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In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp
3) Charmed life
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Wildseed witch volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Now back at Riverbend Middle, social media loving tween Hasani tries to prove her former friend, and fellow witch, LaToya, is responsible for the recent chaos at school.
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Divas (De'nesha Diamond) volume 3
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Kensington Publishing Corporation
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English
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"The deadliest ride-or-die chicks in Memphis have a new rival. Meet the Cripettes. They're the realest of the real--raging war with both the Queen Gs and the Flowers. But when all's said and done, only one gang can reign supreme...The streets of the Dirty South have never been meaner as the ruthless women of warring hoods are just a few body bags away from total domination. Determined to rain bullets on Shotgun Row, lieutenant Lucifer teams up with...
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Now that their brother Debonair is serving five years in prison, three sisters—Tanqueray, Unique, and Sinclair—will have to learn to fend for themselves.
The oldest sister, Tanqueray, is a functioning addict bent on satisfying her selfish needs and desires. A mother of four children by the age of 23, middle sister Unique is in denial about what her latest man is up to in her own home. Sheltered baby sister Sinclair is trying to spread...
The oldest sister, Tanqueray, is a functioning addict bent on satisfying her selfish needs and desires. A mother of four children by the age of 23, middle sister Unique is in denial about what her latest man is up to in her own home. Sheltered baby sister Sinclair is trying to spread...
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"B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak,creativity and joy. It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for...
9) Monster
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While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
11) Want, Need, Love
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Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Bryant knows how to hook readers from the first line." --RT Book Reviews Finding Mr. Right isn't easy, but in this sexy new novel from bestselling author Niobia Bryant, one woman knows exactly how to do it--for everyone but herself. . . Mona Ballinger has a talent for bringing the right people together--and keeping the wrong people apart. But when Anson Tyler's fiancee ends their engagement thanks to Mona's advice, he angrily confronts her. Unfortunately,...
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Devotion volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"Khamun Cross has been assigned an objective that will change his life: to protect Sanna Steele from the dark forces that desire to steal her soul. Khamun is a member of a secret society of Guardian Angels whose battle against The Cursed has been raging for centuries. The Cursed roam the earth to harvest souls for the Dark army, while the Guardian Angels desire to protect The Light. Khamun has been commissioned to watch over Sanna, but in doing so,...
13) Wishing Lake
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Finding home novels volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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University Professor Peyton Harris will do whatever it takes to escape her overbearing, socialite parents and the fiance she can never love-even if it means moving from New York to tiny Trinity Falls, Ohio. It's a big step, but when she finds herself working with the town's most eligible-and marriage-averse bachelor-it's just the first of many. . . Journalist Darius Knight has problems of his own. His newly separated parents are driving him crazy,...
14) Street Soldier 2
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Urban Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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"Prince Perkins has learned one important thing in his twenty years: Show no love and have no mercy for people who don't have your back, or for those known specifically as backstabbers. This time around, he's decided to leave behind his street soldier status, taking on a new reputation as a street hustler. By any means necessary, Prince vows to keep his pockets fat with cash and to stay away from the ones who continuously bring controversy his way....
15) Harmony Cabins
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Finding home novels volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"After a series of shattering losses, all Jackson Sansbury wants is solitude. Hoping to escape his tiny hometown of Trinity Falls, Ohio, with its concerned neighbors and painful memories, he's purchased a secluded cabin resort and thrown himself into renovating the property. He doesn't expect any distractions--until an unlikely guest arrives--a woman who hasn't roughed it a day in her life, yet whose fearlessness just might be contagious...A successful...
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Sultry southern nights volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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As an accomplished architect, single dad of teenage twin girls, and co-owner of The Playground, Raleigh's hottest jazz and blues club, it's an understatement to say Malcolm Cobb has his hands full. Add to that an ex-wife who knows how to bring the drama, it's no surprise he has little time or inclination for a personal life. But when he spots stunning, voluptuous Cilla Jameson, he's suddenly considering rearranging his schedule and setting aside his...
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Sultry southern nights volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Romeo Marshall is over six feet of cool, smooth, hot, southern seductiveness--just like the music at his popular Raleigh club, The Playground Jazz and Blues Bar. With his beloved mother gone and no father he's ever known, the business is Romeo's everything. It's a place where anything can happen--and the evening one gorgeous young woman and one intriguing old musician walk into the bar--and into Romeo's life--it does. There's something about high-powered,...
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New Day divas volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"Mother Doreen has left New Day Temple of Faith in Malvonia, Ohio and moved to Kentucky to help her diabetic sister. Her sister's husband, a truck driver, pretty much lives on the road. Mother Doreen feels in her spirit that she's needed to intervene on he."--
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Black diamond volume 3
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"Her happily-ever-after ending was just the beginning.... For two years, Diamond and Black have been living comfortably on their high-class cul-de-sac with their daughter, Dior. They're ready to leave the drug business behind them, having enough money to continue their lavish lifestyle without going back to the streets to re-up. With the loss of his sister Mica, Johnny can feel nothing but rage for the woman he once loved. Now he plans to strip her...
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L.A. blues volume 2
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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"Life hasn't always been easy for Zipporah "Z" Saldano, but at 35, she's finally come to grips with some of her demons, and things are looking up. She's moved beyond mourning the loss of her LAPD job, her partner, and her murdered nephew. She has a new love, Detective Romero Gonzalez, and she's dedicated to remaining sober. Her new business, Saldano's Private Investigations, is thriving. Just when she thinks she has a handle on life, though, her older...
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