African Urban Fiction

Ever since their heated kiss, Kayla can’t keep her mind off of Tyrone. She kept playing the scene over and over in her head. The way his hands brushed her skin, her heart thundering in her chest, and the deep ache she felt when his lips finally left hers. How could she not think about Tyrone? There’s only one problem: Tyrone is forbidden fruit. Not only is Tyrone Kayla’s sous chef roommate, but Kayla is already in a relationship with another man.

The night she met Malik ignited a burning desire in her that Deja hadn’t even known she was capable of. She could never forget the way his strong hands had held her or the way his lips had electrified her body like a bolt of lightning. Things with Malik seemed like something out of a fairy tale, and the more time she spent with him, the more she was willing to give him every part of her. Until the unthinkable happened. Deja discovers that she’s pregnant. How could one night of passion create so much confusion in her life?

Rhea's neighborhood is fading away—the mom-and-pop shops of her childhood forced out to make space for an artisanal kombucha brewery here, a hot yoga studio there. And everywhere, the feeling that this place is no longer meant for her. Because while their little corner of South L.A. isn't perfect, to Rhea and her two best friends, it's something even more important—it's home. And it's worth protecting. But as more white people flock to their latest edgy, urban paradise, more of Rhea's friends and family are pushed out. Until Rhea decides it's time to push back.

The first morning that winter broke in DC, Naomi Taylor - a Howard University senior - found a photo in her new winter coat but it's just not any photo. There is a mystery behind the act itself, and Naomi can’t seem to shake off the vision of what she saw. Nor could her best friend, Shanice. Indeed, what was done was tasteless, dirty, yet so captivating.

My lady and I have decided that laying in bed all day on a Sunday is not enough for our relationship. My girl's friend suggested we meet at Club Paris, an upscale adult club in Times Square later today. The club is nothing more than a façade for what lies beneath. It doesn't take long until the attendees are venturing into the deepest desires. Instead of standing around, my lady and I wanted to join in.

Broken Into a Million Pieces: A Will to Live concludes the trilogy series of Vivian Smith. Initially, Vivian was trapped by Marcus Holdus, a crooked DEA agent. However, she eventually found herself in love with his money, sex, and danger.

A dark story of love, paradise, and hell. This is the life of Mala’ik. An angel who was outcast from paradise for his love for a mortal. He has wandered the earth for centuries searching for the reborn soul of the women he had condemned to hellfire. This is his story. His life as an immortal imprisoned among humanity.

Cornelius Washington is brimming with ambition and talent before his life is torn apart by a crack addiction. Taking the form of a diary and written in an arresting stream-of-consciousness style, Iced ponders the gritty realities of Cornelius's present and past upheavals that have led him here.

One night at the club changes everything when Truth and I.E. meet the breathtakingly beautiful Tina, and her equally as beautiful godsister, Ka’mirah. It’s in that meeting that everything in their world begins to change in the blink of an eye.

In this legendary sequel, Legend is dealing with how it feels to come close to losing the one he loves after Shanecia is taken by Mello, but once he gets her back, he vows to not only have his revenge but to never lose her again. However, the more Shanecia is shown a side of Legend that she'd only heard of but never knew existed, the more she wonders if she's really about that street life. Determined to hold on to a relationship that has quickly become more important to her than life, she decides to stick it out and stand by his side. But at what cost?

When things in her life start to happen unexpectedly, Terri is hellbent on solving a mystery she thought was put to rest years ago. She is willing to commit every act of sin to satisfy her hidden desires and remain the pastor's right-hand empress. But when Richard is tempted to fall back on his old tricks, Evangelist Terri may have to take a few steps back.

Heir to the infamous DeLuca drug cartel fortune, Angel DeLuca walked away from it all for a normal life - until a wrenching betrayal shattered his belief in anything but saving his family's hard-won legacy. He's come back to lead the DeLuca empire - no matter the cost. But his most dangerous rival is the one woman whose fierce determination he can't resist....

Sisters from Trinidad, Violet and Lily have never had much in common. Stunning Lily arrives undocumented in New York and makes her way as a stripper. But Harvard-educated Violet is this close to the perfect assimilated life, thanks to a prestigious job, and her rich bougie fiance.... Until she's wrongly accused of helping a notorious strip-club mogul embezzle millions of his workers' earnings. Violet loses everything - except the determination to get her life back. Now Violet's on his track with the help of his vengeful ex-wife and the Lower East Side Women's Health Clinic's resourceful crew - which includes Lily.

The love/hate relationship between Diane and Kendra Williams takes mother-daughter drama to entirely different level. Diane is a single mother who prides herself on being a master manipulator. She has no problem using anything or anyone to get what she wants. Whether it’s treating her sister, Celia, as her personal ATM or seducing unlikely, unsuspecting men, she will do whatever it takes to get ahead.

In the finale, everyone is battling their own demons. Messiah may have done something that could end her relationship with her daughter and husband. Has she gone too far, or like usual Messiah, did she know what she was doing? Staten is stuck on trying to handle loving Liberty, even after she ended things, be a father to he and Chanel’s daughter, and be there for a pregnant Maliah as well. Can he juggle it all, while trying to be there for his big brother too?

Essence best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson's popular series continues with this fourth book, which reaches back to unearth the roots of JohnnieWise's family tree. On the eve of her arranged marriage in an African village, a 16-year-old girl elopes with her fiancé's younger brother. But the lovers are captured and sold into American slavery - and the girl wonders if she'll ever see her man again.

The Teflon Queen is back and better than ever. All Angela wants to do is disappear, but there's only one problem: every cop in the world is looking for her along with the White Shadow, one of the most brutal, vicious, and dangerous assassins in the world. And they won't stop until the Teflon Queen is no more. Angela quickly turns from the hunter to the hunted. Not only does she have to keep herself alive, but she's also responsible for the life of agent James Carter; her one-time lover who trusts her about as far as he can throw her.

Sparkle is back on the scene and has a newfound love. Ontavious is all that she's ever wanted. He has good looks, a great career, and a humble spirit. Unlike her ex, he's the type of man who she believes can hold her down and remain faithful. After finding the man of her dreams, she's suddenly faced with a situation that could cause her to lose everything she's built with him. Because of Sparkle's new secret, she has to make a decision on whether she wants to continue moving on with her new man or resolve the issues with her ex, Sayveon.

At 72, Johnny Ribkins shouldn't have such problems: he's got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it's curtains. What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an African American family that has been gifted with superpowers that are a bit, well, odd. Okay, very odd. For example, Johnny's father could see colors no one else could see. His brother could scale perfectly flat walls. His cousin belches fire. And Johnny himself can make precise maps of any space you name, whether he's been there or not.

Karlie Houston hasn't seen a raise in forever, but the payday loan office she manages is raking in the cash. So why not get what she's rightfully owed by masterminding a heist? Once her lover Sidney's boys hit all the company's locations at one time, there's a fortune to split. But suddenly bodies start dropping - and Karlie better devise the perfect plan to survive.