or protecting her clients from the paparazzi, there’s nothing Beijing can’t do. She’s stacked up an impressive pile of IOUs from the world’s elite - and one day she decides it’s time to start cashing in.

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 ...

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, ...

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.