African Urban

Ryder is back and finally able to tell her story, it’s her turn to leave your jaws dropping. When two of Ryder’s best friends go missing, everyone starts to lose hope in finding them but when something about their disappearance leads to a fragment of Ryder’s past that she thought was dead and gone, Ryder has a choice to make. Will she face the demons and save the people that matter most to her? Or will she succumb to the death grip that her past has on her and lose her friends in the process?

In this urban take on Cinderella, Briella is trying to find her way in the world. She is dealing with her cruel stepmother who forces her to work in a brothel, being a slave to her stepsisters and trying to keep her grades up...Prince has always been a gentleman, even though he was raised by a kingpin. When he meets Briella something else ignited inside of him. He instantly knows he must do whatever he can to protect her, especially from her stepmother who is the core of Briella's rough life.

Black gentlewomen have guilty pleasures so let's let them call the shots... You have now begun She Got Me: the urban black love story boxset of four tales of temptation in hot Atlanta. Every antagonist is a sexy sista out for the sexiest black males in the A. Kayla has more on her mind than a hot shower for one when she summons Tyrone, the sous chef, one afternoon. Do you think these two can keep a secret in the house of four? While dance partner, Imani works her way down her ex, Marquis at a dance competition in Tokyo.

The coauthor of Desperate Hoodwives, Meesha Mink set out on her own with the street-fiction hit Real Wifeys: On the Grind. The series’ second installment, Get Money, finds Harriet “Luscious” Jordan in serious need of scratch after her hubby Make$ is put behind bars. A natural-born hustler, Luscious jumps into the party-promotion biz and begins pulling in big-time cash. But she can’t let go of a grudge against her old rival Goldie, and it may be her undoing.

Adonis "Drayko" Loving had been trouble since he learned to walk. Living a risky lifestyle finally catches up with him, forcing him to suddenly leave Ohio and find a fresh start elsewhere. After relocating, he finds himself struggling with adjusting to his new surroundings. Living a single, drama-free life by getting money and staying out of the way comes to an abrupt end when Nyoka crosses his path. Her slanted, sly eyes pull him in and make him rethink and reevaluate his entire life.

Antonio Morris has it all, until an accident takes everything from him. Now disabled, this once alpha male is left with an uncertain future. Until she enters his life. Karina is finally living her dream directing movies, and she has her eye on Antonio as her new lead. She can see everything he can still be, even if he can’t see it himself. When Antonio flirts with her, she is flattered, but she is a professional, and she is definitely not his type. Passion ignites, though, and Karina finds that she cannot resist this bad boy.

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?

With the amount of lows that happened back to back in this series, you would think that the worst is now over, but it's honestly just begun. One of the biggest lows of this series has to be Emilia's and Ramonte's betrayal of Carmen. We all know that Carmen is very short-tempered, and it doesn't take much for her to lash out. To know that a cousin of hers, who's also her best friend, is pregnant by Carmen's baby's father is a situation where Carmen will be well within her rights to handle it however she wants to.

The honeymoon stage for the four couples is over, and Nic is feeling extremely vulnerable due to her current situation. Much to her dismay, she has plenty reason to feel unsafe. The King brothers have enemies coming from every which way, and they're not just after the brothers but their women too. Can the brothers protect their operation, all the while keeping their ladies happy? Or will both worlds collide causing them to lose one?

Some might say that Khalil Patterson is living his best life. Kendrick Nance and Jack Dandridge are both dead, and he is now the boss. But he still has what’s left of Kojo's operation, which is being run by Shanice Hardaway, to worry about. Now that he is running things, it’s time to turn his attention and firepower to shutting her down and taking over her market.

Life in the hood is generally hard on a day-to-day basis, but it’s even harder when there’s a massive bounty on your head–as Mika and Kane have discovered. With a considerable amount of cash now in their possession, the smart money says that the two should leave town as soon as possible (before someone collects on them) and go some place where no one knows them. Some place where their violent past won’t find them. Some place where they can get a fresh start. Kane, however, refuses to leave without confirming that Jaycee–his partner and best friend–is okay.

Born and raised in the projects of Richmond, VA, Derick Richards life was changed and his destiny to become a federal agent was forged at an early age when he witnessed the untimely death of his older brother and father figure Carlo at the hands of a up and coming drug dealer.

Through over ten years of research, interviewing activists along with unprecedented access to their personal archives, Tracy and Sonnie tell a crucial, untold story of the New Left. Their deeply sourced narrative history shows how poor and working-class individuals from diverse ethnic, rural and urban backgrounds cooperated and drew strength from one another. The groups they founded redefined community organizing, and transformed the lives and communities they touched.

The head of US public relations at Kobayashi Motors, the largest automaker in Japan, is Cadence St. James that is, until she's forced to take on the dangerous new role of corporate whistleblower. Cadence's twin sister, Cushmeer Kincaid, is a human rights statistician who suffers from a fear of public speaking. When Kobayashi cars start spontaneously accelerating and the death toll rises, Toshio Nakamura, a company executive, heads due north to Minneapolis, Minnesota and pulls Cushmeer into the treacherous fray.

Kailani had been scarred from her last relationship and love was the last thing on her mind, but when Hendrix makes an appearance, she can't seem to shake, she learns to lower her guard. The two build a bond that seems unbreakable until someone from Kailani's past threatens to ruin it all.

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.

Derek Harper, a young African American man who dreams of becoming a successful songwriter, pursues his ambitions amid the colorful fast lane of the 1980s music industry, with only his parents to act as his conscience during his odyssey.

White Americans have long been comfortable in the assumption that they are the cultural norm. Now that notion is being challenged, as white people wrestle with what it means to be part of a fast-changing, truly multicultural nation. Facing chronic economic insecurity, a popular culture that reflects the nation’s diverse cultural reality, a future in which they will no longer constitute the majority of the population, and with a Black president in the White House, whites are growing anxious.

Twenty-two-year-old Sabrina Williams is an Instagram model who's smart, attractive, and living her best life. Her latest gig has her on the way to Honolulu, and she landed her ticket just in time. With six hours to kill before flying out, she's feeling bored to death. Jay Anderson, a movie producer, is inside the terminal ready to fly out for his latest production shoot. He has a few hours to kill so the only place he knew to chill out was at his favorite VIP lounge: Red Carpet. When Sabrina and Jay meet, sparks fly.

People who were once deemed loyal have now turned their backs and shown their true colors. The competition has elevated to a deadly level, and now, it's everybody for themselves. The saying "blood is thicker than water" has not been proven true with the Valentine brothers...who are still at war with each other.