When Lady cries rape on her mother's boyfriend, her mother throws her out of the only home she has ever known. Now Lady must find a way to survive on the cold, hard streets. After landing a dead-end job at a donut shop, Lady wonders how she will ever...
While investigating one of hip-hop's most successful music labels, Gun Clap Records, undercover FBI agent Jessica Jackson is willing to do anything to keep her identity a secret. She helps the Feds hit a grand slam during their investigation when the...
In the third installment of the runaway hit series, Girls from da Hood, street fiction veterans, KaShamba Williams and Mark Anthony, are joined by newcomer MadameK, as they turn up the heat with fiery stories that will leave the reader breathless.
The east coast version of Boyz-N-The-Hood, Paper Chasers is the Essence Magazine best seller which is set in Queens, New York during the summer of 1991. At a time when the crack epidemic was wreaking havoc in just about every major city in America , ...
Katrina Easely has stood by the side of her ruthless boyfriend Snipes for so long that she can barely see her way out of his sticky web. She's dropped out of college in the middle of her freshman year, and has even become estranged from her family an...
Lance Thomas is up to his old tricks again. Even though he promised his wife several years ago that he was through with the lying and cheating, he just can't resist the lure of forbidden affairs. No longer tied down with a nine-to-five blue collar jo...
After her mother's tragic death, Shayla is left to navigate her teenage years with little help from her neglectful, playboy father. Used and abused by the adults around her, Shayla makes some risky choices, taking a job as a waitress in one of Harlem...
Lance Thomas is a sexy, young black male who has it all: a high-paying blue collar job, a home in Queens, two cars, a son, and a beautiful wife. He has realized, however, that he is afflicted with dogism, a distorted sexuality that causes men to be u...
When problems arise, God has answers. And when you think you are at the end of your rope, sometimes it's just the beginning. Jenny and Phil never realized how much they needed a change until they were faced with a life changing moment. And when they ...