Showing results for title "Winning" in African American

When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble.

Nasir Valentine has one thing on his mind: winning a championship title in his first year as head coach of the boys basketball team. But when his team captain’s father is murdered just before the start of the season, he quickly learns coaching high school basketball in the inner city is a lot more than just drawing numbers and arrows on a dry erase board.

A scandalous game... A stranger in her apartment... An intruder with an agenda... A game gone wrong? Maybe! “Don’t move,” were the words that will forever echo in her mind. In one second, Joi’s world changed. He stood behind her, hands over her mouth. And her life would never be the same. Joi thought it was a game. But it wasn’t! After that night, Dominic tried to move on. He tried to get past the guilt he feels. A game played through a social media app, has him wondering about the woman at the root of it all. Her teasing and taunting of men, that he wanted in on. And now, he ...

They say a good man is hard to find. Kardell Spencer and Lewis Turner know this all too well. Neither is lucky in love. Kardell Spencer is a hard-working, successful advertising company owner who has a no nonsense approach to work and professionalism. Lewis Turner is Kardell's flamboyant, over-the-top employee. They are polar opposites. Lewis speaks how he feels. Sometimes the things he says are so shocking that they leave people around him gasping for air.

Miriam Butler’s life is going nowhere in the slowest, most excruciating way possible. Stuck in the same barely paying job she’s had since she was sixteen and spending every night sleeping in the spare twin bed in her mother’s house, her existence might be hilarious if it wasn’t so bleak. One trip to her favorite Quickie Mart upends everything when she finds herself the winner of a Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. Unfortunately, not even life-altering roses come without their painful thorns. Hers just so happen to be in the form of an estranged husband.

Zatoria and Onyx’s complicated love story evolved from the anthology, “The Grass Ain’t Always Greener.” What do you do when the man you love doesn’t give you the attention you need? Do you seek what your body craves in the arms of another man? Or, do you remain loyal and weather the storm in hopes that one day…. some day your man steps up his game? Zatoria becomes restless waiting for Onyx to stimulate her mind and her body. When the romance wanes, she realizes she made a mistake by moving in with him. Temptation in the form of a womanizer has Zatoria torn between staying with ...

The small town of Belle Haven, Louisiana, is still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill, and its residents will do whatever it takes to get it back on its feet. So when local English teacher Carissa Melody Wayne is asked to appear on the weight-loss reality show Losing to Win, she agrees. She doesn't realize that others from her past will be joining her, including her high school nemesis, an acquaintance who's been nursing a long-time crush on her - and most shocking of all, Carissa's ex-fiancé...

Without giving anything away...it is very easy to fall in love with the main character, Mr. G. He is the epitome of achievement at the highest level, a role model to those who may doubt the color of their skin, the true hope of paying it forward, and the near-perfect man that all women deserve in their lives.

Messing around with her ex has gotten Cassie into trouble. So why is she still doing it? When Cassie starts to realize what’s really important, she knows she’s already left it for too long. But is that going to stop her from trying?