Urban Contemporary

Everyone says beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Sheila's eyes are focused on her dreams. With her sights set on opening the hottest beauty parlor in the city and a $100,000 grant on the line, Sheila doesn't have time for distractions. Especially not from Shi'zad, the persistently charming but aesthetically challenged man who keeps popping up everywhere she goes. Her relationship with Shareef might be circling the drain, but that doesn't mean she's looking for a replacement – least of all someone who looks like a darkroom experiment gone wrong.

Tiffany, Tyrisha, and Mezzie all have one thing in common: putting up with men who don't deserve them. While demanding what they're worth, they all end up in a web of deceit, drama, and betrayal.

LoVonna Lewis is a smart, beautiful, humble, and fierce young woman who will soon be off to college. Her parents do everything to set her up for success in her future. While she’s enjoying life and doing everything she’s supposed to, her ex-boyfriend, Musiq, tries his hardest to sing his way back into her life. It would be easy if someone else didn’t have their eyes on her. Once this stranger comes into her life, it is hard for Musiq to get LoVonna back. LoVonna, being who she is, stays clear of all the guys that seem to mean her no good. That is until someone she has never thought ...

This is a Rerelease... Do you believe you can find love in a one-night stand? Successful and beautiful, Hazel Morris is living her best life and doesn't know that she is missing anything until one lustful night changes it all. After meeting Charvez, a bad boy to the core, on the night of her best friend's wedding, she is caught up in the moment and lets her lust take over to enjoy one night with him, even though she knows it is wrong. It is only supposed to be a single night of fun but there is one problem: Hazel's emotions are quickly caught up and she wants more. Charvez was a street ...

Contains the complete Fold series: Thou Shall Not Run, Thou Shall Not Hide, and Thou Shall Not Fear.

In the streets of Houston, loyalty is currency, and betrayal can get you buried. Kamal “Prince” Waters is every bit the street king they whisper about, ruthless when he has to be, cold when he wants to be, and powerful enough to make a man disappear by sundown. Love? That’s the one thing he’s never trusted. Not until a caramel-thick bombshell with too much sass and a heart bigger than her insecurities comes barreling into his world. Ensi Fields has built her own lane, a plus-size boutique owner with a backbone, a mouth that cuts deep, and curves that don’t ask for permission. ...

Experience the Authentic Pulse of City Life. Author TARU brings a masterful fusion of genres to the page, combining the raw, uncompromising energy of street literature with the profound, character-driven depth of urban fiction. TARU's narratives are more than just stories—they are vivid explorations of complex themes, delivering unforgettable, high-impact reading. When you are born into a life of dysfunction and confusion you easily become a product of your environment. From the moment of conception this was the hand dealt to Donte aka Po boy. Drugs, deceit, lies and family secrets are ...

Riley James was just elected the CEO of Petro Incorporation. Things seem to be going good in her life. She has who she thinks is the perfect fiancé. Life has a way of showing you differently; especially for Riley. Davin Sumpter is a jealous man on a mission after Riley’s father grants her the position that he thought was meant for him. With Riley’s best friend Larissa being on his back about taking care of her, he does what he as to do to make things happen.​ Davin calls upon someone that he hung with back in the day. Mecca Anderson was hired and paid fifty G’s up front to kidnap ...

Book Overview Knox Carter got three baby mamas and a whole lotta audacity. Lyric cheated and broke his heart. He left her, but that betrayal changed him. After Lyric, Knox stopped trying to be a good man and father. He became reckless, manipulative, and cold. Toya got caught in the fallout. One drunk night, one bad decision. She had his son — and let him come around, hoping he’d step up. But Knox only showed up when he wanted something. Sex. Control. Access. Never fatherhood. Diamond saw the truth and walked away. No more begging. No more tears. Just a woman raising her child, stacking ...

This story began in 2005. The year Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Kanye West dropped Diamonds & the year Barack Obama took office as a US Senator from Illinois. The streets were still eating leftovers from the 90s, and Quiet Money illustrates one of the many couples caught up in the game. Trinity Jones, daughter of a Chicago 80s fly girl and Detroit's biggest Kingpin of the 70s and 80s, is a hopeless romantic. After a devastating breakup, Trinity meets Pharaoh, a local, up and coming dope boy with a never-ending flow of cash, cars, and clothes. After an unexpected robbery, life ...

Faith has been doing her own thing, not thinking about love. She always gave her girls, Kela and Tonya, advice on finding love, but she never seemed to take her own advice. Could it be that the one she loves broke her heart, leaving her scorned for life? Will she reach out and get the closure she needs? Promises don’t mean anything when you’re a boss. Romeo, better known as G-Rome, has been doing his thing in the rap game for a while. All the fame and fortune doesn’t change him. He’s still heavy in the dope game and took over his father’s legacy. His brother, Romir, is his ...

Kael Daniels is a man who vowed never to love again. The night his younger brother, Jace, was gunned down, Kael was too caught up chasing a woman falling for her, losing focus, and ultimately losing the one person who meant everything to him. That night changed him forever. Hardened him. Taught him that love is a distraction, a weakness he could never afford again. Now, as the most powerful and feared investor in New York, he’s turned his empire from street money into something bigger, something untouchable. But when his father orders him to make Amira St. James fall in love with him and ...

Rasheeda King has worked her butt off only to fall short in the end. When Rasheeda finally lands a chance for her dream job, she does whatever it takes to make sure she impresses her boss. What she wasn’t expecting was for someone to charm his way into her life, and putting her career at state. Shante’s father provided everything she needed until his new wife, put a stop on the funds he was giving her. Shante decided on a side hustle until she could find something else, when she started her new hustle she never thought she’d be in the middle of a war zone. Will she make clear that she...

Reborn into a fantastical RPG-system based world, Fresh is offered a second chance at life. Initially glad to have escaped her old existence, she quickly realizes that this new one might not be much better. Her new body is too frail to follow any grand dreams of adventure, her new mind is too dulled to allow any meticulous planning or thought, and this new, seemingly colorful, kind world is anything but.

When Treasure White discovers she’s pregnant, her life takes a sharp turn she never anticipated. As she navigates the challenges of impending motherhood, her relationship with Zay Carter deepens in ways neither of them expected. Zay, a man torn between his street past and a desire to build a legitimate future, finds himself stepping into roles he never imagined—father, provider, and husband. Treasure’s pregnancy becomes the catalyst for Zay’s transformation, pushing him to tie up loose ends in his world and focus on creating a stable life for their growing family. From their ...

Saphire married Clay Matthews, a handsome, down to earth and loyal man who worships the ground her designer shoes walk on. But no matter how hard she tries to love him, her heart yearns for another. ​ Gade, Saphire's younger sister, married the man of her dreams. Lamonte Singletary is everything a red-blooded woman could ever want in a man. After the birth of their son, life has been picture perfect. That is, until Joe Burrels, a bittersweet memory from the past, returns with a haunting secret he is determined to reveal. ​ Now the bond of sisterhood could be destroyed forever.

Kenya Williams is the First Lady of a fast-growing church. Her husband once had an affair that rocked the church. Just as their marriage begins to fully heal David and Kenya begin to have problems again. Kenya wonders if she did right by forgiving him. The issue of course is she enjoys being a First Lady. Alan Houston is a heartbroken Ph.D. He put his dreams off for a lovely woman named Jasmine. Jasmine was looking for happily ever after—right now. When her timetable doesn’t coincide with Alan’s, she considers leaving. Alan's primary goal is to open a trauma facility for black men to ...

She wakes up every morning to fight the same demons that left her so tired the night before. Unique Collins grew up an orphan, passed from foster home to foster home. Still, she lives somewhat of an okay life. At the age of twenty, her focus is on school and work. She is determined to make something of herself. Dealing with the struggles of life, she finds herself wondering what her real purpose is. Just when things start to somewhat look up for her, they start to crumble right before her eyes. That is until her knight in shining armor, Chink, came running to her rescue. Only problem is, ...

A dragon, a fae, and a pixie walk into a bookstore… Sounds like a joke, right? For me, it's just an ordinary day on the job. At least, it has been ever since my aunt disappeared and left me with her store, her cat, and a whole lot of unanswered questions. My whole life, I've been told to stay hidden. Pretend I'm human. Sell books, drink tea, and never betray the truth of what I am. But it turns out my aunt had secrets, and a lot of those secrets seem to involve me ending up dead. To survive, I'm going to have to reckon with my past, even if it means placing my trust in a total stranger.

Why did I decide to put together a Bundle of my FOUR BBW Urban Fiction Series? Each series shows Plus Size Women as main characters. They aren’t sidekicks, ugly ducklings, or undesirable third wheels. Their beauty is up front and center. These BBWs are not late-night booty calls. And they’re not their lovers’ last options. Sexy, dangerous, street ninjas love and desire them. These are the most attractive men on the market. And they're willing to do anything to get their hands on the Big Beautiful Woman who is the object of their desire. Of course, as a writer, I want everyone to read ...